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3. Scan the text and find the answers to the following questions.

  1. Why is banking as old as civilization itself?

  2. Why was it necessary to develop international banking?

  3. Why wasn’t westernized banking an entirely new concept?

4. Find in the text the terms that match to the following definitions.

  1. to go or stretch from one side of something such as a boarder, road, river, room etc. to the other;

  2. something that happens or exists in society, science, or nature, especially something that is studied because it is difficult to understand;

  3. the time when someone or something was most popular, successful, or powerful;

  4. a formal written promise to repair or replace a product if it breaks within a specific period of time;

  5. the system or type of money that a country uses;

  6. a law or set of laws;

  7. when a situation is not certain because there is the possibility of sudden change;

  8. the extra money that you must pay back when you borrow money.

5. Match the terms to their definitions. Use them in the sentences of your own.

1) to earn

a) to use something that belongs to someone else and that you must give back to them later

2) to withdraw

b) to use your money to pay for goods or services

3) to borrow

c) to receive a particular amount of money for the work that you do

4) to spend

d) take (money) out of an account

5) to lend

e) to use less money, time, energy etc.

6) to save

f) to put money or something valuable in a bank

7) to deposit

g) to let someone borrow money or something that belongs to you for a short time

6. Choose the correct word.

1. Can I (borrow / withdraw) $5 from you?

2. How much do you (spend /earn) at your work?

3. I am bringing my lunch from home, so I can (lend / save ) some money.

4. I (spend / withdraw ) a lot of money on clothes.

5. Did the bank (earn / lend ) him any money?

6. You have to put money in the bank before you can (borrow / withdraw ) it.

7. Using the words in parentheses, complete the text below with the appropriate tenses the Past Simple, the Past Continuous, the Present Perfect or the Past Perfect.

  1. When I… (arrive) to the bank yesterday, I discovered that all my money on my bank account… (disappear).

  2. By the time I got to the office, the meeting … (begin, already) without me. My boss … (be) furious with me and I … (be) fired.

  3. The first computers… (be) simple machines designed for basic tasks.

  4. Yesterday, I … (drive) to the bank. I …(open) a savings account.

I … (give) my social security number, and …(sign) the application. There …(be) no fee for the savings account.

  1. When I … (walk) into the busy office, the secretary … (talk) on the phone with a customer, several clerks … (work, busily) at their desks, and two managers … (discuss, quietly) methods to improve customer service.

8. Learn the given phrasal verbs about money. Use them in sentences of your own.

Spending Money

to lay out - to spend money, especially a large amount;

to splash out - to spend a lot of money on something you don't need, but is very pleasant;

to run up - to create a large debt;

9. Form names of nationalities from the given countries and empires.

1) Rome, 2) Greece, 3) Babylon, 4) China, 5) Egypt, 6) Italy, 7) England, 8) Germany, 9) Spain, 10) Japan.

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Pre-reading task:

1. Think and discuss.

  • Do you know anything about online banking?

  • What are advantages and disadvantages of it?

  • Do you have any experience using this type of banking?

2. Read the text and make up a list of advantages and disadvantages of online banking.

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