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| readeralexey | Дата: Воскресенье, 13.02.2022, 13:28 | Сообщение # 1 |
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| Are there responsibilities you can never say you have fulfilled?
Tell about your plan that failed (came to nothing).
Tell about your fulfilled ambition.
Do you have hopes and dreams (outside of family life)? What are the prospects of them being realised?
Do you think Russia and the Ukraine will reach a compromise and avoid further escalation of armed conflict? Why (not)?
Tell about your plan that came off.
What aspect of English do you find it difficult to understand?
Can you name people who succeeded in rising to the top of their profession?
Do you ever have any trouble using your smartphone?
Can you say you have accomplished something in life so far?
What do you find it difficult to cope with in your life?
Did you have much difficulty finding friends on campus?
What would you do if …
1 you were having a lot of bother with your neighbours?
2 you started a small business but it came to nothing?
3 you couldn’t cope with your English studies?
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| ulyana_kazakova | Дата: Среда, 16.02.2022, 11:10 | Сообщение # 2 |
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| Can you name people who succeeded in rising to the top of their profession?
A couple of years ago my father bought a book that fascinated me so much that later I reread it several more times. This is a book written by a world-famous British neurosurgeon, secretary of the Association of Neurosurgeons of the Royal College of Surgeons of Great Britain. Henry Marsh is the author of several bestsellers, one of which I wanted to mention.
"Do No Harm: Stories of Life, Death and Brain Surge" is a book about tragedies, pain, fear, weakness and strength. The book consists of real stories, closely intertwined with personal experiences and dramas of the doctor. Henry Marsh described in the book not only the operations, but also the feelings that a neurosurgeon has to face during brain surgery, because even any wrong movement will inevitably lead to disaster and death of the patient: "And after more than thirty years, I can clearly see the despair frozen on the face of a dying man when he watched me turn my back on him." He was not afraid to talk about his mistakes, which not infrequently ended sadly. It requires a lot of courage, realizing that others will learn from his mistakes.
I was more interested in the path of Henry Marsh in becoming a neurosurgeon. At first glance, it may seem that such a high-class specialist dreamed of becoming one since childhood. But in fact, at first he studied at another higher institution, only in order to go contrary to his father's opinion, he entered medical school. The author makes it clear by his example that it is never too late to take and radically change your activities, even to become a pro.
I sincerely admire this amazing specialist who has helped many people cope with the most serious ailments, complex brain tumors.
The book is read in one breath, but with great emotion, both for the people who come to the genius of neurosurgery for help, and for the doctor himself.
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Everyone wants to SUCCEED. And all this is not without difficulties and FAILURES. But if you fervently want to ACHIEVE your GOAL, you need to work hard.
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Сообщение отредактировал ulyana_kazakova - Вторник, 07.06.2022, 20:24 |
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| tsvioletta17 | Дата: Понедельник, 21.02.2022, 21:13 | Сообщение # 3 |
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| What do you find it difficult to cope with in your life?
I liked and found this question interesting. The answer to it will help you better understand yourself, probably.
As a child, everything seems simple. Even if there are problems, they are such as a bad grade in math or the fact that you were not allowed to go to the party. You fret about it, because in childhood it seems that it is difficult to survive. You still don't understand what awaits you in the future and that such troubles are just trifles.
When you get older, your hardships become more serious. Two years ago I was worried about school exams, thinking that I would not be able to cope with it, and already now I'm thinking how to combine work with university studies and not get emotional burnout. At different ages, we have different obstacles that seem insurmountable. I know that in two more years there will be new problems, but I will be able to solve them as well.
Right now, the hardest things for me are to cope with the routine and keep up with everything. It is also sometimes tricky to keep yourself in good condition.
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I had a TROUBLE and I thought I cannot COPE WITH it, but I REACHED A GOAL after all.
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Сообщение отредактировал tsvioletta17 - Среда, 08.06.2022, 17:08 |
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| yarovaya02 | Дата: Вторник, 22.02.2022, 10:14 | Сообщение # 4 |
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| Did you have much difficulty finding friends on campus?
I don’t find it difficult, because in my opinion, our campus consists of such people that are bound with each other by Orthodoxy, studies, common interests, for example, music, singing in a choir, volunteering.
