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My name is Vanessa. I’m the founder and CEO of Languissimo®.
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The Voice of Half Truth (La voix de la demi-vérité)
Ahh……the world of sales…..It is filled with half-truths.
I should have suspected that having a third chance to go to the semi-finals was too good to be true….
They forgot to mention an important detail: that I had to pay a $4,000 VIP ticket to get it. That’s right. The $4,000 package includes a meal and a photo with Grant Cardone and Elena, other things and... a third audition!
Thank you but no thank you!
I’m not that desperate to be a public speaker.
I believe I have spent enough on this contest and workshop.
I’m going to keep my money to develop services to grow my business.
Anyway, I’m convinced that it will be a great experience. I will meet awesome people and I will learn a lot from it.
In the meantime, I’d rather concentrate on the present moment, and I’ll see what happens over there.
One step at a time.
To be continued.
Some Study Points
- “To be filled with” means “être rempli de/d’”.
- “To suspect something” means “se douter de quelque chose”. I conjugated it in the third conditional “I should have + past participle” (j’aurais dû + infinitive in French).
- “To be too good to be true” means “être trop beau pour être vrai”.
- “I’m not that desperate” means “je ne suis pas si désespérée”.
- “To be convinced” means “être convaincu(e)”.
- “I’d rather concentrate on” means “je préfère me concentrer sur”. I’d rather” is the short form of “I would rather”. It is followed by the verb without “to”.
- “One step at a time” means “un pas à la fois”.
Some Practice Questions
- Would you have bought the VIP ticket?
- Do you think it is important to live in the present moment?
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