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    The document discusses various terms related to levels of wealth and poverty from "filthy rich" to "destitute". It also includes informal terms like "loaded" and "skint". It then explores attitudes around sharing money and lists adjectives like "charitable" or "selfish" that could be used to describe people based on whether they share or keep their money. Finally, it provides money idioms and proverbs about wealth.

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    Let’s talk about MONEY,

    shall we?
    There are lots of ways to describe how rich
    or poor someone is. Here are a few - from
    very rich to very poor.
    •filthy rich * •hard-up
    •stinking rich * •needy
    •rolling in it * •skint *
    •loaded * •penniless *
    •broke *
    •wealthy
    •poor
    •rich
    •impoverished
    •prosperous
    •poverty-stricken
    •affluent
    •destitute
    •well off •(* informal)
    Do you like to share your money,
    or do you keep it all to yourself?
    If you gladly share If you keep all your money
    your money you you may be considered:
    may be •mean
    considered: •miserly
    •charitable •selfish
    • stingy
    •generous
    • tight-fisted
    •sharing • uncharitable
    •unselfish • ungenerous
    Happy? Angry? Sad?
    How would you feel if…?
    •1. You got a letter of the bank manager saying you
    were overdrawn?
    •2. You were totally broke?
    •3. Someone wanted to pay you next to nothing
    for your car?
    •4. You needed to go to a pawn shop?
    •5. You found a good bargain at the local book
    store?
    How would you feel in these
    situations? Happy? Angry? Sad?
    •6. You lost a bundle and found small
    change?
    •7. You were hard up?
    •8. Your local restaurant overcharged you?
    •9. You couldn't get by on your salary?
    •10. You were given a pay rise by your boss?
    WORTHWHILE VOCABULARY

    •Fees/invoices/fares •It was dirt cheap/ It


    •Bill/receipt/cheque cost me an arm and a
    leg
    •Pay/salary/wages
    •Money laundering
    •Cash/change/tip
    •Economic/economi
    cal
    •Shopping spree
    /window shopping
    MONOLOGUE TIME 1 !
    •In some countries, you are expected to
    haggle over the price of goods, is this
    something you enjoy?
    •40-year mortgages: isn’t it crazy?
    •Is pocket money for children a good idea?
    •Shopaholics: a by-product of our
    consumerist society?
    •Should you pay your children for work that
    they do around the house?
    MONOLOGUE TIME !
    •Men and women: a different attitude to
    shopping?
    •The sales: a good trick or a good deal?
    •Your view on the issue of plastic bags in
    shops
    •Pros and cons of shops being allowed to
    open on Sundays and bank holidays
    •Should the rich be required to pay higher
    taxes?
    MONOLOGUE TIME !
    •Is it moral to have jobs that pay ‘under the
    table’?
    •Is investing in gold a wise financial
    decision?
    •Will money become entirely virtual?
    •Consumerism: faulty goods make economy
    grow
    •A war gives the economy a boost, do you
    agree?
    MONOLOGUE TIME !
    •Should the government increase the
    gasoline tax and use the money to pay off
    debts?
    •Politicians tell you to tighten your belt
    while they keep their astronomical wages.
    •Are the Olympic Games a waste of money?
    •Should cultural institutions be publicly
    funded?
    MONEY IDIOMS
    •That piano's worth a fortune ! - a lot of money.
    •It cost an arm and a leg! - a lot of money.
    •They get paid peanuts ! - badly.
    •That restaurant's a real rip-off ! - That restaurant
    overcharges
    •They don't have two pennies to rub together . - They are
    very poor.
    •The business went bust. - bankrupt.
    •That last bill completely cleaned me out ! - That bill used up
    all of my money.
    •I'm skint. I blew my salary on a new hi-fi. - I've spent all my
    wages.
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money

    Money doesn’t grow on trees


    Proverbs & Sayings About Money

    1. The best things in life are free.


    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    2. Time is money.
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    3. Take care of the pennies and the pounds
    will
    take care of themselves.
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    4. Money talks.
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    5. Neither a borrower nor a lender be.

    LORD POLONIUS:
    Neither a borrower nor a lender be;
    For loan oft loses both itself and friend,
    And borrowing dulls the edge of
    husbandry.

    From Shakespeare's Hamlet, 1602


    .
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    6. Health is better than wealth.
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    7. A fool and his money are soon parted.
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    8. Money is the root of all evil.
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    9. Money makes the world go round.
    Proverbs & Sayings About Money
    10. Money is a good servant, but a bad
    master.

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