Reading lesson

Pre-reading

Look at the pictures and answer: 1. What are they thinking? 2. Do you want to have a lot of money? 3. Imagine you have a lot of money, what would you do?

Vocabulary

jigsaw jigsaw puzzle

Jigsaw (n) ['dʒigsɔ:] Jigsaw (n) ['dʒigsɔ:] a picture printed on cardboard or wood, that has been cut up into a lot of pieces of different shapes that you have to fit together again. A mysterious situation in which it is not easy to understand all the causes of what is happening; a complicated problem

Examples 1. Young children likes to play jigsaw. 2. You have to think and put all the shapes together in order to finish the jigsaw. 3. The different parts of our lives fit together like a jigsaw-work, home, friend, hobbies and sports make up our world

Peter’s poor. but he always wants to be wealthy and have a lot of money. we say: he fantasizes himself as having a lot of money.

Fantasize: ['fæntəsaiz](v) -To imagine that you are dong st that you would like to do, or that st that you would like to happen is happening, even though this is very unlikely.

Examples He sometimes fantasized about winning the gold medal. Tom fantasizes that he would be a richest man.

thanks to the money from that wallet, she becomes wealthy. the money she picked up is called “ windfall” She has a sudden windfall. A girl is very poor.Once day, She is walking in the street, she sees a wallet with a lot of money. no one receives it.

windfall: ['windfɔ:l](n) An amount of money that sb/st wins or receives unexpectedly

Examples The hospital got a sudden windfall of 1 billion dollar. The government imposed a windfall tax

dramatically Yesterday, she was happy But today, she is really sad. her mood changes suddenly or her mood changes dramatically

dramatically [drə'mætikəli] -sudden; very great, often surprising. The announcement has been changed dramatically.

Smash Smash = break She break the close relationship between Mary and Peter.

Solicitor solicitor= lawyer

Psychiatrist Psychiatrist: a person can help to treat the diseases concerns with mind

Bring on= cause Examples: 1.That news causes troubles for him =>That new brings on the trouble for him 2. He was suffering from stress brought on by overwork.

Hound The dog is hounding its grey

Hound =harass To keep following sb to get st and not leave them alone, esp to get st from them or ask them questions(v) săn lung. => They were hounded night and day by the press

He is a drug addict.

Addict : ['ædikt] => a person who can’t stop taking harmful drugs Drug addicts can’t control themselves when they see the drug.

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE

Have you ever bought lottery? Imagine you won a lottery, What would you do?

While-reading

Now, skim the text “ Who wants to be a millionaires Now, skim the text “ Who wants to be a millionaires?” below to finish the exercises. Use these phrases: A. His unluckiest bet B. to move to a bigger house C. We feel at home D. Among all the members of her family E. What the money could do to us? F. As soon as possible. G. Most of their money will be spent. H. Nothing but misery.

Answers All over the world, lotteries create new millionaires every week. But what’s it actually like to wake up one day with more money than you can imagine? Nearly all of us have fantasized about winning a big prize in a lottery. We dream about what we would do with the money, but we rarely stop to think about (1) E.What the money would do to us?

For most of us, Our way of life is closely linked to our economic circumstances. The different parts of our lives fit togerther like jigsaw-work, home, friend, hobbies and sports make up our world. This is where we belong and where (2) C. we feel at home. A sudden huge windfall would dramatically change it all and smash the jigsaw.

For example, most people like the idea no having to work, but winners have found that without work there’s no purpose to their day and no reason to get up in the morning. It’s tempting(3) B. to move to a bigger house. In a weathy area, but in so doing, you leave old friends and routines behind. Winners are usually advised not to publicize their address and phone numbers, charity requests and begging letters still arrive. If they are not careful,(4) G. most of their money will be spent on solicitors’ fee to protect them from demanding relatives, guards to protect their homes and swimmimg pools and psychiatrists to protect their sanity!

Winners who lost it all There’re many stories about people who couldn’t learn how to be rich. In 1999, Abby Wilson from Briston London won 7 million £ on thunderball and it brought her (5) H. nothing but misery. She immediately went on a spending spree that lasted for 4 years and 5 marriges. She is now penniless and alone. “ I’m a miserable person”, she says. “Winning that money was the most awful thing that ever happened to me”.

Then there’s a story of William Church, 37, a cafeteria cook from BlackPool. He won the National Lottery, but it turned out to be(6) A. his unluckiest bet. 3 weeks after winning, he dropped dead of a heart attack, brought on by ceaseless hounding from the press, the public and relatives, after his 3.6 million win was made public.

Winners who survived For some people the easiest thing is to get rid of the money (7) F. as soon as possible. Jim Talor, a sailor from Scoland, won 2 millon and blew the money in 77 days. He withrew thousands of pounds a day from the bank and handed it to former shipmate and strangers in the street. On one occasion, he handed out 150.000 £ to homeless people in Glassgow park later. He said he had no regrets about his wasted fortune.

Anita Cotton was a biggest lottery winner at the time when she won 12 million . It has taken her years to get used to the changes in her life. “ I couldn’t have done it without my family”, She says. “There were so many lies about me in the press. They said I had dumped my husband and children.All wrong”. Her fortune has been divided (8) D. among all the members of her family”

Questions 1. According to the article, Is it a good thing or bad thing to win a lot of money? => answer:

2. How does swimming a large money affect our work. our home 2. How does swimming a large money affect our work? our home? our friends? Our relatives?

3. In what way is our life like a jigsaw 3. In what way is our life like a jigsaw? How does a windfall smash the jigsaw?

4. How can money be wasted? Answer:

5. What are the two bad luck stories?

6. What made Jim Taloy happy?

7. How has Anita Cotton survived?

Match the words in A to their meanings in B Fantasized linked windfall smash tempting begging penniless withdrew B Took out( money from the bank) attractive, inviting connected dreamed having no money break violently asking for st very strongly an unexpected sum of money you receive

Post-reading Please answer these question: 1. how would you answer the question in the last paragraph of the article? 2. What advice would you give to someone who won a lot of money?

THANK YOU !