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Unexpected Result

Having friends abroad may become an excellent chance to travel. Of course, in European countries, staying at your friend's is not common. But as a student you may try to enter an exchange program where an English-speaking family [ ] you up. But in this case, one should be ready to study or even work while living abroad. Various programs usually last from six months to a year. To enter it you have to win an English-speaking contest. If you don't do well in it, you [ ] your trip for at least a year.

One of my acquaintances failed in the contest. She did not manage to go abroad as she had promised. According to her words, if she had known the result, she [ ] on such a beautiful dress then.

But that girl was boasting about going abroad and [ ] the weaker students down for their bad English. It was a shameful thing. So, whatever happens, try to be polite—you'll never know how the situation might turn.

A Strong Desire

Sometimes people have a strong desire to own anything they can't afford themselves. For example, I knew an 18-year-old guy who was fancy for having a sports car. But that was too expensive for his family, and they didn't give their permission to buy the car. But this boy [ ] about having this car in the near future.

His mates didn't believe him, but he [ ] on saying that he would get the car. His parents had discovered this and became displeased. They stated that such a strong desire [ ] a bad influence on him. They advised the boy to pay more attention to his studies—after graduating from the university, he might get a good job and save money to buy the desirable car.