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Mrs Wood won some money. |) How?

2) How much? 3) Did she give the money

to her family? \

Read and decide.

When a cheque for £200,000 arrived in the post one morning, Mrs Wood |
nearly fainted. She did the football pools every week, but she never expected |
to win anything. She never mentioned it to her family because she did not want

them to laugh at her. Her husband and her son Ron knew all about football. \

g 5 They did the pools every week too and quite often won a few pounds.
: The family was in the kitchen when she came in holding the cheque, unable
to say a word. Her husband took the cheque from her and put it in the middle
of the kitchen table. Her son made her sit down and her daughter Diane gave \
her a cup of tea Two hundred thousand pounds! They forgot all about Mrs

|O Wood and began to argue about the money.

«well, I'll be able to give up my job at last and stay at home,” said Mr \

Wood. He was fifty-two and worked as a lorry driver. “We'll buy a nice house

in the country, a new car — and have a nice easy life!” |

“Don't be selfish: Dad!” exclaimed Ron. “You're old — you don't need the

I 5 money! There's
No, | have a different idea. We'll start a business — something in computers |
| run it and you can help. And we'll all share the profits.” :
n to you!” Diane said. “You're just as selfish as Dad! And you're \
both stupid! This money won't do us any good... can't you see that? It'll ruin |
20 our lives. Money always ruins people’s lives. The best thing to do is to send
the cheque back, of else give it to charity.”
Then a real argument broke out. It went on and on until a voice interrupted |
them. “Stop it. all of you!” lt was Mrs Wood, with a determined look on her pe |
face. “Now listen to me,” she said, standing up. “You've all forgotten some- \

25 thing, haven't you! This is my money, not yours. | won it and I'm going to

spend it. Of course Pll give you all a share. After all, you are my family! But

/’ll make the decisions! ls that clear?”

Mrs Wood picked up the cheque and put it in her pocket. Then, without |

saying another word, she walked out of the room.

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“eaited (line 2); give up my job (line 11): selfish (line 14); |
charity (line 21); broke out (line 22); determined (line 23). | |
Now choose the right meaning.

stop working i |
thinking only of oneself 5 a group doing good work for others |

fell down unconscious 6 began: |