For Exercise 2: Chris often thinks how different his life would become if he 2) were more adventurous. He's rather a cautious man who 3) takes risks only provided that they 4) wouldn't unsettle his life. Yet he sometimes feels that if he 5) made braver decisions, his life 6) would change for the better, although deep down he knows that there's not much of a likelihood of this happening. For example, three years ago they offered him a job in Africa. If he 7) accepted the offer, he 8) would have had to live in Africa for two years and he 9) would enjoy an enormous increase in his salary as well. But Chris is not the type of person who will give up the security of his home unless he 10) felt even more secure about his new circumstances. Only if that job offered to him 11) was close to home, 12) he would have taken it. His friends try to convince him that he 13) would discover the fun in his life if he 14) decided to be a little more daring. Yet Chris says that as long as he 15) remains happy with the way things are, he 16) will not be making any drastic changes to the way he lives.
