Oxford Bookworms Library: The Lottery Winner: Level 1: 400-Word Vocabulary (Oxford Bookworms Library: Stage 1)

Everyone wants to win the lottery. £1 million, or £2 million, no, £10 million. How amazing is that? Emma Carter buys a lottery ticket every week and keeps it in her bag. She is 73 years old and doesn't have much money. I want to visit my son in Australia, but plane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams also buys lottery tickets every week. But he is not a good young man. He steals stuff. He deliberately bumps into an old woman in the street, snatches her bag, and runs away. A level 1 Oxford Bookworms Library graded readers. Written for Learners of English by Rosemary Border. Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away... Everybody wants to win the lottery. A million pounds, perhaps five million, even ten million. How wonderful! Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three years old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but aeroplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away . . . Emma Carter buys a ticket for the lottery every week, and puts the ticket carefully in her bag. She is seventy-three-years-old and does not have much money. She would like to visit her son in Australia, but the airplane tickets are very expensive. Jason Williams buys lottery tickets every week too. But he is not a very nice young man. He steals things. He hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away. Emma Carter, a seventy-three-year old who does not have much money, buys a ticket for the lottery every week, hoping to win and buy aeroplane tickets to visit her son in Australia. Jason Williams, buys tickets every week too, but he is not a very nice young man. He steals things, hits old ladies in the street, snatches their bags and runs away. Oxford Bookworms Library, Human Interest. Stage 1 (400 headwords). For Beginners. Story Introduction - The bag-snatcher - The winning ticket - Jasson in trouble - Everybody loves the winner - Emma gets a lawyer - The money and the ticket - So who's going to win? Glossary Activities About the author About Bookworms