VI Змістовий модуль «Гроші. Обмін валюти. Покупки»

Практичне заняття № 1: «В банку. Державна та іноземна валюта»

Task 1. Read the text and put the abstracts in the correct order. Translate.

a) So in 1694 a joint stock company was incorporated. This company raised money for the Government and financed wars. It later ______(to get) the title “Bank of England”.

b) To understand the role and importance of the Bank better we should learn first how it _____________ (to emerge). During the seventeenth century banking in England _____ (to be) in the hands of goldsmiths who held deposits, made loans to the merchants and the Crown.

c) There is a funny nickname of the bank – Old Lady. Nobody _________ (to know) where it___________ (to come) from. Different explanations are given. Many of the British _____________ (to associate) this nickname with an old cartoon. This cartoon _____________ (to show) the Prime Minister asking an old lady sitting on the money-chest marked “Bank of England” for gold coins.

d) In 1946 the Bank was nationalized and it ___________ (to operate) today as the UK’s central bank executing monetary policy on behalf of the Government and supervising the markets in one of the world's largest and the most sophisticated centers.

Task 2. Write down 5 questions to this text.

Task 3. Read the words, translate, make sentences with them:

to raise money to emerge to make loans to supervise the markets to operate coins cash currency

to exchange exchange rate cash dispense grivna ruble dollar euro pound

Task 4. Read the dialogue. Make your own dialogue using the marked phrases.

Currency exchange

(At the street)

1. Excuse me, where can I exchange currency?

2. You can do it in the nearest bank.

3. And where is the nearest bank?

4. Go further along this street and you will see a large bank-office round the corner.

5. Thank you!

(In the bank-office)

Bank worker: Good afternoon, sir! Can I help you?

Client: Yes, please. I need to exchange money.

Bank worker: What currency do you want to exchange?

Client: Russian rubles. And I would like to exchange 10 thousand rubles for dollars. What is the dollar exchange rate here?

Bank worker: The dollar exchange rate is 30,5.

Bank worker: Do you have your passport?

Client: Here it is.

Bank worker: Wait a minute, please, I will make a copy….. Take your money, please.

Client : I will count, if you don’t mind.

Bank worker: Оf course, sir. Take a calculator.

Client : It is correct. Thank you!

Bank worker: Have a nice day, sir!

Grammar

Task 1. Use Present and Past Indefinite according to the sample

Sample: She likes flowers: She doesn’t like flowers.

Does she like flowers?

She didn’t like flowers.

Did she like flowers?

• Peter has a lap top.

• You visit your relative.

• My sister attends music lessons once a week.

• We have coffee in the afternoon.

• Her daughter plays the piano.

• We like to sing.

• His father invites us.

• You don’t know the correct answer.

• Students study well.

Task 2. Use Present Indefinite or Present Continuous.

1. She _______________ ( to play) tennis every Sunday.

2. We _________________ (to watch) TV at this moment.

3. You _____________ (to know) how to swim.

4. I ________________ (to think) about my home now.

5. She ____________ (to like) to draw nature.

6. We ______________ (to go) to the forest now.

7. The boys _________________ (to look) for the ball.

8. Teacher _______________ (to explain) grammar rule now.

9. My mother _____________ (to shop) in the downtown every Saturday.

Практичне заняття № 2

Тема: «Відкриття рахунку в закордонному банку»

Task 1. Read the text and complete the gaps using the words in the box.

typical decide important easily application provide allow number

Question: How can I ____________ open bank accounts?

Answer: Almost all banks have the following formula of opening bank accounts.

The first step. Talk with friends and relatives about where they have their accounts. Ask them if they are satisfied with their banks.

The second step. Decide what type of accounts you want. The most ____________ accounts are checking and savings. A savings account____________ you to deposit money and receive interest on the money held in the bank. A checking account generally does not generate interest, but allows you to write checks.

The third step. Decide what services are____________ to you – low prices, Automatic Teller Machine (ATM) access, customer service by phone, Internet banking.

The fourth step. Go to the bank of your choice, fill out an __________ and ____________ the bank with money with which to open the account. You will be given an account _____________ (or two). You will also be given a book of checks if you ___________ to open a checking account.

Task 2

Опишіть стисло процедуру відкриття рахунку в банку, базуючись на даному тексті.

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