Ten things to worry about if you're rich and famous ...

• Whether your friends like you for yourself or just because you're famous.

• Being followed by the paparazzi to the most fashionable parties and restaurants.

• Fans ruining your holiday by asking for autographs and photos.

• Fashion editors criticising your dress sense.

• Ex-lovers selling their story to the newspapers.

• Whether or not your children will be able to have a normal childhood.

• Finding a reliable chauffeur cleaner and cook.

• Whether or not your accountant is secretly cheating you.

• Finding the ransom money if one of your relatives is kidnapped.

• Your investments, the state of your yacht, and whether or not to sell your third home.

Ten things to worry about if you're not rich and famous

• Why all your friends seem to be more successful than you are.

• Never going to any fashionable parties or restaurants.

• Whether you'll have enough money to go on holiday this year.

•Whether people will notice you haven’t bought any new clothes for over a year

• Ex-lovers telling your friends how boring you are.

• Whether you'll ever be able to afford to have children in your financial position

• How on earth, before eight o'clock this evening, you are expected to drive to shops, clean the house and cook dinner

• Whether or not the woman in the supermarket is deliberately short-charging you.

• Finding the money for your nephew’s birthday present.

• Your debts, the fact that your motorbike isn't going to last much longer, and whether or not to sell your old books.

Writing

Write for and against essay on the following issue “Money equals happiness and freedom”.

NOTE the structure of an argumentative essay on page 23. Don’t forget that type of essay is a formal piece of writing in which a topic is considered from opposing points of view, thus author gives advantages and disadvantages (For and Against) of the problem. Consider the following points:

Points to consider

• Make a list of the points for and against a topic before you start writing.

• Write well-developed paragraphs in which the points you present are supported with justification, (i.e. reasons or examples). Make sure each paragraph has more than one sentence, e.g. One advantage of using a word processor is that it saves time. It is much quicker to make corrections on one than it is to do them by hand.

• Do not use informal style (e.g. short forms, colloquial language, etc.) or strong language (e.g. I firmly believe, etc.)

• Try to include a quotation relevant to the topic you are writing about. For example, if you are writing an essay on space exploration, a quotation you may include is: "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind." (Neil Armstrong)

• Begin each paragraph with a topic sentence which summarises what the paragraph is about

• You can end “for and against essay” by a) giving a balanced consideration of the points on the topic or b) by giving your opinion, that is, for example, by expressing whether the advantages out weight the disadvantages or vice a versa.

• Techniques for beginnings and endings.