13. Persevering with Planners

Part 1
Choose APPROPRIATE WORDS to fill in the six gaps 13.1.–13.6. Use the CORRECT FORM of the word. There are a few words too many. (6 p.)

ACCEPT, ADOPT, CLEAR, COLLIDE, EMPOWER, ERASE, GRANT, RIDE, REFLECT, STRIKE, TRAVEL

[HUOM! Pitää siis hahmottaa tekstin ajatus ja mikä sana SOPII AJATUKSELTAAN mihinkin kohtaan. HUOMIO esim. oikea AIKAMUOTO.]


Nicaragua native Erick Marenco joined the U.S. Army in 2004, partly to make a big change in his life and partly to pay back his
13.1. country.

During his four-year stint, he 13.2. roads, bridges and pathways of explosive devices in Iraq as a combat engineer specialist. It was a scary job made even more frightening when the vehicle he was 13.3. in his first mission 13.4. an improvised explosive device and blew up under his seat. He would have one more close brush with death, and a good friend of his from Miami would die in combat.

“It made me 13.5. about how short life is,” Marenco said. “I told God: If you can only give me the opportunity to go back to live my civilian life, without any hurt to my mental and physical ability, I won’t disappoint. I will do anything it takes to do my best and 13.6. people to do the best they can.”

Part 2
CHOOSE A WORD that means ABOUT THE SAME as the BOLD word and FITS THE CONTEXT. (4 p.)

Marenco said he left the military with emotional and physical problems, but he 13.7 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF the G.I. Bill law to get his bachelor’s degree at Florida International University, with a double major in marketing and business administration. After months of not being able to find a job, he returned to the university to get his master’s degree in international business.

13.7 TOOK ADVANTAGE OF
employed
embraced
exploited
exercised


Again, he failed to get a job. So he turned his energy and focus to an idea that had been long 13.8 BREWING, the 13.9 CREATION of personal development and self-help books. From all of his life experiences, he developed his idea for a life planner that also helps users organize and 13.10 DEFINE their values about the various aspects of their lives, including community and personal relationships, finances and even spirituality. Nowhere else had he seen a planner with this holistic approach.

13.8 BREWING
forming
looming
plotting
scheming

13.9 CREATION
production
constitution
foundation
organisation

13.10 DEFINE
construct
prescribe
comment
desribe

Lähde: Miamiherald.com (7.12.2015)