Try to explain the words in bold in the text from the context they are found in e.g. tutor = teacher. Check in the Word List.

• Blind: Unable to see.

• Deaf: Unable to hear.

• Tutor: Teacher.

• Strict: Very firm and controlling.

• Progressed: Improved or developed.

• Rapidly: Quickly.

• Ordinary: Normal or regular.

• Graduated: Completed a course of study and received a degree or diploma.

• Degree: A qualification awarded to students upon successful completion of a course of study at a university or college.

• Inspiration: Something that motivates or encourages you.