11. Sınıf İngilizce 1. Dönem 1. Yazılı Soruları: Senaryo 4

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At the age of 19, Deniz started a small company in her parents’ garage. She designed bags from old car seat belts and sold them online. At first, nobody believed in her idea, and she failed many times. She couldn’t find investors, so she worked as a waitress to buy materials.

However, she never gave up. She listened to her customers, improved her designs and used social media to tell the story of each bag. Today her company recycles thousands of seat belts every year and employs 40 people. Deniz says, “Success is not about never failing. It is about learning from every failure.”

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Mehmet grew up in a village where farmers often lost their crops because of unexpected frost. After studying computer engineering, he returned to his village with an idea. He developed a mobile app that sends farmers a warning when frost is likely, using weather data and small sensors in the fields.

In the first year, only ten farmers used the app. Mehmet visited coffee houses and taught older farmers how to use it. Three years later, more than 20,000 farmers use the app, and many of them say their losses have decreased. Mehmet believes that the best business ideas come from real problems in people’s lives.

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When my grandfather was a child, he couldn’t go to school regularly because he had to help his family on the farm. However, he was very curious. He could read before he was six because his older sister taught him. He wasn’t able to buy books, so he borrowed them from the village teacher. At the age of 15, he managed to win a scholarship and went to a boarding school in the city. Later, he succeeded in becoming a doctor.

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Some teenagers prefer team sports because they enjoy being part of a group. Others would rather do individual activities such as painting or playing the guitar, as they like working at their own pace. According to a school survey, more than half of the students said they choose a hobby mainly because their friends do it. However, those who chose a hobby based on their own interests were more likely to continue it for many years.

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After working in a busy city for ten years, Zeynep decided to move to a small coastal town. She says the decision wasn’t easy, but she was tired of spending two hours in traffic every day. Now she works online and she can walk to the beach in five minutes. On the other hand, she admits that she misses the cinemas and concerts in the city. “I’d rather have a quiet life than a lot of entertainment,” she explains.