Polytechnic English 1st Semester Chapter 2: GRIND

Answer the following in 4 to 6 sentences

1. Express your views on: Christiano Ronaldo.

Ans: Throughout his career, Cristiano Ronaldo’s success has always been compared to someone else’s. In the early days, when he started to catch the international eye at Manchester United, the question was whether he will ever be able to do what Luis Figo did in his career.This comparison existed only for a short while. Short enough for people to forget it ever existed,and for good reason. for what came after that has polarised those who follow football for over a decade. Everything Ronaldo did was seen through the stencil of Lionel Messi’s achievements.

2. Express your views /ideas on: Easy Success.Ans:There is no such thing as easy success. All successes originate in mind. First of all it makes its presence felt in the form of a vision, idea, inspiration, or a dream. Turning the mental concept into tangible reality requires a long effort and perseverance. The entire course that leads to successful realization of one’s dream is ridden with obstacles, discouragements, failures, and setbacks. The person who wishes to be successful and is discouraged by failures can never ever taste the manna of success. The truth is our failures our stepping stones by whose medium we reach success.

3. State any four qualities of Lionell Messi that has inspired you.

Ans: I am a diehard Ronaldo fan but I have a great respect for Messi. I have only two words for him - magical messi. His achievements and thinking inspires a lot , not only about football but about life also. The best thing which I like about Messi is balance. He has good lower body strength. Second thing is ability to read the game. He starts slow but once he understands the tactics of the other team then he is unstoppable. Third is control - he has an amazing control of the ball and that’s why he is magical. Fourth is dribbling. I don’t think I need to say anything about this. He is the best dribbler. His runs are direct, lethal.

4. Describe the preparation stage of Ronaldo, the football legend.

Ans: As a child, Ronaldo played for amateur team Andorinha from 1992 to 1995,where his father was the kit man,and later spent two years with Nacional. In 1997, aged 12, he went on a three-day trial with Sporting CP, who signed him for a fee of £1,500. He subsequently moved from Madeira to Alcochete, near Lisbon, to join Sporting's other youth players at the club's football academy.[15] By age 14, Ronaldo believed he had the ability to play semi-professionally, and agreed with his mother to cease his education in order to focus entirely on football. While popular with other students at school, he had been expelled after throwing a chair at his teacher, who he said had "disrespected" him. However, one year later, he was diagnosed with a racing heart, a condition that could have forced him to give up playing football.He underwent an operation in which a laser was used to cauterise the affected area of his heart;discharged from hospital hours after the procedure, he resumed training only a few days later.

5. Summarize the success story of legend who inspired you.

Ans: At 20, Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak started a company in a garage on April 1, 1976 after Steve saw a computer Wozniak designed for himself. Jobs named their company – Apple inmemory of a happy summer he had spent as an orchard worker in Oregon. Later that year, the duo debuted the Apple I at the Homebrew Computer Club in Palo Alto, California. A local store offered to buy 50 machines and to finance the production, the duo had to sell their most expensive possessions. Jobs sold his Volkswagen van while Wozniak sold his Hewlett-Packard scientific calculator.The company's second product called Apple II became such a hit that it is credited to be the best selling computer in the 1970s and early 1980s. By 1982 however, his company sales sagged in the face of competition from IBM’s new PC.

6. Write about your career dreams.

Ans: From a very young age, I've always been curious as to how things work. As a child, my father ran a small computer repair business out of our basement, and I have fond memories Helping him troubleshoot, repair and build computers for his clients. Not only did I make more Money repairing computers than I would've cutting grass, but these experiences had peaked my Interests in computers, electronics and just about everything electrical. As I grew older other Interests began to surface. Throughout high school I became very interested in mathematics And physics. The fact that numbers could quantify and evaluate the world around is not only Something that I found interesting, but also very powerful. It was exciting to think that I could Model, analyze and understand real world systems using mathematics and physics. Upon Entering university, I chose to pursue engineering because it was a perfect marriage between all Of my primary interests, all contained within an exciting, innovative and challenging field.