Listen to the following story to check your answers
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Fill in the gaps in the following text choosing from the options below
Gambler sues hotel casino for losing.
The wife of the foreign minister of Oman is suing a high-class London casino for
losing money at its gambling (1) ____. Nora Al-Daher racked up a near-$3.5-
million loss in the casino of one of London's most (2) ____ hotels, The Ritz. She
blew the cash in just a few hours and then blamed staff at the hotel for not
(3) ____ her. The 50-year-old multi-millionaire insisted it was the casino's fault
that she lost (4) ____ they knew she had a gambling problem. She told the judge
at the High Court in London: "I needed someone that night to tell me to stop
playing and (5) ____ me to my senses. If I had been told to stop, of course I would
have done (6) ____ immediately, but no one ever told me to stop or to think about
my gambling."
Ms Al-Daher told the court how she had arrived at The Ritz that evening already
(7) ____ lost a "significant" amount of money at other London casinos. The case
(8) ____ the High Court after The Ritz sued Ms Al-Daher for almost $1.5 million for
her cheques that had not been honoured. Al-Daher said she realised she had
become a gambling addict in 1999 and then lost more than $10 million at The Ritz
over the (9) ____ three years. Her lawyer told the court that casino staff (10) ____
her to lose money, saying: "Staff (11) ____ encouraged her when she was losing,
saying, 'Anything for you, Princess Nora. We (12) ____ you. No problem. Relax.
Don’t worry....The next time you will get your money back'."
Put the correct words from the table below in the above article.
1. (a) den (b) greens (c) tables (d) quarters
2. (a) exclusive (b) exclusively (c) exclusion (d) exclusivity
3. (a) stopping (b) stoppage (c) stopped (d) stops
4. (a) as (b) so (c) is (d) was
5. (a) escort (b) take (c) see (d) bring
6. (a) did (b) as (c) for (d) so
7. (a) having (b) had (c) has (d) have
8. (a) entry (b) got (c) arrived (d) reached
9. (a) following (b) after (c) post (d) third
10. (a) purged (b) urged (c) surged (d) merged
11. (a) well (b) positively (c) nicely (d) timely
12. (a) trust (b) faith (c) belief (d) honesty
1. TRUE / FALSE: Read the headline. Guess if a-h below are true (T) or false (F).
a. A foreign minister is suing a London casino over gambling losses. T / F
b. The gambler lost over $3 million in a few hours. T / F
c. The gambler claims the casino should have stopped her from playing. T / F
d. The gambler said she would have stopped if told to do so. T / F
e. It was the gambler's first visit to a casino that evening. T / F
f. The gambled said she became addicted to gambling a few years ago. T / F
g. The casino won $10 million from the gambler in three years. T / F
h. A lawyer said the casino did not encourage the gambler to play. T / F
SYNONYM MATCH: Match the following synonyms from the article.
1. high-class a. squandered
2 racked up b. have faith in
3. blew c. remarkable
4. insisted d. subsequent
5. immediately e. exclusive
6. significant f. maintained
7. honoured g. persuaded
8. following h. fulfilled
9. urged i. amassed
10. trust j. instantly
GAMBLING DISCUSSION
a) What did you think when you read the headline?
b) What springs to mind when you hear the word 'gambling'?
c) Why do people like gambling?
d) How can we help gambling addicts?
e) Should casinos be made illegal?
f) Do you feel sorry for Nora Al-Daher?
g) Do you think the casino was in the wrong in this case?
h) How can people be prepared to lose millions when millions are starving?
i) Should gambling addicts be barred from casinos?
j) Is there anything good about gambling?
k)Should Nora Al-Daher simply accept she gambled and lost?
l) Was The Ritz right to sue Nora Al-Daher for her bad cheque?
m) Isn't casino staff encouraging someone to gamble like clothes shop staff
encouraging someone to buy a shirt?
n) Is gambling morally wrong?
o) What would you decide if you were the judge (and why)?
p) Have you ever gambled?
SPELLING - decipher the underlined words as quickly as you can
Paragraph 1
1. isnug a high-class London casino
2. one of London's most elexsuvic hotels
3. insisted it was the casino's lufta
4. the dgjue at the High Court
5. bring me to my sessen
6. I would have done so emialtemdyi
Paragraph 2
7. a ngcsitinfai amount of money
8. cheques that had not been udoehnor
9. a gambling ditdca
10. Her waelyr told the court that…
11. staff egrud her to lose money
12. Staff positively gecenraoud her
Punctuate the text without checking the original text
the wife of the foreign minister of oman is suing a high-class london casino
for losing money at its gambling tables nora al-daher racked up a near-$35-
million loss in the casino of one of london's most exclusive hotels the ritz she
blew the cash in just a few hours and then blamed staff at the hotel for not
stopping her the 50-year-old multi-millionaire insisted it was the casino's
fault that she lost as they knew she had a gambling problem she told the
judge at the high court in london "i needed someone that night to tell me to
stop playing and bring me to my senses if i had been told to stop of course i
would have done so immediately but no one ever told me to stop or to think
about my gambling"
ms al-daher told the court how she had arrived at the ritz that evening
already having lost a "significant" amount of money at other london casinos
the case reached the high court after the ritz sued ms al-daher for almost
$15 million for her cheques that had not been honoured al-daher said she
realised she had become a gambling addict in 1999 and then lost more than
$10 million at the ritz over the following three years her lawyer told the
court that casino staff urged her to lose money saying "staff positively
encouraged her when she was losing saying 'anything for you princess nora
we trust you no problem relax don’t worrythe next time you will get your
money back'"
The Glass Ceiling
What
is the Glass Ceiling theory ?
Can
you relate to this theory? Have you ever hit your head on The Glass
Ceiling?
What’s
the Fortune 500?
The
Fortune 500 is an annual list compiled and published by Fortune
magazine that ranks the top 500 U.S. closely held and public
corporations as ranked by their gross revenue after adjustments made
by Fortune to exclude the impact of excise taxes companies incur.[1]
The list includes publicly and privately held companies for which
revenues are publicly available. The first Fortune 500 list was
published in 1955.
Would
you agree that women progressively drop out of the hierarchy? Have
you seen this happen yourself in companies that you have worked for
in the past?
What
challenges have you faced to get ahead in your career?
What’s
the Labyrith idea? How does it differ to the Glass Ceiling theory?
What
is a Fast Track career? Have you taken this path?
How
have you found managing a career and a family at the same time?
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