Learn English with Emily in Paris

#12. The Elevator Pitch


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Published: 24 Aug 2021   [ UPDATED JUN 2025 ]
Level 4   |   Time: 2:55
Accent: American

Emily pitches a marketing idea to a famous American hotel owner at an art gallery opening.


Directions 이용안내 Direcciones Instruções Інструкції


  1. READ the VOCABULARY + BACKGROUND

    It is important to read the vocabulary and background before you watch the video. This will improve your ability to understand the video. It will also help you understand how the new vocabulary is used naturally.

  2. WATCH the VIDEO

    The first time you watch the video, just try to understand the overall situation.

  3. ANSWER the QUESTIONS

    First, try to answer all the questions from memory. Then rewatch the video and try to answer the questions that you missed.

  4. WATCH and READ the SCRIPT

    Watch the video again while you read the script. Reading and listening at the same time will help you hear each individual word and improve your listening accuracy.

  5. DO the ACTIVITIES

    There are several different activities that focus on listening accuracy, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, and sentence structure.

  1. LEA el VOCABULARIO y ANTECEDENTES.

    Es importante leer el vocabulario y los antecedentes antes de ver el video. Esto mejorará su capacidad para comprender el video. También le ayudará a comprender cómo se usa el nuevo vocabulario de forma natural.

  2. VER el VIDEO

    La primera vez que vea el video, intente comprender la situación general.

  3. RESPONDE a las PREGUNTAS

    Primero intente responder todas las preguntas de memoria. Luego, vuelva a ver el video e intente responder las preguntas que se perdió.

  4. MIRAR Y LEER

    Mire el video nuevamente mientras lee el guión. Leer y escuchar al mismo tiempo lo ayudará a escuchar cada palabra individual y mejorará su precisión auditiva.

  5. HACER LAS ACTIVIDADES

    Hay una serie de actividades diferentes que se centran en la precisión auditiva, la pronunciación, el vocabulario, la gramática y la estructura de las oraciones.

  1. 어휘와 배경 읽기

    비디오를 보기 전에 어휘와 배경을 읽는 것이 중요합니다. 이렇게 하면 비디오를 이해하는 능력이 향상됩니다. 또한 새로운 어휘가 어떻게 자연스럽게 사용되는지 이해하는데 도움이됩니다.

  2. 비디오 보기

    비디오를 처음 볼 때 전체 상황을 이해하려고 노력하세요.

  3. 문제에 답하기

    먼저 모든 질문에 답을 해보세요. 그런 다음 비디오를 다시보고 놓친 질문에 답해보세요.

  4. 비디오 보면서 대본 읽기

    대본을 읽는 동안 비디오를 다시 보세요. 읽기와 듣기를 동시에 하면 각각의 단어를 듣고, 듣기 정확도를 향상시킬 수 있습니다.

  5. 액티비티 하기

    듣기 정확도, 발음, 어휘, 문법 및 문장 구조에 초점을 맞춘 다양한 액티비티가 있습니다.

  1. LER o VOCABULÁRIO + FUNDO

    É importante ler o vocabulário e o histórico antes de assistir ao vídeo. Isso melhorará sua capacidade de entender o vídeo. Também ajudará você a entender como o novo vocabulário é usado naturalmente.

  2. ASSISTA ao VÍDEO

    Na primeira vez que assistir ao vídeo, tente entender a situação geral.

  3. RESPONDA às PERGUNTAS

    Primeiro, tente responder todas as perguntas de memória. Em seguida, assista novamente ao vídeo e tente responder às perguntas que você errou.

  4. ASSISTA e LEIA o SCRIPT

    Assista ao vídeo novamente enquanto lê o roteiro. Ler e ouvir ao mesmo tempo ajudará você a ouvir cada palavra individualmente e a melhorar sua precisão auditiva.

  5. FAÇA as ATIVIDADES

    Existem várias atividades diferentes que se concentram na precisão auditiva, pronúncia, vocabulário, gramática e estrutura da frase.

  1. ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЛОВНИК і ОСНОВНУ ІНФОРМАЦІЮ

    Важливо прочитати словник і основну інформацію перед переглядом відео. Це покращить вашу здатність розуміти відео. Це також допоможе вам зрозуміти, як нова лексика використовується природно.

  2. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ ВІДЕО

    Коли дивитеся відео вперше, просто намагайтеся зрозуміти загальну ситуацію.

