unit 2 Money.ppt

Unit 2
Money
1. Warming Up
1. How would you define money in your own words?
2. Did you get any red packet (or lucky money, gift money) during the traditional Chinese Spring Festival? What did you do with it?
Proverbs
Time is money. (Benjamin Franklin)
Money talks.(金钱最有发言权。)
Money makes the mare go. (有钱能使鬼推磨。)
Marry money.
Money doesn’t grow on trees.
A fool may earn money, but it takes a wise man to keep it.
A heart free from care is better than a full purse.
Where there are friends, there is wealth.
Money is a good servant but a bad master.
Too much money makes most men fools.
When money speaks, the truth keeps silent.
2. Words and Expressions
formula: a general law, rule or fact expressed in a short form by means of a group of letters
indication: sign, suggestion, hint
takeaway: a meal bought from a shop and to be taken away and eaten somewhere else
barter: the system of exchanging goods for other goods without using money
ornament:饰物
picturesque: charming, attractive
yardstick: a standard of measurement parison
strive: to struggle hard
abundance: a great quantity; plenty
manifest: to show something plainly
2. Part A
If you could use money to buy time, would you do it? How much money would you be willing to pay for an hour?
If you could buy any three things you want with money, what would you choose to buy?
Listening Task 1
You are going to hear a news report about a recent discovery of the way in which the value of people’s time can be worked out. Listen carefully and decide whether the following statements are true or false.
Listening Task 1
Keys:
1. F 2. T 3. T 4. F 5. F 6. F
Listening Task 2
Listen to the news report again and choose the best answer plete each of the following sentences.
Listening Task 2
Keys:
1. C 2. A 3. C 4. D 5. B