Présentation de l'Unité Niveau 8 Unité 3

Cost of living
How would you compare living costs between countries? In this unit you'll learn finance­related vocabulary and language for comparisons.

Vocabulaire Mot / expression Phonétique Partie du discours Traduction / Définition automated teller machine: a machine, usually in a wall outside a bank, from which you can take money out of your bank account using a special card a cash machine a printed record of the money put into and removed from a bank account a request for payment of money owed, or the piece of paper on which it is written money in the form of notes and coins, rather than cheques or credit cards a small, plastic card that you get from a particular shop and use to buy goods from it that you can pay for later If an activity is cost­effective, it is good value for the amount of money paid a small plastic card which can be used as a method of payment, the money being taken from you at a later time the money that is used in a particular country at a particular time a small plastic card which can be used as a method of payment, the money being taken from your bank account automatically a payment, especially into a bank account not using a lot of fuel, money, etc the way in which trade, industry or money is organized, or the study of this a person who studies or has a special knowledge of economics the system of trade and industry by which the wealth of a country is made and used when customers use the Internet to organize, examine and make changes to their bank accounts and investments, etc. electronically, or when banks operate accounts and services in this way

ATM

UK [,ei.ti:'em] US noun [,ei.ti:'em] noun noun noun

automated teller machine bank statement bill cash charge card UK [bil] US [bil]

UK [kæʃ] US [kæʃ] noun noun

cost­effective

UK [,kɔst.i'fek.tiv] adjective US [,kɑ:st­] noun

credit card currency

UK ['kʌr.ənt.si] US noun