Солнцева Практический курс английского языка Ч.1 2011

today, in the United States, many places - especially filling stations - will not accept cash at night for security reasons.

2.Answer the questions:

1.What is money used for?

2.What was the main system of buying and selling in primitive societies called? How did it work? Why wasn‘t it successful?

3.What other systems were used?

4.Describe the modern system of buying and selling.

5.Why did coins made of precious metals turn out to be (оказались) more practical?

6.Speak about the history of coins / paper money / other modern systems of paying.

5.Round and flat in shape.

6.An exchange of goods for other goods.

5.Study the definitions in the box, then put the words in the correct places in the sentences below: coins / cash / currency / money.

A coin - a flat, typically round piece of metal with an official stamp, used as money.

Cash - money in coins or notes, not checks, money orders, or credit. Currency - a system of money in general use in a particular country. Money - coins and banknotes collectively.

1.The __________ of Japan is the yen.

2.She has got a lot of __________ in her bank account.

3.It costs £10 if you're paying__________. It'll be more if you pay by cheque.

4.Can you change this pound note into __________ for the coffee machine?

6.A place where you can fill your petrol tank is a filling station. Complete

these sentences:

1.A special room where you can wait is a __________ .

2.A pill which helps you to sleep is a __________ .

3.A license which allows you to drive is a __________ .

4.A glove which boxers wear is a __________ .

5.Oil you can cook with is __________.

6.A pool where you can swim is a __________ .

7.Special liquid you can wash up with is __________ .

8.A boat with sails is a __________ .

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7.Translate the italicized sentences in the text into literary Russian.

8.Translate into English:

1.У тебя есть деньги? – Наличных нет. – Мне нужны как раз наличные

– кредитка и чеки у меня у самого есть.

2.Еще пара монет – и мы сможем позволить себе купить эту замечательную статуэтку.

3.Как называется валюта Вьетнама? – Понятия не имею, посмотри в энциклопедии.

4.Когда появились первые банкноты?

5.У меня кончились наличные. Надо срочно найти банкомат.

Listening and Speaking: Bargaining

Lucy is in the Portobello Road street market in London. She's looking at an antique stall, and she's just seen a brass plate. She collects brass ornaments and she's interested in buying it. Listen to her conversation with the stall-holder, and answer these questions.

1.How much does he say it's worth?

2.How much is he asking for it?

3.What does 'quid' mean?

4.He suggests four different prices. Write them down.

5.She makes four offers. Write them down.

Speaking and Writing: English sayings about money

1. Do the matching task to enrich your vocabulary connected with money:

2. In pairs, discuss the following sayings about money. Use the questions to help you:

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1. Neither a borrower nor a lender be. (From ―Hamlet‖ by William

Shakespeare)

a. Have you ever borrowed money from anyone? Who from? How much? b. Have you ever lent money to anyone? Who to? How much?

c. Are you in debt at the moment? (i.e. Do you owe anyone any money?) d. Does anyone owe you any money? Who? How much?

2. Look after the pennies, and the pounds will look after themselves.

a. Do you save money? Are you saving for anything at the moment? What?

b. Do you keep your money a) in the bank? b) in a safe? c) in a moneybox? d) under the bed?

c. Have you got a bank account? Do you get any interest? What's the rate of interest? If you had a bank overdraft, how much interest would you have to pay?

3. Live now - pay later.

a. Have you bought anything on hire purchase? What? Did you pay a deposit? Do you think it's a good idea?

b. Have you got a credit card? Which one? (Visa? American Express? Diner's Club? Access?)

c. When you pay cash, is it a reason to ask for a discount in your country?

4. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure nineteen nineteen and six, result happiness. Annual income twenty pounds, annual expenditure twenty pounds ought and six, result misery. (Mr. Micawber from ―David Copperfield‖ by Charles Dickens)

a.Do you spend more than you earn, or less than you earn?

b.Do you have a budget for your money?

c.Do you write down your expenses?

