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BUSINESS
1
You are going to watch an interview with Teresa Le,
chef and owner of Ládudu, a Vietnamese restaurant in
London. Before you watch, read these extracts from
the interview and discuss questions a–f with a partner.
F
‘Why don’t I just go about and teach people how to
make good Vietnamese food at home?’
a
What are the advantages of teaching people to cook
in their own homes?
F
‘Running a restaurant is actually very different to
running a mobile home-cooking business.’
b
What do you think ‘a mobile home-cooking
business’ is?
c
How is running a restaurant different from running a
mobile home-cooking business?
F
‘The business is Ládudu. La in Vietnamese means
“leaf” and dudu means “papaya”, so together it’s
“papaya leaf”.’
d
How did you choose the name of a business?
F
‘I do quite like Jamie Oliver. I admire him for his
passion. To me, he’s more than a chef.’
e
How might Jamie Oliver (a well-known British chef)
be ‘more than a chef’?
F
‘I wanted to start my own business because …’
f
Why do you think Teresa wanted to start her own
business?
2
a
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Watch the interview with Teresa. In what
order do you hear the extracts in Exercise 1? Write 1–5
in the boxes.
2
b
Work with a partner. Look at questions a–f again.
Can you remember Teresa’s answers?
2
c
Watch the interview again and check Teresa’s
answers to questions a–f.
3
Teresa’s friends gave her money to help open her
restaurant. Work with a partner to discuss the following.
What are the advantages and disadvantages of
starting a business:
•
with friends?
•
with family?
•
using a bank loan?
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