Lesson 3 Life stories
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Now and then 1 Speaking and listening a Look at the photo of the two men. What do you think they do?
c In pairs, discuss these questions. 1 What were Jim and Johnny like at school? 2 Why did they choose to open restaurants as their business? 3 Why was the café a success? 4 How is their business different today? 5 How is their business the same?
b Read the article and match topics A–D with the paragraphs. A Preparing to start a business
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B The business today
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C The early days of the business
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D Jim and Johnny’s school days
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Cookery
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4 good at school. 1 Brother Jim and Johnny weren’t nce, or They weren’t interested in math, scie enough. English, and they didn’t use to study d going erre They used to play around, and pref . king coo shopping, eating good food and
selling cheap To start with they opened a small café , they opened food. They did so well that, in 1978 s later they their own restaurant, and two year restaurant in nd had enough money to open a seco had a chain they s year Chicago. After a couple more r own TV thei and try coun of restaurants across the cookery show. they have a range Now, apart from their restaurants, and a successful of cookery products, cookery books unsuccessful at TV show. The guys who used to be e things don’t school are now millionaires. But som how they got change. The brothers still remember where they café ll started and they still own the sma started their business.
d Do you know anyone who has started their own business? Are they successful? Why / Why not? What business would you like to start?
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