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♦ MONEY
Money is used for buying or selling goods, for measuring value and for storing wealth. Almost every society now has a money economy based on coins and paper notes of one kind or another. But money can’t buy everything. It doesn’t buy happiness.
Money has become one of the main things in our modem life. Some people live their lives to earn money. They work hard, trying to earn as much money as they can. Some of them become crazy about it and lose their dignity hunting money. They don’t appreciate such important things as family, friendship, love and other feelings. Such people become greedy, they spend their lives in loneliness.
It is silly to deny that money influences our life a lot. As W.S. Maugham said “Money is like the sixth feeling without which you cannot make a complete use of the other five.” I quite agree. A person can’t be happy if he has no money to satisfy his natural needs. But I think that money should have a limit. A person shouldn’t have too much money. It begins destroying him and becomes his curse. Big sums of money really bring different problems because people feel very envious and jealous of other’s fortune. The majority of all the crimes are made because of money. But there are a lot of people who consider that money is not all-powerful. Humanity, dignity, intelligence, kindness and other good qualities of a person can’t be bought for money. We’ll never be able to buy pure love, real friendship and loving and caring family. But life isn’t worth living without these things. It’s not worth living if money has become the point of it either.
Answer the questions:
1. What is money, in your opinion?
2. Do you agree that money can’t buy everything? Why/why not?
3. Why do people try to earn much money?
4. What is your attitude to money?
5. Do your parents give you pocket money? What do you spend it on?
Ask your partner 5 questions on the topic “Money”
Study the vocabulary related to the topic “Money”. Make up your own sentences using these words and phrases. Learn these words by heart.
Well off - богатый человек
Badly off - бедный, нуждающийся
To roll in money - купаться в деньгах
To make ends meet - сводить концы с концами
То live off your parents - жить на деньги родителей
То cut back on smth. - сократить расходы на
To be nard-up - испытывать денежные затруднения
Тo be in debt - быть в долгах
То inherit a fortune - унаследовать состояние
Тo exchange currency - поменять валюту
Тo pen a bank account - открыть банковский счет
То withdraw cash - снимать наличные деньги
Тo be short of money - испытывать недостаток в деньгах
