Everyone has their price

What would you do for the right price and assuming that you really needed the money?

1. Disclose confidential company secrets.

2. Testify falsely in court while under oath.

3. Try out a drug being experimented by a pharmaceutical company.

4. Donate unnecessary parts of your body to an unknown patient.

5. Kill someone you’d never met and who you were convinced were dangerous.

Backhanders

Would you try and bribe someone for money in any of the following circumstances?

1. The waiter to get you and your wonderful new partner the best table in the restaurant.

2. Your teacher to let you see an examination paper in advance.

3. The tax inspector so that you don’t have to pay huge amounts of taxes.

4. A personnel manager to give you a job.

5. The police to avoid a speeding fine.

? Writing

What do you think about money and happiness? Do you think that he is happy who has a lot of money? Do you believe that money can make a person happy?

Do the following puzzle and find the words of O. Wilde, a famous English writer, and his idea about money and happiness.

EH SI HYPAP OHW AHS ON NOEYM BTU SKNWO WOH OT TEG TI THLYOENS

Use the following phrases and write what you think about O.Wilde’s statement.

- I absolutely (dis)agree with the words of O. Wilde because I...

- I also would like to say that...

- What’s more, I...

- That’s why I...

- To sum everything up I’d like to say that.

— Speaking

Here is the list of pecuniary difficulties. Work in pairs and try to find the way of getting money to solve the problems suggested.

1. ‘I want to find another flat. My neighbours make so much noise I can’t sleep. I’ve found a really nice place, but they want $1000 as a deposit.’

2. I’ve just seen the car of my dream. It’s a 1960 Ford, but it’s in perfect condition. The owner is leaving for Australia tomorrow and wants $ 900 cash. What can I do?

3. ‘They’ve got a sale on in the electricity showroom. There is this super vacuum for $370. It normally costs $600. The trouble is I’ve only got $170 on me.’

4. Think of something you would really like to have. Decide its price. Write your problem on a piece of paper and pass it to your neighbour to suggest a solution.