Sometimes you may not understand your parentsOne minute they’re friendlythe next minute they’re shouting and screaming loudly enough for the whole street to hearSo who makes them so 1  ? Youprobably!

    Is your room untidy? Do you leave things on the floor ?You may find it hard enough to keep one room tidySo imagine what it’s like for your mum and dad trying to keep a whole house in order

    When you take your clothes offremember to Get into the habit of taking glasses and plates down to the kitchenBefore long you’ll be doing it without thinking

    Even though you may not realize ityour parents have bought you many clothesBut they’re not buying themselves new things every weekare they ?The simple truth is that there are more  3   things to spend money onlike the electricity bill and food

    You may hate missing a party to visit some boring old relativesThey may go on and on about what a sweet baby you wereYou have no choice but to listenEven if youyour parents won’t change their mindsParents like to show off their familyThe best thing you can do is to help entertain your relativesYour parents will be so pleased with you afterwards that they’ll probably allow you to go to the next two

    You might not want to eatbut think of it from the parents’ point I of viewIf you cook two meals a dayIt means 730 meals a yearCan you imagine how boring this can get? Imagine how your parents feel when you say you’re not really hungry  6  your parents are probably worried that you aren’t eating enough

    Eat fewer snacks and leave room for your mealsFinallyoffer to  7  after the mealYour offer may not be acceptedbut your parents will be pleased

1Afriendly          Blonely                 Cchangeable             Dcomfortable

2Ahang them up  Bleave them alone       Cput them on            Dthrow them away

3Ainteresting       Bdifficult                Cimportant               Dsurprising

4Aagree              Bcomplain              Clisten                     Dwin

5Aconcerts         Bmeetings              Cclasses                   Dparties

6AIn addition      BIn return              CAt most                 DAt last

7Ado the cooking Blay the table          Cbuy some snacks    Dwash the dishes

Kyra Komac28 years oldnow has 25 furniture stores all over the countryThe new storein London’s Camden High Streettakes her back to where it all startedShe tells us about how the business began

    When I was littlemy mother began selling flowers in Camden MarketShe couldn’t leave me at home on my ownso I had to go to the market with her

    To begin withI didn’t have to do anythingI just sat thereand my mum told me jokes and stories so I didn’t get boredWhen I got olderI gave my mum a hand and I really enjoyed it

    Thenone yearmy grandma gave me a book for ChristmasIt was all about making candles and I loved itI was 14and I didn’t have to go to the market any more because mum could leave me at home on my ownI spent my free time making candles of all shapes and sizesI made hundreds of them

    One daymy mother was ill so I had to go to the market on my ownI decided to take some candles with me and see if I could sell themThey were sold out in twenty minutes !The next weekmy mum gave me some money to buy some wax (蜡) to make more candlesThey sold out really quicklytoo

    Nine months laterwe decided to stop selling flowersMy mum and I couldn’t make enough candles during the weekso some of my school friends started to help usI paid them one pound for every candleand we used to sell them for three or four times thatIt was fun and my friends worked with me in the market

    At the age of 22my uncle lent me some money and I opened my first shop in Portobello RoadSince thenI’ve never looked backeven in difficultiesIn the first storewe only sold candlesbut now we sell everything from designer furniture to paintingsOhand candlesof course

1How many furniture stores does Kyra Komac have now?

2Where did Kyra’s mother sell flowers?

3What did Kyra do in her free time when she was fourteen?

4Did the candles sell well on the first day in the market?

5Who helped Kyra and her mum when they couldn’t make enough candles during the week?

6How did Kyra’s uncle help her to open her first shop?

 He helped her ________________________________

7What do you think of this story? 

    I think ______________________________

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