A1 English Listening Practice - Money

hey everybody welcome to this a1 english listening practice video you can use this video to practice your listening and comprehension as i speak before we start remember to subscribe to the channel click on the bell and follow us on instagram you ready so today i'm gonna talk about money this is a really important topic because money is a big part of our lives so first let's talk about currencies a currency is the type of money that a country uses for example the currency of the us is the dollar and the currency of mexico is the

peso every country uses a currency to buy and sell things some currencies are very valuable and other currencies are not very valuable for example today one u.s dollar is worth 22 mexican pesos the dollar is more valuable right now so what currency does your country use okay now let's talk about prices in the us most things are expensive they cost a lot of money in other countries things are cheap they don't cost a lot of money for example in the us the average price of a house is about two hundred and fifty thousand dollars but

in mexico the average price of a house is probably around forty thousand dollars that's a big difference huh prices are very different in different countries another major difference is with salaries the salaries in some countries are high and the salaries in other countries are low in the us salaries are pretty high americans need to make a lot of money because life is expensive in the us in some countries people don't need a lot of money to live but everyone needs some money to survive okay now let's talk about spending and saving money some people really

like spending money and other people prefer saving more money different people have different habits my family always liked saving money my mom taught me to always save some of my money so today i try to save some of the money i earn it's not always easy to save though you have to be careful with your money because it's easy to spend too much i know many people that don't save money they always spend their money on clothes electronics vacations and other things i spend money on these things but not all my money but some people

spend all their money because they want to enjoy the moment i don't think i could do this i think it's good to enjoy the moment but it's also good to plan for the future one other thing that people do with their money is invest you can invest in many different things like the stock market real estate currencies or gold many americans invest their money they want to use this money to make more money in the future in some countries investing is not very popular or sometimes they don't have good investment options you need to be

careful when you invest your money because not all investment options are good some investments are bad and you can lose money overall people have many different ways to manage their money alright that's all for today leave a comment and tell me if you like spending saving or investing money and remember to subscribe to the channel click on the bell and follow us on instagram for more english tips and lessons i'll see you next time [Music] [Applause] [Music]