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Lesson 9. Currency exchange
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Vocabulary
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Dialogues

Here you can work with dialogues of the lesson

I. Currency exchange

a) Listen to the dialogues and read the translation

A tourist comes to a bank. She wants to changes euros for rubles. The bank teller tells her that the exchange value of euro is 40 rubles. The tourist changes 300 euros. She thanks the teller and says goodbye.
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A tourist asks a passer-by where the nearest cash machine is. The passer-by answers that there is a cash maсhine near the shop. The tourists also asks whether that cash machine accepts VISA cards.
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b) Listen and repeat the dialogues phrase by phrase

II. Useful expressions

a) Find the translation of Russian phrases

Listen to the phrases. Drag the English phrases from the list below
and drop them into the corresponding fields.

Phrase 1
 
Phrase 2
 
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  • 4Sign here, please.
  • 7I think it does.
  • 1The total sum is 12 000 rubles.
  • 6Your money and receipt please.
  • 2How much would you like to exchange?
  • 3Yes, over there, near the shop.
  • 10Do you know whether it accepts VISA cards?
  • 8I would like to exchange euros for rubles.
  • 5The exchange value of euro is 40 rubles.
  • 9Could you please tell where the nearest cash machine is?




Vocabulary

Here you can learn words and expressions of the lesson.

I. Money

a) Learn Russian words:



Transcription
деньги
[dyengi]
money
купюры
[koopyoori]
bank notes
монеты
[manyeti]
coins
доллары
[dolari]
dollars
евро
[yevra]
euros
фунты
[foonti]
pounds
рубли
[roobli]
roubles
наличные
[nalichniye]
cash
карта
[karta]
(credit) card
чек
[chek]
cheque


b) Listen to the questions in Russian and find the corresponding answers:

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II. Bank

a) Learn Russian words:



Transcription
банк
[bank]
bank
банкомат
[bankamat]
cash machine
обмен валюты
[abmyen valyooti]
currency exchange
обменный пункт
[abmyeniy poonkt]
currency exchange office
счёт
[schot]
bank account
обменный курс
[abmyeniy koors]
exchange rate
валюта
[valyoota]
currency
сумма
[soomma]
amount, sum


b) Read and find the corresponding English word:

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c) Ask questions in Russian:

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III. Bank transactions

a) Learn Russian words and expressions:



Transcription
обменять доллары на рубли
[abminyat dolari na roobli]
exchange dollars for rubles
снять наличные
[snyat nalichniye]
draw cash (from the account)
снять деньги со счёта
[snyat dyengi sa schota]
draw the money from the account
снять деньги с карты
[snyat dyengi s karti]
draw the money from the credit card
положить деньги на счёт
[palajit dyengi na schot]
put money on the account


b) Using the expression "мне нужно" [mnye noojna], translate into Russian and check yourself:

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Practice

Here you can learn grammar and lexical rules of the lesson.

I. I'd like to exchange dollars!

Construction Мне хотелось бы ...

In the dialogue you could see the following construction:

I would like to exchange euros for rubles.

Мне хотелось бы обменять евро на рубли.
[mnye hatyelas bi abminyat yevra na roobli]    

If you would like to do something, you can say that using the expression:

Мне хотелось бы ...
[mnye hatyelas bi]    

I would like to ....


a) Look, listen and repeat the examples:

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b) Read and find the corresponding English word:

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c) Translate phrases from English into Russian

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II. Mini-dialogues

a) Listen to the mini-dialogues and complete the test:

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III. A problem with device

Russian consctruction ... работает / не работает

If you want to say in Russian that something works or does not work, you can use the following expression:

... работает/... не работает
[rabotait]      [ni rabotait]    

... works/ ... does not work.



a) Learn the following examples:

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b) Build phrases in Russian:

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c) Give a negative answer to the questions following the model:

Model

Этот банкомат работает?
[etat bankamat rabotait?]    

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Нет, банкомат не работает.
[nyet, bankamat ni rabotait]    

Does this cash machine work? -No, the cash machine is out of work.
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Revision

Revise materials from this lesson

Revise this lesson's materials

a) Listen and find the corresponding English phrases:

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In this lesson you have learned

- Words and expressions on the topic "Money":

  • Деньги и средства платежа
  • Банк
  • Операции с деньгами

- How to say that you would like to do something:

  • Мне хотелось бы обменять евро на рубли.

- How to say that some office or institution is closed and does not work:

  • Банкомат не работает.
  • Банк не работает.

In order to make sure you have understood all the material of the lesson and to get some additional information, we recommend you to visit the following pages:

  • - Bank and Money
















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