For this post, we use a very old interview of Shilpa Shetty to take our spoken English lessons.
Watch the video, listen to the interview, read the annotations, answer the quiz at the end and discuss your questions.
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Some difficult words from the interview are explained as follows with usage examples:
Lookout for a role = The main idea which drives my search for a role (Our lookout for this post is for someone who has the experience and wisdom to lead this company to profits)
Opened well = Something which got good response in the beginning. Indian innings opened well but then they lost quick wickets.
Rapport = Relationship (My dad has had good rapport with all his bosses)
Gel well with = Be friends with (He gels very well with his classmates OR He seems to be of a secretive personality. He doesn’t gel very well with his colleagues)
Portray = Show (He sports long hair, long beard, never wears shoes and portrays an image of a crazy scientist)
Petrified = Extremely scared, become immobile as though made of stone because of fear (Everyone was petrified when they saw a gigantic dinosaur coming out of the cage rushing towards them)
Now answer the following quiz:
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