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1c Successful teens

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be successful? Then read and find out.
Bicycle repair service
Cybil, 15
I’ve enjoyed playing around with bikes, cleaning them
and repairing them for almost all my life. So, last year I
turned it into a business. The idea was that all the kids in
the neighbourhood would come round whenever they
Painting service had a problem with their bikes. But it turned out that
most of them wanted me to help them out as a favour, so
Wayne, 17 r Publications
I didn’t end up earning much money. I was sorry that it
My friends and I provide a painting service for houses didn’t work out.
in my town. We paint walls, fences, sheds, anything
really. Loads of people go for it. We haven’t painted the
interior of a house yet, but that’s the next step. It’s tiring,
but we’ve learnt all the tricks of the trade. We work well Web design teacher Candle maker
together and the money’s rolling in. Elisa, 16 Alan, 15
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B. Now listen to two teenagers talking about their business
B . N o w l i s t e n t o t w o t e e n a g e r s ta l k i n g a b ou t t h e i b u s i n e s s
ideas. Write E for Elisa or A for Alan.
1. I took lessons before starting my business.
2. My business isn’t very successful.
3. It’s not expensive to run my business.
4. My friends have shown interest in my business.
2 Vocabulary
A. Some phrasal verbs have more than one B. Complete the sentences below with the correct
meaning. Look at the phrasal verbs in form of the phrasal verbs on the left.
bold in the texts above. What do they
mean? 1. The party to be a complete disaster.
• try to do sth 2. I think I’ll the fish because it looks
go for
• choose fresh.
• visit sb for a short time 3. All the staff at the meeting after
come round lunch.
• become conscious again
4. Joey fell and hit his head and only
• be present at an event
turn out when we got to the hospital.
• happen in a particular way
5. If you often, you will lose weight.
• develop in a successful way
work out 6. The management wanted to buy another company
• exercise
but it didn’t .
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