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Describing   money
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Conversation

​Joe is shopping for a music player with his friend Luke.
Joeは友人のLukeと一緒に音楽プレーヤーを買いに来ています。

Luke:
 Here’s a good MP3 player.

 よさそうなMP3プレーヤーがあるよ、ここに。
​
Joe: 
How much is it?

 いくら?

Luke: 
It’s a hundred ten dollars.

110ドル。

Joe: 
Oh, I don’t have enough.

ああ、お金足りないや。

Luke: 
How much do you have?

いくら持ってるの?

Joe: 
I only have a hundred dollars.

100ドルしかない。

Luke: 
How about this one? It’s ninety dollars.
これは?90ドルだよ。

​Joe: 
Yeah, I’ll buy it!
​
うん、それにしよう。

Discussion

  • About how much did you spend on presents last year?
  • About how much do you usually spend each day?
  • Are you a price conscious shopper?
  • Are you good at saving money?
  • Are you saving money to buy something?
    • If so, what are you planning to buy?
    • How much will it cost?
    • How much longer will you need to save before you can buy it?
  • Do banks pay a higher percent of interest here or in your country?
  • Do you compare prices at different stores when you shop?
  • Do you enjoy shopping?
  • Do you ever buy second-hand things? ("used things")
  • Do you ever give money to charity?
    • How often do you give to charity?
    • How much do you give?
  • Do you gamble?
  • Do you give tips at a restaurant in your country? How about to taxi drivers?
  • Do you haggle when you shop ?
  • Do you have a credit card?
  • Do you have a credit card? If so, do you have more than one?
  • Do you have more than one bank account?
  • Do you have to pay a sales tax in your country?
  • Do you invest in the stock market?
  • Do you often put money in the bank?
  • Do you sometimes buy things that you don't need?
    • If so, give some examples.
  • Do you sometimes give money to charities?
  • Do you think that money can buy love?
  • Do your parents give you an allowance? (Did your parents give...?)
    • How much? (Maybe not a good question to ask.)
    • What do you use it for?
    • How often do they give it to you?
  • Have you ever been in debt?
  • Have you ever owed money to people?
  • Have you ever bought a lottery ticket?
  • Have you ever found any money? If so, what did you do with it?
  • Have you ever given money to a beggar?
  • Have you ever given money to a homeless person?
  • Have you ever had any money stolen from you?
  • How important is money to you?
    • If you had no money, do you think you could be happy?
  • How many different kinds of coins are there in your country? What are they?
  • How much did you spend last week?
  • How much did you spend yesterday?
  • How much do you have to spend to eat a good meal at a restaurant in your country?
  • How much do you spend on food each week?
  • How much do you think it costs to fly to Guam?
  • How much do you think it costs to stay at a hotel in London?
  • How much do you usually spend each month on entertainment?
  • How much do you usually spend each month on food?
  • How much do you usually spend each month on transportation?
  • How much does it cost to get a haircut in your country?
  • How much does it cost to ride a bus in your country?
  • How much is a liter of gasoline in your country?
  • How much money did you make on your first job?
    • (How much money do you think you will make on your first job?)
  • How much money did you spend yesterday?
    • Where did you spend it?
    • What did you spend it on?
    • Do you often spend that amount in one day?
  • How much money did your parents give you for an allowance when you were ten years old?
  • How much money do you have on you now? (Maybe not a polite question to ask.)
  • How much money do you have with you now? (Maybe not a good question to ask.)
  • How much time did you spend the last time you went shopping?
  • How often do you go shopping?
  • If someone gave you a lot of money, what would you do with it?
    • If someone gave you a million dollars, what would you do with it?
  • Some people say that "money makes the world go around." Do you agree? Why or why not?
  • What bank do you use?
  • What do you need to buy next?
  • What do you spend most of your money on?
  • What do you spend the most money on each month?
  • What do you want to buy next?
  • What is something that you have bought recently that cost a lot of money?
  • What is something that you have bought recently that was a good bargain?
  • What is something that you have bought recently?
  • What is something that you want to buy, but don't have enough money to buy.
  • What is something that you want to buy, but think you never will.
  • What is the average salary in your country?
  • What is the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
    • How much did it cost?
  • What is your opinion of discount stores?
  • What kind of things do you often shop for?
  • What kinds of things are you saving your money for?
  • What store did you like best and what store did you like least?
  • What was the last thing you bought for someone else?
  • What was the last thing you bought for yourself?
    • Where did you buy it?
    • why did you buy it?
  • What was the last thing you spent money on?
  • What's the most expensive thing you have ever bought?
  • What's the most expensive thing you've ever bought?
