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Windfall

Windfall English, baby! Video Lesson

Date: Aug 18 2009

Themes: Soap Opera

Grammar: Second Conditional

Intro

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When you check your mail, what do you hope to find? What could be the best thing in your mail box? A letter from a friend? A check from someone who owes you money?

How about a letter telling you that relative you never knew has died and left you a fortune? Stranger things have happened! See what Devan finds in the mail box today. Could it be a windfall?

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Devan

Devan

Jason

Jason

Devan:  Hi.

Jason:  Hey.

Devan:  Oh my God. The greatest thing has happened.

Jason:  You found five bucks?

Devan:  Kind of. My Aunt Thelma died.

Jason:  Who’s Aunt Thelma? I’m sorry.

Devan:  I don’t even know who she is so it doesn’t matter. That’s not the point.

Jason:  You never met her or anything?

Devan:  No. But she left me…Guess. Guess how much money she left me.

Jason:  Two thousand dollars.

Devan:  OK. Take that number and add another two zeros to it.

Jason:  Two hundred thousand dollars? And you never knew she even existed?

Devan:  Eeee!

Jason:  Oh my God!

Devan:  So…

Jason:  Wow!

Devan:  I know. I’m totally freaking out. So I think…I’ve been thinking about it and I think we should travel the world and quit our jobs.

Jason:  Yeah. That’s tempting.

Devan:  Yeah?

Jason:  But, you know, I thought about this and I think that if we…I always thought that if I got, like, a bunch of money that I would start my own business. ‘Cause I think if we just travel around the world we would have to, like, come back and have, like, crummy jobs again. You know? Let’s start a company. We could do anything we want for the rest of our lives instead of having, like, one summer of fun or whatever.

Devan:  You’re right. You know…You’re right. You’re absolutely right. Like, I was, like, so hyped on the idea that it’s just like blowing money left and right, going to Paris, and Australia, but we can do that later. And we can do it with more money.

Jason:  I like how you think.

Devan:  So, what kind of business should we start?

Jason:  Well, that’s the question.

 

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Devan has inherited a fortune from an aunt she never knew. She tells Jason that she’d like to go traveling, but Jason has another idea: why not start a business? That way the money will change their lives forever.

Plus, as Devan points out, after her business gets going, she can travel with even more money! Now all she has to do is figure out what sort of business to start.

What kind of business should Devan start? What would you do if you inherited $200,000?

Read Devan’s blog about what she would really do if she inherited a fortune.

 

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Dabren

Dabren

Mexico

Oh Wow If Iinherited $200, 000 i would travel arround the world, because i stay alive only one time, so i prefer enjoy the life that keep working jejeje well this is my opinion, and maybe im a crazy girl, but i like it Money mouth

 

ME DAS !!! =P

04:20 PM Aug 18 2009 |

rosendo

rosendo

Mexico

mmm , i havent inherited something from someone talking abt money , but if 1 inherited a " bunch of benjamins" i would save them to have my own bussines as jason said.

ASKO :)

03:36 PM Aug 18 2009 |

glassy heart

Saudi Arabia

she can choise   any bussnise that let her gain more mony ,ex stuck market,skin care,pay apartement to rent it, .etc..they should think a about the best bussnice for their future

if i have 200.000 dolars ,i would build MASJED for muslims to pray,and give some for sharity to help people..or i ll go abroud,,

02:08 PM Aug 18 2009 |

nghiemhoa

Viet Nam

if i inherited 200000 dollars.i would start a clothes shop,i like new clothes and if i had a clothes shop i would change my clothes more often,Smile. but more important,i would earn much money for my family and i can do charity

01:33 PM Aug 18 2009 |

clutchmann

clutchmann

Hungary

I think it would be better to start more business from these bucks.

The more business you start, the more possibilities you get that at least one of them will work successfully.

11:36 AM Aug 18 2009 |

shadowchun

shadowchun

Taiwan

mailbox…sometimes i hate it xD they asked me to spend money !! and there would be my grade list in it (( but i alwaz through it away if that i got it not my family

09:48 AM Aug 18 2009 |

OlgaSummer

OlgaSummer

Ukraine

I believe in fortune)))

08:39 AM Aug 18 2009 |

traciwan

traciwan

China

good luck to us all!

but it's hard to figure out the way to blow all the money!

05:30 AM Aug 18 2009 |

blueskun

blueskun

China

crazy baby

03:09 AM Aug 18 2009 |

blueskun

blueskun

China

i  have  no  suprise   inbox ,there  are  only  bills.if i  had  that money,  i wiil feel  better

03:08 AM Aug 18 2009 |

blueskun

blueskun

China

i  have  no  suprise   inbox ,there  are  only  bills.if i  had  that money,  i wiil feel  better

03:08 AM Aug 18 2009 |

Denny500

Denny500

Australia

I agree that we can easily blow $200K with only a couple of albums left. So start a business is a great idea. 

 

But, I don't think $200K can start a good business either. Anyway, $200K is great but still need to keep a crummy life.

02:22 AM Aug 18 2009 |

zhangxiaomie

China

There is no stranger things happened to me. for these days,i always bought some lottery tickets.but i have never win a prize in a lottery.
i think people should be down-to-earth.don’t except a windfall coming.

02:15 AM Aug 18 2009 |

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