The Only $7 Banknote in the World!

THE ENGLISH NEWS WEEKLY PODCAST JAIME SELWOOD 06/11/2015 The Emotional Robot 1 of 13 FLASHBACK ENW 213: JAPAN SHOCKS THE WORLD! The Only $7 Banknote in the World! ENW 355 Introduction This week s ENW podcast reports on the country in the world that issues a $7 banknote. At first this might seem a bit different, but when Zimbabwe once had a $100 trillion banknote then perhaps it isn t that strange! So which country has issued this unusual banknote? The Pacific Island nation of Fiji. The reason that Fiji has issued this unique denomination is not because they are trying to be different but to celebrate something that Fiji is the best in the world at! English News Weekly will try to explain all HOMEPAGE http://pod.flare.hiroshima-u.ac.jp/cms/enw.php FACEBOOK www.facebook.com/enw1975 (c) Jaime Selwood ENW Episode 219 TECHNOLOGY TWITTER twitter.com/enwpodcast

Contents Pages Part 1 Warm Ups Odd-One-Out Page 1 Brainstorm Page 1 Famous World Banknotes Page 1 / 2 Quiz This Week Page 2 Part 2 Before Listening / Reading Jumbled Words Page 3 True or False Page 3 Vocabulary Antonyms Page 3 Part 3 Listening / Reading The News Story 402 Words Page 4 What Do You Think...? Page 4 Part 4 After Listening / Reading Q & A Page 5 A & Q Page 5 Part 5 Extra Stuff Extra English I Page 6 7 to Chinwag Page 6 Writing Activity Page 7 And Finally. Did You Know? Page 7 TV Links Page 8 The Answers Pages 8-10 A1 This symbol = Listening activity in the podcast. A1

1 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 [201810-04] The Only $7 Banknote not in the World! October 26th, 2018 PART 1 Warm Ups Warm Up 1 Odd 1 Out Look at the four words below, which word is different from the other three? Write your reason in the box underneath. Check your answer later. a) Fiji b) Australia c) England d) New Zealand My Reason Warm Up 2 Brainstorm How many different words can you connect to the word(s) in the box? Can you think of at least 10 words? Why do you think this? Currency Warm Up 3 World Banknote Designs Look at the 10 photos below of some banknotes from around the world! Do you recognise them? Which country issued each bank note! Look at the list of nations on page 2 to help you! 1: 2: 6. 7: 3: 8: 4: 5: 9: 10:

2 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 10 Famous Living People Which is Which..?! 1 1 1 1 A BRUNEI & SEYCHELLES F THE PHILIPPINES B CAMEROON G ENGLAND AND WALES C COOK ISLANDS H THE UKRAINE D HAITI I THE UNITED ARAB EMIRATES E NORWAY J ZIMBABWE Warm Up 4 A1 Quiz Read the questions about this week s news story. Remember if you don t know use the Internet to help or GUESS! 1: Which is the only country in the world to have a $7 banknote? a: Fiji b: The Cook Islands c: Haiti 2: Which country has the largest denomination of banknote in circulation? a: Zimbabwe b: England & Wales c: Mexico 3: Which is the most traded currency around the world? (as of 2018) a: The Yen b: The Dollar c: The Euro 4: In 1988, which southern hemisphere nation issued the first plastic currency? a: New Zealand b: Brazil c: Australia 5: The Chinese Tang Dynasty issues the world s first banknotes, when was this? a: 618-907 AD b: 907-1218 AD c: 1218-1518 AD 6: What is the most expensive banknote sold at auction for 2,79m! a: 1690 US $1,000 b: 1790 US$1,000 c: 1890 US$1,000 E1: How many different banknotes are in circulation in Fiji (as of 2018) a: E2: What sport is represented on the Fiji $7 banknote? a: E3: Which flag below is the Fijian national flag? a: b: c: END OF PART 1

3 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Pre-Listening / Reading 1 Jumbled Sentences The sentence below is from a paragraph in the news story. Un-jumble the words and put them into the correct order. Fiji this down a to has banknote all of Pacific the Island unique is nation small who 2 Fiji Stands Out with $7 Bill This is all Pre-Listening / Reading 2 A2 True or False Read the headline of News Story ~ Fiji Stands Out with $7 Bill? Look at the 5 statements. Guess if you think 1 5 are True or False! 1 Fiji defeated New Zealand to win the gold medal in 2016. [T] [F] 2 The population of Fiji is just under one million. [T] [F] 3 The Swiss 50 Franc banknote has an artist s selfie on the back. [T] [F] 4 Fiji have won just one gold medal at the Olympic Games. [T] [F] 5 The first rugby 7s world cup was held in Australia. [T] [F] Pre-Listening / Reading 3 Antonynms An antonym is a word with an OPPOSITE meaning. Match the 10 words on the left with their antonyms on the right. All the antonyms in black are from the News Stories. 1 Indelicate 6 Excel A Commonplace F Forget 2 Grateful 7 Immortalise B Disbelief G Obvious 3 Unique 8 Receiving C Standing H Normal 4 Odd 9 Sitting D Giving I Inoffensive 5 Ideas 10 Secret E Abusive J Fail END OF PART 2

