Lesson 6 1 UNIT
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LIFESTYLE AND WELLNESS LIFESTYLE AND WELLNESS
YES, I CAN! – Read the quote by an American Paralympics’ Champion Oksana Masters. Do you agree with her? – Say if you have ever had challenges in your life? Did you doubt your strength? How did you manage to cope with it? – Do you agree that each of us owns unlimited power, which is hidden in our great will and ambition? image credits:@OksanaMasters
“Your mind is the only thing that can ever put doubt and limitations on your dreams; your heart and will, will feed and guide your dreams.” Oksana Masters
READING 1. Look at the word cloud made of the words that characterise Oksana Masters and give the details of her life. Make up sentences using these words and phrases. For example: Oksana Masters is an American Paralympic and World champion.
2. Read Oksana’s life story and choose the best preposition. “I was an orphan with several birth defects. Today, I’m a Paralympic Athlete.” Oksana Masters
image credits:@OksanaMasters
image credits:@OksanaMasters
Oksana was born from/in Ukraine in 1989. The location and time of her birth have significance because of/cause the catastrophic events that occurred 3 years earlier, during/ for the Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant disaster. The radiation had strange effects for/on her development. Oksana was born with/of six toes on/at each foot, five webbed fingers on each hand and no thumbs. Her left leg was six inches shorter and/than her right one and both were missing weight-bearing bones. She was diagnosed with/of Tibia Hemimilla.
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