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National Geographic Explorer Sarah McNair-Landry exploring the Northwest Passage of Canada
Look at the photo and answer the questions:
1. What phrase best describes this photo?
2. What do you think of when you hear the word challenge?
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UNIT 5 GOALS
A. Talk about Facing Challenges
B. Describe Past Accomplishments
C. Use Too and Enough to Talk about Abilities
D. Discuss Steps Toward a Goal
E. Describe a Personal Challenge
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A GOAL Talk about Facing Challenges
REAL LANGUAGE
If something makes you feel alive, it makes you happy and full of energy.
Vocabulary
A Read about two people's challenges.
| Physical Challenge | Mental Challenge |
| I absolutely love challenges! Doing something difficult makes me feel alive. Recently, I set a goal for myself: To run a marathon and make it to the finish line. I trained almost every day before the marathon, and I felt like I was making progress toward my goal. Last month, I achieved the goal with a competitive time! | Although it might not seem like a significant challenge to some people, reading is quite difficult for me, especially when I need to do a lot of it. Last year, I convinced my parents to hire a reading tutor to help me. I learned ways to deal with large amounts of reading homework, and I hope the result will be better grades this year. |
WORD FOCUS
To face a challenge means to decide to do something new and difficult.
To make progress means to improve or get nearer to a goal over time.
B Write each word in blue next to the correct meaning.
1. ___goal______ a target you hope to reach
2. ______________ something new or different that requires effort
3. ______________ introduces a statement with a contrast
4. ______________ succeeded in making something happen
5. ______________ large enough to be important
6. ______________ improvement over time
7. ______________ something that happens because of something else
8. ______________ to give an impression or appear a certain way
9. ______________ to manage or handle a situation well
10. _____________ persuaded someone to do something
C MY WORLD What are your goals for the next five years? Are the goals significant to you? What challenges may you have to overcome to achieve your goals?
Marathon runners in Montreal, Canada
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Grammar (See Grammar Reference pp. 150-151)
| The Past Continuous vs. The Simple Past; Subordinating Conjunctions: When and While |
| Use the past continuous to talk about something that was in progress at a specific time in the past. Form the past continuous with was/were + the -ing form of a verb. | I saw Sasha at the library yesterday. He was working on his assignment. We weren't watching a movie at 8:00 last night. We were studying for a test. |
| Use the simple past to talk about completed actions or situations. | Edmund Hillary and Tenzing Norgay climbed Mount Everest. |
| Use subordinating conjunctions to join two clauses together. They make one clause dependent upon the other. Subordinating conjunctions when and while connect two actions taking place at one time. Use when for an action in the simple past and while with the past continuous to say that something happened when another event was in progress. | It was raining very hard when Rita crossed the finish line. Sara got a text message while she was talking with her professor. |
| Use a comma after a time clause when it begins a sentence. | While Ben was writing his paper, the computer stopped working. |
D Complete each sentence with when or while.
1. Martina was looking for a job _________ I met her for the first time.
2. The mountain climbers were resting _________ the storm began.
3. My phone rang six times _________ I was working on my project.
4. _________ he was visiting Quito, Justin practiced his Spanish.
E Complete the sentences. Use the simple past or past continuous form of the verbs.
1. Yesterday, I _________ (convince) my best friend to compete in a 5k race.
2. Maria _________ (deal with) health problems when she quit her job last October.
3. My parents _________ (look) for new jobs when they met.
4. The professor _________ (seem) tired in class last week.
5. We _________ (make) progress with the project when the class ended.
6. At the gymnastics competition, Leo _________ (achieve) the highest score.
✔️GOAL CHECK
Talk about Facing Challenges
Tell a partner about a challenge you have faced in your life.
1. What was happening in your life at that time?
2. What did you do? Do you think you dealt with the challenge well?
My father lost his job last year while studying for exams.
That's awful! What did you and your family do?
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