Cheryl
(Guam): If I had1
a million dollars what would I do? Well first, I would take a portion2 of
that money and put it into savings3.
That way4 I would
not be able to spend5
that money later. Secondly6,
I would probably take some money and go traveling around the world. I would do everything that I've always wanted to do7
on my “to do list in
life”8. And
lastly I would give money to charities and churches and the rest would be given
to my family and friends and everyone I love would be given an amazing present.
Jake (United States): I would buy an
expensive house on a tropical island somewhere9
and a yacht and I would buy a very, very nice car and a private jet10. I don't know if a million dollars
would buy all this stuff12
now. But I would just spend13
my days enjoying life14.
Nydja (United States): If I won15 a million dollars I personally would ... I would probably quit work and
apply to16 a
better university. You need money to get
into college17 in the states so that would really help me
out. I think I'd definitely buy a new house, maybe not a huge mansion18 but I wouldn't be
renting anymore19 that's
for sure20.
Jonathan (Canada): If I won a
million dollars what would I do? I don't have the need to have any special large possessions21 such as22
a house or expensive car. I think that I would put the million dollars
somewhere safe23
where there is no risk of anything24,
like the stock market25,
and I would live off the interest26
for the rest of my life. Even in27
a very safe circumstance, the return would probably be three or four percent being28 thirty or
forty thousand dollars a year and I think that I could comfortably live off of
that which would allow me29
to travel and see the places in the world that I haven't been to yet30.
Mauro (Brazil):Wow! This
question's really great. What would I do with a million dollars? Wow! I would
probably invest all this money, but invest in my own businesses31. These days I just think
about making business, starting a business, so I just want to work for myself,
so I would probably invest my money creating businesses and working for myself.
It would be something really like
that32.
Nick (Australia): A million
dollars! If I won a million dollars, I'd go around the world. I haven't been to33 Africa
and I'd really like to go. Secondly34,
I'd buy a really big house with a really big television. Then after, if I had any money left35,
I would invest. Maybe give some to my parents.
Vocabulary
1. If I had = se eu tivesse
3. put it into savings =
colocar na poupança
4. That way = desta forma
5. be able to spend = ser
capaz de gastar
6. Secondly = em Segundo lugar
7. everything that I've always
wanted to do = tudo que eu sempre quis fazer
9.
Somewhere = em
algum lugar
10.
Private
11.
jet = jato particular
12.
Stuff = coisas
13.
Spend = passar
14.
enjoying life =
curtindo a vida
15.
If I won = se eu ganhasse
16.
apply to =
inscrever-se em
17. get into college = entrar para a Faculdade
18. huge mansion =mansão imensa
19.
I wouldn't be renting anymore = eu não
estaria alugando mais
20.
that's for sure
= isso com certeza
22.
such as = tais como
23.
safe = seguro
24. there is no risk of
anything = não há risco de nada
25. stock market = Mercado de
ações
26. live off the interest =
viver de juros
27. Even in = até mesmo em
28. Being = sendo
29. which would allow me = o que me permitiria
30. I haven't been to yet = eu não estive ainda
31.
my own businesses = meus próprios
negócios
32. something really like that = algo realmente assim
33. I haven't been to = eu não estive (ainda)
34. Secondly = Em segundo lugar
35.
I had any money left = Se eu tivesse
algum dinheiro sobrando