2 Money makes the

Module

world go round

In this module you will …

▪ discuss how people spend money and prioritise their spending, in

Unit 1 What we spend

▪ read and talk about work, how products are made and who makes them, in
Unit 2 How the world works

▪ talk about the power of the consumer, and how the things we buy can make
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a difference, in
Unit 3 Ready to change

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You will also ...

▪▪ listen to a shop ▪▪ read about how

owner talking the government

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about Fairtrade of a country

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▪▪ listen to adverts spends its money

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about products ▪▪ read about the
▪▪ listen to people production line of
describing their a product
jobs ▪▪ read about
being an ethical
consumer

▪▪ write a report
on how your
classmates spend ▪▪ interview your
money classmates about

S pe a k
Write

▪▪ write an advert their spending

for a product habits
▪▪ write an advert ▪▪ describe an
for a job in a advert on TV
responsible ▪▪ role play a
company dialogue in a
market

Let's work together

Make an advertising brochure for a product

For the project in this module, you will become advertisers. You will plan a
product, and create a brochure for it. You will:

▪▪ plan how your product is made

▪▪ decide who a typical customer will be
▪▪ think of how to make your product better than similar products
▪▪ present it to the class

To start the project, think of some successful products that you know. Why do
people like them? What sort of people buy them? What do you know about the
company's advertising strategy?
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Speak

1. Read the definition of shopaholic in the box. Are the people below
shopaholics? How about you? Discuss with a partner.

A shopaholic is a person who is addicted to shopping.

Other similar words: workaholic, alcoholic, chocaholic.

Christie: ‘I buy new clothes every week.’

Sam: ‘I always save some money in case of an emergency.’
Lucia: ‘I only buy what I need.’
Taylor: ‘I work hard so I can buy lots of things at the end of the month.’
Oscar: ‘When my parents give me money, I always spend it immediately.’

2. Look at the numbers in the boxes. Then in pairs, say the numbers below out loud.

100 2,000 35,000

One hundred Two thousand Thirty-five thousand

6,000,000 13,000,000,000
six million thirteen billion

a. 273 e. 129,000
b. 909 f. 999,999
c. 4,780 g. 45,000,000
d. 64,900 h. 72,000,000,000
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3. Listen and repeat the numbers in Exercise 2.

4. Work in groups of three or four. Follow the instructions to play a game with big numbers.

▪▪ Write 20 big numbers on a piece of paper.

▪▪ One student says one of the numbers (without pointing to it).
▪▪ The first student to find the number wins a point.
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Focus on Vocabulary

5. Can you name all of these products? Match the names of the products with the pictures.

cap – face cream – memory stick – keyboard – mobile phone – headphones –

tablet – mouse – jeans – T-shirt – soap – deodorant

1 2 3 4

5 6 7 8

9 10 11 12

6. Put the products in exercise 5 in the correct category.

Skin and body care Technological items Clothing
cap

Listen
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7. Listen to the descriptions. Which products from exercise 5 do the speakers describe?
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8. Listen again and make notes about the products. Then in pairs, describe the products using your
notes.

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Read

9. Look at the pictures. What do you think your country spends most money on? Put the
pictures in order from 1–4.

Defence Education Health Drinking water

10. Read the text. Which of the things in exercise 9 does it mention?

How your government spends your money

One of the most important jobs of a government is to decide how to spend money. Most
nations spend billions of dollars each year on an enormous variety of things: education,
health, transport, research, foreign aid and much more.
Politicians rarely agree about the best way to spend money. Some think that the most
important thing is to have excellent public services, such as schools and hospitals. Other
people think that rich countries should spend more money on helping poorer countries so
that they can give their citizens basic services like clean drinking water. Others think that
people should pay less tax. This means that people can keep more of the money that they
earn, but the government then has less money to spend, and public services are usually
more expensive.
Some countries are very lucky, and have natural resources like oil that they can sell. This
gives them lots of money to spend and it means that their citizens don’t need to pay so
much tax. Other countries suffer from natural disasters like floods and hurricanes, and need
to spend a lot to protect their citizens.
Glossary

▪▪ spend money: gastar dinero

▪▪ research: investigación
Focus on Language ▪▪ foreign aid: ayuda al extranjero
▪▪ tax: impuestos
▪▪ citizens: ciudadanos
11. Complete the sentences from the text. ▪▪ oil: petróleo
▪▪ floods: inundaciones
a. Rich countries should spend money on
helping poorer countries.
b. Others think that people should pay tax.

12. Complete the sentences with more or less and the nouns in the box.

cars – time – energy – pollution

Example: I’ve got more people in my family than my best friend has. He’s an only child.
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a. I’ve got to spend with my friends at the moment because I’m studying for exams.
b. There are on the roads now. The traffic is really bad.
c. I go running in the morning because I’ve got then.
d. There’s in my city now. The air feels cleaner.

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Speak

13. Discuss in pairs. Imagine you are in these situations. Use the language in the box below to
help you.

a. You are on a sinking ship. You need to leave it immediately and get into a life raft. You can
take five items. What are they?
b. A hurricane is on its way to your town or city. What five things do you take with you?
c. Look at the items in exercise 5. Were any of them on your two lists? Explain why or why not.

Useful expressions

Prioritising and giving reasons

▪▪ I think we should take …, because it’s useful for …
▪▪ We need … to …
▪▪ If we have …, we can …
▪▪ … is more important/useful than …
▪▪ … isn’t useful because …

Write

14. Look at the items below. Write about what you think your country should spend its money on.
a. Number each item from 1 (most important) to 8 (least important). Add more items if you
can think of them.
b. Explain why you think your top three items are more important.
c. Explain why your bottom three items are less important.

▪▪ defence
▪▪ health
▪▪ education
▪▪ research
▪▪ foreign aid
▪▪ the environment Useful expressions
▪▪ social protection
▪▪ transport Giving your opinion
▪▪ In my opinion, …
▪▪ I think that …
▪▪ I believe that …
▪▪ I feel that …
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