  3. ВІДПОВІДАЙТЕ НА ЗАПИТАННЯ

    Спочатку спробуйте відповісти на всі запитання з пам'яті. Потім перегляньте відео ще раз і спробуйте відповісти на запитання, які ви пропустили.

  4. ПЕРЕГЛЯНЬТЕ і ПРОЧИТАЙТЕ СЦЕНАРІЙ

    Перегляньте відео ще раз, читаючи сценарій. Читання і слухання одночасно допоможе вам почути кожне окреме слово і покращити точність сприйняття на слух.

  5. ВИКОНАЙТЕ ЗАВДАННЯ

    Існує кілька різних завдань, які зосереджені на точності сприйняття на слух, вимові, лексиці, граматиці та структурі речень.

Vocabulary 어휘 Vocabulário Vocabulario Словник


Check the words you already know. Marca las palabras que ya conoces. Marque as palavras que você já conhece. 이미 아는 단어에 체크하세요. Позначте слова, які ви вже знаєте.

  • ☐ ☐ ☐ biche [FRENCH] - a female rabbit or deer; sweetie, darling
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an art gallery n. - a building that displays art
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a brunch spot n. - a late breakfast restaurant
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an opening n. - the first day of an art exhibit
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ hit on someone exp. - talk to and flirt with someone in whom you are interested romantically
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a piece n. - a piece of art, a painting
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ I'm glad you made it. exp. - I am happy that you arrived.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a flagship n. - the main office or branch of a company
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ tease the senses exp. - stimulate or activate taste, touch, smell, etc.
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an echo n. - a memorable feeling  (a sound caused by the reflection of sound waves from a surface back to the listener)
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ the senses n. - see, hear, smell, taste, touch
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ blank adj. - empty
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a billboard n. - a large outdoor advertising board [image] vocab image
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ go on phv. - continue
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ a pitch n. - the presentation of an idea
  • ☐ ☐ ☐ an elevator pitch n. - a brief, persuasive speech that you use to get interest in your idea

n. - noun,    v. - verb,    phv. - phrasal verb,    adj. - adjective,    exp. - expression



Background 배경 O fundo Antecedentes Контекст


Emily from Emily in Paris Camille from Emily in Paris Mindy from Emily in Paris Randy from Emily in Paris
Emily Camille Mindy Randy
  • Emily is an American who has just moved to Paris.
  • Emily works for an American company (Gilbert Group) that just bought a French marketing company (Savoir).
  • Mindy is Emily's first friend in Paris.
  • Emily recently met Camille while trying to buy flowers.
  • Randy Zimmer is a famous hotel owner who will open a new hotel in Paris soon.

  • For more background, watch the previous video:   #11. Buying Flowers with Camille

Questions 문제 Questões Preguntas Запитання


  1. Emily was invited to the opening by a girl whom she met while she was buying _____.
    flowers
    clothes
    coffee
    bread

  2. Mindy guesses that the girl _____.
    wants to set up Emily on a date with Randy
    wants to sell Emily some art
    likes Emily romantically

  3. The gorgeous blonde is _____.
    the girl who invited Emily to the opening
    Randy's girlfriend
    Emily's coworker

  4. Randy Zimmer is from _____.
    New York
    Chicago
    London
    Paris

  5. Randy is at the art gallery ______.
    to buy paintings for his hotel
    on a date with Camille
    because he loves art
    to meet Emily

  6. Randy plans to open a hotel in Paris in _____.
    September
    October
    November
    December

  7. Emily tells Randy ______.
    about his past interviews
    that she loves cookies
    that he smells bad
    why she is in Paris

  8. In a past interview, Randy said that a good hotel should have _____.
    a French bakery
    a nice smell
    beautiful art
    an echo

  9. Emily wants Randy to choose ______ for his hotel.
    a painting
    a cookie
    a scent
    an echo

  10. Emily explains that when you sell a house, you should ______.
    make sure the house has no smell
    make the house feel warm
    bake cookies

  11. Emily gives Randy _____.
    a cookie
    her card
    a kiss

  12. Randy agrees to meet Emily tomorrow ______.
    for a business meeting
    to buy art
    on a date

Score:



Vocabulary Review 어휘 검토 Revisão de vocabulário Vocabulario revisión Огляд лексики


Directions: What expressions from the video have the same meaning as the highlighted expressions in the sentences below?

Instrucciones: ¿Qué expresiones del video tienen el mismo significado que las expresiones destacadas en las oraciones siguientes?

Instruções: Quais expressões do vídeo têm o mesmo significado que as expressões destacadas nas frases abaixo?

