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北师大高中英语 必修模块 Unit 10 Lesson1 A Material World “Who wants to be a Millionaire? I dont,” says Charles Gray Angus Deayton interviews ex-millionaire Charles Gray A lot of people are ________ to become a millionaire. They spend half their time dreaming up ways of getting rich, and the ______ of their time thinking about all the enjoyable things they would do _____ they got rich. But do all millionaires find the happiness that they thought they would get when they _______ their goals? Some millionaires continue to be _______ about money when they become millionaires. They are hardworking to get all that money. Then they are _______ to make sure they never lose it! But there are people who have turned their backs ___ their millions and found different ways to be happy in their lives. Charles Gray is one _______. Sixteen years ago, Charles was a college professor with a _____ six-bedroom house and $2 million. Today he lives in a small _______ room where there is only ______ furniture. There are certainly no _____ that Charles was a rich man! There is a small garden outside with a few fruit trees. Charles grows some vegetables and a few flowers. He gets his clothes and a lot of other things from _______ shops. But Charles appreciates this change. He was pleased to give up the lifestyle of a rich man. He was tired _____ being a person who had everything in a world where many people had nothing. He made the choice to give all his money _______. And this, he said, brought him happiness. “A few years ago,” says Charles, “I was a millionaire, but was ______ there were a lot of hungry people in the world.” Therefore he gave away all his money to charities. When he had two thousand dollars ______, he gave away small bank notes in the streets of local poor areas. Did he feel like Father Christmas? “It was a lot of _____,” says Charles. Charles believes that many people want to ______ a lot of money so that they will not have any worries. However, most people never make much mon