Earning and Spending Money Wisely

Earning and Spending Money Wisely

Warming-up Questions1. What do you think is spending money wisely? Are you spending your money wisely?2. What do you spend your money on?3. Where do you often do your shopping?4. Do you have some money-saving tips?

Proverbs & Useful Expressions

A penny saved is a penny earned.

Penny wise, pound foolish.

to buy a pig in a poke

to make both ends meet

Shopping Mall

Department Store

Supermarket

bargain: something offered, bought, or sold at a price favorable to the buyermail order: an order for goods to be sent by mail postage: the amount charged for mailing a letter or package delivery: taking (letters parcels, goods, etc.) to houses, to the buyer(s) refund: repay, give back or pay back (money, etc.) astronomical: very big

Listening Practice

1. In the basement.2. Five fifty pounds.3. Soup plates (and teacups)4. Four pounds.5. To the third floor.6. 150 pounds.7. A supermarket.8. In the roof garden.

Mail OrderCA 252 Jules 尤利斯转椅¥349

收纳架 蓝色钢质

椅宽 56cm× 深 56cm

座位高度 41cm 至 53cm

CF 200 Micael 电脑桌¥1095

蓝色钢质桌子搁架主机架

长 104cm× 宽 50cm× 高 166cm

Priority Order Form

Name: Mrs. GrangerInitials: GSAddress: The Millhouse Salisbury Road,

Little Afton, Farnbury. Postcode: Not known Date for the Order: the 15th of June

TracksuitCode No.: Color:Quantity:Size:Unit Price:Postage & Delivery:

whiteonemedium, women’s

£ 18

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SP302

D.I.Y. Tool Kit

Code No.: Color:Quantity:Size:Unit Price:Postage & Delivery:

WK15

/

one

/£ 21

/

Lady’s WatchCode No.: Color:Quantity:Size:Unit Price:Postage & Delivery:

TM431red

one

/

£ 15

/

TotalTotal Price: Total Postage & Delivery:Grand Total:

£ 54

£ 2£ 56

Telephone No. : 3623624

Way of Payment CashCredit Card

No.: Check

No.:

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0582/74343/512

Time Limit for Delivery:

In about a fortnight

A Claim for Expenses

1. On the 10th May.

2. At ten o’clock.

3. At five o’clock.

4. £ 18.50

5. £ 19.50

6. On the 9th May

7. £ 36

8. £ 12

9. £ 88.50

10. £ 2.50

The one-day course was called “Word Processor”.David felt that he had learned a lot from the course.David worked in Accounts.The course was held at the Institute of Technology.It is possible to take a cheap day return.

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After the course was over, David stayed there and practiced on the computer for some time.The man who offered to give David a lift did not live very near him.When the car broke down on their way home, it was towed away quickly.David stayed in the Park Hotel because most of the hotels were full of people.The cashier did not think David had spend too much money.

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Language Points

The first train from London to Westhampton wouldn’t have got me down in time to be at the college by ten.It took ages.Your total expense come to 88.50 pounds – that seems rather astronomical to me for a one-day course.

HomeworkListen to “Part V” and do the exercise.Listen to English listening materials for at least half an hour each day. Do a piece of intensive listening and imitate the pronunciation and intonation of the listening material.Have a discussion with your partner on how to spend money wisely in our life.

Have a nice week!