Answer the questions at the end based on the text.

To succeed in business or life we must continually take actions. Putting yourself on the line day after day can be extremely boring, especially when things do not work out as desired. Each time a disappointing event happens, I like to get reminded of these famous failures: Gates has literally changed the work culture of the world in the 20the and the 21st centuries, by simplifying the way the computer is being used. He was the world's richest man for more than one decade. However, in the 1970's before starting out, he was a Harvard University dropout. The most ironic part is that he started a software company by purchasing the software technology from someone for only $50 back then. Lincoln received no more than five years of formal education throughout his lifetime. When he grew up, he joined politics and had 12 major failures before he was elected the 16th President of the United States of America. Newton was the greatest English mathematician of his generation. His work on optics and gravitation made him one of the greatest scientists the world has even known. Many thought that Newton was born a genius, but he wasn't! When he was young, he did very poorly in grade school, so poor that his teachers became helpless in improving his grades. Beethoven is widely regarded as one of history's great composers. His reputation has inspired composers, musicians and audiences who were to come after him. Before the start of his career, Beethoven's music teacher once said of him "as a composer, he is hopeless". And during his career, he lost his hearing yet he managed to produce great music. A deaf man composing music, ironic, isn't it!

1. What must we do to succeed in business?
2. What can be extremely boring?
3. Who was supposedly the world's richest man for over a decade?
4. What did many think of Newton?
5. Where was Newton from?
6. How did he perform in school?
7. Who is one of history's best composers?
8. What did he lose as an adult?
9. Who was the 16th president?
10. How did Gates change work culture?

Numbered answers:

A: 1. take action
2. putting yourself on the line every day
3. Gates
4. he was born a genius
5. zEngland
6. poorly
7. Beethoven
8. his hearing
9. Lincoln
10. simplifying computer use'

Question: CHAPTER ELEVEN

Two candles were burning on the stand-up desk. Mr. Jones, tightly enfolded in an old but gorgeous blue silk dressing-gown, kept his elbows close against his sides and his hands deeply plunged into the extraordinarily deep pockets of the garment. The costume accentuated his emaciation. He resembled a painted pole leaning against the edge of the desk, with a dried head of dubious distinction stuck on the top of it. Ricardo lounged in the doorway. Indifferent in appearance to what was going on, he was biding his time. At a given moment, between two flickers of lightning, he melted out of his frame into the outer air. His disappearance was observed on the instant by Mr. Jones, who abandoned his nonchalant immobility against the desk, and made a few steps calculated to put him between Heyst and the doorway.

"It's awfully close," he remarked

Heyst, in the middle of the room, had made up his mind to speak plainly.

"We haven't met to talk about the weather. You favoured me earlier in the day with a rather cryptic phrase about yourself. 'I am he that is,' you said. What does that mean?"

Mr. Jones, without looking at Heyst, continued his absentminded movements till, attaining the desired position, he brought his shoulders with a thump against the wall near the door, and raised his head. In the emotion of the decisive moment his haggard face glistened with perspiration. Drops ran down his hollow cheeks and almost blinded the spectral eyes in their bony caverns. 1. who asked Mr. Jones a question?
2. what was Mr. Jones wearing?
3. what color?
4. what is the phrase that he had said?
5. is that what Heyst was there about?
6. did he want to talk about other things as well?
7. what was running down Mr. Jones face?
8. what was on the stand up desk?
9. how many?
10. where were Mr. Jones' hands?
11. was this robe new?
12. what did he look like when he was leaning?
13. who disappeared?
14. how?
15. did Heyst want to beat around the bush or be direct?
16. Did Mr. Jones see Ricardo disappearing?
17. where in the room was Heyst when talking?
18. Where did Mr. Jones thump his shoulders?
19. Could he see well because of the perspiration?
20. how is his face described? Provide a numbered list of answers.
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A numbered of answers: 1. Heyst
2. a dressing-gown
3. blue
4. 'I am he that is,'
5. yes
6. no
7. perspiration
8. candles
9. Two
10. hands were in the pockets of his robe
11. no
12. a painted pole
13. Ricardo
14. he melted out of his frame into the outer air
15. he wanted to be direct
16. yes
17. the middle
18. against the wall near the door
19. no
20. as haggard

Q: My summer hols wr CWOT. B4, we usd 2 go 2 NY 2C my bro, his GF & thr3:-@ kids FTF. ILNY, it's gr8. Can you understand this sentence? If you can't, don't feel too bad; neither could the middle school teacher in England who received this as homework. This is Netspeak: the language of computerized communication found on Internet or cell phones. To new comers, it can look like a completely foreign language. So, what is the translation of the sentence above? My summer holidays were a complete waste of time. Before, we used to go to New York to see my brother, his girlfriend, and their three screaming kids face to face. I love New York. It's great. School teachers and parents say this new form of writing is harming the English language. Increasing spelling and grammatical mistakes can be seen in students' writing. They fear the language could become corrupted . "Everyone should just relax", say linguists . They believe Netspeak is in fact more of a good thing. David Crystal, from the University of Wales, argues that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing, has been picked up again. Geoffrey Nurberg, from Stanford University, agrees. "People get better at writing by writing," he says. "kids who are now doing text messaging, e-mails, and instant messages will write at least as well as, and possibly better than their parents." Linguist James says, for centuries, it is believed without exception that young people are harming the language. And you can _ that when today's teenagers become tomorrow's parents. They too will think this way. James argues that languages do not and cannot become corrupted. They simply change to meet the new needs. However, Netspeakers do agree that it is important to teach young people how to speak and write standard English. Cynthia McVey says, "I can understand Netspeak worries teachers and it's important that they get across to their pupils that text messaging is for fun, but learning to write proper English is a must for their future." Perhaps we should give teenagers a little more trust anyway. Erin, aged 12, says, "I wouldn't use text language in my homework. Texting is just for fun. "

1. Internet or cell phones.
2. like a completely foreign language.
3. Netspeak
4. Stanford
5. that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use and the almost lost art of diary writing,
6. the University of Wales
7. that Netspeak and Internet create a new language use
8. 12
9. Yes
10. Yes

Numbered questions:
1. where can the language be found
2. how does it look to people that are new
3. what is the name of the language
4. which institution is geoffrey from
5. what did he support
6. which institution is David from
7. what was his argument
8. what is the age of erin
9. did he say anything
10. did he love newyork