At the beginning of the new year, it is common to say what we will do better in the coming year, or what we hope will happen to (1) our lives.
We asked callers on (2) about their wishes for 2016. We learned that they want to live in peace and improve their English. They all said it was important to set a (3) and do all they could to achieve it.
Abdul Kareem in Saudi Arabia says, “The world is going on in a bad situation these days. Like war ... I pray for the world to live in in peace, to become (4) again. Also, I’m praying [for] my situation to become good.”
Kareem says he plans to work on an online master’s degree in technology and improve his English in 2016. He says, “Right now I’m doing a (5) learning master’s degree in IT and trying to finish it by November 2016, I’m hoping that later on I find a better job.”
Nadeem Rohani in Afghanistan says "I wish to have peace in our country, to be happy – all the people in our country. I wish just this.”
Rohani is studying and hopes to improve his (6) in the coming year. He studies computer science using English textbooks. “I want to read English for university, and I want to be a native speaker.
Ibrahim Haid is from Afghanistan. He is studying for a master’s degree in (7) science in India. “I would like to visit the U.S.A. Sometime, I want to improve my English like an American accent and like my native language. … I want to take TOE FL exam, and one day I want to come and visit the U.S.”
He says he lives by this (8) : “Try, try, try, and one day you will fly. So I’m always trying.”
Tamim Bakhshi is a (9) school student in Sweden. After he finishes school he plans to go to college. He would like to be a football player, too. “I wish to reach my goal next year. … I’m the kind of person who has a great, or high goal. I never give up about something. I will try, try to reach it.”
What is your goal for 2016? Write to us in the (10) section and on our Facebook page
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