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Module 5. OPPORTUNITIES
Unit 13. A KEY TO SUCCESS
LEAD-IN
Task 1. Answer the following questions.
1. What comes to your mind when you hear the word ‘success’?
2. What should a person do to succeed?
3. Do you consider yourself successful?
Task 2. Discuss the following statements. Do you agree with
them? Why / why not? Give your reasons.
• “Many of life’s failures are people who did not realize how
close they were to success when they gave up.”
Thomas A. Edison
• “Put your heart, mind, and soul into even your smallest acts.
This is the secret of success.”
Swami Sivananda
• “Eighty percent of success is showing up.”
Woody Allen
VOCABULARY
Task 3. Read the sentences. Match the words in italics with
their meanings.
1. He never gives up in difcult
situations, he always
perseveres.
a. To continue trying to achieve
something difcult.
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2. Losing my job was a major
setback in my career.
3. Some people are born with
a talent, but others simply
word hard.
4. Successful people often
recognize the potential of an
idea before others.
5. Many inventors do not have
the opportunity to make their
ideas a reality because other
technology is not advanced
enough.
6. The value of an idea is not
always seen until it becomes
protable.
7. Successful people usually
have a mixture of persistence
and passion.
8. Success comes through
failure.
b. A problem that delays or that
stops progress or makes a
situation worse.
c. A chance to do something.
d. The possibility to develop or
achieve something in the
future.
e. The degree to which
someone or something is
important or useful.
f. A natural ability for being
good at a particular activity.
g. Lack of success.
h. An intense desire or
enthusiasm for something.
Task 4. Complete the table with words of the same root. Use
a dictionary, if necessary.
Verb Noun Adjective
1 vision
2 successful
3 to connect
4 value
5 to persevere
6 social
7 persistence
8 benecial
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Task 5. Fill in the sentences with the given phrases:
absolute op, total disaster, complete waste of time, signicant
breakthrough, great success, distant future, amazing achievement,
real triumph
1. The conference was an ______. Only ve people came to my
presentation.
2. The trip was a ______. I spent three days there and found out
nothing.
3. There has been a ______ in negotiations for the new site.
4. Our new project has been a ______. Sales have doubled in
three months.
5. He has been the best manager for three years. What an ______!
6. They had worked so hard that this victory was a ______ for
the whole team.
7. One can probably repeat such a success only in the ______.
8. That failure turned into a ______ for the project.
Task 6. Translate the sentences into English using vocabulary
from ex. 3–5.
1. Наша команда достигла такого результата благодаря даль-
новидности и настойчивости.
2. Его бизнес может стать успешным только в далеком
бу дущем.
3. Его целеустремленность привела к удивительным дости-
жениям.
4. Ей было полезно послушать мнение других экспертов.
5. Руководитель несет ответственность как за успех, так и за
провал проекта.
6. Сотрудники компании извлекли пользу из встречи на про-
шлой неделе.
7. Чтобы достичь успеха, необходимо общаться с людьми из
сферы твоих интересов.
8. Объем работы, который ей пришлось выполнить, снизил
ее эффективность.
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READING
Task 7. Read the article and complete the statements with no
more than three words.
1. Having a vision is important because it gives you __________
your mind to work towards.
2. One benet of experiencing setback is learning __________.
3. Successful people think of problems as __________ .
4. In order to succeed, you must __________ what you do.
5. To succeed __________ is not enough.
What does it take to be successful?
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Vision. Successful people visualize what they want. They have a
picture in their mind of what their business will be like when they
achieve their goals. This allows them to make decisions that support
their vision. Bill Gates’ vision was to ‘put a computer on every
desktop and in every home’. At the time he was developing his rst
models, computers were very large, expensive, and mainly used in
ofces and factories. Today, most of us can’t imagine life without a
computer, and Microsoft has grown into a multi-billion-dollar company.
Persistence. Success doesn’t come easily. Successful people are
disciplined and persevere through failure. A key benet of failure is to
learn from your mistakes and persist through them. You won’t nd one
successful person who hasn’t experienced any setbacks. Oprah
Winfrey is one of the world’s most successful women in television,
but she was once red from her job as a television reporter.
Creativity. Where other people see problems and limitations,
successful people see possibilities and opportunities. When Akio
Morita, the co-founder of Sony, developed a tape recorder he had great
difculty in selling it because people could not see a use for it. After
observing people in their daily lives he realized people spent hours
traveling and walking and so he adapted his design to become the
world famous Walkman.
Passion. Successful people love what they do. Celebrity designer
Jean-Paul Gaultier had no formal training in design, but loved creating
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clothing and at a young age began sending his drawings to famous
French designers. One of these designers recognized his talent and
hired him as an assistant. Later, he launched his own line of clothing,
and quickly became a global success.
Talented individuals do not necessarily make successful ones
since talent alone is not enough. However, talent combined with
passion, vision, persistence and creativity is a potent force for success.
Task 8. Answer the questions:
1. What does it mean ‘to visualize a goal’?
2. How can a person benet from failures?
3. Why did Akio Morita have difculties in selling tape
re cor ders?
4. Can lack of formal training prevent a person from being
successful?
5. Why aren’t talented individuals always successful?
6. Which quality do you think is the most important factor in
success? Why?
7. Is just one quality enough to be successful? Why / why not?
8. Think about your own experiences in life. What has the most
inuenced your success and why?
GRAMMAR
Study the information.
