UNIT 3, LESSON 1

VOCABULARY FOR PERSONAL FINANCE

There are many ways to describe personal finances Here are some expressions, in a descending scake from most.

• Loaded

• Well-off

• In Good shape

• Getting by

• Strapped for cash.

• Broke

Here are spuce reseful expressions for talking about personal finances:

• The biggest part of my monthly expenses is my rent.

• With are source of income, I've built up a lot of debt.

• He always seems to have lens of cash.

• I don't have a lot of exha money right a now. 

TALKING ABOUT MONEY MANAGEMENT 

Money can be a sensitive topic. Whether it is appropriate with the person, the seriousness of the situation, or the social or cultural context.

In any case, be careful, and sensitive, when the topic of money comes up. 

Use these expressious to ask about money management: 

• How are you with money?

• Is money management a probleme for him? 

• How are they doing financially?

Use these expressiours to make negative statemen about money management: 

• They're terrible of managing their money 

• It's any wonder they aren't completely broke, living out on the street. 

• Life and cheap. youve got to be more careful with your money. 

Use these expressions to make positive state- ments about money managements:

• We're in good shape financially.

• She's sucit with money.

• He's great at managing his finances.

PREDICTING CONTENT IN A TEXT.

 

When you know the topic of the text you are about to read, you can predict some of the content. For eg: You are about to read an article that gives you tips for improving personal finances. Think of some of the vocabulary you might find in this beet text. 

Terms to describe personal finance:

Savings

Debts

Incoming

Deductible 

Terms to describe expenses: 

Housing  Bill  Transportation 

Before reading the text in the next activity, try to think of some more words you might see.