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My brother wasn't very good at taking exams and he left school at 16. At first he went to
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work in A construction industry. But he didn't enjoy it, so he took evening course in

accounting. Eventually, he started company offering financial advice. He's now managing
director, and it seems that company's doing really well.

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Do you remember summer we went to Sweden? 1995,1 think it was.

It was wonderful holiday, wasn't it? And so good to see Paakim again. I'll never forget picnic we had with him.

There were huge number of mosquitoes.
Yes, I remember. And when sun was going down there was amazing red sky.

And then his car broke down on the way home, and we had to go back by bus.

No, we got taxi, didn't we?
Oh yes, that's right.

3 a (x 4) the (x 5)

Patimah has busy life as lawyer, but in her free time she really enjoys hiking. Most weekends

she drives out into countryside and walks for few hours. She says she likes to forget about

work, and she doesn't even take mobile phone with her. In summer she's going hiking in

Philippines. She's never been there before, but friend she's going with knows country well.
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