Unit 7 Tasks

Tasks to complete for Unit 7
Watch the online course of Unit 7 and finish the following tasks.
∙Task 1:Answer the following question.
o Where in the text can you see Porter’s strong will (his perseverance) to make a living? (Underline those parts.)
∙Task 2:Locate the following sentences, understand them and learn them by heart.
1)He could linger under the covers, listening to the radio and a weatherman
who predicts rain.
2)Some days, he feels like surrendering.
3)But his dead mother’s challenge echoes in his soul. So, too, do the voices
of those who believed him stupid, incapable of living independently.
4)All his life he’s struggled to prove them wrong.
5)Bill Porter rises.
6)He takes the first unsteady steps on a journey to Portland’s streets, the
battlefield where he fights alone for his independence and dignity.
7)His enemies —a crippled body that betrays him and a changing world
that no longer needs him — are gaining on him.
8)His face reveals nothing.
9)His mind was trapped in a body that didn’t work.
10)S peaking was difficult and took time.
11)P orter wanted to do something and his mother was certain that he could
rise above his limitations.
12)W ith her encouragement, he applied for a job with the Fuller Brush Co.
only to be turned down.
13)I t took Porter four false starts before he found the courage to ring the first
doorbell.
14)T hat night Porter read through company literature and discovered the
products were guaranteed.
15)H e would sell that pledge.
16)H eadaches are constant visitors.
17)H e seems to be heading into a strong, steady wind that keeps him off
balance.
18)H e makes his way down the street.
19)T hen the word “no” does not register.
20)H e’s a weary man who knows his days --- no matter what his intentions --
- are numbered.
21)S ome months are lean.
22)H e was laid up for five months and couldn’t work.。