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Vocabulary vague language expressions
A great inheritance Grammar modal verbs (3): past forms
and related verbs

QUICK REVIEW Colloquial words/phrases Make
a list of six colloquial words/ phrases: stressed out,
a hassle, etc. Work in pairs. Swap lists. Take turns
to make sentences about people you know with Who do the wealthy leave their money to?
words/phrases from your partner's list. Millie Donaldson
.....

t's not always easy for have very different ideas
Iwealthy people to decide about who they should leave
Vocabulary Vague language expressions who {or what) to leave their their money to.
money to when they die Bill Gates, co-founder of
D a Match the words/phrases/suffix in bold to and quite a few of them Microsoft, is rumoured to be
meanings a or b. Check in llMQ;!:il!fll;tifl> p155. make some very unusual worth in excess of $54b and
choices. he's decided to leave the vast
a approximately b a large amount Due to her vast wealth, majority of this fortune to
New York hotelier Leona charitable causes. Of course,
Helmsley was able to leave like most other parents,
1 I've got tons of
$12m to her dog, Trouble. he could have chosen to
2 I spend somewhere in the region of a The money for the dog's leave his money to his
month on public transport.
welfare was left in the hands children, but he hasn't. When
3 It's roughly _ kilometres from home to here. of Leona's brother, Alvin talking about his children's
4 Loads of my friends Rosenthal. He also inherited inheritance he said, "It will
5 There must have been odd people at the money from his sister, but be a minuscule portion of my
last party I went to. amazingly he received wealth. It will mean they have
$2m less than the dog! to find their own way. They
6 The vast majority of people in this country ___ _
Leona isn't an exception. will be given an unbelievable
7 It takes me an hour to get to , give or take According to the MailOnline education and that will
ten minutes. www.english0905.com be paid for. And certainly
newspaper, there are
a I'm going to visit __ in a week or so. roughly 1.5 million people anything related to health
9 A great deal of my time is spent in the UK alone who plan to issues we will take care of.
leave money to their pets. But in terms of their income,
10 Some people I know spend a huge amount of money
However, there are other they will have to pick a job
on
extremely rich people who they like and go to work."
11 After class I usually get home about ish.
12 I usually go to bed around __ _ p.m.

b Choose six sentences from 1a. Then complete
El a Read the article again. Underline the parts of the
the sentences to make them true for you.
article that tell us these things.
c Work in pairs. Take turns to tell each other your
1 Leona chose someone to take care of her dog.
sentences. Ask follow-up questions if possible.
2 The writer was surprised by the amount Leona's
I've got tons of work I What have you got to do? I brother inherited.

to do next week. 3 Bill Gates will only leave a small amount of money
,,,- to his children.
4 He will financially help his children in certain areas
Speaking and Reading of their lives.
5 Even before Anita Roddick died, her children knew they
El a Work in pairs. What are the advantages and wouldn't get any money.
disadvantages of getting a large inheritance? If you had
6 The writer has respect for how Anita Roddick's
a large fortune, who would you leave it to and why?
children reacted.
b Read the article quickly. Complete these sentences.
b Work in groups. Discuss these questions.
1 The story about Leona Helmsley is different from the 1 Do you think Leona was right to leave so much to her dog?
others because ...
Why? /Why not?
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2 The stories about Bill Gates and Anita Roddick are 2 Do you think Bill and Anita's decisions about their children's
similar because ...
inheritance were fair? Why? /Why not?
3 The stories about Bill Gates and Anita Roddick are 3 In your country would it be acceptable to do what these
different because ...
people did?