지시 사항: 아래 문장에서 강조된 표현과 같은 의미를 가진 표현을 영상에서 찾아보세요.

Інструкції: Які вирази з відео мають те саме значення, що й виділені вирази в реченнях нижче?


  1. Do you think she was [ flirting with you ]?

    [ hitting on you ]



  2. So, let's talk later about that [ artwork ] you like.

    [ piece ]



  3. I remember you said that you wanted your [ main, premier location ] here.

    [ flagship ]



  4. To have an echo, you have to [ stimulate ] all the senses.

    [ tease ]



  5. Empty real estate is [ being unused ].

    [ going to waste ]



  6. Well, that was a nice [ short business presentation ].

    [ elevator pitch ]



Sentence Building 문장 만들기 Construção de sentença Construcción de oraciones Побудова речень


Directions: Write sentences about the video clip using the words given. You can change the word form or add words, but you cannot change the word order.
Use a present time frame (tense).
( ) = optional   [ ] = necessary

Instrucciones: Escriba oraciones sobre el videoclip usando las palabras dadas. Puede cambiar la forma de la palabra o agregar palabras, pero no puede cambiar el orden de las palabras. Usa el tiempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necesario

Instruções: Escreva frases sobre o videoclipe usando as palavras dadas. Você pode alterar a forma da palavra ou adicionar palavras, mas não pode alterar a ordem das palavras. Use o tempo presente.
( ) = opcional   [ ] = necessário

지시 : 주어진 단어를 사용하여 비디오 클립에 대한 문장을 씁니다. 어형을 변경하거나 단어를 추가할 수 있지만 어순은 변경할 수 없습니다. 현재 시제를 사용합니다.
( ) = 선택 사항   [ ] = 필수 사항

Інструкції: Напишіть речення про відеокліп, використовуючи подані слова. Ви можете змінювати форму слова або додавати слова, але не можете змінювати порядок слів.
Використовуйте теперішній час.
( ) = необов'язково   [ ] = обов'язково


Sentence 1

Mindy / impress / art / gallery

Mindy is impressed [by/with] the art gallery.



Sentence 2

Emily / explain / how / she / invite / gallery / opening

Emily explains how she [got/was] invited to the gallery opening.



Sentence 3

Mindy / think / Camille / hit / Emily / when / she / invite / her / opening

Mindy thinks (that) Camille was hitting on Emily when she invited her to the opening.

Mindy thinks (that) Camille was hitting on Emily when she was invited to her opening.



Sentence 4

Camille / introduce / Emily / Randy

Camille introduces Emily to Randy.



Sentence 5

Emily / *recite / some / of / thing / Randy / say / past / interview

Emily recites some of the things (that/which) Randy (has) said in past interviews.

* recite: say from memory




Sentence 6

in / 2015 / interview / Randy / say / good / hotel / should / echo

In a 2015 interview, Randy said (that) a good hotel should have an echo.



Sentence 7

Emily / say / echo / must / tease / all / sense

Emily says (that) an echo must tease all (of) the senses.



Sentence 8

therefore / Emily / think / Randy / hotel / need / own / scent

Therefore, Emily thinks (that) Randy's hotels need their own scent.

Therefore, Emily thinks (that) Randy's hotel needs its own scent.



Sentence 9

when / sell / house / it / important / bake / cookie / because / smell / remind / people / home

When (you are) selling a house, it is important to bake cookies because the smell reminds people of home.



Sentence 10

after / Randy / compliment / Emily / elevator / pitch / she / give / him / card

After Randy compliments Emily on her elevator pitch, she gives him her card.

After Randy compliments Emily's elevator pitch, she gives him her card.



Listen & Repeat 듣고 따라하기 Ouça e repita Escuchar y repetir Слухайте і повторюйте


Directions: Play the audio clip and try to repeat what you hear. Click "Show" to see the text.

Instrucciones: Reproduce el clip de audio e intenta repetir lo que escuchas. Haga clic en "Show" para ver el texto.

Instruções: Reproduza o clipe de áudio e tente repetir o que você ouve. Clique em "Show" para ver o texto.

지시 사항 : 오디오 클립을 재생하고 들리는 내용을 반복해 보십시오. 텍스트를 보려면 "Show" 를 클릭하십시오.

Інструкції: Увімкніть аудіокліп і спробуйте повторити те, що чуєте. Натисніть "Show", щоб побачити текст.


Clip 1
0:00 / 0:00

How did you get invited to this?



