Oh, it is a beautiful and meaningful topic for me today. And I’m really willing to talk to you about a difficult thing I did four years ago and totally succeeded. That made me so proud of myself. Four years ago, I was working as a lecturer in Hanoi University of Educational Training. And I had a big experience with Mr. Prime Minister of Educational Training Department of Vietnam to join an international workshop concerning the global warming and solutions for this. First time I had a chance to be an interpreter in a big, important international workshop like that. I was a little bit nervous about my responsibility to be the interpreter for Mr. Prime Minister. But after that, I tried my best to prepare all the necessary things like vocabularies, reading the papers, and trying to practice time and time over and over again in front of a mirror to be the best version of myself as an interpreter. And during the workshop, I almost spent around two hours translating speech of our Prime Minister to all the international guests. And the topic was, you know, really difficult and hard because it’s not my cup of tea, but because of my good preparations before the workshop, so I did my best. And I translated all the paperwork and the speech in a successful way. In the end of the workshop, all the people stood up and gave me a clap hand and I was so proud of myself.
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Oh, it is a beautiful and meaningful topic for me today. I'm really willing to talk to you about a difficult thing I did four years ago and totally succeeded at, which made me so proud of myself. Four years ago, I was working as a lecturer at Hanoi University of Educational Training. I had a significant experience with the Prime Minister of the Educational Training Department of Vietnam, participating in an international workshop concerning global warming and solutions for it. It was the first time I had the chance to be an interpreter at such a big, important international workshop. I was a little nervous about my responsibility as the interpreter for the Prime Minister. However, I tried my best to prepare all the necessary materials, like vocabulary, reading the papers, and practicing repeatedly in front of a mirror to be the best version of myself as an interpreter. During the workshop, I spent around two hours translating the speech of our Prime Minister for all the international guests. The topic was really difficult because it wasn't my area of expertise, but due to my thorough preparations before the workshop, I did my best. I translated all the paperwork and the speech successfully. At the end of the workshop, everyone stood up and applauded, and I was so proud of myself.
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