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Lindsay Warren

Vocabulary Quiz

realistic • do good • common themeegotistical • difference

1. I see a in the students' comments abouttheir teachers.

2. She gave me a appraisal of my chances.3. A teacher must realize she has the power to

in a child's life.4. At his age, I'm surprised that he's still so .5. My goal is to make a in other people's lives.

Quiz

1) Why did Lindsay want to be Wonder Woman?

a) She can help people.b) She can fly.c) She liked Superman.d) She is beautiful.

2) And why did Lindsay want to be a businesswoman?

a) To be powerful.b) To wear black suits.c) To have a big house.d) To tell people what to do.

3) Why did Lindsay thing a PR specialist would be the perfectjob?

a) She wanted to work with celebrities.b) A friend could get her a job.c) She was a social person.d) She liked planning parties.

4) What made Lindsay change her mind about being a PRspecialist?

a) She stopped liking parties.b) She met people from other countries.c) She wanted to help people.d) She found a man and got married

5) What does she want to do in the future?

a) Help homeless people.b) Help homeless animals.c) Make a difference in people's lives.d) Have a lot of children.

Audio Notes

realistic

When I was ten years old I wasn't very realistic.

When we are realistic, that means we make decisions based onfacts and not unlikely hopes and dreams. Notice the following:

1. I'm trying to be realistic about my chances.2. As a manager, he needs to be realistic.

the power to do good

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1117 Her DreamsLindsay talks about what she wanted to be at various stages ofher life.

Warren: So Lindsay what about yourdreams? What did you want to be when youwere ten years old?

Lindsay: When I was ten years old I wasn'tvery realistic but I knew I wanted to be verypowerful so I thought the dream job would beWonder Woman. She can fly anywhere, shehas the powers to do good and to helpeveryone and she's very bad ass, so Iwanted to be just like her. Unfortunately it didn't come true as I'mnot Wonder Woman right now.

Warren: No, I can see that but it seems like you had a goodimagination as a kid. But I guess that probably changed as yougot older? What about when you were fifteen?

Lindsay: When I was fifteen I still wanted to be very powerful andvery strong but I had a more realistic idea of what I wanted to be,but I still didn't know a lot about the world so I just wanted to be avery powerful businesswoman. I had no idea what kind ofbusiness and I had no idea what that actually meant but I wantedto wear an all black suit and have a briefcase and go to work in anice office and drive a nice car and do something that was verypowerful but I had no idea really what a powerful businesswomandoes.

Warren: That seems like a pretty good dream for a fifteen yearold, but I guess you probably had a better idea when you weretwenty. So what about then?

Lindsay: When I was twenty then I still wanted to be powerful andstrong. I guess you can see the common theme here but then Ihad an even more realistic idea of actual real professions so atthat time I was quite social, I really enjoyed going to parties and Iwas living in New York at the time so I thought the perfect job forme would be a public relations specialist. I thought I could be oneof those people that plans parties or handles the PR, the publicityfor celebrities. I had a dream of maybe working for Madonna orworking for a famous TV show and handling all their publicityrepresentation.

Warren: That's great. It seems like you had a better idea by thetime you were twenty. I guess you probably have some dreamsnow even, so what kind of dreams do you have now?

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She has the powers to do good and to help everyone.

When we have the power to do good, that means we have thepower to cause positive change. Notice the following:

1. Politicians have the power to do good, but rarely do.2. I truly believe the power to do good is in all of us.

common theme

I guess you can see the common theme here.

Here, a common theme means things that are somehowconnected. Notice the following:

1. The stories have a common theme.2. Yeah, I can see a common theme.

egotistical

When I was twenty, I was quite egotistical.

Someone who is egotistical thinks they are better and moreimportant than others. Notice the following:

1. He's an egotistical person.2. Stop being so egotistical!

make a difference

I really enjoy the idea of making a difference in people's lives

The idea of making a difference means to help others reachtheir goals in life. Notice the following:

1. We all have a teacher who's made a difference in our life.2. Making a positive difference in someone's life is good

feeling.

Lindsay: Well then when I was twenty, I was quite egotistical. Ijust wanted, I only thought about myself and how I could havemore money and be more powerful but then something changedwhen I started traveling and seeing the world where I decided thatI'd rather have a job that does something good for the world andgives back to the community and to the people. So now I'm ateacher and I really enjoy that and the idea of making adifference in people's lives and in the future maybe when I getolder, I hope to start an animal shelter so that when animals areleft on the street or abandoned they can come to my shelter and Ican provide a happy home for them.

Warren: Wow, that's a great vision for the future.

Lindsay: Thanks.