UNIT 3 VIDEO: THE STORY OF MONEY

FILL IN THE GAPS WITH THE SUITABLE WORDS. HERE THEY ARE:

Money, carry, BC, Bartering, shells, wheat, similar, could, value, could, heavy, made, stamped, pocket, invisible, coins,

1. Imagine living a long time ago; in a time without __________.

2. How about 9,000 _________.

3. Instead of money they were swapping, also known as __________.

4. I love that cow, you want some__________?

5. The items needed to be of a ___________ value.

6. The other problem was that many items will go rotten so didn’t keep their ________

7. And some were too heavy to even _________ it.

8. In China they started using ______________.

9. You ____________ buy the things you wanted with shells.

10. Gold was too _________ to keep on you and carry around.

11. In 280, coins of precious metal were ________.

12. The coins were weighed and ___________ so everyone knew how much they were worth.

13. They are getting smaller so they now fit into our _________.

14. We don’t need to carry notes and __________ around.

15. Most of the money now is ___________.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ADaY6THQp3Y

Swap: intercambio, trueque

Bartering: intercambiar, permutar, hacer trueques

Rotten: podrido

DISCUSION IN CLASS:

1. Do you use notes and coins or a credit card?
2. Advantages of using cash.
3. Disadvantages of using credit card.
4. Advantages of using credit card.
5. Disadvantages of using credit card.

FINALLY, LET'S HAVE A LOOK AT THE FUTURE MONEY: BITCOIN.