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65 Money matters 05 LANGUAGE SKILLS EXPLORE LOOK AGAIN EXTRAS Read the rest of the article about Kath Kelly. 1 How did she save money? 2 Did she buy the wedding present? 3 How did the experience change her? READING 16 She continued to see her friends, but gave up going to cafés and pubs to see them. “Instead of meeting for lunch in a café, as we used to, we’d take sandwiches and home-made soup and eat in the park.” Kath made the soup every morning from chicken carcasses given away by her local butcher and whatever cheap vegetables she could ˆnd. She found out that small food shops oen sell whatever is le over at the end of the day very cheaply because they cannot keep it overnight. She picked fruit from bushes and trees and looked out for free bu ets. “I was the queen of the bu et. Every time there was a public event and a crowd was needed, I was there. I dragged my mates out to free events, too. I couldn’t buy drinks for them or anything like that so I’d take them to art openings and book launches.” She got rid of her mobile phone and cycled to friends’ houses if she wanted to speak to them, leaving a note if they were out, and she used the library for free internet access. She also picked up coins dropped in the street and managed to collect £117 – a third of her annual budget. She said: “I kept it for emergencies, but in the end I didn’t need it so at the end of the year I gave it to charity.” Kath says one of her best tips is to hand out small gis whenever you can – what you receive in return will usually be of a greater value. She even managed a free trip to France to visit her brother by hitchhiking through the Channel Tunnel. During the 365 days of her experiment she successfully kept to her budget, going over only once, when she had to visit a dentist. By the end of the year, Kath was able to use some of the £10,000 salary she had saved up to buy a special wedding present for her brother Danny and his bride Sarah. She had also formed a relationship with 38-year-old Bruce Taylor, manager of the farm where she worked as a holiday volunteer. Kath le her shared house so she and Taylor could live together and has written a book about her year of living cheaply called How I lived a year on just a pound a day . e experience has changed her outlook on life dramatically. She said: “Before, I enjoyed spending money on treats, like chocolate and weekends away, but now I don’t see the need for expensive things. I don’t spend much at all, though it is probably more than £1 a day.” “I was the queen of the bu et.” Read again. Why did Kath: 17 Do you think Kath enjoyed her year of living cheaply? Why? Why not? What can you remember about Kath? Match 1–6 with a–f. Then read the article again to check. 18 VOCABULARY 19 Multi-word verbs: managing money Living cheaply 1 ask her butcher for chicken carcasses? 2 take her friends to free public events? 1 Kath Kelly survived on 2 She looked out for 3 She gave up 4 She saved up 5 She kept to 6 She only went over a her mobile phone. b her budget once. c £1 a day for twelve months. d her budget. e bargains. f enough money for a wedding gift. 3 give £117 to charity? 4 hitchhike? 5 spend more than her budget once? 6 move house? Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv