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10C READY, SET, GOAL!

Reading
 Lead in

a Discuss the following questions in pairs.
a Discuss the following question with class. 1 Do you think it’s possible to predict if a person

What do you think your life will be like in ten will be successful from a young age? If yes,
years? how?
2 Have you ever met anyone who has never
b Choose the photo describing your primary goal in stopped trying to achieve his/ her goal?
life best or think of another image and describe
it to class. Tell your friends the reason for your b Skim the text and choose the sentence which
choice. describes the main idea of the text best.

1 Overcoming your fears brings the success.
2 Being patient is a key for being successful.
3 Having an objective point of view helps you to
see other opportunities.
c Read the text and guess the meaning of the
highlighted phrasal verbs.
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Different, But Not Less

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Temple Grandin was born on August 29 , 1947 in
Boston, Massachusetts. Her father was a real estate
agent and her mother was a writer, singer and actress
who dedicated her life to improve Grandin’s life. Once
she was four, she was diagnosed with autism, which is
a developmental brain disorder. In those years, nobody
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believed that she could get proper education, but her
mother didn’t give up and tried hard. In her early years,
she revealed the classic symptoms of the condition. She
suffered from temper tantrums when someone touched
or held her. She couldn't speak until she was three. She
was lucky because her mother continued looking for the
best care and instruction for her daughter. Even though
her family sent her to the best schools, it was difficult for
5 6 her to interact wih her peers because she was bullied and

made fun of her verbal tics during high school. However,
this condition couldn’t let Grandin down.
In the 1950s, autistic children were diagnosed as being
developmentally disabled and brain damaged. Despite
her parents being suggested medical operation for
their daughter, they kept up to look for a therapist. The
therapist recommended her a speech therapy and came
7 8 up with such a dull program that she would enrol day and

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