3. Vocabulary
Pence /pens/ : Đồng xu Penni
Pound /paʊnd/ : Đồng Bảng Anh
Dollar /ˈdɒlə(r)/ : Đồng Đô La ( Mỹ )
Cheap /tʃiːp/ : Giá rẻ
Expensive /ɪkˈspensɪv/ : Đắt tiền
Cost /kɒst/: Chi phí
4. Say these prices out loud.
Activity 1
£16.50
£18.35
£35,637
£60.05
£93.04
£66,019
£14.95
£209.64
£149,590
£40.19
£350.55
£1,000,100
£22.70
£620.30
6. Sixteen pounds fifty
Sixty pounds and five pence
Fourteen ninety-five
Forty pounds nineteen
Twenty-two seventy
Eighteen thirty-five
Ninety-three pounds and four pence
Two hundred and nine pounds and sixty—four pence
Three hundred and fifty pounds fifty-five
Six hundred and twenty pounds thirty
pence
Thirty-five thousand six hundred and
Thirty-seven pounds
Sixty-six thousand and nineteen pounds
One hundred and forty-nine thousand five
hundred and ninety pounds
One million and one hundred pounds
Return
10. 1. That’s fifty-six fifty altogether.
2. That comes to eleven seventeen
3. The total is sixty-nine pounds nine pence.
4. It costs one thousand and sixty-seven pounds.
5. That conies to a hundred and nine pounds and forty-
five pence.
6. The price is one hundred and ninety-eight thousand
pounds.
7. That’s five hundred and fifty pounds.
8. They cost fifteen thousand six hundred and seventy
pounds.
9. It was sold for one hundred and seventy-five
thousand, nine hundred pounds.
10. They sold it for one million, three hundred and fifty
thousand pounds.
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11. Activity 3
Listen to people comparing
the prices of things in three
different cities. List
the cities from the most
expensive (1) to the least
expensive (3).
12. … London
… Paris
… Madrid
… New York
… London
… Tokyo
… Singapore
… Tokyo
… Honolulu
… Chicago
… San Francisco
… Phoenix
… Mexico City
… Los Angeles
… Hong Kong
… Rio
… Washington
… Jakarta
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3
4
5
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13. …1. London
…2. Paris
…3. Madrid
…2. New York
…3. London
…1. Tokyo
…3. Singapore
…1. Tokyo
…2. Honolulu
…2. Chicago
…1. San Francisco
…3. Phoenix
…2. Mexico City
…1. Los Angeles
…3. Hong Kong
…3. Rio
…2. Washington
…1. Jakarta
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Trans
14. 1. A loaf of bread costs under a pound in London; it’s cheaper in Paris, around
fifty pence, and only costs thirty-five pence in Madrid.
2. A cinema ticket costs around five pounds in New York; in London you pay
about four pounds and in Tokyo it’s about six pounds fifty.
3. A one mile taxi ride in Singapore costs about one pound fifty; in Tokyo it
comes to about five pounds, and in Honolulu you pay about three pounds.
4. A good meal at a first class restaurant costs about forty dollars in Chicago,
about forty-five dollars in San Francisco, and about thirty dollars in Phoenix.
5. A flat of about a thousand square feet costs about two hundred pounds a week
to rent in Mexico City; about two hundred and fifty pounds a week in Los
Angeles and about a hundred and fifty pounds a week in Hong Kong.
6. Posting a local letter costs around eight pence in Rio, twelve pence in
Washington and about fifteen pence in Jakarta.