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[English]

Lois, I need $28,000.

For what?

I've decided I want to open a sushi restaurant.

What do you know about sushi?

I don't care about the sushi.

I just want to yell at customers when they walk in the door.

(speaking faux Japanese)

Here comes a black guy!

Peter, you're not getting money

for that or anything else.

We're running seriously low on cash right now.

In fact, I may have to get my own full-time job.

Geez. Are we really living that close to the edge?

You know we are, Brian.

Why do you think we waited so long

to take you to the groomer's last month?

Hey, isn't it time for me to get a haircut?

Oh, no. I think you just got one.

Are you sure?

'Cause I feel like my nails are really long.

Yeah, I'll check, but I'm pretty sure

it's not for another couple of weeks.

(panting)

What day is this?

Like it or not, we're going to have to start

living on a strict budget for a while.

Good evening. I'm Tom Tucker, and this is...

♪ News... ♪

I thought you were going to sing with me, Joyce.

Okay. Our top story tonight.

The Rhode Island State Lottery

has climbed to a record $150 million jackpot.

That's right, Tom.

Powerball fever has officially gripped Quahog.

We sent Channel Five News Asian correspondent

Tricia Takanawa around town to get the public reaction.

Mayor West, what do you plan to do if you win the lottery?

Well, I'd finally splurge and buy myself

one of those fancy four-piece suits.

I'd like to join your country club.

I assume that won't be a problem.

And how about you, every Persian guy in the world?

ALL: White BMW.

There you go, Lois.

That's the answer right there.

We'll just win the lottery.

In fact, I'm going to go buy my winning ticket right now.

Peter, what's wrong?

It's, uh, nothing.

I'm just going to wait a minute.

There's teenagers in skinny jeans out there.

Everyone, I got big news.

We are going to be rich.

Oh, my God, Peter.

There are thousands of lottery tickets here.

Where did you get the money for all these?

Simple. I took out a second mortgage on the house.

What?! Peter, this is idiotic.

Your odds of winning are like 100 million to one.

Don't you know the lottery is just a tax on stupid people?

Would you be saying that if the prize

was 150 million bags of the neighbor's garbage?

But it's not.

I mean... I mean, is it?

It's... that-that is an unrealistic, unfair question.

Peter, Brian's right.

How can you be so irresponsible?

You take these tickets back right now.

No way, Lois.

We're going to win.

I got lots of good karma built up

from doing those USO shows.

(laughter)

So, apparently, they found

a weapon of mass destruction-- my putter.

(laughter)

All right, boys. Go get 'em over there.

Key Vocabulary

Vocabulary	Meanings
decided /dɪˈsaɪdɪd/ B1	verb - having made a firm decision
restaurant /ˈrestərɒnt/ A2	noun - a place where people pay to eat meals
sushi /ˈsuːʃi/ A2	noun - a Japanese dish of vinegared rice with other ingredients
customers /ˈkʌstəmərz/ A2	noun - a person who buys goods or services from a shop or business
running /ˈrʌnɪŋ/ A2	verb - moving rapidly on foot
cash /kæʃ/ A2	noun - money in the form of coins and banknotes
living /ˈlɪvɪŋ/ A2	verb - the state of being alive
edge /edʒ/ B1	noun - the outside limit of an object, area, or surface
groomer /ˈɡruːmər/ B1	noun - a person who cleans, brushes, and otherwise cares for animals
strict /strɪkt/ B1	adjective - demanding that rules concerning behavior are obeyed
budget /ˈbʌdʒɪt/ B1	noun - an estimate of income and expenditure for a particular period
lottery /ˈlɒtəri/ B1	noun - a system for drawing winning numbers from a pool of numbers
jackpot /ˈdʒækpɒt/ B1	noun - the entire prize offered in a lottery or casino game
officially /əˈfɪʃəli/ B1	adverb - in a formal or official way
correspondent /ˌkɒrɪˈspɒndənt/ B2	noun - a reporter who sends news from a particular place
splurge /splɜːrdʒ/ B2	verb - spend a lot of money on something unnecessary
gripped /ɡrɪpt/ B2	verb - to take hold of someone or something with the hands or arms
idiotic /ˌaɪdiˈɒtɪk/ B2	adjective - very stupid or foolish
irresponsible /ˌɪrɪˈspɒnsəbl/ B2	adjective - not showing a proper sense of responsibility

Key Grammar Structures

• Lois, I need $28,000.

  ➔ Present simple for habitual actions or states.

  ➔ The verb 'need' is in the present simple, indicating a current requirement.

• I've decided I want to open a sushi restaurant.

  ➔ Present perfect for a past action with present relevance.

  ➔ 'I've decided' uses the present perfect to show a past decision affecting the present.

• We're running seriously low on cash right now.

  ➔ Present continuous for an action happening now.

  ➔ 'We're running' uses the present continuous to describe an ongoing situation.

• I may have to get my own full-time job.

  ➔ Modal verb 'may' for possibility.

  ➔ 'May have to' expresses a possible future action.

• Like it or not, we're going to have to start living on a strict budget.

  ➔ Future with 'going to' for a planned action.

  ➔ 'We're going to have to' uses 'going to' to indicate a planned necessity.

• Don't you know the lottery is just a tax on stupid people?

  ➔ Tag question for confirmation or emphasis.

  ➔ The tag question 'Don't you know' seeks confirmation or adds emphasis.

• I got lots of good karma built up from doing those USO shows.

  ➔ Past simple for a completed action.

  ➔ 'I got' uses the past simple to describe a completed action.