Describe a famous foreign person who you would like to meet.

You should say

Who the person is

how you first learned about him or her

why this person is famous

and explain why you would like to meet this person

Ok right then, well the person I’d like to talk about is Warren Buffett, who I’m sure you know. And uh, I guess he’s quite a popular choice, so if you’ve heard this from other candidates as well, then I do apologize, but he really is someone that I’d love to meet one day, not that I think it’s gonna happen or anything! But it would be good! It would be nice!

And uh, as for how I first got to know about him, well I honestly can’t remember. I mean, I’ve known of him for about the last 10 years or so. But if I were to hazard a guess, I’d say, most likely, I heard about him from the TV, cos he crops up in the news quite a lot. So that’s probably how I first heard about him.

Anyway, going on to why he’s famous, well as I’m sure you know, he’s one of the world’s most successful investors, if not the most successful. Cos he’s made so much money from investing in various companies. You know, he seems to have a knack for choosing the right shares and finding companies which are gonna prosper.

And this kind of partly explains why I’d like to meet him. You know, I’d love to pick his brains, because I think there’s a tremendous amount I could learn from him, and not just in terms of, you know, how to pick good shares and stuff, but um, also in terms of how to uh… how can I put it…..how to kind of manage yourself in everything you do. For example, I mean, although he’s, like, super rich, he doesn’t go around flaunting his wealth. And he comes across as a really down-to-earth person, if you know what I mean. He just seems to treat everyone with the utmost respect. And it’s this um….what’s the word….um… I guess could say humility he shows that’s probably the number one quality I think I can learn from him.

So yeah, that’s pretty much it. Thanks for listening!

(here is a good interview with Warren Buffet and Bill Gates: http://v.youku.com/v_show/id_XNjk5NzcyMDA4.html?f=22245759 )

Notes:

Hazard a guess = make a guess; 作无把握猜测 If you hazard or if you hazard a guess, you make a suggestion about something which is only a guess and which you know might be wrong.

Crop up = appear (often refers to appearing unexpectedly)

Have a knack for doing something - 诀窍；本领 A knack is a particularly clever or skillful way of doing something successfully, especially something which most people find difficult.

Prosper – do well; become successful

Pick his brains – 请教他；if you pick someone’s brains, you try to learn lots of things from them.

Go around – 到处；习惯打扮成 If you go around in a particular way, you behave or dress in that way, often as part of your normal life.

Flaunt =炫耀

he comes across as = 他给人的印象是……

Down-to-earth - 脚踏实地

Utmost = 极度的，最大的. We often say “treat 某某 with the utmost respect”

what’s the word = 叫什么来着

humility -谦逊;谦虚;谦恭 Someone who has humility is not proud and does not believe they are better than other people.