Task 3
Questions 11-15
Read about Don Carn.
For questions 11-15, complete the form with one word in each space.
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Travels in Asia
Travels in Asia by Don Carn is a collection of articles about the people he met on his travels, from the very rich to the very poor. It is the social focus that makes Carn’s work so interesting. “I guess it’s because I studied sociology,” he explains, “which gave me a deep interest in how societies function.”
After graduating, Carn travelled through Europe. “I needed to pay for my travels, so I sent articles to my local paper in London. I started in France and went through to Turkey, but my first article was from Italy. The editor asked for more, so I sent articles weekly. These were noticed by a national newspaper, and that’s how it all started.
“It wasn’t my plan to become a journalist, it just happened. But it was normal for me to travel; my parents moved to London from Seaton in Devon when I was small, and we travelled back there for our summer holidays. And my father took us to see his family in Ireland when I was a baby. My girlfriend says I like to travel because I’m a Sagittarius, but I don’t believe in astrology and star signs.
“People sometimes ask me if I would like a Star Trek Transporter so I could get from one place to another in a nanosecond. But I love the journey. I would prefer a Translator, so I could understand everyone everywhere.
“I’m very grateful that I have a job that pays me to travel and write. And when I can no longer travel, I’ll just write.”
0 Name: Don Carn