Gerund
(Герундий)
Соответствующей формы в русском языке нет. По значению к
герундию близки такие русские отглагольные существительные,
как чтение, ожидание (reading, waiting) и т. п. Герундий обладает
свойствами глагола и существительного. К глагольным свойствам
относятся наличие форм залога и относительного времени, возможность иметь дополнение и определяться наречием. Как и
существительное, герундий может быть в предложении подлежащим, частью составного сказуемого, прямым и предложным
дополнением, определением, обстоятельством. Ему могут пред-
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шествовать определители: местоимения и существительные
в притяжательном падеже, предлоги, что не характерно для причастия.
Формы герундия:
Aspect
Indenite doing being done
Perfect having done having been done
Active Passive
Voice
В предложении герундий может выполнять следующие
функции:
• Прямое дополнение. Употребляется после таких глаго-
лов, как to like, to need, to prefer, to remember, to enjoy, etc.
I enjoy checking e-mails in the morning. Мне доставляет удо-
вольствие проверять почту утром.
• Предложное дополнение. Может употребляться после
глаголов с предлогами: to thank for, to be responsible for, to be fond
of, to be tired of, to look forward to, to be interested in, etc.
He is responsible for checking e-mails in the morning. Он отве-
чает за проверку корреспонденции утром.
• Определение. Употребляется после абстрактных существительных с предлогами: the idea of, importance of, way of,
experience in, interest in, reason for, etc.
I saw no other way of doing it. Я не видел другого способа сде-
лать это.
• Обстоятельство. Употребляется всегда с предлогом.
В функции обстоятельства времени он употребляется с предлогами after, before, on; образа действия — by, without, instead of,
besides.
Before sending this e-mail you must sign it. Перед тем как посы-
лать это письмо, вы должны подписать его.
• Часть сказуемого. Употребляется после глаголов to stop,
to nish, to continue, to go on, to keep on, to begin, to start.
Go on reading the e-mail. Продолжайте читать письмо.
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После следующих глаголов и сочетаний возможно употребление как герундия, так и инфинитива: To like, to begin, to start, to
continue, to intend, it is of no use, it is useless, it is no good, etc.
It is no use talking (or: it is no use to talk) about it. Бесполезно
говорить об этом.
Task 9. Read the sentences and translate them into Russian.
Explain the usage of the gerund.
1. Talking to successful people is very useful.
2. Stop wasting time and start working.
3. He nished speaking and left the meeting.
4. Some people prefer doing nothing but want to be a success.
5. He is thinking of setting up a new business.
6. I had no hope of meeting her there.
7. On seeing the new project, the manager smiled.
8. We’re looking forward to hearing from you.
Task 10. Form the gerund from the innitive, paying attention
to spelling rules when you add -ing: drop, hurt, shoot, shop, hope,
y, judge, write.
Task 11. Complete the sentences with the gerund form of the
given verbs.
1. She is good at (achieve goals).
2. He is crazy about (lose his fan club).
3. I don’t like (watch) lms at home.
4. They are afraid of (swim) in the sea.
5. You should give up (smoke).
6. Sam dreams of (be) a popstar.
7. He is interested in (make) friends.
8. My partner is afraid of (see) a new manager.
Task 12. Complete the sentences with the gerund or the innitive.
1. Don’t forget (call) the expert before (send) the document.
2. I wish (see) his achievement.
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3. It’s no use (wait).
4. I’m looking forward to (see) you.
5. My partner told me (not tell) anybody about it.
6. He tried (explain) but the manager didn’t want (listen).
7. Would you mind (tell) me more about this project?
8. After (discuss) the question the committee left without (reach)
any decision.
Task 13. Translate the sentences into English using the gerund.
1. It’s no use (звонить им).
2. Do you have the opportunity of (связаться с ней)?
3. There are a lot of ways of (сделать это).
4. What is your idea of (обсудить этот вопрос сейчас)?
5. The exhibition is worth (посетить).
6. There were no other way of (сказать о провале).
7. I don’t like (напоминать ему об этом).
8. He is busy (общаться с успешными людьми).
LISTENING
Task 14. Listen to three extracts about success and failure.
Match them to pictures a–c.
Task 15. Listen again and decide if the sentences are true (T)
or false (F).
Extract 1
1. The lecture was a failure.
2. The information at the lecture was new to the speaker.
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Extract 2
1. Everyone is happy for the achieved results.
2. The project will soon become a success.
Extract 3
1. Nobody was surprised that the task was completed.
2. The project lasted 6 months.
Task 16. Answer the following questions.
1. What kind of lectures can be considered successful?
2. What makes a project successful?
3. How can you characterize a successful team?
SPEAKING
Task 17. Have a discussion with your groupmates about
success at university.
1. What is success for a university student?
2. Who can be considered as a successful student?
3. Why are some students unsuccessful?
4. What is the key to academic success?
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Unit 14. SUCCESS STORIES
LEAD-IN
Task 1. Look at the names of people who are considered to be
successful. What are they successful in? Do you know their success
stories?
Bill Gates Walt Disney Usain Bolt Albert Einstein J. K. Rowling
Task 2. Answer the following questions.
1. Why are some people more successful than others?
2. Who is the most successful person you know?
3. Why has he/she become a success?
VOCABULARY
Task 3. Study the infographic, translate and discuss new
vocabulary. Do you agree with the infographic? What would you
add/remove from it?
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