Money Matters Unit 7

Lesson 1Dealing with figures  Vocabulary ：  pound note 英镑纸币  dollar bill 美元纸币  accounts 帐目  spreadsheet 电子数据表  list price 价目表所列价格， 定价  annual rate of interest 年息率  handling charge 手续费  interest charges 利息费用

Vocabulary:  operating profits 营业利润  oblique 斜线；斜的  a string of prestige brand names  downturn 低迷时期  overall group sales  operating income 营业收入  marginal increase 边际增量  borne the brunt 经受冲击  economic slowdown 经济发展速度减缓  air waybill 航空乘客名单，航空货运单

Part AWork in pairs  What are the people in the photos doing?  When was the last time you dealt with figures or numbers in English? What did you do?  How much of your time do you spend dealing with figures?

 Part BWork in pairs ---Decide which of phrases on the right go with which figures on the left  Part CListening  1. Listening  Read the report beforehand  Listen to the recording at least twice  Discuss the answers in pairs  2. work in pairs—work out the amounts

Lesson 2Cash flow  Vocabulary:  credit control 偿债能力控制，信用控制  assess 评估  assign a credit limit 分配信贷限额（或额度）  bank references 银行征信 ( 银行提供有关 商号信誉等情况 )  pay-by date 按期支付  pay by installments 分期付款  interest charges 利息费用

Vocabulary:  recovered 弥补；补偿；重获收复；重新得 到  factoring 代理人的代理能力；因子分解, 因 式分解  face value 票面价值, 表面价值  bottom of the pile ;  bottom of the heap 堆放, 放一堆, 积累  owe 欠 ( 债等 ), 受到... 的思想, 把... 归功于  invoice 发票；货物

QUESTION: HOW DO YOU ASK YOUR MONEY BACK?  Work in pairs  Read the article  Decide what sort of people the article is written for  Which pieces of advice do you find most helpful?  Read the article again and match up these statements with the points in the article  discussion

lesson 3 Changing prices: Dealing with invoicing errors  part Awork in pairs  look at the various documents first  ask questions about the terms  fill in the invoice

Lesson 4letters of credit  Part Awork in pairs  this is a reading task which involves both scanning skills, gist reading and comprehension of detail.  Go through the items of terminology with the whole class  Read the explanation in the upper part of Page 71

Lesson 5Chasing payment  Vocabulary:  credit controller  overdraw our account 透支我们的帐户  unsettled debts 未结债务；未处理债务  enclose 装入；随附  rectify 矫正，调整  liquidation 清算, 停业清理，破产  outstanding cheque 未兑现支票  outstanding account 应收 [ 未清 ] 帐款 ; 未付帐单, 未结算帐目  settle accounts 与... 结清帐目, ( 跟某人 ) 算账,  settle accounts with 与... 结算, 清算 ; 向... 报仇

 Part AListening for gist  Mark true or false after listening  listen to it again and complete the notes  Part BLetter writing—Homework  Part Cwork in pairs  read the letter  think of making a call with the reference of File 19 and File 27