I remember a friend of me that had everything to succeed playing American football professionally. He moved to Houston, Texas, after we finished junior high school and I reminisced he said ''my dream is to play football professionally''. I had no doubt he could, so I told him: ''you can do it''.
We played together a little bit. The short time we played I noticed his passes were precise almost always: his vision was incredibe! He trained there in the USA for 5 years: when he was in high school and then at university. He was already studying a major in Business and he already had a small company.
We just met in December last year and I asked him about his football professional career. He was too dejected, his face was not showing his peculiar smile he had when we were studying together and told me:
''Man, it was too difficult the first year of my time in Houston Texans' team. I wish I had more money that time 'cause I had to pay for a good manager... Also, I got an opportunity to sign for another important team, but it was too far, in Seattle, so I said 'no' because I didn't want to step away from my family. I wish I had never said that. On the other hand, I used to smoke and didn't pass the medical exam in my second year there. If only I wouldn't smoke too much...''
And he finished his regret with a ''but, well, I have to continue working on my Company''... If only I knew what to say at that moment, it could be better. It was not a good news at all and I comprehended him because I had a similar dream when young. ''We have to learn from our choices'', is everything I could tell him.
Discussion:
What about you? Have you had any regret recently?
How many sentences about ''regrets'' did you find in this reading?
Did you know the words in bold? If not, look for them here.
Write one sentence using one new word for you (free topic).
Please share your answers below.
1- Yes problably in the past but but recently not much of that happens to me.
2- 4 sentences
3- Problably just one or two that I didn't know.
4- Mary just reminisced she had classes .
1.-Recently I have had no regrets but I have had like not having turned in an assignment
2.-I found several sentences of regret like these:
I wish I had more money that time 'cause I had to pay for a good manager
If only I wouldn't smoke too much
If only I knew what to say at that moment, it could be better
3.- Yesterday I reminiced the vacation that we have the last year
1- No, recently I haven't had things or decisions to regret.
2- I found four sentences.
3- "reminisced" is the only word that I had problems
4- My grandfather will be reminisced forever in my family
1) Yes, this week I didn’t study for my exam and I got a bad grade, I wish I had studied.
2) I found 3 sentences
3) I had an idea of the majority but I didn't know what dejected means.
4) I don't know what to do when people feel dejected
1)-I wish I had to found a headphones in Amazon before to start classes .If only I had more options for headphones , I would have someone.
2)-3 sentences .
3)-Yes , most of the if kwon about them but only i don´t kwon was "dejected".
4)Is to worrying to see people dejected for mistakes that they make in her life .
Yes, recently I especially regretted fail classes cause I was thinking drop me of high school.
2 sentences
Yes, some of those that appear there
We have to be careful when taking a step away because we can fall
- Yes I've had, I regret that I didn't do many productive things that i wanted and planed to do while i was in vacations, and instead I kind of lost motivation to do so, now I think about what would it be like today if I had done everything that i wanted to do.
- 4 sentences
- I only couldn't recognize "reminisced"
- My mom was asking me about last year's summer trip but I couldn't reminisce.
Yes, I regret not talking to some people anymore
Four
I knew all of them except reminisced
All my friends reminisced and told funny stories about us
1) no i havent because i think: life is only one
2) i found 4 regrets sentences
3) no i didnt knew this words: reminisced and major
4) when i drank a caprisun juice that juice reminisced when i was i child
1) No, lately I have not regretted the decisions I have made throughout my life
2) 3 sentences
3) Most of the ones that are in bold I already knew only two, but I already checked the link that I left and its definition was clear
4 )He wanted to make singing a career
1) no, i think that the things that happens to us are because we deserve it and every situacion that happens, help us to learn new things.
2) i just found 4 sentences.
3) i knew a few ones like step away, prercise, at all, carrer, sign, etc.
4) My friend was very dejected because he didn´t pass the exam.
1- Yes, it was the last week when I forgot to do a very important project, I wish I hadn't forgotten that important project.
2- I found 4 regrets
3- I know almost all but reminisced was the unique word I don't recognize
4- I reminisced about my last summer.
1) Yes, when I was younger I made a lot of mistakes and until now I still do it, so I think that I have a lot of regrets for those things.
2) 4 sentences
3) Like one or two made me doubt but I think that I know all of these words.
4) I don´t like the idea to see people dejected, that´s why I like to help others.