[00:03.02]Money
[00:05.36]Part Two
[00:08.53]Listening-Centered Activities
[00:12.24]Listening 1
[00:15.84]Exercise 1
[00:19.51]Directions:
[00:22.64]Listen to the first part of the conversation and answer the following questions.
[00:30.24]Sara Smith is from a little town in Australia
[00:36.07]She is visiting her friend He Gang in Hong Kong
[00:42.16]They are on a shopping trip.
[00:46.51]H: Well, here's the store I was telling you about
[00:52.60]where you can buy really nice silk things to take back to Australia
[00:59.98]You said your sister wanted some skirts.
[01:04.51]S: I know just what I want to get
[01:08.51]but I realize that I left my traveler's checks at your place
[01:14.16]and I don't have any money with me.
[01:18.01]H: That's OK. I've got my plastic!
[01:23.41]S: You mean your credit card?
[01:26.83]H: No, my bank card.
[01:31.30]1) Where does the conversation take place?
[01:37.09]2) What does Sara want to buy for her sister?
[01:43.54]3) What is Sara's problem?
[01:49.04]4) How can the problem be solved?
[01:55.52]Exercise 2
[01:59.41]Directions:
[02:02.83]Listen to the second part of the conversation
[02:07.66]and fill in the blanks with the information you hear from the tape.
[02:14.17]S: How can you use that in a store? Is it like a credit card?
[02:20.11]H: No, not really. It's a card issued by my bank
[02:26.88]It's the same card I use at the automatic teller machine at the bank.
[02:34.01]S: I still don't understand. We're nowhere near your bank.
[02:39.84]H: Let's go to the cashier and I'll show you how EPS works.
[02:46.75]S: What does EPS mean?
[02:51.00]H: Well, it stands for " Electronic Point of Sale".
[02:57.23]S: OK. You just gave the cashier your bank card
[03:03.20]and she swiped it through her machine. Now what happens?
[03:10.22]H: Now I just have to punch in my PIN
[03:15.48]on this little thing that looks like a calculator.
[03:21.28]S: What's PIN?
[03:24.73]H: A personal identification number.
[03:29.27]S: So now the cost of my sister's skirts has been taken out of your bank accout.
[03:37.62]H: That's right.
[03:41.33]S: Don't you ever worry that someone might take all your money?
[03:46.26]S: Well, they could only do that if they knew my PIN number
[03:53.06]It's neat system because you don't have to carry around a lot of cash.
[04:00.77]S: That's neat.
[04:04.30]Exercise 3
[04:08.29]Directions:
[04:11.89]Listen to the whole conversation again and then role-play the whole conversation.
[04:19.49]Listen 2
[04:23.12]Exercise 1
[04:26.62]Directions:
[04:30.14]Before you listen to the passage,
[04:34.28]can you guess from the title what the passage might be about?
[04:41.56]An Unusual Millionaire
[04:45.55]Exercise 2
[04:49.19]Directions:
[04:52.75]Listen to the passage and then fill in the table with what you hear from the tape.
[05:00.64]An Unusual Millionaire
[05:04.70]I know a man called John Smith who is a very unusual millionair
[05:13.24]What makes him unusual is that he has no money
[05:20.18]He says the average millionaire never uses money
[05:26.34]and always gets other people to pay for taxis or drinks
[05:33.00]This is because he is so used to thinking in millions
[05:39.62]that small amounts of money are not worth thinking about.
[05:45.89]But this does not mean he has no worries
[05:51.58]On the contrary, the average millionaire worries constantly about his businesses
[06:00.43]His great wealth
[06:04.14]also makes it difficult for him to be happy and comfortable with other people
[06:12.20]Are they friendly because they like him
[06:16.67]Or do they pretend to like him because they want his money
[06:23.18]John Smith says he feels very sorry for millionaires
[06:29.45]who, instead of being masters of their wealth, are slaves of their millions
[06:37.76]In one way, however, John Smith always behaves exactly like a millionair
[06:46.22]I mean he never has any money and generally manages to persuade
[06:54.40]someone else to pay for his drinks.
[06:59.58]But unlike other very rich men, he gives back good value for money
[07:08.11]He is full of jokes and fun.An evening spent with him is not cheap.
[07:16.50]because he is usually very thirsty, but he always makes people happy
[07:24.10]He does not give much thought for tomorrow,He is the happiest man I have even met
[07:32.56]Whenever I meet him, he tells me
[07:37.78]"In money I am not rich, but in peace of mind I am a millionaire
[07:46.60]And then the world's richest, penniless man usually adds, with a smill
[07:55.38]"Do you have time for another drink?" How can I refuse?
[08:03.08]Exercise 3
[08:07.04]Directions:
[08:10.25]Listen to the passage again, and then work in pairs to answer the following questions |