5. A fool and his money are soon parted.

a. Where do you keep your money? a) in a purse b) in a wallet c) in a handbag d) in a pocket

b.If you keep it in a pocket, which pocket do you keep it in? a) inside jacketpocket b) back trouser-pocket c) side trouser-pocket d) top front jacket-pocket

c.Have you ever had your pocket picked?

d.When you stay in a hotel, do you hide your money? Where? a) in your

suitcase b) under the mattress c) in the pillow d) in a book e) somewhere else

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e. Is gambling legal or illegal in your country? Do people bet? What do they bet on? a) cards b) horses c) dogs d) football e) boxing f) national lottery g) something else

6. The customer is always right.

a.Have you bought anything this week? What?

b.What did it cost? Was it worth it?

c.Was it new or second-hand?

d.Was it a bargain? Did you get a receipt?

3.Choose one of the sayings and comment on it. Write 100-140 words. Try to use the active grammar and vocabulary of the previous units.

4.Use the words from the matching task to translate into English:

1.Представляешь, мне дали скидку за то, что я заплатил наличными.

2.Ты не знаешь, почему Мэри рассталась со своим парнем? – Она случайно узнала, что он играет в азартные игры и делает ставки на скачках. А ты же знаешь, как она относится к тем, у кого расходы превышают доходы.

3.Ну вот! У меня украли последние деньги из кармана… Теперь мне придется пользоваться кредиткой, у меня будет превышение кредита и мне придется платить огромные проценты. Ну что за жизнь, а?

4.Я купила эти джинсы на распродаже. Это была очень выгодная покупка.

5.Я хочу купить машину в кредит. Вчера уже сделал первый взнос. - Думаешь, это разумно?

6.Интересно, у меня остались деньги на счету в банке?

Speaking: Money

Read the quotations below about wealth and fame. Which do you like best?

1.It is not necessary to be rich and famous to be happy. It is only necessary to be rich. (Alan Alda, actor)

2.Being a star was never as much fun as dreaming of being

one. (Marilyn Monroe, film star)

3. A celebrity is a person who works hard all his life to become well-known, then wears dark glasses to prevent people recognising him. (Fred Allen, comedian)

4. Money doesn't make you feel any happier. I've got $50 million. But I was just as happy when I had $48 million.

(Arnold Schwarzenegger, actor and Governor of

California)

5. I don't want to achieve immortality through my work. I want to achieve it through not dying. (Woody Allen,

comedian and film director)

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Revision: Numbers and Dates

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Reading: Who Wants to be a Millionaire?

5. Look through the text again and find English equivalents to the following words and expressions: заставлять позеленеть от зависти, экономические обстоятельства, неожиданно полученная огромная сумма денег, сломать паззл, повседневные дела, здравый ум (=рассудок), выиграть (деньги) на тотализаторе, начать транжирить деньги, без гроша, выигрыш в 950 тыс. фунтов, управлять (баром), заработать деньги на продукты, быть в ярости,

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обыкновенные довольные дети, открывать дверь, выиграть целое состояние, начать жизнь сначала

7. Translate into English:

1.Поехали в центр транжирить деньги? - Да ты что? У меня ни гроша!

2.(кто-то звонит в дверной звонок) – Не подходи к двери. Я выиграл на тотализаторе целое состояние и теперь боюсь, что меня из-за этого убьют. – Бред какой! Ты потерял рассудок.

3.Я в ярости! Брат начал страшно транжирить деньги, и от неожиданно

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свалившегося на нас богатства уже ничего не осталось!

4.Пока мои экономические обстоятельства оставляют желать лучшего, но подожди – я еще заставлю тебя позеленеть от зависти, когда буду управлять собственным бизнесом, а ты будешь из кожи вон лезть, чтобы заработать на продукты!

5.Я очень довольна своей жизнью – повседневные дела, обыкновенные довольные дети… О чем еще можно мечтать?