  • What's the most money you have spend on one thing?
  • What's the most money you have spent on something to eat?
  • What's the most money you have spent on something to wear?
    • What did you buy?
  • What's your favorite place to shop?
  • What's your favorite shopping area or store?
  • Where did you buy ___? (your shoes / your watch / etc.)
    • How much did you pay?
    • When did you buy it/them?
  • Where do you keep your money?
  • Where do you usually buy food?
  • Where is your favorite shopping area?
  • Which costs more, a hamburger in America or a hamburger in your country?
  • Which costs more, your telephone bill or your electric bill?
  • Which do you prefer, large stores or small stores?
  • Which do you think is more important, love or money?
  • Which store do you go to the most often?
    • Where is it?
    • Why do you like to go there?
  • Who do you often go shopping with?
  • Who do you spend money on?
  • In a marriage, do you think one person should handle the finances, or both?
  • How do you think money helps make us happy?
  • Do you think money is more important than love?
  • How much money do you want to earn each month?
  • What qualities must a person have to make BIG money?
  • Should children get an allowance (pocket money) from their parents?
  • When do you get your allowance?
    • How long does it last?
    • Is it enough money?
  • How do you usually spend your money? What do you usually buy?
  • How much should you give to your children?
  • How much do you give to your children?
  • Do you ever give money to beggars on the street? Why or why not?
  • Do you ever give money to charity? Why or why not?
  • If you found 100,000 won (or local currency) in a bag on the street, what would you do? Keep it?
  • What are you saving your money for?
    • Do you want to buy something special?
  • Who takes care of the money in your house?
  • When you buy something, do you "shop around" and go to many stores to compare prices?
  • When you buy something, what is most important to you: price, quality, fashion trend, status/image?
  • Explain these proverbs: What do they mean? Say them in other English words.
    • The best things in life are free.
    • Time is money.
    • Save your pennies for a rainy day.
    • Money talks.
    • You can't take it with you when you go.
    • Money doesn't grow on trees
  • Your rich uncle just died and gave you 50,000,000 won. (or local currency)
    • How would you spend it?
    • What would you buy?
    • Would you spend it on yourself, put it in the bank or buy something for your family?
    • Would you spend it all?
  • What is the most you have ever spent on a gift?
    • What was it?
    • Who did you give it to?
    • What was the occasion?
  • If you had to save money, what can you do without?
    • I would stop spending money on ___.
  • If you needed to earn some extra money, how would you do that?
  • If you had a large amount of money, what would you do with it?
  • Have you or your family ever won any money in a lottery?
  • How much money would you have to win to be happy?
  • Why do people often want more money, no matter how much they have got?
  • Why are poor people in many cases more generous than rich people?
  • What are some reasons for people being poor? Can poverty be avoided?
  • How do people become rich?
  • Do you think that riches can have a bad effect on a person? How?
  • What do you do if you can't get the clerk's attention at the store?
  • Is it easier to return items in the U.S. or in your country?
  • If you can't find an item at the store, do you find a clerk and ask for help, or do you leave and go somewhere else?
  • If you don't want help when the clerk asks if you need help, what do you say?
  • Is it OK to bring children to the market or the department store?
  • Is it bad if one person or company controls the market that it specializes in?
    • For example, is it wrong for Microsoft to control most of the operating system software in the world?
    • Do you consider companies like Microsoft and people like Bill Gates smart and shrewd?
  • What is the most ridiculous tax in your country, past, or present?
  • Do you think taxes in your country are too high/low?
  • What is the effect on the economy of high taxation?
  • What is the effect on the economy of low taxation?
  • What are some of the different kinds of taxes your country has?
  • If you were the ruler of your country, what would you do to change the taxation system?
    • What is the funniest tax you can think of to introduce?
  • What do you like spending money on? What don't you like spending on?
  • What would you love to buy but you can't afford?
  • What is the next "big" thing you are going to buy?
  • Have you ever given money to people who beg in the streets?
  • Do you have a credit card? How many?
  • Is it better to pay cash or by credit card?
  • What things do you pay cash for?
  • What things do you pay by credit card?
  • Do you pay your credit card on time?
  • Have you ever paid late your credit card? What happened?
  • Are credits cards a good thing?
  • Do/Did your parents give you an allowance? How much?
  • Have your parents ever given you a credit card to pay for something? What did you buy?
