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Unit 5 Class Notes

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Unit 5

Money
Money makes the world go around.
Money doesn’t make you happy, but it helps.
The three most important things in life are health,
money and love.

Glossary
A2
borrow (= GET)
to get or receive something from someone with the
intention of giving it back after a period of time.
She used to borrow money but didn’t use to pay it back.

free: not costing any money


I got some free cinema tickets.
Members all receive a free copy of the monthly
newsletter.
We will install your washing machine free of charge.
You don't have to bring any money because it is free.

suit (BE RIGHT)


to be convenient or suitable for a particular person,
situation or occasion
We could go now or this afternoon - whatever time suits
you best.
The city lifestyle seems to suit her - she's certainly looking
very well.
"How about eight o'clock outside the cinema?" "That suits
me fine."
B1
can afford
to be able to buy or do something because you have
enough money or time
I don't know how he can afford a new car on his salary.
Few people are able to afford cars like that.
I'd love to go away for a few days but I can't afford the
time.
I can't afford to buy a house.

likely
describes something that will probably happen or is
expected
Do remind me because I'm likely to forget.
I suppose that might happen but it's not very likely.
It's very likely that we'll be in Spain this time next year.

owe
to have to pay money back to someone
I owe Janet ten pounds.
We still owe £1000 to the bank.
Please tell me how much I owe you for that.

wage
the amount of money a person regularly receives for
their job
weekly wages
He earns/gets good wages at the factory.
a very low/high wage
the minimum wage
an hourly/daily/weekly wage
B2

broke
without money:
I can't afford to go on holiday this year - I'm flat broke.
Many small businesses went broke during the recession.

debt
an amount of money that you owe someone
He managed to pay off his debts in two years.
budget
the amount of money a person or organization has
available to spend
an annual budget of £40 million
They are over/under/on/within budget.
They have a very tight budget.Este
As I am a student on a very tight budget, I would prefer a
cheap B and B or a family rather than a local campsite
budget
very cheap
a budget airline
C2
chip in (sth)
If several people chip in, they each give money to pay for
something together.
We all chipped in to buy our teacher a present.
If you say it's on you, they will offer to chip in and you can
always say politely: "Sure, why not."
it’s on me = I will pay
If you won the lottery and had a million euros, what
would you do?
If I had a million euros, I would buy a house and then I
would invest the rest of my money so that I would never
have to work again.
Or maybe I would give it all to charity.

Do think money can make people happy, can buy


happiness?
No, but it can sometimes make it easier. It depends on
what you buy.
Well yes and no. We can’t buy the most important
things in life: love and health. However, there are other
things in life that we need money for. We need money
to buy basic things, like food, clothes or a house to live
in. If you really don’t have enough money for that, it can
be really hard to be happy.

It is not hard to love him because he is a really nice


person.

Spending

What’s the best way of making a lot of money?


work
invest
save
expenses
The best way of making money is to work and get a
salary. If you don’t spend all the money and you can save
some, you should invest it in something that can give you
more money, like bitcoins. We must be careful with our
expenses if we want to save enough money.

Having odd jobs suits me as a student to save money for


my stuff/expenses.

How often do you think about money? How important


is money to you?
The less money I have, the more I think about it. Obviously
money is important, but I do not like having to think
about it a lot. I just want to have enough, so that I can be
comfortable and I do not have to worry. (Cassidy)

Have you (or anyone you know) ever lost a lot of


money?
I have lost money in the stock market and on
cryptocurrency. I treated investing like gambling and lost
a couple grand over a few years. But it doesn’t bother me
too much because I never invested more than I was
willing to lose, and I learned from the experience.
(Cassidy)
How much pocket money should a 15-year-old get?
At this age, I would want my kid to do more chores or
volunteer work or something to earn a larger allowance.
They should have at least $20 a week to spend (America is
more expensive) but this is too much to give them
outright. (Cassidy)
My daughter’s budget on her trip to London last week
was 300 euros. They spent five days there and stayed in a
hotel with half-board.

It is common / not rude to bargain in a street market in


Spain.
It is more convenient to shop online than in a traditional
shop.
Monday 4 March

There are only seven lessons before the Easter break, we


must start and finish unit 5, which is about money.

Money makes the world go round. (ABBA)

My parents make me save some money every week. They


give me an allowance of 20 euros and I can not spend it
all.

A2
free: not costing any money
I got some free cinema tickets.
Members all receive a free copy of the monthly
newsletter.
We will install your washing machine free of charge.
You don't have to bring any money because it is free.
When was the last time you wanted to buy
something but you realised you couldn’t afford it?

The last time I wanted to buy something but I couldn’t


afford it was last month, when I wanted to buy a new PC,
whose price was 1500$, because I have had my PC for 4
years. But… that was too expensive!!!

When I save some money, I like to buy new clothes.


When I save enough before the month ends, I will buy
those trousers I saw online.
If I save enough before the month ends, I will buy those
trousers I saw online.
If I saved enough money …, I would buy …
If I had saved enough money, I would have bought …

When I spend all my money on Saturday, I don’t go out on


Sundays.
When I spend all my money in two or three days, I will
stay home.
If I spend all my money, I will stay home.
If I spent all my money, I would stay at home.
If I had spent all my money, I would have stayed at home.

If I was thirsty, I would drink water

When Adriana passes a course, her family always buy her


a present.
If Adriana passes the course, her family will buy her a
present.
When Niels passes this course, will his family buy him a
present?
If Jorge passed this course, his family would buy him a
present
If Violeta had passed last year’s course, her family would
have bought her a present

Student’s book page 155


exercise 5-6

I won’t chip in for the present unless Jessie does.


If Jessie doesn’t chip in, I won’t (chip in) either.
If Jessie chips in, I will (chip in) too.

If Joe had known his neighbours were noisy, he wouldn’t


have bought the flat. (He bought it because because he
didn’t know his neighbours were noisy)

When wages go up, workers are happy.


When we increase our workers’ salary, they are happy

If wages go up in the academy, workers will be happy.


If we increase our workers’ salary, they will be happy

If wages went up, workers would be happy.


If we increased our workers’ salary, they would be happy.
If wages had gone up, workers would have been happy.
If we had increased our workers salary, they would have
been happy.

I won’t chip in for the present unless Jessie does.

When others don’t chip in, I don’t either/me either.


Unless everyone chips in, I won’t (chip in) either.
Unless everyone chipped in, I wouldn’t either.
If not everyone had chipped in, I wouldn’t have chipped
either/ Unless everyone had chipped in, I wouldn’t have
chipped either.

When you spend all your money, you go broke.


If you spend all your money, you will go broke.
If you spent all your money, you would go broke.
If you had spent all your money, you would have gone
broke.

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