Thanks for turning up today, thanks

Thanks for turning up today, thanks for turning up toddy to this short talk I’m going to give on student banking. Many of you are unfamiliar with the way banks work in this country and today’s talk should just give you a few starting points. I will of course answer any questions at the end.
Right. Well ,as you probably know, you’ll need to open a bank account while you’re here — it's the safest place to keep your money and it’s best to open an account with one of the major banks. You should each have a handout with the names and addresses ... there’s Barclays in Realty Square, National Westminster in Preston Park, Lloyds in City Plaza and Midland in Hope Street. OK. All these banks offer special student accounts. However, it’s important to note that as an international student you'll not necessarily be eligible for all the facilities offered to resident students.
Now, as an international student you will need to provide evidence that you can fund yourself for however long your course lasts. Banks have different policies and the services that they’ll offer you will depend on your individual circumstances and on the discretion of the bank manager involved. So it’s a matter of going there and finding out about your own particular situation.
Right, erm, when you do go to open a bank account, you should take some documentation with you. I’ve already mentioned that you must be able to support yourself, In addition to this most banks ask you to bring your passport and your letter or certificate of enrolment. OK?
Now, by far the most useful type of account to open is a current account. When you do this, you will actually get what is called a “student account” which is a current account w ith special concessions for students. When you open the account, the bank will give you a chequebook and you can use this to draw money out as you need it. If you need to write cheques in shops, you'll also need a cheque card. This is really an identity card which guarantees that correctly written cheques up to the value stated on the card will be honoured by the bank. OK?
Right, er, if you want to draw out cash for yourself you can make the cheque payable in your own name or ‘‘to cash”. You can also withdraw cash from a cashpoint machine with a cashcard. These arc extremely useful as they enable you to withdraw' cash from your account during the day or at night.
There is also another card called Switch or Delta and you can use this to pay for things in shops. It takes the money right out of vour account, so you don't need your chequebook.
Now — you may w ant to take more money out of the bank than you have in it. This is called having an overdraft. Be very careful with this you should not do this without petinission from your bank. Overdrafts usually incur charges though some banks offer interest-free overdrafts to some students. But find out before you get one! Right?
Well, that just leaves opening times — when can you go? Banks used to be open from 9.30 am until 3,30 pm from Monday to Friday but many main branches are now open until 4.30 or 5 pm on weekdays and some of the bigger branches in
London and other major cities are now open for a limited time on Saturdays.
OK — any questions?


[ = Mmar
D = Dawn
I: Hi, Dawn,
D: Oh hi, Umar.
I: I’m glad I’ve bumped into you. I’ve just found a great idea for the
presentation we've got to do for Dr Banks next month,
D: What, the one on everyday objects?
I; Yes look at this article ... it’s really interesting,
D: The aluminum coke can?
I: You know ... coca cola cans, soft drink cans. Look let’s sit down here. Have
you got a minute?
D: Sure .,. I’ll just get my bag,
D: OK., so you think we can get a presentation out of this article?
I: I’m sure we can. First of all we can provide some interesting facts about the
aluminium cans that we drink out of every day,
D: Like ... ?
I; Well, here ... it says that in the US they produce 300 million aluminium drink cans each day.
D: Wow! 300 million!
I: Exactly, That’s an enormous number It says here ’outstrips the production
of nails or paper clips". And they say that the manufacturers of these cans exercise as much attention and precision in producing them as aircraft manufacturers do when they make the wing of an aircraft!
D: Really! Let’s have a look.
I: They’re try ing to produce the perfect can - as thin but as strong as possible.
D: Mmm ... this bit’s interesting ... ’‘today”s can weighs about 0.48 ounces:
thinner than two pieces of paper .,. from this magazine say.1
I: Yeah, and yet it can take a lot of w eight.
D: More than 90 pounds of pressure per square inch — three times the pressure
of a car tyre. OK, l agree, it's a good topic.
I: What I thought was that wc could do a large picture of a coke can and label
it and then talk about the different parts. Look, I’ve done a rough picture here,
D: OK, so where shall we start?
I: Well, the lid is complicated. Let's start with the body first. I’ll do a line from
the centre of the can ... like this ... and label it "body ", What does it say?
D: If’s made of aluminium, of course, and it’s thicker at the bottom.
1: Right, so that it can take all that pressure,
D: And then 1 think you should draw another line from the body for the label.
