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People (0) __have_ always loved gold because it is beautiful and useful. Gold is a soft, heavy, brilliant yellow metal (28) ___ it doesn’t change colour in the air or water. People have used gold money for hundreds (29) ___ years, but people all (30) ___ the world wear gold wedding rings too. You can even (31) ___ gold in racing-car engines because gold is able to carry electricity. (32) ___ 1880 and 2002 most gold came from South Africa, but now more gold comes from China. People in India buy more gold (33) ___ any other nationality. One kilo of gold (34) ___ about 35,000 dollars at the moment. That’s a lot of money! But if you want some gold for free, remember that all the winners in the Olympic Games (35) ___ given gold medals. Train hard at school in your sports lessons!

Robbie enjoyed art most at school. He liked maths and music too, but because it was hard for Robbie to spell words correctly or to understand texts, he didn’t enjoy being at school. In English, he had lots of problems. So, when Robbie was 12, his parents decided he should leave school and be taught differently at home. There, he learnt about business and working on computers, and spent more time happily studying art, exercising and practising on his violin. Robbie’s grandmother started teaching him to cook too, which, like his mother and unt, he really enjoyed doing. One day, she told him her secret way of making jam. Robbie made too much for their family to eat so he took it to other people in his street. He made more and more jam. It tasted so good that his parent’s friends started buying it from his dad. Robbie added all his costs together then decided on a price. Then he made a business plan on the computer with help from his dad. His jam is now sold at a weekly market. It tastes wonderful and it’s healthy because Robbie uses grape juice instead of sugar to make it. ‘I’m still only 14 but I’m already a businessman!’ Robbie laughs. ‘Last week I earned £93 because 87 different customers bought 52 kilos of my jam, and a supermarket wants to sell it too. My career is in jam-making, I think!’