MONEY
Conversation 1B
Task 04
Student´s PPT
Look at the pictures how do you call these items in English?
Can you describe the money from your country?
On the top/bottom right/left corner, there is......
It’s …(colour)
There are different characters, for example….
• Some parents give money to children for doing
housework, do you agree?
• Should children receive weekly pocket money? Why?
• How much money should a child receive?
• Does money make people happy? Explain your
answer.
• How do you feel when you have a lot of money?
What about when you have little money?
• What would you buy if you won a lot of money?
• What activities would you like to do with this
money? Why?
• What did people do to obtain goods
(products) before money was
invented? BARTER
• Have you ever bartered anything?
• Do you usually bargain? Why?
BARGAIN
Money, money, money…
Work with your partner think about verbs that can be
used with the word ‘money’
a. Do you ever lend money to friends or family?
b.What´s a good way to invest your money?
c. Do you usually take out money from an ATM or do
you prefer to do online banking?
d.Do you think you ever waste money?
Budget
• How do you spend your money?
(education/food/holidays/health/clothes/electronic devices, etc.)
• Which expenses are the most important for you?
• Is there anything that you hate spending money on?
• Is it easy for you to save money?
• Have you ever donated money for a good cause?
Reading discussion: Can money buy
happiness?
1.Why do you think money is called ‘the root of all evil’?
2.What kind of things that people buy can lead to
happiness?
DEBATE
Student A: You strongly believe money is the key to happiness. Prepare some
arguments to defend this point of view.
Student B: You deeply believe money is not important to obtain happiness.
Prepare some arguments to defend this point of view.
It seems to me…
I strongly believe that…
I consider…
As far as I’m concerned…
I see your point, but…
That’s true, however,…
I’m afraid I have to disagree…
Don’t you think…?
A cashless society
What do you think a cashless society is?
Taken from: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LoZ3Yk1l_2o
Do you think a cashless society is possible?
What problems people can have?
Article: Can money buy happiness?
A song from the famous English pop group the Beatles told us that money
can't buy us love. Many people also believe that money cannot buy
happiness. In fact, there is an expression that says money is the root of all
evil. However, a new study from Cambridge University suggests that money
can buy you happiness. Researchers conducted a study on the spending
habits of customers in a bank. They compared what the bank customers
bought with their personality. The research team compared the personalities
of 625 people with a list of how they spent their money. The conclusion of
the study was that what people buy can lead to happiness, but only if they
buy the right things.
One of the researchers believes the study may change the way people think
about money and happiness. He said it showed, "that spending can
increase our happiness when it is spent on goods and services that fit our
personalities". He said Internet companies could use information about
people's happiness to recommend products and services that make people
happier. Another researcher said spending money could be more important
in our lives than we thought. She said: "Spending money on products that
help us express who we are as individuals could turn out to be as important
to our well-being as finding the right job, the right neighbourhood or even
the right friends and partners."
Taken from: https://breakingnewsenglish.com/1604/160411-money-happiness.html