4 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Listening / Reading Listening Fiji Stands Out with $7 Bill Which Word? Help Listen / Read the news story below. Then place the correct word from the box below into the correct space! A: celebration C: population E: celebrate G: hint I: version B: Cook D: donations F: shark H: banknote J: indelicate 355 Fiji Stands Out with $7 Bill 1 ENW is going to be a little bit 1: at the beginning of this week s podcast, we are going to start with a question about money. How much do you have in your purse or wallet right now? We ask not to find out if you can lend ENW some cash, although 2: are always grateful, but because this week s podcast topic is about banknotes. This is all down to the small Pacific Island nation of Fiji who has a unique banknote. 2 Fiji has issued a $7 banknote, which at first seems an odd number to put on any currency note. Any ideas as to why the Fijian government chose the number seven? We can give you another 3: the Olympics. Well, in case you couldn t get the answer the special $7 banknote which will be legal tender in the country is in 4: of Fiji s first ever Olympic Gold medal which they won at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (check out ENW 259) 3 So why number 7? It is because the sport in which the Fijian athletes won the country s first gold medal was the rugby 7s. Rugby is Fiji s national sport, and the shorter 5: of the 15-man game is a sport that their players excel at. Since the first Rugby 7s World Cup in Scotland in 1997, the Fijians have twice been world champions, and three times finished third with a 6: of just 916,000. 4 After the Fijian Men s Rugby team thrashed Great Britain 43-7 to win the Gold Medal the government decided the best way to 7: the victory was to immortalise the team on the country s money. Two million $7 banknotes have been printed with a photo of the whole squad after receiving their medals. On the front side of the 8: is a picture of a Fijian rugby player in full kit and Ben Ryan - their coach who is actually from England, sitting on a beach. 5 The Fijian $7 banknote is certainly unique, but it is not the strangest banknote in the world. The 9: Islands $10 note has a picture of a topless woman riding a 10: whilst the Swiss 50 Franc bill has a selfie of artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp, like the Fijian $7 both totally unique! Oh and how much money does ENW have in our wallet? Sorry, that is a secret! We will give you one hint though our wallet isn t very heavy. END OF PART 3 [402 Words]

5 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Post-Listening / Reading 1 A3 Q & A How much can you remember from News Story? Read / Listen to the questions below and choose the correct answer. If you can t remember any answers, guess! Q1 Which Swiss artist took a selfie that now adorns a banknote? Q2 Who was coach of the Fijian Rugby 7 s team? Q3 What animal is on the Cook Island s currency? Q4 How many $7 banknotes were printed? Q5 How many times have the Fijians won the Rugby 7s World Cup? Q6 What photograph is on the back of the $7 banknote? E1 Which ENW podcast episode is about the 2016 Olympic Games? E2 How many banknotes are mentioned in the news story? Post-Reading 2 A & Q How much can you remember from the news story? Read the answers below and write the correct question. There is more than one possible correct question for each one! A1 1997.? A2 2016.? A3 15.? A4 Rio de Janiero? A5 A Beach? END OF PART 4

6 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 English Extra I Money Idioms Translated from Around the World Languages have many phrases that use idiomatic expressions that include the word - money. Example: Throw money out of a window To spare no expense To buy the pig in the bag Buy something quietly or hidden from others Can you match the phrase with the correct situation? 1 To live like a maggot in bacon (Germany) 2 Throw money out a window (France) 3 He has more wool than lamb (Spain) 4 Buy for an apple and an egg. (Poland) 5 Friendship is good, but cheese costs money (Bulgaria) 6 To buy the pig in the bag. (Sweden) 7 To cost the skin of your buttocks (France) 8 Eating a cable (Cuba) 9 To fly through a chimney (Russia) 10 To have short arms (Italy) 11 He keeps a hedgehog in his pocket. (Wales) 12 It s enough to choke a monkey (England) A To go bankrupt B A person who doesn t like to spend money C Something that is very cheap. D Something that is very expensive E Buy something quietly. F Someone who is tight-fisted. G Bought at a discount price. H It s financially hard to buy I To have a lot of money. J Don t take advantage of a friend! K A person with a fat wallet. L To spare no expense. 7 to Chinwag This Week s ENW Podcast ENW Podcast Topic Can You Recognise 5,000 People? Ask / Answer the questions below on this week s ENW Podcast Topic! 1 What did you think when you read this week s ENW topic? 2 How much money do you have on your right now? Why? 3 What is the most money you have ever had on your person at one time? Why? 4 What do you think about your country s banknote designs? Why? 5 What item do you think should be on a new banknote in your country? Why? 6 What is your favourite saying about money? Why? EX FREE QUESTION!

