LEVEL: Advanced
Topic: Against All Odds

Link: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VuOyBFEAylU&feature=fvw

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Guide Questions:

1. What were the congenital conditions of Patrick Hughes?

2. How did he overcome his disabilities?

3. What roles did the father play in raising / supporting his son?

4. What did the father mean when he said: "...no time to feel sorry for myself"?

5. What life lessons can we learn from Patrick and his father?

6. How do you transform your own "disabilities" into "abilities"?

Vocabulary:

1. “against all odds”

2. profound

3. prodigious

4. arduous