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text organization Reading: understanding

the main A Readthe text.underline n eachparagraPh.

good conduct. Prrcle' tD' to use from moneY.If we werc to thngs Inos moneyrtirbuy anv of these \\ think we cre lrzi feopie 1^ould Hoq lmasiN,lor e\.lmlte $kin! rh t' trrre r mLr ; do I ulv e )o u n ' r uf uur y, 'ur fnsrk;\s Thot asl]e(ts ttri n :s rre l jles t hat r e r el l ) !J u e not be thr(ann1bpncLd ad loulil ts \o \alurhle \otitr wirt tnrk$ thern [e precjseb rhat tht) a belond

oPt'ons as a cuency 'the obiects in our lives that \\e Pooot w e for rock are morc talked about schemes tadig we cannot not need really value-e stutf Cood rcLrtion\hiP\do out $i'ullr Fe$ peoPle polrrLe\ her to throw l i w Y -mrk rnsunce is ihal whal we vale troble Tbc nemento a personi{ therc that wc laluel cre rble for nohef price on are relationships n i'eif ad what we put irom a a PholograPh wcle a bonusattacnco' wiie and {rom vactioD, Mv hnked mosrutopids often ncxtrjcablv kept tiom chiLdhood Noi surPn'LnglY ol lnches edding. toys series a over 'I love in fel Y(r That is one reasonwe e so fascinaLed plarJ1i{ to do without mone) - vet vou will rest'turants London in bY homes' because thdt do wjthoutm!ncY soLlcties listedon tbe nd cosuned ginlove "falli find nol l t r \ r l\ o filng rel ronshrps the) susrLrr ctirly invaridblv end up after the tlzzv wxter Tbe check,josl solrt money' \\'r Pa) to b Pdrt ofhuge Cifies have done without were a vehicle ior me $hy mcls paid-for when qatheri ngs-festi v1s' carnlr is' but lr;liallY onlY under siege' love which is beyo'1d of ;,.D,ssion nrusror mass sho ws ol | l po.ti ng cold, mmrion and somethinghas in itse value " t" ot" ' price. The lr 1 thecunenc)Pol cmoti on that gi l e us a se se ;lL.io.d be.olle' entrance the behind nroncy is often "hidden' P in somethng more Pofs Crmbodi,ljd\\ itlout it Possible' being c.iught nake to b we Y as iickei slLcn Closofro home,expcrinents neler coler price of a grearbook
to use hme time banks. which seek The

and local economlc

cpturcs its valLe'

cor irom w\{wnewsiatesman Adapted

that supportthe main idea' A again Circlethree examplesin each paragraph B Readthe article in Exercise A again.Circlef (true)or F (false)for eachstatement C Readthe artclen Exercise
:l The auihor believesthat cetain things cannot be boght with money 2 In his opinio& societisshould tunctionwjthout money. 3 Ifyou cannotby somethin8,itbecomes more special. T T T T F F F F

Love is fond at home, but emotronis only found in crowds.

ng @ Vocabulary:marketi
Completethe forum commentwith the correctform of the words in the box.
incentive monetary trigger markup subsidy debt

y FOfUl?? Mone CardCauton Credit

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7th at 9:35 P.m. tr-'FtrfiFull Yl byJojoon August your recentarticle on creditcards,I begto differ.The creditcard is freelyhandedout by Muchas I enjoyed people have.lt can lead don'tnecessarily to spendmoney-money banks as a(n) (1) piece of pay This harmless-looking back. (2) people intoserious , which they cannot people. it as view not even do Many consumers in feeling plastic(3) an irresponsible (5) kind it servesas a of value!Forothers, an object of (4) Thehighinterestratestrick peopleinto the cost-but it doesthe opposite. -in their mindthe cardreduces
payingan added (6) on items they buy. Give these cards less credit!

phrases adverb @ Grammar:


example. with an underlined A Matcheachtype of adverbphrase
1 time 2 frequenry 3 place 4 manner 5 purpose a) In order to prevent fraud, the sites are often moderated. b) A large amount of bartering is done on Internet sites. has become more PoPularin recent times. c) Freerycle@ d) We use fewer of the Earth's resourcesby sharing cars. e) These days,young people barter on a regular basis.

the ad with the wordsin the box. B Complete


everynow and then to notifyyou byjoining dayafter day on our site acrossthe U.S.

