THE ROAD TO SUCCESS
I. Use the words from Check these words:
1. when smb doesn’t succeed; loss - …………………………………………………………………………..
2. to succeed in doing what you set out to do - ………………………………………………………………..
3. a shot sleep during the day - ………………………………………………………………………………..
4. thinking carefully about smth - ……………………………………………………………………………..
5. to aim to achieve a fixed goal -………………………………………………………………………………
6. to encourage oneself to continue to try hard - ………………………………………………………………
7. smb with a very great and rare natural ability or skill - …………………………………………………….
8. related to the inside of smth - ……………………………………………………………………………….
9. an affective or quick way to do smth - ………………………………………………………………………
10. all over again from the start - ………………………………………………………………………………

II. Complete the sentences using the text:
1. Thomas Edison had in hand in creating many things and was responsible…………………………………
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2. The secret of his success and his greatest strength was …………………………………………………….
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3. He considered that people often fail in life because they “ …………………………………………………
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4. Disasters aren’t necessary bad because “all our mistakes ………………………………………………….
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5. He was absolutely intolerant of laziness and ………………………………………………………………
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6. But you shouldn’t always put your brain under pressure, another his effective rule was ………………….
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7. He was sure that relaxation and short naps …………………………………………………………………
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8. Historians discovered that his new ideas came to his mind by …………………………………………….
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9. His success came because he was ………………………………………………………………………….
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10. Edison clearly believed that everyone is …………………………………………………………………...
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III. Fill in the missing words:
1. By the end of his life Edison held …………………………….. and inventions.
2. This successful man provided us with …………………….. to achieving goals.
3. He was always close to success because absolutely ……………………………
4. The disasters are useful because we can ……………………………………….
5. He was absolutely …………………. and pushed himself …………………….
6. To improve the power of thoughts he put ……………………………………...
7. Relaxation and naps can improve ………………………………………………
8. Thomas Edison succeeded because he was …………………………………….
9. He invented …………………………………………… which lasts 1,000 hours.