kind. He couldn`t even give a parking ticket. leg was amputated.
When she died in 1916 she left her children $ 100
Million ( worth $ 9.3 billion today ). Her daughter
built a hospital with her money.
I.Match the verbs and nouns. Many of them are to do with money.
VERBS NOUNS
1. buy a) a bank account
2. spoil b) poverty
3. wear c) a thief
4. open d) a will
5. live in e) stocks and shares
6. inherit f) a child
7. make g) a leg
8. arrest h) ragged clothes
9. invest i) a lot of money from someone
10.amputate g) a lot of money in something
II.Answer the questions:
1. When were Milton and Hetty born? 2. What were their parents like?
3. How did Milton and Hetty become so wealthy? 4. Who wore ragged clothes?
5. What was the meanest thing Hetty did? 6. Why did Milton like making a lot of money?
7. Who did they merry? 8. When did they die? How old were they?
9. Who left the most money? Who did they leave it to?
III. Discuss the following:
1. How were Hetty`s and Milton`s childhood different? 2. How did their childhoods different?
3. Why was Milton especially generous to policemen? 4. Why did Hetty`s daughter built a hospital?
5. What was the kindest thing Milton did? 6. Who had the happier life? Milton or Henry?
Listening Comprehension
Pre-listening
I. Look at the list of charities. Which do you think are the most and least deserving?
- a charity that helps old people with food and housing
- a hospice for people who are dying of an icurable disease
- an organization that encourages people to sponsor a child in the Third World
- a charity that helps homeless people in cities
- cancer research
- a charity that helps people with HIV or AIDS
- a group that believes we should not exploit animals in any way at all
II. Listen to three charity appeals and fill in the chart.
Who or what charity tries to help How the charity helps Some of their successes and /or
problems
New Headway Intermediate I. Amnesty International is a world-wide organization, independent of
Tapescript 59 any government or political party. It is our aim to release prisoners of conscience.
Pages 135,136 These are men and women who are in prison not because they have broken the law
But because of their beliefs, colour, language, or religion. We try to get fair and
early trials by publicizing their cases and by putting pressure on their governments to practice basic human
rights. Amnesty International has been in operation for over 20 years, and in that time we have helped
prisoners in over 60 countries. We have won several peace prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize in 1978.
Each year we handle, on average, nearly 5,000 individual cases. Please, help us. We need your
donations to make us unnecessary in this world.
II The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals ( RSPCA ) was founded in1824.
It is the world`s oldest animal welfare organization. We work to promote kindness and to prevent
Cruelty to animals within all lawful means throughout England and Wales. Every year we Find new
homes for about 80,000 animals, we treat over 200,000 sick animals ranging from hedgehogs to
horses, and we investigate over 100,000 complaints of cruelty.
We also work for welfare of animals in the wild, such as whales and badgers. We are the world`s experts
at cleaning and rehabilitating birds that have been damaged in oil spills. Every year nearly 3 million animals are
used in research laboratories, and we oppose all experiments that cause pain and suffering.
We work with both governments and the farming industry to promote humane methods in the rearing the
farm animals. Intensive farming methods can cause many animal welfare problems.
The society is a charity, and receives no aid from the government. Our running costs amount to 38
million pound a year. Please, give generously.
Drought and famine in Africa. Drought and famine have come to Africa again this year, just as
they have every year for the past fifteen years. In some parts of Africa it hasn`t rained for three
years. There have been no crops, and the animals on which many people depend died long ago.
Refugees are pouring from the countryside into the towns in their desperate search for food, and it has been
estimated that over a thousand people are dying every day.
We are supplying towns and camps with food and medical supplies, but our efforts are drops in the
ocean. We a hundred times more food and medical supplies, as well as doctors, nurses, blankets, tents, and
clothes. Your help is needed now before it is too late. Please give all you can.No pound or penny will ever be
better spent or more appreciated.
Helping Hands
[A] Oxfam is a charitable organisation that helps save millions of lives every day by providing food,shelter and
medical supplies for victims of famines, floods and civil war in the developing world. It works to improve the
lives of the less fortunate all over the world.
Oxfam first began development work in 1962 in Ethiopia. During the famine of the 80s it played a major role
in the international relief effort, organising food and water distribution.
Today, much of Oxfam's work is still in Africa, where it tries to help communities to find long-term solutions to
their problems. Oxfam still gives money to the needy, but it also teaches them to grow their own food, dig wells
for clean water and even to become health workers. It also gives advice on education and on how to prepare for
droughts and famines by storing water and food. Nowadays, thanks to Oxfam, people in over seventy countries
are living better lives.
[B] Voluntary Service Overseas is a charity that is committed to helping improve the quality of life for people
living in poor countries. It does this by sending expert volunteers to places where they can share their skills with
the local people and therefore help them to help themselves.
VSO was set up in 1958 and since then it has placed over 29,000 volunteers overseas. At present, there are
about 2,000 qualified and experienced volunteers working in places such as Mozambique, Laos and Rwanda.
VSO volunteers are men and women of all ages and all backgrounds. They go overseas for a minimum period
of two years and they are given accommodation and a basic wage. Many volunteers form lasting friendships
abroad and establish themselves as useful and valued members of the community
[C] Queen Elizabeth's Foundation for Disabled People is a charity that is dedicated to helping people with
physical disabilities. It provides many different services such as employment, training and housing as well
as advice and support through its eight specialist disability centres.
The foundation has been helping disabled people since 1934. Although it relies heavily on donations and
volunteers, it manages to support over 100,000 disabled people every year. Its main priority is to help
people with disabilities to live a normal life. It does this through the Development Centre where it teaches the life
skills disabled people need to achieve as much independence as they are capable of.
The centre is home to 52 young people who all have the ability and determination to stand on their own two
feet. Recently, work was completed on 16 new self-contained independent living flats for residents, which
contain all the special equipment they need.