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      READING AND SPEAKING                                                          5. Does he/she give any money to charities or good causes?
                                                                                    6. In what ways does he/she try to save money?
      Work in pairs or small groups.
                                                                                    7. Does he/she have any extravagances?
      PRE-READING TASK                                                              8. What do you learn about his/her friends and/or family?
      You are going to read about four very different people, and
the role that money plays in their lives. Discuss these questions.                            PEOPLE AND THEIR MONEY2
                                                                              Who's rich and who's poor these days? Gina Brooks tracks down four
       1. The texts are about an aristocrat, a divorced mum, a taxman,                       people from very different walks of life
and a miser. Which of them do you think is wealthy? Who is poor?
                                                                                      The Aristocrat
What attitude do you think each has to money? How do their lifestyles                 LADY CHRYSSIE COBBOLD, 58, lives in Knebworth House,
differ?                                                                       Hertfordshire, the family home of her husband David, 60, a financier.
       2. The following words were said by one of the four people.            They have four grown-up children.
Who said what? There are two statements for each person. Check any                    'Knebworth House is run as a business but it doesn't make
new words in your dictionary.                                                 enough money to pay us. I have no regular salary. I never really spend
       a. 'Money's been tight since I split up from my husband four           money because I don't have it and I'm not bothered about clothes. I
years ago. '                                                                  spend about £2,000 a year on them. There have been moments when
       b. 'In my job it's possible to become a bit of a social leper.'        we thought we might have to sell the house, but now I think there'll be
       c. 'I don't believe one should spend what one hasn't got.'             enough money for the next generation to keep the house, but they
       d. 'I'll organize an office collection for earthquake victims, but I   won't inherit much more than that.
won't give anything myself. '                                                         Money is the only thing my husband and I row about. I'm always
       e. 'I'd baulk at buying a couple of packets of crisps as well. '       worrying about money. I don't believe one should spend what one
       f. 'Sometimes I'll go wild and buy something just to cheer my-         hasn't got. My husband likes having parties, going to restaurants,
self up, but I always regret it.'                                             having guests for the weekend. In summer we'll have up to 16 people
       g. 'We always do our own repairs to the house, or we'll put a          at weekends. They're usually quite good and they'll bring a bottle of
bucket out to catch the leaks if we can't.'                                   wine, but they still have to be fed.
       h. 'People think I've got a fortune stashed away somewhere.'                   We always do our own repairs to the house or we'll put a bucket
                                                                              out to catch the leaks if we can't. I'll go to any lengths to save money.
       READING                                                                I'll put up wallpaper, do all the painting, make curtains and upholstery.
       1. Read all four texts quickly and find out who said what.             As a child I used to get only 5p a week pocket money and I'd do
Were there any surprises? Which of the four is the richest? Who               anything to get more money. I'd even pick bunches of flowers from
is the poorest?                                                               our garden and sell them to the local funeral parlour.
                                                                                      If you have a big house, people think you must be well off, but
    2. Choose two of the texts and read them more carefully.                  it just isn't true.'
Answer the questions.
      1. What is his/her job? How much does he/she earn?                             The Divorced Mum
      2. Does he/she get on well with his wife/her husband?                          ANGIE CROSS, 27, has four children, aged from 5 to 10. She
      3. What does he/she say about clothes and food?                         lives in Frinton-on-Sea in Essex. She gets £585 a month state benefit
      4. What else does he/she spend money on?                                and also works as a part-time barmaid for £21 a week.
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