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Those that history best remembers
were faced with numerous obstacles that forced them
to work harder and show more determination
than others.
Pas tout le monde qui a réussi est arrivé là avec succès après succès.
Famous people who have
shown determination
He was a high school drop out and while working as a truck driver �he taught himself about special effects for movies.
Il a abandonné l'école secondaire. Tout en travaillant
comme chauffeur de camion, il a appris lui-même comment faire
des effets spéciaux dans les films.
James Cameron Canadian Film director who directed Avatar and Titanic
He was raised on the Dog Creek First Nations Reserve and had a troubled childhood. He was 8 years old when his dad drowned and two months later his mom was killed by a drunk driver.
Élevé dans la réserve de Dog Creek, il commence sa
carrière à 16 ans lorsqu'il fréquente le Manitoba
Theatre for Young People, à Winnipeg.
Adam Beach Popular Canadian actor
Adam Beach défend activement les Premières Nations
He lost his leg but continued running with pain and one artificial leg in order to raise money for cancer research.
Il a perdu sa jambe mais a continué à courir avec la
douleur et une jambe artificielle afin d'amasser
des fonds pour la recherche sur le cancer.
Terry Fox Canadian athlete,
humanitarian and cancer
research activist
They were rejected by Decca recording
studios, who said “We don’t like their sound… and they don’t have any future in show business.”
Ils ont été rejetés par les studios d'enregistrement
Decca, qui a dit «Nous n'aimons pas leur son ... et ils
n'ont pas d'avenir dans le show business.»
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The Beatles The best-selling Band of all time
When he was protesting to end Aparatheid, he went to jail for 27 years.
Quand il luttait contre l’Apartheid, il est allé en prison
pour 27 ans.
Nelson Mandela The first black president
of South Africa
He tried to bring independence to India but he failed and went to jail five times.
Il a essayé d'apporter l'indépendance à l'Inde,
mais il a échoué et est allé en prison cinq fois.
Mahatma Ghandi Employing nonviolent civil
disobedience, Gandhi led India to independence and inspired
movements for civil rights and freedom across the world.
She had a baby at 14 years old and people said she was unfit for television.
Quand elle avait 14 ans elle avait un bébé et au
debout de sa carrière les gens disait qu’elle ne va
pas réussir.
Oprah Winfrey Television icon for
over 20 years
He tried to stop the genocide in Rwanda and 14 soldiers died under his command.
Il a essayé d'arrêter le génocide au Rwanda et 14 soldats
sont morts sous son commandement.
Romeo Dallaire Canadian soldier and author.
He is famous for his efforts to stop the killing of 800,000
people in Rwanda.
A leader of a band rejected him and told him that he was never going to make it as a singer.
Un chef d’un groupe a dit: «qu’il n’aura jamais
d’avenir dans la musique et qu’il ferait mieux de conduire un camion ».
Elvis Presley The King of
Rock and Roll
He was exiled from Tibet and lived in India.
Il a été exilé du Tibet et a vécu en Inde.
The Dalai Lama Tibet’s political leader
who has strived to make Tibet an independant and
democratic state from China.
At school his teacher thought his ideas were crazy and that he might have a learning disability.
A l’école son professeur a pensé que ses idées étaient fous et
qu’il pourrait avoir une difficulté d'apprentissage.
Thomas Edison
He developed many devices that greatly influenced life around the world, including the long lasting electric light bulb.
American Inventor
When he was little he was a great hockey player but people were jealous and mean to him.
Quand il était petit, il était un très bon joueur de hockey
mais beaucoup de personnes étaient très méchantes et
jalouses de lui.
Wayne Gretzky One of greatest hockey
players of all time
He was fired from a newspaper company for “lacking imagination” and thought of as “having no original ideas.”
Il a été renvoyé d'une entreprise de presse pour
son «manque d'imagination» et pour «ayant pas d'idées
originales».
WALT DISNEY The creator of Mickey Mouse
and founder of Disneyland and
Walt Disney World.
Struggling to find work, he was rejected many times because producers said he was not funny.
Il a été rejeté à plusieurs reprises parce que les
producteurs ont dit qu'il n’était pas drôle.
Jim Carrey Canadian actor and comedian
In 1967 he refused to fight in the Vietnam war and got arrested.
En 1967, il refuse de se battre dans la guerre de
Vietnam et il est mis en prison.
Muhammad Ali The world’s best
heavy weight boxer and a civil
rights activist
Early on no one believed in him or his inventions.
Au commencement, personne ne croyait en lui
ou ses inventions
Alexander Graham Bell
Inventor of the telephone
She is famous for showing the importance of nursing but her parents discouraged her from becoming a nurse.
Elle est célèbre pour montrer l'importance de
soins infirmiers, mais ses parents l'ont découragé
de devenir infirmière.
Florence Nightingale
Pioneer of modern nursing
1820-1910
He dropped out of Havard University to start his own company. He was 19, restless, and driven by a single objective: to change the world.
Il a abandonné ses études et à 19 ans il
avait un seul objectif: changer le monde.
Bill Gates
Co-founder of Microsoft, the world’s largest
computer software company.
He was fired from the company he founded and helped build. Feeling rejected, he put his energy into new ideas.
Il a été viré de sa propre compagnie. Il se sentait rejeté mais il a mis son
énergie dans de nouvelles idées.
Steve Jobs Inventor of some of
the most used electronics in the
world: the iPod, iPad and iPhone
After trying out for his high school basketball team he was rejected due to his lack of height.
Il a essayé de jouer dans l'équipe de basket de l'école
secondaire mais il est considéré comme trop petit et
est écarté de l'équipe.
Micheal Jordan
One of the best basketball
players in history
He struggled in school because he learned very slowly. One of his teachers said he would never amount to much.
Probablement dyslexique,
il utilisait son imagination visuelle pour sa
créativité scientifique.
Albert Einstein
He was famous for his Mathematical equation:
E=mc2
Scientist and regarded as a genius
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Paralyzed at the age of 15, he became the first student with a physical disability to graduate in physical education from the University of British Columbia.
Il a fait une tournée mondiale en fauteuil roulant
pour amasser de l’argent pour l’avancement
technologique dans la médecine pour les blessures
graves aux dos.
Disability activist and former Paralympian
Rick Hansen
She was a single mother whose first book was rejected by a dozen publishers.
Elle était une mère célibataire et son premier livre a été rejeté
par une douzaine de maisons d'édition.
JK Rowling British author who has sold
over 400 millions copies of her books.
He was 11 years old when he was cut from his soccer team after being diagnosed with a growth hormone defiency which made him smaller than other kids his age.
Il avait 11 ans quand il a été coupé de son équipe
de football car il était plus petit que les autres enfants de son âge.
Lionel Messi Recognised as
the best soccer player in the world
Her paintings of landscapes and native villages were unique and modern but her art was considered unusual for her era. Few people bought her art.
Son art a été considéré comme trop inhabituel pour les années 1900
alors pas beaucoup de gens ont acheté ses
oeuvres.
1871-1945
Emily Carr
Famous Canadian artist and writer
His first book was rejected by 27 publishers.
Son premier livre a été rejeté par 27 éditeurs.
Dr. Seuss The greatest cartoonist of
all time
Suffering from motor neuron disease, he is confined to a wheelchair and speaks through a voice synthesizer.
Souffrant de la maladie du motoneurone, il est confiné à un
fauteuil roulant et parle au moyen d'un
synthétiseur vocal.
Stephen Hawking Famous cosmologist
and considered one of the smartest people
on the planet
A dream will not become a reality through magic.
It takes determination and hard work.
Merci à la classe F04