[01:08.81]Part A Directions:
[01:12.28]For Questions 1-5,you'll hear a personal life story
[01:17.84]While you listen,
[01:21.01]fill out the table with the information you've heard.
[01:25.45]Some of the information has been given to you in the table..
[01:29.81]Write only 1 word or number in each numbered box.
[01:48.59]M:I sat in front of my television set,as I had done a hundred times before,
[01:55.33]watching the numbered balls spinning around in the drum.
[02:00.29]But this week the stake was unusually large---$10 million--
[02:06.85]and I knew there were a million people like me watching and hoping
[02:12.81]The first ball was drawn out of the drum and rolled to a stop.
[02:17.98]"Number 8,"said the announcer.
[02:22.13]That was one of my numbers.
[02:25.89]I played the same six numbers every week.
[02:30.15]"Number 12," said the announcer.
[02:34.12]I had two numbers now,
[02:37.36]but several times before I'd had the first two numbers and never won.
[02:43.74]The next ball was number 44,my lucky number.
[02:49.20]I had three numbers,
[02:52.36]and my heart began to beat faster.
[02:56.33]I knew I had a good chance of winning one of the smaller prizes,
[03:02.39]but could I win the $10 million?
[03:06.83]"Number 28, "said the announcer.
[03:10.80]I jumped up from the chair.
[03:14.74]Four numbers in a row!
[03:18.11]Could it be happening?
[03:21.06]I prayed for a moment;then I shouted.
[03:25.32]I felt the blood rushing to my head.
[03:29.27]"Number 27."I had five numbers!
[03:34.52]I needed only one more.
[03:37.89]I needed number 6.
[03:41.23]"Number 6, number 6.Come on number 6 , "
[03:46.51]I yelled at the television set.
[03:50.16]Was it possible?Would I be rich?
[03:54.92]Would I be able to live the life I had dreamed about?
[03:59.99]The sixth ball dropped
[04:03.33]and as it rolled briefly to its resting place beside the others
[04:09.10]I tried to make out the number.
[04:12.87]I couldn't be sure.
[04:15.82]It looked like a 6--or was it a 9?
[04:20.57]That moment was an eternity.
[04:24.23]Then the announcer spoke of the very number.
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