Английский язык. Пятьдесят тем для продолжающих. Уровень В1 - стр. 2
1. Is it easy to open a bank account?
2. What are high street banks?
3. What is a current account?
4. What can you do with a current account?
5. What should you do if you want to open a current account?
6. Will you have to show a passport in the bank?
7. How can you pay money into your account?
8. How can you take money out from your account?
9. How often do you get a statement from the bank?
10. You don’t have to pay for bank services, do you?
11. What happens if you spend more money than you have?
12. What can you do if you need more money?
13. How should you repay the loan?
14. What can you use if you need money for shopping?
15. What is ‘the hole in the wall’ called?
16. How can you get the money from the cash machine?
17. Very few people have a credit card these days, don’t they?
18. What is a savings account used for?
19. Why should you be very careful with credit cards?
20. The bank is there to help you, isn’t it?
Training 1
You can use your current account from day to day. You can put money in it or take money out. If you want to pay money into your account you simply fill in a very short form and pay in the money. If you want to take money out of your account, it is the same procedure. You usually get a statement, once a month, from the bank. It shows how much money you have in your account.
Training 2
If you need money for shopping you don’t have to go into the bank. You can use ‘the hole in the wall’, this is the cash or ATM machine. You simply put your plastic bank card in, enter your personal identification number, say how much money you want and the machine will give it to you. You can also use your bank card to buy goods and services.
3. Being Famous
Who are the famous people in the twenty-first century? They are film stars, pop stars, politicians, sportsmen and sportswomen. It’s interesting that most people know of some pop stars, film stars, sportsmen and women. However, fewer people know of politicians, writers, poets and artists. Most young people know Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman, David Beckham and Madonna, and of course, even ten years after her death, Princess Diana. What makes these people famous? Of course, newspapers and magazines, television, cinema and the Internet. It’s interesting that most of the famous people are in the world of show business. You can see stars on the covers of many magazines. Many magazines tell only about the lives of pop stars or film stars. Of course, being famous means money, a beautiful lifestyle and power. You can get a lot of money for your job. Can you imagine how much money Tom Cruise gets to make just one film? But what about the associated problems? Being famous means that you don’t have a private life. If you go shopping or to a restaurant everybody knows you. And, of course, there is always the paparazzi. These are photographers of famous people. They always follow you and wait outside your house just to take photographs. If you are famous, you don’t know who your real friends are and who are not. Perhaps the most famous person in the world was Princess Diana. But during her lifetime many newspapers and people criticised her. She couldn’t live a normal life. And there is no better story for a newspaper or magazine than a scandal about a famous person. Scandals sell newspapers and magazines. So, the next time you dream about being famous, just remember all the problems that it can bring.