Text С Income Distribution

Correspondent: The debate on the distribution of income often focuses on the conditions of life of the young. Most typically, young

Unit 2

I. Income and Spending

people in Britain leave home after they finish school. Do you live on your own?

Alice: No, I don't. If 1 had finished school with better marks 1 would have entered the local Polytechnical College and would have left home like many of my friends. But I'm looking for a job now and live with my parents.

Correspondent: What is the annual income of yourfamily?

Alice: We are a middle-class family. My parents work at the local facto­ry. As in many families our income comes from different sources.

Correspondent: What's the largest source?

Alice: It's my parents' employment. Then we get a return on my fa­ther's savings. Besides, my parents have some shares of their company. As shareholders they get dividends.

Correspondent: How do you spend the money?

Alice: Nearly all money goes on rent, utilities, transport, clothes, and food.

Correspondent: Do your parents give you any pocket money?

Alice: Yes, they do.

Correspondent: Do you spend it on leisure and entertainment?

Alice: Well, 1 go out for a meal or to the cinema sometimes, but I can't afford to do it often.

Correspondent: What would you do, if you had more money, Alice?

Alice: Well, if I had more money I would start my own business.

Vocabulary List

income distribution - распределение доходов

focus on v—сосредоточивать (внимание) live on snib's own — жнтъ самостоятел ы ю annual income - годовой доход source n — источник return n - доход savings n — сбережения

Comprehension

¹ Read Text С and give answers to the questions.

1. Why does the debate on the distribution of income often focus on the conditions of life of the young?

2. Why does Alice live with her parents?

3. Is the annual income of the family big?

4. Where docs the family's income come from?

5. How does the family spend its income?

6. What would Alice do if she had money of her own?

• Read Text С again and du the task given below.
Task. Find in the text the sentence:

If 1 had finished school with better marks I would have entered the local Polytechnical College and would have left home...

• Then read the Grammar Presentation of the Conditional Sentences Type III (Ус­
ловные предложения третьего типа) and translate the sentences into Russian hi
writing.

Grammar Presentation