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Money Issues 8

C. Read the text. Answer the questions.
E. Answer the questions in exercise D with
1. How did the author get into the position of being a partner.
overdrawn?
2. When did she first realise she was in trouble?
F. Read the strategies for summary writing.
3. How did she hope to solve her nancial problems?
4. What did she do to get her life back on track? • Identify the main points of the text.
• Use your own words.

D. Complete the questions with the correct form of the • If you do take phrases from the text, use
words in bold from exercise B on page 109. quotation marks.
• Do not include your own ideas.
1. When did she first ?
2. What types of unnecessary items did she
on? G. Now write a summary of the text in
approximately 50 words.
3. How much had she asked for
when she realised her card wasn’t working?
H. Discuss with a partner.
4. What did she usually each
month? 1. How popular are online auction sites in
5. Who did she get from? your country?
6. Why wasn’t she happy with she 2. How acceptable is bartering in your
got in pawnshops? country?
7. What does she suggest she could 3. When was the last time you asked for an
for a tube of toothpaste? IOU?
8. Why does she find it difficult when her friends say, 4. When was the last time someone treated
“ !”? you to something?

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