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‘The Richest Man in the World by Ferenc Sjorzsinskev + He satin his garden, drinking coffee. On the sofa behind him there was's washing machine, and on the washing machine a video player, a vacuum Cleaner and an old radio. Next o the sofa there was a fridge with a hairdryer ‘ontop of it. And as the su got hig@tand hore, he just sat chee on his chair 5, drinking cofiee Te'was Sunday and there were families walking back from church. One old couple saw him and stopped. 5 “Hello there” said the old man. ‘a “Good morning,’ said the man on the chair. so The old couple stood there. Then he sold his "Mi? said the old man. "We .. er... we see you have a washing machine.” computer, his hairdryer ‘That's right,’ said the man drinking coffee. and his sofa. “Er... is ita sale? Tmean, do you want to sell it?” 7 He had $870. “A sale? wouldn't say that exactly.” 8 When a young boy Because we would like to buy that washing machine, you see.” returned with his dog, the OK,’ said the man. ‘How much do you want to pay?” ola pean tld hese he ‘The old man said, ‘T only have ten dollars on me at the moment.’ was the happiest man in ‘Ten dollars?” open ‘The old man put his hand in his pocket and pulled out some coins, some 7 paper, a bag of tobacco. “T know it's not enough, but I can get more. I can go home and get you more Use the Past Simple active ‘money, or we can wait till tomorrow when the bank is open...” or passive to complete the “Ten dollars?” said the man drinking coffee. He put the cup down. ‘Ten dollars sentences, is too much. I'll seltit to you for two dollars fifty.” The old couple looked at each other. And they bought the washing machine es be) togivea for two dollars fifty cents, and they called their sons, who lived with them, Presentation about my work. and the sons carried the washing machine away. 2 Jo____ (buy) some new AA little later, a young family came to the garden. They looked at the man CDs with the money he and the man looked at them: five children, no shoes, one dog on a string. —— Give) forhis birthday, ‘What's your dog's name?’ said the man. 3 |__ (leave) my purse in The youngest boy shouted, ‘Loopy! His name's Loopy!” the restaurant and it ‘The boy dropped the string and Loopy walked across the garden, his nose to (tea). the ground. He came to the sofa and smelled the ghosts of other dogs. 0 io ‘Hey, Mn’ said the young woman. ‘Are you selling that fridge?” —— take) | “Yes, Lam. But i'l cost you.” Our Suitcases from the car ‘How much?” 5 They___ (tell the concert “Two dollars. And if that's too much, T'll ake one fifty. —— Grart) at 7.30 pm, ‘And the mother bought the fridge for one dollar and twelve cents and the 6 you Ginvite) children picked it up and carried it home, all except the youngest boy who to the wedding? ran with the dog on a string. H ‘A little later, the man sold his video player to a young couple for ten cents. ’ Ramee fe ne ‘Then he sold his hairdryer to an old lady with blue hair. Then finally he on river. even sold the sofa. Now, in the early evening, there was nothing in his re car__ (drive) by a garden except the last heat of the sun and a small breath of wind in the man's face. ‘The boy with the dog on a string came back “Hello, Loopy!” said the man. ‘Can Task you something, Mr?” ‘Of course you can.” "Mr, are you rich?” The man smiled. He looked at the first stars shining and a big lemon moon Iehind 2 tree Hie had eiohr dollars and seventy cents in his hand. Listening 6 a GRD Cover the tapescript. Listen to the 1 Amish in the City takes five teenagers from ~~ Choose the correct altémative. 4 I think we should/would take the digital camera because/so it's better. 2. | like/'d like to take the CD player. | couldn't/ ‘mustn't tive without it! 3, We'd like choose/to choose Istanbul for the ew office. The main/mains reason is that it is € busy city 4 I think we should take/to take a taxi to the airport, 'm so/too lazy to carry these bags on the train, 5. We think we should go/to go to the hotel first because /because of the restaurant is a long way from here, TAPESCRI Woman: conversation about a TV show and choose the best description. Woman; Man: Ie for an Amish community, who know nothing about technology, and moves them to live with other teenagers in Los Angeles. They are going to learn about modern life in Los Angeles. Amish in the City takes five Los Angeles teenagers to a community of Amish people, where they learn how to live without moder technology. There are no cai Phones and there is no TV 19 mobile So the Los Angeles kids teach these Amish people about the modern world? Woman: Yes. That's right. The Amish have never, seen (6)___ before, or CD players, videos , washing machines. Nothing! Man: They have never seen them? Woman: No. And they go to the beach, and the ‘Amish have never seen the ocean before. Man: Yes, it sounds interesting. Woman: They go out to discos, and go shopping. Man: ‘And do the Amish ike what they see? Do they like the modern world? Woman: Well, they find itvery ()___. They don't know what to think. The girls Uke wearing the ‘new clothes. And everyting is very interesting ‘Man: Car parks? Do they IPT the city? No, why? five Amish people. You know, they these religious communities who live ‘America, in the countryside, and they have (2)__ No technology? Don't they have computers? No. Nothing. They build their own houses, and ride horses. They don't have cars, or @)__ or anything. Wow. So what happens in the (4)_? Well, the programme takes five Amish teenagers to live ina big house in Los Angeles, with some other (5)___, who are not Amish, 5 really good. them, even things like (@)__1 Grammar | too/enough/many 3 Complete the sentences using too, enough, too 2 : ‘many; too much and the words in brackets. - 1 Complete the sentences using to, foo much, 1 I'm not going to play football tonight. 'm__—_ too many or enough. tired) + Its___croed forse in the city. | 2 You are not working -You won't refer the coutiam " pass your exams. (hard) einer ae 3 He spends con the computer. He 3 never goes out. (time) 4 We would tke to buy a new car, but itis 4 = (expensive) 5 Those children eat Its not good 5 for them. (hamburgers) 6 I want to write to them in Russian, but my £ Russian is not (ood) 7. The film was realy boring. It was 7 (ong) 8 We didhn't go into the museum, because there 8 were (Geople) 9 can't speak to her now. | am 2 Look at the pictures. Complete the sentences tousy) Using too or enough and words from the box. 2e You cant come rot. You sre not _ (ol suitcases crowded loud money small tall ‘ Vocabulary | machines at home Use the pictures to complete the sentences. 1 Sorry! didnt call you earlier, but | couldn't find my 2. Ineed to clean my house but my ___ isn't working Come and listen to my music. 've gota new { 2 Heisn’t__ 3 4 You should put that ice cream in the __ before it melts. ‘left a message on your__. | heard an interesting programme on the __ this morning Your hair is still wet. Do you want to use my 3. They have got__ many _ You don't need to wash the dishes. We've got a

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