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(1) town Driving around to work or gong thekidsoffat school, dropping you too, Maybe feeltired, right? a fortune, costs ? Sowhynotshare (2) CarPool, a car?(3) you youcantravel contacts CarPool withsomeone! people whenever (4) pla cesyouwantto go.Andif youpost aregoing (5) anouting , people youfortheride!CarPool operates will pay to (6) , fromCalifornia
life is easy! WthCarPool, Sojoin Jlow. NewYork.

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r.rVocabulary: describing useditems


A Complete the tpsfor buying useditemswith the wordsin the box.
!p tor gralrs doesnt matir secondhad r good workng codil oi drop off throw rn

1 Ifthc price is too high, ask thc sell to somcthing free of charge. 2 Ask the selle to atyour house iJ they'e passnrgthrough your nrighborhooct.
3lt il yotL don't lik ihe color of thc

fumitue.You can alr 'aysh:\e it rcpinied later. Always chck that thc item is You can't complain aterthe sl. 5 If sorethinggood is cllqur,kl\.ll m.r) nnl b(.r\.,rl.rbl(l,rter. 6 K(.l,.rn cy( out f,r itels that have bcen uscd ven'littlc.

l ll throw in it,asanaddedncentiv
, as a added fcetrve.

B Complete the conversation with the phrases n Exercise A. Include it or tbem whereappropriate.
Yrn g i Hr , T o( ) . I m f rl l i n g J b ,,( rh e ( l l h}o. YoLrknow, as an addcd incentiv-. Yng: Wor'lThanks, that's eally nice. And nother thing, Joo\ . I, the dcsk lamp srill

desk. ls it slill for sle?

Joey: Ycahritis.Byihewa\rifyoustillwantthechairthtgoes$ilhit,Icould(2)

(3)

? l'd likc that,too.Isit (1)

Joey: Yeah,no one bought it. And lt woks fine. But I'm asking Sl0 r( th.rt Yang: Oh,I se. MaybeI'll leve i!, then. Joey:Ir (5)
Would you like me to (6) Yang: Ob I'd rcallv appreciaie that. t don't have an)' transporition Iet, you ser. . sorn,\,nesill bu\ r.-" \oufcl.rkinslsothrng.,g'

Gommunication strategy: making andchanging appointments


Decide whenwe usethesephrases. Check the phrases that are only usedfor changing an existng appointment.
T I 2 I

s.- ethin c. meup.

wr .,, a.l l * ,,l.1.u.*,,.,.,o,: 3 t l l'm busyall daySunda)'.

4 n c " n " , l-" ' ' , ' 1 . . . s Lqre v , , , rr" e . r -, . . 6 L l So, for thc ;ncon\.cnicnce.

B Complete the conversationswith the phrases from Exercse


1

Clare: Hi, Mik, it's Clare.Can we sct up a time for me to drop offthe second-handbed? Mike: No poblem. (1)_ Clre: l ell,Sundd\ i, probhly be.r tor mc. (2) Mike: No, not ther! sorry But I can nake it at seven. Omar: Hi, Alan.I'm soy, bt

(3)
I can't make it onTuesdat either.How aboutThursday? That sounds good. Let's do that. Omr: (4) It doesn't matter at all. Don't ention it. Diane: Hey, Hiromi.Il's Dian.I'm really sorry but I.an't make it for sevntonight.

(5)
Hiromi: Sure we can. How about Sunday evening? Is that any good? Diane: Sonl,, bt no. (6) I can do any time on Monday, thongh. Hiromi: Monday's fine.Come over at any Ume atter seven.

count/noncount nouns witha change '_)Grammar: in meaning


A WrteC (couht) or NC(noncount) for eachwordin bold. 1 2 Vegetarians don't eatmeat. I? rike sandwicbplease. 3 _ * "" "it#J"t*T,r,',? Moneyis madeof pdper. the.v throw in

B Check the sentences that are coect. Underline and cofrectthe mistakes.
A: l'd like a pizza$'ith ham,please. Oh,and water. B: Sony. We don't havea pizzatoday. We ran out.
A: I forgot to get paper.Do yo ind going to the newsstand? B; OK. But then I ned to go to that market that sellsfish. A: Waiter,I'm sorry.I've just knocked over glass. B: There'sa glassevenl .herel I hop no one has an accident. A: The markup on soda is crazy. That's no incentive to buy itl B: I know. T'vehad an experienceofwoking in soft cldnks. A: I can't drop it off now.There'sben changein my plans. B: lt doesn't matte. Do vju have a time to do it on Fddav? A: Bills trigger far in people, even when they're not in debt! B: Tti rruc.T'\e dls d). hd fer of mqetdry i--ue..

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