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Life stories 3





            2  nead the article  quickly and answer  these     3  Read the article  again. Mark these sentences
              questions.                                          True (/l  or False (I). Correct  the false sentences.
                                                                  Exaupr-n
              I  Who  was the Witch of Wall Street?
                                                                  She came from a poor family.
              2  When  did she live?
                                                                  She didn't come  from  a poor  family.   Her pdrents were
              3  Who were Ned and Edward?
                                                                  wealthy.
              4  What was strange about her life?
              5  How did she die?                                  I  She knew a lot about flnance when
                                                                     she was young.                     tr
                                                                   2  She owned a big house.            t--l
                                                                   3 She didn't have many clothes.      tr
                                                                   4  She sent her clothes  to a laundry.   L ]
                                                                   5 She rented an olfice in Wall Street.  tr
  I&GLH            -ffe"reffi#                                     6 She had lunch in restaurantt.      E
                                                                   7 She married  a rich man.
                                                                                                        tr
                                                                   8 She sent her son to the best hospital
                                                                      in New York.                      t ]
              he spent  ahaost  nothing  on clothes,  and wore
                                                                   9  She died in an accident.          tr
              the same long black dress every  day. She           lo  Her son invested  her money.      tr
           washed it herseif, but to save  soap she only washed
           the bottorn of the dress, where it touched  the     4  Discuss  these questions.
           ground" Other  people had their own offlces, but       I  Give three reasons  why Hetty was called the
                                                                     Witch of Wall Street.
           Hetty used a desk in the hank where she kept her
                                                                  2  What do you think is
           money,  because it didn't cost anything. She sat in       G the worst example  of Hetty's meanness?
           the l:ank and ate her sandwiches  while she trought       *  the funniest  example  of her meanness?
           and sold stocks and shares. Ifthe hank                    *  the most interesting part of the story?
                                                                     *  the most ironic part of her life?
           complained, she just moved  all her money  to
                                                                  3  Why do you think Hetty was so mean?
           another bank.
                                                                  4  Do you know any other examples of mean
                                                                     behaviour?
           f-f   etty's family  paid the price for her meanness.  mii!:i:
           I  lrttt*"  she was 33 she married a millionaire,   :!.
                                                                '  Language focus: so ... that ...
           Edward  Green and they had two children.  Green,
           however, lost ail his monev,  so lJetty left him.      a  Look at these two sentences:
           When her son, l\ed, injured his knee, Hetty didn't        Hetty became dngry.  She  hod a stroke.
           want to pay for a doctor, so she took hirn to a free      The second  sentence  is the result  of the first
           hospital for poor people.  Unfortunately  the doctor      sentence. We can show it like this:
           knew that Hetty was rich and he asked for money.          Hetty became  so angry that she had a stroke,
           Hetty refused and took the boy away.  His leg didn't    b  Join these sentences  in the same way.
                                                                     1  Hetty  was mean. She refused to pay for a
           get better  and two years later doctors  removed  it"
                                                                        doctor.
                                                                     2  Ned's injury was bad. He lost his leg.
           fl   rt eventually Ned got his revenge.  At the age       3  Hetty was rich, She could buy anything.
           I-Dof 81 Hel.t1 had an argumenI  wil.h  a shop            4  She was clever. She made millions  of dollars.
                                                                     5  Hetty made money easily. People called  her
           assistant  about  the price of a bottle of milk. She
                                                                        the Witch  of Wall Street.          i
           became so angry that she had a stroke and died.      *                                           s
                                                                iffiiirJ,ijF  .                        ,.*:;i:H!ffi
           So Hetty's meanness finally killed her. Ned
           inherited  half his mother's  fortune,  and he spent it  5  Look at this newspaper headline.
            all on parties, holidays and expensive jewellery. He    THE KTNOEST  MAN IN THE WORLD DIES }
            even bought a chamber pot covered with                 =r..ef+,:s'+j.:E4$fr.,4!ffiei.+-,.si+:.4*1+   -**,****.*r"=.6@**$
            diamonds!                                           a  Work in groups  and discuss ideas  for the story.
                                                                b  Write the story, using  this format:
                                                                   *  The basic details  oI his lile
                                                                   o  Examples  of his kindness
                                                                   o  How he died

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