Make Your Way 6, Schulbuch mit Audio-CD und CD-ROM

Read the following text for information. 13 Discuss the family budget for the week. • Assignment: Your weekly income is 400 € . • How to prepare: Assign roles for either two adults or a family of 3–4. • Make a list of what you need/want. • Consider: food, rent, petrol, pocket money, clothes, going out, extras • Find out about the cost of various items. • In the discussion, try to reach an agreement on how to spend the money. Do not forget that some items are more important than others. 14 An interview with a Victorian chimney sweep: Complete the dialogue. 15 Sunday treat: Sonntagsschmaus Food for the poor In the Britain of 1830-50 a worker earned 25p to £2 a week – depending on his job. In 1840-41 you could buy six loaves of bread (each weighing 4 lbs) for 25p. This was barely enough to feed a typical family of five, and moreover it did not leave anything for rent, tea or even a piece of bacon. A good meal was something hot to fill the stomach with. This usually meant tea and boiled potatoes. The Sunday treat was soup, vegetable stew with some small piece of meat and pudding. People lived and died on that diet. The weekly budget of a skilled worker in times of full employment looked like this in 1841: 5 loaves of bread 17.50 p 4 lbs of meat 10.50 p 4 litres of beer (porter) 6.00 p coal 4.00 p 40 lbs of potatoes 7.00 p 85g of tea, 1 lb of sugar 7.00 p 1 lb of butter 3.50 p soap and candles 2.75 p rent 12.50 p school fees 1.50 p extras 2.25 p 74.50 p Question: ? Answer: 15 years old. Question: ? Answer: 10 years. I started when I was 5. Question: ? Answer: Well, because my parents needed the money. We were very poor. 40 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv