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Pre-Reading Activities
A: Discussion
Answer these questions with a partner:
1. Have you ever won any money?
2. Do you know of anyone who has won a lottery jackpot*?
3. How much money would most people need to win to change their lives?
4. What would be the first thing you would do if you won a lottery?
5. Who would you help if you won a lottery?
6. Who would you tell if you won a lottery?
7. Would you have a big party if you won a lottery? Why or why not?
*jackpot-a large sum of money which is the most valuable prize in a lottery
Reading Activities
A: Comprehension
Read Part One of Article One and answer these questions:
1. How much did the woman win?
2. What is the name of the lottery?
3. How did the woman win?
Article One Part One
Irish woman wins record 115 million euros
DUBLIN Mon Aug 1 (Reuters) - An Irish woman has won one of Europe's biggest lottery prizes -- 115 million euros (US$139.2 million) in the EuroMillions jackpot.
The woman was the only person who chose the five winning numbers and ticked off the two "star" numbers, lottery officials said.
No one had won the jackpot since May. The winning numbers were 3, 19, 26, 49, and 50, and the Lucky Stars were 4 and 5. (Continued/...)
Read PartTwo of ArticleTwo and answer these questions.
4. Where is the winner from?
5. What kind of house does she have?
6. How many children does she have?
7. Where was the winner when she heard about her win?
8. What did she do when she heard about her win?
Article One Part Two
(.../Continued) RTE state radio said the winner was a woman from Gallyowen, Limerick, in southwest Ireland.
Ireland Online said the winner's small, white house was empty on Saturday.
The woman has five children of whom the youngest two still live at the family home.
Her youngest son, 13, cycled around telling excited friends he would like to buy a horse and go on holiday, the website said.
It said the woman was in a bar in Limerick on Friday night when she checked her ticket to find she had drawn the winning numbers She then showed the winning ticket to everybody and champagne was brought out for a big party.
A man who said he was with her at the time told the radio station that she went to the police to ask them to take care of her ticket.
"She went up to the Garda (Irish police) station for them to look after it." The man said the police said they couldn't look after it so they phoned her bank manager.
"He came down to the Garda station and picked her up and took her to the bank and put it in the vault."
B: Sequencing
Read Part Two of Article One again and put these events in order.
___ She asked the police to look after her ticket.
___ She showed her ticket to all the people in the bar.
___ The woman was in a bar.
___ A man who was with her talked to RTE state radio.
___ She heard that she had the winning numbers.
___ She went to the police.
___ The police said they couldn't look after the ticket.
___ The police phoned her bank manager.
___ Everyone drank champagne.
___ The bank manager took the woman to the bank.
___ He put her ticket in the bank's vault.
___ The bank manager went to the police station.
C: Give your Opinion
Answer these questions in pairs.
1. If you won a lottery jackpot, would you give your name to reporters?
2. If you won a lottery jackpot, would you continue working or studying?
3. How do you think you would feel if you won a lottery?
D: Compare your Answers
Now read Article Two and find out if the winner of the Powerball jackpot had the same opinions as you:
1. Did the winner of the Powerball jackpot give her name to reporters?
2. Did the winner continue working or studying?
3. How did the winner feel when she heard the news that she had won?
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