UNIT 4: Money

1. Listen to the audio and do the task

2. Reading Comprehension

Probably there is no person in the world who didn’t dream to become a millionaire. Rich people can afford and do many things. But there is the other side of this life. It is the great risk to lose everything one day. It can make people depressed and unhappy.

“Who wants to be a millionaire? I don’t,” says Charles Gray. Sixteen years ago he was a college professor with a very big six-bedroom house and 2million dollars.

Today Charles lives in a small caravan where there is only one room and second-hand furniture. There is a small garden with a few fruit trees. Charles grew vegetables and flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from small shops. But this change is not a tragedy for him. Charles is happy! He is happy to give up the life of a rich person. He was tired of being a man who had everything in the world where many people were poor and had nothing. He decided to give all his money away. And this brought him happiness. “A few years ago,” says Charles, “I was a millionaire but I knew there were many hungry people in the world.” So he gave all his money away to charities. When he had 2 thousand dollars left he gave away small banknotes in the streets of local poor areas. Did he feel like father Christmas? “It was a lot of fun,” he says.

Charles Gray decided not to be a millionaire and understood that having only a little money can make you happy. “I am much happier now. I don’t want to go back to being rich,” says Charles.

Listening comprehension test:

1.      Choose the best variant to complete the sentences.(2*5)

1.Probably there is no person in the world

a. who wants to be a millionaire

b. who doesn’t want to be a millionaire

c. who wants to meet a millionaire

2. The other side of being a rich person is

a. risk to lose everything

b. lose  interest in life

c. lose a family

3. Charles is happy to

a. lose all his money

b. give away all his money

c. make more money

4. Charles was unhappy because

a. he knew about his risks

b. he knew about hungry and poor people in the world

c. because he didn’t know what to do

5. Charles Gray was tired of

a. living in a big house

b. being a rich person

c. working very hard at college

2. Choose the sentences you haven’t heard in the text(3*10)

1. Sixteen years ago Charles was a college professor.

2. He had a big six-bedroom house.

3. Then he fell ill.

4. His sons helped him very much.

5. Today Charles lives in a small caravan.

6. He lives in a very beautiful part of London.

7. There is only second-hand furniture in his house.

8. He spends his free time teaching people how to become a millionaire.

9. He sometimes works at college now.

10. He once felt like Father Christmas helping people.

3. Give one word answer to the questions. (2*5)

1. Was Charles happy?

2. How much money did he get?

3. What did he grow?

4. Whom did he help?

5. Is he much happier now?

3. Do the task

4. Proverbs about money