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Interview with a famous figure skater Michelle Kwan
I aim to improve my understanding of oral English, especially about sports. I have begun from the interview with Michelle Kwan. Could anybody correct mistakes and add words that I could not hear? Here the link http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PYolQMez8-k
As Yu-Na Kim's mentor and good friend, what else can she accomplish in skating … she's won everything! How does someone like her keep motivated?
- That's a very, very good question. I mean when you look at it, she's won the olympics, she's won the world championships, she's won a lot of international competitions. But I think she has to ask herself why she started skating in the first place. And when you're talking about a sport that… you could say: Oh, well, she could hang up the skates. It's very easy for her to be like "you know what? I've won everything, what else?"
But it's just the joy of skating, it's not about the journey, it's about enjoying what she does, and it's not about the medals. It's about her performance, about giving to the audience, what she brings to the ice. And if she really has to ask herself like what , what does she is enjoying.
- Are those the type of questions that you yourself asked ?
- I've asked myself that many times. A lot of people ask, you know, what has made you make keep on going outgoing, keep ... continuing to...to pursue the World Championships or the Nationals. And I say, you know, it is not about the medals, 'cause if it was, I'd be like: "OK, well, I won the Worlds, you know, Olympic Gold… silver, bronze, it's not bad, you know. It's not about that to me. Everyday practice and everyday... like some days when I'm having a rough time, I look at the kids that are getting on the ice. And I remember why I started skating in the first place. It's a love and a joy that I have for the sport. I mean now, my family and I own an ice rink. Skating is a part of my life. And something that I see, as a hobby. And even when I am a grandmother, knock on wood, great-grandmother, I'll still be, you know, involved in skating.
She has a few more times when she says "you know" but she says it so fast, it's just like a single sound :)
The expression "knock on wood" basically expresses luck or hope, since there is a superstition that knocking on something wooden provides luck.
Good job, you definitely got all of the important information!
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