Digital money, a good option to invest?

Digital, virtual!!!!  Everything is digital or virtual, but has it got a real value? That would be the case of money. Actually, there are fewer and fewer people that pay cash, that is to say, using coins and banknotes. We use credit cards, Pay Pal and other digital ways such as digital money.

 

There are many options to invest in this kind of money (What is the noun that comes from the verb 'to invest'? Is it 'inversion'?)

Previous post you can look up: Bitcoins, real currency or just a fake?

 

Here are some articles for you to read about the issue and a listening exercise:

• What Is Cryptocurrency? Here’s What You Should Know (Nerdwallet)

• Your money, your choices: could investing be a better option than saving? (The Guardian)

• Cryptocurrency scams triple in a year – at £27m total cost to victims (The Guardian)

• Listening exercise to do: "Would you invest in digital money?" (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

And now some activities for you to keep on learning English  >>>>

The English We Speak: 'Eat your heart out' (BBC Learning English)

What is the difference between these two sentences?

1. We had a few chances of reaching the summit.

2. We had few chances of reaching the summit because it was getting too dark.

English in a Minute: Few or A few??? (BBC Learning English). And this would also be the case between 'a little' and 'little'.

Football's Greatest - Alan Shearer       

SOLUTIONS to the exercises in the previous post /for further exercises of this level go to  Mock exams (4º ESO)/:

 

 47. 

Proposed answers:

A bike has got as many wheels as a motorbike, but it is not as fast

A bike is slower than a motorbike and it is not as big as a car.
However, a car is more comfortable than a bike, although it is not so economical

You go farther with a car than with a bike. You can also take a bus, but it is not so fast

If you go by car, you can take all your family with you.

If you go by bus, you will not spend so much money.

48.

1.  wa(l)king     cas(t)le    g(h)ost    (k)now      tu(r)ned     cou(l)d. 

2. road   ,    run        3. smooth , too      4. sing - sang - sung

Bitcoins, real currency or just a fake?

Some people claim to be digital millionaires as they have millions of bitcoins, but is this a real currency?

 

Here's a listening exercise to do: Bitcoin: digital crypto-currency (6 Minute English, BBC Learning English)

Related articles to be read about the issue:

• Bitcoin and cryptocurrencies 'will come to bad end', says Warren Buffett (The Guardian)

• Is Bitcoin the future of currency? (BBC News)

• Bitcoin: is it a bubble waiting to burst or a good investment? (The Guardian)

• Bitcoin Hasn’t Replaced Cash, but Investors Don’t Care (The New York Times)

Here is a good link to revise the REPORTING VERBS (Reported Speech) and a good video to watch about the issue (6 Minute English Vocabulary)

Lucy tells us about 10 girl names YOU pronounce INCORRECTLY.

 

Activities for my 2º ESO students:  How do you spend your pocket money?  Answer this question using the comparative of equality (AS....AS), ENOUGH & TOO in the sentences you write.  

HIGHWAY TO B2.....

USE OF ENGLISH. Multiple-choice exercise. Choose the appropriate option:

1. The Sting is by ................... the best Robert Redford film I have seen.   (A  long    B   far   C  much   D   way)

2. I like England, but I wish it .................. rain quite so much.    (A  didn't    B   won't   C  hadn't   D   hasn't)

3. People who live in cities ........................ to suffer from stress more than people in the countryside.  (A  lean    B   develop   C  tend   D   use)

4. I thought I'd buy her a ..................... brown bag.     (A  shopping    B   black   C  new   D   French)

5. I didn't realize everyone was going to wear formal clothes and I felt ........................ in my jeans and jumper.   (A  insulted    B   annoyed  C  offended   D  embarrassed)

6. ..................... the papers, the Prime Minister is giving a speech on the economy tomorrow.     (A  Referring to    B   According to   C  Related to   D   Attached to)

7. He didn't want to make up his mind until he had heard Pamela's ............ of the story.     (A  side    B   angle   C  aspect   D   edge)

8. I haven't heard from Pete for ages. I wish he ................ me his phone number before he left.        (A  gave      B   would give   C  would have given   D   had given)

9. The bank manager agreed to give me £200, ................... the £500 he had already lent me.   (A  extra to     B  according to   C  in addition to   D   surplus to)

10. The student who .................. in his exams was expelled from the school.     (A  tricked     B   cheated   C  deceived   D  betrayed)

11. Excuse me, do you .......................... me bringing my dog into your house?        (A  oppose    B   mind   C  object   D  complain)

12. In court, she was so upset that she broke .................... .  (A  out   B   in   C  up   D  down)

13. I wish you ................. put your clothes on the floor all the time. It drives me mad.   (A  don't    B   wouldn't   C  won't    D  would)

14. After going to several interviews, she eventually ........................ to get a job.         (A  managed    B   could   C  achieved   D   succeeded)

15. I hope you have read the contract and understand .......... it means.   (A  that    B   how   C  what   D   which)

16. He stole one of the officers' uniforms and managed to escape by passing himself ........... as a guard.   (A  by    B   out   C  through   D   off)

17. Excuse me, but would you ....................... talking a little bit more quietly? We are trying to work.    (A  mind    B   care   C  object   D   rather)

18. There are still a great many people in Africa who suffer .................... malaria.   (A  of    B   with   C  from   D   by)

19. He ...................... to turn up for the football match.       (A  omitted    B   neglected   C  stopped   D   failed)

20. The young man swore that he would take ................ his father's killers.     (A  revenge in    B   revenge on   C  revenge   D   revenge at)

Solutions to VOCABULARY exercises in the previous post.

1.  1. inspector   2. loser  3. thinker   4. actor   5. sailors   6. visitors   7. murderer

2. 1. an electronical device that plays cassettes.     2. a liquid/powder which removes stains usually from clothes.   3. a machine to soften the water (descalcificador)    4. a machine that purifies the water.
5. a gadget which people use to light cigarettes    6. a machine that helps people analyse the stress through the voice    7. a dish-washer   8. a pressure-cooker   9. a paint-thinner   10. a paint-remover
11. a hair-dryer   12. a hair-restorer  (crecepelo)  13. a tin-opener   14. a carpet-sweeper   15. ant-powder  //  ant-killer    16. a cork-screw    17. a bottle-opener

LINGOHACK  >>>

• Episode 180110 / 10 January 2018    >>>  Technology of the future on show   -  Language related to 'technology'.  Need-to-know language: robot, artificial intelligence, driverless cars & autonomous cab.