MINISTERULEDUCAȚIEI,CERCETĂRIITINERETULUIȘISPORTULUI COLEGIULNAȚIONAL“IONLUCACARAGIALE”,MORENI PROFILFILOLOGIE,INTENSIVENGLEZĂ Lucrarepentruobținereaatestatuluila limbaengleză Profesorcoordonator:MateiMirandolina Candidat: [anonimizat]-Bianca Mai/2017 2RONALD RONALD ANTONIO ANTONIO ““RONNIE RONNIE”” OO’’SULLIVAN SULLIVAN 3TABLEOFCONTENTS ARGUMENT………………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….4 PERSONALLIFE…………………………………………………………………………………………………………………….5 PROFESSIONALCAREER…………………………………………………………………………………………………………6 1993/1994season:FirstUKChampionship……………………………………………………………………………………7 1994/1995season:FirstMasterstitle…………………………………………………………………………………………..7 1996/1997season:Firstmaximumbreak……………………………………………………………………………………..7 2000/2001season:FirstWorldChampionship………………………………………………………………………………8 2003/2004season:SecondWorldChampionshipTitleandworldnumber1……………………………………8 2016/2017season:UKChampionshiprunner-upandrecordseventhMasterstitle………………………….8 RONNIEO’SULLIVANRECIEVESOBE………………………………………………………………………………………..9 RUNNING:THEAUTOBIOGRAPHY…………………………………………………………………………………………10 WhatRonniesaidinRunning:TheAutobiography……………………………………………………………………….10 MILESTONESANDRECORDS…………………………………………………………………………………………………11 RONNIEO’SULLIVANAMERICANHUSTLESHOW…………………………………………………………………….14 CONCLUSION……………………………………………………………………………………………………………………..14 BIBLIOGRAPHY&RESOURCES………………………………………………………………………………………………15 4ARGUMENT ItissaidbytheBritishpeoplethatweshouldfeelluckythatRonnieO’Sullivan(Figure1)lives inthesameeraasus,thatwearecontemporarywithhim.Also,Ronnieisregardedbymanyasthe mostnaturallygiftedplayerinthehistoryofthegame,dubbedthe“Mozartofsnooker”andheis thefirsteverambidextrousplayerandatthesametimetheonlyone. Figure1.RonnieO’SullivanwinMasters[1] Despiteofalltheproblemsthathehad,problemlikethefactthathisfatherwasarrestedand wenttojailwhenRonniewasateenageandheneededhisfatheratthattimemorethananytime, O’Sullivanwascapabletomoveonandsucceedandbuildahappylife.Also,anotherproblemthat heneededtofightwithisdepressionandmentalillness.Hetalkaboutthissubjectandhowrunning helphimtopassdepression.DespiteO’Sullivan’sspellbindingtalentandunpredictablepersonality, hehasspentalongtimefightingthebiggestbattlesofhislife…thosewithhimself.Overrecent years,withtherighthelp,hehasbeenabletotakecontrolofhisrunawaymind,harnessitspower andworkwithit. OneofthemainreasonswhyIdecidedtotalkaboutthismanisthefactthatheinspiresme inmanywaysandhecanbeconsideredarealmodeltofollow.Heissmart,alotofpeoplecallhim agenius;heisfunny,sometimesheiscomparedwithRowanAtkinsonandpeoplesaidthatthey looklike.But,Iappreciatethemostthefactthathealwayssaidwhathethinkandhedidn’tcare abouttheconsequences,hedidn’tcarewhatpeoplewillsay,heexpresshisopinioneventhat 5sometimehewassuspendedorpenalized.RonnieO’Sullivanistherenegadeofsnooker,buthe’s alsotherenegadethatthe21stcenturysportingworldneeds;he’sthemanthatcanbringtheones…