Online Class Notes (Lily) [S]

Pronunciation

preparation= pre parATION

criticism= CRi ti si zum

mistake= mis DAKE

Speaking exercise

1.What qualities do you think one should possess to survive tough times?

First, it’s important to have a positive mind. People should see the future with unlimited possibilities, then everything will turn out well. If we see the situation with unlimited possibilities, we will have the courage to try and therefore survive through tough times. For example, due to  the coronavirus, many people are facing unemployment. During the harsh time, if they possess a positive mind, they can build up new skills and learn new things in order to grasp new opportunities which might open new doors. 

Also,  people should accept failure in time of difficulty. There is an old saying that “failure is the mother of success”, which means that people will learn from failure and make preparation for the success. We must learn from our mistakes in order to improve. For example, for young students, they learn how to solve the math problems by erasing the wrong answers again and again, until they get it right. No one is perfect, we must accept failure and criticisms, in order to learn from them. 

To conclude, there are tough times for everyone, but it’s important to have a positive mind and to be able to accept failure in difficult times. Nothings comes easy, we can only try harder.