Vaughan world by Richard Vaughan

and she was becoming more and more convinced that Tom wasn’t a stable person. He was a brilliant artist but he was very introverted. He didn’t know how to respond to people in a natural way. Last night, Paula called her parents in Munich and told them her decision. Her mother was relieved and her father told her that she had made the right decision. They told her they were thinking about spending a week in the Canary Islands during the Christmas holidays and asked her if she would like to go. Paula jumped at the opportunity. She was tired of the cold weather in Heidelberg. A few days in the Canary Islands would be the perfect remedy.

    1. How does Paula Eisenbach feel today?
    2. Who did she speak to yesterday?
    3. What did she tell him that she had decided?
    4. Was Tom relieved?
    5. How did he react?
    6. Did they discuss the matter calmly or did they argue?
    7. What did Paula finally tell Tom?
    8. What did she say exactly?
    9. When Tom got angry, what did he tell her?
    10. Was this a surprise for Paula? Why not?
    11. How long had she been helping him?
    12. What had she become convinced of?
    13. What kind of artist was Tom in Paula’s opinion?
    14. Was he introverted or extroverted?
    15. What, in Paula’s opinion, was his problem regarding people?
    16. Who did Paula call last night?
    17. What did she tell them?
    18. How did her mother react?
    19. What did her father tell her?
    20. What did they say they were thinking about doing?
    21. What did they ask her?
    22. How did Paula react to the invitation?
    23. What was she tired of?
    24. What was her feeling about spending a few days in the Canary Islands?

35. NANCY JOHNSON
    Nancy Johnson has a problem. If she had problems like this one every day, she and her family would be rich by now. Her problem is that she’s been offered a job to decorate the home that George Clooney owns in Aspen, Colorado, the most famous ski resort in the United States. It would mean spending at least one week out of every month in Aspen. This evening, she will discuss the problem with her husband, Phillip, and then call Eddie Campbell to let him know her final decision. Eddie is a famous interior decorator and the most prestigious professor of interior design in California. He teaches at U.C.L.A., which stands for the University of California at Los Angeles. He and his students often help the Hollywood rich to decorate their homes in Beverly Hills and Malibu Beach. He knows Nancy Johnson very well because they studied interior design together at the University of Kansas. Eddie and his students decorated George Clooney’s home in Beverly Hills seven years ago. Last week, Mr. Clooney called Eddie, asking him to decorate his new home in Colorado. Since Eddie couldn’t do it, he told Mr. Clooney that he had the perfect person for the job. Now Nancy has to make a decision. Her mother and sister live in Coffeyville, Kansas. Her sister is single. If they could come up to Lincoln from time to time to stay with the kids, then maybe Nancy could have time to go to Colorado and do the job. Also, she’s sure that the technical school where she works would give her the time off as well. It would mean a lot for the school to have a teacher who’s decorating the home of George Clooney. “What will Phillip say?” she thought.

    1. Does Nancy Johnson have a problem?
    2. Is it a serious problem or a pleasant problem?
    3. What would her economic status be like if she had problems like this one every day?
    4. What job has she been offered?
    5. Where is George Clooney’s home?
    6. What is Aspen, Colorado famous for?
    7. Who will she discuss the problem with this evening?
    8. Who will she call after making a final decision?
    9. Who is Eddie Campbell?
    10. Where does he teach interior design?
    11. What does U.C.L.A. stand for?
    12. Does Eddie only teach or does he do other things?
    13. What other things does he do?
    14. Who helps him?
    15. Where do the Hollywood rich have their homes?
    16. Does Eddie know Nancy