2. 10 Копий текста «The History of Money».

Read the text and arrange the words in right order:

Money (4 times), played, interchange, soldiers, purchasing, commonly, exchange, descends, selling, symbol, witnesses, banknotes.

The History of Money

_______took many forms besides well-known _________ and coins. Furs, shells, sugar, cattle, salt and a variety of other objects were also ________ used as media of_________. Such objects if they are used for _________ and _______ purpose, are known as commodity money. In contrast to the paper money, these are goods that would have value even if they were not used for money. The most famous and enduring commodity standard in history is the gold standard. Metals objects were introduced as ________ around 5000 B.C.

The English word ‘money’ ________ from the gothic term ‘cattle’, as well as the national currency of India, the rupee, evolved form the Sanskrit word for cattle, rupa. Cattle were a source of food and clothing, ________ of wealth. Of course livestock ________ a great role in every geographical area and it had filled a niche in the _______ supply. Cattle monetary standards have survived even into the modern era, particularly in Africa.

History _________ also the usage salt as ________. Even the word ‘salary’ descends from the Latin word ‘salarium’ meaning ‘salt money’, as the Romans paid their ________ bars of salt.

The history of money represents an _________ of its forms and conceptions. Modern money tends to become more a symbol than a tangible object and maybe in future we will witness new money-substitutes.

Commodity money – товарные деньги (вещи, которые являются товаром сами по себе)

To descend from – происходить

To witness – свидетельствовать

Value – ценность, важность

To evolve – развиваться

Tangible – вещественный, осязаемый

Keys: Money, banknotes, commonly, exchange, purchasing, selling, money, descendes, symbol, played, money, witnesses, money, soldiers, interchange.

3. 10 Копий кроссворда.

A	F	R	G	U	R	T	E	A	Z	O
C	I	C	E	U	P	R	I	C	E	N
U	H	H	B	C	C	X	V	C	T	E
R	C	A	S	H	E	O	S	O	S	X
R	J	R	N	Y	F	I	I	U	P	P
E	R	G	N	G	E	U	P	N	E	E
N	A	E	B	O	E	T	U	T	N	N
C	R	E	D	I	T	C	A	R	D	S
Y	B	R	L	E	L	E	K	P	M	E
C	H	E	Q	U	E	L	T	N	A	S
O	I	N	P	A	Y	M	E	N	T	I

Keys: Horizontally: price, cash, creditcard, cheque, payment. Vertically: currency, charge, account, spend, expense. Diagonally: bill, note, change, receipt, coin.