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1. Which of these sentences best describes your attitude to money?

1. All I want is enough money to enjoy life.

2. Money is very important to me. I’d like to earn as much as possible.

3. I would be happy to live with less money and fewer possessions.

2. Try to explain the meaning of these quotations. Do you agree with them.

Money can’t buy you happiness.

Those who believe money can do anything will often do anything for money.

Answer these questions:

1. What is the basic unit of money in the USA?

2. How much is dollar worth?

3. Where does the dollar circulate?

4. When was the dollar adopted in the United States?

5. Were the first dollars issued in copper?

6. Do gold coins circulate now?

7. When was the dollar adopted in Canada?

8. When did Australia and New Zealand adopt the dollar?

9. What is the basic unit of money in the UK?

10. When was the decimal system adopted in Great Britain?

11. How many shillings were there in the pound before 1971?

12. Was the guinea equal to one pound sterling?

13. What was the crown equal to?

14. Were there any copper coins in circulation?

15. What is the basic unit of money in Kazakhstan?

Match the meaning of the expressions:

to be bad money	to have a lot of money
to be in the money	to invest money in a wrong way
to coin the money	the matter not advantageous for investing money
easy money	in my opinion
for my money	to make much money
hard money	gold, silver, copper money
soft money	to invest money into a bad job
to sink money	money which somebody got without hard work
dirty money	paper money
to put one’s money on a scratched horse	salary of workers, making dirty job

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