One picture shows someone balancing their body on the tips of spears. In the other picture, I can also see someone doing the splits.
I think someone needs to have determination and inner strength to be able to do these actions because they seem very difficult.
The text is about someone’s experience training with Shaolin monks in China.
1 В After the performance, So I did
2 F looked on in horror, how will I survive
3 D couldn’t do it, felt like a failure
4 A work out our minds, building mental strength
5 C life changing experience, build character and learn humility
2 F looked on in horror, how will I survive
3 D couldn’t do it, felt like a failure
4 A work out our minds, building mental strength
5 C life changing experience, build character and learn humility
1 gasped
2 stunning
3 breath
4 failure
5 life-changing
6 exhaustion
7 energy
8 character
9 inner
10 goals
2 stunning
3 breath
4 failure
5 life-changing
6 exhaustion
7 energy
8 character
9 inner
10 goals
awe (n): amazement
crouched (v):bent
skilled (adj): talented
training (nj: preparation by doing exercises
struggled (v): fought
crawled (v): moved forwards on hands and knees
fierce (adj): aggressive
exhaustion (n): tiredness
harsher (adj): more difficult
flew by (v): passed quickly
hardship (n): difficulty
determined (adj): firmly decided
crouched (v):bent
skilled (adj): talented
training (nj: preparation by doing exercises
struggled (v): fought
crawled (v): moved forwards on hands and knees
fierce (adj): aggressive
exhaustion (n): tiredness
harsher (adj): more difficult
flew by (v): passed quickly
hardship (n): difficulty
determined (adj): firmly decided
Reported speech is the exact meaning of what somebody said, but not the exact words. Direct speech is the exact words somebody said in quotation marks. In reported speech the tenses change as well as personal/possessive pronouns and possessive adjectives. Certain words (e.g. now, yet, yesterday, etc) change according to the meaning.
2 I thought he said he was a karate teacher.
3 I thought she said she had spent a year studying yoga.
4 I thought he said he (had) left a month before.
5 I thought you said we’d get up at 5 am.
6 I thought you said you were planning to go to the gym later.
7 I thought she said she was learning Japanese.
3 I thought she said she had spent a year studying yoga.
4 I thought he said he (had) left a month before.
5 I thought you said we’d get up at 5 am.
6 I thought you said you were planning to go to the gym later.
7 I thought she said she was learning Japanese.
1 Master Jin Long came over and told me that I would learn little by little. Master Jin Long came over and said, “You will learn little by little.”
2 After the class, he told me that a key secret to kung fu was repetition and that I would improve greatly after a lot of practice. After the class he said, “A key secret to kung fu is repetition. You will improve greatly after a lot of practice.”
3 The monks constantly told us that we would build character and learn humility through hardship and discipline. The monks constantly said, “You will build character and learn humility through hardship and discipline.”
2 After the class, he told me that a key secret to kung fu was repetition and that I would improve greatly after a lot of practice. After the class he said, “A key secret to kung fu is repetition. You will improve greatly after a lot of practice.”
3 The monks constantly told us that we would build character and learn humility through hardship and discipline. The monks constantly said, “You will build character and learn humility through hardship and discipline.”
A: Today we have in the studio with us a Shaolin monk from China to tell us all about the training they do at a Shaolin school in the art ofkung fu. Welcome!
B: Thank you.
A: So tell us. What’s a typical day like?
B: Well, we get up at 5 am, wake the students up at around 5:40 am and take them for a run up the mountain. Then, on the way back down, the students have to crawl on their hands and knees to build up their muscles and then it’s back to the academy for more warming up.
A: What skills do the students learn?
B: They learn to do the splits. They learn punches, kicks and tai chi. They also learn to fight blindfolded and break bricks on their bodies as well as to throw themselves through the air and land safely.
A: At what age do the students start training?
B: From as young as five.
A: And what is life like at the school? Is it comfortable?
B: Life isn’t simple. The students are here to build character through hardship and discipline. There is no hot water and we have a simple diet of rice and vegetables.
A: Well, thank you for coming in to talk to us today. It’s been very interesting.
B: You’re welcome.
B: Thank you.
A: So tell us. What’s a typical day like?
B: Well, we get up at 5 am, wake the students up at around 5:40 am and take them for a run up the mountain. Then, on the way back down, the students have to crawl on their hands and knees to build up their muscles and then it’s back to the academy for more warming up.
A: What skills do the students learn?
B: They learn to do the splits. They learn punches, kicks and tai chi. They also learn to fight blindfolded and break bricks on their bodies as well as to throw themselves through the air and land safely.
A: At what age do the students start training?
B: From as young as five.
A: And what is life like at the school? Is it comfortable?
B: Life isn’t simple. The students are here to build character through hardship and discipline. There is no hot water and we have a simple diet of rice and vegetables.
A: Well, thank you for coming in to talk to us today. It’s been very interesting.
B: You’re welcome.
Joseph developed an inner strength from his time at the Shaolin school and he was determined to work hard and achieve his goals in life. I think he has also learnt to appreciate what he has back home such as hot water and a comfortable bed.
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