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Understanding ideas
Unit 2 Onwards and upwards
What kind of setbacks have you encountered in your life? How did you deal with it?
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Watch the video and answer the questions.
What makes them so successful with so many setbacks?
Names Achievements What made them
successful
Stephen Hawking was one of the world's leading scientists. His book A Brief History of Time was published in 1988, which became a best-seller. Their personal qualities of perseverance
willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them successful.
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, who fought passionately against the all-white government's system of racial separation. In 1993. he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Xu Beihong was a Chinese artist who created a new form of national art that combined traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western composition to reflect a modern China.
Names Achievements What made them
successful
Stephen Hawking was one of the world's leading scientists. His book A Brief History of Time was published in 1988, which became a best-seller. Their personal qualities of perseverance
willpower, determination, patience, leadership, talent and hard work made them successful.
Nelson Mandela was the first black president of South Africa, who fought passionately against the all-white government's system of racial separation. In 1993. he was awarded the Nobel Peace Prize.
Xu Beihong was a Chinese artist who created a new form of national art that combined traditional Chinese painting techniques with Western composition to reflect a modern China.
When things go wrong as they sometimes will,
When the road you're trudgig seems all uphill,
When the funds are low and the debts are high,
And you want to smile, but you have to sigh,
When care is pressing you down a bit,
Rest if you must, but don't you quit.
Life is queer with its twists and turns,
As every one of us sometimes learns,
And many a failure tu