The Language of Money: Slang, Idioms, and Conversations

1. Unit 5

2. What do these words have in common??? • Cheddar • Dough • Greenbacks • Benjamins • Moola • Loot • Buck • Fiver • Single • Change • Coin • Bones • Big ones

3. All slang for $$$$

4. Take a look again! • Cheddar • Dough • Greenbacks • Benjamins • Moola • Loot • Buck • Fiver • Single • Change • Coin • Bones • Big ones

5. Conversation Questions • What comes to mind when you hear the word ‘money’? • Does money make the world go round? • Does money talk? • What would life be like without money? • How often do you think about money? • What does the expression, “money doesn’t grow on trees” mean? What would life be like if it did? • How would the world be different if all the money in the world was shared out equally among all people? • What’s the best way of making a lot of money? • Have you ever raised money for charity?

6. Idioms • ante up to pay money, to produce a necessary amount of money • I had to ante up a lot of money to get my car fixed.  • at all costs at any expense of time or effort or money • We plan to send our child to a good school at all costs. 

7. Idioms Continued • born with a silver spoon in one`smouth • to be born to wealth and comfort, to be born rich • The new student in our class was born with a silver spoon in his mouth and has had an easy life.

8. strapped for cash to have little or no money available • I am strapped for cash at the moment so I will not be able to go on a holiday. 

9. A few more idioms • pinch pennies • - to be careful with money, to be thrifty • My grandmother always pinches pennies and never spends her money foolishly.  • put in one`s two cents (worth) • - to add one's comments or opinion to a discussion • I stood up in the meeting and put in my two cents worth before I sat down. 

10. penny for one`s thoughts • - a request that asks someone what he or she is thinking about • "I will give you a penny for your thoughts," I said to my friend who was looking out of the window.

11. Quiz • What were first minted in ancient Lydia (part of what is now Turkey) about 2,600 years ago? • A. Automatic Cash Machines • B. Coins • C. One-armed bandits • D. Credit Cards

12. Someone who has no money at all is often described as… • A. Broke • B. Broken • C. Bust • D. Shattered

13. Which of these might a child receive from his/her parents? • A. a fee • B. a pension • C. pocket money • D. a subsidy

14. Something so valuable it cannot be bought can be described as.. • A. Valueless • B. Priceless • C. Worthless • D. Pricey

15. If a company goes out of business because it cannot pay its debts, it.. • A. is in the black • B. breaks even • C. is in the red • D. goes bankrupt

16. Which of these is money given to someone in authority to get them to do something dishonest? • A. a tip • B. a bribe • C. a deposit • D. a ransom

17. Which of these is NOT a way of describing someone who hates spending money? • A. Flashy • B. Stingy • C. Tight-fisted • D. miserly

18. What is your opinion!! • “Money makes the world go round” • “Neither a borrower nor a lender be” • “Money is the root of all evil.” • “Take care of the pennies and the pounds will take care of themselves.” • “In life, the rich get richer and the poor get poorer.” • “Money can’t buy happiness.”

19. Conversation Questions • How important is money to you? • Do you worry about money? • What’s the largest amount of money you’ve ever had in your wallet/purse? • Does having a lot of money make someone more attractive? • Have you ever lost a lot of money? • How much pocket money should a 13-year-old get? • Do you ever run out of money? • Do you agree with the idiom that “a fool and his money are easily parted”?

20. Secret Topic • 2 Students • You quietly choose a secret topic you want to talk about without telling anyone else about it. • You will sit in the “hot seats” and begin discussing the topic. • If you are in the “audience” and think you “know” the topic then you will join the conversation.. • When about 2/3 of the class joins games over

21. A few more idioms • Bet your bottom dollar • If you “bet” then you are absolutely certain of it. • “Jack is very punctual. You can bet your bottom dollar he’ll be here at 9 o’clock on the dot.” • Other side of the coin. • when you want to mention a different or contradictory aspect of a situation • “The house is lovely and spacious, but the otherside of the coin is that it is far from shops and schools.”

