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BNE:People often talk about “the luck of the Irish”, which _______ to folks from the Emerald Isle being a tad luckier than ordinary _______. This proved true on July 30, when Dolores McNamara, from Limerick, _______ a mammoth $135 million on the European Lottery in a winner-take-all jackpot. The mind-boggling _______ has left Ms. McNamara recovering from the shock of her sudden _______ and totally __________. The jackpot had not been won since May and had been rolled over nine times, keeping hopeful ticket holders around Europe on __________. The winning amount is nearly double that of the previous record best.

Ms. McNamara had been enjoying a _______ _______ in a bar when she checked her ticket. She had apparently just told a friend: “There’s little _______ in checking the ticket. I can’t even win an argument, let _______ the lottery”. However, _______ Luck smiled on her seconds later and she went straight to the police, fearful that she might lose her newly _______ fortune. A policeman told her he had no jurisdiction to look after the ticket and phoned her bank manager, who readily _______ by placing the ticket in a bank _______ for safekeeping. Unfortunately, Monday is a national holiday in Ireland, so Dolores must wait until Tuesday before she can _______ the ticket and get her hands on her _______.

1. What adjectives describe your feelings as you read the story?
2. Do you think some people are luckier than others?
3. How would you react in the seconds or minutes following news that you had won such a large amount of money?
4. Have you ever received any kind of windfall?
5. Have you ever been kept on tenterhooks about anything?
6. How mind-boggling do you think having $135 million would be?
7. What do you think of lotteries?
8. Will you go and buy a lottery ticket after this lesson?
9. Did you like this discussion?

71) Imagine you have won $135 million. Write the entry in your journal / diary about the day after your win. Read your letter to your classmates in the next lesson. Did you all write about similar things?

72) Talk to your partner about different forms of gambling. Which do you think are dangerous? What are the dangers? Which have you tried? What was the attraction?

23) Match the words to the photos.

1. A bank

2. A credit card

3. A bank account

4. A cashier

5. A bank manager

6. A cheque

24) What complaints do you think people have about banks? Think. Then, read the article once to check your ideas.

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