Change Your Life
Does your 9 to 5 stress you out? Have you ever thought of escaping the rat race and doing something completely different? Well, here are some people who have done just that.
Back to the land
In his early forties, Peter van Der Groot was a successful stockbroker at the London Stock Exchange, with the typical rewards of success: a large beautiful home and a very healthy bank account. But Peter worked long hours, and he saw little of his home and family. He enjoyed his job, yes, but he was never there to see his children growing up. Then last year, the firm he worked for went bankrupt, and unexpectedly, Peter had the opportunity to do something different.
So Peter and his family sold their house in London and moved to the countryside. They bought a smaller house with some land. Today, Peter is more relaxed. He spends time with his children, and he has seen them change into healthy happy kids. He's started working on his land, growing fruit and vegetables. He still trades in shares, but only his own. He and his family have a modest, but comfortable life.
Life in the sun
Husband and wife Rob and Manda Brent are teachers, but they've both resigned from their jobs, and neither of them plans to return to the school where they worked in Birmingham's city centre. Now they live in Italy, where they've bought a farmhouse in the Tuscan hills. "We're going to offer bed and breakfast accommodation", said Rob, "We've never had our own business before, so it's be quite a challenge. Plus we've borrowed a lot of money from the bank to get started. "" In this first three-month period, we're settling in and reorganizing the farmhouse, "said Manda, Then we'll open our doors to guests.”
Bed and breakfast will not be the only source of income, though. "The farm has got olive trees and all he equipment for producing live oil.”
It sounds as though Rob and Manda will be very busy. We wish them the best of luck!
What type of service are Rob and Manda going to provide?
A、Rooms with breakfast and dinner.
B、Somewhere to sleep, and something to eat in the morning.
C、Rooms, but no meals.
【正确答案】：B
