Task 1
1. He was wearing rubber boots and a dirty jacket. He needed a haircut badly and was unshaven.
2. It was hard for him to believe such a man could afford to buy sixteen expensive cars.
3. He asked the young man to leave.
4. He went to a showroom on the other side of the street and asked for sixteen cars.
5. He took a bundle of notes out of his pocket and paid for the cars in cash.
6. He explained that the cars were for himself and his fifteen colleagues. He and his colleagues worked on a Norwegian fishing-boat. They had all earned a lot of money that season, and they wanted to buy cars.

Task 2
A.
1. It is Victorian brass.
2. The stallholder says it’s worth twenty quid.
3. The stallholder is asking fifteen for it.
4. It means pound.
5. He says that the customer must be joking, and he paid more than that for it himself.
B.
1. fifteen, fourteen, thirteen, and twelve fifty
2. ten, eleven, twelve, and twelve fifty

Task 3
A. make out, draw out, letters, only, words, amount, numbers, last, signature
B. the date in top right corner, “cash” on first line next to “pay”, “twenty pounds only” under that line, “20” in numbers written to the right of that, a signature underneath the box

Task 4 skip

Task 5 skip

Task 6
1. It means that we don’t carry most of our weekly or monthly wage around in our pockets, and we don’t leave it at home where it might easily be stolen.
2. We don’t want to travel around the city with hundreds of dollars in cash to pay bills, nor do we want to waste the time and carfare.
3. The author recommends an account that is a savings and a checking account in one.
4. Often commercial banks have many offices in a city or town.
5. You sign you name on the back of the check, mark it “for deposit only”, and deposit the money in your account.
6. It is generally about 4 dollars per month or 15 cents for every check you write.
7. You should have received in the mail all your bills, such as the rent, gas, electricity, phone, and perhaps a doctor or dentist bill.
8. You can use a small plastic card to tell the computer to transfer the same amount of money from your savings to your checking account.
9. No, it doesn’t.
10. The computer will oblige as long as you have the amount you’re asking for in your account.

Task 7

A. true false
false, false, true, false, true
B. questions
1. The goods bought by hire purchase are, in almost every case, goods that will last�"radio and television sets, washing machines, refrigerators, motor-cars, motor-cycles, and articles of furniture.
2. It helps newly-married couples with small incomes to furnish their homes; increases the demand for goods, and in this way helps trade and employment; and by hire purchase, families can spend less money, or perhaps no money, in useless or perhaps harmful ways, for example, on too much alcoholic drink.
3. There is the danger that when trade is bad, hire purchase buying may end suddenly and make trade much worse, with, as a result, a great increase in unemployment.

Task 8
Fill in the account form: the correct form is “current account form”; full name “Helen Andrews”; address “33 Bedford Road, London E14”; amount in pounds “2,000”; check book “yes”; rate of interest “no”

Task 9 skip

Task 10 dictation

An old man died and left his son a lot of money. But the son was a foolish young man, and he quickly spent all the money, so that soon he had nothing left. Of course, when that happened, all his friends left him. When he was quite poor and alone, he went to see Nasreddin, who was a kind, clever, old man who often helped people when they had troubles. “My money has finished and my friends have gone,” said the young man. “What will happen to me now?” “Don’t worry, young man,” answered Nasreddin. “Everything will soon be all right again. Wait and you will soon feel much happier.” The young man was very glad. “Am I going to get rich again then?” he asked Nasreddin. “No, I didn’t mean that,” said the old man. “I meant that you would soon get used to being poor and to having no friends.”