I think she is….

She must be…

She is probably...

I think she is dealing with…

Last year I finished my master's
degree. This was a very nice but
demanding experience. You know, I
was working two full-time jobs at the
time. I slept only 3 hours at night
some weeks. It was very hard. I felt
very stressed. In the end I made it and
it was too satisfying. Now I am earning
about 700 thousand pesos more so I
am happy with it.
Audio Script
People push themselves to do difficult things,
because they want to feel successful. For
example, I have a friend who decided to go
to school in a country where he doesn’t
speak the Language very well. It’s really
difficult for him because he can’t
communicate very easily, but he wants to
stay there because he knows he will get a
good education.
 Unit 11 | Lesson 1
Secrets of success
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about how to succeed
 Unit 11 | Lesson 1
Secrets of success
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about how to succeed
Lesson overview
1 GET STARTED: School failures
2 INTRODUCTION
3 CONTROLLED PRACTICE
 VOCABULARY: Succeeding
 GRAMMAR: Phrasal verbs
4 FREE PRACTICE
 VOCABULARY REVIEW: Succeeding
 GRAMMAR REVIEW: Phrasal verbs
5 EVALUATION
 SPEAKING TASK: From failure to success
6 ASSIGNMENTS
7 PROGRESS CHECK
 GET STARTED: School failures
How do you feel when you get a bad grade on a test or assignment in
collage?
What do you do after you fail at something?

I feel _________when I get

bad grades.

After failing I…
 Is studying English a
challenge?

 Do you have to push

yourself to study and do
your homework?

 Do you think it’s

important to have
challenges in your life?
 VOCABULARY REVIEW: Succeeding
Complete the story with prepositions. Then listen and check your
answers. How would you describe Greg?
Greg was studying economics in college, but he was unhappy and
gave 1___. After that, he had a few jobs, but nothing worked 2___. He
didn’t have much money, so when it was his friend’s son’s birthday,
Greg didn’t know what he could afford. But then Greg figured
something 3___. He decided to make a wooden toy. The boy loved it!
He had a lot of presents, but Greg’s present stood 4___, and he
played with it for hours. Greg was amazed, but when he got 5___ his
shock, he realized it was a business opportunity. Five years later, Greg
set 6___ his own wooden toys company. The company is small but
successful, and Greg is happy.
 VOCABULARY REVIEW: Succeeding
Complete the story with prepositions. Then listen and check your
answers. How would you describe Greg?
Greg was studying economics in college, but he was unhappy and gave
1__up_. After that, he had a few jobs, but nothing worked 2_out__. He
didn’t have much money, so when it was his friend’s son’s birthday,
Greg didn’t know what he could afford. But then Greg figured something
3_out__. He decided to make a wooden toy. The boy loved it! He had a
lot of presents, but Greg’s present stood 4_out__, and he played with it
for hours. Greg was amazed, but when he got 5_over__ his shock, he
realized it was a business opportunity. Five years later, Greg set 6_up__
his own wooden toys company. The company is small but successful,
and Greg is happy.
 VOCABULARY REVIEW: Succeeding
Complete the story with verbs. Then listen and check your
answers. How would you describe Jimena?

Our hospital has a lot of talented young doctors, but Jimena really
1___ out. Anyone who meets her 2___ this out very quickly. She is
a children’s doctor, and she loves helping young people at very
difficult times. Jimena understands their problems well because she
went blind after a terrible car accident. Many people would 3___ up
in this situation, but Jimena went back to school, 4___ hard at her
studies, and went to college. She is blind, and you can never 5___
over that, but she 6___ up her hard work and passed all her exams.
In the end, everything 7___ out for Jimena.
 VOCABULARY REVIEW: Succeeding
Complete the story with verbs. Then listen and check your
answers. How would you describe Jimena?
Our hospital has a lot of talented young doctors, but Jimena really
1__stands_ out. Anyone who meets her 2_figures__ this out very
quickly. She is a children’s doctor, and she loves helping young
people at very difficult times. Jimena understands their problems
well because she went blind after a terrible car accident. Many
people would 3_give__ up in this situation, but Jimena went back to
school, 4__worked_ hard at her studies, and went to college. She is
blind, and you can never 5__get_ over that, but she 6_kept__ up
her hard work and passed all her exams. In the end, everything
7_worked__ out for Jimena.
VOCABULARY REVIEW: Succeeding

Which of these statements do you agree

with the most? Why?

1 It’s good to stand out from the crowd and not

be like everyone else.
2 If your job is making you unhappy, give it up
and set up your own business.
3 If you want too be successful, never give up –
keep up the hard work, no matter what.
4 If something goes wrong, don’t get upset – get
over it.

Standing out from the crowd

 GRAMMAR REVIEW: Phrasal verbs
Restate each sentence using “it.” Then
discuss with a partner who might say these things: your boss, teacher, friend, or
someone else?
Answers
1 We can’t give up the game now!
We can’t give it up now! / a coach or
2 Who will set up the meeting? player
3 You can figure out the solution. Who will set it up? / a boss or employee
4 We’re working at the solution. You can figure it out. / a teacher or boss
We’re working at it. / a boss or
5 Don’t give up your job.
employee
6 You’ll get over the disappointment. Don’t give it up. / a friend
7 Great job! Keep up the good work! You’ll get over it. / a teacher or friend
Keep it up! / a friend, teacher, or coach
We can’t give it up now!

That’s probably a coach or player.

 SPEAKING TASK: From failure to success
Think of a time in the past when something didn’t go well for you, a friend, or a family
member. It can be true or you can make it up. Use the questions below to help you
brainstorm. Take notes.

1 What happened?
2 How did the experience make
you feel?
3 What negative effects did the
failure have?
4 What positive effects did the
failure have?
5 What did you learn from the
experience?
SPEAKING TASK: From failure to success
Share your ideas with your group. What
happened after the failure? How did the
failure lead to a success?

My teammate passed the ball to me in a

really important soccer game, but I
missed it, and we lost the game.

That sounds really tough!

How did you deal with that?

Well, at first I was really

embarrassed. But I practiced harder
for the next game, and we won!
 SPEAKING TASK: From failure to success

Tell the class about your partner’s failure-

to-success story. Listen and decide which
statement below best describes the
person’s experience.

1 A failure is not always a mistake. It may simply

be the best you can do under the circumstances.
2 Failure isn’t the end, but failure to change might
be.
3 If you’re not prepared to be wrong, you’ll never
come up with anything original.
 PROGRESS CHECK
Now I can...

❑ talk about succeeding.

❑ use phrasal verbs.

 Unit 9 | Lesson 1
Secrets of success
LEARNING OBJECTIVE: Talk about how to succeed

Thank you!