Notes and coins In the UK the currency [type of money used] is sterling [pounds]; much of Europe it's the euro. America itis the dollar; in Notes Coins (in the UK) e.g, ten pounds, twenty euros, e.g. fifty pence (usually spoken as fifty p), a ten-pound note, a twenty-euro note a pound, a fifty-pence piece, but a one-pound coin Managing your money 661've had a bank account for a few years now, and | make sure my account is always in credit’. | go to the cashpoint once a week, so | always have some cash? with me, and | check® my account online once a week to see how much money 've got.99 1 having money in the account ? money in the form of notes and coins, 3 ook at the details of it > i _— Money problems ‘6CWhen I went to university, | had to get a student loan! to pay my fees”. That meant | had to be careful and make sure | didn’t waste money®, but by the time I finished my degree | ‘owed a lot. One good thing is that | don’t have to pay it back until | get a job and I'm earning® a reasonable amount’ of money. At the moment I'm saving up’ for a new laptop; the one | haveis very slow and keeps going wrong. I'd love to have a car as well, but | can’t afford! it. 9 = cashpoint + money you borrow to pay for your studies receiving money for the work | do ? money you pay to use something, quite a lot; $ 1 million is a large amount. orforaservice, ea lanyers fee * keeping money to buy something the future use it badly don't have enough money to buy one “had to pay back a lot of money to the bank Accommodation* 66 This year I’m renting a flat with three friends of mine, We had to pay one month’s rent as a deposit!, but it's a nice place, quite good value for money’, and the landlord isn’t charging? peeree heed * places where you live or stay * money you pay for something you are going to use, which is then returned to you when you have finished using it 2 good for the amount of money you pay asking someone to pay an amount of money Err We use rent when we pay to use something for a long period of time, e.g, renta flat. The noun rentis the amount you pay, e.g. The rent is £400 per month. We use hire when we pay to use something for a short period of time, e.g. hired a bike for the day. Both verbs are used with cars, e.g, We rented/hired o car when we were on holiday. English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and intermediate19.1 19.2 19.3 19.4 19.5 Exercises Answer the questions as quickly as possible. 1 Issterling a currency? Missi 2 Isa five-pound note worth less than a fifty-pence piece? a 3 Ifyou rent something, do you own it? 4 Ifyou waste money, do you use it well? 5 Can you get money from a cashpoint? 6 Ifyou are in credit, do you have money in your account? 7 Doyou pay back a bank loan? 8 Isthe currency in the United States of America called the euro? 9 Do you normally get backa deposit? 10 Ifyou ‘can afford’ something, do you have enough money for it? Which words are being defined? Aflat, usually round piece of metal used as money. 42. uuumnesne Money you borrow from a Bank. eum Money you pay to someone for a professional service, e.g. a school. Money in the form of notes or coins. Money you pay to live in a building that you don’t own. ‘Amachine where you can get money. The type of money used in a country. Rewrite the sentences without using the underli meaning. He's getting £300 a week in his job. He's earning £300 a week in his job, She used the money badly. She | don't have enough money to go. We could rent a car. He asked us to pay £25. 've got to pay back a lot of money. . | always look at my account carefully. Valways.. jed words and phrases. Keep the same Complete the text. €C\'m nearly 20 now, and I've been ! saving 4p ....for a car for the last two years. I've been, putting money into my bank? , and | try to put in exactly the same nen Vet month £75 from money that I. doing a job two evenings a week, and £50 that my parents are lending me each month. That means PMOW essen th@r £1200, but they said | don’t have to ° them until 've got a full-time job. At the moment!'m stil living at home, so don’t have to pay for MY To mmemrnmn» although I will start paying my parents a bit of rent when I finish college and get job. 99 ‘Answer the questions. Have you got a bank account? Ifso, how long have you had it? 2 How often do you check your account? 3 How often do you use a cashpoint? 4 Have you ever had a bank loan? What did you have the loan for? 5 Are you saving up for anything at the moment? 6 Do you rent the place where you live? Ifso, did you have to pay a deposit? Intermediate 45EE) common problems or an | Acl've got a sore throat! and a temperature” Cieenntre B: That sounds like flu. You should see a doctor. ‘Ac I've eut my arm; it's bleeding.” ': Puta bandage’ round it. ‘A: ve got a terrible cough * ': Go to the chemist and get some cough medicine [something you take to reat ales | Ail've got a headache. B: Take some tablets for the pain. (also pills) hi feel sick.” BB: Goto the bathroom quickly! Describing pain We can use different words to describe pain. An ache describes p strong, but often continues. Its used with certain parts of the body. I'vegot headache. _Aria's got stomach ache. that is not always My dad suffers from [often has the pain of] backache. For other parts of the body we often use pi I've got a pain in my shoulder/foot. ‘Ache can also be a verb to describe pain that continues for some time. By the end of the day my feet were aching. For stronger or more sudden pain, we usually use the verb hurt. My throat hurts when | speak I hit my leg on the table and it really hurts /it's very painful. Serious illnesses For serious [bad] illnesses, you will probably go into hospital. A person who stays in hospital is called a patient. Many patients need an operation [when special doctors, called surgeons, cut into the body for medical reasons; also called surgery] Lung cancer can be caused by smoking. Heart attacks can happen very suddenly. Hepatitisis a disease affecting the liver. Disease is used to talk about more serious medical problems, often affecting certain parts of the body, e.g, heart disease. Illness is used to talk about. serious and minor medical problems and those affecting the mind, e.g, mental illness. Diseast not used about a period of illness, e.g. He died after alongillness. (NOT He died after atongdisease.) English Vocabulary in Use Pre-intermediate and intermediate20.1 20.2 20.3 20.4 20.5 Exercises Look at the underlined letters in each pair of words. Is the pronunciation the same or different? Use the index to help you. 1 ache pain me... 5 liver disease nun 2 cold stamach .difrent 6 stomach operation 3 cough through st T chemist ACh€ san 4 flu cut 8 patient bandage Complete the sentences with a or nothing (-). 1 She's got... hepatitis. 6 I've got ....backache. 2 Vve got ...#..cough. 7 Zarita’s gOt nfl. 3 I'm getting ....... sore throat 8 Myuncle had.......heart attack 4 Ben's got.......headache, 9 She's got ....,cancer. 5 Luis's got... temperature. 10 I've got ......pain in my foot. Complete the dialogues. Does your finger hurt? Yes, it's very pay . : What's wrong with Dimitrios? He feels snssmuens think it’s something he ate. Did you hit your foot? : Yes, and itreally My hand's bleeding quite badly. Well, Put 2 enssnnmnnnmen FOUR it, “Your finger’... . | know. | cut it using that knife. Does Tanya still. msommnneftOM bad headaches? Yes, she gets them all the time. : What's the matter? My back... from sitting at that computer all day. : Lunderstand Lena has had quite a illness, : Yeah. She was in hospital for over a week. Find five more pairs of words. Why are they pairs? lung heart surgeon tablets/pills attack liver operation eancer hepatitis sore medicine throat fang anal cancer - because you can get ang cancer. ‘Answer the questions. If possible, compare your answers with someone else. 1 What do you usually do if you get a headache? 2 How often do you get a cough or a sore throat? 3 Have you ever been a patient in hospital? if so, what was it ike? 4 Have you ever had surgery? 5 Are there some medicines you always keep in your home? What are they? rediate ar