Category: Vocabulary

Albert Einstein

My name is Albert Einstein. Many people know about the great things I’ve accomplished. But I had many barriers before I became famous.

I was born in Germany. When I was in elementary school, I already knew about math and statistics. When I was a boy, I pretended to be a great scientist. I loved school, but my life at home was hard. My father lost his job, so my family lived in poverty. We could not pay the rent in Germany. We became immigrants and went to Italy. I finished high school and went to college in Switzerland.

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Words for describing change

CD1 Track 20

1- How are schools today different from schools in your parents’ generation?

There is much less discipline and pupils are difficult to control. Standards of behaviour have really declined.

2- In what ways has the countryside in your country changed during your lifetime?

There are far fewer young people living in the countryside. Many of them have had to abandon rural life and move to the cities to look for work.

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