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INTRODUCTION
MONEY AND BUSINESS
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SUCCESS.comWarm-up activity
Discuss the following in small groups.
How much?
Which of the following do people talk about in your country?
e¢ Money in general. e Your savings account.
° Your salary. e Your taxes.
e Your rent. e The cost of a dress or a suit you
¢ The price of your house or are wearing.
apartment.
Your Money and You
Work through the questionnaire with a partner. Tick the answer you agree with.
1 Which of these sayings about money do you agree with?
a There’s no such thing as a free lunch.
b_ Easy come, easy go.
c Look after the pennies and the pounds will look after themselves.
2 A good friend asks you to lend him or her £1000. You can afford it. Do you...
a write a cheque without a second thought?
b_ make an excuse, saying you have no spare cash at the moment?
c say yes, but ask when you'll get your money back?
3 You have won a £5000 prize. Do you ...
a put it all in your savings account in the bank?
b_ spend it on something you have wanted for a long time?
c look at your bank account a month later and realise it has all gone?
4 Your partner asks you to sit down and plan next year’s budget.
What do you say?
a ‘Why bother? We never stick to it anyway.’
b_ ‘A good idea. A bit of planning will help us.’
c ‘I've already done it.’
5 Do people usually consider you to be...
a_a bit of a Scrooge?
b_ careful with your money?
c aspendthrift?
6 You see a beggar on the corner of the street. Do you ...
a_ walk by because you never give money to beggars?
b_ give all your small change?
c take a good look at the person, and give some small change if you think it
will be well spent.?
7 In the office, people are organising a syndicate to buy lottery tickets on a
regular basis. Do you ...
a join in for fun?
b_ not join in, because you already buy your own lottery tickets?
c not join in, because you never win anything anyway?
8 You receive your monthly bank statement. Do you...
a_ toss it on one side and forget about it?
b_ open it immediately and check it?
c put it in the pile of mail you intend to deal with at the weekend.Your Score
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Analysis
30 or more
You are extremely generous, and have a carefree attitude to money which enables
you to enjoy life. However, this could land you in serious difficulty if times ever get
hard. Watch that overdraft! A bit of careful planning from time to time could well
be a good idea. Keep a little in the bank for a rainy day!
17-29
You are not interested in money itself, but in what it can do for you. Your attitude
is very reasonable, and you may occasionally be a big spender, but only for a good
cause and if you are sure you have the money in the bank. You may not know the
price of a loaf of bread or a pint of milk, but you will probably always be able to
afford them.
16 or less
You are more interested in money for its own sake than for what it can do. In fact
you may well be a bit of a misery! You enjoy adding up and subtracting, and hate
the modern consumer-orientated society in which spending money seems to be a
full-time activity. Go on — go out and enjoy yourself for once. You know what they
say: you can’t take it with you!WON
1 Nouns for money
or payments
Match the words and definitions.
budget charge deposit
donation fare fees fine grant
instalment loan lump sum
overdraft savings will
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_ the money that
is available to a person or
organization
______ asum of money
that is given by the government or
another organization to be used for
a particular purpose, e.g. education
__________ money that a bank
lends and somebody borrows
~ an amount of money
you pay for professional advice
or services, e.g. to a lawyer or
architect
_ the money you pay
to travel by bus, plane, taxi, etc.
the amount of
money sb asks for goods
and services, etc.
money that you
kcep in the bank and don't spend
________ money that you give
to an organization such as
a charity in order to help them
_______ a sum of money
that must be paid as punishment
for breaking a law or a rule
______ one of a number of
payments that are paid regularly
until sth has been paid for
__ a sum of money
that is given as the first part
of a larger payment
__a legal document
that says what is to happen to
sb’s money and property after
they die
________. the amount of
money that you owe to a bank
when you have spent more than
is in your bank account
_________ an amount of money
that is paid at one time and not
on separate occasions
2 Money in today’s society
a With a partner, say what you think the bold phrases mean.
We live in a consumer society, which is dominated by spending money:
and buying material possessions.
The standard of living has risen a lot over the last ten years.
People’s income has gone up, but inflation is high, so the cost of living has also
House prices are rising and many young people can’t afford to buy som
People who have mortgages or loans have to pay high interest rat
A lot of people are in debt /det/, and have problems paying their
Some people make money by buying and selling shares on the
Our currency is unstable and exchange rates fluctuate a.
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b Which aspects of the sentences above are true in your coun
3 Adjectives related to money
Look at the Oxford Learner's Thesaurus entries for rich and poor.
Match the synonyms to their definitions.
rich adj. rich, affluent, loaded, wealthy, well-off
1 I having a lot of money, property or valuable possessions
2, _ (rather formal) rich and with a good standard of living.
The ~ Western countries are better equipped to face the problems of global warming.
3 (often used in negative sentences) rich: His parents are not very ~ .
4 _____ [not before noun] (very informal) very rich: Let her pay. She's ~ .
poor adj. poor, broke, hard up, penniless,
| _____ having very little money; not having enough money for basic needs
2 ____ (literary) having no money, very poor: She arrived in 1978 as a virtually ~ refugee.
3 ______ (informal) having very little money, especially for a short period of time:
After he lost his job he was so ~ he couldn't afford the price of a beer.
4 ______ [not before noun] (informal) having no money: I’m always ~ by the end
of the month.
4 Idioms related to money
a Match sentences 1-8 with A-H.
1 ‘They've got a ten-bedroomed house. A_ He’ got more money than sense.
2 Jack’s broke again. B_ No way. He's really tight-fisted.
3 That restaurant has good food at C I'min the red (opp in the black).
a reasonable price. D It must have cost a fortune.
4 Their income doesn’t cover their E Its good value for money.
basic expenses. F I’m not surprised. He spends
5 I have an overdraft at the bank. money like water.
6 Do you think Mark will lend me the money? G They’re living beyond their means.
7 Dan has bought two sports cars. H They can’t make ends meet.
8 They have a luxurious lifestyle which
they can’t really afford.
b With a partner say what you think the bold idioms mean.
Can you remember the words and expressions on this page?
Test yourself or a partner.