Living in society
50
Money
and business
1
Look at the photos and read the text on page 51. Then match to
make sentences in your notebook.
a)
Money is...
1.
buy and sell products.
b)
Camels, shells and grain...
2.
often used instead of money.
c)
We use money to...
3.
about 1300 years ago in China.
d)
Banknotes were invented...
4.
any object that has value.
e)
Now credit cards are...
5.
were once used as money.
2
36
Listen and answer the questions.
a)
Where did the Ancient Egyptians keep their gold?
b)
What did the Egyptians use as money? Name two things.
c)
Who changed foreignmoney to local money in Ancient Greece?
3
Find out about the euro. Answer the questions.
a)
Which countries use the euro? When was it introduced?
b)
What are the advantages of the euro?
4
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Think about this unit.
a)
What money and business terms do you already know? Make a
mind map.
b)
What do you want to learn about money and business? Write
three questions.
c)
What do you spend money on? Write five things. Then classify
them from the most to least important.
G
E T T I N G S T A R T E D
4
UNIT
Banknotes have
special features that make
it di cult to falsify them.
For example, some have
a metal strip inside the
paper, and many have
a watermark. This is a
picture we can only see if
we hold the bank note up
to the light
.
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