A “Poor” Family It was a little American boy’s first day at a new school. His mother said good-bye to him, and then said, "Don’t tell anyone that we are rich."
"All right, Mum." he said.
The first task the teacher gave each pupil was to write about his family. The rich boy remembered what his mother said and wrote: "My family is poor. We live in a poor house in a poor district. My father says that it is better to be poor than to be rich because rich people have a very difficult life. They must always think about getting money and they don't sleep much.
Everybody in our house is poor. The servants are poor, the driver is poor, and the gardener is poor too."
LISTENING COMPREHENSION VARIANT 75
1. Listen to the text and decide if the statements are true or false. It was a little Ukrainian boy’s first day at school.
His mother said: “Tell everybody that we are rich.”
The boy said: “All right, Mum.”
The teacher asked pupils to write about holidays.
The poor boy remembered what his mother said.
The boy wrote about summer holidays.
He wrote: “My family is poor.”
It is better to be poor than to be rich.
Rich people must always think about money.
Everybody in the family is poor.
2. Choose the correct answer to complete the sentences. It was a little American boy’s _____.
a) first day at school; b) yesterday’s day at school; c) Monday.
____ said good-bye to him.
a) father; b) mother; c) grandmother.
Don’t tell anyone that we are _____.
a) rich; b) poor; c) old.
The boy said: _____.
a) No, mother; b) All right, Mum; c) Of course, Mum.
The teacher asked pupils to write about their _____.
a) families; b) weekdays; c) holidays.
The little boy remembered his _____.
a) grandmother’s words; b) mother’s words; c) father’s words.
He wrote that his family was _____.
a) rich; b) poor; c) friendly.
He wrote that they live in a _____.
a) poor district; b) clean district; c) rich district.
Father said it is better to be _____.
a) poor than to be rich; b) rich than to be poor; c) poor and healthy.
The little boy wrote that everybody in his family is _____.
