English for Tax Administration 2

Lecturer: Miljen MatijaševićG10, room 6/I

e-mail: miljen.matijasevic@gmail.comSession 2

Today’s session

1. Revision of the last session

2. Money and Personal Finance

Revision of the last sessionSaying numbers

Saying numbers - exercise Write out these numbers in full:

1. 345,8922. 0.1993. €1,548,756.894. 132,2595. 4,984.65186. 75.975 %

Saying numbers - exercise1. 345,892 – three hundred and forty-five thousand

eight hundred and ninety-two2. 0.199 – nought/zero point one-nine-nine3. €1,548,756.89 – one million five hundred and

forty-eight thousand seven hundred and fifty-six euros eighty-nine (cents)

4. 132,259 – one hundred and thirty-two thousand two hundred and fifty-nine

5. 4,984.651 – four thousand nine hundred and eighty-four point six-five-one

6. 75.975 % - seventy-five point nine-seven-five percent

Saying numbers - exercise Write out these numbers in full:

1. 123,456.7892. $49.993. 18014. 23,567,023.25325. $32.026. 0.235 %

Saying numbers - exercise1. 123,456.789 – one hundred and twenty-three

thousand four hundred and fifty-six point seven-eight-nine

2. $49.99 – forty-nine dollars ninety-nine (cents)3. 1801 – eighteen oh one4. 23,567,023.2532 – twenty-three million five

hundred and sixty-seven thousand twenty-three point two-five-three-two

5. $32.02 – thirty-two dollars two cents6. 0.235 % - nought/zero point two-three-five

percent

Money and Personal Finance

Money

an accounta balance

a billa loana fee

interest

Discuss the meaning of these terms. Can you think of their Croatian equivalents? Can you find a logical connection between some of these words?

Money

an account – (bankovni) računa balance – stanje računaa bill – račun (za platiti)

a loan – kredit, pozajmicaa fee – naknada

interest – kamataThink of typical verbs to use with these nouns!

Discuss the meaning of these terms. Can you think of their Croatian equivalents? Can you find a logical connection between some of these words?

Money

open/close an accountcheck the balance

pay/send/receive a billtake out/pay off a loan

pay/charge a feepay/charge interest

Make a sentence for each collocation!

Discuss the meaning of these terms. Can you think of their Croatian equivalents? Can you find a logical connection between some of these words?

RAČUN

account

bill

receipt \riˈsi:t\

invoice

RAČUN

account (bankovni račun)

bill (račun koji treba platiti)

receipt (potvrda o plaćanju)

invoice (faktura)

The Bank Account

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credit an account pay/deposit money

into an account

be in the black

NOUNS: deposit, credit

debit an account (with)draw/take out

money from an account

be in the red (account overdrawn)

NOUNS: withdrawal, debit

The Bank Account

Types of account An account can be:

current account savings account foreign currency

account business account /

giro account

overdrawn frozen

Additional account vocab:

account balance bank statement

The Bank Account

overdrawn – in the red

(account) balance – funds available in the account

bank statement – a statement showing all the credit and debit transactions and the balance

Means of payment

cash◦ (bank)notes/bills

(US)◦ coins, change

debit/charge card (e.g. Maestro)

credit card cheque funds/money

transfer

Apart from a bank, you can get cash from a:

cashpoint, a.k.a.◦ cash machine◦ ATM (automated teller

machine)

Prepositions – add where necessary

PAY

cash credit card one’s own money the bill drinks the waiter tax the dinner a salary into an

account tuition

Prepositions - answers

PAY

IN cash BY credit card WITH one’s own

money the bill FOR drinks the waiter tax FOR the dinner a salary into an

account tuition

credit – payment – cheque – account – balance – debit cash deposit – debit card –

transactionsJane Sadler opened her ............. with the Medway

Bank on 28 January 2003, with a cash ............. of £300. On 15 February she wrote a ............. for £53.25 and this appeared as a ............. on the bank statement on 20 February. On 22 February she took out £60 in ............. from a cashpoint machine. On the following day the bank debited her account by £33.50 for a ............. she had made using her ............. . Her monthly salary was paid directly into her account and this appeared as a ............. for £802.20 on 26 February. There were no further ............. on her account and she finished the month with a ............. of £955.45.

Thank you for your attention!