Clip 2
0:00 / 0:00

Oh my God! Do you think she was hitting on you?



Clip 3
0:00 / 0:00

Oh, would you stop!



Clip 4
0:00 / 0:00

I'm such a huge fan.



Clip 5
0:00 / 0:00

It's so exciting that you're opening a Zimmer hotel in Paris!



Clip 6
0:00 / 0:00

I remember you said that you wanted to have your flagship here.



Clip 7
0:00 / 0:00

You told Architectural Digest that a good hotel should have an echo.



Clip 8
0:00 / 0:00

Why don't I what?



Clip 9
0:00 / 0:00

To have an echo, you have to tease all the senses.



Clip 10
0:00 / 0:00

What's wrong with the smell?



Clip 11
0:00 / 0:00

When you're selling a house, the one thing you should do is bake cookies.



Clip 12
0:00 / 0:00

You need some cookies, Randy.



Clip 13
0:00 / 0:00

Are you going to hand me a cookie?



Clip 14
0:00 / 0:00

Well, that was a nice elevator pitch.



Clip 15
0:00 / 0:00

I'm here till tomorrow. Show me what you got, Chicago.



Discussion 논의 Questões de discussão Discusión Обговорення


  1. Why is Randy at the gallery? Why is Emily at the gallery? Do you think Randy is bothered (annoyed) by Emily?
  2. What is Emily's pitch? What is she trying to sell to Randy?
  3. What is an elevator pitch? Why do you think it is called an elevator pitch? How did it get its name?
  4. If you were Randy, how would react to someone like Emily, who has memorized all of your interviews? Would you be flattered or scared? Why?
  5. At the beginning, Randy doesn't seem interested in Emily's pitch. In your opinion, why did he change his mind? (Why does he agree to meet Emily?)
  6. Emily says the smell of cookies makes people think of home. What smells remind you of home?
  7. What foods have the best smell when they are being prepared or cooked? What foods taste good but smell bad when being cooked?
  8. Have you ever made a friend randomly on the street, or on the bus or subway, or at a park (like Emily and Mindy, or Emily and Camille)? What happened?

Script 대본 Roteiro Guion Сценарій


Mindy: Oh là là! Nice gallery. How did you get invited to this?

Emily: I met a girl shopping for flowers in my neighborhood. She saved me from buying bad roses, told me about some cute brunch spots, and invited me to this opening.

Mindy: Oh my God! Do you think she was hitting on you?

Emily: What? Not until now. There he is.

Mindy: Who?

Emily: Randy Zimmer.

Mindy: Talking to the gorgeous blonde?

Emily: Yeah, that's Camille.

Mindy: Maybe you should be hitting on her.

Emily: Oh, would you stop!

Mindy: Mm-hmm.

Emily: Okay, wish me luck.

Mindy: Good luck, biche.


Camille: Emily!

Emily: Bonjour. Hi.

Camille: So glad you made it. Oh, so Chicago meet Chicago.

Randy: Oh.

Camille: Randy Zimmer. Emily Cooper.

Emily: I'm such a huge fan.

Randy: Oh, thank you.

Camille: Emily just moved from Chicago to work here at a marketing firm. Did I get that right?

Emily: Perfect.

Camille: Right. So, let's talk later about that piece you like.

Randy: All right. Don't forget.

Emily: Thank you again.

Camille: I'm so glad you made it.

Emily: It's so exciting that you're opening a Zimmer hotel in Paris!

Randy: Yeah. Uh, November.

Emily: I remember you said in the March 2010 Business Week, when the Zimmer Zurich opened, that you wanted to have your flagship here.

Randy: You memorized my interviews?

Emily: Yep. When the Zimmer South Beach opened in 2015, you told Architectural Digest that a good hotel should have an echo.

Randy: Yes. Thank you.

Emily: So why don't you?

Randy: Why don't I what?

Emily: To have an echo, you have to tease all the senses. Not just gorgeous views, expensive sheets, but the smell.

Randy: What's wrong with the smell?

Emily: Well, nothing. There is no smell. That's the point. It's like a blank billboard on Madison Avenue. Empty real estate going to waste.

Randy: Go on.

Emily: Well, when you're selling a house, the one thing you should do is bake cookies. The smell reminds people of home and warmth and sugar and butter and a happy place. You need some cookies, Randy.

Randy: Are you going to hand me a cookie?

Emily: My card.

Randy: Well, that was a nice elevator pitch. I'm here till tomorrow. Show me what you got, Chicago.

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