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Nastia Liukin talks about choosing endorsement¹ deals and her next career moves.

Five golden medals in the Beijing Olympics , tieing a record with the very-well-known gymnast Mary Lou. Nastia Liukin, joins us now, uh, very successful. Congratulations on everything.

Thank you.

Let's talk about all of the endorsement deals following these medals. It's interesting because you told me. You had lot of these lined up, even before the Games, is that right?

Yeah, you know, that once I got after with Wheaties , I'm on the Wheaties Box now, and Herbal Essences² ,and then Beacon³ Street Girls , which is like a website for , not younger kids up to teens.

Ok, well talk to us about the other deals ,that you had , I know one denim⁴ deal , and TV girl are all about jeans, right? So talk to us about that, until the other ones are lined-up.

Vanilla⁵ Star Jeans, and I, they became my sponsor⁶ a little bit before the Olympics Games, but now , after the Olympics Games, I'm going to be doing a signature line in Jeans hoodies and T-shirts. That'll be coming out for the holiday season. And of course, next year too, we'll gonna do another line coming out right before school, back to school time.

So Olympic champion and fashion designer, en-huh?

Yeah.

Is that in the bookstand wrote for you? I mean, what are the other things that you wanna pursue⁷ after that gymnastics?

You know, gymnastics has always been a huge part of my life and it always will be , so it will always be the center of my career, I think. But I would love to pursue a little bit in acting⁸ , modeling , fashion designing , but like I said, gymnastic will always be my life.

When you look at all the brands. They come after you, they want you name associated with them, for you personally, , a girl ,your age, what's important for you to be associated with?

Definitely⁹, things that I like, and that are meaningful to my life style,cos I don't wanna represent something that I wouldn't ever eat, wear or drink ,so , with Wheaties, you know, it's really, it's a healthy choice . And, it's en, it's a good, you know, it's a good thing to be onto Wheaties' Box, and then ,uh, Cover girl, you know, every girl likes make-up, and stuff¹⁰, so that's a great choice for me, too.

When you look down the road, uh, you know, you're endorsing¹¹ all of these things now, four years until the next Games. What do you hope to accomplish between now the then, not only on the gymnastic side, but on the business side, for you, because now you're recognized around the world, that a lot of business is looking at you.

You know, gymnastic has never been about the money to me. I always love doing it, because I love this sport and winning a gold medal has definitely , uh, made me loving it even more and made me really realize what my dreams were. And I trained hard and I tried to achieve my dreams and I did so.

Can you talk to us a little bit finally about how you got into gymnastic, and in the world known as your father as well. So tell us a little bit about that story.

Yeah, my dad is my coach, and mom and dad were both gymnasts , so my dad competed at the 88' Olympic Games, and won two gold and two silver. My mom was the 87' World Champion , so, so it's been in my blood , you know, but, I, they never push me into gymnastics. They kind of want me not to do it. Cos they had been through it at their top level and you know, it's really hard to work with the injuries, and the struggles. But at an early age , they saw how much passion I had for it. And they didn't want to take that away from me.

Ok, Nastia Liukin, thanks for joining us, I appreciate it. You can catch us of course, on the Wheaties' Box.

1 endorsement   

n.背书；赞成，认可，担保；签(注)，批注

参考例句：

• We are happy to give the product our full endorsement.我们很高兴给予该产品完全的认可。
• His presidential campaign won endorsement from several celebrities.他参加总统竞选得到一些社会名流的支持。

2 essences   

n.本质( essence的名词复数 )；实质；（植物，药物等）精髓；精华

参考例句：

• This factory produces essences. 这家工厂生产香精。 来自《简明英汉词典》
• Actually, the natural flavor essences and the chemicals they contain are colorless. 事实上它们所含的天然香精与化学物质都是无色的。 来自互联网

3 beacon   

n.烽火，（警告用的）闪火灯，灯塔

参考例句：

• The blink of beacon could be seen for miles.灯塔的光亮在数英里之外都能看见。
• The only light over the deep black sea was the blink shone from the beacon.黑黢黢的海面上唯一的光明就只有灯塔上闪现的亮光了。

4 denim   

n.斜纹棉布；斜纹棉布裤，牛仔裤

参考例句：

• She wore pale blue denim shorts and a white denim work shirt.她穿着一条淡蓝色的斜纹粗棉布短裤，一件白粗布工作服上衣。
• Dennis was dressed in denim jeans.丹尼斯穿了一条牛仔裤。

5 vanilla   

n.香子兰，香草

参考例句：

• He used to love milk flavoured with vanilla.他过去常爱喝带香草味的牛奶。
• I added a dollop of vanilla ice-cream to the pie.我在馅饼里加了一块香草冰激凌。

6 sponsor   

vt.发起，主办；资助；n.发起者，资助人

参考例句：

• Sponsor stated they have no idea where he is.赞助方表示他们不知道他在哪儿。
• The sponsor has permanent ad on the website commonly.赞助商一般在网站上有永久性广告。

7 pursue   

vt.继续，从事；追赶，追踪；追求

参考例句：

• He began to pursue an easy and comfortable life.他开始追求安逸舒适的生活。
• This is the path that we shall continue to pursue.这是我们要继续走的道路。

8 acting   

n.演戏，行为，假装；adj.代理的，临时的，演出用的

参考例句：

• Ignore her,she's just acting.别理她，她只是假装的。
• During the seventies,her acting career was in eclipse.在七十年代，她的表演生涯黯然失色。

9 definitely   

adv.一定地，肯定地；明确地，确切地

参考例句：

• The team will definitely lose if he doesn't play.如果他不参加比赛，这个队肯定会输。
• I shall definitely be home before six o'clock.6点以前，我一定回家。

10 stuff   

n.原料，材料，东西；vt.填满；吃饱

参考例句：

• We could supply you with the stuff in the raw tomorrow.明天我们可以供应你原材料。
• He is not the stuff.他不是这个材料。

11 endorsing   

v.赞同( endorse的现在分词 )；在（尤指支票的）背面签字；在（文件的）背面写评论；在广告上说本人使用并赞同某产品

参考例句：

• Yet Communist leaders are also publicly endorsing religion in an unprecedented way. 不过，共产党领导层对宗教信仰的公开认可也是以前不曾有过的。 来自互联网
• Connecticut Independent Senator Joseph Lieberman is endorsing Republican Senator John McCain. 康涅狄格州独立派参议员约瑟夫。列波曼将会票选共和议员约翰。麦凯恩。 来自互联网