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VOCABULARY
CHECK THE BASICS
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1 Complete the words with the correct letters.

2 payoutmoney-s?....
3 euro, dollar or yen, etc.

Tom

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4 fashionable, trendy - s y.LL. .&

5 income, money that you get from an employer -

H | 2 1 MOVE ON
The consumer society

ain

brand

browse

OK, OK, l'll use this cash machine ... Oh no! l'm
(4) overcharged / overdrawni

arpund

6 'Where did you go?' 'Oh, .hSCSSSES.

We visited lots of shops.'

7 Complete the sentences with the correct form of

phrasal verbs from exercise 6.
1 If you and your sisters .?M?...

7 We didn't know how to fix the stereo right away, but

we eventualiy rn;-in]gi.id lo solve the problem by
,

you might be able to afford a car.

the price.

shop

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in 3 0 minutes!

Word pairs
Pippa Poor

, like Nike.

6 There a r e far too m a n y

on TV!

3 Complete the text with collocations. Use a word from list

A and a word or phrase from list B. One collocation is
not needed.

afford

8 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the idioms.

Rafa Rich

borrow

debt

Pippa Poor has wasted

broke

lend

owe waste

her money on lottery tickets

and bingo games, and now she's complctcly

(1) P.Wk?.

She used her credit card to

buy things that she couldn't (2) MQ'.

online

and now she's in (3)

(4) JB&.

She also
50 to her friend Rafa Rich,

which she (5) .^Sirgwo.

-friendly
-sfiopping

borrow

I often go into town w i t h my friends on Saturday.

burn

lend

from him last week.

stingy

wealthy

well

Rafa Rich s extremely (6) $.

We don't have much money, so we never

off. In

fac, he's so (7)

on clothes with

to (8) MU

Most of the t i m e

that he's got money

! He (9) Jgf

his

friend Pippa 50 last week, but he won't ask for it

w e just l i k e to l o o k a t t h e s h o p W i n d o w s -

back. He may be rich, but he most certainly tsn't

is free! I always thnk

from a high

(10) .ZUHSX.

- n fac, he's very generous.

now / when and then

ill / sick and tired

peace and calm / quiet

highs / ups and downs

give and take / get

here and' there / where

secure / safe and sound

trial and error / mistake

cheap and cheerfui / happy

10 haves / have and have nots

9 Match five of the idioms in exercise 8 with the
definitions.
1 occaslonally

(1) fffrtW.Q

didn't bring happiness. She

was (2)

and tired of spending all her

time performing, and she was no longer interested

in splashing (3)

on (4) d-M.

labels or flashy cars. It seemed wrong and even

(5) M&hiQM.

to waste large amounts of money

(6) .SE

luxury items when other people

in :he world were n desoe'ate ecc of rrcr.ey. So one

r,

day, sne dec ced te acna:e a "e* money to h e l p r g

and outs in

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3 cooperation or compromise

Kerry says, 'I simply love my new life! Before, I had

(8) .HflQ
to burn, but I didn't have anything

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to soe^o it on. Now, I get to he'p othe's every day"

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Strarge y. Ke y's radical fe c a - g e "as rrade her more

rr

pepu ar -.han eve'. Tckets for her new cnanty conce.'"

have already (9)
out! It seems that
a lot ot people are happy to fork (10)

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money for a good cause.

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Unit 4 Material world

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cheagandcheeriu\__

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London.

5 simple but affordable and pleasant

h o m e , on (6)

pop star - in fact, she

2 rich and poor people

produets. My

boyfriend rarely comes with us - h e does h i s shopping at

Kerry was a very wealthy

was a milionaire! Unfortunately for Kerry, fame and

-orneess people ano (7)...... v.:

4 in various places

street store. I am really worried about the environment,

so I only buy (5)

11 Complete the text. Use suitable words from Unit 4 .

for the bestdeal.

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lot of money.

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5 Don't just buy the first mobile you see.

5 This DVD is really cheap. It's a M'tt.!!!!.

carefully before I (4)

5 l'm going to buy this. It isn't a designer label, but it's

.ShS^. .Gdf'/^d.l
, and I like it.

4 go to different shops to compare prices - shop

4 The new computer game was so popular that the

4 I prefer to buy trainers with a well-knowr

(3)

4 Sometimes I feel l'd rather enjoy some

in the park than go into
town.

to Iffrkgut

'Why not sell some of it on eBay?'

B: a purchase auction sites

labels out possession

2 I thought l'd lost my wallet, but it's been here all

along, .?MzAtld:^M!

2 contribute money as a group - club

15% :Jl

thanks!'

material

of

3 Working in fashion has its MZJMdmPS

Sometimes I love it, sometimes I hate t.

3 If you want the best seats at the concert, you'll have

A: designer eco make

splash
window

1 l'm so bored. l'm

shopping. Can't we go home?

1 reduce the price (by a certain amount) - knock

2 The shirt was missing a button, so the manager

exploit

3 'I wish I could get rid of some of this

(2) d^nerjabeb

around

5 spend a lot of money on somethlng - fork .!!:

I know, I know ... They charge too much (6) for /

by them, though, I reckon!

.unethjcal

(1) .iBMUlul

off

Tom

2 Employing children t o w o r k in faetones is

Pj

out (x2)

3 sell all examples of a particular tem - sell

1 'Are you looking f o r anything in particular?' 'No, l ' m just

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together

Wendy Typical! You're always broke. If you didn't

(5) p a y / s p e n d so much money on CDs, you'd
have more cash to spare - and you could even
pay me back what you owe!

5 Complete the texts about Pippa Poor and Rafa Rich. Use
the correct form of some of the words in each list. One
word in each list is not needed.

2 Complete the sentences with the correct form of the

words in the list.
advert se ment t
junk
unethical

Hang on, I haven't got any cash (1) on / to me for

lunch. Could I borrow 10 (2) for / from you?

Wendy No way! You're always borrowing money from me

and I never get it back. And you know l'm saving
up ( i ) f o r / to a holiday.

1 the opposite of cheap - e . ?. U. 5. i. Y.. .

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Phrasal verbs: Saving and spending

6 Read the definitions. Then complete the phrasal verbs
with words from the list.

Tom

the opposite of rich p c w

10 Complete the sentences with idioms from exercise 8.

Rich and poor

4 Choose the correct alternatives to complete the dialogue.

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