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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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Victoriya

Ukraine

I think, that rich people are very poor people, that is why I don't need a Million. But if I have I think, I'll give them to the people those need them more ))

Norrine

Kazakhstan

If i had 1 million dollars i would invent it in my own busines

sleep like a log

China

oh man!smeone want to buy someting ,and want to travel with somebody!yeah!just man`s dream! I agree with the view!

mozheh

Iran, Islamic Republic Of

i would go around the world but i know it is not enough for this decision

lyn_cat_pink

Viet Nam

it's too much money, if i won that money i would buy a new house,no need large just enough for my family,n i would take my family travel all around the world:)but it's just IF:-p

Bhutta

Pakistan

If i have a million Dollars, i will move around the world with that money and rest will spend with charity work

hejiang

China

If I have a millon dollars,I will not work.First,I will buy a big house,then buy a car.Second,I will travel all around the world.Last,I will open shop and so on.But they are imppossible now.

Lingda1314

China

a millon dollars,it’s too much money for me.Firstly,i wii use it to build a new house for my parents.Secondly,use it to learn more knowledge what i want.

Shugopy

Paraguay

If I won a million dollars I would travel all around the world, I would go to Japan first, because I love it, speacially the manga! then I would go to Korea, Taiwan and China, from there I would go to Italy (I went to Italy last year but i couldn't travel all over it) go all around europe. Africa and Israel are places that I want to know too. Finally I would go to USA, from there to Mexico. It would be great get a million dollars xD

noo smile

Egypt

hahahahahahahahahahahahaha

in egypt cant't be dream

that's really

bye

mirellajulca

Peru

i will pay my tuitition

atif hussain

Pakistan

every people want million dollars.. and i m also…

Dekler

Kazakhstan

will buy private house in Paris and invest left part of money in …something successful

Marcelolic

Brazil

I think this all the time! hahaha,but I don’t need one million dollars,just the half was great! hehe

Marcelolic

Brazil

Here in Brazil One million dollars is much money! It would be twice in our currency! So,I don't need all this money,just one million in our currency and was great! hehehe

Aki in L.A

Japan

I will make a million dollars, then give it to my parents.

sleep like a log

China

a million dollar!?so cool.if i have one ,i will found my company,or study at colloge.

a milliondollar !like a dream,i will buy a computer and a lot of nice cloth and some shose and a car and a house.oh my god.this is my life .

ron1245

Israel

If I had a million dollars…

First, I wouldn't stop working, It's not enough money to make me stop working.

Second, I would spend the money to academic studies (while I would be studying I wouldn't work). Maybe Master's Degree, or even Doctorate, in Psychology, Psychiatry, Philosophy or Literature.

Finally, I would keep the money that has been saved to education to my future children or to publish the book I will write. I would make sure that a lot of money is still there so my children would also have fun with it as I did.