  • Should parents give a credit card to teenagers?
  • Have you ever lent money to someone? Who? What did he/she need the money for?
  • Have you ever borrowed money from someone? Who? What did you need the money for?
  • Who wouldn't you lend money to?
  • Do you play the lottery?
  • What kind of lottery do you play?
  • Do you play football pools?
  • Do you play slot machines?
  • How much money do you spend for your son to go to the college?
  • Can I put my money in a Swiss bank?
  • Why do I always spend too much money?
  • How much money do you need for happiness?
  • How often do you go shopping? 
  • Are you a price-conscious shopper? 
  • Do you "shop around" and go to many stores to compare prices?
  • Do you ever buy second-hand things ("used things")?
  • When you buy something, what things are most important to you? 
  • Price? Quality? Fashion trends? status? or image?
  • Do you haggle (bargain with the seller) when you shop?
  • Do you give tips at a restaurant in your country? At a bar? How about to taxi drivers? 
  • To hairdressers? At hotels? At airports to people who carry your bags?
  • Do you feel comfortable tipping?
  • Do you have more than one credit card?
  • What bank do you use? Do you like the service you receive?
  • Do you think that taxes are too high?
  • How do you think the government uses all the taxes they collect?
  • Do you sometimes buy things that you don't need?
  • Are you saving money to buy something? 
  • If so, what are you planning to buy? How much will it cost? 
  • How much longer will you need to save before buying it?
  • Do you agree with the Beatles that "money can't buy you love"?
  • Did your parents give you an allowance (pocket money) when you were a child? 
  • What did you use it for?
  • Should children get an allowance from their parents?
  • Do you ever gamble? Did you win anything?
  • Have you ever found any money on the street? If so, what did you do with it?
  • Do you ever give money to charity? How much do you give?
  • Have you ever given money to a beggar or homeless person?
  • Have you ever had any money stolen from you? What happened?
  • What would you love to buy but that you can't afford?
  • What would you do if you won a large sum of money? 
  • What is the first thing you would buy with it? Would you invest it?
  • Would you give some money to charity?
  • Would you help your family/friends?
  • How long would it take you to spend 1 million dollars?
  • Can a person be rich without having a lot of money or possessions? How?
  • How important is money to you? If you had little money, could you be happy?
  • How much do you spend each month on food? Where do you usually buy food?
  • What do you spend most of your money on each month?
  • How much did it cost you to fly here from your home country?
  • How much does it cost to get a haircut in your country? Here?
  • How much does it cost to ride a bus in your country? Here?
  • How much is a liter of gasoline in your country? Here?
  • Which costs more, a hamburger here or a hamburger in your country?
  • If someone gave you a million dollars, what would you do with it?
  • Some people say that "money makes the world go round." Do you agree?
  • What is something that you bought recently?
  • What is something that you want to buy, but think you never will?
  • When did you open your first bank account?
  • How old were you when you earned your first salary? What did you spend it on?
  • Do you think that it is right for someone to beg for money?
  • Would you give money to a beggar? Why?
  • When you buy something, what things are most important to you: price, quality, fashion trends, status, or image?
  • Do you have more than one bank account? Are you good at saving money?
  • Have you ever bought a lottery ticket? Did you ever gamble?
  • How much did it cost you to fly to here from your home country?
  • If you had to save money, what could you do without? "I would stop spending money on ___".
  • Why are poorer people in many cases more generous than rich people?
  • If you don't want help when the store clerk asks if you need help, what should you say to them? 
  • Do you think taxes in your country are too high/low? 
  • What are some of the different kinds of taxes your country has?
  • If you were the leader of your country, what would you do to change the taxation system? 
  • What would you do to help your country's economy?
  • Which shopping centers and stores do you like best and which do you like least?
  • What was the last thing you bought for someone else? Why did you buy it?
  • What's the most money you have spent on something to wear?
  • Who takes care of the money in your family's home?
  • What qualities must a person have to make "big money"?
  • Do you often buy products that advertised on TV, newspapers or magazines? 
  • If so, what was the last item that you bought?
  • Do you consider consumerism good or bad?
  • What differences can you notice between commercials from 10 or 15 years ago and commercials today?
  • Can you explain these proverbs in other words?
    • The best things in life are free.
    • Time is money.
    • Save your pennies for a rainy day.
    • Money talks.
    • You can't take it with you when you go.
    • Money doesn't grow on trees.