#0192 – Winning the Lottery, - Ang, mater, ESL Podcast McQuillan Jeff mp3+PDF
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ESL Podcast 192 – Winning the Lottery
GLOSSARY
lottery ticket
– a small piece of paper that you buy for a game of luck where you
pick numbers and you win if your numbers are the same numbers picked by a
machine
* Most people believe that the more lottery tickets you buy, the better your
chances are of winning.
jackpot
– the large cash prize
* All of the newspapers wrote about the winner of the $200 million jackpot.
to imagine
– to suppose; to see in your mind
* It’s hard to imagine how different my life would be if I had been born 150 years
earlier.
drawing
– the choosing of a winner in a game of luck
* Her husband bought six tickets hoping to win the big-screen TV.
o be televised
– to be shown on television
* This year’s World Cup games were televised in over 50 countries around the
world.
what would you do if…
– a phrase used to ask how someone would react in a
situation
* What would you do if your daughter had a big party for her entire school at your
house while you were out of town?
the first thing I would do
– a phrase used to tell someone what you would do
before anything else in a situation
* If my house caught fire, the first thing I would do is to get the kids out of the
house.
to slave
– to work very hard for little or no money
* His computer job has him slaving away for 15 hours a day!
If I were…I would
– a phrase used to tell someone what you would do in a
situation
* If I were rich, I would go on vacation whenever and wherever I wanted.
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I’ve always wanted to…
– a phrase used for something that you have been
thinking about doing for a long time but have not yet done
* She went mountain climbing in Fance? I’ve always wanted to do that!
It’s never too late to…
– a phrase used to say that there is still time to do
something
* It’s never too late to learn how to ride a bicycle.
you can’t teach on old dog new tricks
– a phrase meaning you are not too old
to change, to do something different, or to learn something new
* He was teaching his father how to send email, but his father said, “You can’t
teach on old dog new tricks.”
retire
– to stop working and to live on money you have saved, usually after many
years of work
* Many people in the U.S. retire when they are 65 years old.
to suppose
– to guess, usually about something you aren’t sure about
* I suppose we’d have to move if he gets a job in another city.
coming out of the woodwork
– something coming from somewhere not obvious
or easily seen
* When that great job was advertised online, a lot of people came out of the
woodwork to apply.
to pester
– to bother or annoy
* The neighbors keep pestering us to cut that big tree in our front yard, but I like it
just the way it is.
curse
– something that is believe to cause harm or bad luck
* Sometimes I think that being tall is a curse because I am always hitting my
head against things.
don’t hold your breath
– a phrase used for something that is unlikely to ever
happen
* Don’t hold your breath if you think I’m going to do your work for you over the
weekend.
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ESL Podcast 192 – Winning the Lottery
COMPREHENSION QUESTIONS
1. What would Daniela do if she wins the lottery?
a) Travel.
b) Tell all her friends and family about the money.
c) Quit her job.
2. If Boris were younger and he won the lottery, he would:
a) Lean to fly a plane.
b) Buy a new house.
c) Give away the money.
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WHAT ELSE DOES IT MEAN?
drawing
The word “drawing,” in this podcast, is used as a noun to mean the choosing of a
winner in a game of luck, like the lottery: “I’m sure I’m going to win the big prize in
tomorrow’s drawing.” It can also be used as a verb, “to draw,” to mean to pick:
“He was hoping to draw the number 8, but he got the number 6 instead.” The
most common use of the word “drawing,” though, is to mean a picture that you
someone makes: “Her drawings are always colorful.” And, “to draw,” in this case,
means to make a picture: “It’s difficult to draw good pictures of people because
their eyes and mouth move often and quickly.”
retires
In this podcast, the word “retire” means to stop working: “The president of the
company held a big meeting to announce that she would retire at the end of the
month.” This is the way the word is generally used. But the word can mean
something else. “To retire” is a formal way to say to go to bed or to go to sleep:
“I retired at 2 a.m. last night, right after the last party guest left.” We can also
retire things, or stop using them because they have a special meaning, usually in
sports: “When Joe DiMaggio retired from baseball, they retired his number and
no player for the Yankees will ever have the number 5 again.”
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CULTURE NOTE
In the United States, lotteries are run by the states. For example, in California,
you can buy a lottery ticket for the California Super Lotto. There are also lotteries
formed by several states together. These are called “interstate,” or more than
one state, lotteries and they have very big jackpots. The more popular ones are
the Tri-State Lotto for the states of Maine, New Hampshire, and Vermont; Mega
Millions for the states of Georgia, Illinois, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan,
Virginia, New Jersey, New York, Ohio, Washington, Texas, and California; and
Powerball in which 29 states, Washington, D.C. and the U.S. Virgin Islands all
participate. In all of these lotteries, you pick a group of numbers to match the set
of numbers chosen by a machine.
When someone buys a lottery ticket, they have a choice of how they want their
money if they win. They can choose the “lump sum” option to get the money all
at one time right away, but the amount of money they get is about half of the
actual jackpot. Or, they can get the money “in annual installments,” which means
that the jackpot will be paid to them over many years, such as 20, but they will
get most of the jackpot amount.
There are also smaller lotteries that do not pay as much, but that are still popular
because they can know right away if they have won. Instant tickets, also known
as “scratch cards” or “scratchers” are small paper cards that have a covering
over the pictures or numbers. You “scratch,” or rub, the covering off to see if you
are a winner. If you win, you can normally get your prize right away by bringing it
back to the place where you bought it.
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Comprehension Questions Correct Answers: 1 – c; 2 – a
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ESL Podcast 192 – Winning the Lottery
COMPLETE TRANSCRIPT
Welcome to English as a Second Language Podcast number 192, “Winning the
Lottery.”
This is English as a Second Language Podcast episode 192. I'm your host, Dr.
Jeff McQuillan, coming to you from the Center for Educational Development in
beautiful Los Angeles, California. Be sure to visit our website at eslpod.com for
more information about this podcast, and for the Learning Guide that goes with
this podcast. It will give you all of the vocabulary words with definitions,
additional explanations, cultural notes, and a complete transcript of this podcast.
Today's podcast is about being very lucky, about “Winning the Lottery.” Let's go.
[Start of story]
Daniela: I got our lottery tickets during my lunch break. The jackpot is up to
$168 million dollars. Imagine if we won.
Boris: Thanks for getting mine, too. When is the drawing?
Daniela: Saturday at 6 PM. It’s being televised on Channel 4.
Boris: What would you do if you had $168 million dollars?
Daniela: The first thing I would do is quit my job! No more slaving away for me.
What would you do?
Boris: If I were rich, I would travel around the world. If I were younger, I’d learn
how to fly a plane. I’ve always wanted to do that.
Daniela: It’s never too late. You could still do that.
Boris: You can’t teach an old dog new tricks. I’d probably just retire and buy
myself a nice new house.
Daniela: Yeah, that sounds nice. I suppose I’d have a lot of family and friends
asking for money.
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