Speaker 1 Kevin is very quick to think negative things about people. Even when he talks about his best friend, he always tells you about his faults. And if somebody hasn’t got any faults, he invents them

Dialogue 5

Sam

I see you’ve been to the sales!

Kate

I certainly have! I got a pair of shoes that I really

liked at half price! I got to the shop early so I’d 

get them before anybody else saw them. 

Ben

Well done!

Kate

Although the shop assistant gave me a shock 

when I went to pay for them. She wanted to 

charge me full price!

Ben

Why?

Kate

They’d forgotten to put the sales price into the 

computer, so there was one price on the shoes 

and another in the computer. Anyway, they 

sorted it out and I got a bargain!

2.22 Lesson 9C, Exercise 3

1

To my mind, bank managers get paid too much.

2

It’s undeniable that inflation has remained at the same level 

for six months.

3

As far as I’m concerned, the government’s policies to tackle 

poverty aren’t working.

4

I strongly believe it’s better to be a saver than a spender.

5

It’s true that more Monopoly money is printed every year 

than real money.

6

It’s been proved that the key to happiness is spending 

money on experiences rather than possessions.

2.23 Lesson 9C, Exercise 4

1

I can quite understand why people try to live without money 

today. In my view, it forges a community spirit that we have 

lost in this technological age. If you help someone with 

something and they help you with something else, you form 

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a bond with that person. I grew up in a small village in Wales

where nobody had any money at all. We lived like all the 

other families lived – a hand-to-mouth existence, with none 

of the things – TVs, cars and smartphones – that we 

consider necessary today. But I was an extremely happy 

child in a happy family, living in a happy village. Every house

was always open to anyone else. Children were looked after

by everybody. People grew food and shared it around. And 

if a family was in trouble, everyone helped out. When I visit 

these days, everyone seems well-off, with more in the bank, 

and that’s good. However, it 

has

 destroyed some of the 

community feeling because people don’t need each other so

much now. Instead, people use money to solve their 

problems and don’t ask their neighbours any more.