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a special ability that you were born with Do you think musicians like Beethoven or artists like Picasso are born with an innate talent,
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put their success down to It's not luck, it's hard work start learning
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attribute their success to
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This is a lifelong passion of mine. start learning
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something you have been dedicated to all your life.
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academically/artistically/physically gifted Do you agree that any parent can train their children to become word-class at something or does the child need to be born academically/artistically/physically gifted start learning
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particularly good at academic studies/art/physical activities
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Do you inherit everything from your parents? If you can inherit eye and hair colour from a parent, start learning
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derive genetically from your parents/ancestors
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do you think it is possible to also inherit personality traits? start learning
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distinguishing qualities or charactistics
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How much do you think a parent is able to shape their child's future and success? start learning
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Why is Clarissa's achievement special? start learning
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Her achievement is special because she is so young.
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Who was influential in helping Clarissa become a chess master? start learning
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Clarissa's father has been influential as he taught her to play chess when she was young.
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What is Clarissa's ambition? start learning
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Clarissa would like to be world champion as soon as possible.
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At this tournament in Philadelphia she's taking on players (?) her age, and then some. start learning
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At this tournament in Philadelphia she's taking on players twice her age, and then some.
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Fewer than (?) percent of chess players in America reach the level of master. start learning
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Fewer than two percent of chess players in America reach the level of master.
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But Clarissa is so unassuming that many others aren't even (?) she plays chess. start learning
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But Clarissa is so unassuming that many others aren't even aware she plays chess.
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She's just a normal, everyday young (?) going about her business in a middle school. start learning
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She's just a normal, everyday young adolescent going about her business in a middle school.
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Clarissa: "I guess it's no big (?) really". start learning
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Clarissa: "I guess it's no big deal really".
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Mun picks her up from school, she hangs out with her friends, and she does (?), eventually. start learning
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Mun picks her up from school, she hangs out with her friends, and she does homework, eventually.
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But chess is her passion. And at her local club recently she played (?) games simultaneously. start learning
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But chess is her passion. And at her local club recently she played thirty-one games simultaneously.
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Chess can also be a lonely game when you're so (?) nobody wants to play with you at all. start learning
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Chess can also be a lonely game when you're so good nobody wants to play with you at all.
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Listen to someone debating the role of nature versus nurture. Which side of the argument does she present? What examples does she give to justify her ideas? start learning
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The speaker presents the "nurture" side of the argument, suggesting that people do not inherit their abilities but that they develop them through experience. She uses the example that a child born with a natural ability for music will not develop into a good pianist unless he or she practises the piano.
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Which key phrases are used to introduce the argument? start learning
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I'd like to begin by stating that
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Which key phrases are used to invite questions start learning
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does anyone have a question? Are there any other questions?
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Which key phrases are used to justify an opinion start learning
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As I see it; what I think is; I would say it; depends on; what you need to consider is; I think it's ridiculous to suggest; I absolutely reject the idea that
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Which key phrases are used to respond to questions start learning
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that's a good question, because
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Which key phrases are used to conclude start learning
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so; to conclude I would have to argue that
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The writer suggests that teaching a young child to play a musical instrument will offer them huge benefits in their later life, perhaps helping them to develop other skills, such as: start learning
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reasoning and problem-solving, but certainly enabling them to broaden their understanding and appreciation of the world.
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start learning
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A chess piece, or chessman, is any of the 32 movable objects deployed on a chessboard used to play the game of chess.
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In a standard game of chess, each of the two players begins a game with the following 16 pieces: start learning
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1 king 1 queen 2 rooks 2 bishops 2 knights 8 pawns
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