1. Dramatize the dialogue and make up your own conversation on analogy.

DE: Hello and welcome to the programme Make or Break. My name is David

Evans. In today’s programme we look at the rise and fall of the American

tycoon, Alan Bond. A self-made millionaire, Bond has been a well-known

figure in the Australian business and on the world business stage. Dear

audience, you are welcome to ask questions and make your own comments. Q: Was Bond basically a businessman, I mean did he invest millions of dollars

and how did he see a return of his investment? DE: Bond was a man who had always known exactly what he wanted and how

to get it, as he makes clear in this interview about his early years. Bond: I wanted to make a million before I was 21 and I started business when

I was 18. And I set myself a goal – I’d made a million by the time I was 21. Q: He got satisfied and lived peacefully ever after, didn’t he? DE: Of course not. He went on to make several more millions as a property

speculator in Perth during the boom years. Q: I remember there was the crash in the property market in the early 70s. Did it

cause any trouble in your business? Bond: Definitely yes. But it forced me to diversify my interests. I went into

mining, oil exploration and retail. Q: But things had not been going so well for you, as far as I know. Bond: Sure. I still had a vast amount of capital tied up in property – and the

property market was dead. I was losing my money and was forced to start

liquidating my assets. DE: Fortunately with access to enormous supplies of credit he embarked upon

one of the biggest takeover binges the world has ever seen. Bond: I was lucky and soon gained control of hundreds of companies all over the

world. Q: Lucky? From the reliable sources I got to know that Alan Bond finished the

decade with debts of $9.25 bn. One of the biggest debtors in the world. DE: That sounds amazing. We can ask Bond about his debts after a minute

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