Why do you think this mother needs money?

What do you think when you see the photos?

A Sydney woman has the nickname "Mercedes Mom" after she tried to escape Australian police in her Mercedes driving at 200km/h. And she did this with a young child in her car that was not wearing a seatbelt. Now she is pleading for money online to help pay for her lavish lifestyle.

Margarita Tomovska became famous after she showed up to court about the police pursuit in her $260,000 Mercedes Benz. At court she was wearing Gucci sunglasses worth $1725 and a small sexy Balmain dress costing about $2400.

The 27-year-old posts her expensive shopping trips and casino visits on Instagram. But she says too much police attention has hindered her chances to get a job.

So to help her money problems she started a GoFundMe page.

She named the donation page "fight raptor" after the police helicopter team that focuses on criminal actions.

“I know you all don't know me but I'm actually not a bad person," she wrote in her appeal for cash.

"These dogs are liars and hate me. I'm sure I'm not the only one.

"They have made it very hard for me to get a job as no one would hire me because of their words about me.

"So I made this GoFund page to raise some help against them and to fight back. Thank you for your help."

When the police found her after they had been pursuing her, she had a 3 year child in the back seat that had no safety belt on and was distressed.

Try to guess the meaning of the words in bold and match them with their closest meaning from the choices in the right. Some of the answers are very close and have similar meaning. The meaning of these words is how they are used in the reading. Some of these words have different meanings in the dictionary depending on how they are used.

 The answers are below the table.

A=7, B=1, C=8, D=2, E=4, F=5, G=6, H=3

Some example sentences using the new words or phrases from the meaning of how they are used in the reading to help you understand better.

1. The mother is pleading for help to find her lost son.

2. Look at these lavish apartments. Here is for the rich and famous.

3. Tomorrow you need to show up to work at 9am.

4. He has been pursuing her to be his girlfriend.

5. I want to go this famous school, but I am hindered because I don’t have enough money.

6. The best time for me to focus on my work or study is early morning.

7. They are appealing to people to help after the storm destroyed their homes.

8. The boat sent out a distress signal that it was in danger in the storm.

Some questions using the new words/phrases. Try to use the words/phrases in your answer.

1. How do you feel about Margarita’s pleading to help her?

2. How do you think she got to money to live a lavish lifestyle until now?

3. If someone said they have no money but turns up in an expensive car then what do you think?

4. What is something important you are pursuing in your life/dreams?

5. What hinders you from your dreams/hopes?

6. What do you think Margarita needs to focus on? (what should be important to her instead of a lavish lifestyle?)

7. What money appeals are you happy to help with? What appeals do you think are wrong?

8. If you have financial/money distress, who could or would help you?