UNIT
3 Student’s Book Video Script
Vocabulary video Project video
Making a goal diary Sarah: Hello. We decided to make our infographic
about Ellie Robinson. We think she is a real
Hi guys! Cat here. We all have goals, right? Some goals
success story, and we’re going to explain
are big, like making lots of money. And some goals are
why. Ellie is a Paralympic swimmer.
small, like learning to make pancakes. And one way to
achieve these goals is to keep a goal diary. Here’s how Jack: She was born on the 30th August 2001, and
I made my last one. I started like I always start – with a she lives with her parents in Northampton,
list of the goals I wanted to achieve. There were lots of England. Ellie is smaller than most people
different things on my list. But then I realised that I because she has a rare condition called
really wanted to win a race at my school sports day. achondroplasia. She has also suffered from
So, that became my main goal. Then, I thought about Perthes’ disease, a painful hip disorder.
what I needed to do and how to do it. I broke my goal
Sarah: Ellie started swimming when she was only
into different small steps and put them in order. This
four years old! She trains five days a week
became my plan and it’s really important! Once you
and is often at the swimming pool at five
have a plan, you can create a timeline. To do this, I cut
o'clock in the morning! She works really
out a calendar page, put it in my diary and wrote what
hard. Ellie has swum in competitions all
I needed to do and when I needed to do it. I only had a
around the world. She even won a gold
month and I was trying to do a lot! So, having a timeline
medal in the Rio Olympics, and in this
was really helpful. I followed my list of small steps and
photo, she is with her gold medal at the
ticked off each task. This helped me to achieve my goal
Commonwealth Games in 2018. Ellie has
and made me feel more confident too. And guess what?
also won lots of awards. She became a
I won!
Member of the British Empire and met Prince
Charles at Buckingham Palace, and in 2016
she won the BBC Young Sports Personality
Real-world speaking video of the Year award.
Jen: Great movie! The way he climbs and jumps – Jack: Ellie has worked very hard to be successful,
it’s awesome! and has overcome difficulties and physical
pain. She is an inspiration to so many
Diego: I know. Did I ever tell you about the time I
people. Ellie said, ‘If I can inspire one child
saw Tom Holland?
somewhere in the world, that's enough for
Jen: You’re kidding! me.’ We think Ellie is a true success story.
Diego: It’s true. I was staying with my cousin in
London at the time.
Jen: So, what happened?
Diego: Well, we were walking in the park one day
when we saw people playing sports.
Jen: Right.
Diego: They were free running, you know, doing
acrobatics.
Jen: And one of them was Tom Holland?
Diego: Yeah, it turns out he was training at the park.
Jen: That’s awesome! Did you say anything to
him?
Diego: No, we just watched for a while. He was
really good!
Jen: I can’t believe you actually saw Spider-Man!
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