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8.2.8.1 8.4.2.1
Listen to and read the text. For questions 1-3,
choose the correct answer (A, B, C or D). Then, explain the words
in bold.
1 Scrooge thinks he 'is treated badly' because
A he doesn't get paid enough.
B he has to pay his employees when they take a day off.
C his employees are always asking for higher wages.
D his employees don't work hard enough.
2 What is Scrooge's opinion of Christmas?
A He thinks that it's at an inconvenient time of year.
B He wants it to take place more than once a year.
C He suspects people steal money from him on Christmas Day.
D He believes people should still go to work on Christmas Day.
3 What does the last paragraph tell us about the clerk?
A He is afraid of Scrooge.
D He is a young man.
B He is excited about Christmas.
C He is late for an appointment with his family.

My second house will be smarter than the first one.

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I prefer my good old Nokia. It’s my first mobile phone.

About 150 years ago it became a luxurious farm house and then in the early part of the twentieth century it became a hunting and fishing lodge.

November 21. Today, I took the entire fifth grade on a fieldtrip to the state capital. It was incredible!

It's the fifteenth largest country on Earth. But more than 90 percent of Libya is desert, and there's not a single permanent river in Libya!

My attitude to my household chores is positive.  I have my own room in which I have to keep order and clean it.

I also help my parents around the house when they ask me.  You always need to help your parents clean up because it's hard for them alone.  Also, cleaning an apartment together is much more fun than alone.  Therefore, I am very good at household chores.  Each of us has our own chores, someone feeds the cat, someone water the flowers.  Mom prepares food, I feed my cat and do my homework.  Ever since childhood, I had my own household chores, I fed the cat and wiped the dust from the furniture.