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8 Money Issues

Grammar What Clauses

A. Read the statements. Which two do you think are true?

1. What many Americans don’t know is that it costs more to make a penny (a one-cent coin) than
the penny is worth.

2. What I find most disgusting about paper money is that 65% of it is covered in bacteria, with 7% of
those bacteria being dangerous to our health.
3. What surprises many people is the fact that only 8% of the world’s money actually exists as
physical cash.

B. Complete the text with the clauses a-f.

Crazy money facts we bet you never knew! a. What concerns many Europeans is
b. What many Americans don’t realise is
Ever wondered at what temperature your bank notes c. What you can do is
can survive in the wash? Or how you can travel for d. What you may find though is
“free”? 1 .
e. What you probably didn’t know is
1. 2 just how much money f. What you read here may surprise you
they spend in interest on loans, credit cards and
other services. Studies show that 34.5% of the
average American’s salary is spent on interest
accumulated. So perhaps saving for a rainy day
rather than maxing out your credit card isn’t such
a bad idea.

2. If you accidentally leave your wallet in your jeans
in the next wash, don’t fret – as long as it’s not
a 90°C cycle. 3 that their
notes may shrink in the wash – but the Deutsche
Bundesbank has said high temperatures won’t
affect the size of the note. 4
that a 90°C wash causes damage to the
holograms on the euro notes which could make
them unusable.

3. Bank notes obviously don’t last forever, and each
year more are printed to replace torn and worn
notes. However, 5 more
money is printed for the board game Monopoly
than for use in real life!

4. Many credit card companies offer rewards such
as points which can be used to make purchases.
If you ever want to get a “free” flight,
6 follow in the footsteps of
a Chinese billionaire who, in 2015, used his credit
card to buy a painting. He earned enough points
from the $170 million sale to travel around the
world free with his family.

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