新标准大学英语综合教程4教师用书(外研社)(12)

(b) She lost a lot of it in the 2008 stock market crash.

(c) She invested it and paid back Tony and other investors.

(d) She used it to start her own business.

6 Why was Tony pleased when she repaid the loan?

(a) He had had an accident and needed the money for a wheelchair. (b) It meant that he would be able to see her again.

(c) It proved that he had been right to invest in her.

(d) She paid back the loan with a lot of interest.

3 Work in pairs and answer the questions.

What do we know about the writer’s:

1 family background?

Her mother had worked hard for 15 years to support her education but couldn’t afford any further

support. Her father wasn’t around most of the time. He didn’t have any money because he spent it on

gambling on dog racing or drinking in pubs.

2 career as a student?

She had a good degree in economics and wanted to study for a masters course at the London School of

Economics.

3 ambition?

She wanted to get a job in finance or investments in London because then she would be able to use her

degree.

4 appreciation of other people?

She appreciated Mike’s friendliness with customers and his skill, and she appreciated Tony as a nice

person; later she appreciated the trust of Tony and his friends 5 love life?

We don’t know much about this, except that she doesn’t like boys to hassle her. She thinks they are

immature.

6 financial expertise?

It must be quite good: She invested the £20,000 and made enough profit to pay the money back with

interest and set up her own company.

7 sense of responsibility?

She has a strong sense of responsibility because she paid back the money to the investors and paid them

an annual interest for the loan.

8 philosophy of life?

She believes that you should work hard; you may need one or two breaks to succeed but you should