. Make one text putting the paragraphs (A – E) into the correct order from 1 – 5 in your answer sheet.
A. What did the Serranos’ boys do? In fact they didn’t go very far from home.
The oldest boy David went to live with his girlfriend and has just started work
in her father’s construction company. The youngest son has rented a flat near
the family home (his mother paid the first month’s rent only).
B. So Maria and Mariano asked their sons to leave the family home in Zaragoza
in Spain. But the two boys didn’t want to go. Then, Mr. and Mrs. Serrano took
an unusual decision – they went to court.
C. Do you have rude and moody teenage children living in your house? Have
you ever secretly wanted to throw them out? A Spanish couple, Mr. and Mrs.
Serrano, from Zaragoza in Spain, have done exactly that.
D. Maria and her husband Mariano lived with their two sons, David, 20 and
Mariano, 18. “The situation was impossible,” said Maria. “We were always
arguing, our children were treating our house like a hotel, and they weren’t
contributing anything. Also they weren’t studying or looking for a job. They
were complaining all the time and insulting us. They didn’t respect us. I love
my children, but in the end it was ruining our lives.”
E. Normally, under Spanish law parents do not have the right to make their
children leave home. But in this case the judge decided that the situation in the
Serrano family was “intolerable”. He gave Mr. and Mrs. Serrano the right to tell
their children to go.