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Hi Easy English Learners.

We're out here on the streets of Old Town Alexandria

just outside of Washington D.C.

And we're gonna be asking people what they would do

if they won the lottery

and how this would change their life.

So we hope to get a lot of good answers

and we hope you all follow along and enjoy it.

Okay so the question today is...

What would you do if you won the lottery?

Wow! You guys start. That's you guys.

Well if I won the lottery I would definitely want to

be able to travel to see the world

and see different communities and how they live and

um... just be able to experience a life beyond our

country and our city that we live in now.

I don't know... have... have some fun but try to

show some restraint too

and kinda plan for the long haul.

Cause that what I hear is...

is a problem with lottery winners.

Give some to my family and then I would build a school

for kids with special needs.

I would take a trip around the world. - First class!

First class!

Um... I would travel the world.

And help people. I'd donate money as well...

to different causes.

Um... I think I'd buy uh...

I'd get some hookers and a lot of cocaine. -Ay!

I'm joking! I'm joking!

But uh... seriously uh... I think I would...

I'd buy a private jet... a nice house and I'd go party.

Um... donate to either to like... foster charities or

orphanages around the world.

Um... I think it's important to help children that

can't really help themselves.

You can donate my portion. -yeah!

Oh boy... okay...

I think I'd buy a place in the mountains first.

And then maybe do some good in the world as well.

I'd pay off my tuition first. -Amen

And then I would try to do a lot of charity work

in South America.

Um... Pay off my student debt.

- Oh I don't have student loans... so I don't have to...

And I'd give some to family and friends.

- Same thing.

Uh... Pay off her student loans. - Yeah...

I should do that too.

And um... Donate heavily to my church.

Once I got past the selfish part of traveling

and seeing some of the world I would definitely uh...

help the family and extended family.

I mean of course I have to be the greedy one...

and be like... Well you know I'd get a...

First I'd get myself a really nice fast car.

And then I'd... And a nice motorcycle.

And then I'd use the motorcycle and do a world tour

of the United States... or uh...

round tour of the United States on... on a motorcycle.

Cause I think it'd be awesome.

I'd get him a motorcycle and take him with me.

(strong southern U.S. accent) I'd probably take a vacation.

And how do you think this would change your life...

having all this financial wealth?

Um... You would think that it would be really great...

I mean... having a lot of money.

But I'm sure it comes with a lot of problems.

You know... I'm sure people would come outta nowhere...

You know... try to get something... You know...

Find... Become my friend or try to get something from me.

So... It could probably be a little bit of added pressure

I would think.

Money is always an issue. So...

And plus it would help all my children.

(British accent) I don't think it would change our life at all.

No... In fact... we'd wonder what to do with it all.

And it'd be a problem.

(strong southern U.S. accent) It would uh...

It would lose... It would cost us our privacy - yes

probably. And I wouldn't like that.

Um... I wouldn't have to worry about bills... my morgage.

Just need somebody to take care of her so I can travel.

I... I... I know people get like... too like...

carried away with that...

That's why I would rather do something that's not like...

more for like... me I guess. Cause then...

I don't wanna get into the whole like...

go crazy over the money thing.

There'd be a little less stress.

Well... I'd hope it would be a positive influence and

not... not be too bad but... and make me uh...

more selfish but I hope that I could use it

to help other people.

That's a good question. I mean maybe I'll be happier

cause I'll be able to do things I wanna do... you know.

I won't have student debt.

I'll be able to own a business.

I'll be able to help others in my life.

I think that I would have relatives

coming out of the woodwork... that all of a sudden

would decide I'm their favorite cousin...

their favorite niece... their favorite Aunt and Uncle.

And um... I would have to go in hiding for a little bit.

Just to... you know... keep a low profile.

- I would be one of those people.

You would come find me? -Just so you know.

Okay... Well I will remember you... Okay?

Uh... I'd be funner (more fun).

It'd be nice to have that much money.

Alright Easy English learners... Thanks again for

coming out and following along with us.

We got a lot of good answers out here on the streets of

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Thanks for following along. We hope you've enjoyed

this today. And we certainly have. Thanks!

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
lottery /ˈlɒtəri/ B2	noun - a system of raising money by selling numbered tickets
communities /kəˈmjuːnɪtiz/ B1	noun - a group of people living in the same place
restraint /rɪˈstreɪnt/ C1	noun - moderation or self-control
donate /dəʊˈneɪt/ B2	verb - give money or goods for a good cause
tuition /tjuˈɪʃn/ B2	noun - a sum of money charged for teaching by an institution
charity /ˈtʃærəti/ B1	noun - an organization set up to provide help to the needy
selfish /ˈselfɪʃ/ B1	adjective - lacking consideration for others
greedy /ˈɡriːdi/ B2	adjective - having an intense desire for wealth
financial /faɪˈnænʃl/ B1	adjective - relating to money matters
wealth /welθ/ B2	noun - an abundance of valuable possessions or money
privacy /ˈprɪvəsi/ B1	noun - the state of being free from public attention
mortgage /ˈmɔːɡɪdʒ/ B2	noun - a legal agreement by which a bank lends money for property
influence /ˈɪnfluəns/ B2	noun - the capacity to have an effect on someone
relatives /ˈrelətɪvz/ A2	noun - a person connected by blood or marriage
subscribe /səbˈskraɪb/ B1	verb - arrange to receive something regularly

Key Grammar Structures

• What would you do if you won the lottery?

  ➔ Second Conditional (Hypothetical situations)

  ➔ Use 'would' + base verb and 'past simple' to discuss imaginary future or present scenarios.

• I would definitely want to be able to travel

  ➔ Modal verbs of possibility/desire

  ➔ 'Would' adds a sense of conditional desire, and 'be able to' indicates ability.

• I don't have student loans... so I don't have to...

  ➔ Have to (Obligation/Necessity)

  ➔ 'Have to' implies an external requirement or necessity.

• It's important to help children that can't really help themselves.

  ➔ Relative clauses (defining)

  ➔ 'That' functions as a relative pronoun to define which children we are talking about.

• I've heard that's a problem with lottery winners.

  ➔ Present Perfect (Experience/Recent news)

  ➔ 'I've heard' (I have heard) connects past experience to the present moment.

• I think I would have relatives coming out of the woodwork.

  ➔ Phrasal verbs/Idiomatic expressions

  ➔ 'Coming out of the woodwork' is an idiom meaning to appear suddenly.

• I wouldn't have to worry about bills.

  ➔ Modal + Negative structure (would not + have to)

  ➔ Negative 'would' expresses the absence of a hypothetical obligation.

• I hope that I could use it to help other people.

  ➔ Complex sentences with 'that' clause

  ➔ 'That' introduces a noun clause acting as the object of the verb 'hope'.