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The picture below shows a sportswoman who has just won a swimming competition. In this section, you are going to read about the steps you should take to succeed in something.

Ilustracja przedstawia sportsmenkę, która właśnie wygrała zawody pływackie. W tej sekcji przeczytasz, jakie kroki należy podjąć, aby odnieść sukces w jakiejś dziedzinie.

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Motivation and hard work are the best way to succeed
Motywacja oraz ciężka praca to najlepsza droga do sukcesu
Źródło: dostępny w internecie: pixabay.com [dostęp 8.09.2021], domena publiczna.
Exercise 1
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Odpowiedz na pytania lub uzupełnij tekst. 1. An individual or team racing sport in which you move your body through water., 2. A game resembling hockey, played on horseback with a long stick., 3. A game for two teams, in which the ball is hit by hand over a high net., 4. A sport with kicking, striking and blocking with arms and legs., 5. A game in which two players hit a ball with rackets over a net.
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Exercise 2
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Read the following text and drag the headings to the suitable paragraphs. How to Be Good at Something in 4 Simple Steps

Are you unhappy about your tennis skills? Are you worried about not being good at cooking? Here are 4 simple steps that can help you become excellent at your interests.

1. 1. Follow the champions, 2. Practice makes perfect, 3. Find your motivation, 4. Mistakes are actually good
It is very likely that you will have difficulties and problems during your process. You will sometimes think that you are terrible at what you do. The only way to deal with difficulties is to be motivated. Ask yourself why you want to be excellent at something.

2. 1. Follow the champions, 2. Practice makes perfect, 3. Find your motivation, 4. Mistakes are actually good
It takes time to become good at something. The process is almost never very short because becoming better at something usually needs a lot of practice and takes a very long time. However, if you know how much you have improved, you will always be motivated to go for more.


3. 1. Follow the champions, 2. Practice makes perfect, 3. Find your motivation, 4. Mistakes are actually good
It is not easy to learn something and be good at it on your own. Find people who are good at it, and learn from their experience.

4. 1. Follow the champions, 2. Practice makes perfect, 3. Find your motivation, 4. Mistakes are actually good
No matter how much you already know, it is always necessary to put effort into it. Surely you will make mistakes. Don’t worry about them, mistakes are the best teachers.

Remember that no one is born excellent at something. Don’t waste your time overthinking, start putting effort in what you want to be good at!
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How to Be Good at Something in 4 Simple Steps
Renata Nowakowska How to Be Good at Something in 4 Simple Steps

Are you unhappy about your tennis skills? Are you worried aboutworried about sthworried about not being good atgood at sthgood at cooking? Here are 4 simple steps that can help you become excellent atexcellent at sthexcellent at your interests.

  1. ___

    It is very likely that you will have difficulties and problems during your process. You will sometimes think that you are terrible atterrible at sthterrible at what you do. The only way to deal withdeal withdeal with difficulties is to be motivated. Ask yourself why you want to be excellent at something.

  2. ___

    It takes time to become good at something. The process is almost never very short because becoming better at something usually needs a lot of practice and takes a very long time. However, if you know how much you have improved, you will always be motivated to go for more.

  3. ___

    It is not easy to learn something and be good at it on your own. Find people who are good at it, and learn from their experience.

  4. ___

    No matter how much you already know, it is always necessary to put effort into it. Surely you will make mistakes. Don’t worry about them, mistakes are the best teachers.

    Remember that no one is born excellent at something. Don’t waste your time overthinking, start putting effort into put effort into sthputting effort in what you want to be good at!

1 Źródło: Renata Nowakowska, licencja: CC BY-SA 3.0.
Exercise 3
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Exercise 4
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Read the text once again. Then, read the sentences below and decide whether each sentence is true, false or the text doesn’t say whether it is true or false. Only one answer is correct.
  1. The main aim of the text is to help you give up on something.
    TrueFalseDoesn’t say

  2. If you want to succeed, you need to ask yourself why you want to excel at something.
    TrueFalseDoesn’t say

  3. Becoming good at something shouldn’t take too much time.
    TrueFalseDoesn’t say

  4. You have to meet the role models to become as perfect as they are.
    TrueFalseDoesn’t say

  5. Sometimes putting effort into something is the best way to learn.
    TrueFalseDoesn’t say
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Słownik

deal with
deal with

/ diːl wɪð /

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poradzić sobie z czymś

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excellent at sth
excellent at sth

/ ˈeksələnt ət ˈsʌmthetaɪŋ /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

świetny/świetna w czymś

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good at sth
good at sth

/ gʊd ət ˈsʌmthetaɪŋ /

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dobry/dobra w czymś

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to put effort into sth
to put effort into sth

/ tu ˈpʊt ˈefət ˈɪntə ˈsʌmthetaɪŋ /

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włożyć wysiłek w coś

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Nagranie dźwiękowe
terrible at sth
terrible at sth

/ ˈterəbl̩ ət ˈsʌmthetaɪŋ /

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beznadziejny/beznadziejna w robieniu czegoś

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worried about sth
worried about sth

/ ˈwʌrid əˌbaʊt ˈsʌmthetaɪŋ /

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

zmartwiony/zmartwiona z powodu czegoś

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Nagranie dźwiękowe

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(Uzupełnij).
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