TRACKS

6. reminder - something that helps you to remember 7. stretch smb/sth - make use of all somebody's skill, intelligence, etc. 8. (not) the case - (not) true Track 8 1. Look at Kamal! He is so optimistic and full of energy. He never doomscrolls. Please, stop making yourself stressed with all this sad news. 2. I don't think she can help us. Tell her something and some minutes later she forgets everything. Let's do this task ourselves. 3. It is so easy to scam him. He believes lies easily. Please, don’t let him make decisions without careful thought. 4. Jahan always acts on intuition. She rarely goes against her intuition. Track 9 Speaker 1. My mom always got mad if someone was running the broom over the feet while sweeping the floor. So, everyone in our family did their best not to touch anyone with the broom. Of course, we didn't know the reason and we didn't even ask for it. The only thing we knew was touching the foot with a broom was a bad thing. Speaker 2. My dad used to work in a different city. Twice a week he came home and we had a big family dinner. When he left after dinner, my granddad didn't let us start cleaning immediately. He didn't let us sweep the floor at all. "It brings bad luck to the person who's just left the house. Don't touch the broom”, he used to say. Speaker 3. I used to go running with my friends after sunset everyday. It was my duty to take the rubbish out. But my sister never let me take the rubbish out when I went running. She said that it took all the good luck from home. So, she made me leave the house earlier. As I went to the park earlier, I had to wait for my friends for at least 40 minutes. Speaker 4. At our home we had problems with metal objects. But scissors were the worst of them. We had to be very careful with them. My granny used to say, "Don't leave the scissors open, you invite enemies. Don't drop them |  | or it will bring bad luck." We did our best not to do these things, but sometimes we were unsuccessful. Luckily nothing bad happened. Track 10 1. challenging - difficult in an interesting way that tests your ability 2. face - If you face something difficult, you have to take action. 3. involve - include or be a part of something 4. push the limits - try to do your best and go beyond what you thought you could do 5. cope with - manage a difficult situation or problem 6. explore - go on an adventure to discover new things or places 7. research - a careful study of a subject, especially in order to discover new facts or information about it 8. survive - continue to live or exist Track 11 1. I invented a new telescope to study the Sun and proposed it to NASA to fly on the space shuttle along with 10 other telescopes. And it was accepted for that flight and then NASA said, among you 10 investigators, we need to have some of you actually go and operate the instruments because you are the experts. 2. I became an astronaut when I was 27 years old. I think I was chosen for my love of space. Before I went to space, I was trained by experienced astronauts who inspired me. I hope more young people will dream of going to space in the future. Maybe one day, some of you will also be sent to explore space. 3. I was an electrical engineer working at a company called Rocket Industries in Turkiye. I never had the idea that I would become a national government astronaut. In 2019, the Turkish Space Agency was established. Roughly one and a half years after that, they announced the National Space Program, which has 10 goals for the next 10 years. After hearing that, I got excited. Roughly 36,000 people applied for the program and they were supposed to select two. After a long period of selection, I was lucky