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Key words
cash paper money (banknotes)
coins plastic money
silver currency converter
gold bank card
salary credit card

0) Do the quiz. Tick the correct country. 1-()

1 The pound (£) is the money in D lndia o Britain D the USA o Ireland
2 The euro (€) is the money in o Ireland o Britain o Japan o Brazil
3 The real (R$) is the money in D t~e USA D China o Japan o Brazil
4 The dollar ($) is the money in o Britain o China o Brazil D the USA

5 The yen (¥) is the money in o China o Japan o Brazil D lndia

c:. C1) Now listen and check.
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0 What is money?

When most people think of money, they think of it as a thing we can use to buy or
pay for something. But in the past, money was also something used in traditional and
religious ceremonies, such as weddings. We often think of money as coins or notes (cash)
but in the past people used many different things as 'money'.

Many people in the world today keep their money in banks. What most people don't know
is that banks are older than money. There were banks in Ancient Mesopotamia
and Ancient Egypt.

Did vou know;-

o Read the texts about money.

Ancient Turkey 600 BC:
Mesopotamia:
People in Turkey make the first
The first banks. coins from gold and silver (the
Rich families have Lydian coin).
rooms in their
palaces where
people can keep
food and things to
sell. Money
does not exist.

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