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This is Dan Price. He lives on only $5000 a year. He lives in an underground “hobbit
hole” that he built from scrap wood. He built it in a hillside in Oregon and it only cost him $75. His living
room is 8ft across and shaped like a circle with a 4ft high ceiling. Dan Price has adopted a life of radical
simplicity. He says that all he needs is food, clothing, and shelter. He has only one spoon, one fork, and
one knife, and he prepares very simple meals. He doesn’t have a washing machine or a dryer. He does his
laundry in the river that runs through his property and he dries his clothes on a line. He rents the property
where he has lived for 23 for $100 a year. For exercise, he uses homemade weights that he made from
scrap material and concrete. He also rides a tricycle (recumbent bike) for exercise and for transportation.
He doesn’t own a car. One time he rode his bike all the way across the U.S. from Oregon to Florida. Before
he lived in his “hobbit hole,” he lived in a teepee. He respects the Native American lifestyle and tries to
live like them. He used to work a part-time job taking care of this cemetery. He still likes to visit the
gravestones, which he calls “a person’s entire history.”
David is a born Amish. For him, farming is a hobby. Woodworking pays the bills. The Amish
have been farmers all of their lives, but it is becoming more expensive and they cannot live by
farming alone. They have begun to use their woodworking skills to make a living.
A normal Amish family is eight to ten. There can be up to fourteen in a family.
Women are the homemakers. After girls finish the 8th grade, it is important for
them to learn how to bake, quilt, sew, and garden. They grow 85% of the food they
eat.
a- Wordbank: Underground - scrap wood –circle- ceiling- fork- spoon- knife- washing machine- shelter- laundry- a
line- weights- tricycle- rode- teepee- gravestones
a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.: s…………………
the past tense of ride: r………………………………….
s………………….
f…………………..
f……………….
c……….…………
w……………
s…………………. t………….
l…………………… u……………………….. t………………………. l…………………. g……………………
b- Reading comprehension: write D for Dan A for Amish and B for both.
1- ……………………….. lives /live in a very simple way of life.
2- …………………………is/ are carpeter(s) and gets/get a salary from this job. C…………….
3- ………………………….has /have got a big family.
4- ………………………….hasn’t got/ haven’t got a car.
5- ………………………….don’t / doesn`t take photos.
c- Match these answers to these questions:
1- does –Where- live –Dan-? Because they think it is not allowed
2- to do- use- What -exercise -does -he? Eight to ten
3- the Amish- photos -Why -don’t -take? Homemade weights
4- an Amish family -are –How- people- many- there- In? Women
5- are- homemakers- the- Who? In an underground hobbit In Oregon
pray / preɪ/