Watch this business presentation for a real company and answer the comprehension questions below. You only need to watch the first three minutes.
To Read what is said during the first three minutes click on 'Show Transcript':
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What you're about to see is the birth of an exciting and unique new business that's in its final stages of pre-launch. This is your chance to gain the first mover advantage and be ahead of the wave. Right now, a revolution is taking place on the internet. It's making the fortunes of a select few. While you work they play. While you sleep, they're making money: 164 US dollars every second, of every minute, of every hour, of every day. It's so powerful it's growing four times faster than the internet. It was out of reach to most people, until now. Now it's your turn to join the revolution! This revolution is online games of skill. It's vibrant, dynamic, desirable. Men and women of all ages are playing from eighteen-year- olds to the retired, spending on average twenty pounds a month playing with friends and family. Online games of skill are web-based games played in a tournament for cash prizes. They're familiar like board aned arcade games puzzles, sports, word games. You win by how good you are, not by chance, which means they're not gambling. People place these games for the experience, for the adrenalin rush, for the victory, for the interaction with friends and they play these games for the fun. It's generating billions in cash, right now. Today, it's worth approximately 5.2 billion US dollars. That's 164 US dollars per second. By 2011 this is expected to grow to a staggering 412 US dollars per second. In the time it takes to watch this movie, over forty-nine thousand two hundred US dollars will be spent playing online skill games. And more than 14 million US dollars will be spent today alone. There are millions of people playing around the world. Imagine a fraction of these playing through your own website. How would that change your life? Would you buy your dream car? Own that house you've always wished for? Holiday in exotic places? All these things are possible with this powerful business!
This company is not related to EC in any way. This exercise is for you to practice your English, not to advertise this company.
At what minimum age can people can play these games?
How can people win playing these games?
How many reasons are given for why people play these games?
Over how much money will be made in the time it takes to watch this clip?
What is this company inviting you to do?
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