Learn English quickly with stories | English learning Conversation | Episode 01

if you weren't going to buy those shoes I would have they're so hot yeah and I love how they go with your new bag yeah I was actually thinking that I could wear it with this one outfit excuse me oh I'm I'm I'm so sorry Laura hi Kendra wait do not tell me that you shop at the thrift store uh yeah I just picked up some really cute things C what cute it's a way of saying cute oh got it let me get this straight you think that buying other people's used stuff is cute it's

really not that bad you save a ton of money plus most of the stuff has hardly been worn look no I could never wear someone else's old smelly clothes that's disgusting seriously ew yeah I can't believe you're going to wear all that oh it's not for me to wear it's for me to sell what do you mean I'm starting a business where I customize clothes and shoes and I make them look cute like check these out I bought got them used and then I added my own bling to them and You' never even know they

cost less than $10 right wait you're wearing $10 shoes you've got to be joking Kendra just spent over $600 on a pair oh our Uber black just got here I'd love to stay in chat but we got to go and I'm just looking out for you but that little business idea of yours is never going to work you might just want to return all that stuff and get your I don't know $12 back so that's my plan to own my own clothing store and who knows maybe I'll even own my own makeup line one day

it's very impressive and I'd imagine expensive how do you plan to fund it all oh well that's why I created this business plan to pitch to investors and if they say no I'll just ask my dad he's got a lot of money that makes sense all right well great job [Applause] Kendra let's see how about Laura awesome job yeah you killed it thanks this should be good whenever you're ready okay so I've actually already started my own business where is there something funny about that Kendra yeah when you say you've already started your own business

have you sold anything yet not yet but I plan to after school today when I set up my uh I'm not talking about the future I'm talking about now have you made a single Dollar in sales um no then you don't have a business you just have a dream don't get them confused hey be nice sorry Laura you can continue okay so I have a dream to start a business where I take used clothes make them cute and then sell them for example take this shirt I cut off the collar add some bling to it

and with that I made this necklace wow that's so creative yeah I can't believe you made that thanks and the best part is that I can sell it for just $7 and still make a profit $7 are you kidding me what's wrong with that my business plan has me making 2 million in sales my first year what are you going to make selling $7 necklaces oh well I'm not too worried about that I was taught that when you do what you love the money will always follow I actually really like that with that mentality She'll

always be shopping at the thrift store Kendra what I can't tell the truth sorry you didn't get a chance to finish Laura but excellent presentation all right class we'll pick back up tomorrow you know 10 years from now while you'll still be buying you stuff I'll be shopping at a maze and buying Birkins I'm really happy for you [Music] Kendra hey don't let Kendra get to she thinks because her dad has money she can treat people however she wants personally I love your idea really thanks hey guys you want to come check out this stuff

sorry I don't have time okay no worries hey any of this stuff interests you I'm all right [Laughter] thanks well let me guess no one's bought anything yet not yet but I think someone will soon so this is your business idea huh to sell a bunch of used stuff on some beastro tables well just to start I plan on posting everything on Facebook and then getting my customers on there no one buys anything on Facebook yeah that's never going to work well with the way social media seems to be going I think they will one

day it doesn't even matter no matter where you sell no one's going to want to buy your used trash what's your problem Kendra I haven't done anything to you why do you keep being so mean a you think I'm being mean I'm sorry that wasn't my intention at all if I was trying to be mean I'd probably do this hey why would you do that because that's where it belongs just like that necklace you're wearing it's all [Music] trash hey is everything okay no Kendra just threw all this stuff in the trash are you serious

I can't stand her you should just ignore everything she says I try to but sometimes I can't help but think what if she's right maybe my idea will never work hey don't say that I really like your business thanks but like Kendra said it's more of a dream than a business I haven't sold anything that's not true what do you mean I'll take one bling necklace please really okay thank you here thanks for being my first customer so I guess that makes me a second I'll take that one thanks um okay two three four five

six shoot I've only got $6 oh that's okay don't worry about it are you sure I feel bad I know you don't make much off of these no it's it's fine I do this because I love it not because I'm here to make money thanks I can't wait to wear it and just like that Laura made her first sales she would take things she bought from the thrift store and customize them to make them look cute or should I say cute [Music] she started taking pictures of all of her pieces and posted them on social

