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Volume 2 Unit 6 TOP Talks
Splendid Expressions
Money

Unit 23: Winning the Lottery

Task: Presentation (1-2 minutes)
Topic vocabulary
To become a millionaire
1. Introduction: Read the following newspaper extract:
overnight
A tidy sum
A small fortune
To be in the money
Everyones a winner!
To be set up for life Its something we all the cash to help those
To be well off
To have money to burn
dream of winning the closest to them rather than
To go on a spending spree lottery! Yet contrary to indulging in an extravagant
To splash out popular opinion, 75% of lifestyle. The surprising
To make a donation
To provide funds/financial
people in a recent survey findings follow another
support said that they would use survey that showed people
Proverbs and sayings
Its often said that: 2. Planning: Spend 1 minute making notes. Use a mind map if it helps, or
just ask yourself the following questions.
the love of money is the root How would it feel to win a huge sum of money?
of all evil. How would it change your life?
you should save money for a What drawbacks, if any, would there be to winning a huge sum of money?
rainy day.
money cant buy love or 3. Task focus: This topic requires you to use speculative language. This
happiness. includes the use of the 2nd Conditional:
you should neither a borrower I would probably spend more time on my interests and hobbies.
nor a lender be.
we live in a buy-now-pay- as well as expressions such as:
later society. Id imagine
a fool and his money are soon Its likely that
parted. I doubt whether

Focus on using speculative language during your talk.

4. Language: Tick any of the vocabulary and sayings on the topic of money
you want to use in your talk.

Task: Discussion (4-5 minutes)

Listen to Stefania from
Italy talking on a similar
s u b j e c t. S e e t h e A p r i l
a r c h i ve s ( I n t e r vi e w 2 3 )
at:
s p l e n d i d- s p e a k i n g . c o m
Youve discovered youve won $15 million on the lottery! What are you going
to do with all that money? How much of it would you spend on:
Investments | Your family | Your friends | Charity | Yourself
Share your views in a group. Explain your decisions and if necessary be
prepared to justify your choices.