A life story (Câu chuyện về cuộc đời một người)

1. Read the story and complete the gaps (1-4) with the missing sentences (A-D).

Rashema’s Journey

A. Rashema Melson is an inspiring person who has achieved her goal of getting a full scholarship to college. She was born in Washington D.C. in 1996 and had dreams of being successful from an early age. (1) _____.

B. In her early years, life was very difficult for Rashema. She came from a very poor family and many times they didn’t have enough food to eat. (2) _____. She changed school often because she didn't have a permanent home. But she was determined to be a good student and passed all her exams.

C. Despite being homeless, Rashema never gave up on her dream. At the age of eighteen, she graduated from Anacostia Highschool as one of the top students. Her hard work earned her a full scholarship to Georgetown University. (3) _____. Four years later, Rashema graduated with a bachelor’s degree in Justice and Peace studies. After that, she worked with non-profit organizations and governments agencies to help homeless people. Today, she stills work to help poor communities through public speaking events.

D.  Rashema Melson is a special person because she works through her struggle and now helps other people. I admire her because in spite of obstacles she continued to work toward her goal. She realized education was the way out and worked hard. (4) ____. After all, our hard work can change everything.

A. She arrived on campus with everything she owned in a plastic bad but she was determined to succeed.

B. However, Rashema had a very difficult start in life on her way to achieving her goal.

C. Her success shows we should never give up.

D. When she was 16 years old, she lived in a homeless shelter.

2. Read the story again and match the paragraphs (A-D) to the description (1-4).

(Đọc câu chuyện lại lần nữa và nối các đoạn văn (A-D) với mô tả (1-4).)

1. ___ description of difficulties in her early life

2. ___ reason you admire Rashema Melson, lesson from her story

3. ___ her turning point and achievement

4. ___ general information about Rashema Melson.

3. Put the verbs in the correct forms of the Present or Past tenses.

(Chia các động từ sau ở các dạng đúng của thì hiện tại hoặc thì quá khứ.)

1. John Edwards _____ (be) a hardworking student who has had much success in his exams.

2. Sandra _____ (love) reading since she was 10 years old.

3. Carl _____ (get) a scholarship when he _____ (be) eighteen years old.

4. I _____ (admire) Arnel Pineda because he worked through his difficulties to achieved his success.

5. Emily _____ (get) her first medal three years ago when she _____ (compete) in a marathon.

4. Write a story for your school English magazine about a person you admire (180-200 words).

(Viết một câu chuyện ngắn cho tạp chí tiếng Anh của trường bạn về một người mà bạn ngưỡng mộ.)

Introduction (Paragraph 1) writing about a person's general information (name, where from, what famous for) 

(Giới thiệu (Đoạn 1) viết về thông tin chung của người đó (tên, đến từ đâu, tại sao nổi tiếng))

Main body (Paragraph 2) writing about difficulties in his/her early life

(Thân bài (Đoạn 2) viết về những khó khăn đầu đời của người đó)

(Paragraph 3) writing about his/her turning points and achievements 

(Đoạn 3) viết về bước ngoặt của người đó và thành tựu của người đó.)

Conclusion (Paragraph 4) writing the reason(s) you admire him/her, lesson from his/her story

(Kết luận (Đoạn 4) Viết lí do tại sao bạn ngưỡng mộ người đó, bài học từ câu chuyện của người đó)