This slot machine only sells bus tickets, no gold
Dima and Kate discuss a report from Germany where one company plans to install hundreds of gold dispensers at stations, airports and shopping malls. But why?
This week's question:
When talking about how much the machine will charge for a ten gram bar of gold, which currency does our reporter mention?
a) euro (€)
b) dollar ($)
c) pound (£)
Listen out for the answer in the programme!
Listen to the programme
Gold vending machine
Vocabulary from the programme
- vending machines
machines from which small items such as packaged food or drinks can be bought by inserting money. Because cash is inserted through a slot, they are also known colloquially as slot machines. Another synonym is dispensers
- on the go goodies
small things that we buy and consume without stopping - like chocolate bars, crisps and other snacks, for example
- precious
very expensive and valuable
- stocks and shares
part of the ownership of a company which people can buy as an investment
- to keep a close eye on
to watch very closely
- very different / unlike any other
stronger, more emphatic ways of saying 'different', 'not the same'
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