Success and happiness
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Outcome:By the end of the unit you will be able to:
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Are all successful people happy?
Are all happy people successful?
If your goal is to become a successful person, what can you do to achieve your goal?
- get a business degree
- start your own business
- get a good job
- get to the top
#1
the most powerful man in the world and the current President of Russia
...inked a deal to build a more than $70 billion gas pipeline with China (the planet's largest construction project)
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#2
remains the unquestioned commander in chief of the world’s greatest military, and head of its sole economic and cultural superpower.
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#3
took the additional title as chief of the world's largest economy, valued at $17.6 trillion. Xi was quick to see the benefits of privatization-friendly reforms and further signs of fresh thinking are everywhere
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#4
has made it his mission to transform the long standing conservative image of the Catholic Church.
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What makes them successful?
Lesson A:
Task A: Make a list of successful people
Write the name of six more
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Analyzed the words. Choose the correct
definition for each of them.
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Vision _____
Persistence _____
Passion _____
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a.
A very strong interest or desire.
b.
Continuing to do something in a determined
way despite difficulties or opposition.
c.
he ability to imagine how something will
develop in the future and then to plan for it.
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Do the people on your list
have the qualities described in the article?
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1.
succeed
2.
go as far as you can
3.
start
4.
start out well
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5.
make any progress
6.
becomes
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make you unhappy
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8.
stop them
9.
continue
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Study these expressions:
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starting things
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problems
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making progress
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get
off the ground (3)
get
off to a good start (4)
get
(a business) under way (3)
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get
in the way (9)
get
somebody down (7)
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get ahead (1)(2) (5)
(not) get anywhere (1)(2)
(5)
get on with (8)(9)
get to be (6)
get to the top (2)
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Note: Gets to be (becomes) - Make you unhappy(get you down) - Get
in their way (8)
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Do the people on your list have the qualities described in the article?
What are the three main qualities mentioned in the article?
Analyzed the words. Choose the
correct definition for each of them.
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Vision _____
Persistence _____
Passion _____
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a.
A very strong interest or desire.
b.
Continuing to do something in a determined
way despite difficulties or opposition.
c.
The ability to imagine how something
will develop in the future and then to plan for it.
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