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1. Complete the sentences:

1) When Sanchez told her parents that she wanted to be a bullfighter they

a) felt a little pleased.

b) thought she was too young.

c) thought she had a good sense of humour.

d) were initially opposed to the idea.

2) Sanchez thinks that …

a) living in today's world is difficult for a woman.

b) bullfighting is a difficult career for women.

c) it is almost impossible to succeed as a female bullfighter.

d) women have to demonstrate their skills as much as male bullfighters do.

3) Sanchez's mother …

a) is everything to the family.

b) prefers to watch her daughter on TV.

c) supports her more than the rest of her family.

d) would prefer Cristina to leave the ring.

4) What does "it" refer to?

a) the fitness routine

b) not socializing

c) giving up

d) smoking

5) Sanchez doesn't socialize often because …

a) she doesn't like cigarettes and alcohol.

b) her work takes up most of her time.

c) she is worried about meeting people.

d) it's too difficult to look for friends.

6) What does Sanchez think about after being injured?

a) her next chance to fight bulls

b) her abilities

c) her development

d) her skills

  1. Make up the plan to the text.

  2. Give the summary of the text according to the plan.

HOW TO SUCCEED IN LIFE

Life is a continual struggle. If you don't want to be lost, you'll struggle. Life is difficult and it isn't very easy to achieve success. At first you should find the aim in your life and then work on it, remembering that only tedious work can give good results. Besides, you should work at your professional level, trying to be an ace at the sphere you have chosen.

Never break your promise otherwise you will loose people's trust. Be a man of culture with such person's values as intelligence, responsibility, kindness, generosity. Learn to rejoice with somebody and also share his grief. A person is like a mirror: if you smile, all the world will give your smile back to you. So don't knit your brows. Learn to see beauty, learn to get pleasure of the life, love your life because life is beautiful. Of course, there is no ideal life. Each person has their problems to be solved. Work hard to get a good result, succeed in your own life.

II

Each of us tries to succeed in life. But everyone does it in their own way according to their style of life, wishes, skills of communication, work. Some people believe that everything depends on their destiny and they can do noth­ing about it, others are sure that 'to live long it is necessary to live slowly'. But I don't belong to any of them. In my life f try to follow such a proverb: 'Your destiny is in your hands'. And I am sure if I keep it, I will be successful.

If you want to be successful, first of all you have to choose what you exactly want and divide the long way to your dream into few stages having specific short-term goals.

Achieving specific targets and objectives will give you a sense that you are really making progress. Exude an aura of confidence, even if you feel unsure, broadcast your success. The main rule is: don't be idle! Never put off till tomorrow what you can do today. Work on yourself: if you want to be successful, you have to develop your skills, enrich your knowledge, create new ideas, always move on.

Also, remember: communication is one of the most important sides of people's life, and being friendly you get more chances to make people appreciate you.

Becoming successful is not difficult, you just have to believe in yourself and never give way to despair.

III

There is no recipe for success, it's different for every person. I think that a successful man must first of all have a good education.

If we want to succeed, we have to develop restraint and patience in ourselves. Never funk hard jobs, because laziness is a token of idlers, not winners. We have to learn ABC of success before we attempt to scale its heights. They are patience, resolve, knowledge, being modest, kind, frank, strenuous, determined, diligent and gifted. Never think that you know everything, always have the courage to say to yourself "I know that I know nothing". I.P.Pavlov said, "Remember, the aim requires your whole life. And even if you had two lives to give, it would not be enough".

  1. Explain the statements using the information from the texts above.

1. If you believe you can you can.

2. The greatest discovery of my generation is that hu­man beings can alter their lives by altering their attitude of mind.

William James, psychologist

3. A successful man is one who can lay a firm foundation with the bricks others have thrown at him.

David Brinkley, television journalist