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children it’ll be toys, play items because they like to play too, and for our children it will probably be electronics of some sort.”

PART 5

When we think of money today, we picture it either as round, flat pieces of metal which we call coins, or as printed paper notes.

However, the earliest method of exchange was barter in which goods were exchanged directly for other goods. Problems arose when either someone did not want what was being offered in exchange for the other good, or if no agreement could be reached over how much one good was worth in terms of the other

Valuable metals such as gold and silver began acting as a medium of exchange. Governments then decided to melt down these metals into coins. By the seventeenth century people were leaving gold with the local goldsmith for safe keeping. Receipts of ?1 and ?5 were issued which could then be converted back into gold at any time. Soon these receipts were recognized as being “as good as gold” and were readily taken in exchange for goods. Goldsmiths became the first specialist bankers and their receipts began to circulate as banknotes.

Nowadays, however, notes are not usually used to buy expensive items such as cars. The buyer is more likely to write out a check which instructs his bank to transfer money from his account into the account of the seller. Hence bank deposits act as money.

Unit 4 Loans for the Dream

Part 1 Getting ready

B: Dialogue One.

Items Items

Eating out √

Hobbies √ Antiques √

Food and groceries √

Dialogue Two:

Items Same Up down figures

Entertainment √ 2566

Depreciation √

Secretarial expenses √

…

Motor expenses √ 2612

Audit & accountancy costs √

Telephone & postage √

Part 2 Raising money for buying a car

A: Summary

Mr. Jackson … in the college… As… worth repairing, he … . Since… about a hundred pounds for …, … , three hundred fifty to four hundred….

The bank … different interest rates and conditions: a Personal Loan and an Ordinary