大学英语Unit12 Money Matters_ppt
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Unit 12 Money Matters
Part A
Listen
to the conversation and then choose the right
answers to the questions you hear.
1.
Which of the following things did the man not do
in the bank?
a. Change money. c. Find out
the exchange rates.
b. Open an account. d.
Deposit money.
2. Which of the
following currencies is not mentioned in the
conversation?
a. US dollars. c. Japanese
yen.
b. Hong Kong dollars. d. Russian
roubles.
Script
A: Good afternoon.
May I help you?
B: Can you change some money
for me, please?
A: Certainly. What currency
do you want to change?
B: Here it is: some
Hong Kong dollars, American dollars and Japanese
yen. How much will they
be in English pounds?
A: Just a moment. Let me find out the
exchange rates.
B: Thank you.
A: Here we
are. That'll be £456 altogether. How would you
like the money?
B: I'd like to open an
account. I want to deposit the money in it.
A:
A deposit or current account?
B: Current
account, please.
A: If you could just
complete this form, we'll be happy to arrange that
for you.
B: Thank you.
Listening
Strategy
Describing Time
Listen to
Barbara Smith talking about her day and then fill
in the blanks with the missing time
expressions.
Hello, my name is
Barbara Smith. I'm the personnel manager of the
Bank of America and
I'm going to tell you what
I did yesterday. I got up at 7:15 and left home
for work at 7:55. After a
35 minutes' drive I
arrived at my office at about 8: 30. The first
thing I did was to turn on my
computer and
check my mail. At 9 sharp work began. I
interviewed two candidates in the morning,
one
at 9:30 and the other at 10:40. At 12:20, I went
down to the cafeteria for some lunch. In the
afternoon I interviewed two more candidates,
one at 2 o'clock and the other at 3:15. At 4
o'clock I
attended a staff meeting, which
lasted for about three quarters of an hour. By
then it was time to
go home. The traffic was
so bad that it took me more than an hour to get
home. It was already
7:30 when I finally sat
down to my dinner, completely tired out.
Part B
Listening Tasks
1
A Conversation
Script
At the Bank
Customer 1: Boy, it's busy
today.
Customer 2: I wish that guy up there
would hurry up. He sure is taking a long time.
Customer 3: Huh? That's strange. Why did that
happen?
Bank clerk: Excuse me, sir, is there a
problem?
Customer 3: Well, yes, I don't really
understand it. When I put my card in, the machine
ate it.
Bank clerk: Ate it? You mean it didn't
give it back?
Customer 3: Yes, that's right.
It kept it.
Bank clerk: Did you press the
withdrawal button and the amount you want?
Customer 3: Yes.
Bank clerk: How about
your secret code? Did you enter your number?
Customer 3: Well… come to think of it, it did
ask me three times to enter my code.
Bank
clerk: Are you sure you entered your correct
number?
Customer 3: Hmm, I think so, but maybe
I made a mistake.
Bank clerk: I see. Well, you
probably entered the wrong number. When a machine
receives a
wrong number three times it
automatically keeps the card.
Customer 3: Oh,
I didn't know that. So how do I get another card?
Bank clerk: That's no problem… first you need
to fill in a form so we can get you a new one.
Could you come over to the counter?
Customer 3: Very sorry about that. (To the
other customers) Sorry to keep you waiting.
Bank clerk: OK, please fill this in with your
account number and today's date. Then we can issue
you a new card. You'll get it in about a week.
Customer 3: OK, thanks very much, and I'm
sorry for the trouble.
Bank clerk: Not at
all, sir. And when you receive your new card, it's
a good idea to memorize the
number or make a
note of it somewhere.
Customer 3: Right,
I'll do that.
Exercise 1: Listening for
general understanding
Listen to the
recording once and choose the right answers to the
questions you hear.
1. Who were heard
speaking?
a. A customer and a bank clerk.
b. Customers and a bank clerk.
c. A
student and a bank clerk.
d. Students and a
bank clerk.
2. Which of the following is true?
a. Some customers were quarrelling at a bank.
b. Some customers were complaining about the
bank's ATM service.
c. Some customers were
queuing to withdraw cash from an ATM machine.
d. Some customers were discussing with a bank
clerk about how to operate an ATM machine.
