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What Would You Do with a Million Dollars?

Date: Apr 17 2009

Themes: Friend

Grammar: Second Conditional

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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

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Jason

Beren

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.

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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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kielnl

Brazil

If I had a million dollars here in Brazil I'd lose my peace, many people would appear saying they are my relativies, I'd hide myself in a different city and would start a new life.

ahmedhmd

Algeria

with a million dollars I would finish my college in america or in united kingdom, then Iwoul also by a new car and build a home in my contry and get maried ..yes Iwanna maried and Iwoul sent my parent to makka for pelerinage

Iwoul olso help lot of peoples wich does'nt have a mony

samiabenarab

France

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samiabenarab

France

With a million dollars I would take my parents and my sisters to visite the world, then built an orphanage and a moske, I woul also go with my parent and sisters to makka for pelerinage.

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anhtuan47

Viet Nam

a Million dolars,i will invest something after can change into 10 million dolars.hiii

mehmetd

Turkey

according to my religion,ı have to hand out poor peole 2,5 percent from my money..then ı d like to buy an estate about at worth a million dollars on condition turkey..this estate can bring me back about 7000 dollars rent..thus ı d like to travel around the world…

cowboy53

Thailand

Wish me luck ,I going to play lotto and mega-million tomorrow.

xiaojingde

China

i agree a million dollars dispear quckly,but the truth is that if we make full use of it ,then thevalue will increase .for me,i may invest part of it to a promissing course,set aside the rest fir future use for my further education and marridge

kinski

Turkey

yeahh, Jason, you are right, one million dollars isn't much. As for me, firstly i would buy a nice house. REst of money I would spend for education and travel.

zhzloverzy

China

a million dollars is nothing to me… these just a part of the initiative money of my company…....

dujunju

China

If I have a million,I will buy a car.

annieanna

China

wow !!maybe you are right !a million dollars can not make us more comfortable !!

annieanna

China

If i have a million dollars ，I will travel around the world , eat a lot of delecious food and buy a more big house for my parents !!

shimaa mohammed

Egypt

If I have a million dollars; oh my God I'll buy a big house contain on 5 floors because I and my sibling live togther in one house. then I'll buy a new car and give poor people some of my money and I'll build a mosque. In my mind more things I want to do.

zhouzihan

China

1 million isnt too much, why there so crzy!

a hundred million that's perfect

jecychen

China

if i have a million dollars,i'll do my best to help the poor people who are worthy to be helped,i would not join any orgnization,i just want to do something by my own idealism

Casiol

Malaysia

gives half for my parents, take some for charity, n shop till drop :p

alexa1

Saudi Arabia

really i don't know but when i Winning a million dollarsdefinitely i give my parents and I would probably make a business…....after that the million become 2 million.