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words, and the American tries to work out what he means. Write your conversation. For example:
British person: Where can I find the lift?
American: The lift. What's that?
British person: You know, the box that can take me to the top floor of this building.
American: Oh, you mean the elevator. Etc...
Currencies (pages 16 + 17)
Exercise 1:
1. Singapore Dollar / Singapore 2. Baht / Thailand 3. Kuwait Dinar / Kuwait 4. Indian Rupee / India
5. Swiss Franc / Switzerland 6. Yuan / China 7. Pound Sterling / United Kingdom (£) 8. Rouble / Russia
9. Dong / Vietnam 10. Bolivar / Venezuela 11. Hong Kong Dollar / Hong Kong 12. Cyprus Pound / Cyprus*
13. Won / Republic of Korea (usually referred to as South Korea)** 14. US Dollar / United States of America (US$)
15. Chilean Peso / Chile 16. Iranian Rial / Iran 17. Egyptian Pound / Egypt 18. Yen / Japan (¥) 19. Saudi Arabian
Riyal / Saudi Arabia 20. Australian Dollar / Australia 21. UAE Dirham / United Arab Emirates 22. Real / Brazil
23. Czech Koruna / Czech Republic 24. Jordanian Dinar / Jordan 25. Maltese Lira / Malta
* The Cyprus Pound is used in the southern part of the (currently) divided island. North Cyprus uses the Turkish Lira (TRL).
* * The Won is the name of the currency used in both South Korea and North Korea (known formally as the Democratic
People's Republic of Korea). The currency code for the North Korean Won is KPW.
Note that some countries (especially those with 'soft' currencies) use or accept more than one currency. Cuba, for
example, uses three currencies: the Cuban Peso, the Convertible Peso (1 Peso = US$1) and the US Dollar.
Exercise 2:
1. Ecuador 2. Israel 3. Estonia 4. South Africa 5. Lithuania 6. Latvia 7. Slovenia 8. Romania
9. Pakistan (the Pakistani Rupee) 10. Peru 11. Bangladesh 12. Nicaragua 13. Ukraine 14. Indonesia
15. Malaysia
Exercise 3: (these countries, territories, etc, were all using the Euro in March 2005):
Austria, Belgium, Finland, France, French Guiana, Guadeloupe, Martinique, Mayotte, Monaco, Réunion, St Pierre,
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ANSWERS (cont.)
Miquelon, Germany, Greece, Irish Republic, Italy, San Marino, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Portugal, Spain, Andorra,
Spanish North Africa.
Euro is sometimes written euro.
Think of 10 essential items (eg milk, petrol, etc), and 10 luxury items (e.g., DVD player, a meal in a nice
restaurant, etc). Make a list of these, then write down the prices you might expect to pay for them in your country
or city. If you are using this book in a class with other students from other countries, make your list of items
together as a class, then write down the prices individually, and finally compare your prices with the others in your
class. Is there a big difference between prices for the same items?
Documents and paperwork (pages 18 + 19)
1. transit visa 2. landing card 3. ticket (round-trip = return in British English. A ticket that is valid for one direction only
is called a one-way ticket in American English and a single in British English) 4. boarding pass (also called a boarding
card) 5. hotel voucher 6. travel voucher (also called a Miscellaneous Charges Order, or MCO) 7. Form E111
8. travel insurance 9. passport / application form (you can fill in, fill out or complete an application form) 10. flight
coupon 11. rental agreement / driving licence 12. ID (identity) card 13. work permit (also called an employment
permit, or - in the USA - a green card. In Britain, a green card is an insurance certificate to prove that a car is insured for
travel abroad) 14. certificate of airworthiness / certificate of seaworthiness 15. clearance certificate 16. vaccination
certificate / health declaration form 17. Property Irregularity Report (PIR) / baggage check 18. food hygiene certificate
19. Customer Satisfaction Questionnaire (CSQ) 20. claim form 21. receipt 22. docket 23. revalidation sticker
24. multiple entry visa 25. exit visa
Others include:
Bill of exchange / bill of lading / Certificate of origin / certificate of registration / e-ticket / food voucher / hotel licence /
medical certificate
Employment (page 20)
1. employers 2. employees 3. salaries (a salary is usually paid monthly by cheque or direct payment to the employee's
bank account. A wage is usually paid daily or weekly, often in cash. Wages are usually paid for temporary and / or
unskilled or semi-skilled work) 4. minimum wage 5. rewards 6. benefits (a job usually offers a rewards package, or
a rewards and benefits package, to its employees: this is what the employee receives in return for working for the
company, and includes the salary, also formally called the remuneration) 7. leave (a formal word for holiday) 8. equal
opportunities (called affirmative recruitment in the USA) 9. discrimination 10. work permit (also called a work visa. In
the USA it is called a green card) 11. full-time 12. part-time 13. contract 14. duties 15. fixed (= a fixed-term
contract) 16. open-ended (it has no fixed finishing period. Some contracts are also permanent.) 17. casual (casual
work is usually unskilled or semi-skilled) 18. on call (= available for work) 19. report (answer to = less formal)
20. seasonal 21. peak 22. permanent 23. front-of-house 24. shift 25. morning shift 26. afternoon shift
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