media excited to find some customers she sold her products everywhere she could and things seemed to be going great that is until she realized that her sales were really slow people didn't really seem to be [Music] interested and nobody was seeing her Facebook posts Laura started feeling like her business was a total failure and then one day she even decided to give up great what else could go wrong well well well look who it is what do you want Kendra I'm not in the mood why do you seem so upset I don't want to talk

about it now please leave me alone let me guess that little dream of yours didn't work out no it didn't that's why I'm here returning all this stuff is that what you wanted to hear a I'm sorry can't say I'm surprised though I tried to warn you well I guess I should have listened hey don't beat yourself up over it I'll tell you what my dad just agreed to fund my business so after it takes off maybe you can come work for me I'm sure I'll need an assistant to carry all my Birkin bags hey

uh can I help you yeah I'd like to return all this stuff if possible oh um we actually don't typically accept returns but since you shop here a lot maybe I can go talk to the manager just give me one second thank you [Music] Laura hey hi Miss Jacobs what are you doing here I just came to look for some things after hearing your presentation a few weeks ago I've become quite hooked on thrifting check out this belt I bought from here can you believe this only cost $4 that's amazing thanks so what are you

doing here uh I I'm just returning some stuff you don't need all of that for your business things didn't work out like I'd hoped so I decided to give up no don't say that you barely even started why would you give up so soon in the past couple of months I've made less than like a few hundred my whole plan to sell things on Facebook let's just say was a bad idea no one buy anything well let me ask you something are you passionate about the product you make well yeah and do you love what

you do I did I mean I guess I still do why and you shouldn't give up because a wise person once told me when you do what you love the money will always follow wow I can't believe I almost forgot that don't worry about how much you sold just keep going and everything will fall into place you're right thanks Miss Jacobs I'm I'm never going to forget this [Music] anytime so good news my manager agreed to let you return everything actually I've changed my mind but thank you okay well have a good day bye Miss

Jacobs wait one more thing what's up I've been hearing a lot of my students talk about this new app it's called Instagram I'm not sure if you heard of it but supposedly it's all the rage maybe you should try selling there I'll definitely check it out thanks you're welcome and by the way that belt is so cute thank you with the new level of excitement and motivation Laura decides to keep going she keeps making all kinds of new products including customized shoes shoes necklaces and [Music] clothes this time when she takes photos she posts them

on Instagram and people all over the world start to discover her work over time her following explodes she ends up with millions of followers and thousands of customers all loving her photos and excited to buy her products her business became even more successful than she could have ever imagined and eventually she even started her own Cosmetics company with a little bit of help of course hi guys hey babe but what do you think of this palette a it's cute you mean CA Ella let tell Daddy it's so cute do you like it yeah here's your

strawberry is saw you refresher oh my gosh thank you so much your 12:30 is in the conference room waiting oh perfect do you mind putting that in my office and grabbing my bag I left it in there oh yeah no problem thank you so much okay bye El M have a kiss a love you bye good luck hey what are you doing here oh hey I'm here to apply for a job I didn't realize you worked here but I thought you started your own business oh well that didn't exactly go according to plan my dad's

still pretty mad at me for losing all of his money oh no I'm so sorry to hear that it's fine I'm actually here to interview for a senior manager position here at live clam if I end up getting it who knows I might still end up being your boss oh well hi hi you must be the owner I'm Kendra it's so nice to meet you I was actually just talking to your assistant here oh um she's not my assistant she isn't no she's my boss Laura owns this company with her fiance you do yeah thank

you so much wait is that a Birkin mhm do you mind if I of course wow I've never held one of these in person before it's so nice I guess selling $7 products from the thrift store really worked well you can say that gosh sorry to interrupt hi I just got a message from HR Sally accepted the senior manager offer oh wow so that means that this position uh unfortunately this position is no longer available oh my gosh I'm so sorry I'll totally reimburse you for your time I mean is there any other position available

just the assistant position oh no Kendra would not no that's fine honestly I'll take whatever I can get oh okay then have a seat oh here's your bag thank you so I'm dying to know how did you get to where you are well it's like I've always said when you do what you love the money will always follow I remember hey babe uh no rush but our Uber X will be here soon okay thank you so much I'll be right there okay thanks with all your guys success you still ride Uber X I mean there's

nothing wrong with being Thrifty well not for everything right all right so let's get this interview started [Music]