ГДЗ по английскому языку 8 класс Ваулина, Дули, Подоляко, Эванс - ответ страница 53
Авторы: Ваулина Ю.Е., Дули Д., Подоляко О.Е., Эванс В.
Серия: Spotlight
Тип книги: Учебник
Год: 2016-2025
Премиум
Culture corner3
1. Do you know who any of these people are? How are they related to money in Britain? Read to find out.
2. a) Read the text again. Make derivatives of the words on the right so that they fit the text. Fill in the blanks with those new words.
b) Listen to and read the text again. What is each person famous for?
BRITISH BANKNOTES
1 British money is called the ‘pound’, or sometimes ‘pounds sterling’. The word ‘sterling’ probably ..... with a little silver coin 1000 years ago. A ‘pound’ referred how many coins you needed to make a pound in weight. Back then, as now, this was worth a lot; check the price of 400 grams of silver today!
2 It was a nuisance to carry round so many coins, so people put them in a bank. The bank gave notes to their customers, representing a number of pounds. Customers used these notes to buy things from a merchant. The merchant could take the note to the bank and exchange it for silver coins. In fact, British banknotes still say ‘I promise to pay ...' on them, and then their value - followed by the ..... of the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England.
3 0f course, the notes don’t get you pounds of silver any more! For many years, they have b een In the ..... . 1960s, British banknotes began to carry pictures of famous British people on them.
4 These included Elizabeth Fry, a prison reformer; Sir idward Elgar, a ..... and Adam Smith, an economist. These pictures change from time to time, but there is one person who is always on a British banknote: the King or Queen!
5 These pictures make the notes ..... , but they have another purpose.
6 They are full of ..... details that make them difficult to copy, or ‘counterfeit’. There are four British banknotes: £5, or the ‘fiver’; £10, or the ‘tenner’; £20 and £50.
7 lf you are wondering why there is no £100 note, or even higher - well, most banks do not like to create high-value notes, it is because it makes it easier for ..... to steal large amounts.
3. Match the highlighted words to their meanings.
small parts that are difficult to see
meaning the same as
a person who makes something
new or better
an annoying person or thing
4. Complete with: name, call, make in the correct form. Explain the phrases. Are there similar ones in Russian?
1 She was crying because some rude boys ..... her names.
2 He ..... a name for himself as a painter.
3 Have you chosen a ..... for the baby?
5. ICT Collect information on the history and development of banknotes/coins in Russia. Present it to the class.
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