Interviews

High-intermediate

How do you define success in your personal, educational, and professional life?

Here are some words and expressions that appear in the video:

live paycheck to paycheck (idiom): spend all of one’s money before the next time you are paid
– Life is very difficult for our family right now because we are living paycheck to paycheck, and we never have money to spend on extra activities.

ensure (verb): makes sure of something
– We have to ensure that our kids have what they need at school to succeed in the future.

come across something (verb): find something by chance
– I came across an interesting Web site on creating successful businesses in today’s world.

Now, watch the interview and answer the comprehension questions. You can also turn on the automatically-generated captions for the video once you start it.

How do you define success in these cases? What criteria do you use to arrive at this definition?

1. a successful family
2. a successful job interview
3. a successful marriage
4. a successful date
5. a successful business