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Прочтите текст о деньгах и выполните задания после текста.

WHAT IS MONEY?

Money is one of the most important inventions of humankind. Without it a complex, modern economy based on the division of labor, and the exchange of goods and services, would be impossible.

When you buy a candy bar, you may pay for it with a coin or paper note. The storekeeper knows that he can eat neither the coin nor the note you gave him. Why does he accept the coin or note instead of candy? It is because the coin is money.

At first sight, answering the question what money is seems obvious; the man or woman in the street would agree on coins and bank notes, but would they accept them from any country? What about checks? They would probably be less willing to accept them than their country's coins and notes. What about credit cards and gold? The gold standard belongs to history but even today many rich people in different parts of the world rather keep some of their wealth in the form of gold than in official, inflation-prone currencies. The attractiveness of gold, from aesthetic point of view, and its resistance to corrosion are two of the properties which led to its use for monetary transactions years. In complete contrast, a form of money with virtually no tangible properties - electronic money -seems to gain in popularity.

1. Дайте русские эквиваленты терминам:

Coin, paper note, checks,inflation-prone currencies, monetary transactions

2. Перечислите, какие типы денег упомянуты в тексте.