Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
Part Two
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Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
Background information
I.
The US Money
II. Gypsies
III. Lifestyles in America
IV. Variety Store
V.
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Beauty Salon
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Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
I.
The US Money
Cash: paper currency
The US government prints money in the following
denominations: $10,000; $5,000; $1,000; $500;
$100; $50; $20; $10; $5 and $1.
You will never see most of these bills; twenties,
tens, fives and ones are the most commonly used.
You will find a picture of George Washington on
the $1 bill, Abraham Lincoln on the $5, Alexander
Hamilton on the $10 and Andrew Jackson on the
$20. There are also pictures on the back (the
White House on the $20, the Treasury Building on
the $10, the Lincoln Memorial on the $5 and a big
“ONE” and the American insignia on the $1.
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Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
I.
The US Money
Money in general is referred to as: “cash”, “bucks”,
“dough”, “bread”, “moolah”, “greenbacks”, etc. A
one-dollar bill is most often called “a dollar”, “a
single”, “a buck” or “a bill”; a five-dollar bill is “five
dollars”, “a fiver”, “a five spot” or “five bucks”. A
ten-dollar bill might be “a ten”, “ten bucks” or a
“ten spot”.
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Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
I.
The US Money
Cash: coins
Coins come in the following denominations: $.01
or 1¢ (a penny, a cent, one cent); $.05 or 5¢ (a
nickel, five cents); $.10 or 10¢ (a dime, ten cents);
$.25 or 25¢ (a quarter, two bits, twenty-five
cents); and $.50 or 50¢ (a fifty-cent piece).
Coins are called “change”, “small change”, or
“silver” (though they aren’t made of silver
anymore). Coins are generally recognized by their
size, but somebody “goofed” on the dime, which is
smaller than either a nickel or a penny. All the
others are in size order.
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The US Money
Cash: coins
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Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
II.
Gypsies
Roma (people), commonly known as Gypsies, a
traditionally nomadic people found throughout the
world. While the term gypsy is often attached to
anyone leading a nomadic life, the Roma share a
common biological, cultural, and linguistic heritage
that sets them apart as a genuine ethnic group.
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Gypsies
When they first arrived in Europe over 500
years ago, the Roma were called Gypsies in
the mistaken belief that they had come from
Egypt. The true origins of the Roma
remained a mystery until the late 18th
century, when European linguists discovered
connections between the Romani language
and certain dialects spoken in northwestern
India. More recent linguistic and historical
studies have confirmed that the Roma
originated in India.
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II.
Gypsies
The world
population of Roma is difficult to
establish with any certainty. Estimates suggest that
there are between approximately 15 and 30 million
Roma worldwide. Some 10 million Roma live in
Europe, and they make up that continent’s largest
minority population. The largest concentrations of
Roma are found in the Balkan peninsula of
southeastern Europe, in central Europe, and in Russia
and the other successor republics of the Union of
Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Smaller numbers
are scattered throughout western Europe, the Middle
East, North Africa, and the Americas.
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The Fortune Teller,
Georges La Tour
1632—1635
Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
II.
Gypsies
The Roma are divided
into groups sometimes
referred to as nations or
tribes. These divisions
generally reflect
historical patterns of
settlement in different
geographic areas.
Although historically
renowned as wanderers,
the vast majority of
modern Roma live in
settled communities.
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Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
III. Lifestyles in America
1. Lost Generation, group of expatriate American
writers residing primarily in Paris during the 1920s
and 1930s. The group never formed a cohesive
literary movement, but it consisted of many
influential American writers, including Ernest
Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Carlos
Williams, Thornton Wilder, Archibald MacLeish, and
Hart Crane. The group was given its name by the
American writer Gertrude Stein to refer to
expatriate Americans bitter about their World War I
experiences and disillusioned with American
society. Hemingway later used the phrase as an
epigraph for his novel The Sun Also Rises (1926).
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Ernest
Hemingway
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III. Lifestyles in America
2. The beat generation, group of American writers
of the 1950s whose writing expressed profound
dissatisfaction with contemporary American society
and endorsed an alternative set of values. Its bestknown figures were writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack
Kerouac, who met as students at Columbia University
in the 1940s, and San Francisco-based poet and
publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Ferlinghetti’s City
Lights Bookstore, in the North Beach section of San
Francisco, became a center of Beat culture and
remained an enduring symbol of alternative literature
into the 1990s. Another center of Beat activity was
New York City’s East Village, where Ginsberg made
his home.
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III. Lifestyles in America
3. Hippie, member of a youth movement of the late
1960s that was characterized by nonviolent anarchy,
concern for the environment, and rejection of
Western materialism. Also known as flower power,
the hippie movement originated in San Francisco,
California. The hippies formed a politically outspoken,
antiwar, artistically prolific counterculture in North
America and Europe. Their colorful psychedelic style
was inspired by drugs such as the hallucinogen
Lysergic Acid Diethylamid (LSD). This style emerged
in fashion, graphic art, and music by bands such as
Love, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Pink
Floyd.
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III. Lifestyles in America
4. Yuppie, a young upwardly mobile professional
person. Yuppies tend to be 9-5 professional workers.
Yuppies tend to value material goods (especially
trendy new things). In particular this can apply to
their stocks, imported automobiles, development
houses, and technological gadgets, particularly cell
phones. Unfortunately, the fast paced pursuit of
these material goods has unintended consequences.
Usually in a hurry, they seek convenience goods and
services. Being "time poor", their family relations can
become difficult to sustain. Maintaining their way of
life is mentally exhausting. Sometimes, they will
move every few years to where their job goes,
straining their family. The fast-paced lifestyle has
been termed a rat race.
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IV.
Variety Store
It refers to a retail store that carries a large
variety of usually inexpensive merchandise.
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Lesson 10—The Richer, the Poorer
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Beauty Salon
An establishment providing women with services that
include hair treatment, manicures, and facials. Also
called
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beauty parlor, beauty shop.
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