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Lesson 27 Nothing to sell and nothing to buy
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Tramps are parasites
The majority of adults in society contribute to society by working. They work, earn money and pay taxes for the things we all need — hospitals, schools, public transport, the fire brigade, law and order and so on. We don't expect children or very. old people to work and pay taxes. But everyone else should. So why should people like tramps and beggars be different?
Tramps say all they want is their freedom. Well, they may be free, but their freedom is paid for by everyone else in society. There are many unemployed people who simply cannot get a job — but they would work if they could. And many beggars are people who have turned to begging because they cannot find a job. Tramps are not like them. Tramps lead a very selfish way of life and it is a way of life that shows an unwillingness to assume responsibility for others. The rest of us have a home, children, work, and so on. But not tramps!
Tramps are lazy parasites on society, and if we all had their mentality, society would not exist, for them or anyone else.
Although we might in some ways be envious of tramps, and although we might envy their freedom, how many of us could be as self-ish as them? How many of us could say \live exactly as I want, and damn the rest of society !\
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Lesson 28 Five pounds too dear
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The bargain
The writer had only just got rid of a man who was trying to sell a diamond ring when another man approached him with some expens-ive pens and watches. When he held them up for the
writer to look at, the writer showed quite a lot of interest.
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hen the writer offered him just ? 5, there was an argument about the price, but eventually the man said: \
As the writer walker away shrugging his shoulders, the man followed him. “I can’t ready do it, sir-I am almost giving it away, ” he said, ‘but you can have it for $5. ’
The writer was obviously very pleased. he gave the man $5, took the pen, and the man disappeared quickly into the crowd. The writer was extremely pleased: he had bought a very expensive pen for just $5. What a bargain! Later, back on board ship, the writer discovered why the man had been in such a hurry to get away: you couldn’t fill the pen with ink and just didn’t work! It wasn’t such a “bargain” after all! (235words)
Lesson 29 Funny or not?
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The gasman
An aunt of mine lives in a small village in the country and tells this story of what happened to her once. In order to understand the story, you should know a little about life in an English village. For example, people often enjoy afternoon tea together, they still leave doors unlocked, and certain tradesmen are used to delivering goods and, with permission, leaving them inside the owner's house.
One clay my aunt had invited some friends round for afternoon tea. She had put some cakes in the oven to bake, and had gone upstairs to do some cleaning. When she finished, she decided to have a bath before her friends arrived She was just about to get into the bath when she suddenly remembered the cakes. She wrapped a bath towel round her, went down to the kitchen and took the cakes out of the oven. Just then, there was a knock on the back door. She was sure it was the baker, who would open the door, come in and leave the bread on the kitchen table.
She panicked, dashed into the cupboard under the stairs and closed the door. Then, horrified, she
heard footsteps coming to the cup-board. The door opened and there stood the gasman who had
come to read the meter— which was in the cupboard. My aunt blushed and said, \I was expecting the baker. \and left. (250words)
Lesson 30 The death of a ghos
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The ghost of Endley
When I came in to work one morning 1 noticed that work had been done overnight — some hay had been cut and the cowsheds and other buildings had been cleaned, so I decided to stay up all the next . night to try to solve the mystery. (I didn't tell Joe and Bob, of course, ) 1 hid in the bam and waited.
Obviously I fell asleep because I suddenly woke up to find that it was dark. I went straight to the cowshed and found that it had al-ready been cleaned. Then 1 went out to the fields where I could
just see a figure working; I couldn't see whether it was a man, or a wom-an, or perhaps a ghost. I
was scared, so 1 rushed back to the farmhouse and woke up the others. We all went out to the fields to see who it was, but when we got there, there was no one there.
When I was in the fields before, 1 didn't know what or who the figure was. But now I was sure in was a ghost so I immediately de-cided not to work at Endley Farm any longer and handed in my
resignation. When I told my story to the villagers, many of them still didn't believe me, even though they knew that something strange had been going on at Endley Farm for years. (230words)
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