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-The person who makes it is the envy of his friends. Everyone wants the same
success.
-We sometimes use a baseball expression to talk about success and say you hit a
home run. (You got what you wanted.)
Sometimes, you don’t even have to work for a success. It just happens. To
describe this situation, we say (something) fell in (one’s) lap. The job just fell in
your lap.
-We can also say you lucked out. This means you were lucky or fortunate.
When you get good news, maybe you’re the kind of person who brags or boasts.
Maybe you talk up your luck and make a big deal out of it.
1.Learning a second language is one of the very best ways to keep your brain
active and challenged. Studies have shown that the brain undergoes changes in
electrical activity and even structure and size while learning another language
that do not occur when learning any other type of task or skill. Learning another
language offers important cognitive benefits at any age, helping to keep the
mind active and even reducing the risk of mental disease and slowing mental
decline later in life.
When you learn English as a second language, you are learning new ways to
think and express yourself through written and spoken words. Learning multiple
languages can help you communicate more clearly in any language as you learn
more about how language itself works and how to use it to promote ideas and
reach out to others in a variety of social and work situations.
Can open the door to new opportunities in life, whether you’d like to attend
school or pursue a career in an English-speaking region of the world. Knowing
English can help you excel in a number of fields, particularly those in which
English is a commonly-used form of communication, such as science, business,
and engineering.