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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
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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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