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I. The US Money

II. Gypsies

III. Lifestyles in America

IV. Variety Store

V. Beauty Salon

Background Background informationinformation

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Cash: paper currency

The US government prints money in the following denominations: $10,000; $5,000; $1,000; $500; $100; $50; $20; $10; $5 and $1.

You will never see most of these bills; twenties, tens, fives and ones are the most commonly used. You will find a picture of George Washington on the $1 bill, Abraham Lincoln on the $5, Alexander Hamilton on the $10 and Andrew Jackson on the $20. There are also pictures on the back (the White House on the $20, the Treasury Building on the $10, the Lincoln Memorial on the $5 and a big “ONE” and the American insignia on the $1.

I.I. The US Money The US Money

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Money in general is referred to as: “cash”, “bucks”, “dough”, “bread”, “moolah”, “greenbacks”, etc. A one-dollar bill is most often called “a dollar”, “a single”, “a buck” or “a bill”; a five-dollar bill is “five dollars”, “a fiver”, “a five spot” or “five bucks”. A ten-dollar bill might be “a ten”, “ten bucks” or a “ten spot”.

I.I. The US MoneyThe US Money


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Cash: coins

Coins come in the following denominations: $.01

or 1¢ (a penny, a cent, one cent); $.05 or 5¢ (a

nickel, five cents); $.10 or 10¢ (a dime, ten cents);

$.25 or 25¢ (a quarter, two bits, twenty-five

cents); and $.50 or 50¢ (a fifty-cent piece).

Coins are called “change”, “small change”, or

“silver” (though they aren’t made of silver

anymore). Coins are generally recognized by their

size, but somebody “goofed” on the dime, which

is smaller than either a nickel or a penny. All the

others are in size order.


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The end of The US Money.

Cash: coins

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Roma (people), commonly known as Gypsies, a

traditionally nomadic people found throughout the

world. While the term gypsy is often attached to

anyone leading a nomadic life, the Roma share a

common biological, cultural, and linguistic heritage

that sets them apart as a genuine ethnic group.

II.II. GypsiesGypsies

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When they first arrived in Europe over 500 years ago, the Roma were called Gypsies in the mistaken belief that they had come from Egypt. The true origins of the Roma remained a mystery until the late 18th century, when European linguists discovered connections between the Romani language and certain dialects spoken in northwestern India. More recent linguistic and historical studies have confirmed that the Roma originated in India.



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The world population of Roma is difficult to

establish with any certainty. Estimates suggest that

there are between approximately 15 and 30 million

Roma worldwide. Some 10 million Roma live in

Europe, and they make up that continent’s largest

minority population. The largest concentrations of

Roma are found in the Balkan peninsula of

southeastern Europe, in central Europe, and in

Russia and the other successor republics of the

Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR). Smaller

numbers are scattered throughout western Europe,

the Middle East, North Africa, and the Americas.


The Fortune Teller, Georges La Tour 1632—1635

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The end of Gypsies.

The Roma are divided

into groups sometimes

referred to as nations or

tribes. These divisions

generally reflect

historical patterns of

settlement in different

geographic areas.

Although historically

renowned as wanderers,

the vast majority of

modern Roma live in

settled communities.

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1. Lost Generation, group of expatriate American writers residing primarily in Paris during the 1920s and 1930s. The group never formed a cohesive literary movement, but it consisted of many influential American writers, including Ernest Hemingway, F. Scott Fitzgerald, William Carlos Williams, Thornton Wilder, Archibald MacLeish, and Hart Crane. The group was given its name by the American writer Gertrude Stein to refer to expatriate Americans bitter about their World War I experiences and disillusioned with American society. Hemingway later used the phrase as an epigraph for his novel The Sun Also Rises (1926).

III.III. Lifestyles in Lifestyles in AmericaAmerica

Ernest Hemingway

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2. The beat generation, group of American writers of the 1950s whose writing expressed profound dissatisfaction with contemporary American society and endorsed an alternative set of values. Its best-known figures were writers Allen Ginsberg and Jack Kerouac, who met as students at Columbia University in the 1940s, and San Francisco-based poet and publisher Lawrence Ferlinghetti. Ferlinghetti’s City Lights Bookstore, in the North Beach section of San Francisco, became a center of Beat culture and remained an enduring symbol of alternative literature into the 1990s. Another center of Beat activity was New York City’s East Village, where Ginsberg made his home.

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3. Hippie, member of a youth movement of the late 1960s that was characterized by nonviolent anarchy, concern for the environment, and rejection of Western materialism. Also known as flower power, the hippie movement originated in San Francisco, California. The hippies formed a politically outspoken, antiwar, artistically prolific counterculture in North America and Europe. Their colorful psychedelic style was inspired by drugs such as the hallucinogen Lysergic Acid Diethylamid (LSD). This style emerged in fashion, graphic art, and music by bands such as Love, the Grateful Dead, Jefferson Airplane, and Pink Floyd.

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4. Yuppie, a young upwardly mobile professional person. Yuppies tend to be 9-5 professional workers. Yuppies tend to value material goods (especially trendy new things). In particular this can apply to their stocks, imported automobiles, development houses, and technological gadgets, particularly cell phones. Unfortunately, the fast paced pursuit of these material goods has unintended consequences. Usually in a hurry, they seek convenience goods and services. Being "time poor", their family relations can become difficult to sustain. Maintaining their way of life is mentally exhausting. Sometimes, they will move every few years to where their job goes, straining their family. The fast-paced lifestyle has been termed a rat race.

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It refers to a retail store that carries a large variety of usually inexpensive merchandise.

IV.IV. Variety Store Variety Store

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An establishment providing women with services that

include hair treatment, manicures, and facials. Also

called beauty parlor, beauty shop.

V.V. Beauty SalonBeauty Salon

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