Online session, April 14th

  

LEVEL: C1.2

GROUP: A

DATE: April 14^th  

In today’s online session, we will consider how we can combat counterfeiters, we will improve our ability to follow and understand fast speech in a video extract and we will work on how to improve pronunciation, stress and intonation. 

PRE-LISTENING TASK

Our lesson today will revolve around a video on counterfeit strategy. Before watching the video, please read the questions in activity number 1, page 130. Answer questions 3 and 5. I’ll give you the answer at the end of our online session. 

LISTENING TASK

Watch video clip number 33 in your Class DVD-Rom. Then, do these two activities:

·         Activity 2: Find out the three ways of combating counterfeiting that are mentioned and two techniques sometimes used by counterfeiters.

·         Activity 3: How are the words and phrases in activity 3 connected to the process by which connected to the process by which counterfeit notes enter the system?

I’ll give you the answers at the end of today’s online session. 

READING:

 

Answer keys:

Counterfeit Strategy (page 130), clip number 33:

1 Possible answers

Question 3:  People buy counterfeit goods because they are cheap, because they want to have designer brands but can’t afford them, and sometimes to protest against big businesses that charge a lot for their products.

Question 5:  Banknotes have a serial number, a watermark, a line through them, a complex design and colouring, and use a very particular type of paper.

2

Question 1 The notes are printed on special paper – a cotton and linen combination. Red and blue security fibres are woven into the paper.

A fluorescent thread printed with microscopic text is also woven in.

They use optical variable ink, which changes colour in different lights.

Question 2 They bleach lower denomination notes and reprint them with higher values. They use drugstore glitter to mimic the way optical variable ink changes colour in different lights.

3 Possible answers

The counterfeiter approaches a victim saying he needs to offload a large sum of what he claims is genuine currency – at a discount.

The counterfeiter claims the money has been dyed black to avoid detection by the police.

The victim is shown how the bills can be cleaned in a matter of seconds and they’ll use a genuine bill that has been dyed black for this trick.

The victim is often given a special solution when they pay for the (counterfeit) currency to clean the notes but often it’s little more than water and vitamins.

US currency is given a revamp every seven to ten years to stop counterfeiters.

Large volumes of counterfeit currency have been coming out of Colombia. It’s usually very high quality.

Reading task answer key:


 
 

Take care,

Ángel