Intermediate 1 Unit 9

UZZIEL DE JESUS OSORIO CHABLE - INTERMEDIO 3 - ING PETROLERA.

Seaview National Bank

a. Match the bank clerk’s responses to the customer’s statements or questions.

Customer
b
1. I would like my paycheck to go straight into my bank account. ________
a
2. I would like an account that earns money. ________
3. How much
uch
ch money
money
eyy do
do I have
h ve left
ha lef
e t in my
my account?
ac
cco
c un
unt?
t __
t? _c___
_________
___ ____
4. Banking
g hours
h ur
hourss are
arre
a re very
very inconvenient.
inc
ncon
onve
on veni
venien
ni
ien e
entt. _________
5. I like the
e idea
a of d
doing
oing
i gbbanking
anki
king
g ffrom
rom h
home,
ome, but
but I don’t
don’t
’ have
have
ve
e an Internet
I tern connection.
In
d ___
________

Banker
a. With ourr Secure
ecure Savings account
Sec
ecu ac
cco
count
coun
unt yo
un you
ou ca
cann earn
earn
ea nccompound interest
o pound intere
om re
est
’lll si
b. OK, we’ll ssign
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gn
n you
yo
ou up for d ire
rec
directct d epossitt.
deposit.
lan
nce
e iss $
c. Your balance 500.
50
00
$500.
ou ca
d. Well, you ca also
can so
od o te
do ext
x o
text orr ph
hon
one ba
phone ankkin
ing.
ng.
g
banking.
ouuld d
e. You should o In
do nte
t rn
ne
Internetett bankking. Alll yo
an
banking. youu ne
need
ed
d is a co
commput
ute
er an
computer nd a
and n Internet
an
ctiion
on..
connection.

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kc
b. You are a bank lerk w
le
clerk ho has to ex
who xpllai
a n ba
explain ank
nkin
in
bankingng terms to a c ustom
us
s me
mer.
customer.r. D
Define the
r s.
rm
following terms.
it is a small fee that you will be charged each year for using our bank account.
e ___
1. Annual fee ____________________________________________________________
____ ___
____________ ___________________ ___
___________
These are the ATMs that_are
_________ available
____ ___ ____in__
_our
___ _branches
____
____
__ ____
___where _you can withdraw
2. ATM ________________________________________________________________
_____ ____________
__ money, with your credit or debit card
______
is the interest calculated on the principal of an account plus any accrued interest. If you deposited
$1,000 in an account with a 2% annual interest rate, you would earn $20
3. Compound
nd
n d int
interest
terest __________
_____________________________________________________
____
___
_ ____ _____
_____________________ __

4. Debit card It is a product provided by financial institutions to make payments with the money that a person keeps in an
d ____________________________________________________________
associated account, whether it is a bank checking account, a sight savings account or another sight account.

c. You are a bank clerk and your partner is a customer. Tell him or her the benefits of
banking at your bank. Then, switch roles.

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Intermediate 1 Unit 9

The Machine Ate My Bank Card!

a. Do you remember the video from the computer lesson? Max goes to the ATM machine
to take out money, then returns to the restaurant. Read the new dialogue between Max
and Thea, and answer the questions.

Max: You were right, Thea! This banking app is great.

Thea: So, you were able to do a card-less cash withdrawal?
Max: nd here’s
Yes. And here
he re’s cash
cas
ash
sh to
o pay
pay for
for
o your
you
ourr food.
f od
fo d.
Thea: Thank you!
you!
yo
Max: Thank you—for
y u—
yo —for telling
tel g me
ellilng e about
outt banking
abou
ab ba g apps.
ap p . Did
pps d you
you w that
u know my
that m
o s yyou
ow
app shows ou
u wher
ere
ere the
where the nearest
near
neares
arestt ATM
es ATM is?
is?
Thea: That’s gr
great.
g wonder
eatt. I w ond er iiff my
der bank’s
my bank’
an kk’’s ap
app does
p do
d es tthat.
es hat.
ha Does
tt.. Doe
o your
es yo app
our a p le
pp let you
depositt che
checks?
ecks??
Max: It sure do
does!
oes
e !

1. What does M
Max
axx tthink off th
hink o the banking
he ba
bannkin app?
ng a
appp
p??
that the banking
__
_____app
___ is
__great
_____________________________________________________________________
____
___
__ ____
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_____
______
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____
__
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___
________
___

2. What does M
Max
axx g
give
ivve Th
Thea
Thea?
e ?
he gave thea cash _to__pay for her
______ ___food
_____________________________________________________________________
__
____
_____
__ _____
___
_ ______
__
_________
____
_____
__ ___
___

3. Max mentions
ns two
tw
wo
o things
thi
hiing
gs his banking
bank
nkkin
ng app
ap
pp does.
d es.. What
do What are they?
Wh theyy?
You can make withdrawals without a card.
_____________________________________________________________________
___________
_____________ ______
__ _______________
__
____
___
___
The app shows you where the nearest ATMs are.
____
_____
__
___
___________ ____
____
_________________
______
_____
_____________________________________________________________________

4. How would you

you describe
describ
be Max’s
Max’
Ma
ax’
x s mood
mood during
mo dur
uring
in
ng the
tth
he conversation?
co
conv
n er
e satiion?
During the conversation, it became_clear that Max was very excited, _happy and surprised by
____________________________________________________________________
__
___________________ ____
_ ______ ___________________
what he could do with his mobile banking.

b. Practice the conversation from activity a. with a partner.

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