Intro
1. Learn Vocabulary - Learn some new vocabulary before you start the lesson.
2. Read and Prepare - Read the introduction and prepare to hear the audio.
In case you haven’t heard already, English, baby! now has a million members. That’s pretty cool. You know what else would be cool? Winning a million dollars.
Have you ever thought about what you’d do if you won that much money? It’s fun to think about all the things you’d be able to buy with a million bucks, like an expensive car, a new house, or fancy new clothes and shoes. But is a million dollars really enough money to make a person rich these days? In the U.S., a million dollars would definitely make you extremely well-off. But it’s probably not enough money to allow you to quit your job and never work again.
Listen to Jason and Beren talk about what they’d do with a million dollars.
Dialog
1. Listen and Read - Listen to the audio and read the dialog at the same time.
2. Study - Read the dialog again to see how the vocab words are used.
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Jason: I just entered this contest where I could win a million dollars.
Beren: Uh-huh.
Jason: And it got me thinking, like, what would I do if I won a million dollars?
Beren: I know what I would do if I won a million dollars. I think first I’d buy a helicopter.
Jason: Nice!
Beren: And then I’d get an above-ground swimming pool.
Jason: OK. At the house you’re at right now?
Beren: Uh-huh, at the house I’m at right now.
Jason: OK.
Beren: Then, I really really want one of those Aston Martin James Bond cars, so I’d get a couple of those. And then I would probably buy a house, or buy the house that I live at at now.
Jason: OK, that would probably take up all million dollars right there.
Beren: Do you think? Really?
Jason: Yeah. I mean, a million isn’t that much when you think about it, ‘cause after taxes it’s only like 60 grand, and then you’re gonna want to pay off all your debts, and lend a bunch of people money, and donate some money to your favorite charity, and like, you know, give your parents a gift or whatever. And the next thing you know, you’re down to twenty bucks!
Beren: Woah, that’s true. A million dollars, though, it sounds like so much money.
Jason: I feel like once you got there you’d be like, now I need a hundred million dollars.
Beren: That’s true. That’s true. I do need a hundred million dollars.
Grammar Point
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Discussion
Jason recently entered a contest with a prize of one million dollars. He’s been thinking about how he would spend that money if he won. If Beren had a million dollars, there are a lot of things she’d want to buy. But Jason doesn’t think she’d be able to afford everything she wants.
A million dollars can disappear pretty quickly. When you win some money, you have to pay taxes on it to the government. You might also want to use some of it to pay off debt. And if you don’t share some with your friends and family, or give some of it away to charity, you might feel guilty. Once you had a million dollars, you might still feel unsatisfied and wish you had more money.
What would you buy if you won a million dollars? Would you give any of it away?
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