From time to time, we all
dream about being very, very rich. Is it really great? Is the millionaire’s
life really one big party?
A The tennis star
Anna Kournikova was a
millionaire in her mid-teens. By the age of 18 she'd been a professional tennis
player for four years. She'd competed against top players all over the world.
She'd also earned hundreds of thousands of dollars from advertising all sorts
of things, including bras! But she didn't just spend her time playing tennis
and looking pretty. A professional tennis player spends many hours a day
keeping fit and working on her skills. She can't go out clubbing every night.
She also spends weeks and sometimes months living away from home, in hotels or
rented flats.
B
The movie star
Have you seen the film ET? Remember that sweet
little six-year-old, Drew Barrymore? She made a lot of money from that film.
But did she enjoy being a film star? By her mid-teens, Drew had already made a
lot of mistakes. She had serious problems and couldn't work. Luckily, she
managed to get her life straight again, and now she's a grown-up film star.
She's one of the most highly paid stars in Hollywood, but she doesn't let it spoil her
life. She's learnt how to stay in control.
G The heiress
Athena Roussel is the
granddaughter of the famous Greek shipping billionaire Aristotle Onassis. Most
of us can't begin to imagine that amount of money. There is probably nothing we
can think of that she can't afford. But can we imagine growing up like Athena?
Her mum died when she was six. People have tried to kidnap her several times.
She can never go anywhere without her bodyguard. Can you imagine it?
D The lottery winner
In the United Kingdom,
you can buy tickets for the national lottery when you're 16. That's what Greg Stevens
did. And he won £8,800,000!
When you have that amount of money, there isn't much you can't buy. And Greg
certainly enjoyed spending his money on all kinds of things. But there was one
thing he couldn't buy. And that was the thing he wanted most. Can you guess
what it was?
Nowadays many teenagers want to become rich.However,some people think that it is not a bed of roses. On the one hand, to be rich is very cool because you can buy expencive things such as a new car, a house, the fashion clothes and others. On the other hand,rich people can not understand do they have a real friends or not.
More & more people nowadays want to become very rich.However, sometimes money can do harm. On the one hand, rich people can afford everything what they want.They can travel to different countries, improve their knowledge, meet with famous people & many other things. On the other hand, money can not make people happy.Rich people don not have true friends & they have a great possibility to be kidnaped or even killed. In conclusion, I want to say that people should be careful making big money.Every medal has its reverse.
