Упр.2b Уроки 4-5 Юнит 10 New Millennium English 8 класс

Приведем выдержку из задания из учебника Казырбаева, Дворецкая 8 класс, Титул: 2b Read the story to check your guesses in Ex. 2a and say what Christina’s dream was. MAKING MY DREAM COME TRUE I thought I was doing so well in the months before the national piano competition. I practised every day, going through all my pieces from Chopin and Mozart. My dream was to win the competition. I’d won other competitions before, some more prestigious, but this one was very important for me. I wanted my dream to come true so badly. I believed I could win. The day before the competition I was at my piano teacher’s house to play through the pieces again as a warm-up before the big day, but something happened. I just couldn’t play. I felt really nervous. My teacher, Mrs Woodham, told me to play, but when I did there was no feeling in the music. There was no magic there. Mrs Woodham looked at me and said, ‘You’re not ready for the competition tomorrow.» I burst into tears. No hope of winning the competition, my dream of success was gone. I hadn’t done enough. I kept hearing the words «not ready» in my head. For me, the competition was a symbol of my pride and self-confidence. I went home. My parents were very kind and tried to make me feel better, saying it didn’t matter, but that wasn’t the point. They didn’t understand that I couldn’t even sit at the piano, my beautiful piano. I was scared, I didn’t want to fail again. Then my mother had an idea. She convinced me to go and see another teacher, Mrs Finlay. I didn’t want to but in the end I went to see her. She was kind and gentle, and she understood that I was afraid to play the piano, that it was almost like starting again. Mrs Finlay was very patient. I went to see her every week and little by little I began to enjoy playing again. I began to practise again every day on my beautiful piano. I was so happy. I had gained back my pride and self-confidence. It has been a very difficult time in my life, but I don’t regret it. I feel stronger because of it. I lost some things for a time — my pride and self-confidence, but I got them back again with all my hard work and help from other people. I’m ready now, I’ve got another chance to play in the next national piano competition and make my dream come true. When I do, I want my parents and Mrs Woodham and Mrs Finlay to be there. Katy, Bradford, Yorkshire
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Christina’s dream was to win the national piano competition.