Monday 17 October 2022

We live on cereal and soup, I ration washing my hair - what else can I give up to survive?

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Eleanor Bannister illustration

Read the article and answer the questions:

1. Describe the diet of the author of the article.

2. What tools does she use to warm herself up?

3. How much has her rent increased?

Post your answers in the commentary section below

4 comments:

  1. 1)She does not cook meals or have the oven on much – she’ll microwave noodles instead. Her dad eats mainly cereal, as well as tinned soups, pasta – poor people’s food
    2)she’ll always put on a jumper instead of turning up the heating. When it gets to real winter, they have the thermostat set at about 13. They use hot-water bottles, blankets, jumpers, big socks.
    3)her rent is also going up from £300 a month to £350. Bills are included in that, but it doesn’t begin to cover my landlord’s rise in energy bills, so I don’t know what he’ll do in the long term. Last year the quarterly bills for March to May were £380 for gas and £517 for electricity. This year it was £717 and £916.

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  2. 1.The author of the article doesn't cook meals, she microwaves noodles instead and eats it. Her dad eats mainly cereal, as well as tinned soups and pasta.
    2 When it gets cold, they have the thermostat set at only about 13. They use hot-water bottles, blankets, jumpers, big socks. In winter they’ll be using space heaters to keep warm.
    3. Her rent has increased from £300 a month to £350. Bills are included in that too. Last year the quarterly bills for March to May were £380 for gas and £517 for electricity ant this year it was £717 and £916.

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  3. 1. The author of the article heats noodles in the microwave. Her father eats mostly cereal, but also canned soups and pasta.
    2. the author of the article is wearing a jumper. They set the thermostat to about 13 when the real winter comes. But they also use hot water bottles, blankets, jumpers, large socks.
    3. Her rent is $717 and $916.

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  4. 1)The author of the article does not cook food on her own, she eats canned food, cereals and noodles.
    2)She set the thermostat to about 13 when the real winter comes. She also use hot water bottles, blankets, jumpers, large socks.
    3) Her rent has increased from £300 a month to £350

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Angelina Jolie receives the Jean Hersholt Humanitarian Award at the 2013 Governors Awards

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