Money: where to get it and to spend it?
The problem of spending and earning money is important for young people all over the world. It is so easy to waste money but it’s so hard to earn it. In different countries there are different ways to get money but the ways to spend it are mostly the same. In Great Britain there are many more chances for young people to find a job and to earn some pocket money than in Ukraine.
Look through the following table. With three stars *** the most popular ways of getting money are marked, with one star * the less popular. Try to complete the table with Ukrainian ways of earning money. Explain how it is possible to earn money by this or that way. Use the following model for help:
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Students can earn money receiving allowance from their parents when they help their parents about the house or study well. |
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The ways to earn money |
Great Britain |
Ukraine |
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Being a waiter or a waitress Working at a store Being a camp counselor Being a baby-sitter Allowance Saturday job Taking money from relatives Birthday money and Christmas presents Having a steady responsible job Taking care of old people Washing cars Helping parents Selling self-made things Walking neighbours’ dogs and cats Working in neighbours’ gardens Singing songs and dancing in the streets Selling newspapers and post cards |
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What ways of making money do you know? Comment on the most popular and less popular ways of getting money in Ukraine and explain why it happens. What are the reasons for this?
Who makes money in your family? Do you try to earn money? What are the most appropriate ways for making money for you? Why? Ask your groupmates about it and compare the answers.
Do the following quiz and check
Are you going to be a millionaire?
Do
you bet on
Aren’t you a millionaire? Book a holiday to Barbados and buy a Rolls-Royce. You just need a kind of relaxation!
May be now you are penniless and you are fantasizing about winning a big prize in the National Lottery. Tomorrow you should buy your lucky lottery ticket and you’ll win!
Maybe this turns you green with envy, but you don’t know what it is actually like to wake up one day with more money than you can imagine. Just keep trying, keep working.
Pre-reading
Look at the title of the magazine article. It is based on a well-known song from a 1950s’ American musical.
1. Listen to the song. What don’t the singers of the song want to do? What do they
want to do?
2. The article is about people who win huge amounts of money in a lottery or on the
football pools, and how this affects their lives. Which of the following do you
think are good suggestions or bad suggestions for such people?
If you win a lot of money,…..
………….you should give up work.
………….you should buy a new house.
………….you mustn’t let it change you.
………….it’s a good idea to keep it a secret.
………….you should give money to everyone who asks for it.
………….you should go on a spending spree.
What suggestions would you give to someone who has won a lot of money?
3.The words in A are in the article. Match a word in A with a definition in B.
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A 1. envy 2. to fantasize 3. a jigsaw 4. a windfall 5. a purpose 6. to fritter away money |
B
something that you want d. to spend money foolishly on small, useless things e. to imagine, to dream
together again |
Reading
Read the article. The following sentences have been taken out of the text. Where do you think they should go?
They were furious!
we feel at home
It is tempting to move to a bigger house
‘nothing but misery’
what the money would do to us!
it seems fantastic!
most of their money will be frittered away
if you lent him some money,