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CNR a lal a cereal ieee Cee eee ed Cee tee eas fer rents Coy ‘beautiful young woman because some men, ear es Fredo oct rieepener sy Give us the Money GIVE US THE MONEY i Heishaving.a gown dea "Gov work, James Bond ison a dream, Ads works ina bank, and itisnot very interesting. Hedoestt like his jb and he docs like Me Smith, his boss, Adams life ot Adam isnot James Bond iswot happy—he wants more exe leis Monday morning, Adam is walking to work and he meets Mr 1 “Do something differen vay,” she ays Adam startsto walk again, Hestops ad waits a theside st, but then he of the rad. He usually goes left remembers Mrs 8s wards, So he goes right What happens next? Does his life change? Can dreams ~ Crimes: Mystery Give us the Money seiner 20 heads) Give us the Money Massed by ‘Axel Rator ~ CONTENTS, Give wsthe Money scriveis: Bafore Reading scrvttes: While Reading series: After Reading a » 0 2 ‘Adam Gray works ina bank He doesnt like his job and he doesn'tlike Mr Smith, his boss, . Imust go. iad Idon't want to be, yi Tate for work. A a y But Adam and Serena ‘don't stop. Give us the Money 1s “4 Give us the Money _ cerry acon Wl ‘make alotof money. them they've got my money! Give us the Money GLOSSARY film a story that you wat film set the place wh Give us the Money ACTIVITIES » ACTIVITIES Before Reading 1 Look at the front and back cover of the book, Choose the ‘correct ending 1 Adam. a [lisa secret BL works ina bank, Lisanactor 2 The beautiful young womanis 4 [Janactor bUathiet Can lsh teacher. 3 Thisis 4 Ja romanticstory. bDanes story, € [Ja sad story. 0 scrum: While Reading, activi Fs While Reading 1 Read pages 1-3, then ansiver these questions. 1 What docs Adam want to be? 2 What ime of da 3. Why is Adam bored with his job? 4 Whar does Mrs B. say to Adam? Read pages 4-5. ‘Are these sentences true (T) or false (F)? 1 Adam does somethingdifferenttoday. 2 Some men take a woman's rucksack, ou 3 The woman asks Adam for help. ou 4 Themen runafter Adamand thewomen. (1 5 Hefore you read pages 6%, can you guess what happens next — ' shanks Adam for hishelp.(1—L) 2 Thepoli oda 3. The thieves huet somebauly oo 4 ind Adam fallin love. ou The woman, Seren ead pages 10-13, then answer these question 1 How do Adam and Serena getaway? 2 Whats Serena's idea? 3 Why isthe director happy? Read pages 14-18, then answer these questions. 1 Why does Serena's car stop? 2 Whar do the thieves want? 3 What does Adam do? 4 Adam knows one of the thieves. Who ise? Read pages 19-21, then answer these questions. 1 Who are the police’? 2 Whar does Serena take from Adam? 3 What does she lo with it? 4 Whar do they tie Me Smith with? Read pages 22-24, Who says these sente 1 Lam late for work 2. "You're three hours late.” 3 ‘Say “please”. 4 Lane you to hea bank robber.” a scrim: After Reading 8 ACTIVITIES 3 Read the elucs below _ and complete the crossword oF After Reading = 1 Use these words to complete the summary ofthe story {| sanest_ gun boss bank film thieves: take angry apr ‘Adam wants to be James Bond. He sees two me hag and tries to help. The men. They when they see hat dhey have gor che are very ‘ston bag They follow Serena and Adam. Ad is very ‘but Serena ismor. Serena usesa water ___to stop, ‘one ofthe thieves. When the thief speaks, Adam wlerstands that che thief ishis___. The police the thieves, Serena and Adam take the money to the and the fil direct hank robber! asks Adamrobein his asa 2 Weitea short description of Serena. w ACROSS nor woman who performs in a ila Something you catry with you. speak to people with it A public garden, ‘The opposite of interesting. yi DOWN “The person who takes something which is not his. A bag you wear on your back. Another wor for picture or movie, Aplace whe the world, an read about what is happen Ja ean pat oF get money. ‘When you rake ares from school or work, ofte another country a ABOUT THE AUTHOR Maeve Clarke isan experienced teacher and examiner of English as 8 Foreign Language, She his worked in England, Spain, and Tl She now ann works with tnt from ll ovee rope in Birmingham’ European ‘he wrote Givens the Aomeybycauseshe wantedtowsitea story aboot something exciting happening on a bing Monday. 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Oranges in the Snow Si incl cami cn a as vty assistant Jo; You arethe famousssientist Mary Duskeworkingin alaboratory in Alaska, When you discover something very new and valuable, ‘other people want to try to steal your idea ~ can yom sty them before they exeape? 3» Drive into Danger ROSEMARY ORDER “Yean drive truck, says Kim om her isda at workin the office. When Kim's passenger Andy finds something strange wer the truck chings get dangerous ~ very da The Ransom of Red Chief ©. HENRY Retold by Pal Shipton ‘Samarriveinthesmall wil nericantown Sumit withonly ‘seo hundred dollars, but they need more and San hasan idea for making a lot of money. When things stare to go wery wrong, bot ren soon reget their wsit~and he ids, Love or Money? ROWENA AKINVEM {eis Molly Clarkson's ict birthday. She shaving. party. Shes rich, bursheis having a sal party only four people. Four people, however sho all ncedhe sme thing-they need her muney. 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