Although every person in the dormitory has their own opinion, nevertheless they have one basis, it is our religion and faith. Though sometimes there happen quarrels, misunderstanding, disagreement and discord, nevertheless, thanks to having clear and distinctive life direction according to the Holy Scripture, people try to understand the opposite side, agree to a compromise and forgive each other.
More than that, girls on the campus are friendly and communicative. Thanks to that those who need help, support, especially from the first year, will find it. There are many exciting events, organized by students. I enjoy meeting and communicating with girls from our campus.
Such friendly atmosphere is maintained by living a righteous life, praying, taking part in the Divine Liturgy.
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I think it is necessary for a person TO HAVE DIFFICULTY, through it they become more enduring and stronger. Life is full of surprises, it may FALTER. Nevertheless it is very important to HARDEN yourself, to ACHIEVE new and new TARGETS and GOALS.
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Сообщение отредактировал yarovaya02 - Воскресенье, 05.06.2022, 20:29 |
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| marichernaya911 | Дата: Понедельник, 28.02.2022, 11:43 | Сообщение # 5 |
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| Tell about your fulfilled ambition
When I was an eighth-form student at school I had a dream to finish school. I desired it in order to become a student of Saint-Petersburg State University.
I remember walking quite often near the building, visualizing my life as a student of this great University. I adored the Vasilievsky Island, Makarov’s embankment, shipyards and very wide Neva’s channels which were in the vicinity. I had been reading Joseph Brodsky’s poetry and essays (especially “The Watermark” made huge impression on me) and so living the life of a student of such a University was my biggest desire.
In the 10thgrade I started preparing for my final exams and decided to realize an ambition of entering the Linguistic department of the SPbSU on the budget place. After all, I have fulfilled my ambition. I passed my exams quite well, and in the last days of August a lady from the Admission Committee phoned me and said that I entered Linguistic and have a budget place.
However, it was too late. I had already been enrolled at PSTGU – the University my soul had been dreaming about for two years by then. And afterall, my two goals were attained simultaneously.
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It is well-known that to achieve A GOAL a person must divide their target into small ones. As if we want to MANAGE a long path, we must manage short segments, having breaks between them. The same in the planning: to ACCOMPLISH A GREAT DEAL we have to attain simple ones. Then it will be far easier to avoid BACKFIRE. Then, FALTERING and DEALING WITH SOME DIFFICULTIES, we will COME OFF.
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Сообщение отредактировал marichernaya911 - Среда, 08.06.2022, 17:16 |
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| amasaltseva | Дата: Пятница, 11.03.2022, 12:32 | Сообщение # 6 |
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| Can you say you have accomplished something in life so far?
Having been thinking of what topic to chose I finally decided not to complain about my failures, but to tell about things I have accomplished in my life. I guess it’s an important matter to talk about. It’s essential, for sometimes we emphasise on bad things in our life, as if not noticing everything good. But we should rather be grateful for everything we have. I guess, it has become obvious in the context of current events.
What have I succeeded in? I can define several spheres of my life in which I have achieved my ambitions. The first is psychological one. I have overcome my fears, timidity and self-doubt and as I guess have accomplished it. The second one contains relationships. I used to have difficulty in communicating with my younger sister. Now it’s much better, we get on well. Although I faltered in relationship with one person who was very important for me, I have learned from my mistakes. And it is kind of success too. And finally, my spontaneous intention to study philology instead of fine arts - some good has definitely come off it. I enjoy my studying.
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Everyone calls Paul a looser. If you ask someone if Paul’s plan is to COME OFF, the answer will always be “no way”. Whatever poor Paul starts doing GOES WRONG, every effort he makes COMES TO NOTHING. He hasn’t ACHIEVED any of his aims this year so far and none of his dreams has been FULFILLED yet.
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Сообщение отредактировал amasaltseva - Среда, 08.06.2022, 17:09 |
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| tsumskaa30 | Дата: Пятница, 18.03.2022, 13:33 | Сообщение # 7 |
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| Tell about your plan that failed (came to nothing).
To begin with, my father is a military man. He is a highly ranked colonel. I love my father and respect him. He is and always was a great example for me. I inherited from my father sincere patriotism. I enjoy watching the Victory Day Parade and like strict discipline.
