The island is very peaceful. (1) Life/A life is good here. Everybody moves at a nice slow pace. People have (2) time/a time to stop and talk. It’s (3) experience/an experience I won’t forget for a long time. There aren’t many s...

The island is very peaceful. (1) Life/A life is good here. Everybody moves at a nice slow pace. People have (2) time/a time to stop and talk. It’s (3) experience/an experience I won’t forget for a long time. There aren’t many shops, so I can’t spend all my money, although I did buy (4) painting/a painting yesterday. Now I’m sitting in the beach reading (5) paper/a paper. The hotel breakfast is so enormous that I don’t need to have lunch. I’ve just brought (6) orange juice/an orange juice with me to drink later. I’ve been trying all the different (7) fruit/fruits grown in this part of the world, and they’re all delicious. Newscom company (1) have/has just announced that it made a loss of $27 million last year. The management (2) is/are well aware that they have made mistakes. The press (3) have/has all been printing stories and articles critical of the company. The Newscom board (4) knows/know that they now have some difficult decisions to take. Naturally, the staff (5) is/are worried about their jobs and (6) wants/want a meeting with management as soon as possible. But Chief Executive Barry Douglas says things aren’t really so bad. He has said that the company still (7) has/have a great future ahead of it.