Homework

READING & LISTENING

Think of some very successful people, e.g. business

people, musicians, sports stars. which of these threc
things do you think was probably most important in
making them successful: a) talent b) hard work c) luck?

Businees people  Hard work

Musicians  Talent
Sports Star  Talent

5) B-

1- Talent, luck and practice.

2- Because they will probably be bigger, stronger, and more
coordinated than other sports players
3- It is a theory that says that in order to get to the very top you need to
put in 10.000 hours of practice.

What two main reasons does he give for their extraordinary

success? Lucky adn

1- Where did they play and between which years?

The Beatles played in Hamburg between the years 1960 and 1964.

2- Where did the club owner usually get bands from?

The club owner usually got bands from London.

3- How much did they have to play?

They have top play for up to eight hours a night seven nights a week.

4- How many times had they performed live by 1964?

They had performed lived about 1200 times by 1964.

5- When did his school start a computer club?

His school started a computer club in 1968.

6- Why was this unusual?

It was strange because in those days, universities didn’t have
computers.

7- What did he and his friends do at \veekends?

At the weekend , Bill Gates and his friend were the computer club.

8- How many hours did he spend at the computer club

every week?
Gates spent between 20 and 30 hours a week at the computer club.