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7.Which is the currency of the UK:

a)euro;

b)dollar;

c)rouble;

d)pound?

4a. Alesya’s father has a huge collection of coins and a big library of books on the history of money. Read a page from one of his books and check your answers. Who’s the winner in the game show?

Why did people start using money? At first peopleаbartered, which means they exchanged things they had for things they

needed. A farmer who had cattle wanted to haveоsalt,лso cattle became a form of money. Throughout their history people have used different things as money: knives and rice in China, cattle

US. But paper money, as well as first coins

ever, was invented in China, where traveller Marco Polo saw it in the 1280s.ыNow people carry plastic credit cards in their wal-

lets instead of cash, which makes travelling even safer and more convenient.В With your credit card you can take money from the cash-machine any time you need it.

When you go to a foreign country, one of the

first things you may see is what money looks like. Banknotes of different countries show queens or presidents or other famous people. But you also may find a tiger or elephant (India), cows and fruit (Nigeria), a map (Norway), or even schoolchildren (Taiwan).

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2a. Use the questions below to guess the meaning of the words in bold.

a) Have you ever won any money in a lottery? b) Do you try to save money or do you usually spend it as soon as you get it? c) What have you been saving money for? d) Have you ever wasted money on the things that only lasted a few days? e) Do

ever borrowed money from someone? i) Have you ever bought

or sold anything on the Internet? j) How much does your dream car cost? k) What would you like to buy butкcan’t afford yet? l) How much money would you like to earn when you have a job? m) Do you ever give money to charity?

2b. Look at the words in bold in the questions and write their trans-

win – won (v) – to get a prize inяa competition;

save (v) – to keep money for the future;

spend (v) – to use money to pay for things;

waste (v) – to use something ineffectively;

lend –ыlentш(v) – to give something to someone for a short time, expecting it will be given back;

costВ– cost (v) – to have a price;

borrow (v) – if you lend someone something, they borrow it from you;

sell – sold (v) – to give something in return for money;

afford (v) – to buy or to have something because you have enough money;

earn (v) – to get money as payment for work;

charity (n) – giving money, food or help the ill, the poor or the homeless, or any organization which gives this help.

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3a. Read the sentences from the interview and а complete the rule.

1. I’ve known you for five years. 2. I’ve always been careful with my money. 3. I’ve been saving money for a flat in London

quite a lot – actually 80% of the money I need. 5. I’ve been doing

3b. Use the verbs in the correct form: the Present Perfect or the Present Perfect Continuous.

1. How long (save) for Christmas and New Year presents? 2. (Save) you enough money for the New Year party? 3. How

(do) you? You look so tired! 6. Look what you (do)! You (break) Mum’s favourite cup! 7. She (write) New Year postcards all afternoon. She (write) thirty of them! Can you believe? 8. He is a famous footballer. He (play) for the national team a few times. 9. How long your parents (save) with the same bank?

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3c. Complete the sentences below. Make them true for you.

Help box. I’ve been learning English … I’ve learned… this year.

4.Use the questions in ex. 2a to interview your partner. Do you have a lot in common? Report your findings to the group.

5.Write a paragraph on the topic: “Money talks.” аLesson 3. It’s hard to decide л

3. John: Mum. All my friends have got PlayStations. It’s not fair!

Mum: I can buy you one for your next birthday.

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morrow. What am I going to do?

Dilemma: What does John do? (What is the best decision?) a) Miss the paper round and maybe lose his job; b) Say sorry to Miss Bailey and tell her the truth; c) Do the paper round and miss the detention.

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Lesson 4. Budget!

1a. How much of your money (in percent) do you spend on:

ily and all the шways that money will be spent, usually on things like housing, school, clothes, food, cars and other things.

get and whereыit will spend that money – on such things as edu-

cation,Вroads, energy, etc. Sometimes governments too spend more than they get. If you spend more money than you get, you will have a “budget deficit”.

The government’s budget shows how much money it plans to

Make your own budget! Grown-ups are not the only ones who have to worry about … (3). Children must become more … (4) too. Say you’d like to buy a new video game, but you don’t have any money saved. Make a budget to see if you can afford to put a few

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