### Lesson 2. No Pain, no Gain!

Getting ready for the task:

• Do you like working?
• Are you hard-working?
• What can hard work give us?

Key words:

a vineyard - a piece of land where grapes are grown
to be upset - be worried
a diamond - a colourless precious stone
treasure - a collection of valuable things such as gold
a necklace - a piece of jewellery to wear around the neck/a chain

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GW/PW. Read and fill in the gaps with the appropriate verbs from the box in the correct tense form.

a) to call b) to know c) to begin d) to appear e) to sell(2) f) to teach g) to imagine

There was an old farmer. He always worked hard, but his sons didn’t.The farmer wanted ...(1) his three sons how to be good farmers. So he ... (2) them and said, “My dear sons, I want you ... (3) that there is great treasure buried in the vineyard. Promise me that you’ll look for it after my death.”

As the sons promised they ... (4) looking for the treasure after their father died. They worked very hard in the hot sun. In their minds they ... (5) boxes of gold coins, diamond necklaces and other things. But they didn’t find a single penny. They were very upset. But when the grapes started ... (6) on the vines, their grapes were the best in the neighbourhood. And they ... them for a lot of money. Now they understood ... .

Sample: • The moral of this story is ... • Hard work brings ... .