I: Right “label”. The aluminium is ironed out until it’s so thin that it produces
what does it say?
D: “A reflective surface suitable for decoration.”
I: That’s right apparently it helps advertisers, too,
D: Yes, because it’s so attractively decorated,
l: Good .., and then there’s the base.
D: Yes, it says the bottom of the can is shaped like a dome so that it can resist
the internal pressure.
1: That’s interesting. 1 didn’t know that.
D: Nor did l. OK, so going up to the lid ... there are several things we can label
here. There's the rim around the edge which seals the can.
1: Got that. And there's a funny word for the seal isn’t there?
D: Yes, it’s a flange
l: What does it say about it?
D: Well, the can’s filled with coke or whatever and after that the top of the can
is trimmed and then bent over to secure the lid, l: That’s right, it looks like a seam. We could even do a blow-up of it like this
F-L-A-NVI-E ...
D: Yes, that would be clearer I think we should label the lid itself and say that
it constitutes twenty five percent of the total weight,
I; Twenty-five percent ... so it’s stronger than the body of the can.
D: So to save money, manufacturers make it smaller than the rest of the can!
I: Didn't know that either ... so bow do we open a can of coke?
D: Mmm ... first of all there’s the tab which w?e pull up to open the can and
that’s held in place by a rivet.
I: Mmm ... I think that’s too small for us to include.
D: I agree, but wre can talk about it in the presentation. We can showr the
opening though
I: That’s the bit of the can that drops down into the drink w hen we pull the
tab.
D: Yeah, hopefully. Sometimes the tab just breaks off.
I: I knowr,
D: Anywray the opening is scored so that it pushes in easily but doesn’t detach
itself.
I: OK, we can show that by drawing a shadow of it inside the can, like this I’ll
label it scored opening. Great... wjell, 1 think we've got the basis of a really interesting presentation. Let’s go and photocopy the article.
D: Fine. I'll take it home and study it some more.

Good morning and welcome to the University’s Open Day and to our mini-lecture from the Sports Studies department. Now the purpose of this lecture is twofold: one — we want you to experience a university lecture, to give you a taste of what listening to a university lecture is like, and two — we want you to find out something about the Sports Studies program at this university. So feel free to ask any questions during the talk and I’ll do my best to answer them.
Right — so what does a course in Sports Studies involve? Well, you wouldn't be blamed for not knowing the answer to this question because Sports Studies as a discipline is still comparatively new. But it's a growing area and one which is now firmly established at our university.
Now there are three distinct strands to Sports Studies and you would need to choose fairly early on just which direction you wanted to follow. And I'll just run over these now. Firstly, we’ve got the Sports Psychology strand, secondly, we've got the Sports Management strand, and last, but not least, there’s the Sports Physiology strand, So Just to recap there’s Sports Psychology, Sports Management, and Sports Physiology,
Let’s look first at Psychology, Now the people who study Sports Psych want to work with top athletes, and they’re looking at what will take those athletes that one percent extra. What makes them win? When all other things are equal, physically all other things are equal, they want to know ... what are the mental factors involved? The Sports Psychologist works closely with the athlete through his or her training program and becomes an integral part of the team. In fact you could say that they play just as important a role as the coach. So if you’re interested in what makes people win this could be the area for you*
Now secondly, we’ve got the strand which I referred to as Sports Management and this goes hand in hand with the area of Sports Marketing. So you might like to think of this area as having two branches: Management and Marketing. On the Management side wre look at issues relating to the running of sports clubs, management of athletes that sort of thing. But then on the other side, we’ve got Sports Marketing. And this is the side that interests me more because here we wriU look at the market forces behind sport. Questions like: why do people spend their money on a football match, or a tennis game rather, than say on buying a CD or going to the cinema? What are those market forces?
