💸 Money, money, money.
Must be funny
1. Read the questions and try to answer correctly.
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a) What is the name of money you borrow from the bank?
b) What is the currency of Great Britain?
c) What is the currency of Italy?
d) What are the DOW Jones, the Borsa, Wall Street and the FTSE?
e) What is the name of the automatic machine from which you take cash?
f) What is an adjective for a person with lots of money?
g) Is counterfeit money legal?
h) What is the currency of Japan?
i) What is the name for the most senior person in a bank (in England)?
j) What is the name of the money you borrow to buy a house?
k) How many pence are there in the pound?
l) Name three ways of paying for something.
m) Name four verbs for things you can do with money.
n) What does the word debt mean?
o) What was the currency of France before the Euro?
p) What is the word for the money you receive in your job, usually once a month?
q) What do you do if you negotiate, or bargain?
r) Which department of a government deals with money?
2. Money role plays.
Darren Cash
You are a computer whiz kid who has made a billion from the internet. You think that
Money is the answer to everything, love, free time, even bereavement.
So really, you don’t understand these people who say that money can’t buy you
happiness. You’re happy, at least you think so, and you don’t care what anybody else
thinks.
Now think of some things you can say to support your case:
Hilda Kitchen
You are an old woman who lost everything when you won a million pounds on the
National Lottery. Your husband ran away with a younger woman, and your son was
killed when he lost control of his sports car. You lost most of your friends because
they were jealous of your new lifestyle.
In the end, all you had left was your money, and you hated every last penny as a
result. You gave it all to charity, but it was too late.
Now think of some things you can say to support your case:
Jane Bingo-on-Saturdays
You live for the dream! The dream of making it big and living the high life! You don’t
care about eating healthy food, studying, reading or even having a family, you just
I want a mansion and a butler.
Sure, you have friends but it’s all so superficial. None of them are real friends, they
just play the lottery like you, play bingo like you and spend every moment thinking
about when you will be RICH!
You see, nothing else matters to you!
Now think of some things you can say to support your case:
Simon Stressbag
You work for the British National Lottery provider as an advisor. Your job is to
prepare lottery winners for the changes that may happen in their lives when they
receive their BIG prizes. We’re not talking twenty pounds here, but twenty million
English pounds!
You have seen many people come to you as happy and normal people, but come
back two years later with problems that money won’t solve. Maybe money was the
cause.
So you never want to be rich, just comfortable.
Now think of some things you can say to support your case:
3. In groups, discuss the following questions.
- Do you think that money can contribute to a person’s happiness?
- What is good about money? What is bad about it?
- What do you think rich means?
- An old Chinese proverb says that being rich is knowing when you have enough. Do
you agree with this statement?
- In general, what proportion of income do you think people should spend and save?
- How do you think the world economic situation will affect normal people over the
coming year?
- Do you think actors and football players etc are paid too much money? Why (not)?
- Do people worry about money too much?
- An Italian writer called Tiziano Terzani once said that rich people are boring, because
they spend their time talking about money. Do you know any rich people like this?
- What are typical salaries in your country, for example for a teacher, a policeman, or a
taxi driver? Are these fair?