7 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Writing This Week Imagine you gave been given the honour of designing a new banknote. What denomination would you like? What object, people, animals or things? What is the design? Why did you choose this? Give as many details as you can! END OF PART 5 And Finally U /V/W/X/Y/Z A4 Did You Know? The End

8 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Visual TV Links BBC Sport (UK) 1: http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180814-the-only-country-with-a-7-banknote [01:47] Fijian $7 Banknote Seeker (USA) 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=o--yx3teulm [09:39] Fiji Sevens Highlights 2016 - Gold Medal Year "Carrying a Nation" You Tube (USA) 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=luwfpo7qsdq [02:52] World s Unusual Banknotes Podcast Key A1 These activities are audio and can be listened to on the podcast. Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Warm Up 1 Odd-1-Out C England Warm Up 3 World Banknotes A / B / D all have the UK flag in their national flag! 1 Norway 2 The Cook Islands 3 England & Wales 4 Brunei & Seychelles 5 The Philippines 6 U.A.E 7 Zimbabwe 8 Cameroon 9 Ukraine 10 - Haiti A1 Warm Up 4 Quiz 1 A 2 B 3 B 4 C 5 A 6 C E1 SIX E2: RUGBY E3 B Answers Part 1 Warm Up 1-4 Jumbled Sentences This is all down to the small Pacific Island nation of Fiji who has a unique banknote. A2 True or False 1 T 2 T 3 T 4 T 5 F Antonyms 1 I 2 E 3 A 4 H 5 B 6 J 7 F 8 D 9 C 10 G

Answers Part 3 9 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 Listening 355 Fiji Stands Out with $7 Bill 1 ENW is going to be a little bit indelicate at the beginning of this week s podcast, we are going to start with a question about money. How much do you have in your purse or wallet right now? We ask not to find out if you can lend ENW some cash, although donations are always grateful, but because this week s podcast topic is about banknotes. This is all down to the small Pacific Island nation of Fiji who has a unique banknote. 2 Fiji has issued a $7 banknote, which at first seems an odd number to put on any currency note. Any ideas as to why the Fijian government chose the number seven? We can give you another hint the Olympics. Well, in case you couldn t get the answer the special $7 banknote which will be legal tender in the country is in celebration of Fiji s first ever Olympic Gold medal which they won at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (check out ENW 259) 3 So why number 7? It is because the sport in which the Fijian athletes won the country s first gold medal was the rugby 7s. Rugby is Fiji s national sport, and the shorter version of the 15-man game is a sport that their players excel at. Since the first Rugby 7s World Cup in Scotland in 1997, the Fijians have twice been world champions, and three times finished third with a population of just 916,000. 4 After the Fijian Men s Rugby team thrashed Great Britain 43-7 to win the Gold Medal the government decided the best way to celebrate the victory was to immortalise the team on the country s money. Two million $7 banknotes have been printed with a photo of the whole squad after receiving their medals. On the front side of the banknote is a picture of a Fijian rugby player in full kit and Ben Ryan - their coach who is actually from England, sitting on a beach. 5 The Fijian $7 banknote is certainly unique, but it is not the strangest banknote in the world. The Cook Islands $10 note has a picture of a topless woman riding a shark whilst the Swiss 50 Franc bill has a selfie of artist Sophie Taeuber-Arp, like the Fijian $7 both totally unique! Oh and how much money does ENW have in our wallet? Sorry, that is a secret! We will give you one hint though our wallet isn t very heavy. [402 Words] Answers Part 4 Post-Listening / Reading A3 Q & A 1 Sophie Taeuber-Arp 5 Twice 2 Ben Ryan 6 Th Fiji Rugby 7s Squad 3 Shark E1 ENW 259 4 2 million E2 Three A & Q Example Questions A1 What year was the first rugby 7s world cup? A2 What year was the Rio de Janeiro Olympic Games? A3 How many players are in a full rugby team? A4 What city hosted the 2016 Summer Olympic Games? A5 Where is Ben Ryan pictured sitting on the $7 banknote?

English Extra 10 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 1 C 2 L 3 I 4 G 5 J 6 E 7 D 8 H 9 A 10 F 11 B 12 - K And Finally X & Z A4 Z / Y / U / X / W / V Extra Bit This Week s ENW Images

Episode 355 11 The English News Weekly Podcast Jaime Selwood 2018 MAIN PHOTO https://www.ebay.com/itm/fiji-7-dollars-banknote-world-money-polymer-unc-currency-pick-p-new- 2017-Rugby-7-/232843053411 LINKS: https://freemarketfx.com/blog/biggest-banknotes-world/ http://www.rbf.gov.fj/docs2/newspaper%20supplement.pdf https://www.tripsavvy.com/the-worlds-weirdest-banknotes-3498959 https://www.extravelmoney.com/blog/beautiful-unusual-curriencies/ https://thewest.com.au/news/offbeat/fiji-marks-rugby-7s-olympic-gold-with-new-7-note-ng-b88452715z http://www.bbc.com/capital/story/20180814-the-only-country-with-a-7-banknote https://www.gocompare.com/money/cost-in-translation/