22. Go Dutch • To go Dutch with someone means to share the cost of something such as a meal or a concert. • “I knew it wasn’t a date when he asked if we would go Dutch when we finished our meal.” • Keep your head above water • To try to survive by staying out of debt, for example a small business. • We tried to keep our head above water during the months of winter because no one was interested in our ice cream sundaes.

23. Task #1 • Write 2 sentences using the new idioms: • “Bet your bottom dollar” • “other side of the coin” • “Go Dutch” • “keep your head above water”

24. Conversation Questions • How many credit cards do you have? • In what ways are credit cards better than cash? • Why do you think credit card companies charge such high interest? • What is the biggest purchase you’ve made with your card? • Do you think we’ll still be using credit cards twenty years from now? • Would people be in a better financial situation without credit cards?

25. Song Cloze • Listen to the following song and fill in the blanks! • We will listen to the song twice! • http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LHacDYj8KZM

26. Time & Tense • Present: • Simple I live • Continuous • Perfect • Perfect Continuous

27. Present: • Simple I live • Continuous I am living • Perfect I have lived • Perfect Continuous I have been living

28. Past • Simple I lived • Continuous • Perfect • Perfect Continuous

29. Past: • Simple I lived • Continuous I was living • Perfect I had lived • Perfect Continuous I had been living

30. Future: • Simple I will live • Continuous • Perfect • Perfect Continuous

31. Future: • Simple I will live • Continuous I will be living • Perfect I will have lived • Perfect Continuous I will have been living.

32. Special uses for present simple • To talk about past situations • Newspaper headlines • Anti-US protest ends in violence. • Minister quits. • Strike brings city to a standstill. • When we tell a joke or we relate to the story of a film, book or play. • A man goes to the psychiatrist and says “Doctor, I think I’m a pair of curtains,” The doctor replies “pull yourself together.” • P 138 Ex. 1&2

33. To talk about “now” • The action happens instantaneously at the moment of speaking, PS is used. The words carry a particular importance. • I pronounce you man and wife. • I beg your pardon? • I name this ship the Mary Rose. • When describing or commenting on a present action, PS is used. (sports) • Owen shoots….and it’s a goal! • Ex. 3 p 138

34. PS for future time • An event which is programmed or timetabled (on the calendar) • The new school year starts on September 14. • The show, Les Miserable, opens on January 7th • After the time conjunctions: • if, when, before, as soon as, until, once, while, by the time, etc. • What’ll happen if we don’t get there in time? • I’ll phone you as soon as wecheckin. • You can go home as soon as you finish.

35. PS for future time • After relative pronouns (Who, Where) and in subordinate clauses introduced by as, than and whether. • The first person who phones in with the correct answer will get the prize. • You’ll probably be on the same flight as we are. • To describe future events which are officially organised or timetabled. • Present form of “be +infinitive with to” • The Prime Minister is to visit India next year. • The standard rate of tax is to be raised from next April. • P 138/139 p 4-5

36. Past Verb forms in Unreal situations • Imaginary Situations • In clauses with “if” • If men had to undergo pregnancy as women do, there would be far fewer children in the world! • IF+were+Infinitive with to • If I were to tell you that you’ve just won $1million, what would you say? • After I wish, I’d rather/sooner, I suppose/imagine and it’s time • I wish I had enough money to buy myself a new scooter. (=but I don’t)

37. Past Verb forms in Unreal situations • I’d rather/sooner you didn’t smoke. (=this is what I would like, rather than what I think will happen) • When making requests more tentative and distant. • I just wanted to ask you something. Do you have a moment? • Was there anything else, sir? • I was just wondering if you had a few moments to discuss something important. • P 139, Ex 6-7

38. Past Verb forms in Unreal situations • Imaginary situations in the past • We use the Past Perfect to talk about an unreal situation in the past. • If it had been up to me, I would have never chose that color for the living room. • I wish I had never met that hateful man. • Exercise 8 p 139