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20. THE LAVISH NEPHEW Brian Turner had worked abroad most of his life as a doctor and when he retired in the country, he bought himself a thatched cottage. It was in good condition, except for the roof, which leaked. He had led an adventurous life and he didn’t mind this. He wanted to enjoy his last years in the fresh air and the quietness of a rural life, far away from the madding crowd and, above all, from his obnoxious nephew, Jeremy. But Brian had miscalculated the power of the social like Facebook, Twitter etc. When his nephew needed money he was just like a detective. In fact, he managed to find out where his uncle had taken refuge and one day he went to see him without warning him that he was coming. Jeremy was always short of money because he liked to lead a good life, meeting beautiful ladies and practice sports. One morning, Brian had just got up and was pleasantly sipping his first cup of tea when he saw him parking in front of his gate. For a moment he wondered if he should pretend to be out. In spite of the fact that the cottage was not very comfortable, his nephew decided to stay for a week. That same evening, they sat round the fire after supper and Brian told his nephew about some exciting adventures he had had abroad. He was in the middle of one of his stories when there was a tremendous crash upstairs. They both rushed up to the bedroom. Part of the ceiling had collapsed falling right on to the bed where the young man was going to sleep. After that, the boy got so scared that he did not even want to stay the night. Brian persuaded him that it was quite safe to sleep downstairs. The young man went back to London the next morning, however, saying that he had to visit a sick relative. 1- Reproduce the story from the point of view of a) Brian b) Jeremy 2- Build up a dialogue from this story. 3-A friend told me that… 2- Join the following group of sentences. You can add or omit words, of course, and make any other small changes necessary, but you should not alter the sense. One night a cow broke into Mr Bates’ garden. It walked over his flower-beds. It ate his vegetables. It did a lot of damage. The noise woke him up. He got out of bed. He chased it away.