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Conversation Two
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W: I have many business English students. When I teach the classroom, we often end up talking about things like success and what leads to success. And it's interesting that many of them mention the element of luck.
女：我有很多商務英語的學生。上課的時候，我們經常會在結束時討論成功或者成功的因素之類的話題。一個很有趣的現象是他們很多人提到了運氣這個因素。
M: Right.
男：嗯。
W: Luck is important to success. But since you've seen that fantastic video on the TED Talks website by Richard St. John, he doesn't mention luck at all.
女：運氣對成功很重要。但是你們也看到了TED上理查德·圣約翰出色的演講視頻，他完全沒有提到運氣。
M: Well, I'm a firm believer that people can make their own luck. I mean what people regard as luck, you can actually create, to a degree.
男：我堅決相信人們可以自己創造運氣。我是說人們所說的運氣在某種程度上是可以創造的。
W: Sure. I think a lot of what people consider luck is attributed to how you respond to the opportunities that come your way.
女：當然。我覺得很多時候人們所說的運氣都歸功于機會來臨時你的反應。
M: Yes. Very good point.
男：是的。很棒的觀點。
W: Seizing the opportunities. But was there any point in the video that you thought was particularly interesting?
女：抓住機會。不過那個視頻里有什么你覺得特別有趣的嗎？
M: Yes. Actually there was. Something very impressive to me is many people think that luck is important and that natural talent is something you must have in order to be successful. And in the video we saw, the point about getting good at something is not about having some natural talent. It's all about practice, practice, practice.
男：嗯。其實是有的。讓我印象很深的是很多人認為運氣很重要，而天賦是成功所必備的條件。在視頻中我們看到，擅長某事并不意味著要有天賦。都是練習，練習再練習。
W: Definitely yeah. Natural talent helps in some way but at the end of the day you really do need to work hard and get really really good at what you do.
女：確實是這樣。天賦的確有些作用，但最后你會發現要很努力才能把工作做的非常棒。
M: Sure.
男：是的。
W: I thought one interesting thing in the video was the idea of passion being so important and that people who really love what they do. Of course you're going to want to work harder and put the time and effort into it. And the funny thing is that if you love what you do and are really passionate about it and work really hard, the money kind of comes automatically.
女：我覺得視頻中很有意思的一點是激情很重要，人們要熱愛自己所做的事。這樣你才愿意更加努力地工作，愿意多花時間和精力。有趣的是如果你很喜歡你的工作，對它很有激情并且努力工作，錢就會自動掙到手了。
Questions 5 to 8 are based on the conversation you have just heard.
問題5-8是基于剛剛你所聽到的那段對話。
Question 5. What are the speakers mainly talking about?
問題5：說話人主要在講什么？
Question 6. What is the woman’s view of luck?
問題6：這名女性是如何看待運氣的？
Question 7. What is the chief point the TED Talks video makes?
問題7：TED演講視頻的主要觀點是什么？
Question 8. What does the woman think is the funny thing in the TED Talks video?
問題8：這名女性認為TED演講視頻中比較有趣的是什么？
