Spotlight on exams Exercise 1, page 59 Speaker 1 I've never wanted to be anything but an actress.0:00
It's a tough life, and I know that few people make a living from it, but acting is my passion.0:13
The parents of some of the kids in my acting class tell them to keep acting as their hobby, that they shouldn't think of it as a potential career.0:19
But my parents say that I should go with my heart.0:28
I really appreciate the fact that they say I should do what I love for a career, even if it means that my life won't perhaps be as easy as it would be if I pursue a more traditional career0:31
Speaker 2 My mom and dad own a restaurant, one of the most popular restaurants in the city.0:43
Actually, they started it when I was little and I spent all my summers helping them out in it when I was growing up.0:50
For a few years now, they've been thinking about expanding the business, opening up two or three more eateries in different parts of the city.0:57
That's why I chose to do business studies at university.1:05
I'm in my final year now, and I really can't wait to start working with them.1:09
I want to put everything I've learned into making our business become even more successful.1:13
Speaker 3 I want to be a singer.1:20
Not one of those manufactured pop stars that get their break into the industry because of some reality TV show, but someone who makes it because they genuinely have talent.1:24
People tell me that I have a shot.1:33
They say I have something special.1:35
Nevertheless, I know that there are thousands of kids like me who dream of the same thing.1:38
That's why I'm not taking any chances.1:43
I'm pursuing a singing career in my spare time, but I'm studying accounting at university.1:45
That way, if I don't make it, I'll be able to fall back on a more guaranteed career.1:51
Speaker 4 There have been doctors in my family for generations.1:57
Two of my grandparents are doctors, my mother is a doctor, and my brother is studying to be a doctor.2:03
I suppose that a background like this pushes you in one of two directions.2:09
Either you are completely turned off medicine or you want to become part of it.2:13
Like my mum and brother, I have never considered becoming anything else but a doctor.2:20
Next year I'm starting medical school and I can't wait.2:26
For years I was certain that I wanted to be an engineer.2:34
Maths was always my best subject at school, and it seemed the obvious choice to join my father and uncle in the family business.2:38
But in my final year of school, I went to a lecture on cosmology with one of my friends.2:44
I was fascinated by what I heard in the lecture, so I started reading up on the subject.2:50
I soon realized that there was nothing else I wanted to do with my life.2:55
Now I am in the middle of a physics degree at university, not an engineering degree.2:59
Speaker 6 Should you pursue a career in which you have some natural talent?3:06
That's why I want to be a fashion designer.3:12
It's the area where I feel and have been told I have real talent.3:15
But I know how competitive the industry is.3:19
I know I will only succeed if I have drive and determination.3:21
I know it's never just talent that gets you where you want to be, but the ability to keep going no matter how many setbacks you have.3:25
Luckily, I think I have this determination.3:32
I never take no for an answer.3:35
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