People have always wanted to be happier, thinner, smarter, richer,
healthier and more beautiful. Most of them have and do become what
they want to, some don’t. Why? Th e answer is simple: action.
People who live their dreams out and put thoughts into action begin
to realize that it is time to stop talking and start living. Th ey know for
sure that without action there is no change; without change there is no
excitement. Without excitement life becomes monotonous and we become bored. Someone is bored because he has nothing to do; another one
is bored because he has lost interest in something; the third gets bored
because whatever he has to do has become boring; while some are just
bored because of their indiff erence to the world they live in and because
they are unwilling to take action even over a matter of great importance,
be it for themselves or for those they are surrounded by. “I’m bored” is
a useless thing to say. We live in a great, big, vast world that we’ve seen
zero percent of. Even the inside of our own mind is endless; it goes on
forever, inwardly. Th e fact that we are alive is amazing, so why get bored?
Never Doubt Who You Are! Never Doubt Who You Are! Even when it seems that there is no one
else, always remember there’s one person
who never ceased to love you - yourself.
Sanhita Baruah
Word Study
wrong ['rØN] v – to harm; to treat
unjustly
inwardly ['InwE:dlI] adv – toward the inside
crushing ['krúSIN] adj – too
many, too great or too much to
be resisted
complain ['kEm'pleIn] v – to say
that something is wrong or not
satisfactory
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Scientists say that 50 percent of the human personality is inherited;
the other 50 percent is learned. What is learned can’t be unlearned. If
the glass can be half empty or half full, why opt for half empty? Why
not expect change? What if we made a change in ourselves before
hoping to change the world? Are we asking for people to be more
loving, kind, and generous even though we haven’t been loving, kind,
or generous ourselves? Th is goes along with the quote by Mahatma
Ghandi that says “Be the change that you want to see in the world.”
So, the next time you go off to change the world, you should make
sure to refer to who you are inside and out. A cold heart can’t warm
a nation.
Every great dream begins with a dreamer. Always remember, you
have within you the strength, the patience, and the passion to reach for
the stars, to change the world. Start to imagine yourself living out your
dreams. No more crushing feelings of disappointment or frustration.
Trust yourself and the others will trust you. Love yourself and others
will love you. Be more forgiving, and you will do a lot of good. If you
forgive the person who has wronged you rather than seek to cause
confl ict, this would reduce the amount of confl ict in the world.
Stop complaining, and get on with the day. Sure, there will be problems, but instead of complaining about
them, focus on solving these problems. Or if you can’t solve them, move on. Just don’t complain about it. Stop
weighing options, fearing failure, feeling hopeless – start living your own way of life, a free, healthy and optimistic
one. Make your choice.
Believe in something big! Believe you can succeed and you will! Believe you can be happier, richer, smarter,
more beautiful, more self confi dent, more successful, and you will! You will, because you deserve all these! You
will, because your life is worth a noble motive!
5. Read the text more attentively. Get ready to fulfi ll the following tasks:
a. tell whether the text is narrative, descriptive, persuasive or argumentative;
b. fi nd the repetitions and then tell what their role in each case is;
c. express your opinion on the role of the interrogative sentences in paragraph 3 and how they contribute to
our understanding of the main motto of this paragraph;
d. discuss the eff ect of the sentences in the Imperative Mood from the last paragraphs. please