Listen to an interview with David Crook about the way he changed his life. Fill in the gaps with the missing Gerunds. Comment on their functions.

A DREAM COME TRUE

I = Interviewer D = David

I: For most of us, work is something we have to do to stay alive and pay the bills. It's not something we particularly enjoy, unless you're one of the lucky few who manage to make a living out of a hobby. David Crook used to work for a firm of accountants in the City of London. He gave up a six figure salary to come to live and work in the tiny village of Little Hampton. I went to visit him last week, and I asked him what made him do it.

D: Well, ________ in London was becoming more and more depressing. My wife and I had always wanted to live in the country, but the problem was _________ some sort of job to do -erm because we didn't have enough money to give up work entirely. Then one weekend, we were driving home after _______ friends, and we happened to see this beautiful windmill for sale. The building itself was in quite good condition, but the machinery for the mill was either - either broken or missing. I think both Lesley, my wife, and I had the same idea at the same time. You see, I've always enjoyed _________ with engines and motors, taking them to pieces and mending them, and we thought we could buy the mill, renovate the machinery, and make enough from _______ wheat to pay the bills.

I: And that's what you did?

D: That's right. The very next day I handed in my notice, and a few weeks later, we were here.

I: Was it easy to repair the mill?

D: No, not at all. It was terribly difficult to get hold of all the parts I needed. I had to travel all over the country, and I even had to make some of the parts myself. But we finally got it working just before Christmas last year.

I: So you've been operating now for... eighteen months?

D: That's right.

I: And how is the business going?

D: Well, I think it's going all right, actually. We even considered ________ another mill, _________ it and _________ it for a profit, but then we thought that it would be too much, and that wasn't the reason we came here, so we didn't. And we just keep this one mill ______.

I: Right. And do you have any regrets? Isthere anything you miss, for example?

D: No, not a thing. It's hard work, but it's for ourselves, and I think ______ together is something we've always wanted.

I: And what about your boys^? You have two teenage sons, don't you?

D: Yes, well at first they missed all their friends, naturally, and ________ in a small village isn't at all like _______ in a London suburb. But it's fine now. They like it as much as we do.

I: Well David, it sounds as though it's all worked out very well indeed.

D: Well, touch wood it seems to have done.

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