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Virginio Evqns

Jenny Dooley

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VirginiaEvans - JennyDooley,1997

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First published 1997

Newedition2001

lsBN 1-84216-823-1

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Surprisingly, Paul becamea ferry enthusiastand started

writingto differentcompanies,askingfor detailsabout

theirships.

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Paulsoon becamean expert;he knew eveMhing about

eachferry - how big it was,how many passengers

1you are given

Inexercise

atext

fromwhichsomesen-

lencesorshon paragraphs

havebeen

takenout.These

.:l

it car-

ina jumbled

are given

orderand your

task

is10

tindwhich

riedand whatsort of restaurantit had. m []

"Peoplecouldringme up and, for free,l'd tellthemall

aboutthe shiptheyweretravellingon,"said Paul.The

service was so popularthat he developedit by making

people's

orshort paragraph

senlence

fitseachone0fthenum-

0r paragraph

bered

blanks.

There

isoneextrasentence

you muslnotinclude

in your answers.

which

Steps

ferrybookingsaswell.

. Gothrough

Read

thetextcarefully.

themissing

0r paragraphs

look

for"key"words,

sentences

and

Paul'sfirstcustomerswerehisneighboursandfriendsof

hisparents.Hisreputationhasgrownquickly, because

hetriesto offera littlebitmorethansimilarservices.

ffiiHl__;

Theyare also informedaboutall port facilities.Everytrip

is led by two of hisstaff,and he has just hired three new

qirls to help out. His emploveeshaveto worktwo hours

ifterschool,

e.g.demonslratives:

this/these,

plonouns:

he/they,

possessive

adieclives:

her/his,

linkingwords:

etc.tohelp you fitthem

therelore/however,

intothe

in thetext.

correct

sDaces

- - Instead,

he hopesto join P & O Ferries,andsailtheChannelreg-

ulady.Hehasalreadyenteredhisnameon theirwaiting

listfor jobs.

fourdays " *""r,. ffi.ff

Look at the title of the text and guess what it is about.

Guesswhether

thefollowingstatementsaretrueor

falsethenread quickly throughthetextandseeif your

guesses werecorreq.

PaulWoodburyworkswithhisfather.

Pauldidn'tlikeboatsinthepast.

Paul'sfirstcustomerswerehis schoolmates.

Read the article 'bel,rrii, and ehoose f! o;:r i.he

s.intences (A-H) the one r.r,rrir:ll

a,!

ffil&l t-:l ButwhenPathearsher son'sbusiness

voicespeaking

to a customeron thetelephone,shestill

can't believeit is the same fourteen-year-old boy who

leaveshis dirty socks on the floor and who disappears

whenhe is supposed

{

lits ear:hgi-rp

(1-6). There is one errlrar sciilicltice irhicln i',Lr,u

don't

to do thewashing-up.

have to use.

"Sowhen he was six we took him on a sea

trip to helphim get overhisfear."

His parents, Pat and David, havenow had a

few monthsto get usedto the idea of their

schoolboysonrunninga business.

He startedit in Januarythis year, and it's

growing rapidly.

However,nelit year he hopesto expandthe

companyand offerevenmoreholidaysto

destinations

Whileotherboysare playing footballor computer games,

Paul Woodbury is running his own travel company:

CorringhamFerryTravel. ffi i_q:i

Paulis onlyfourteenbut he hasthe very grown-up titleol

ManagingDirector.He and hisstaff of six other fourteen-

year-olds organisecoachtrips,terrycrossingsand short

weekendholidaysfrom his"office" - a spare bedroom in

his parents Essexhome. lm

includingthe lsleot Wight,

lrelandandSpain.

As a resultof this interesthe set uo a ser-

vice calledFerryInformation

i_--,

two years ago.

Forexample,his day-tripcustomersare

givena fact sheet tellingthem all about

the ferry theywil!travelon.

Young Paulhopesto get a computerfor

Christmasso that he can reallyimprovehis

company,but he doesn'twantto be a

travelagentwhen he leaves school.

He avoids fashionablehotels and

re$auranls,

So far Paulhasbooked morethanfiftytripsfor individu-

als and groups, and he is an officialagent of many big

ferry companies.At the moment,he is busyorganising

Christmasshoppingtripsto Dunkirk,and a trip to France

for sixty pupils from hisschool.

Paul'spassionfor ferriesstartedwhen his mumand dad

took himto Francefor the day."Whenhe was verysmall

hewasnervousanddidn'tlikeboats."savsPaul'smum.

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People& lobs Unit I

Look at the wordsin bold in the text and try

to explain them.

SPEAKERS'

Choosethe correctitem.

areverywell qualified.

A members B crew

Therestaurant

.........

C stafi D customers

. ReadthetextaboutPaulWoodbury againand

makenotesunderlhefollowingheadings.

Then use your notesto talkabout Paul.

age,occupation,otfrce,statt,c.6torne/s,

carcetachlanements,

oncomputers.

A individual B expert C agent D experienced

Thereare excellent

Mysister

isa(n)...........

..........

atthisschool.

A companiesB servicesC bookingsD facilities

Johnisa regular

sports

ftnue plans, ,',i,,tents'

atthisbookshop.

A customer B diner

..........

,eactions

C guest D passenger

theshopfor years.

A holding B having C runningD completing

Thecompanyhas...........

Shehasbeen...........

NowcompareandcontrastPaulWoodbury

andCristinaSanchez

interms of:occupatlon,

age,luture plans.

lastyear.

A extended B expandedC widenedD enlarged

He...........

since

hisownbusiness

attheageoftwenty.

A setout

B setoff C setuo

D seton

Label the clothes the people are wearing with

the words from the list. Then. describe how

each person is dressed.

Mrand MrsBenson

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