Living in society
20
The economy
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Read the text on page 21. Match to make sentences in your
notebook.
a)
The economy is ...
1.
be damaged by human activity.
b)
Products from nature ...
2.
the system of using resources,
buying and selling.
c)
The environment can ...
3.
are called raw materials.
2
Look at the photos.
a)
Classify the objects in the photos. Make a table.
raw materials manufactured products
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Listen and check your table.
b)
Add two more examples of raw materials to your table.
c)
Write sentences about each manufactured product.
3
Find out what raw materials these products are made from.
Share your list with a partner.
a)
Cheese
b)
Bricks
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Think about this unit.
a)
What economy terms do you know? Make a mind map.
b)
What do you want to learn about the economy? Write three
questions.
c)
What natural resources are found in your area? Make a list.
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2
UNIT
Today economic
activities are based around
money. We use money to
buy and sell products and
resources. Before coins and
banknotes were invented,
people used salt, cocoa
beans and even sharks’
teeth to buy things.
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