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WAY TO IELTS SUCCESS – READING SOLUTION 1 
DAY 13 
VOCABULARY PART
 
Caribbean Dream
 
The snow was piling up around the door and there was no sign yet of a change in the weather. As he 
cleared the pathway, Carl thought of blue skies and warm sunshine. It was how he got through the winters. He 
had decided that it must be his Caribbean background that made him suffer so miserably every winter. 
Everyone had warned him about the British weather but he had thought that he would soon get used to it. 
Twenty years on, he still wasn’t used to it and he doubted that he ever would be. 
He hadn’t meant to stay for so long. His intention had been to work as hard as he could for ten years, save 
every penny he could and then return home to start up his own business. Somehow, along the way, he had 
ended up getting married and having three children. Carl loved his family dearly, although this didn’t stop him 
from occasionally wondering where he would be now if he’d stuck to his plans.
Carl worked at a local factory where they manufactured appliances such as washing machines and 
fridges. He’d been there for eighteen years and had been promoted several times. He was now a foreman on the 
day shift. Lately, there had been talk of redundancies around the factory. He knew that the company had 
recently lost a big order but he was sure that they had a good enough reputation in the field to survive. 
Alarm bells started to ring in Carl’s mind when his wife came home in tears one day and announced that 
the shop she had been working in was about to close for good. Carl realised that soon he would need to start 
dipping into his precious savings. He still dreamt of returning to the Caribbean one day and although Carl was 
rarely able to add to his savings, so far he hadn’t had to use them. 
Over the next few months, he worked as many hours overtime as he could. One afternoon, his line 
manager sent for him. He nervously entered the office and when he saw the expression on his manager’s face, 
he knew what was coming. “I’m offering you voluntary redundancy after the summer if you would like to take 
it. I’m very sorry,” he said. At least he had a few months left at work, which would give him time to make 
plans. 
Because Carl had been with the company for so long, he was entitled to a considerable redundancy 
package. By law, the company had to calculate his compensation based on his current salary. He would leave 
with enough money to pay off the loan for his house completely. This was a good thing, of course, even though 
he had lost his job. Carl began to think more and more eagerly about his Caribbean dream. He decided that he 
would talk to his family. Perhaps it was true that every cloud has a silver lining, he thought. 
Within the space of six months, Carl’s life changed completely. He sold his house and the family moved 
to the island of his birth. He is pleased at how quickly his children have settled into the Caribbean way of life 
and he has found some premises where he is planning to open up an electrical appliances repair business. His 
Caribbean dream is becoming a reality. He chuckles quietly and shakes his head when people ask him if he will 
miss the snow! 

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