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3.18 Прочитайте текст и скажите в чем вы согласны и в чем не
согласны с Чарльзом Греем
«WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE? - I DON’T», SAYS
CHARLES GREY
More than fifteen years ago, Charles Grey was a college professor
with a huge six-bedroom house and a fortune of $2 million. Today he
lives in a small caravan where there is second-hand furniture. There are
certainly no signs that Charles Grey was a rich man.
There is a small garden outside with a few fruit trees. Charles
grows vegetables and flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things
from charity shops.
But this change is not a tragedy. Charles was happy to give up a
lifestyle of the rich. He was tired of being a person who had everything in
a world where many people had nothing. So he made a chance to give all
his money away and this decision, he says, has brought him happiness.
“A few years ago’, says Mr.Green, ‘I made a great success and
became a millionaire, but I knew there were hungry people in the world.”
So Charles Gray gave away his money to charities. Two thousand
dollars left in small bank notes he gave away in the streets of poor areas.
Did he feel like Father Christmas? “It was a lot of fun”, says Charles.
Charles believes that most people want to be rich since they expect
money give them power and happiness. However, a number of these
people never make much money. Charles Grey tried both wealth and
poverty and has realized that having only a little money makes you free
and independent. Are there any things he is missing? “No, I’m much
happier now. I wouldn’t come back to being rich, no way.”
Caravan - фургон; sign - признак; to give away
- раздать; to miss -
скучать; no way – ни в коем случае.
3.19 Выполните краткий пересказ текста
as if you were Charles Grey
as if you were his former colleague
3.20 Разыграйте по ролям интервью с Чарльзом Греем.
Journalist: Where did you live when you were rich?
Charles Grey:....................
Journ. : How do you live at present?

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