Two different ways of life: Dan Price and the Amish

This is Dan Price. He lives on only $5000 a year. He lives in an underground “hobbit
hole” that he built from scrap wood. He built it in a hillside in Oregon and it only cost him $75. His living
room is 8ft across and shaped like a circle with a 4ft high ceiling. Dan Price has adopted a life of radical
simplicity. He says that all he needs is food, clothing, and shelter. He has only one spoon, one fork, and
one knife, and he prepares very simple meals. He doesn’t have a washing machine or a dryer. He does his
laundry in the river that runs through his property and he dries his clothes on a line. He rents the property
where he has lived for 23 for $100 a year. For exercise, he uses homemade weights that he made from
scrap material and concrete. He also rides a tricycle (recumbent bike) for exercise and for transportation.
He doesn’t own a car. One time he rode his bike all the way across the U.S. from Oregon to Florida. Before
he lived in his “hobbit hole,” he lived in a teepee. He respects the Native American lifestyle and tries to
live like them. He used to work a part-time job taking care of this cemetery. He still likes to visit the
gravestones, which he calls “a person’s entire history.”

Unusual American Lifestyles: The Amish

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=x00Tl7FxEf8

America is a large country with many different cultures. People in

America have the freedom to live the kind of life they want to. Some
people have chosen to live a different kind of life than the average American, and the Amish
are one of them. They do not have telephones, refrigerators, electricity, plumbing, and many
of the things we use daily.
The Amish do not take pictures of their faces. They do not like pictures of
themselves to be taken. They believe that it is not allowed, according to the
Bible.

David is a born Amish. For him, farming is a hobby. Woodworking pays the bills. The Amish
have been farmers all of their lives, but it is becoming more expensive and they cannot live by
farming alone. They have begun to use their woodworking skills to make a living.
A normal Amish family is eight to ten. There can be up to fourteen in a family.
Women are the homemakers. After girls finish the 8th grade, it is important for
them to learn how to bake, quilt, sew, and garden. They grow 85% of the food they
eat.

a- Wordbank: Underground - scrap wood –circle- ceiling- fork- spoon- knife- washing machine- shelter- laundry- a
line- weights- tricycle- rode- teepee- gravestones
 a place giving temporary protection from bad weather or danger.: s…………………
 the past tense of ride: r………………………………….

s………………….
f…………………..
f……………….
c……….…………

w……………
s…………………. t………….
l…………………… u……………………….. t………………………. l…………………. g……………………

b- Reading comprehension: write D for Dan A for Amish and B for both.
1- ……………………….. lives /live in a very simple way of life.
2- …………………………is/ are carpeter(s) and gets/get a salary from this job. C…………….
3- ………………………….has /have got a big family.
4- ………………………….hasn’t got/ haven’t got a car.
5- ………………………….don’t / doesn`t take photos.
c- Match these answers to these questions:
1- does –Where- live –Dan-? Because they think it is not allowed
2- to do- use- What -exercise -does -he? Eight to ten
3- the Amish- photos -Why -don’t -take? Homemade weights
4- an Amish family -are –How- people- many- there- In? Women
5- are- homemakers- the- Who? In an underground hobbit In Oregon

d- Grammar: Present simple

Underline examples in the text
Use: we use present simple to talk about habits. routines permanent situations.
Remember : I/we/they/you live/ go/ have the verbs don’t change except “to be” (are/am)
(don`t + verb) negative
Do…you/they…+verb?
She/he/it lives/ goes/ has the verbs add an s or es except “to be” (is)
(doesn`t +verb ) negative
Does ..he/she….+verb?
e- Complete these sentences:
1- Dan ………………………………………………(prepare) very simple meals.
2- He ………………………………………………..(not/ drive) a car. He …………………………….(ride ) a tricycle.
3- The Amish ……………………………………..(believe) in God.
4- They ……………………………………………(not /have) electricity or running water.
5- David ……………………………………..( work) as a carpenter to pay his bills.
6- The Amish …………………………………..(grow) most of the food they eat.

f- Activities the Amish girls have to know. complete

g……………………… b………………../ beɪk/ s………………… /səʊ/ q………………../ kwɪlt/

pray / preɪ/