This week let's discuss the three interviews with Olympic champions:
- What interesting facts have your learnt you from the interviews?
- What questions do the reporters ask?
- What questions would you like to ask a sports star?
- What spoken phrases did you catch in the answers?
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DeleteI watched the interwiew with Victoria Azarenka. Actually I can't understand all the things they said, so I have some (or a lot of) mistakes.
ReplyDeleteInteresting facts from the context:
Victoria believed that she'll become the player №1. Serena Williams is a player who really pushes her to improve her skills. Also she has a friendship with her coach. She said she had a full trust with him and they always found a compromise. She needs to spend some time in her zone to perform best. When she started to play tennis she learnt to be responsible and independent. When she is on a court she is a fighter. And after court she likes to share her life with her friends. She also likes dancing, listening to music, photography, watching movies. And her mother is her motivation, because she's a biggest optimist and the most incredible woman for Victoria.
The reporter asked a lot of questions. Most of them I can't make out. But... He asked if she always believed she would become the player №1, he asked about match 2012 and what experience she learnt from it, he asked about why the relationships with her coach worked so well, he asked about her interests after court, he asked in what way her mother was her motivation.
The phrazes.
Victoria said: "to give up is the easest thing you can do". She also said: "all of the sports have the same mental moments". And she said: "if you enjoy what you do, you do it better".
And about my questions to a sports star. Maybe I'll ask why did he/she start to do this sport and what was his/her motivation to improve his/her skills. Also I can ask about some victories and about his/her interests after sports.
Thank you Tania for your full answer. Do you feel proud of the fact that Victoria is from Belarus? I like her phrase about giving up that you mention in your comment. Do you agree with it? What lesson can we get from her life?
DeleteYes, it is cool that she is from Belarus. And I agree with this phrase, because if you want to achieve something, you mustn't give up. we can get from her life her abilities of fighter. She is very strong person, so we should encourage this strength in ourselves.
DeleteI couldn't agree more.
Deletei watched all interviews but as for me interveiw with David Beckham is the bast and i chose it.
ReplyDeletefirstly i like it because Davind is from England and his language is better for understanding.
i didn't know anything about him before and everything in this interview was new and interesting. but the most interesting fact for me was about his family. he is good football player he has perfect family 4 children what else needs to be happy.
there were lots of different questions. some of them were about family, some about career. this is one more reason why i chose this interview. and in my view the best and the funniest question is about google and googling.
after so saturated interview i haв only one question. "why you have chosen football? there are so many sports, why football?"
actually i didте listen very good and dont remember any spoken phrase. but David said i think some kind of proverb which I was very impressed. "when the opportunity comes alone you have to take that".
thats all.
sry for misprints
DeleteYes, it's a good expression about opportunities. Perhaps, it's one more tip from a champion how to achieve your goal and succeed in life.
DeletePlease, stop feeling sorry about your misprints. It's normal to make mistakes. Though practice makes perfect, there is nothing perfect :)
Tonight in the morning I didn’t know anything about David Beckham’s life.
ReplyDeleteBut now new a lot. For example his family and he moved to the California. He said his family was happy there at that moment, his children were study there in the school and he liked to live and work there. In his life number 1 priority are children and family.
He lived in Madrid for 4 years and he took a big experience from playing in Real Madrid.
Fans was asking him about his family and career. On my view the most respectable question was how David had become famous. He answered that he was focused at the playing soccer and he didn’t want to be so popular he just wanted to play.
I didn’t catch any spoken phrases but I have some questions for him.
-Where did you get so much energy to play soccer and to be a parent of 4 children?
-Would you like to play for Belarusian football club?
-How much money you get for 1 game?
So, why did he succeed in life? What is a secret of success?
DeleteI think because of his purposeful (thanks to Google).He said that he was knee on football in his cildhood and from then till now little boy who want to play soccer live in him. And it can be because he has three sons, and he wants give them a good example(or something like that)
ReplyDeleteDavid Beckham is one of the best players in the world, so i was interested in his biography and lifestyle. First, he takes care of his family, and he said he had needed to look at it as where his family were most happy and where they were most settled. And he wanted to develop soccer in the USA, because he felt that soccer was growing in this country. And he was proud to be part of that franchise and to be part of the Galaxy. And he said it was exciting time for them.
ReplyDeleteWhat do you think about his personality? Please, give examples.
