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lect anything? If yes, what do you Jong have you had your collection ‘and what made you start? Ifnot, do you know ‘or have you heard of any people with unusual collections? 2. READING FOR GIST Read the text quickly without paying attention to ‘the missing sentences and answer the questions below. ‘2. What is Josh Lemming's strange collection? ‘b.Who helped him organise his collection? ‘< How do people react to Josh's collection? Read the text again. Complete the gaps in the text ‘with the sentences A-Ghelow. There is one extra sentence which you donot need to use. A. Josh is a great fan of the cinema, and even . ‘when in foreign countries, he always makes an . effort to watch a film, even t's in a language he can't understand, 3. Josh didn't really like the attention at first. C. Atfirst, only his friends knew about his collection. . Josh doesn't think his collection is very important but he doesn't want to displease his mother. E. Josh’s enthusiasm for collecting will keep him occupied for many years to come. F. Some people even got inspired to start their own collections G. Josh's mother actually had the idea of arranging the tickets in albums, Match the highlighted words in the article with the meanings a-h. There are two extra meanings Which you donot need touse. respond [- a. tk ©. believe 3. mee Cee ‘peculiar = (>) . enthusiastic 5. published 3), {. old-fashioned Cepeente [) pees Escaneado con CamScanner vane, bus and train tickets from every place he travelled to. So far, he has over 1000 tickets ages them in photo albums according to date, _ypeand country “wynentmention my collection, says Josh, ‘most Be “You can't be serious” But once they em albums they realise 'm actually prety sere so countries: Josh began collecting his tickets about 10 years ago, stmay seem a ite crazy, but one day, as I was getting eff abus in Madrid, Spain, l decided to keep my bus teket.instead of throwing it away. After that, Inever threw away another ticket. BL_ she is an 84 stamp cotlector, and has stamps dating back to the early 1900s. After seeing the way she organised her stamps, | decided to organise my tickets ina similar manner. Mine were justin pl tags My mother bought me a bunct: birthday, and I sorted through t fave taken me about a mon oH ita lot easier to 100k t lastic Plastic bags. It must Josh has become well-kn Ashford, Connecticut. Fal Feporter heard about Jost an interview, as ‘cllection. I was really sur 'ocal newspaper was intere t then again, | guess people lik things: NORTON “BLD BoGNOR REGIS, Vr After the newspaper “The Ticket Collector’, more anc Contacting Josh in order to vi Marie Newton, a local resider own travel tickets, 1d more people lew his collection, | nt. started collecting her ‘ound Josh's collection tobea Sreat way to keep a record of all the places I've been ‘o.After seeing itl decided to start saving my tickets, ‘though | definitely don’t travel as much as he does. it might actually make me start travelling more!” EW) tt was kind of strange: he explains. ‘All of @ sudden | was getting all this attention simply for doing something that was meaningful to me. But ow I'm used to it. Plus, in a way, 'm proud of my Collection. It represents a lot of hard work. Josh continues to collect his travel tickets, However, he has started a new collection - cinema tickets. | ‘So far. lonly have about 65 tickets, Josh says, ‘but that’s only one year’s. 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