задания / ТЕМА_8_AMBITIONS_DREAMS

Rolya Alexandra, faculty of physics

Приклади лексичних вправ:

1. A) Write a list of your own dreams and ambitions. Use the following questions. You may think of some other ones.

1. I dream to spend my life doing something I love, while being surrounded by loving people.

2. To enjoy my life

to understand at the end of my life, that I lived a great life

to give my children, everything, that they will need

3. Hard working, self-control, being able to understand steps to achieve everything I want

4. Hard working, believing in my self

5. I’m sure I will need to understand everything, what’s connected with genetics

B) Use the sentences below and share your ideas with the group.

I have looked at my answers 1-5 and I think my ambition is realistic/unrealistic.

My reasons for this are: I believe in myself and I’m already trying to achieve some goals.

Which particular aspects would I have difficulty in achieving? studying

Which aspects would I find fairly easy to accomplish? There is nothing easy to achieve

I could find out more information about my dream ambition from …

2. Watch the video 2. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-ftKw46nC6s

1. Have you ever heard about the things mentioned in the video? Yes, I have

2. What is a bucket list? Have you ever created one? The phrase bucket list is used to describe things a person wants to do or accomplish before they die. Yes, a have.

3. What do you think of this idea? I believe, that a bucket list is a great possibility to plan everything, you’d like to do, to get and so on. And to understand what do you need to do, to buy, to create, to get what you want.

4. Who do you think invented this idea? I guess it is Justin Zackham.

5. Why has it become so widely-know?

6. What do you think about having dreams? I’m sure, that dreams become true if you strongly believe in them and do have a plan, how to bring them into your life.

7. What is the difference between dreams and ambitions? Dreams are what you want to happen but practically know you're never going to get there; everyone wants to win the lottery thats a dream. But an ambition is wanting to do something and having the motivation to do it; your dream job or dream holiday.

8. Have you ever made a list of your dreams and wishes? Yes, of course.

9. What is FOMO? It is a fear of missing out.

3. Ambitions adjectives are listed below. Consulting a dictionary check their meaning and divide according to the table below. You may add some other categories.

Positive	Neutral	Negative

academic, aesthetic, artistic, big, commercial, dangerous, different, disappointed, dynastic, early, earthly, economic, educational, expansionist, false, foolish, further, future, geopolitical, global, grand, grandiose, great, hegemonic, high, human, imperial, imperialist, imperialistic, individual, intellectual, international, large, laudable, legitimate, literary, little, local, loftier, lofty, low, mean, military, modest, more, most, musical, national, new, noble, nuclear, old, own, personal, petty, poetic, political, present, presidential, private, professional, real, regional, revolutionary, rival, secret, selfish, similar, small, social, spiritual, term, territorial, unfulfilled, vague, vain, vast, wild, worldly, youthful

4. The Daily Mail newspaper conducted a survey to see what the British public most commonly put on their bucket lists. Can you guess the top ten? (5 min)

Go over the language in the boxes below:

Positive	Negative
I’ve always fancied… I’m dying/itching to try… … is a burning ambition of mine. … is one for the bucket list. A pipe dream (an unrealistic/improbable dream) I would jump at the chance to… If you offered me the chance to…, I would bite your hand off. I’d give it a go.	I have no desire to… … doesn’t appeal to me (at all) Whatever floats your boat. To each their own The idea of … doesn’t do anything for me. You wouldn’t catch me …ing … is not my thing. … is not for me.

5. A) Discuss the top ten and decide if they would be on your bucket list.

Daily Mail Top 10
1. Have a holiday home abroad 2. Learn a new language 3. Go on holiday to the Maldives 4. Buy a house 5. Swim with dolphins	6. Drive Route 66 7. Ride a hot air balloon 8. See the Egyptian Pyramids 9. Go to a casino in Las Vegas 10. Visit Venice

B) Work with a new partner. Compare your wishes, dreams and ambitions from Exercise I. Were any of your ideas the same?