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61 Money matters 05 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Imagine you are Dorothy. Write a letter to your grandmother in the homeless shelter to tell her about your new life. You should: describe how you felt when your parents abandoned you. point out how the school and town community rallied around you to help. explain about your college applications and your visit to Harvard. Write 180–200 words and don’t forget to write an appropriate beginning and ending for your letter. Read the text again and put the underlined words into the correct categories. Write down as many related words as you can think of. Use a dictionary if you need help. WRITING 3 VOCABULARY 4 Related words Mini research project. Harvard is one of the eight ‘Ivy League’ universities. Use the internet to find out: SPEAKING 5 Present your findings to the class. family’s income so that they could a ord to house and feed a growing teenager. With a roof over her head and stable living conditions Dorothy was beginning to focus on her future: college! She was not top of her class, and she did not have perfect grades in every subject, but she was smart and did lots of extracurricular activities like photography club, community service, the National Honor Society and cross-country running. Dorothy applied to four colleges in South Carolina, and in December she sent one nal application to her dream choice Harvard. Months passed. She was accepted to the four colleges in South Carolina and, one sunny day in spring, a letter arrived from Harvard informing her that she would be admitted to Harvard in fall. Dorothy was not only accepted to Harvard, she was also o ered free tuition, room and board as well as help nding a job on campus. e tiny town rallied around Dorothy and raised the money to get her to Boston so that she could see the university. One of the teachers travelled with her because Dorothy had never taken a plane or a subway and never really been outside South Carolina. “Arriving at Harvard,” her teacher said, “it was just like she was at home. She will succeed and she will excel.” At college she hopes to start a non-prot organization to help other teenagers who have dicult lives. ere are more than 200 students listed as homeless in the area Dorothy comes from. where they are. their history. what subjects you can study there. where the name ‘Ivy League’ comes from. Adjective Verb Noun(s) celebrated, celebrative celebrate celebrity, celebration Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum ent des Verlags öbv