Учебное пособие по английскому языку для студентов неязыковых вузов специальности "Государственное и муниципальное управление". Касторнова О.Н. - 42 стр.

         However, he did not immediately head for the sun on a Caribbean holiday or a
         round-the-world cruise, as others have done; instead, he packed his family of
         seven into one of his new cars and took them camping in Scotland.
                Bert always liked his food and, instead of giving his only daughter, Sally,
         part of his winnings, he employed her as a full-time cook on a salary of £500 a
         week. “I used to cook him three big meals every day: burgers, steak and chips
         were his favorites.” But Sally doesn't think Bert died through overeating: “He
         just seemed to lose interest in life.”
                Chloe Godwin, a psychologist who specializes in the effects that winning
         a large amount of money can have on people, says “For some people the most
         terrible thing that can happen to them is change. This is why people have
         problems when they get married or pass exams. It's nice to win a few thousand
         pounds, but you shouldn't have so much that you move too far away from the
         life you've got.”
                Certainly other lottery winners have had their problems: one of them left
         the country because of the publicity and because her family was aggressive over
         the money. Another left his wife of 40 years and gave her nothing - the ticket
         was in his name, after all!
                Losing can be just as bad, though: Freddie McMahon actually went crazy
         when a group of people at his office won the jackpot - and he had refused to join
         them the week before.
                So, whichever way you look at it, you just can't win!
                        1. Bert died two years after winning the lottery.
                        2. He spent some of the money on a new car.
                        3. He only gave his daughter £500.
                        4. Sally thinks that Bert ate himself to death.
                        5. The psychologist says that people find it very difficult when
                           they have big changes in their lives.
                        6. One person left the country partly because of her relative.
                        7. A husband and wife bought a winning lottery ticket together
                           and then he left her.
                        8. Freddie McMahon went mad over a lottery ticket.
                Reading III. 1. Read the story.

                                 A Cent Cut into Two Pieces1
                I worked at an office. I wrote short stories about life in New York. One
         day, as I was engaged at the office, Tripp came in. I didn’t know exactly where
         Tripp was working, but he was very poor. He was pale 2 and unhealthy, and
         whenever he came I knew that he was going to ask me for a dollar, and then
         spent it on whisky.
                This time Tripp looked more unhappy than ever.
                “Well, Tripp, how are you?” said I. “Have you got a dollar, Mr.
         Chalmers?” asked Tripp. “Would you like a good plot for a story? I’ve got an


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