BASIC COMPLETION 15

Fill ONE WORD in each blank:

1. It has beautiful .

2. You will enjoy food from local farms.

3. These people were not .

4. The people left Britain in .

5. Finally, they arrived at their .

6. There was no city, no .

7. There was nothing but .

8. There was a good reason. Poieas didn't .

9. So he became a .

10. He had an idea. Sell land in Poieas to the .

11. There is .

12. McGregor even invented an and Poieas money.

13. By 1823, McGregor was a .

14. They were full of on the trip.

15. All were sad and very .

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This is the audio script:

Come to Poieas. Start a new life, the advertisement said. Poieas is a wonderful place. It has beautiful beaches. The capital city has banks, an opera house and a cathedral. You will enjoy delicious food from local farms. You will love the place. Many people in Great Britain heard about Poieas. 243 people decided to go there. These people were not tourists. They bought land in Poieas. They planned to stay there forever. The people left Britain in 1823. They sailed on ships for many weeks. Finally, they arrived at their destination. The ship left the people on an empty beach. They looked around. There was a big problem. There was no city, no farmland. There was nothing but insects. Why didn't these poor travelers find the beautiful land of Poieas? There was a good reason. Poieas didn't exist. A man named Gregor McGregor invented the place. McGregor was from Scotland. He always wanted to be rich. So he became a pirate. In 1820, he sailed along the coast of Central America. McGregor stopped in a swampy area. He met the local chief and they became friends. The chief gave McGregor some land. McGregor named the land Poieas. Then he went back to Britain. He had an idea. Sell land in Poieas to the British. He started a big marketing campaign. The campaign was full of promises. Poieas is a perfect world. Plants grow quickly. There are many valuable resources. There is gold. There's a big capital city with beautiful buildings. McGregor even invented an army and Poieas money. Important people in Britain believed McGregor. Newspapers wrote about Poieas. This gave McGregor even more publicity. The publicity persuaded many people about the wonderful land. For example, rich people bought Poieas land. By 1823, McGregor was a millionaire. Then it was time for the first people to move to Poieas. They changed all their English money for Poieas money. They were full of hope on the trip. But Poieas was a terrible surprise. It was impossible to live there. What happened to those people on the beach? People from a country nearby rescued them. Some of the people stayed in Central America. Others went back to Britain. All were sad and very poor. People in Great Britain learned the truth about McGregor's false advertising. McGregor didn't go to jail, but he had to leave the country. His destination? At Poieas, he lived the rest of his life in Venezuela.