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SUCCESS

B1-B2
VOCABULARY, SPEAKING TASKS
VOCABULARY
TICK THE WORDS THAT YOU KNOW.
FIND THE DEFINITIONS OF NEW WORDS IN A DICTIONARY.

habits
self-awareness
invest in
to be really motivated
give it a ton of thought
a mentor
guarantee success
have faith and truth in process
consistency
blow a chance
come off
take advantage of
take a chance/opportunity
VOCABULARY
FOCUS ON THE PERSONALITY TRAITS:

POSITIVE NEGATIVE

USEFUL/SKILLED USELESS

HARDWORKING/TENACIOUS LAZY

SOCIABLE/OUTGOING SHY

CREATIVE/INSPIRED UNINSPIRED

EXTROVERT INTROVERT

ORGANISED UNORGANISED

TRAINED UNTRAINED

OPTIMISTIC PESSIMISTIC

GENEROUS/KIND STINGY/TIGHT

PRODUCTIVE UNPRODUCTIVE
DISCUSSION
1. WATCH A VIDEO ABOUT HABITS AND ROUTINES FOR BECOMING SUCCESSFUL

https://youtu.be/IyxJ1LMB9cA

2. ANSWER THE QUESTIONS

What is your definition of success?


What did growing up look like for you?
How did you decide what you wanted to do for a living?
How do you deal with failures?
Do you think that it is good to be famous? What are the pros and cons of such a life?
What do you think the expression ‘life in a goldfish bowl’ means?
Are there any famous people who are famous but are untalented?
DISCUSSION
Which of these situations is an example of success, in your opinion?
• A man loses his job and sets up a new business which goes on to
become a multi-million pound enterprise. But along the way, he
becomes so obsessed with his new company that he neglects his
family and they leave him.
• A boy loses a leg in a road accident. He goes back to school and
passes his exams the same year.
• A sportsman wins Olympic gold in the marathon. Although the tests
are all negative, he knows in his heart he was taking performance
enhancing drugs.
• Some students pass their exams very easily. They had worked very
hard but the teacher had also given them the answers on the
morning of the test.
• A single mother with no free time gets a part-time job as a
secretary. She loses it within a week and goes back to care for her
children full-time.
• A film director wins five Oscars for a film that has shocked his local
Scottish city community because it gives a false impression of their
history.
• A young scientist discovers something that could become a cure for
cancer. At the moment, it is uncertain if his discovery will amount to
anything.
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