Michael Smith was born at four minutes past five this morning in an average hospital in an average American town. We already know quite a lot about him. In his lifetime, Michael will eat approximately 30 tons of food, and he'll use 28 million litres of water. He'll spend four hours a day in front of the TV, and 2.5 hours a day in his car. He'll spend 40 minutes a week playing with his children. He'll have at least 13 credit cards and he'll make more than a thousand phone calls every year. He'll probably have four or five different jobs. He'll get married at the age of 26 and he'll die at the age of 77. b Read the text again. Write the answer or 'We don't know' for these questions. 1 30 tons. 1 How much food will Michael eat? 2 How much water will he drink? 3 Will he watch a lot of TV? 4 Will he drive to work? 5 Will he spend much time with his children? 6 How much money will he have? 7 Will he have the same job all his life?
