Listen to the text and mark the statements as True, False or Not Stated
- Not all actors have to be good-looking to succeed.
[True|False|Not Stated] - Some people become models in their late fifties.
[True|False|Not Stated] - There was a model in her seventies who conquered the world's fame.
[True|False|Not Stated] - Young girls think you must be young, tall and thin to succeed in your career and life.
[True|False|Not Stated] - Handsome men and beautiful women have always attracted people's eyes.
[True|False|Not Stated] - You have to be of a certain height and weight to be good-looking.
[True|False|Not Stated] - Youth is beautiful by itself.
[True|False|Not Stated] - You must show yourself correctly.
[True|False|Not Stated] - One girl I knew was two meters tall and plump.
[True|False|Not Stated] - Train yourself — and that's the secret.
[True|False|Not Stated]
Script
Not all actors can become well-known at an early age. I can name about a dozen people who got famous in their forties and older. And it is not only about the celebrities — some people start a successful business in their late fifties. And appearance played a small role in it.
Each day our world is getting more and more money-oriented. And appearance plays a role in it, especially if you are a woman. Plenty of young girls think that if you are not quite tall, you won't be able to succeed in life and your career. And you must be young, of course! But it's not true.
Of course, handsome men and pretty women have always attracted people's eyes. But what is beauty itself?
You don't have to be of a certain height to be good-looking. Young teenage ladies often think that you must be tall and skinny or nobody will look at you. But the most important thing is that you have to love and respect yourself. You have to show yourself correctly. It won't matter whether you are ginger or blond, with long curly or shoulder-length hair. It won't even matter if you are a bit plump or too skinny.
I knew a girl who was quite short and a bit overweight, but when she moved or talked to people, she was showing her absolute respect to herself. She was satisfied with her own body. And she showed people that she loved and accepted herself as she was. A lot of tall slim girls or those of medium build cannot show this. And people never gave her names or told her she was ugly. Because she wasn't — and she knew that.
If you look at people who are given names, you will understand that most of them are good-looking. But they consider themselves worse than they look. Love yourself — that's the secret.