Writing: giving your news
Vocabulary
Find words in the text that mean:
· a person who treats injuries using special exercises· academic subjects such as history, literature and philosophy
· coming (in the future)
· full of activity
· money that the government gives someone to study at university
· the treatment of injuries using special exercises
· to learn more about the world
· very interesting
· very tired
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As most of you know after leaving San Miguel College I went to Madrid to study physiotherapy. After that I was lucky enough to find a job as a physiotherapist in a healthcare centre where I stayed for ten years. It was a good job and I was happy with my life but I wanted to broaden my horizons so I decided to go back to university and study humanities. At the same time I continued working which was quite stressful: university in the morning lunch in my car work in the afternoon and evening and then housework at the end of the day! I was exhausted but in the end it was worth it. At university I met my husband Rafael and we got married two years later.
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As most of you know, after leaving San Miguel College I went to Madrid to study physiotherapy. After that, I was lucky enough to find a job as a physiotherapist in a healthcare centre, where I stayed for ten years. It was a good job, and I was happy with my life, but I wanted to broaden my horizons, so I decided to go back to university and study humanities. At the same time, I continued working, which was quite stressful: university in the morning, lunch in my car, work in the afternoon and evening, and then housework at the end of the day! I was exhausted, but in the end it was worth it. At university I met my husband, Rafael, and we got married two years later.
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As most of you know, after leaving San Miguel College I went to Madrid to study physiotherapy. After that, I was lucky enough to find a job as a physiotherapist in a healthcare centre, where I stayed for ten years. It was a good job and I was happy with my life, but I wanted to broaden my horizons so I decided to go back to university and study humanities. At the same time I continued working, which was quite stressful: university in the morning, lunch in my car, work in the afternoon and evening, and then housework at the end of the day! I was exhausted but in the end it was worth it. At university I met my husband, Rafael, and we got married two years later.