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4. What is your least favorite interview question?
5. Where do you see yourself working in 5 years?
Exercise 95. Read the text and discuss.
Sylvester Stallone’s real life success story. Sylvester Stallone‘s true
inspirational story is stuff of legends (окружена легендами) among
filmmakers and screenwriters (сценаристов). A struggling actor
(начинающий актёр/актёр, у которого было много трудностей в начале),
Stallone was so broke (на мели/без денег) at one point that he sold his wife’s
jewellery (драгоценности). He ended up (по итогу) becoming homeless
(бездомным), sleeping in a bus station, and struggled to afford food (имел
трудности, чтобы купить еду). In the end, he managed to get a small amount
of money in his pocket (карман) by selling his dog for $25. Soon after,
Stallone decided (решил) to take his career in to his own hands (взять
карьеру в свои руки) and write a movie role for himself. After watching a
boxing match, Stallone wrote the script (сценарий) for Rocky very quickly,
and soon studios wanted to buy the screenplay to make.
Stallone was offered (предложили) $125,000 for the Rocky script, but the
trouble (проблема) for the studios was that Stallone wanted to star (играть
главную роль) in the movie. Stallone was dead broke (был вовсе без гроша)
and turned down (отказаться от) $125,000 in order to chase his dream
(чтобы преследовать мечту). After being rejected (после того, как ему
отказали) on that idea because he “looked and talked funny”, Stallone was
then offered $250,000 for the screenplay. He refused (отказался) unless he
could star.
He was then offered $350,000. He rejected it unless he could star in it. The
studio wanted this screenplay so badly, but were not willing to risk the money
on this unknown actor. Stallone stayed strong (держал свою линию), and
eventually (со временем) the studio gave him a small amount for the script
and let him star.
With his fortunes up (получив прибыль), Stallone went to buy back his dog,
but the guy he sold it to would not sell him back. Stallone offered the man
$1000 for the dog, but the man refused. Eventually, the man accepted $15,000
for the dog. And this is why Stallone has deserved (заслужил) his success and
why he is on this list of the best motivational stories – because he was willing
to do whatever it takes (всё, что требуется) to get his dream.
Exercise 96. Translate the dialogue.
*** - Хорошо, Дилан! Мы с тобой встречаемся раз в сто лет, поэтому мы
бы лучше сходили бы на кофе в этот ресторан. В частности, я умираю с
голоду. Поэтому мы бы лучше покушали там и поговорили. К
сожалению, я не очень люблю говорить о работе вне работы. Однако я не

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