Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

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Watch the video

1. Why is the presenter in Union Square NYC today?

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2. Listen and match the speakers with the phrases

‘I’VE NEVER TAKEN THAT QUESTION SERIOUSLY’ _____

‘I WOULD SAY I’M A PESSIMIST, YEAH’ _____

‘IT DEPENDS ON THE DAY’ _____

‘I’M DEFINITELY AN OPTIMIST ‘_____

‘I WOULD SAY I’M AN OPTIMIST’ _____

A B C D E

3. Listen and complete the gaps:

‘I think it _________ me ________ a little _________ ‘

’Well, ________ look _________ you’

‘I’m __________, I’m here with you guys’

‘Last semester I was doing a bio class, biology, and first two __________ I
completely ____________’

‘I _________ both of my parents at a very ___________ age.’

 ‘I __________ on the floor on a towel for about __________ weeks, but then I was saving
up to buy a __________, but it got better’

‘Something ____________ is still that much ____________’

‘My life __________ showed me that being __________ and being desperate brings you
to nothing’

‘…AND IF YOU DON’T LIKE YOUR PRESENT, CHANGE YOUR PRESENT, THAT’S WHY IT’S THE FUTURE’