DeleteHe is interested not just in football. He cooperated with fashion company and was launching a line with H&M for underwear. He was a UNICEF ambassador. This means that it is engaged in charity. And he understands that help to young children and their mothers is important, and not everyone is lucky with their families, as him. Nothing else comes before that. Every child always wants to have someone around. He remembered a lot from his career in Real Madrid: food, the fans, culture. He could play with football legends such as Ronaldo, Raul, Zidane and others. It seems that every thing happenings in his life left a trace in his soul. He told boys from Ghana it is hard to become a good football player. He said there were many distractions around the world and you have to choose between your hoppy and social and you should be focused t obe a footballer.
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ReplyDeleteI watched interview with Michael Phelps. I don’t know why lot of people doesn’t like it. They say, because he has bad language, and may be they right. For me he had good language and I understood it best of all.
As for me it was surprise, that he likes playing golf. He said, he not professional, but he want to be just competitive. He said that his friends always beaten him, and it was very unpleasant for him. He likes listen music. He likes running and being outside. You know, I have never been interested in sports, and I was really surprised, when I learn, that he had first place in Olympic Games.
In this video we couldn’t hear any reporter’s questions. But we can understand, what questions he asked, because of Michael’s topic of speech. For example he asked what the formula of Michael’s success was, how he prepared himself, how he thought about music. While we watched the video we can imagine a lot of different questions and I typed only some of them.
I would ask him what feelings he had had when he had won Olympic Games and had gold medal. After that I would ask why he prefers swimming (thanks to Sasha). May be then I would ask questions “what books do you like”, and “what author do you like” or something like this…
Because 1) I don’t saw the text, and I only listen it, so I try to understand the sense; 2) Also I type very slow; I didn’t write most of spoken phrases. But, here some of them:
“ I think I’m more comfortable, standing on a block, in front of millions of people, then I was standing on first proem(I don’t sure, but I heard like this)(I understood this like”первое место”)”
“I look on a music, like soundtrack of my life. You know, there are songs about everything in my career”
“I don’t want to see me professional, I just want to see me competitive.”
Because 1) I don’t saw the text, and I only listen it, so I try to understand the sense; 2) Also I type very slow; I didn’t write most of spoken phrases. But, here some of them:
“ I think I’m more comfortable, standing on a block, in front of millions of people, then I was standing on first proem(I don’t sure, but I heard like this)(I understood this like”первое место”)”
“I look on a music, like soundtrack of my life. You know, there are songs about everything in my career”
“I don’t want to see me professional, I just want to see me competitive.”
So, Nikita, is it important to be competitive to achieve success?
DeleteIn her interview Victoria Azarenka was asked about her life: her life on the court, her home life, her wishes and hopes. There was many different questions and answers, but best of all I liked the part about her relationships with her couch.
ReplyDeleteVictoria said, that their relationships are successfull because her coach isn't only her boss, but her friend too, so they always understand each other and can find a compromise.
I think it's right, because when you enjoy what you do and you are understood by other people it gives you power to do it better and better either in sport or in other undertaken.
When Victoria spoke about her life on court, she said that every match is a new challenge for her. She likes to compete and always does her best to win. When she is on the court all her feelings are tensed and it is tiring for her so she has to have enough rest to be fresh.
i also agree whole-heartedly with what she said: "if you enjoy what you do, you do it better".
A good idea about getting power from something you enjoy and people's understanding. Of course, it's her victory but without help and support of other people could she have become Racket №1?
DeleteI think it's a rhetorical question, because the support of relatives and friends is one of the most important things in our life in general. If a person isn't understood and supported by others he/her may feel lonely and unhappy he/she can loose their aim and sence of life.
DeleteI watched the interview with Victoria Azarenka. I chose that,because it was interesting for me to know more about her.
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Victoria is very glad to share the same area with such famous players as Roger Federer and Rafael Nadal.When she was 10 years old, she dreamed about playing on big stages, so her dreams come true.She believed, that she will become №1 tennis player.Serena Williams is one of the players who pushes Victoria to improve her skills and get better.She has excellent relationships with her coach, because they have full trust and she knows him not only as a coach, but as a friend.He is a great listener and helps her to grow not only as a tennis player, but as a person.When Victoria is on a court, she is a fighter,but when she off the court she likes to share her world with her fans on Twitter and Instagram. She also likes to dance, listen to music, watch movies and she also enjoys photography.
Reporter asked a lot of questions.He asked if she believed that she will become №1 tennis player, he asked about Australian Open and Wimbledon, he asked about her relationships with a coach, he asked about her interests off the court.
I would like to ask her who she think she could become if she didn't become a tennis player and what things she love in tennis so much.
The phrases:
Victoria said:"From loses you can always take more things out", "Key For a good relationships is communication", "To give up is the easiest thing to do", "If you enjoy something, you do it better".
Welcome to our class blog! A very impressive beginning. I like the phrase: "To give up is the easiest thing to do." Perhaps, it is a secret of success?
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