中大奖

中大奖英语词汇典故

中大奖英语词汇典故

Now,theVOASpecialEnglishprogramWordsandTheir

Stories.

Ithinkpeopleeverywheredreamabouthavinglotsof

giveanythingtomakemoney

"handoverfist."Iwouldliketoearnlargeamountsof

ldwinalargeamountofmoneyintheUnited

paymoneyforticketswith

binationofnumbersischon,youwina

gthe

lotteryis"awindfall."

Afewyearsago,

othavearichfamily--hewas

not"bornwithasilverspooninhismouth."Instead,my

friendwasalways"hardupforcash"--hedidnothave

moneyhedidearnwaschickenfeed--

verylittle.

SometimesAlevenhadtoaepthand-outs--giftsfrom

nd

otthekindofpersonwhonever

,he

worsttimeswerewhenhewasflatbrokeandhadnomoneyat

all.

Oneday,Alscrapedtogetherafewdollarsfora

ghthewouldneverstrikeitrichor

binationof

he

greatdealofmoney.

stthinghedidwasbuya

costlynewcar--hesplurgedontheonethingthathe

startedspendingmoneyon

ikehe

had"moneytoburn."Hehadmoremoneythanheneededand

itwas"burningaholeinhispocket,"sohespentit

quickly.

Whenwegottogetherforamealatarestaurant,Al

dalways"footthebill"--and

methemoneymadehimfeellikea

eryhappy.

But,friendwas"down

andout"acktobeing

"strappedforcash."Hehadspenthis"bottomdollar"--

oteven"buildupanestegg"

--hehadnotsavedanyofthemoney.

nough

moneyto"livelikeaking."Instead,heisbackto"living

onashoestring"--ghtsayheis

"penny-wiandpoundfoolish"--hewaswiaboutsmall

things,butnotaboutimportantthings.

WordsandTheirStories,inVOASpecialEnglish,was

writtenbyJillMoss.I'mFaithLapidus.