Many people dream of not having to work for others and starting their own companies.

While freedom from a boss is enviable, it is also filled with various risks.

As your own boss you don’t have anyone looking over your shoulder and you have an opportunity to make a lot more money than as a company’s employee.

However, people who start companies usually have to work long hours. Furthermore, there is not the security of receiving a paycheck at the end of the month.

WORDS
enviable: causing others to want what you have, causing envy in others.
to look over someone’s shoulder: to monitor someone’s activity constantly

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If you have visited a grocery store recently, then you know that food prices have been going through the roof.

Sugar, flour, coffee and cocoa, among other goods, have all become much more expensive in recent weeks.

Bad weather and increasing international demand are among the causes for the continuing rise in food prices.

WORDS
grocery store: a shop that sells food and small items for the home. 
goods: items for sale. 
demand: a request for something. 

IDIOM
to go through the roof: to rise (prices) very quickly, to go up very sharply.

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The United Arab Emirates (UAE), a federation of seven states, is well known for oil production.

Nevertheless, the country does not want to be reliant on its oil export and is trying to diversify its economy.

In addition to heavy investments in tourism development they are starting futuristic projects as creating Mars Science City – Off World Colonizations, Flying Taxis and Jetpacks among others.

WORDS
artificial intelligence: the simulation of intelligent behaviour in computers.
reliant: need of a particular thing or person in order to continue. 

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Are you thinking of throwing a party? And you were born with a silver spoon in your mouth.

Then why not hire a celebrity to entertain your guests?

Jennifer Lopez might be expensive, but not impossible. Just be prepared for a paycheck ranging from 1 to 5 million American dollars.

Canadian rapper Drake will be considerably cheaper and perhaps you will pay less than a million of U.S. dollars for a private performance.

The British pop star Sam Smith is also available but you have to add the travel costs to his fee to get him over from the UK.

WORDS
to hire: to employ someone to do a particular job. 
hire in other languages

paycheck: a check to pay an employee for his/her work. 
paycheck in other languages

fee: money paid for a service.
fee in other languages

“to throw a party” = to have a party, to hold a party. 
“to be born with a silver spoon in your mouth” = to be born into a rich family and have whatever you want.

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If you live in a big city then you don’t have to be told that space is limited and that real estate prices are extortionately high.

Clearly this is a big problem for young and low-income people who have difficulty affording life in a large metropolitan area.

Some developers are looking into a possible solution to this problem: microapartments, also known as microflats or apodments.

These are very small properties, some as small as 15 square meters (or less), located in urban areas and include small bedrooms, bathrooms and kitchens.

Microapartments can now be found in several major cities, such as Hong Kong, London, New York and Vancouver.

WORDS
real estate: property of land or buildings. 
real estate in other languages

extortionately: extremely expensive. 

…you don’t have to be told… = you already know about it, nobody has to tell you this…

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Although we live in a global economy, there are many advantages to buying goods and services that are produced near where you live.

If you trade with local businesses then you are not only helping an area’s economy by providing jobs and investment in the community, but you are also helping the environment as well. Goods don’t have to be delivered long distances, and the consumer uses less gasoline.

What’s more, buying local goods can add more character to a community and can create a friendlier atmosphere within that community.

WORDS
goods: things for sale. 
goods in other languages

gasoline: a fuel, petrol. 
gasoline in other languages

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An item which we now take for granted was patented in Argentina on June 10, 1943.

The ballpoint pen was the brainchild of Laszlo Biro, a Hungarian journalist.

More than 15 million ballpoint pens are sold each day.

A ballpoint pen is also called a Biro in the United Kingdom, Australia and New Zealand.

WORDS
to take for granted: to expect something to be available.
to patent: to give an inventor of a product the right to sell it as his or her own.
patent in other languages
brainchild: an original idea.
brainchild in other languages

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It’s a good time to be a billionaire.

While the rest of us struggle to make ends meet, many of the world’s wealthiest individuals actually saw their incomes go up in the past year.

In a list published by the Sunday Times, the super-rich are worth more than they ever have been.

In addition, the number of billionaires on the list has grown when compared to the previous years.

IDIOMS
to make ends meet: to get by with the money one makes, ie, to pay one’s expenses (lodging, food, bills).

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The world- famous logo was created in 1971 by Carolyn Davidson, a graphic design student at that time.

The founders of Nike did not like it at first, one of them saying “Well, I don’t love it, but maybe it will grow on me.”

In 1983, when the company became successful, the owners gave Carolyn a gold ring and 500 shares of Nike stock. The shares are worth $600,000 today.

IDIOMS
grow on someone (me, you, him, her, us, them): if you like something or somebody more and more than you did at first.

WORDS
maybe: used to show that something is possible.

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