Reading: Lottery couple lose fight for €millions

1. Read the following text quickly and put the verbs in brackets into the

correct form:

When Kay Tott got in tired from work one evening she just wanted to watch a video, but husband, Martyn, suggested (a) __________ (watch) the news first. Now they must wish they hadn't.

The TV news bulletin said that someone in their area of north-east England

(b) __________ (fail) to claim a National lottery prize of €4,334,496 and warned the winner that, if they (c) __________ (want) the money, they had better appear quickly, because the six-month period in which to claim was nearly up. The numbers were 5-8-17-25-39-41. Kay jumped up and screamed 'We've won! They're our numbers!' Martyn went silent, then admitted (d) __________

(throw) the tickets away several weeks earlier.

Kay persuaded (e) __________ (her husband / get in touch) with the lottery organisers, Camelot, and explain what had happened. Officials agreed (f)

__________ (investigate) the matter, and soon rang back to tell (g) __________

(the Totts / they / have) no doubt their claim was genuine, and that it would be investigated further.

The next day, a lottery investigator came to their house and warned (h)

__________ (the couple / not / inform) any newspapers about what was happening. Six weeks later he returned to tell them that they (i) __________

(break) the rules which stated that lost tickets must be reported within thirty days. Camelot were refusing (j) __________ (pay out). Furious, Kay ordered (k)

__________ (him / leave) their tiny flat. The next day, a desperate Martyn decided (1) __________ (inform) the media. Interest was immediate: a tabloid offered (m) __________ (put) the Totts up in a five-star hotel in return for an exclusive interview. Several TV companies invited (n) __________ (the couple / appear) on daytime TV. In an angry confrontation, a Camelot official apologised

(o) __________ (cause) the couple so much disappointment but insisted (p)

__________ (they have to follow) their rules. The couple angrily accused (q)

__________ (Camelot / ruin / their lives) by raising their hopes and putting them through 'torture'. They even threatened (r) __________ (sue) the company over the mental stress they had suffered. Officials, however, denied (s) __________

(make) any false promises.

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In the end, the Totts got little except a brief taste of tabloid fame. Two years later the couple divorced. Kay blames (c) __________ (the media / raise)

their hopes of a millionaire lifestyle: ‗Before this happened, we were quite happy. Between them, Camelot and the newspapers turned our lives into a living

hell.‘

2. Are the following statements true (T), false (F) or is the information not stated (N) in the text?

1.Kay suggested watching the news.

2.The lottery prize was nearly four and a half million euros.

3.No one had ever won such a big sum in the National lottery before.

4.Kay recognized the numbers immediately.

5.Martyn didn‘t know where the lottery tickets were.

6.Camelot officials refused to talk to Martyn.

7.Camelot refused to pay because the six-month period in which to claim was up.

8.Martyn and Kay had just bought a new flat.

9.After the Totts informed the media about the situation, Camelot apologized and agreed to pay out the money.

10.The couple sued Camelot over the mental stress they had suffered. 11.The Totts divorced because of the lottery scandal.

12.Kay blames Camelot and the media for their divorce.

3.Discuss the following questions in pairs:

1.Were Camelot right?

2.Do you think the media were at fault or not?

3.Do you feel any sympathy for Martyn and Kay?

4.Discuss the following:

1.Have you ever won anything? Do you know people who have?

2.Would you like to win anything? How do you expect your life to change?

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Vocabulary: Money – Buying, Selling and Paying

Ex. 5 to page 172. Translate into English, use “to spend/ waste sth on sth”:

1.Зачем мы тратим время на этого свидетеля? Он вряд ли скажет правду.

2.Сколько ты потратил на поездку на Мальдивы? Это вообще дорого?

3.Я потратил на постановку этого спектакля все свои сбережения.

4.Мисс, не тратьте свое время, обратитесь к адвокату. – Я не собираюсь

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