Find some facts and figures to support the following two statements.

1.       Money can buy happiness.

2.       Money can not buy happiness.

Outside view

Watch the video and answer the quesions.

Questions: 

1. How much money did the woman’s  husband win in the lottery jackpot? 

2. How many people won the lottery with the woman’s husband?

3. What did the husband do after winning the lottery? 

4. What happened to their home? 

5. What did the wife do to resolve the matter?

Listening in

Passsage 1

1. Match the expressions in Passage 1 with the Chinese equivalents.

promissory note                    金本位制

representative money          货币

gold standard                         代用性货币

paper money                          本票

currency                                  纸币

2. As more and more people rely on electronic rather than tangible forms of money on a day-to-day basis and the world's financial systems appear to become more and more complex, do you think cash will and should dwindle away.

Passage 2

Have you expected the amount of your salary in the future? Plan a budget based on the monthly salary you imagine.