Стр.6 Unit 1 ГДЗ Вербицкая Forward 10 класс
Read the article and look at the life map. Which path did Hardeep take?
Happy Accidents
Hardeep Sidhu is one of Britain’s top women comedians. She is appearing this week at the Buxton Comedy Festival.
When I was twelve, my parents moved out of London to a small village near Oxford. I was the only Asian girl in my school, and I suddenly felt a bit lonely. I became a typical ‘difficult’ teenager – I hated school, and I thought all the world was against me.
But two important things happened. I realised that being funny was the best way to make friends. Perhaps if we’d stayed in London I would never have learned how to be funny! And then I had a brilliant art teacher, Mrs York, who encouraged me to go to Art College. I would probably have left school as early as possible if I hadn’t met her.
However, on the day of my college interview in Bath, I woke up late. I left the house wearing two odd shoes and didn’t notice that my bottle of chocolate milk had spilled all over the paintings in my bag. Then when I finally got to the station, I got on the wrong train!
Who knows … if I had gone to Bath that day I might have become a professional artist. But I went to Swindon instead! I told the woman next to me on the train about what had happened, and she sat and cried with laughter. It turned out she was the producer of a comedy programme on the radio. To cut a long story short, I got an invitation a week later to attend an audition for the show … and the rest, as they say, is history!
I’m very lucky – my life has been full of happy accidents!
Go to university
Do well at school
Have lots of friends
Parents stay in London
Become an artist
Arrive for college interview
Catch the train to Bath
Decide to go to Art College in Bath
Be inspired by art teacher
Become a difficult teenager
Feel lonely
Parents move to Oxford
Get bored
Work in family firm
Leave school early
Become a difficult teenager
Feel lonely
Parents move to Oxford
Start a career in comedy
Start talking to stranger on train
Catch the wrong train
Decide to go to Art College in Bath
Be inspired by art teacher
Become a difficult teenager
Feel lonely
Parents move to OxfordRead the article again and answer the questions.
Why did Hardeep feel lonely as a teenager?
Why did she become interested in art?
Why didn’t she go to her college interview?
Hardeep took the path: Parents move to Oxford → Feel lonely → Become a difficult teenager → Be inspired by art teacher → Decide to go to Art College in Bath → Arrive for college interview → Catch the wrong train → Start talking to a stranger on the train → Start a career in comedy.
2.
- She felt lonely because she was the only Asian girl in her school after her parents moved out of London to a small village near Oxford.
- She became interested in art because her art teacher, Mrs York, encouraged her to go to Art College.
- She didn’t go to her college interview properly because she woke up late, left the house wearing two odd shoes, spilled chocolate milk on her paintings, and then got on the wrong train.
