French Lottery Searches for Missing Millionaire
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A person in France won one million euros. This happened in Ille-et-Vilaine. That is a place in France.
The winner has not asked for the money. The lottery company wants to find this person. The company is called La Française des Jeux.
People call this company FDJ. FDJ sells lottery tickets. People buy tickets and can win money.
The winner has only one week left. After that, the person cannot get the money. The prize will be lost.
FDJ is asking people to check their old tickets. Maybe you have the winning ticket! Nobody knows who the winner is.
This is a big surprise story. One million euros is a lot of money. Many people are talking about it.
Vocabulary15 words
- lottery
- a game where you can win money by luck
- lottery tickets
- small papers you buy to try to win money
- prize
- money or a gift you win
- surprise
- something you do not expect
- claim
- to ask for something that is yours
- winner
- a person who wins
- company
- a business that sells things
- money
- what you use to buy things
- ticket
- a small paper that lets you play a game
- France
- a country in Europe
- week
- seven days
- search
- to look for something
- million
- a very big number, 1,000,000
- euros
- money used in France
- place
- a location or area
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Answer key
1. One million euros 2. A lottery company 3. False
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Play the audio again and fill in the missing words as you listen.
A person in France won one _____ euros. This happened in Ille-et-Vilaine.
The winner has not asked for the _____. The lottery company wants to find this person.
The company is called La Française des _____.
People call this company _____. FDJ sells lottery tickets.
The winner has only one _____ left.
After that, the person cannot get the _____. The prize will be lost.
FDJ is asking people to check their old _____.
Maybe you have the winning _____! Nobody knows who the winner is.
This is a big _____ story. One million euros is a lot of money.
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