Career Advice

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Career Advice by Donald Trump
(YouTube, 2013)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=nx1SeQeRouo
If I were going to give career advice to somebody, it would be that you have to love it; you have to really want it
and you have to love what you are doing. There are so many people that are forced through family pressure or
something into doing something that they don’t believe in, that they don’t like.
You’ve got to go after the kind of job (that) you like. You may love the airline business. Now, the airline
business is a terrible business, but you’ll probably do better within the airline business if you love it than you
will do in a better business than the airline business if you don’t. So you have to go into something that you
like.
There are many stories of people that became successful later in their life by doing other things and they got out
of something (that) they didn’t like, and one of ‘em is a friend of mine. He was a failure on Wall Street.
His family was very important and big on Wall Street, but he wasn’t cut out for it. He wasn’t tough enough for
it; he probably wasn’t smart enough for it and he was a failure on Wall Street and all of his life he was just born
to be on Wall Street. But it didn’t work out that way.
So he stayed and he didn’t do particularly well, but he stayed and stayed, and I used to tell him, “Just go out and
do something else!” But then what happened is, at his golf course they made him the head of the Greens
Committee. They were redoing all of the fairways, all of the greens. And they did it really because they really
felt sorry for him and nobody else wanted the job. And he did a spectacular job. He was there at five o’clock in
the morning with the contractors. He worked really hard. He wouldn’t get home until eight thirty in the
evening.
He loved what he was doing, and I told him, “You oughta go out and build golf courses; this is what you are
good at!
And he laughed at me; he said, “Donald, I could never do that. I have to be on Wall Street; I’m expected to be
on Wall Street. I have to be on Wall Street.”
I said, “Yeah, but you’re not happy and you’re not good at it.”
He said, “It doesn’t matter, I’m expected to be there.”
Well, he went back; he was miserable and ultimately about five years ago he developed a golf-course-building
business where he renovates and builds golf courses. He’s doing spec .., he’s doing a spectacular job.
It couldn’t be better; he couldn’t be happier, so (it’s the) first time in his life he’s doing well and (it’s) the first
time in his life (that) he’s happy.
Vocabulary
1. if I were going to give
2. through family pressure
3. you have got to go after the kind of job
4. now
5. they got out of something
6. one of ‘em = one of them
7. a failure
8. he wasn’t cut out for it
9. tough enough
10. smart enough
11. it just didn’t work out that way
12. they made him head
si j’avais à donner
en raison d’une pression familiale
vous devez (aller) chercher le type de travail
(ici) bon
ils ont arrêté de faire
l’un d’eux
un raté
il n’était pas fait pour ça / il n’avait pas “l’étoffe” pour
(pas) assez tenace, solide
(pas) assez intelligent
les choses ne se sont pas passées comme prévues
ils l’ont nommé responsable de
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13. fairways, greens
14. they really felt sorry for him
15. contractors
16. he wouldn’t go home
(voc.golf) les fairways, les verts
ils l’ont vraiment plaint
entrepreneurs
il ne rentrait pas à la maison = action habituelle dans le
passé
(= should) tu devrais
c’est ce à quoi tu es bon, es doué
on attend de moi que je sois
peu importe
au final, au bout du compte
17.you oughta go out = you ought to
18. what you are good at
19. I’m expected to be
20. it doesn’t matter
21. ultimately
Career Advice by
Donald Trump
(YouTube, 2013)
Exercise: fill in the blanks with the correct words
If I were going to give career advice to somebody, it would be that you have to love it; you have to really want
it and you have to love what you are doing.
There are so many people who are forced _t____________ family pressure or something into doing something
en raison de
that they don’t believe in, that that don’t like.
You’ve got to g____a_______the k_________of job (that) you like. You may love the airline business. Now,
aller chercher le type de
the airline business is a terrible business, but you’ll probably do better within the airline business if you love it
than you will do in a better business than the airline business if you don’t. So you have to go into something
that you like.
There are many stories of people who became successful later in their life by doing other things and
they_g______o________ of something (that) they didn’t like, and one of ‘em is a friend of mine. He was a
ont arrêté (de faire)
_f____________ on Wall Street. His family was very important and big on Wall Street, but he wasn’t
raté
_c_______o_____for it.
n’était pas fait (pour ça)
He wasn’t _t__________e___________ for it; he probably wasn’t _s___________e__________ for it and he
assez tenace, solide
assez intelligent
was a failure on Walll Street and all of his life he was just born to be on Wall Street.
But it didn’t _w_______o______ that way. So he stayed.
(les choses) ne se sont pas passées comme prévues
He didn’t do particularly well, but he stayed and stayed, and I used to tell him, “Just go out and do something
else. But then what happened is, at his golf course they _m________him the h_________ of the Greens
(l’)ont nommé
Committee.
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They were redoing all of the fairways, all of the greens. And they did it really because they really f________
(l’) ont
s___________ f______ him and nobody else wanted the job. And he did a spectacular job. He was there at
plaint
five o’clock in the morning with the contractors. He worked really hard.
He _w_____________g______h_______ until eight- thirty in the evening.
ne rentrait pas
He loved what he was doing, and I told him, “You oughta go out and build golf courses; this is
w__________you a________g____________a_____!
ce à quoi tu es bon / es doué
And he laughed at me; he said, “Donald, I could never do that. I have to be on Wall Street;
I_a__________e____________t____b____ on Wall Street. I have to be on Wall Street.”
on attend de moi que je sois
I said, “Yeah, but you’re not happy; you’re not good at it.”
He said, “ _i______d______________m_____________, I’m expected to be there.”
peu importe
Well, he went back; he was miserable and _u__________________ about five years ago he he developed
au final, au bout du compte
a golf-course-building business where he renovates and builds golf courses. He’s doing spec .., he’s doing a
spectacular job.
It couldn’t be better; he couldn’t be happier, so (it’s the) first time in his life he’s doing well and (it’s) the first
time in his life (that) he’s happy.