3.
What is the main idea of the conversation?
a.
The bank issued a new card to a customer whose
card got stuck in an ATM machine.
b. Some
customers were annoyed at the person who used the
ATM machine too long.
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c. A
bank clerk was very efficient in dealing with
customers' problems.
d. A bank clerk helped a
customer whose card got stuck in an ATM machine.
Exercise 2: Listening for details
Listen to the recording once again and
complete answers to the following questions.
1. What was the major event in the
conversation?
A customer's card got stuck in
an ATM machine.
2. How did that happen?
The customer had entered a wrong code number
three times.
3. What did the bank clerk ask
the customer to do? And for what purpose?
She
asked him to 1) go to the counter;
2) fill in a form with his account number and the
date.
Purpose: to get the customer a new
card.
4. When would the customer get his new
card?
In about a week.
Part C
Additional Listening
A Conversation
Opening a Checking Account
Listen to the
conversation and choose the correct choices.
1. The student wants to ______ at the
bank.
a. find out his balance
b. open an
account
2. The student ______ to
deposit $$500 in his checking account.
a.
decides
b. is told
3. The student
can get interest on his money in ______.
a. a
checking account
b. savings account
4. The student can receive his checks in
about ______.
a. a couple of weeks
b. two
days
5. To open a savings account the
student ______.
a. needs to make a minimum
deposit of $$50
b. can deposit any amount he
wishes
Script
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Opening a Checking Account
Liu
is a new student at the university. He is now at
the university branch of First National City
Bank of Stateville.
Teller: May I
help you?
Liu: I’d like to open an account.
Teller: Checking or savings?
Liu: I
want to write checks.
Teller: Then you need a
checking account. How much do you want to deposit?
Liu: Will $$500 be enough?
Teller: You
can deposit any amount you wish.
Liu: All
right. I'll deposit $$500.
Teller: Fine. Now
if you wouldn't mind filling out this signature
card and application
form.
Liu:
I also need some checks.
Teller: We'll send
them to you in about two weeks. They'll have your
name and
account number on them.
Liu: OK. Here is the signature card, the form
and the $$500. Do I get any interest on my
money?
Teller: No. You have to open a
savings account for that.
Liu: How much
do I have to deposit for a savings account?
Teller: $$50 at least.
Liu: I see.
Thank you very much.
Teller: You're welcome.
Part D
Test Your Listening
A Conversation
Listen to the conversation and
choose the right answers to the questions you
hear.
Script
W: Hey Jack, we’ve got a
lot of bills to pay this month. We’d better cut
down on our spending.
M: I wish there was some
way we could make some money. Don’t you think we
could invest in
the stock market? It’s so easy
to buy and sell stocks on the Internet. And it’s
so exciting.
W: But have you ever thought that
one click and you can lose a lot of money? It
sounds too risky
to me.
M: Then maybe we
could invest in some big company, or come up with
our own idea for a new
company!
W: Oh
yeah, like what?
M: How about starting some
kind of Internet site?
W: How come you’ve got
such an idea?
M: I think it’s a good
idea. If we start an Internet site then people
from all over the world could
sell stuff they
no longer wanted.
W: Kind of like a cyber
garage sale?
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M: Exactly!
W: That’s a great idea, Jack. But
unfortunately, it’s already been done. Haven’t you
heard of
eBay?
M: Oh, yeah.
1.
What do you know about the two speakers?
a.
The man knows more about business than the woman.
b. The woman is more cautious than the man in
money matters.
c. The man has better ideas
than the woman about how to make some money.
d. They’ve spent more than they have earned
this month.
2. What does the man want to
set up on the Internet?
a. A garage sale where
people can buy things they want at cheaper prices.
b. A website that people all over the world
can log on and exchange things.
c. A website
similar to eBay.
d. eBay.
3. What can
you learn from the conversation?
a. Both the
man and woman want to get rich quick.
b. The
woman doesn’t think it possible to get rich quick.
c. The man is opposed to the woman’s
suggestion of cutting down on their spending.
d. None of the man’s ideas about how to make
money is any good.
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