VICTORIA SAYS YOU CAN WEAR ANYTHING YOU LIKE WHEN YOU LEARN TO SNOW...

7. Victoria says you can wear anything you like when you learn to snowboard.

A. right

B. wrong

C. doesn't say

Practice 5

Read the text below and choose the correct answer.

The shoemaker

Bill Bird is a shoemaker who cannot make shoes fast enough for his growing

number of customers - and he charges more than $300 for a pair. Customers travel

hundreds of kilometers to his London shoe clinic or to his workshop in the

countryside to have their feet measured. He makes shoes for people with feet of

unusual size: very large, very small, very broad or very narrow. The shoes are at

least as fashionable as those found in ordinary shops.

Bill says: "My problem is that I cannot find skilled workers. Young people all

seem to prefer to work with computers these days. We will lose the necessary skills

soon because there are fewer and fewer shoemakers nowadays. I'm 45 and now I

want to teach young people everything I know about making shoes. It's a good job,

and a lot of people want to buy beautiful shoes especially made for them.'

He started his business 19 years ago and now he employs three other people. His

customers pay about $500 for their first pair of shoes. He says: 'Our customers

come because they want comfortable shoes with exactly the right size.' Extra pairs

of shoes cost between $320 and $450, as it takes one employee a whole week to

make just one shoe.