Good afternoon, everyone. My topic for today is “Early money”. I’m going to t___1____

you something about money u ___2_____in the early days. To tell you the truth, we know little about h___3___ early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things w____4___ have been used a___5___ money. In early times in some European c___6____ salt was very difficult to g___7___.  It was used as money. In some p____8____ of Asia, tea was used for money. The American Indians used nuts and other things. Perhaps the most c_____9____ money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a k___10_____ of money. So you see, things highly valued (价值) by everybody may serve as money. The Chinese were the first p___11____ to use coins as money. Oh, here are some coins of the p____12_____. You can come over and have a look.

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In 2008, an Indian film Slumdog Millionaire (贫民窟的百万富翁) won an Oscar 1. a    . It tells the story of a poor young man who wins the top prize on a TV game show. Now, in 2. r       life, there is a “slumdog millionaire” too. An Indian office worker has 3. b        the first person to win the＄one million top prize on the Indian TV game show who wants to be a millionaire.

The 4. w       is a 27-year-old young man. He works in a government office. He doesn’t earn much money, about 5. o       $120 every month. His house is almost broken. He even watched the TV game show at a neighbour’s because he was too poor to 6.a     a TV set.

People are 7. i       in how the young man will use the prize. He said that he was going to 8. r     his house and use part of the prize to study 9. f     the civil service (公务员) exams. “I love reading,” he said in an interview. “Before winning the prize, I 10. c       buy many books, but now, I will make a huge library.”

M. Can I help you?
W- Yes, please. 【小题1】     . I want to give her a gift, but I don’t know what to buy.
M.. Maybe you can buy her some flowers.
W. Great ! 【小题2】      ?
M. I think carnations (康乃馨) are OK. They stand for beauty and also show your
love and respect to your mother.
W: 【小题3】         ?
M: Twenty yuan a bunch (束).
W. OK. 【小题4】     . Here’ s the money.
M. Happy birthday to your mother!
W:【小题5】     .

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Chuck Wall teaches management and human relations at Bakersfield College. He walked into class one day and told his students that their h   【小题1】    was to perform one act of random(任意的) kindness. His students did not understand the assignment(任务), but the professor would not answer their questions. He e   【小题2】   his students to find it out for themselves.
One week later, the students entered the classroom excited to s   【小题3】  their stories. One student told of distributing blankets to the homeless, another had contacted a long, lost friend, and another student r  【小题4】   that he had helped a dog to find its owner. Students were energized(激励) by the homework assignment and wanted other people to be kind too. W  【小题5】 the support of local businesses, the students made stickers to put on cars that invited people to do something k 【小题6】 for others. They sold the stickers and decided to donate the money to a center for the blind –not surprising as Professor Wall is blind.
Since then, s  【小题7】  kindness activities have been organized in schools all over the world. Many schools organize a Random Acts of Kindness Week, a  【小题8】  November 13, to celebrate World Kindness Day. Some schools use each day of Random Acts of Kindness Week to perform d 【小题9】 kind acts, such as making a new friend, helping someone, doing community service, or raising money for a charity. Students learn to c  【小题10】  other people and think about how small actions can make the world a better place.