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8 Money Issues

Am I right in thinking that...?
Are you still with me?
As clear as mud.

I get the gist of it.
I just don’t understand how...
It goes in one ear and out the other.
This is probably just me being thick, but...

...which basically means that...

Listening and Language Skills

A. Discuss with a partner.
1. Why do you think people choose to live
without money?
2. How easy would you find life without money?
3. What would be the biggest challenges?
4. How would your family react if you said you
wanted to go moneyless?

B. Look at these tips for living without money.
Which do you think could easily be done in
your area?

1. Walk or cycle everywhere.
2. Join a bartering community.
3. Exchange your skills for food.
4. Look for food in bins outside supermarkets.
5. Ask a butcher for leftover bones and use
them to make stock.
6. Ask to grow vegetables in a friend’s garden
and share the produce with them.
7. Join a local homeless refuge and offer to
work there in exchange for a bed.
8. Join the library to use their Internet for free.

8.1
C. Listen to the recording. Which ideas do
they mention?

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