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Now the VOA special English program Words and Stores.
Many people believe that money make the world go around,others believe the money buys happiness.I do not agree with either idea.But I do admit that money can make people do strange things.Let me tell you about a person I once knew who like to play card games for money.He liked to gamble.
My friend Bob had a problem,becasue he liked to gamble at all costs.He would play at any time and at any price to take a part in a card game, such as poker.My friend would have to empty up.He would have to pay a small amount of money at the begining of the game.Bob always played with cold,hard cash,only coins and dollar bills.Sometimes my friend will clean up,he would win a lot of money on one card game.He liked to tell me one day he would break the bank.What a feeling it must be to win all of the money at gambling table!
Other times my friend would simply break even.He neither won nor lost money.But sometimes Bob would lose his shirt.He would lose all the money he had. He took a beating at the gambling table.When this happened ,my friend would have to go in a hole.He would go into debt and owe people money.
Resently, Bob turned to crime after losing all his money.In his job,he kept the books for a small business.He supervised records of money earned and spent by the company.Although my friend was usually honest,he decided to cook the books.He illegally changed finanical records of the company.This permitted him to make a fast bark.My friend makes a quick easy money dishonestly.
I never thought Bob would have a sticky fingers.He did not seem like a thief who would steel money.But some people will do anything for love of money.
Bob used the money he stole from his company to gamble again.This time he cashed in.He made a lot of money.Quickly,he was back on his feet.He had returned to good finanical health.Hiscompany however end it up in the red.It lost more money thanit earned.The company was no longer profitable.
It did not take longer before my friend`s dishonesty was discovered.The company investgated and charged him with steeling.Bob tried to pass the bar
k,he tried to blame someone else for the deficit.His lie did not work,however,he ended up in jail.
Today, I will bet my bottom dollar and my friend will never gamble again.I would bet all I have that he learned his lesson about gambling.