Ex 2 Read the text and answer the questions:

a. Who was Bernie?

b. Bernie was one of Harvey Mackay's father's friends.

c. What did Bernie do every summer?

Every summer, Bernie was eating watermelons.

d. What would the author do every summer?

Harvey Mackay's father and Harvey Mackay would go to Bernie's warehouse would occupy its positions.

e. What did the author learn from Bernie?

The author learned from Bernie that being rich means having a state of mind

e. What did Harvey Mackay’s father think of Bernie?

Harvey Mackay's dad thinks about Bernie that he could be a successful businessman

TRADUCERE
A. Cine era Bernie?

Bernie a fost unul dintre prietenii tatălui lui Harvey Mackay.

b. Ce făcea Bernie în fiecare vară?

În fiecare vară, Bernie mânca pepeni verzi.

c. Ce ar face autorul în fiecare vară?

Tatăl lui Harvey Mackay și Harvey Mackay ar merge la depozitul lui Bernie și-ar ocupa pozițiile.

d. Ce a învățat autorul de la Bernie?

Autorul a aflat de la Bernie că a fi bogat înseamnă a avea o stare de spirit

e. Ce părere a avut tatăl lui Harvey Mackay despre Bernie?

Tatăl lui Harvey Mackay se gândește la Bernie că ar putea fi un om de afaceri de success

Ex 3 :Explain the sentence: ‘Years later, I realized that what my father admired about Bernie’s wealth was
less its substance than its application.’

This statement implies that wealth is not always important but the actions by which we acquire wealth, or it
could mean that parents do not always realize that children can be affected because of his words.

TRADUCERE
Ani mai târziu, mi-am dat seama că ceea ce tatăl meu admira despre bogăția lui Bernie era mai puțin
substanța ei decât aplicarea ei.

aceasta afirmatie ne subintelege faptul ca nu mereu este importanta bogatia dar actiunile prin care
dobindim bogatia, sau ar putea insemna faptul ca părinții nu își dau seama întotdeauna că copiii pot fi
afectați din cauza cuvintelor sale .

ex 4 What does the author mean by saying that ‘being rich is a state of mind’?

The statement, "Being rich is a state of mind," said by the author, in my opinion means that being rich is the
result of the work you have done over a period of time. Consistent with this, it is possible that there is a
state of mind

TRADUCERE

afirmatia ,,A fi bogat este o stare de spirit,, spusa de autor, dupa parerea mea inseamna faptul ca a fi bogat
este rezultatul muncii pe care l-ai irost intr-un interval de timp. In concordanta cu acest fapt posibil sa fie si
o stare de spirit

ex 6 Recall episodes from your childhood in which you were happy with your family and friends and share
your stories with the class. Use would and used to, to express past habits/ repeated actions or
states/feelings in the past.

a moment when I was happy as a child with my friends, it was the moment when we played in the shops,
that is, everyone had their own store, and the money was from the leaves, from the sand everyone made
their product and sold it with money from the leaves another childhood moment would be the one from
kindergarten, namely the moment when we sat down to eat, my girlfriend and I had two spoons of the
same that were just ours, and when one of our kindergarten colleagues took the spoon we started to cry
both the teacher was giving us the spoons back, it was in my opinion a funny moment.

TRADUCERE

un moment in care am fost fericita in copilarie cu prietenii, era momentul cind ne jucam in magazine, adica
fiecare avea propriul magazin , iar banii erau din frunze, din nisip fiecare isi facea produsul si il vindea cu
bani din frunze un alt moement din copilarie ar fi acel de la gradinita si anume momentul cind ne asezam la
mincare, eu si prietena mea aveam doua linguri la fel care erau doar a noastre, si cind cineva din colegii de
la gradinita lua lingura incepeam a plinge ambele si educatoarea ne dadea lingurile inapoi , a fost dupa
parerea mea un moment amuzant .