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Jamie Oliver has been invited by Gordon Brown to prepare a banquet at No.10 for President Barack Obama and other leaders of the G20, offering a cut-price menu to reflect times when trade and industry are far from prosperous and the rate of employment is decreasing.

Downing Street sources say Oliver, the well-known chef, will cook using "honest high-street products" and avoid expensive or "fancy" ingredients.

The prime minister is trying to avoid a repeat of the embarrassment last year when he sat down to an 18-course banquet at a Japanese summit to discuss world food shortages.

Obama, President Nicolas Sarkozy of France, Chancellor Angela Merkel of Germany and other leaders will be served by apprentices from Fifteen, the London restaurant Oliver founded to help train young people in poverty in order to make a living by mastering a skill.

Brown wants the dinner to reflect the emphasis of the London summit, which he hopes will lead to an agreement to lift the world out of recession."To be invited to cook for such an important group of people, who are trying to solve some of the world's major problems, is really a privilege," said Oliver.

"I'm hoping the menu I'm working on will show British food and produce is some of the best in the world, but also show we have pioneered a high-quality apprentice scheme at Fifteen London that is giving young people a skill to be proud of."

The chef has not yet finalized me menu, but is expected to draw inspiration from his latest book, Jamie's Ministry of Food, which has budget recipes for beef and ale stew and "impressive" chocolate fudge cake. (

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1. Where was Oliver invited?
2. For whom?
3. Who was he invited by?
4. Who were these leaders a part of?
5. Was the menu expensive?
6. Was employment rising?
7. What is Oliver's profession?
8. will he use exquisite ingredients?
9. What was the Prime Minister embarassed by?
10. Was there plenty of food in the world?
11. Who is the French President?
12. Who is the chancellor of Germany?
13. What restaurant did Oliver found?
14. Why was it founded?
15. What does Brown hope the meal will reflect?
16. What does he want it to show about the food in Britain?
17. And what about the apprentice program?
18. has he finished the menu?
19. Did he write a book?
20. What's its name?

Numbered answers:
1. No. 10
2. Barack Obama and other leaders
3. Gordon Brown
4. the G20
5. no
6. no
7. chef
8. no
9. an 18-course banquet
10. no
11. Nicolas Sarkozy
12. Angela Merkel
13. Fifteen
14. to train young people
15. the emphasis of the summit
16. it's some of the best in the world
17. it's high-quality
18. no
19. yes
20. Jamie's Ministry of Food

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The television news feature about Ben Heckmann, an eighth grader from Farmington, Minn, was breathless in its praise. "At 14, he has accomplished something many adults can't achieve," the reporter said, "Ben is a twice-published author." But Ben's two "Velvet Black" books, describing a fictional rock band, were not picked from a pile of manuscripts by an eagle eyed publisher. They were self-published, at the cost of $400 by Ben's parents. Over the past five years, print-on-demand technology and a growing number of self publishing companies whose books can be sold online have inspired writers of all ages to avoid the traditional gatekeeping system for determining who could call himself a "published author." The mothers and fathers who foot the bill say they are simply trying to encourage their children, in the same way that other parents buy equipment for a promising baseball player. But others see self-publishing as a lost opportunity to teach children about hardship and perseverance. Mr. Robbins, a critic, thinks it is wonderful to start writing at a young age, but worries self-publishing sends the wrong message. "There are no prodigies in literature," he said. "Literature requires experience, in a way that mathematics and music do not." Alan Rinzler, a publishing industry veteran, suggested parents hire a professional editor like him to work with their child to tear a manuscript apart and help make a better. Ben's father, Ken, said Ben's ambitions "weren't to knockHarry Potteroff the list," but "to get that good feeling inside that you've done something." Ajla Dizdarevic, 12, who has self-published two books of poetry, has been on television and in local newspapers. "Being a published author," she said, "was always a dream of mine." Her new dream: three books by age 15.
1. How many books did Ben publish?
2. Who published them?
3. Who paid for this?
4. What is a benefit of self publishing?
5. What other child prodigy has published books beside Ben?
6. How did the television station feel about Ben's book publishing?
7. Was everyone praising the self publishing idea?
8. Why not?
9. What else?
10. What did the kid's father say to the naysayers?
11. Who wee a few of the naysayers?
12. What did Ken feel was a top children's book?
13. What was Ajla's ambition?

Numbered answers:
1. Two
2. Self-published
3. Ben's parents
4. unknown
5. Ajla Dizdarevic
6. Breathless in its praise.
7. No
8. Lost opportunity to teach children about hardship and perseverance.
9. Literature requires experience
10. To get that good feeling inside that you've done something.
11. Mr. Robbins, Alan Rinzler.
12. unknown
13. three books by age 15.

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Bill was cleaning his room and giving away some of the toys that he no longer used. Bill put a duck and a truck in the pile to give away. He added a car and a blanket and a push mower to the give a way pile. Bill liked the car and took it out of the give a way pile, so he did not give the car away. Bill put a broken phone into the trash can. Bill also threw away two books and some used crayons. As Bill was cleaning his room his mother came in to help. Bill and his mother cleaned most of the room. When they were almost finished Bill's father also came in to help. Bill picked up the duck and the truck and took it to the car. Bill's father picked up the blanket and the push mower and took them out to the car. Bill's mother carried the trash can down to the large garbage can outside. Bill's room was all cleaned.
1. Who's room needs cleaning?
2. Is he generous?
3. How so?
4. What toys?
5. Did he donate anything else?
6. Is that all?
7. Did he also donate that broken phone?
8. What did he do with that?
9. Was there anything he changed his mind on?
10. Did he do all this alone?
11. Who helped?
12. Anyone else?
13. Who took out the garbage?
14. Did she also load up the car?
15. Who did then?
16. Did the room end up cleaner?
17. When did dad show up?
18. Did Bill throw out any books?
Numbered answers:
1. Bill2. yes
3. he donated toys
4. a duck and a truck
5. a blanket
6. and a push mower
7. no
8. threw it away
9. a car
10. no
11. his mother
12. Bill's father
13. his mother
14. no
15. Bill
16. yes
17. When they were almost finished
18. no