source: Dương Thu Thuỷ / Pearson Education, INC 2015年3月3日
* social language: explain life choices; express regrets
* grammar: the future in the past; perfect modals
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# video script
Interviewer:
Could you tell me what your career or occupation is?
Rita:
I’m an elementary school teacher.
Matt:
My career path will be in marketing, helping companies build their brand and
help market products to the general consumer.
San:
I work in television, and I would like to eventually produce and direct.
Interviewer:
Did you think that you’d be in marketing when you were a child?
Matt:
NO. I thought I’d be president of the United States or drive a fire truck.
Interviewer:
What made teaching a good career for you?
Rita:
First of all, I love children, and I liked the idea of imparting some on my
knowledge to young ones.
Interviewer:
Everybody has skills, talents, and abilities, so, you know, some people are artistic,
others have mechanical ability. What would you say are some of your skills?
San:
I would say I have a lot of artistic ability. I did a lot of art in school.
Matt:
Good question. My skills and talents would be coming up with new ideas,
different ideas, creative ideas that kind of build a buzz around a product.
Interviewer:
Do you think that talents and abilities are genetic?
San:
I think they’re a combination of both genetics and environment. I think that you
are born with certain qualities that your parents I think have, and just living
with some people around you and learning from your teachers and those that you’re
constantly interacting with, you pick up certain skills.