Listening Comprehension

Text «Better to have stones»

There was an old man who had a lot of money, but he didn't like to spend it. He
always said: «I don't buy meat and fruit because I can eat bread and drink water. I
don't buy new clothes because I can wear my old trousers and my old shirt. If I spend
my money, I shall have it no more. If I hide the money, I shall always have it». So he
put his money in a box in the ground under a big tree.
Every Sunday he went to the tree, opened the box and looked at his money. He did
the same thing for many years; he never spent his money but always put some more
into the box.
One day he came to the tree, but the box wasn't there. «Oh, my money! My money! »
-he shouted. «Where is my box of money? Somebody has taken my money! What
shall I do without it? »
The people heard him and they began to ask him questions and the old man told them
his story.
«It was a bad man who took your money, » said a woman, «and we shall try to find
him».
« But what shall I do without my money if you don't find the man? », asked the old
man. «What did you do with your money when you had it? » said the woman. «
Nothing. »
So get some beautiful stones, put them in a box, hide the box and go there every day
to look at them.
 Listening Comprehension
Text «Better to have stones»
Tasks
I Match
1. to spend money a) багато грошей
2. to come to the tree b) сховати коробку
3. a lot of money c) розповідати історію
4. to put in a box d) ходити до дерева
5. to tell the story e) класти у коробку
6. to hide the box f) витрачати гроші

II Complete the sentences

1. The man said : «If I spend my money, I shall have it …»
a) No more;
b) More;
c) A lot.
2. Every Sunday he…
a) Took some money;
b) Went to the tree;
c) Spent his money.
3. One day a man came to the…
a) Tree;
b) Shop;
c) Forest.
4. He looked at the…
a) Stone:
b) Credit card;
c) Money.
5. The man said: «What shall I do without my…? »
a) House;
b) Money;
c) Box.
6. The woman asked the man: «What did you do with your…? »
a) Trouble;
b) Trousers;
c) Money.
III Choose a correct answer
1. Who had a lot of money?
a) A woman;
b) Men;
c) An old man.
2. Where did the hero of this story hide money?
a) He hid it under the tree;
b) He hid it under the big tree;
c) He hid it under the bush.
3. What happened one day?
a) He became rich;
b) He became poor;
c) He became fool.
4. What did a woman say when a man told his story?
a) She said: «It was a good man…»;
b) She said: «It was a bad man…»;
c) She said: «It was Batman».
5. What did the man do with his money?
a) He collected it;
b) He hid it;
c) Nothing.
6. What is better to put in a box?
a) Wealth is better to put in a box;
b) Stones are better to put in a box;
c) Trousers are better to put in a box.
IV Render the text in Ukrainian. Remember the story and explain where it
lies the humerous effect of it. Tell the story as if you were this old greedy
man.