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David Smith is a doctor. He works in a hospital. His wife, Angela, is a bank manager. They have two children, Robert and Susan. Robert is eleven and Susan is nine. They’re at school.
Last Sunday, the family got up early. David made a big breakfast of eggs and sausages. Then they went to the park. David and Robert played football, and Angela and Susan played tennis. The weather was beautiful. They enjoyed it. In the afternoon, they went out to a restaurant for lunch.
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My name’s Rachel. I like summer best. We cook and eat in the garden, and we often go to the beach. I don’t like sunbathing, but I love swimming. I was born in a village near the seaside, and my family went to the beach almost every day. I could swim when I was a baby. I loved it then, and I love it now.
My brother loves surfing and he’s really good at it. He’s the best surfer in our school. He’s won ten or fifteen competitions. I’ve tried it, but I’ve never learnt to surf. Maybe I’ll try it again when I retire!
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Greg is 21 years old. He’s been studying at Manchester University for the past three years, but he’s going to finish his course next month. ‘I’d like to get a job here in Manchester,’ he says, ‘but that may not be possible. My degree is in Business, and I’d like to work in management. But there aren’t a lot of jobs right now, and I haven’t got any money. I’m feeling a bit nervous and depressed about finding a job, actually. It’s on my mind a lot. I’m afraid I won’t find one, and I’ll be unemployed for a long time.’
If Greg doesn’t find a job in Manchester, he’ll look for something in nearby Leeds or Sheffield. ‘As soon as I finish my exams, I’ll start applying,’ he says. ‘That’s next month. Right now, I need to concentrate on my studies.’ He adds, ‘I don’t think I’ll be happy until I start working in Manchester.’
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Seamus Carver had lived next door to Andrew Smith for about two years before they met. ‘Seamus used to go to work early in the morning and come home in the afternoon, and
I used to work nights at the factory,’ said Andrew. ‘We were never home at the same time. He worked on Saturdays and Sundays, and had Tuesdays and Wednesdays off. We never had a good look at each other.’ But when both men retired
in the same year, their schedules changed. ‘We’d both been out to the cinema one night, and we came home at the same time and met in front of our houses.’
‘Right away, Seamus asked me if I’d gone to school at Oak Park Primary School in York. I said that I had, and then I understood. He and I had known each other for a year or two when we were young kids, like maybe six. And amazingly, we still remembered each other!’ Both Seamus and Andrew said their families had moved away from York when they were young. What they hadn’t realised was that both families had moved to Bristol, and both men had been living there ever since.
