Have you ever wondered if you are, or have ever been, the best at something? (Listening exercise: What's your superpower? from 6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)
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Rewrite these sentences using a different structure by saying the same (the beginnings are given):
1. It is too cold to go swimming today. >>>>> It isn't .......
2. It is a long time since he last visited us. >>>>> He hasn't .......
3. I'd rather stay at home than go to a bad film. >>>>> I prefer .......
4. 'Isn't it a beautiful day?' exclaimed George. >>>>> 'What .......'
5. Although he felt ill, Jeremy still went to work. >>>>> In spite .......
6. The meal was so awful that they refused to pay the bill. >>>>> It .......
7. Are you still doing your homework? >>>>> Haven't you .......
8. 'Anne, what about staying for dinner?' Jane said. >>>>> Jane invited .......
9. Somebody will steal your bicycle unless you lock it. >>>>> Your bicycle .......
10. I've never been to a safari park before. >>>>> This is the first time .......
11. 'I did not take the money,' said Simon. >>>>> Simon denied .......
Solutions to the exercise in the next post
It would be great to be the best at something. For example, be the best at singing, at dancing, at school, etc. Although I've never been the best at something, I'm very good at rollerblading, either on land or on ice. That's what my friends say when we go together to the ice rink. However, I think that I'm not as good as professional skaters. I'm also good at languages.
ResponderEliminarNow, I'm going to give you some advices of how to try to be the best doing something.
Firstly, the thing you want to be the best at should be something that you really like. Secondly, you have to be practising it for years. If you aren't good at nothing, you can try to be the best dad, the best friend or maybe, the best husband.
It would be amazing to have superpowers, and it's very funny to imagine how different my life would be if I had some of them. In instance, I'd like to have invisibility, because I'd can listen to what people say of me, I'd can go out of my home without my parents know it and play pranks. I would also like to fly, which has been my dream since I was little. Finally, I would like to have the superpower of healing, so I'd can save lots of lives. On the contrary, I wouldn't like to know what all the people think since I'd become crazy.
It would be great to be the best at something, such as singing, dancing, at school, etc. Although I've never been the best at anything, I'm very good at rollerblading, either on land or on ice. That's what my friends say when we go together to the ice rink. However, I think that I'm not as good as professional skaters. I'm also good at languages.
ResponderEliminarNow, I'm going to give you some advice of how to try to be the best at doing something.
Firstly, the thing you want to be the best at should be something that you really like. Secondly, you have to be practising it for years. If you aren't good at something, you can try to be the best dad, the best friend or maybe, the best husband.
It would be amazing to have superpowers, and it's very funny to imagine how different my life would be if I had some of them. For instance,I'd like to be able to become invisible so as to listen to what people say about me, I'd be able to go out of my home without my parents knowing it, and play pranks. I would also like to fly, which has been my dream since I was little. Finally, I would like to have the superpower of healing, so I'd be able to save lots of lives. On the contrary, I wouldn't like to know what all the people think since I'd become crazy.
Being the best at something would be fantastic. I haven't been the best at many things, however I'm sometimes the best at exams or the best at playing the saxophone. For example, I was the best of the saxophones in a competition and I almost won the contest, I was in second position. Playing the saxo is something that I do so well because I have a lot of speed in my fingers and I can play with a great velocity.
ResponderEliminarNowadays, we only look at what we don't know how to do or at what is more difficult for us to do and we don't realize of our big virtues. We never think of how we would be if we powered our abilities or how our life would be if we used them. However, not all the people have some ability, if you aren't good at anything, you can try to be the best friend, the best counselor, the best son or the best father.....
To end, I'm going to give you some advice to try to be the best at something. Firstly you have to found your special ability. When you have found it, you must be practising it for years. Thirdly and the most important thing is that you have to enjoy it. Let's find our abilities and make more powerful them!!
Joaquín Alejandro España Sánchez 1ºA.Bachillerato
I guess being the best at something has to be fantastic but it is also very difficult that it requires a lot of time, for example I would like to be the best singing or at school, but that needs a time that I have never invested. Being the best in something is also very sacrificed because it means that you will not stand out in anything else.
ResponderEliminarTo be the best in something is required two things, that the thing in which you are the best is something that you like and do not mind throwing too much time, and the second is a lot of dedication and effort in doing better than the rest . If you do these two things, you will surely be the best at what you propose.
If I had a super power I would like it to be flying because it would be super easy to travel the world flying and people would not see that you have superpowers, and when you have a hard day you could fly to a high mountain and be alone without anyone that botters you. Because when you have a bad day, the only thing you want is to be alone
In my opinion the title of this post is the key of ours lifes, I mean, Our life goal is to find out where are you the best at, It would probably be the key of happiness, or unhappiness, You know, If You are the best at something you love, You would be the happiest person in the world, but, lets imagine, You´re the best football player in the world, but you can´t stand playing football, in this case You would be the most unhappy person in the world. What would You do?
ResponderEliminarThe answer is easy You can´t be the best at something you don´t love, You have to spent hours, days, years, your life to be the best.
On the other hand, You can be the best at something you love to do, It´s just perseverance, daily effort, mentality, and success will come.
Personally, and at the moment, I´m obviously not the best at anything, but there´s something where I love to spend my free time, They are videogames, someones say that I´m a really good player, It´s true there´s a game which I´m ranked in the 11 position of the world among millions of players, but, I´m not really into being a professional player in the future so I will have to continue with my search
Eduardo Pérez