Finance vocabulary

Finance vocabulary

Episode 120: The bank manager

Present Perfect

The present perfect is a verb form which links the past and present. We use it when we talk about an action or state which started in the past and which continues up to the present time.
For example:
I've lived in London since 1994.
I started living in London in 1994 and I still live in London now.  Fatima from Iran takes on the present perfect challenge by making sentences based on the life of the actor Tom Cruise.

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Can't buy me love, love

Can't buy me love, love

Can't buy me love
I'll buy you a diamond ring my friend if it makes you feel alright
I'll get you anything my friend if it makes you feel alright
'Cause I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love
I'll give you all I got to give if you say you love me too
I may not have a lot to give but what I got I'll give to you
I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love
Can't buy me love, everybody tells me so
Can't buy me love, no no no, no
Say you don't need no diamond ring and I'll be satisfied
Tell me that you want the kind of thing that money just can't buy I don't care too much for money, money can't buy me love

Shopaholics

Many people find it difficult to curb their spending and buy more than they need and can afford on a regular basis. In today's programme, Kate and Rebecca try to understand why we spend money, our emotional response to it and the first step in how to control it.

This week's question: According to some sources, what percentage of the population are shopaholics? Is it:
a) 1%
b) 10%
c) 50%

Listen out for the answer at the end of the programme!

Did you receive allowance when you were a child?

Did you receive allowance from your parents when you were child? How about now? Did you have to do household chores to earn the money? How did you spend it?
Listen to the conversation and answer the questions.

Looks, Money, Fame Don't Bring Happiness

Read the following article about money and happines and note down those ideas you agree with.

 

Credit cards

This week join Dan and Kate as they talk about credit cards. What are some of their advantages and disadvantages and how have they changed the ways that we handle money?

This week's question:

In what year was the first ever credit card introduced?

a) 1951

b) 1955

c) 1962
Listen out for the answer in the programme!