Farms And Factories

The Jensens are typical American farm family. Mr and Mrs. Jensen came from Norway many years age and settied on a dairy farm in Minnesota. Their four children grew up there.
The tow boys, Olaf and Carl helped their father take care of the farm. They plowed and planted the fields, harversted the crops and milked the cows. The daughters, Inga and Sigrid, helped their other with the house work. There was always a lot to do and the whole family worked very hard. Today Mr and Mrs. Jensen are old and cannot work as hard as they were younger. Their son Olaf runs the farm now and his wife abd children helped him.

The work is not as hard now as it used to be. Olaf has brought several machines which many of the things formely done by hand. the nearly. Carls living in Minneapolis where he has got a job as manager of a factory which makes sairy products. Some of the milk used by the factory comes from Olaf Jensens farm. Inga went to the state University and is now teaching in a high school in ST. Paul.
The story of Jensens is not unusual. Although life one the farm has changed a great deal, farmeing is still a necessary and very important occupation.
However, city lifes attracts young people like Carl and Inga Jensen. Every year many of them leave the farms and take jobs in the many factories which are lecoted in near large cities.
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Going Abroad

I'am taking my family abroad this year. My wife and I and our two children are all going. My older brother is a farmer. He's never been over seas and he has decided to go with us. First he will go on horseback from his farm to the bus station. He 'll take a bus to our house. From here, we'll all go together.

we are going to go by train to New York, and then take a ship to Europe. When we arrive in Europe, we're going to rent a car and drive wherever we want to go. Then we'll return the car. We are planning to fly home.

If took us a long time to decide where to go, but I think we have planned a very interesting trip. At first we wanted to fly because it would be faster and would give us more time for sight-seeing but my brother was very anxious to take a boat trip. The children will enjoy that, too.

We don't know how many suitcases to take, we can take as many suitcases as we wish on the train and the ship.

But when we travel by car and come home by plane, we will have a problem. We can only have forty four pounds for each on the plane, and that isn't very much. My wife will decide what we should take with us. she the suit case first, and then puts the lighter things in. She puts the square things in the middle. She packs very well.

My brother the has no problem. He just carries one small suitcase wherever he goes, and always has everything he needs.

Shopping For Clothes

Edi and Joe go to the same university. They both needed some new clothes for school and they decided to go shopping together in the new department store.

First, the two friends went to the men's department to see the suite that were on sale. The salesman helped them find the right size and they each tried on several suite. Edi found a light gray suit right away and he bought a blue suit. The boys also bought two pairs of pants because they were not too expensive.

Next, they went to the shoe department. The clerk measured their feed and brought each of them several pairs of shoes to try on. It didn't take them very long to get their shoes. They didn't really need socks, but these were on sale, too, and they decided to buy several pairs.

Joe had to get some shirts and Edi wanted to get a sweater. While Joe went to the shirt department, Edi went to buy his sweater. It only took Joe a few minuted to select his shirts and then he went to the sweater department to meet his friend. Edi tried on every sweater in his size, but one of them look ed good on him.

The salesman said that he would have some more sweaters in a few days, and Edi Said he would come back then

The boys intended to go to the movies before going home. But after they paid for all their new clothes, They had only enough money to ride home on the bus.

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