Task 1
Read the article. Life-changing, or is it ...? You win the Lottery. Do you buy a 10-bedroomed
mansion, a gold-plated yacht and a Picasso? Or do you just live a bit more
comfortably? In January 2006, Tony Bryan was working in a factory
that produces the flavourings they put on fried chicken. He got a message
telling him to call his wife, Rachel, urgently. He called his wife, but the
line was engaged. Expecting the worst, he jumped into his car and raced home.
His seven-year-old daughter opened the door with a smile and said, 'We've won
the lottery, Daddy.' He found Rachel in the living room holding a lottery
ticket worth £2.6m. Their lives had changed forever. Today, he and his family live in a nice house with a
lot of land. They have two goats, and ducks and chickens. It seems that they
have adapted brilliantly. They are enjoying their money, but they have not
stopped working. They run a caravan park in the field next to the house, and
they sell their own vegetables. They haven't exactly been relaxing. 'All your life you get up and go to work to earn money
to buy a car, or a holiday, or a better house,' says Tony. 'If you take that
away, what is the point of getting up? So you quit your job, you start to get
up late, you watch morning TV, then you go shopping, then wait for school
pick-up time. After a couple of weeks, you begin to wonder what the point of it
is. We had six months going on nice holidays, but then we had to sit down and
decide what to do in the long-term.' So they didn't buy an Aston Martin or even a Mercedes. 'I couldn't justify
spending £30,000 on a car,' he says. 'It's a ridiculous amount, no matter how
much money you have.' They are very careful
with their money. 'You don't stop worrying when you win the lottery. You just
worry about different things. I felt guilty that we had lots of money. We were
just lucky…' As I leave, the telephone rings.
'It's £8 per night for a caravan…' says their daughter. I set off home, past
their vegetable stall at the end of the drive. Tomatoes are 50p a kilo. A
cucumber is 50p.
l Mark the sentence True, False, or Doesn't Say: Tony was very worried when he got his wife's message.
2 Mark the sentence True, False, or Doesn't Say: Tony continued working in a factory for a few months after the lottery win.
3 Mark the sentence True, False, or Doesn't Say: He and his family now live in the city.
4 Mark the sentence True, False, or Doesn't Say: They lived very differently for the first six months after the lottery win.
5 Mark the sentence True, False, or Doesn't Say: Tony thinks that if you don't work, it's hard to know what to do with your life.
6 Mark the sentence True, False, or Doesn't Say: Their daughter now goes to a private school.