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1 Do you know who any of these people are? How can they be related to English banknotes?English banknotesТекст в новом учебнике:1.
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1 Do you know who any of these people are? How can they be related to English banknotes?
English banknotes
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1. British money is called the В«poundВ», or sometimes В«pounds sterlingВ». The word В«sterlingВ» probably originated with a little silver coin 1000 years ago. A В«poundВ» referred to how many coins you needed to make a pound in weight. Back then, as now, this was worth a lot; check the price of 400 grams of silver today!
2. It was a nuisance to carry round so many coins, so people put them in a bank. The bank gave notes to their customers, representing a number of pounds. Customers used these notes to buy things from a merchant. The merchant could take the note to the bank and exchange it for silver coins. In fact British banknotes still say «I promise to pay...» on them, and then their value — followed by the signature of the Chief Cashier of the Bank of England.
3. Of course, the notes don!t get you pounds of silver any more! For many years, they have been symbolic. In the 1960s, British banknotes began to carry pictures of famous British people on them.
4. These included Elizabeth Fry, a prison reformer; Sir Edward Elgar, a composer and Adam Smith, an economist. These pictures change from time to time, but there is one person who is always on a British banknote: the King or Queen!
5. These pictures make the notes attractive, but they have another purpose.
6. They are full of hidden details that make them difficult to copy, or В«counterfeitВ». There are four British banknotes: 5, or the В«fiverВ»; 10, or the В«tennerВ»; 20 and 50.
7. If you are wondering why there is no 100 note, or even higher — well, most banks do not like to create high-value notes, it is because it makes it easier for criminals to steal large amounts.
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All the banknotes in the UK have a portrait of Queen Elizabeth II on the front and aO) > famous (fame) historical person on the back. Read on to find out more...
The five-pound note, or fiver, is blue and green in colour and has a portrait of Elizabeth Fry on the back. Fry made her name by improving living conditions for women in European prisons. The main 1)...(illustrate) on the note shows her reading to female 2)...(prison) in Newgate Prison.
The ten-pound note, or tenner, is orange in colour. It was first issued in 1759. Since 2000, Victorian naturalist, Charles Darwin, who developed the theory of evolution, has been on the back of the note. You can also see Darwintasks ship the HMS Beagle as well as 3)...(vary) flowers and animals he came across on his travels, in particular the humming bird.
The twenty-pound note is purple and up until very 4)... (recent), it had a picture of British 5)... (compose), Sir Edward Elgar, on the back.
The new twenty-pound note shows Adam Smith, one of the fathers of modern day economics. The fifty-pound note is red and has a picture of Sir John Houblon on the back. Houblon was the first governor of the Bank of England. This note also shows an image of Houblontasks house in Threadneedle Street, London which is the site of the banktasks present day 6)...(build).