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3  Read about Colin Cameron. Complete the questions.     Listening

          When           he start his business'               5  Ill':'  Listen to four conversations with Colin.
       2  Where           he live'                               Complete the chart.
       3  Does he          any children?
                                                                     Who's he talking to?   What's he talking about?
       4  Why           he a lucky man'
                                                                  1
       S  Who does he           to help?
                                                                  2
       Work with a partner. Ask and answer the questions.         3
                                                                  4
     4  Read This week is different. Are the sentences true (,I)
       or false (X)? Correct the false ones.
                                                              What do you think?
       1  Colin went to Manchester by bus.
       2  He's staying in a flat in the centre of the City.   Discuss the questions.
       3  He isn't sleeping in a bedroom.
                                                              •  How is Colin a typical millionaire? How is he not?
       4  The hostel is for homeless boys and girls.
                                                              •  Why would Colin like his sons to meet the boys'
       S  He's helping the boys to read and write.
                                                              •  Do you think the TV programme is a good idea'
       6  They don't think that he is a good teacher.
       7  Colin isn't enjoying the work at all.
       8  He wants to give Roger and Margaret a lot of money.







       Colin Cameron is this week's            J/ This week is different
       millionaire. He started his business   JjifJ"  Colin left his family last
       25 years ago when he was 19. He's           weekend and went by
       now worth £60 million and lives            train to Manchester. He
       with his wife and two teenage sons          is now living in Moss
  ;I  in a beautiful, big country house.           Side, a poor a rea of the
       He also has a house in Majorca, and         city. He is staying with
       apartments in London and New York.          a married couple, Roger
       He drives a yellow Lamborghini and          and Margaret Watson.
                                                  They think he is looking ~:;~~!!!!!!!!!!!!~~~!!!!!!!!~~J~
       even has a private plane. He says:
      11                                          for work in Manchester.
        I am a very lucky man. Now I want to
        help people who are not as lucky as I      Roger and Margaret live in a small flat on the 8th floor of an apartment
        am, especially young people. "             block. They only have one bedroom so Colin is sleeping on the sofa in
                                                  the living room. They run a hostel for homeless teenage boys.

                                                  This week Colin  is working with the boys in the hostel, an old, grey
                                                   building in a busy road. Some of the boys can't  read and write very
                                                  well and he is helping them learn so that they can find jobs.

                                                   Roger, Margaret and the boys like Colin. They think that he is a good
                                                  teacher. They have no idea he is a millionaire. Colin says:

                                                  11 I'm missing my family a lot but Roger and Margaret are
                                                    wonderful people. I'm enjoying my time with them very much.
                                                    I'm learning a lot about life. At the end of the week I want to
                                                    give them £700,000 to build a new hostel. I'd like to bring my
                                                    sons here to meet them all.  "




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