When I was in the 9th form, I was meditating on my future. I’d already decided that I wanted to continue studying languages. And a sudden idea came to me – I realized that I had an opportunity to enter the Military University of the Ministry of Defence of the Russian Federation. There is a linguistic department, it gives the diploma of a military interpreter.
I imagined myself in the army uniform marching along the streets. But now I realise that the only thing that I was thinking of was idealistic, I had just Uutopian ideas. I expected that it would be graceful and noble like in some tales of chivalry. However, my father was the person who could sensibly explain how difficult it was to be a military man. He is a real workaholic, he goes to work at 6 am and can return at 11 pm. However, I believe that it is his vocation, he enjoys his occupation.
In the upshot, my father recommended me not to enter this university. And I’m really glad that everything turned out this way. In the 10th form I found our University and I’m sure that to choose it was the best decision in my life!
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Many people want to ACHIEVE their GOALS, they wish to have CONSIDERABLE SUCCESS. They usually make a list of AIMS before the New Year and do everything to ACCOMPLISH a great deal of them. Some people HAVE TROUBLE doing it because they realise that some unpredictable things might happen. Their AMBITIONS may BACKFIRE; their business may FOLD. Therefore, their TARGETS may COME TO NOTHING. That’s exactly why I usually decide not to set the long-term goals. Of course, I try to SUCCEED IN planning my day or even a week, but not months and years. My plan often FALTERS, but generally it COMES OFF. 5
Сообщение отредактировал tsumskaa30 - Вторник, 26.07.2022, 18:17 |
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| abalakinan27 | Дата: Воскресенье, 20.03.2022, 13:16 | Сообщение # 8 |
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| Can you say you have accomplished something in life so far?
Frankly speaking, I had have accomplished a great deal so far. I was taught to speak, to read and write. I succeeded in graduating from school. I managed to enter the university.
Every day I set new goals in my mind. I know that I ought to cope with distraction because I have a lot to bother with in the social media intake. Moreover, sometimes my plans go wrong. In such cases I try to keep my head and cope with the stress. I'm struggling to have everything worked out. I still attain little ambitions. And that's these are my accomplishments.
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IT'S HARD to COPE for people in war time. Their plans may BACKFIRE. Their projects GO WRONG. They HAVE A LOT OF BOTHER WITH in survival matters. Usually many shops and companies FOLD. Private business GOES UNDER. People HAVE TROUBLE with finances and food. The economy FALTERS and the attempts to defence defend it may COME TO NOTHING.
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Сообщение отредактировал readeralexey - Пятница, 22.07.2022, 10:35 |
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| veronikachernykh15 | Дата: Четверг, 05.05.2022, 12:51 | Сообщение # 9 |
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| What do you find it difficult to cope with in your life?
It has always been difficult for me to stick to the path I have chosen. I'm not talking now about a moral choice, not about the burden of being an honest person without deviating from the good. But about doing things that I need well and approaching my duties with responsibility.
Due to the fact that I am a dreamy person, I am often not where I really am. It makes life difficult for me and for the people around me. Instead of striving for these dreams, through the heights that I've already reached, I only think about how good it would be to be a fictional person in a fictional place.
These thoughts often prevent me from being realistic and appreciating what I have now.
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If you ask any person that have ACHIEVED something great, you will understand that their plans didn't COME OFF on the first try. There is a high probability that all their initial GOALS and AIMS had great DIFFICULTY and WENT WRONG. But trying to COPE WITH the DIFFICULTIES they MANAGED to ACCOMPLISH their AMBITIONS.
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Сообщение отредактировал veronikachernykh15 - Среда, 08.06.2022, 17:10 |
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| sasavasl15 | Дата: Четверг, 26.05.2022, 18:27 | Сообщение # 10 |
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| Do you have hopes and dreams (outside of family life)? What are the prospects of them being realised?
The dream of creating your own family is certainly very important and is present in the hearts and minds of many, but in my soul there are also other ambitions and desires.
I consider myself to be a creative person who certainly wants to leave something meaningful behind, although it's kind of pointless. It is difficult to have the potential and desire to create, but not to realize it. I certainly have a lot of plans and dreams related to my work.
I would really like to write a novel. Since childhood, I have often composed and recorded various stories, wrote poems and short stories. I've been writing personal diaries for 4 years now, it helps me analyze myself and train in writing skills.
