Saving money Read the information about Jack Monroe. Why does the famous British food writer know about being poor? Vocabulary Linking expressions 1 6 a Nowadays Jack Monroe is a successful food writer, journalist and activist campaigning on poverty issues, particularly hunger relief. Initially she rose to prominence for writing a blog titled A Girl Called Jack (now www.cookingonabootstrap.com), and has since published several cookbooks focusing on ‘austerity recipes’ and meals that can be made on a tight budget. As a teenager Jack experienced bullying, dropped out of high school at 16 and started to work. After having a child, the job as a call handler for Essex County Fire and Rescue Service became difficult. It proved impossible to arrange the work around childcare responsibilities and she decided to leave the fire service. During the following 18 months Jack lived on benefits, kept looking for work, and moved from relative affluence to poverty and financial hardship. That was when Monroe started writing the blog A Girl Called Jack, in which she shared cheap recipes created as a single parent with a young child aiming to provide family meals for less than £10 per week. Do you try to save money? How many ways of saving money can you think of? Make a list. Look at this advice for saving money. 1 Match the tips to pictures A–F. 2 Were any of your ideas the same? b c (1) Go to a library if you want to use the internet or read the papers. (2) Do your shopping at the end of the day when small food shops reduce their prices. (3) Keep your teabag after making a cup of tea. Use it at least twice, but leave it in the cup longer each time. (4) Try and incorporate leftovers into your meal plan instead of throwing away food. (5) Pick fruit from bushes and trees whenever you walk anywhere. (6) Never ignore a market researcher in case they have free samples to hand out. A B F E D C Which ideas do you think are practical? Why? Do you do any of these things? Look at the highlighted linking expressions in 6c. Which can be followed by: A subject + verb? B -ing or a noun? C either A or B ? d 7 Language skills Extras Explore 5 Money matters 55 Nur zu Prüfzwecken – Eigentum des Verlags öbv
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