Lesson 57: Unit 196 - Money
This lesson explores the topic of money and finance through an authentic text about lottery winners, discussion questions and three vocabulary exercises with key financial vocabulary at B1 level.
About this lesson
In this lesson you will immerse yourself in the topic of money through an exciting text about lottery winners and their stories. You will learn important vocabulary and phrases related to shopping, saving, borrowing and spending money. Through three practical exercises you will consolidate the use of key verbs and expressions from everyday financial life. The lesson also includes a rich set of discussion questions with which you will practise speaking English on the topic of money and personal finance.
40 minutes
What you'll learn
- Understand an authentic text about lottery winners and their financial problems
- Use verbs such as 'earn', 'borrow', 'owe', 'spend' and 'save up' correctly
- Know and use key phrases such as 'be well-off', 'in debt', 'cut price', 'second-hand'
- Complete sentences with suitable financial vocabulary from context
- Speak freely about personal habits related to money, shopping and saving
Lesson vocabulary
- bargain When I go shopping, I like visiting street markets and looking for bargains.
- stall I wander around looking at each stall and asking about prices.
- goods Many goods on sale are less expensive than those in high-street shops.
- quality Though the quality is not always as good.
- earn My husband earns more money in his job than I do.
- wages The factory workers asked for a rise in their wages.
- borrow My neighbour Mike borrowed some money from me but didn't pay it back.
- owe I still owe the bank more than €3,000.
- receipt We don't exchange goods unless you still have the receipt.
- be well-off My cousin used to be well-off, but he is quite poor now.
- second-hand Peter's car was owned by somebody else before – it's second-hand.
- can't afford it I'm not going on holiday this year – I just can't afford it.
- save up I've been saving up for a year to buy a laptop.
- in debt He never has enough money and he's always in debt to the bank.
- annual income What exactly is the amount of your annual income?
In other languages: Български