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Section C
Unit 2
Money
a deposit account
定期存款账户
a current account
活期存款账户
a checking account
支票账户
a credit card account
信用卡账户
Bank account
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coin 硬币
paper money 纸币
Kinds of money
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What kind of money do we use?
What did people use as money in the past?
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Kinds of money
What kind of money can you see in the video?
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What kind of money can you see in the video?
gold
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Kinds of money
tiger skin
corn
cow
What are they?
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/skIn / n.
(动物的)皮,毛皮
/kC:n/ n.
小麦;谷物
Were they used as money in the past?
Were they used as money long ago?
gold
corn
leaf
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/li:f/ n. 叶子
Were they used as money long ago?
chocolate
tiger skin
cow
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Were there any other things used as money in the past?
Money today is made of metal or paper. But do you know what were used as money long ago? One of the first kinds of money was shells. Besides this, skin, sheep, corn, cloth and knives were used in China.
In the Philippines, rice was used as money for a long time. Elephant tusks, monkey tails, and salt were used as money in Africa.
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The History of Money
metal /5metl/ n. 金属制品
shell /Fel/ n. 贝壳
cloth /klD(:)W/ n. 布
Philippines /5fIlIpi:nz/ n. 菲律宾
tusk /tQsk/ n. (象、野猪等的)长牙
tail /teIl/ n. 尾巴;尾部
Africa /5AfrIkE/ n.非洲
be made of: 同……制成的
The desk is made of wood.这个桌子由 木头制作。
be used as:被用作……
English is used as a communicating tool. 英语用作交流工具。
现在,大多数货币是用金属或纸张制作的。但是你知道以前是用什么来充当货币的吗?贝壳是最早的货币之一。此外,在中国古代,兽皮、绵羊、玉米、棉布和刀等都曾被当作货币使用。
在菲律宾,稻谷在很长一段时间里都充当货币。象牙、猴尾巴、盐等在非洲部分地区也充当过货币。
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The first metal coins were made in China. They were round and had a square hole in the center. People strung them together and carried them from place to place.
The first coins in England were made of tin. Sweden and Russia used copper. Later, countries began to make coins of gold and silver. But people d