Номер 4, страница 90, часть 1 - гдз по английскому языку 8 класс учебник Демченко, Севрюкова

4. a. Read the story of Heidemarie Schwermer, a German woman who lived without money for 17 years. How did she manage to do it?

We are moving closer and closer to a cashless society, and some consumers are even challenging the idea of money itself – by giving it up completely. Can you imagine what your life would be like if there was no money? Heidemarie Schwermer decided to do an experiment.

When she was in her early fifties, she gave up her job as a psychotherapist [ˌsaɪkəʊˈθerəpɪst] (психотерапевт / психатэрапеўт), stopped using money, threw away her credit cards and gave away her possessions. All she had left was a suitcase with personal things and clothes. What motivated her to do it? Throughout her life, she was looking for ways how to live without money. In 1994 she set up a swapping circle “Give and Take Central”. The group helped local residents exchange simple services, like babysitting and house-cleaning, for goods. Marie noticed that she needed money less and less, and she decided to do an experiment: to live for one year without money. At first, she wasn’t ready to give up all her possessions, but when her friend asked her to house sit (to look after the house while someone is away) she thought that the time was right. So she sold the house and everything else that didn’t fit into a small suitcase. A one-year experiment turned into 17 years without money.

How did she do it? After all her things were given away, she had to solve several problems. First, she needed to find housing. Sometimes she lived with friends in exchange for free psychotherapy sessions, and sometimes she did some household chores in exchange for room and board: she helped out in the garden, babysat, and did some mopping, dusting, and vacuum-cleaning. To get a haircut, she walked the hairdresser’s dog. To get a bus ticket or a ticket to the cinema, she could look after somebody’s children. After a while, she stopped doing manual work and started giving lectures and consultations on life without money. She didn’t earn any money from that but accepted room and board.

Heidemarie proved that our society relies too much on the money. She believed that people were too greedy and obsessed (одержимы / апанаваны) with material possessions and that they spent lots of time and energy on earning money while in fact, they could live with much less.

b. Read the text again and mark the sentences true or false.

1. Heidemarie stopped working as a psychotherapist when she was in her fifties. 2. She didn’t keep any of her possessions.

3. The aim of the swapping circle was to trade things and services. 4. Heidemarie earned a little money from the services she provided to her friends. 5. Heidemarie showed that living without money is impossible.

4. a. Прочитайте историю о Хайдемари Швермер, немке, которая 17 лет жила без денег. Как ей это удалось?

4. b. Прочитайте текст еще раз и отметьте, верны или неверны утверждения.

1. Хайдемари перестала работать психотерапевтом, когда ей было за пятьдесят. 2. Она не оставила себе никаких вещей. 3. Целью кружка по обмену была торговля вещами и услугами. 4. Хайдемари зарабатывала немного денег на услугах, которые она предоставляла своим друзьям. 5. Хайдемари показала, что жить без денег невозможно.

Ответ:

4. a. She managed to live without money by bartering and exchanging services for necessities. She found housing by living with friends in exchange for free psychotherapy sessions or by doing household chores for room and board. She would perform tasks like walking a dog to get a haircut or babysitting for a bus or cinema ticket. Later, she gave lectures and consultations in exchange for room and board.

4. b.

1. True

2. False

3. True

4. False

5. False

Перевод:

4. a. Ей удавалось жить без денег благодаря бартеру и обмену услуг на предметы первой необходимости. Она находила жилье, живя у друзей в обмен на бесплатные сеансы психотерапии или выполняя работу по дому в обмен на кров и еду. Она выполняла такие задания, как выгул собаки, чтобы получить стрижку, или присмотр за детьми, чтобы получить билет на автобус или в кино. Позже она читала лекции и проводила консультации в обмен на кров и еду.

4. b.

1. Верно

2. Неверно

3. Верно

4. Неверно

5. Неверно