• 4) Skim the text again and say whether these questions are covered in it.

a) Most people fail in life because they don’t know what they really want to do.

b) Every day repeat this positive affirmation “I am very wealthy” many times.

c) Visualize that you have already become wealthy.

d) It isn’t useful to repeat the mistakes other people have done.

e) Follow the example of the successful investment given in the text.

f) Borrow your time and money from other people.

g) “Save money” should be your motto.

• 5) Support or decline the author’s points of view.

• 6) Where and how can you use this information?

6.13 money and humour

• 1) Do you know any anecdotes about money? Share one or two with the group.

• 2) Read the anecdotes and talk about the peculiarities of foreign humor.

• A woman proudly told her friend, “I’m responsible for making my husband a millionaire.” “Well what was he before he married you?” the friend asked. “A billionaire.”

• The parents of a Northwestern student who just headed back from holiday received this letter: Dear Mom and Dad: Univer$ity life i$ $o wonderful! Cla$$e$ and $e$$ion$ are intere$ting, my cla$$mate$ are the be$t! But after $pending all my ca$h on Chri$tma$ pre$ent$, I am in a little need for $ome $pending money for book$ and $uch. But I don’t want to $end the wrong $ignal$ home. Love, Your $on

• You know you’re rich when during a cold winter night you can’t find any more firewood so you hack the leg off your Steinway grand piano and use it to keep the fire going until your butler shows back up with something more flammable, and your children play monopoly with real money.

• A successful man is the one who makes more money than his wife can spend. A successful woman is the one who can find such a man.

• At 18 years old, Rockefeller had no money. He found an apple in the street. The fruit was dirty, he cleaned it and resold it for 50 cents to a man walking in the street ... with his 50 cents he bought 2 apples 25 cents each, and resold them for 1$ to another man walking in the street ... with his 1 dollar he bought 4 apples, and resold them of course for 2$. ... at 19 years he inherited from his grandmother...

• A one dollar bill met a twenty dollar bill and said, “Hey, where’ve you been? I haven’t seen you around here much.” The twenty answered, “I’ve been hanging out at the casinos, went on a cruise and did the rounds of the ship, back to the United States for a while, went to a couple of baseball games, to the mall, that kind of stuff. How about you?” The one dollar bill said, “You know, same old stuff... church, church, church.”

• A lawyer’s dog, running around town unleashed, heads for a butcher shop and steals a roast. The butcher goes to the lawyer’s office and asks, “If a dog running unleashed steals a piece of meat from my store, do I have a right to demand payment for the meat from the dog’s owner?” The lawyer answers, “Absolutely.” “Then you owe me $8.50. Your dog was loose and stole a roast from me today.” The lawyer, without a word, writes the butcher a check for $8.50. The butcher, having a feeling of satisfaction, leaves. Three days later, the butcher finds a bill from the lawyer: “$100 due for a consultation.”