Sport used to just compete w ith sport. Nowadays it competes w ith other leisure activities. The spectators go to sport to be entertained rather than out of

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Cảm ơn cho chuyển vào ngày hôm nay, nhờ chuyển lên nhựa của cây kè để này cuộc nói chuyện ngắn, tôi sẽ cung cấp cho ngày sinh viên ngân hàng. Nhiều bạn không quen thuộc với cách ngân hàng làm việc ở đất nước này và nói chuyện của hôm nay nên chỉ cung cấp cho bạn bắt đầu một vài điểm. Tất nhiên, tôi sẽ trả lời bất kỳ câu hỏi nào vào cuối.Phải. Vâng, như bạn đã biết, bạn sẽ cần phải mở một tài khoản ngân hàng trong khi bạn đang ở đây-đó là nơi an toàn nhất để giữ tiền của bạn và nó là tốt nhất để mở một tài khoản với một trong những ngân hàng lớn. Mỗi bạn nên có một bản tin với tên và địa chỉ... có là Barclays trong Realty Square, Westminster quốc gia ở Preston Park, Lloyds trong City Plaza và Midland ở Hope Street. Ok. Tất cả các ngân hàng cung cấp tài khoản đặc biệt cho sinh viên. Tuy nhiên, nó là quan trọng cần lưu ý rằng là một du học sinh bạn không nhất thiết phải có đủ điều kiện cho tất cả các cơ sở cung cấp cho sinh viên cư trú.Bây giờ, như là một sinh viên quốc tế, bạn sẽ cần phải cung cấp bằng chứng rằng bạn có thể tài trợ cho mình cho lâu dài Tuy nhiên khóa học kéo dài. Ngân hàng có chính sách khác và các dịch vụ mà họ sẽ cung cấp cho bạn sẽ phụ thuộc vào hoàn cảnh cá nhân của bạn và theo ý của người quản lý ngân hàng tham gia. Vì vậy, nó là một vấn đề xảy ra đó và tìm hiểu về tình hình cụ thể của riêng bạn.Phải, erm, khi bạn đi để mở một tài khoản ngân hàng, bạn nên có một số tài liệu hướng dẫn với bạn. Tôi đã đề cập rằng bạn phải có khả năng hỗ trợ cho mình, thêm vào đó hầu hết các ngân hàng yêu cầu bạn mang theo hộ chiếu của bạn và thư của bạn hoặc giấy chứng nhận đăng ký nhập học. Ok?Now, by far the most useful type of account to open is a current account. When you do this, you will actually get what is called a “student account” which is a current account w ith special concessions for students. When you open the account, the bank will give you a chequebook and you can use this to draw money out as you need it. If you need to write cheques in shops, you'll also need a cheque card. This is really an identity card which guarantees that correctly written cheques up to the value stated on the card will be honoured by the bank. OK?Right, er, if you want to draw out cash for yourself you can make the cheque payable in your own name or ‘‘to cash”. You can also withdraw cash from a cashpoint machine with a cashcard. These arc extremely useful as they enable you to withdraw' cash from your account during the day or at night.There is also another card called Switch or Delta and you can use this to pay for things in shops. It takes the money right out of vour account, so you don't need your chequebook.Now — you may w ant to take more money out of the bank than you have in it. This is called having an overdraft. Be very careful with this you should not do this without petinission from your bank. Overdrafts usually incur charges though some banks offer interest-free overdrafts to some students. But find out before you get one! Right?Well, that just leaves opening times — when can you go? Banks used to be open from 9.30 am until 3,30 pm from Monday to Friday but many main branches are now open until 4.30 or 5 pm on weekdays and some of the bigger branches inLondon and other major cities are now open for a limited time on Saturdays.OK — any questions? [ = MmarD = DawnI: Hi, Dawn,D: Oh hi, Umar.I: I’m glad I’ve bumped into you. I’ve just found a great idea for thepresentation we've got to do for Dr Banks next month,D: What, the one on everyday objects?I; Yes look at this article ... it’s really interesting,D: The aluminum coke can?I: You know ... coca cola cans, soft drink cans. Look let’s sit down here. Haveyou got a minute?D: Sure .,. I’ll just get my bag,D: OK., so you think we can get a presentation out of this article?I: I’m sure we can. First of all we can provide some interesting facts about thealuminium cans that we drink out of every day,D: Like ... ?I; Well, here ... it says that in the US they produce 300 million aluminium drink cans each day.D: Wow! 300 million!I: Exactly, That’s an enormous number It says here ’outstrips the productionof nails or paper clips". And they say that the manufacturers of these cans exercise as much attention and precision in producing them as aircraft manufacturers do when they make the wing of an aircraft!D: Really! Let’s have a look.I: They’re try ing to produce the perfect can - as thin but as strong as possible.D: Mmm ... this bit’s interesting ... ’‘today”s can weighs about 0.48 ounces:thinner than two pieces of paper .,. from this magazine say.1I: Yeah, and yet it can take a lot of w eight.D: More than 90 pounds of pressure per square inch — three times the pressureof a car tyre. OK, l agree, it's a good topic.I: What I thought was that wc could do a large picture of a coke can and labelit and then talk about the different