WorksheetsListening Practice 3 / Unit 3
Total questions: 1
Worksheet time: 25mins
THE BUSINESSMAN & THE FISHERMAN
Businessman: "Good morning, What beautiful tuna!" "How long did it take to catch them?"
Fisherman: "oh, about 1) _____ hours"
Businessman: "Only two hours? Amazing! Why didn't you fish for longer and catch more?
Fisherman: "I 2)_____ want to fish for longer. With this I 3) _____ enough fish for my family."
Businessman: "But what do you do with the rest of your day? Aren't you bored?
Fisherman: "I'm never bored. I get up 4)_____, play with my children, watch soccer, and take a nap. Sometimes in the evenings I walk to the village to see my friends, play the guitar, and sing 5)_____ songs.
Businessman: "Really? That's all you do? Look, I am a very successful businessman. I 6)_____ to an excellent college and I 7)_____ business. I can help you. Fish for four hours every day and sell the extra fish you catch. Then, you can buy a bigger boat, catch more, and 8)_____ more money. Then buy a second boat, a third, and so on, until you have a big fleet of fishing boats. You can export the fish and leave this village and move to the big city and open a fishing business."
Fisherman: Ha ha! Ok ok! "But how long will all this take?"
Businesman: Ah! Let me think! "Probably 9)_____ 15 to 20 years."
Fisherman: "15 to 20 years. And then what, Sir?"
Businesman: Ha..."Why, that's the exciting part!" "You can sell your business and become very rich, a millionaire!"
Fisherman: "A millionaire? Really? But what do I do with all the money?"
Businessman: "Well... let me think , I know, you can 10)_____ work and move to beautiful old fishing village where you can sleep late, play with your grandchildren, watch soccer, take a nap, and walk to the village in the evenings where you can play the guitar, and sing with your all you want."
Fisherman: "Aahm!" Well"
Fisherman's children: "Daddy, Daddy, 11)_____ you catch many fish?"
Fisherman: "I 12)_____ enough for us today and tomorrow, and also some for this gentleman, Please, Sir, have some of my beautiful fish! Good bye, Sir. Come on children! Let's go home!"
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