Unit 1

Achievement

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• hard working, creative, talented, ambitious, brave, courageous, determined, a risk-taker, entrepreneurial, skilled, skilful, optimistic, positive,

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Intelectual abilityAbilityIntelligent

BrightCleverSharp

ShrewdAble

GiftedTalented

brainy

Lacking abilityStupidFoolish

Half-wittedSimple

SillyBrainless

Daftdumb

Clever (in a negative way)

Cunningcrafty

sly

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Attitudes towards life

PessimisticOptimistic

ExtrovertedIntroverted

Tense = stressed outRelaxedSensibleSensitive

SociableArgumentative

CruelSadistic

Easy-goingRude

Ill-manneredHonestReliableSincereHonest

TrustworthyReliableSincereJealousenvious

Clever x half-wittedExtroverted x introverted

Rude x courteousCruel x kind-hearted

Generous x tight-fistedUnsociable x gregarious

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• 1. Where is Anousheh Ansarai from?• Iran

• 2. Which langueages does she speak?• French. Farsi and English

• 3. What did she do in 1993?• She set up Telecom Technologies

• 4. How did she join the space programme?• She signed up through Space Adventures.

• 5. How long has she trained for?• Six months

• 6. Who is she travelling with?• Two crew members, one Russian and one American

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• 1. She is travelling with two crew members.• 2. She said she has had this dream since childhood.• 3. Anousheh is from Iran.• 4. She hopes that she will inspire a new generation of women.• 5. Just as Vostock was due to dock with Soyuz, radio contact was lost.• 6. After she sold her business, Anousheh gave $10 million to the X Prize

Foundation, an organization which encourages advances in human spaceflight.

• 7. Some women and girls do not have the same opportunities as men.• 8. There had been five Vostok missions before the first female astronaut

went into space in 1963.• 9. Yuri Gagarin went into space in Vostok 1, the first time anyone ever

journeyed beyond the Earth` s atmosphere and the first time anyone went into orbit.

• 10. NASA is planning further shuttle and rocket missions next year.

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• Physical fitness, teamwork, foreign languages, good health, psychological stability, money, optimism, enthusiasm, determination, flexibility, patience, able to cope in difficult situations