Lesson 12 Banks and Their Customers
Lesson 12 Banks and Their Customers
Lesson 12 Banks and Their Customers
Key to Comprehension
Possible answers
1 It means that one (the customer) lends to the other and the other (the bank)
borrows from the customer.
2 One sentence which illustrates the statement is: ‘He gives the bank specimens
of his signature … on which its customer's signature has been forged.’ (11. 10---- 12)
3 He gives the bank specimens of his signature so that they know he has signed
a cheque, and not someone else.
A In the first paragraph, the writer makes it clear that the relationship between a
bank and its customer is a two-sided arrangement, both with obligations to each other
and with neither more important than the other.
C See text.
Key to KS Exercises
This is the car. + I paid £2,000 for it. = This is the car for which I paid £2,000.
1 The bank has no right or authority to pay out a customer's money on a cheque
on which its customer's signature has been forged.
The uniform he wore was that of a famous regiment. = The uniform he wore was
the uniform of a famous regiment.
The techniques she employed were those used by another famous artist. = The
techniques she employed were the techniques used by another famous artist.
2 'The only system I know which will help you to remember what you have
heard at a lecture is that of keeping notes.
Special difficulties
1 The two words current and currant are pronounced the same.
The adjective current means ‘belonging to the present, of the present day’: That
word is no longer in current use.
3 In favour of = approving of, on the side of, in support of: She is very much in
favour of women managers.
For the sake of = in order to help, improve or bring advantage: He was advised to
go and live near the coast for the sake of his health.
4 Whether and weather are pronounced the same, but are very different in
meaning.
The noun weather is the condition of wind, temperature, rain, sunshine, snow,
etc., at a certain time or over a period of time: If the weather is fine, we'll have the
party outside in the garden.
5 Loaded is the past tense of the verb load = ‘put (a load) on or in (a vehicle,
structure, etc.)’: They loaded their furniture into the van. It also means to ‘put bullets
into a gun or film into a camera’: This gun is loaded.
Laden is an adjective meaning ‘heavily loaded’: The lorry was fully laden. The
apple trees are laden with fruit this year.
6 The adverb else after question words and some pronouns means ‘besides,
also’: We need another helper.
The pronoun other means ‘the second of two, the remaining one of a set’: One of
you is right: the other is wrong. It also means ‘an additional person or thing’: Are
there any other problems?
A client is ‘a person who gets help and advice from a professional person, for
example from a lawyer, accountant, etc.’: That young accountant hasn't been in
business long, but he already has 50 clients.
9 The two words cheque and check are pronounced the same, but in British
English have different meanings.
They gave the car a thorough check before they bought it. (The verb check
means to ‘test, examine or inspect to see if something is correct, true, in good
condition, etc’: Their bags were checked by security guards as they entered the
building.)
In American English, the spelling check is used for the British English cheque.
10 The verb adopt /+'d%pt/ means to ‘take and use as one's own’: We adopted
their production methods because they were so much better than our own.
The verb adapt /+'d+$pt / means to ‘make suitable for new needs, new
conditions’: When they moved to France, the children adapted to the change very
well.
11 The verb print means to ‘press letters or pictures onto paper by using shapes
covered with ink, or copy letters etc. onto paper by using photographic methods’: This
new machine can print 60 pages a minute.
The verb type means to ‘operate a (typewriter or word processor) keyboard with
your fingers’: I can only type with two fingers.
1 account = a sum of money kept in a bank, which may be added to and taken
from
6 on account of = because of
C I don't know what to ask for my old bicycle, but how about, say, $100?
Farmers, unlike, say, office workers, are bound to get dirty at work.
D When they entered the house, no one said a word.
E In addition to giving practice in speaking, the course also aims to help
students improve their writing skills.
A large number of people attended the concert at our local hall last Saturday.
You will be paid £250 in respect of the work you have done so far.
She has been ill for a month, and for this reason she has had to stay away from
work.