The sad story of how one ambitious, but reckless, young executive brought down one of the most respected and oldest merchant banks in the City of London. 

The Bumper Book of Great English Stories

Great business stories 2: Barings Bank and Nick Leeson

One word is wrong in each sentence. Cross it out and write the correct word.
The planets are in the solar space. .........................................
2 The earth revolves around the moon. ···························-·-········
3 The sun is a planet. ···--·-·-····-·····-···········-·
4 Man first walked on the sun in 1969. ···-·························-·········
5 Mars is a star. . ....................................... .
6 We can send planes into space ......................................... .
7 We've learned a big deal about space.........................................
8 The world is the whole of space and everything in it.....................

English Mini Lessons

The Universe

Yes or No?

1 If something is constant, it happens from time to time......
2 Equality is about how good or bad something is.....
3 A lack of something is when you haven't got enough of something.....
4 Statistics give you information through numbers.....
s When couples separate, they stay together....
6 If things vary, they don't change....

Divorce

Complete the questions with a suitable word.
1 Can couples have a religious ceremony or a ......................................... ceremony in a
......................................... office?
2 Does the ......................................... usually wear a dress of a particular colour? If so,
what colour?
3 Is there usually a ......................................... after the ceremony?
4 Do people often ......................................... speeches7 If so, who does it?
5 Is it the ......................................... for the wife to wear a wedding ring on her left hand?
6 Do couples often go on a ......................................... after the wedding?
7 Do couples usually ......................................... their wedding ......................................... every year?
8 Do most ......................................... last forever in your country?
9 Do couples usually get  .................. before they get married?