I would also like to organize my own exhibition. I am madly fond of drawing and creating collages from scraps of photos.
And I understand that most likely I will have a lot of trouble, but I hope that I have the strength to cope with them.
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ACHIEVING BIG GOALS means always HAVE TROUBLES. But when your plan COMES OFF, you will realize that it was worth it. Even if it seems to you that you can't COPE WITH it.
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Сообщение отредактировал sasavasl15 - Среда, 08.06.2022, 17:11 |
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| katyadorniak | Дата: Суббота, 28.05.2022, 01:56 | Сообщение # 11 |
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| Do you have hopes and dreams (outside of family life)? What are the prospects of them being realised?
My AMBITIONS are mostly academic ACHIEVEMENTS. I would like to successfully defend my term paper. Then - to write a good diploma. After that, I want to enroll in a master's degree. I want to successfully become a philologist, a teacher and just an intellectual person whose opinion is listened to. I want my SUCCESS to give me a good name and make people respect me as a professional.
I hope my university will help me make my plan COME OFF.
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Сообщение отредактировал katyadorniak - Четверг, 16.06.2022, 16:10 |
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| vernik04 | Дата: Четверг, 02.06.2022, 21:16 | Сообщение # 12 |
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| What do you find it difficult to cope with in your life?
As a student, I FIND IT DIFFICULT to COPE WITH time management. There is so much to do every day. I have to go to classes, do homework and also I work a few times a week in the evenings. Moreover, my schedule should include meetings with my friends and family, going out, working out, reading and watching some educational videos and films. I’m trying to SUCCEED IN time management, because without it I’ll never achieve any of my AIMS in life.
So I’m trying to make a plan for a week at the weekend and then follow my plan. However, plans can sometimes GO WRONG or even COME TO NOTHING because life can sometimes have unexpected twists like an alarm clock that failed to come off at 8 am, and then you wake up at 1 pm.
Of course, the most important thing to succeed in time management is a routine. And at the moment I’m HAVING GREAT DIFFICULTY getting up early, because I HAVE TROUBLE falling asleep at night. But I’m AMBITIOUS, so I’m going to cope with my problems eventually.
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Сообщение отредактировал vernik04 - Пятница, 17.06.2022, 14:03 |
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| antonryadinski | Дата: Суббота, 04.06.2022, 13:41 | Сообщение # 13 |
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| Do you have hopes and dreams (outside of family life)? What are the prospects of them being realised?
Every man has a dream and so do I. Actually, I have a lot of dreams. And hopes. But certainly, I would distinguish them, I think dreams are something unrealistic to ACCOMPLISH. And as it takes hopes, I think, you can accomplish them. To have a hope means that you have an aim to do something. I have one big hope. I want to be successful in this life. Over the last two years, it has been hard for me to decide what profession I should choose. I know that I will graduate as a philologist and a linguist. But I want to be something more. And for the last three months I have been surfing in Internet and reading articles about computer linguistics, another word for it is programming. I started to read all of these articles. I also started to watch videos on YouTube. Then I understood that I want to succeed in this sphere. Nowadays this is my AMBITION. I started to learn computer linguistics last month. And I want to MANAGE with this difficult path.
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If you can’t COPE WITH something or HAVE A TROUBLE in doing something you should not FALTER in what you are doing. Everyone has DIFFICULTIES but you don’t need to be upset. TO REACH an AMBITION you need to be confident in your AIMS and TARGETS. TO ACHIEVE your GOALS is real, just don’t be lazy, then you can SUCCEED IN everything. But don’t boast once your plans COME OFF.
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Сообщение отредактировал antonryadinski - Четверг, 16.06.2022, 10:46 |
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| posternaksophie | Дата: Вторник, 07.06.2022, 14:13 | Сообщение # 14 |
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| Did you have much difficulty finding friends on campus?
As I'm quite a sociable person, I didn't have much difficulty finding friends on campus. I succeeded in finding friends and I'm honestly very proud of it. I accept it as my personal achievement that I managed to establish good relationships with my groupmates and with other people I met on campus.
Of course at times I had trouble finding suitableways of communication with some people, but hopefully it's all over now. I'm deeply grateful for the friends I now have.
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Сообщение отредактировал posternaksophie - Четверг, 16.06.2022, 11:27 |
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