The document discusses a recent decision by the author to take evening carpentry classes twice a week. The author works as a telephonist during the day, which they find uninteresting and boring. They were also tired of coming home every evening, making a quick frozen meal, and watching TV. Taking carpentry classes provides a hobby and skill that helps solve the problem of boring work. While initially failing at tasks like putting up shelves, the author has become quite successful as a woodworker, currently working on constructing some furniture. Although only two other girls are in the class, the author does not feel embarrassed and has become the best student.
The document discusses a recent decision by the author to take evening carpentry classes twice a week. The author works as a telephonist during the day, which they find uninteresting and boring. They were also tired of coming home every evening, making a quick frozen meal, and watching TV. Taking carpentry classes provides a hobby and skill that helps solve the problem of boring work. While initially failing at tasks like putting up shelves, the author has become quite successful as a woodworker, currently working on constructing some furniture. Although only two other girls are in the class, the author does not feel embarrassed and has become the best student.
The document discusses a recent decision by the author to take evening carpentry classes twice a week. The author works as a telephonist during the day, which they find uninteresting and boring. They were also tired of coming home every evening, making a quick frozen meal, and watching TV. Taking carpentry classes provides a hobby and skill that helps solve the problem of boring work. While initially failing at tasks like putting up shelves, the author has become quite successful as a woodworker, currently working on constructing some furniture. Although only two other girls are in the class, the author does not feel embarrassed and has become the best student.
The document discusses a recent decision by the author to take evening carpentry classes twice a week. The author works as a telephonist during the day, which they find uninteresting and boring. They were also tired of coming home every evening, making a quick frozen meal, and watching TV. Taking carpentry classes provides a hobby and skill that helps solve the problem of boring work. While initially failing at tasks like putting up shelves, the author has become quite successful as a woodworker, currently working on constructing some furniture. Although only two other girls are in the class, the author does not feel embarrassed and has become the best student.
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Evening classes
Recently I decided to go to evening classes twice a
week. During the day I work in a (1) .secretarial agency SECRETARY as a telephonist. It is not a very interesting …………………………….(2) OCCUPY and I get bored. I also got tired of coming home every evening, putting a ………………………………..(3) meal in the oven FREEZE and then watching TV. So I decided to take up…………………… ..(4) CARPENTER as a hobby. Perhaps I should give you an ……………………………(5) for EXPLAIN my choice. Learning a skill is a good ………………………………..(6) to the SOLVE problem of boring work. Also, I felt I was a ………………………………….(7) FAIL because any time I tried to put up a shelf, for example, it always fell down! Now I am quite a …………………………..(8) wood- SUCCESS worker! I am working on the ………………………………(9) of some CONSTRUCT furniture at the moment. And although there are only two other girls in the class, I don't feel any……………………… (10) EMBARRASS I've turned out to be the best student in the class!
How to become Prime Minister
Jack had never wanted to be a (1) .politician . First of all, he POLITICS suffered from terrible………………………………… (2) and blushed violently SHY when he had to make a speech. He also ………………………..(3) with SYMPATHY people who refused to vote. After all, what difference did it make? As a speaker, he was slow and………………………… (4) and ORGANIZE never knew what to say. He began his career as a last-minute ………………………………(5) for a speaker who failed to turn up. Later he PLACE learned to……………………… (6) his tie, give a big smile, and read the STRAIGHT speech which had been prepared by his………………………… (7) speech- PERSON writer. People liked him. 'He has a kind of ………………………….(8) ,' INNOCENT they said. They did not mind that he had no …………………………..(9) , IMAGINE and seemed quite …………………………….(10) in what he was saying. INTEREST They applauded him and then made him Prime Minister.