Reach for the stars

What is success? It could be many things and often means different things to different people.For example, money, fame, academic achievement, overcoming a physical disability or discovering the secrets of the universe. A person who has achieved any of these could be considered successful, so if one person has accomplished all of them, what word would you use to describe him? Well, there are two actually - Stephen Hawking.

Stephen Hawking is a theoretical physicist. This means that he works on the basic laws that rule the universe. He has made some remarkable discoveries and has published his findings in books and magazines. Stephen has received numerous awards and medals and is a member of many Royal Societies. He is highly educated and has twelve honourary degrees. He even holds the post of Lucasian Professor of Mathematics which previously belonged to Isaac Newton. All this by someone who has motor neuron disease, is confined to a wheelchair and can't speak without the aid of a computer!

When talking about his illness, Stephen describes it as little more than an inconvenience. Recently, when asked if he would still have been involved in Physics if he hadn't been disabled, he simply said that the only difference would be that he would have worked more withnumbers and equations.

When we consider how one man has excelled in all areas of life despite being- severely disabled, we learn that we can overcome almost any difficulty to achieve our goals.

Success is within our reach, we just have to go for it!

2. Говорение.

Музыка влияет на разных людей не одинаково: - Какие жанры музыкального искусства производят на Вас наибольшее впечатление? - Какие музыкальные группы (солистов) Вы любите больше всего? Почему? - Как музыка вашего поколения отличается от музыки, которую слушали ваши родители?

Music influences different people in different ways: - What type of music influences you the most? - What musical bands(singers) have had the greatest impact on you? Why? - How is the music of your generation different from the music your parents listened to?

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