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greater insults too in order to achieve her aim.

Her mantra for success is to work hard and face the toughest competition.
Although she was trained in the US, she considers herself to be a Russian
and is willing to represent Russia at the Olympics too.

Her favourite hobbies are fashion, singing and dancing. She loves reading
novels written by Arthur Conan Doyle. Her love for fashionable evening
gowns is in contrast to her liking for pancakes with chocolate spread and
orange flavoured aerated drinks. The monetary gains and the fame incurred
by Maria are well deserved.

Grammar Exercises( to be done in class work note

book)

Working in small groups of 4–5 students, go back over the two passages
on Santosh Yadav and Maria Sharapova and complete the table given
below with relevant phrases or sentences.

A.

Santosh Yadav Maria Sharapova
Points of
Comparison/Contrast

1. Their humble beginning She was born in the She was born in the
small village of frozen plains of Siberia
Joniya was of Rewari
District in Haryana.

2. Their parents’ approach Her parents Her father worked hard
disapproved her wish to arrange funds for her
to study at a school in training.
Delhi, however, later
they accepted it.

3. Their will power and Then there was no When you come from
strong desire to succeed looking back for this nothing and you have
determined young girl. nothing, then it makes
you very hungry and
determined

4. Evidence of their Equipped with Instead of letting that
mental an iron will, physical depress me, I became
toughness endurance and more quietly