Juana Valeria Bustamante Vásquez

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Licenciatura en Bilingüismo con énfasis en inglés

Upper-intermediate English – 2020_1

Task 5 – Interview for a scholarship

Worksheet day 1

Part 1. Listen to Christopher Gray’s TEDx Talk: Dare to be great. Answer the following questions using
reported speech.

1. What did Chris say about college as his way
out of poverty? (1:00)
Chris said that his financial situation was the
only thing stopping him from getting his way
out with college, and that is how he realized
that scholarships were his great opportunity.
3. What did Chris say about the time he spent
applying to scholarships and the number of
scholarships he applied to? (2:25)
Chris said he applied for around 7 months to
about 100 scholarships that he all won.
2. What did Chris say about his qualifications
pursuing college studies? (1:40)
Chris said that his determination, his Ethic
Lawson volunteer work and his leadership
grades were the meaningful competencies that
built his way out in order to achieve a
scholarship.
4. What did Chris say about that thing that he
cannot stand for? (3:00)
Chris cannot stand for people not getting the
education they deserve because of economic
reasons

5. What did Chris say about why he created 6. What did Chris say about his participation in
Scholly? (3:40) Shark Tank? (4:25)
Chris and some of friends from college created Chris got into Shark Tank and two of the
Scholly because of their experience on all the sharks, who fought to help him, showing his
hard work that’s put into searching for a product to billions of people when he was only
scholarship to apply on and getting a chance to 22 years old.
get it in the first place.
7. What did Chris say about the quote by Elaine
Maxwell and how it inspired him? (6:25)
Just like the quote, Chris did everything to
come forward, to make something from nothing
and choose his own destiny by believing in
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himself and working hard

Link to video: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qSXbYPUl2hI

Part 2. Read the article ‘Christopher Gray’s Scholly App Is Bringing Millions of Dollars to College Students in
Need’ and take notes on important ideas (at least 5) you would like to discuss with the group.

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Link to article: https://www.smithsonianmag.com/innovation/financial-aide-christopher-gray-winner-

smithsonian-ingenuity-awards-2016-youth-180961123/