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When I was at school, my (36) was to be a pilot in the airforce. But my eyesight wasn’t good enough. So I had to give up that idea. I went to university and (37) in physics. I wanted to stay on there and do research. But my father died at about that time. So I thought I’d better get a job and earn my living. I started working in an engineering firm. I expected to stay in that job for a (38) long time. But then, they (39) a new managing director. I didn’t get on with him, so I resigned and (40) for a job with another engineering company. I would (41) have accepted the job if they had offered it to me. But on my way to the (42) , I met a friend who was working for a travel (43) . He offered me a job in Spain. And I had always liked Spain, so I took it. I worked in the travel agency for two years and then they wanted to send me to South America. But I just got married. So I decided to stay there. (44) . So I started giving English lessons at a school in the evenings. (45) . So I resigned from the agency. (46) . And here I am.