b) Read the text again and say what steps the author is going to undertake to achieve his goal.
Планы на будущее
What is “future”? How do you imagine your future?
What does the word “goal” mean? What are your goals for the future?
Active vocabulary: goal, to set a goal
A) Read the quotations and say what the words in bold mean.
-Fear melts when you take action towards a goalyou really want.
Robert G. Allen
-People with clear, written goals, accomplish far more in a shorter period of time than people without them could ever imagine.
Brian Tracy
-If what you are doing is not moving you towards your goals, then it’s moving you away from your goals.
Brian Tracy
-What matters is where you want to go. Focus in the right direction!
Donald Trump
-The big secret in life is that there is no big secret. Whatever your goal, you can get there if you’re willing to work.
Ophar Winnfrey
-When you set goals, something inside of you starts saying, “Let’s go, let’s go,” and ceilings start to move up.
Zig Ziglar
-Unless you have a definite, clearly set goals, you are not going to realize the maximum potential that lies within you.
Zig Ziglar
-You need a plan to build a house. To build a life, it is even more important to have aplan or goal.
Zig Ziglar
- This one step – choosing a goaland sticking to it changes everything.
Scott Reed
-Without goals, and plans to reach them, you are like a ship that has set sail with no destination.
Fitzhugh Dodson
-If you don’t know where you are going, you’ll probably end up somewhere else.
Lewis Carroll
B) Answer the questions.
1. What would you like to do after finishing school?
2. Do you have clear goals for the future? Are they easy to accomplish?
3. What do you think is most important for you?
2. a) Read the essay and say what goals the author has. Which of these goals do you think are most important / least important?
| graduateverb 1. оканчивать высшее учебное заведение (Br.), 2. оканчивать любое учебное заведение (Am.) GPAот grade point average средний балл (в школе, университете) scholarshipnoun 1. financial aid provided for a student (Br), 2. the position of a student who gains this financial aid |
Goals in Life
High school is a very important time in a person’s life. It’s the time to set goals. We not only set goals, but set out to fin their solutions. My first goal, in no particular order, is to become a good athlete. My second goal is to be a good student and graduate from high school, with a 3.0 GPA. There’s another goal, but I am saving it for later. My goals sound simple, but not as easy to achieve. Sports are fun, and may help count towards another goal in life. Though they are fun you need to work hard to become good at them. There is a chance that one day I may be able to get a scholarship for college even though I haven’t decided on a sport yet. I should have decided by the end of the year. Sports take up time, and sometimes are hard and burdensome, but it is all worth it in the end. Becoming an athlete is a goal of mine, but there are more important goals, such as my second.
Only being good at sport and not having an education it would be like owning a car, but without an engine inside. I want that engine; therefore I must get my education and maintain a high GPA. I could accomplish this by doing all my work (I am working on this at the time being). Also, not only doing my work, but doing it on time and as neat as I can get it (also working on these two at the time being). My goal may also be accomplished by paying attention in class (there are a lot of things to learn that school teaches us), and trying to do more listening and less talking. All of this will make a great recipe for at least a 3.0 GPA. Have you ever had to use a combination lock? If you have, you know that there are three numbers you have to input.
Well, the combination for my success in life is first education, then athletics, and last, but definitely not least, going to a four-year college. This is the perfect goal in life, besides the fact that my other two goals fit right in this category. Sports may help me get an athletic scholarship, which may make my parents happier, at least financially. The next goal is education, and you can’t get an athletic scholarship if you don’t have the grades. Even without sport you can still get an academic scholarship, but that takes a lot of hard work and sacrifice. During college I plan on majoring in psychology and becoming a psychologist.
The reason I want to become a psychologist is that I like to hear what people have to say and maybe help them. Ideally, I’d like to live in a city such as Los Angeles or New York. But first things first, I have to graduate from high school. These goals are pretty simple, but will be tough to accomplish. All I know is that I will make it.
b) Read the text again and say what steps the author is going to undertake to achieve his goal.
A) Answer the questions.
1. Do you have goals for your future? Make a list of your goals and rank them in order of priority.
2. Talk to your partner and compare your goals. Do you have a lot in common?
3. Walk around the class and find somebody whose goals are the closest to yours. Talk to this person and discuss what you are planning to do to achieve your goals.
4. Write an essay about your school years and your plans for the future.
b) Write one or two sentences about your goals which will explain:
a) what is desirable
b) what is possible
c) what I can achieve
4. Read the quotations in ex. 1a and choose the one you would like to use as an epigraph to your essay. Explain why you have chosen it. Compare your idea with your partner’s.
5. Read parts of students’ compositions about their future goals. Find ideas you would like to include in your composition. Talk to your partner and explain why.
1. A person needs to achieve certain goals in one’s life before you can call them successful. Success is to achieve the goals you have set. I have set certain goals I would like to achieve in my lifetime. … My professional goals in life are to get a good education, to find a good job that makes me happy and makes enough money for me to support my family.
2. One of my goals for the future is to be happy regardless of what I choose to do. I want to be satisfied with my decisions, to be able to accept and forgive, and most of all to be able to live up to the expectations I have for myself. I realise I cannot set my goals and dreams on the basis of others and I need to achieve things for myself. I will only accomplish my goal in being happy when I am able to live my life for myself and still be able to provide love and support to others.
3. My goal is to be a role model especially for my younger brother but also to all my younger cousins, nieces, nephews, and to all the young kids out there to never give up hope. Someday, I will reach my destination in life when I earn my degree…
4. First of all, I need to get a high score on the SAT(1) test because I want to go to a good college with a scholarship. In order to do this, I have to learn many things about grammar, writing, reading and vocabulary. I have to learn as much as possible because I don’t have a lot of time just to focus on them only. I have about one and a half more years to study for the SATs. The test won’t be easy; it is a challenge for students who want to receive a good education. If I get a good education, it will be easier for me to find a good job in the future.
5. Your future depends on the actions and decisions that you make on a daily basis. Even though the world is chaotic, we still have paths in life to follow. It’s up to us which path we take to achieve our future goals. Once we have thought above what we want from life it is up to us to plan and to stay on course to order to achieve it. We might run into obstacles along the way, but we should still be able to stay focused and move ahead. Any struggles or obstacles that we may face need to be used as a learning experience. It is up to us to achieve the future that we want. Many of us are afraid to step into adulthood. We feel that we are missing out on our youth instead of starting the rest of our lives. We have to realise that when we close one chapter in our lives, another one opens for something new in our lives. The key to life is looking ahead and it takes vision, trust, and courage to work towards your future. We need to learn to leave the past in the past and not let it hinder our future. Let’s learn to have a go and set our journey ahead by having confidence and setting concrete plans.
1 Scholastic Assessment Test, дословно «Школьный oценочный тест» — стандартизованный тест для приема в высшие учебные заведения в США.