SUCCESS AND FAILURE

TOPIC DISCUSSION

How would you define success?

Do you think that money and fame means success?

Who is the most successful person you know?

Do you believe that people must work hard to become successful? What kind of success do you want in the future in your life?

What can you do now to be successful in the future?

IDIOMS

SUCCESS



Remarkable achievement– a very good achievement



FAILURE


Epic failure - a spectacularly embarrassing or humorous mistake, humiliating situation, etc





Make a breakthrough – to make an important discovery or development

Dramatic improvement – a great improvement

A useful contribution – to contribute something in a good way

Fail miserably – to be totally unsuccessful

Spectacular failure – extremely unsuccessful

Doomed to failure – certain to fail

Dismal failure – a total failure

Recipe for disaster – will lead to major problems

VIDEO

VOCABULARY

THE ICEBERG ILLUSION

Persistence /pərˈsɪstəns/

Dedication ˌ/dɛdəˈkeɪʃən/

Sacrifice /ˈsækrəˌfaɪs/

Hardwork /hɑrdwɜrk/

Good habits /gʊd ˈhæbəts/

Remarkable /rɪˈmɑrkəbəl/

Breakthrough /ˈbreɪkˌθru/

Triumphs /ˈtraɪəmfs/

Disappointment ˌ/dɪsəˈpɔɪntmənt/

Failure /ˈfeɪljər/

Discuss with your group. The ICEBERG ILLUSION and the MESSAGE OF HOPE