IV Read and translate the following

portraits of famous people, on the face of the banknote, the war for Independence, to wonthe war to proclaimfreedom, centennial exposition, popular public figure, to invent bifocal spectacles; on the back of the banknotes, buildings are featured, the U.S. Capitol, the Independence Hall, the WhiteHouse, the House ofRepresentatives, expert, thefirst President,Lincoln monument.

V. American money
Read and translate the text.

Find the answers to the following questions in the text:

1. What is the official currency in the U.S.A.?

2. What banknotes and coins are in circulation in the U.S.A.?

3. Who issues banknotes and coins in the U.S.A.?

4. What famous people are featured on the face of various American dollars?

5. What words do all the banknotes bear?

The American dollar is subdivided into one hundred cents. The dollars are issued by the Federal Reserve System, established by the Congress in 1913. Here is the text on the face of an American dollar banknote:

Federal Reserve Note

The United States of America

This note is legal tender for all

Debts public and private

Washington, D.C. Treasurer of

the United States

Secretary of the Treasury

... dollars

On the face of American dollars one can also see the portraits of the following famous persons: George Washington (1732-1799), the first President of the United States of America, who gave his name to the capital of the country.

George Washington became the first President after the successful war of 13 British colonies for independence. After they won the war they formed 13 states and united to make the United States of America. Thus Independence was proclaimed on July 4, 1776.

Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) who was President from 1861 to 1865 after the war between the northern and southern states. It was he who proclaimed freedom of slaves of the south.

Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804), a famous American statesman, who fought in the Independence War together with general George Washington. Later he became the first Secretary of the Treasury.

Andrew Jackson (1767-1845) who was President of the U.S.A. from 1 829 to 1837, when Texas won independence from Mexico.

Ulysses Grant (1822-1885) who was President of the U.S.A. from 1869 to 1877 when the Centennial Exposition was held in Philadelphia.

Benjamin Franklin (1706-1790) a very popular public figure, writer, diplomat and scientist. It was he who invented bifocal spectacles among many other things. On the back of banknotes various famous buildings are featured, such as:

-Lincoln Monument, one of the monuments in Washington

-The U.S. Treasury Building, in Washington

-The White House, the house of every President, except George Washington, who

only planned the capital of the U.S.A.

-The U.S. Capitol, which houses the Senate and the House of Representatives

-The Independence Hall, in Philadelphia, where Independence of the 13 British

colonies was proclaimed.

All the banknotes bear the words: in God We Trust.

After text exercises

VI. Complete the following sentences according to the text:

1. The American dollar is subdivided into...

2. The dollars are issued by the...

3. On the back of banknotes various famous...

4. All the banknotes bear the words...

5. Later he became the first...

6. It was Benjamin Franklin (1706-1709) who invented...

VII. There are some sentences in the text inthe Passive Voice, find and translate them.

VIII. Put prepositions where necessary

from, of, into, by, on, to

1. The American dollar is subdivided.. .one hundred cents.

2. The dollars are issued...the Federal Reserve System, established...the Congress in 1913.

3. Here is the text... .the face of an American dollar banknote.

4. ...the face...an American dollars one can also see the portraits...the following famous persons.

5. George Washington (1732-1799) was the first president...the UnitedStates... America, who gave his name... .the capital... .the country.

6. Texas won independence... .Mexico.

IX. Translate the following sentences:

1. On the back of banknotes various buildings are featured.

2. Alexander Hamilton (1755-1804) fought in the Independence War together with general George Washington.

3. The American dollar is subdivided into one hundred cents.

4. The dollars are issued by the Federal Reserve System, established by the Congress in 1913.

5. On the face of American dollars one can also see the portraits of famous persons.

6. Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) proclaimed freedom of slaves of the south

X. Sum up what the text says about:

1. the issuer of American dollar notes…

2. the inscription on the face…

3. the portraits on the face…

4. the famous buildings on the back…

5. American coins...

XI Imagine you are talking to an American. Exchange coins as souvenirs and say a few words about the coin.

Unit IV

Glimpses of History of Money

Pretext Tasks

I.Vocabulary list:

1. glimpse (glimpseofhistory) быстрый взгляд (немного об истории)

2. commodityпредмет потребления

3. cattleкрупный рогатый скот

4. furмех

5. shellракушка

6. tounderlineподчёркивать, выделять

7. fairlyдовольно

8. durableнадёжный, длительного пользования

9. above- mentionedвышеуказанный

10. qualityкачество, свойство

11. tosupersedeзамещать

12. precious (preciousmetal) драгоценный (драгоценный металл)

13. to weigh (to weigh out; weight) нагружать (взвешивать;вес)

14. piece (to cut into pieces) кусок (резатьнакуски)

15. receipt квитанция, расписка

16. goldsmith ювелир

17. existence существование

to come into existence возникнуть, появиться

18. worth цена, стоимость

19. value (facevalue) стоимость, ценность

20. token (tokencoin) знак, символ (разменная монета)

21. leather кожа

22. payment оплата, платёж

23. silver серебро

24. gold золото

25. to serve as smth./smb. служитькакчто-л./кто-л.

26. legal tender законнаяплата

II. Give the Russian equivalents to the following words and word combinations:

different periods of time, commodity, cattle, leather, tobacco, fairly durable, were superseded by silver, abovementioned, quality, payment, token coins, bronze and copper, came into use, legal tender, small denomination, banknote, face value, were issued, paper money, limited value, cupronickel

III. Guess the meaning of the following international words:

period, tobacco, expert, portable, effectively, metal, stage, form, receipt, bank, banker, banknote, denomination, bronze.