Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager

1. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager Exercises ENTER

2. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager Contents Extension • Oral work  • Quiz  • Writing • Listening lab

3. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Oral Work • List • Group discussion • Sayings about faith • Debating

4. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Oral Work • Do you think appearance is very important to • a person? Why or why not? • What do you think is the most important • quality for a person? • Can you tell whether a person is confident or • not? • How do you think that one can have • confidence in himself? • Do you agree with the quote “Nobody can • make you feel inferior without your • consent”? Why or why not? Brainstorm in groups. The end of Group discussion.

5. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Oral Work • Nobody can make you feel inferior without your consent. ~Eleanor Roosevelt • It took me a long time not to judge myself through someone else's eyes. ~Sally Field • It's not who you are that holds you back, it's who you think you're not. ~Author Unknown • We have to learn to be our own best friends because we fall too easily into the trap of being our own worst enemies. • ~Roderick Thorp, Rainbow Drive • It ain't what they call you, it's what you answer to. ~W.C. Fields To be continued on the next page.

6. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Oral Work • I am not a has-been. I am a will be. • ~Lauren Bacall • Confidence comes not from always being right but from not fearing to be wrong. • ~Peter T. Mcintyre • Life shrinks or expands in proportion to one's courage. ~Anaïs Nin, Diary, 1969 • It is not the mountain we conquer but ourselves. ~Edmund Hillary • The courage to be is the courage to accept oneself, in spite of being unacceptable. • ~Paul Tillich To be continued on the next page.

7. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Oral Work • If you doubt yourself, then indeed you stand on shaky ground. ~Henrik Ibsen • What lies behind us and what lies before us are tiny matters compared to what lies within us. ~Ralph Waldo Emerson • Your problem is you're... too busy holding onto your unworthiness. ~Ram Dass • Learning too soon our limitations, we never learn our powers. ~Mignon McLaughlin • Don't let anyone steal your dream. It's your dream, not theirs. ~Dan Zadra To be continued on the next page.

8. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Oral Work • A person can grow only as much as his horizon allows. ~John Powell • Plant your own garden and decorate your own soul, instead of waiting for someone to bring you flowers. ~Veronica A. Shoffstall, "After a While," 1971 • When there is no enemy within, the enemies outside cannot hurt you. ~African Proverb • The best way to gain self-confidence is to do what you are afraid to do. • ~Author Unknown • Chiefly the mold of a man's fortune is in his own hands. ~Francis Bacon The end of Sayings of faith.

9. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Oral Work Topics for debating: Judge a person by appearance. The end of Debating.

10. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz • List • Quiz 1 • Quiz 2 • Quiz 3

11. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 1 Match the items in the two columns. The end of Quiz 1.

12. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 • I’m very sorry to have __ you with so many questions on such an occasion. a. interfered b. offended c. impressed d. bothered 2. Anne couldn’t concentrate __ what she was doing while her family were watching TV. a. to b. on c. for d. in d b To be continued on the next page.

13. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 3. It is rather __ that we still do not know how many species there are in the world today. a. misleading b. embarrassing c. boring d. demanding 4. The river is already __ its banks because of excessive rainfall; and their city is threatened with a likely flood. a. parallel to b. level in c. flat on d. flush with b d To be continued on the next page.

14. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 5.  The government is trying to do something to __ better understanding between the two countries. a. raise b. promote c. heighten d. increase 6. He was ______ to himself over what he was reading. a. laughing b. grinning c. chuckling d. sneering b c To be continued on the next page.

15. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 7. We need to be more ______ to the needs of the young students. a. sensitive b. sensational c. sensory d. sensible 8. She is far too ______ to believe these ridiculous lies. a. sensitive b. sentimental C. sensory d. sensible a d To be continued on the next page.

16. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 9. The firm ran _____ strong competition and was on the verge of bankruptcy. a. after b. up to c. up against d. off 10. The workmen dug ____ the lot next door for a basement. a. at b. down c. into d. up c d To be continued on the next page.

17. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 11. Please run _______ a hundred copies on the duplicating machine. a. off b. on c. into d. down 12. James ______ at my old bike. He has got a new one. a. giggled b. sneered c. grinned d. chuckled a b To be continued on the next page.

18. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 13. She congratulated herself ________ her narrow escape. a. on b. for c. of d. in 14. A plump brown hen was ______ around for stray grains of corn. a. packing b. nibbling c. chewing d. pecking a d To be continued on the next page.

19. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 15.  “And you really think I’m stupid enough to believe that, do you?” he said, flushed ___ anger. a. about b. with c. by d. at 16.  It is a great pity that he _____ so careless. a. was b. will be c. should be d. be b c To be continued on the next page.

20. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 17. It is necessary that the customs of all nations _______. a. be respected b. must be respected c. ought to be respected d. are to be respected 18. ______the railroads were built, early settlers had organized an elaborate system of trails and canals. a. After b. During c. When d. Before a d To be continued on the next page.

21. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 2 19. Precautions are taken ______a hurricane threatens to strike the coast of the United States. a. whenever b. however c. always d. whether 20. No sooner ______ gone home than it began to rain heavily. a. had I b. have I c. I had d. I have a a The end of Quiz 2.

22. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Quiz 3 Fill out the blanks with the proper form of the given words. He was a great ___________ to his family. (embarrass) These measures are intended to ______ the backbone of British industry. (stiff) It’s a charitable organization, depend for its income upon ________ contributions from the public. (volunteer) Your life changes _________ when you have a baby. (dramatics) I kissed him on the cheek, ___________ far from his mouth so that no misunderstanding could ever rise. (exaggerate) embarrassment stiffen voluntary dramatically exaggeratedly The end of Quiz.

23. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Writing Imagine yourself to be Karen. Tell how Carlos has changed your life (in about 150 words). The end of Writing.

24. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Listening Lab A Lesson in Heart A lesson in “heart” is my little 10-year-old _______, Sarah, who was born with a muscle ______ in her foot and wears a _____ all the time. She came home one beautiful spring day to tell me she had _________ in “field day”—that’s where they have lots of ______ and other competitive _____. Because of her leg______, my mind raced as I tried to think of words of __________ for my Sarah, things I could say to her about not letting this get her down—things I have heard many famous _______ tell the players when they were Fill out the blanks while you are listening. daughter missing brace completed races events support encouragement coaches To be continued on the next page.

25. Lesson 8 - My Personal Manager • Listening Lab faced with ______—but before I could get a _____ out, she looked up and said, “Daddy, I won two of the races!” Ahh, I knew it. I thought she must have been given a ______ start…some kind of physical ________. But again, before I could say _______, she said, “Daddy, I didn’t get a head start…my advantage was I had to try _____!” That’s heart! That’s my Sarah. Stan Frager defeat word head advantage anything harder The end of Listening Lab.