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?
Listen to the programme
Gold vending machine
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!
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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