British Couple Win a Lottery

B1 – Intermediate

You’ve probably had days when you do not want to go to work. You want to just pack your bags and go on a really long holiday in some exotic destination. Unfortunately, most of us do not have the time nor the money to do so. All we can do is to just wish we’d win the lottery so we never have to work a day in our life. We think having loads of money would help us do whatever we want.

Listen to this audio and read the transcript about a couple who won the lottery.

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Discussion Questions:

  1. What would be the very first thing you would buy?
  2. What would you do if you won 230 million dollars? 
  3. Would you give money to friends and family? Who? How much? If not, why?
  4. In what ways would winning the lottery change you and your life? 
  5. Have you ever won anything? What/How much did you win? How did you feel in that moment?
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2 replies on “British Couple Win a Lottery”

1) The first thing I would buy would be FREE TIME. I mean all the things that would allow me to have more free time (to contract a gardener, to buy a dishwasher, etc.)
2) I would leave my job, buying for an anticipate retirement. After that I would start to travel around the world in combination with periods of time for staying home.
I would put the end to my forced marriage with the bank and I would pay my mortgage in full.
3) I would distribute equal amounts among the closest family, keeping the largest part for myself.
I would probably help some cat protection organization.
4) I think this fact would change my life in the way to increase the quality of life and decrease the level of daily stress. I want to think that this fact wouldn’t drives me crazy nor stupid.
5) I have never won any amount of money by playing lottery, only the return of the initial guess.
I remember once when I won a champagne bottle in a question and answers contest and I felt very happy.
And another time I won a Christmas basket in a raffle.

Welcome to the PE blog! It’s good that you’ve decided to practice your writing through this exercise. You wrote your answers rather well.

See how you can write this sentence better:

I would leave my job, buying for an anticipate retirement.

I would leave my job and invest to anticipate and prepare for my retirement.

Write more and more to improve your skills further. Looking forward to more entries from you in the future!

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