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Unit Three Money and Tourists

This unit focuses on money management for tourists, covering currency exchange, key phrases for travel experiences, and practical speaking activities. It includes lessons on where to get cash in Tulum, the use of ATMs, and the importance of understanding exchange rates and service fees. Students will engage in listening, reading, and speaking exercises to enhance their vocabulary and conversational skills related to financial transactions while traveling.

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Unit Three Money and Tourists

This unit focuses on money management for tourists, covering currency exchange, key phrases for travel experiences, and practical speaking activities. It includes lessons on where to get cash in Tulum, the use of ATMs, and the importance of understanding exchange rates and service fees. Students will engage in listening, reading, and speaking exercises to enhance their vocabulary and conversational skills related to financial transactions while traveling.

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UNIT Three: Money and Tourists

Learning Objectives
By the end of this unit, students will
- learn about currency exchange and related vocabulary.
- raise awareness of key phrases used to describe a travel experience.
- Speaking activities enable practice in a controlled context.
- received the input required (skills, structures, vocabulary) and demonstrate
their ability to perform the Learning Objective.

Lesson 1: At the Currency Exchange Office

Warming up
❖ How do travlers get cash while on holiday?

I. LISTENING

Task 1: Listen to the conversation from the link below, then answer the questions

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hu-zeyWpGBE
Task 2: Listen to the conversation between an employee at the currency exchange
and a traveller. Then answer the questions.
1. What does the tourist ask for?
2. What are the currencies mentioned?
3. What should the travler shows To sell back currency?

Task 3: Match the words (1-8) with the definitions (A-H).


1. currency exchange office A. a document that says a
company is not responsible
for problems
2. release form B. to change into the same
amount
3. currency C. a piece of paper that proves
that someone paid for
something
4. convert D. you change money here for
another country's money
5. receipt E. the measure of how much
money you can get for
another type of money
6. buy-back F. a business buys something
that it sold to you before
7. minimum charge G. a type of money, like euros or
dollars
8. exchange rate H. the least amount of money
you pay for something

Task 4. Look at the word pairs. Write the correct word in each blank.

- cost/ on sale

The postcard does not------------------ a lot of money.


Frederick buys a gift because it is ------------------------.

- price tag/gift wrapping

The shop offers free -------------------- for customers.


The ----------------- shows the cost of an item.

- selection/gift shop

Linda finds many gifts at the store because it has a large -------------- .
Jason buys souvenirs at a(n) ------------------- .
Lesson 2: Where to Get Money ?

I. READING
Task 1. Read this article from a travel guide, then answer the questions.

You arrive in Tulum and you don't have any money.


Don't worry! There are many places to get cash. First, go to the bank. Most major banks have
branches in Tulum. Business hours are usually between 9 am and 6 pr Did you arrive late at
night? Withdraw money from an ATM. Just put your card into the machine and enter your
PIN into the keypad. Remember, each bank has its own ATM. Try to use your bank's ATM.
If not, there is often a service charge, or service fee. Finally, you can use a wire transfer.
Someone at home sends you money electronically and you pick it up at a bank.

Task 2. Choose the correct answers.


1/ What was the main idea of the passage?
a. how to find a bank in Tulum
b. the best places to shop in Tulum
c. where to get cash in Tulum
d. ways to send money electronically
2/ Travelers use their bank's ATMs because.....
a. ATMs are easy to locate in new towns.
b. ATMs are open during business hours.
c. travelers don't have to pay a service fee.
d. travelers want transfer money to another place.
3/ According to the article, what is NOT true about wire transfers?
a. They involve sending money electronically.
b. They require someone to send money from somewhere else.
c. Travelers pick up transferred money from the bank.
d. Travelers must arrange them before leaving home.

Task 3. Read the sentence pairs. Choose where the words best fit in the blanks.
A. PIN/bank
The------------------- is closed so the traveler uses an ATM.
Kate forgets her ----------- she cannot use the ATM. SO
B. ATM/branch
Debra uses another bank's ----------------------- and pays a service fee.
Janie visits her bank's local ---------------------
C. key pad/wire transfer
I use the -------------. to enter my PIN
Pauline's brother sends her money by -------------------

Task 4: Check () the sentence that uses the underlined part correctly.
1. A----------- Only Jack knows the PIN for his debit card.
B ------------ Ursula sends a letter to her friend by mail because it's faster to send
messages electronically.
2. A------------ Sara uses another bank's ATM and the bank pays her a service fee.
B------------ The bank is closed because it is after its business hours
3. A ------------ A keypad is not a safe place to keep money.
B ------------ George withdraws money from his account.
Task 5. Fill in the blanks with the appropriate word

Customer: Excuse me. How much does this cost? It doesn't have a ---------------
Clerk: The glass ----------------- on sale. is 16 euros. It's
Customer: How about this ------------------------- ?
Clerk: --------------------- 3 euros.
Customer: Oh my! That's too much for a postcard!
Clerk: Well, you can use a ---------------------- Then the price is only 2 euros.
Customer: I'll take the postcard. But I don't want the ------------------------- memento.
Clerk: Okay. How would you like to ----------------- for that?
Customer: I will pay with cash.

Lesson 3: Let’s Chat

III. SPEAKING
❖ With a partner, act out the roles below, based on the dialogue from Task 7.
Decide who Student A and Student B are. Then switch roles.

USE LANGUAGE SUCH AS:


➢ I'm looking for a bank.
➢ Where else can I get cash?
➢ There's an ATM over there.

Student A: You are at an airport. And you need cash, Ask Student B questions to
find out:
➢ where the nearest bank is

➢ the bank's business hours

➢ where the ATM is

Student B: You are a worker at an airport. Answer Student A's questions.

IV. WRITING
❖ Use the dialogue above, then write a n essay of your own experience asking
about the price

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