Reading63. Read the text and mark the sentences T (true), F (false), or DS (doesn't say).BET ON YOURSELF INSTEAD
If you had a chance to win the lottery would you buy a luxury car, a nice yacht or start living large?
In January 2006, Tony Bryan was working in a factory that produces the flavourings they put on fried chicken. He got a message telling him to call his wife, Rachel, urgently. He called his wife, but the line was engaged. Expecting the worst, he jumped into his car and raced home. His seven- year-old daughter opened the door with a smile and said, 'We've won the lottery, Daddy.' He found Rachel in the living room holding a lottery ticket worth £2.6m. Their lives had changed forever.
Today, he and his family live in a nice house with a lot of land. They have two goats, and ducks and chickens. It seems that they have adapted brilliantly. They are enjoying their money, but they have not stopped working. They run a caravan park in the field next to the house, and they sell their own vegetables. They haven't exactly been relaxing.
'All your life you get up and go to work to earn money to buy a car, or a holiday, or a better house,' says Tony. 'If you take that away, what is the point of getting up? So you quit your job, you start to get up late, you watch morning TV, then you go shopping, then wait for school pick-up time. After a couple of weeks, you begin to wonder what the point of it is.
We had six months going on nice holidays, but then we had to sit down and decide what to do in the long-term.'
So they didn't buy an Aston Martin or even a Mercedes. 'I couldn't justify spending £30,000 on a car,' he says. 'It's a ridiculous amount, no matter how much money you have.' They are very careful with their money. 'You don't stop worrying when you win the lottery. You just worry about different things. I felt guilty that we had lots of money. We were just lucky...'
As I leave, the telephone rings. 'It's £8 per night for a caravan.. .' says their daughter. I set off home, past their vegetable stall at the end of the drive. Tomatoes are 50 p a kilo. A cucumber is 50 p.