1. Give the main idea of the text given below

31. Offers and Requests Situations 
Consider the situation carefully. Ask your friend, relative or suitable person 
to help you. Use polite words and expressions when asking for help. 
Your house is in a bad state: the walls need painting, one window is broken 
and the front door doesn’t close properly.
You have no money for repairs. Ask your friends for help.
AMAZON – THE BIGGEST SUCCESS STORY IN E-COMMERCE
When the Amazon.com website went live on July 16th 1995, nobody could 
have predicted that the small, Seattle-based online bookseller would become 
the most successful Internet retailer in the world. Founder Jeff Bezos had 
realized that an online bookshop could offer far more titles than the biggest 
brick-and-mortar shop, and launched Amazon,named after the river, with just 
a few employees and a tiny warehouse. Thebusiness took off immediately, 
and Bezos and his workers soon found themselves struggling to ship a 
growing volume of orders.
Bezos only ever intended to sell books, but when customers started e-mailing 
asking him to sell music and electronics in the same way, he decided to 
diversify. Amazon began selling music and DVDs in 1998, and added 

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electronics, toys, software and video games a year later. Today the online store 
sells a vast range of products, including food, beauty products and musical 
instruments. As well as the original US site, it has websites for Canada, the 
United
Kingdom, Germany, France, China and Japan. When it was launched,
Amazon’s business plan was highly unusual inthat it did not expect to make a 
profit for five years.
 
32. Answer the following questions.
Money
1. What would you tell someone if they asked how much you get paid?
2.How often do you think about money? Is money a stressful part of life?
3.What does 'money doesn't grow on trees' mean? Do you agree?
4.Of the things you have bought in your life, which do you remember most 
happily?
5.Is there something you regret buying? Why?
6.Did you receive pocket-money/an allowance when you were a child? Was 
it enough for you? What did you usually spend it on?