Ambition is the strong desire we feel to reach some goals in our life. It is one of the main forces which motivates our actions and sustains the hard efforts we make during long years. When it takes hold of our minds we go to extremes to satisfy it and give a material existence to any of the realisations we want to accomplish in the future.
When we are animated with the ambition to obtain something we get filled with an intense determination to reach the end we have in view. Neither dangers nor obstacles are strong enough to deviate us from our target. We do not recoil in front of sacrifices and we don’t hesitate to throw ourselves in the harshest battles if we think that the price to win is worth the risk. We cmpletely forget about the possibility of defeat and evacuate from our brain all factors that may prevent us from turning our dreams to reality.
Ambition helps us to release great energy and inner confidence in our hearts. It turns us into powerful and optimistic individuals. When we shelter it we get protected from laziness and other weakening realities. We get even ready to mix up with people whose ideas we do not share and evolve in contexts which clash with our personslity. It is also a condition that allows us to keep in touch with our environment and get a useful learning from it.
A/Comprehension and interpretation:
1. The text is about: a. Desire. b. Ambition. c. Inner confidence.
2. Choose the correct answer a, b, or c
1- Ambition is a strong desire to ……… our goals.
a) Push b) kill c) arrive at
2- Dangers and obstacles are not able to ……… from our aims.
a) Change our directions b) continue c) motivate
3- We never ………. When it’s a matter of sacrifice.
a) Go ahead b) move back c) stop
4- Holding ambition makes us ……….
a) weak b)lazy c)protected
3. Say if the following statements are true or false:
a. Ambition doesn't motivate our actions.
b. We do not recoil in front of sacrifices.
c. We forget about failure.
d. Ambition helps us to release great energy and inner confidence in our minds.
e. Ambition makes us isolated.
4. Answer the following questions according to the text:
a. What happens when we have some ambitions to satisfy?
b. How do ambitious people behave in front of dangers?
c. Is ambition a good thing? Justify.
5. a. Find in the text words or expressions that mean the same as:
a. achieve the aim . b. to set hands on.
b. Find in the text opposites to:
a. weak. b. ends.
6. Find in the list the right word to use in each gap below:
- reach - sacrifices – prevents - laziness – adaptation – recoil – animated..
a. With perseverance we often………our purpose in life.
b. Astronomers are………..with the eagerness to know more about space.
c. Modernity requires from us a strong capacity for………… .
d. Parents make important ……. To help their children at school.
e. Ambition is the enemy of ……….. .
7 .Translate the following sentences into French:
a. The fear of failing doesn't discourage the ambitious people.
b. Many people don’t succeed in their goals because they are lazy.
Part Two: Summarize the text in few lines .
When we are animated with the ambition to obtain something we get filled with an intense determination to reach the end we have in view. Neither dangers nor obstacles are strong enough to deviate us from our target. We do not recoil in front of sacrifices and we don’t hesitate to throw ourselves in the harshest battles if we think that the price to win is worth the risk. We cmpletely forget about the possibility of defeat and evacuate from our brain all factors that may prevent us from turning our dreams to reality.
Ambition helps us to release great energy and inner confidence in our hearts. It turns us into powerful and optimistic individuals. When we shelter it we get protected from laziness and other weakening realities. We get even ready to mix up with people whose ideas we do not share and evolve in contexts which clash with our personslity. It is also a condition that allows us to keep in touch with our environment and get a useful learning from it.
A/Comprehension and interpretation:
1. The text is about: a. Desire. b. Ambition. c. Inner confidence.
2. Choose the correct answer a, b, or c
1- Ambition is a strong desire to ……… our goals.
a) Push b) kill c) arrive at
2- Dangers and obstacles are not able to ……… from our aims.
a) Change our directions b) continue c) motivate
3- We never ………. When it’s a matter of sacrifice.
a) Go ahead b) move back c) stop
4- Holding ambition makes us ……….
a) weak b)lazy c)protected
3. Say if the following statements are true or false:
a. Ambition doesn't motivate our actions.
b. We do not recoil in front of sacrifices.
c. We forget about failure.
d. Ambition helps us to release great energy and inner confidence in our minds.
e. Ambition makes us isolated.
4. Answer the following questions according to the text:
a. What happens when we have some ambitions to satisfy?
b. How do ambitious people behave in front of dangers?
c. Is ambition a good thing? Justify.
5. a. Find in the text words or expressions that mean the same as:
a. achieve the aim . b. to set hands on.
b. Find in the text opposites to:
a. weak. b. ends.
6. Find in the list the right word to use in each gap below:
- reach - sacrifices – prevents - laziness – adaptation – recoil – animated..
a. With perseverance we often………our purpose in life.
b. Astronomers are………..with the eagerness to know more about space.
c. Modernity requires from us a strong capacity for………… .
d. Parents make important ……. To help their children at school.
e. Ambition is the enemy of ……….. .
7 .Translate the following sentences into French:
a. The fear of failing doesn't discourage the ambitious people.
b. Many people don’t succeed in their goals because they are lazy.
Part Two: Summarize the text in few lines .
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