parts. Look, I’ve done a rough picture here,D: OK, so where shall we start?I: Well, the lid is complicated. Let's start with the body first. I’ll do a line fromthe centre of the can ... like this ... and label it "body ", What does it say?D: If’s made of aluminium, of course, and it’s thicker at the bottom.1: Right, so that it can take all that pressure,D: And then 1 think you should draw another line from the body for the label.I: Right “label”. The aluminium is ironed out until it’s so thin that it produceswhat does it say?D: “A reflective surface suitable for decoration.”I: That’s right apparently it helps advertisers, too,D: Yes, because it’s so attractively decorated,l: Good .., and then there’s the base.D: Yes, it says the bottom of the can is shaped like a dome so that it can resistthe internal pressure.1: That’s interesting. 1 didn’t know that.D: Nor did l. OK, so going up to the lid ... there are several things we can labelhere. There's the rim around the edge which seals the can.1: Got that. And there's a funny word for the seal isn’t there?D: Yes, it’s a flangel: What does it say about it?D: Well, the can’s filled with coke or whatever and after that the top of the canis trimmed and then bent over to secure the lid, l: That’s right, it looks like a seam. We could even do a blow-up of it like thisF-L-A-NVI-E ...D: Yes, that would be clearer I think we should label the lid itself and say thatit constitutes twenty five percent of the total weight,I; Twenty-five percent ... so it’s stronger than the body of the can.D: So to save money, manufacturers make it smaller than the rest of the can!I: Didn't know that either ... so bow do we open a can of coke?D: Mmm ... first of all there’s the tab which w?e pull up to open the can andthat’s held in place by a rivet.I: Mmm ... I think that’s too small for us to include.D: I agree, but wre can talk about it in the presentation. We can showr theopening thoughI: That’s the bit of the can that drops down into the drink w hen we pull thetab.D: Yeah, hopefully. Sometimes the tab just breaks off.I: I knowr,D: Anywray the opening is scored so that it pushes in easily but doesn’t detachitself.I: OK, we can show that by drawing a shadow of it inside the can, like this I’lllabel it scored opening. Great... wjell, 1 think we've got the basis of a really interesting presentation. Let’s go and photocopy the article.D: Fine. I'll take it home and study it some more.Good morning and welcome to the University’s Open Day and to our mini-lecture from the Sports Studies department. Now the purpose of this lecture is twofold: one — we want you to experience a university lecture, to give you a taste of what listening to a university lecture is like, and two — we want you to find out something about the Sports Studies program at this university. So feel free to ask any questions during the talk and I’ll do my best to answer them.Right — so what does a course in Sports Studies involve? Well, you wouldn't be blamed for not knowing the answer to this question because Sports Studies as a discipline is still comparatively new. But it's a growing area and one which is now firmly established at our university.Now there are three distinct strands to Sports Studies and you would need to choose fairly early on just which direction you wanted to follow. And I'll just run over these now. Firstly, we’ve got the Sports Psychology strand, secondly, we've got the Sports Management strand, and last, but not least, there’s the Sports Physiology strand, So Just to recap there’s Sports Psychology, Sports Management, and Sports Physiology,Let’s look first at Psychology, Now the people who study Sports Psych want to work with top athletes, and they’re looking at what will take those athletes that one percent extra. What makes them win? When all other things are equal, physically all other things are equal, they want to know ... what are the mental factors involved? The Sports Psychologist works closely with the athlete through his or her training program and becomes an integral part of the team. In fact you could say that they play just as important a role as the coach. So if you’re interested in what makes people win this could be the area for you*Now secondly, we’ve got the strand which I referred to as Sports Management and this goes hand in hand with the area of Sports Marketing. So you might like to think of this area as having two branches: Management and Marketing. On the Management side wre look at issues relating to the running of sports clubs, management of athletes that sort of thing. But then on the other side, we’ve got Sports Marketing. And this is the side that interests me more because here we wriU look at the market forces behind sport. Questions like: why do people spend their money on a football match, or a tennis game rather, than say on buying a CD or going to the cinema? What are those market forces?Sport used to just compete w ith sport. Nowadays it competes w ith other leisure activities. The spectators go to sport to be entertained rather than out of