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Upper Intermediate 3: Progress Check 3

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1. Sugerimos que você invista cerca de 30 minutos do seu tempo para responder as perguntas do
questionário e analisar o feedback (acertos e erros).

2. Como o nome já sugere, o objetivo do Progress Check é ajudar o aluno a entender melhor o seu
progresso ao longo do curso. Assim, recomendamos que você tente fazer tudo sem consultar materiais,
familiares ou colegas. Ao fim do Progress Check, você verá os seus erros e acertos e poderá continuar
aprendendo! Para isso, conte com o suporte do seu e-Tutor!

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You will hear part of a podcast called "5 personal Finance Mistakes to Avoid in
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You will hear part of a podcast called "5 personal Finance Mistakes to Avoid in
your 20s". Are the statements below TRUE or FALSE according to the speaker?

Source: Optimal Living Daily YouTube Channel

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Leaving a stable job and following your passion is a good idea. 2/2

True

False

Different views on finance can lead to serious arguments with your 2/2
significant other.

True

False

Being in debt shouldn't be considered a normal thing among young 2/2

adults.

True

False
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Being on social media can help you learn about economics. 2/2

True

False

It can be a problem to keep a minimum wage job for too long. 2/2

True

False

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Read the text below and choose the best headings for each paragraph.

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Scam victims fight back

PARAGRAPH 1
It is estimated that scam victims in the US are ripped off to the tune of 200 million dollars every year.
Many of them are fooled by an email that has got through their anti-spam system. It informs them that
they have been singled out to receive a very large sum of money. All they have to do is send their postal
addresses and bank details to a ‘government official’ in some distant country. Those who take the bait
exchange emails for a few days before being told that the money is almost ready for transfer to their
account. The only slight problem is that the small sum of US$80 is needed for bank charges. Hundreds of
optimists around the world have the US$80 transferred to the other side of the world. They will never see
it again. The lucky ones stop there, but others will continue to pay advance fees, administrative costs,
legal expenses and credit card charges in the desperate belief that they will soon be enormously rich.

PARAGRAPH 2
Winnie Mitchell, a divorced mother of six from San Fernando, lost her life savings when she gave away
her bank details after falling for one email scam. But Winnie’s eldest daughter, Paloma, was not prepared
to see her mother ripped off without putting up a fight. Paloma, a games programmer in nearby Mission
Hills, joined a group of online scam baiters. The sport of scam baiting is to play the scammers at their
own game. They deactivate the anti-spam controls on their own computers and wait, with pleasure, for
the next email that offers them US$8 million and the chance to get their own back on the gangs that run
the scams.

PARAGRAPH 3
The scam baiter’s achievements are posted on websites devoted to their hobby. Their stories are happy
reminders that the bad guys don’t always get away with it. One email exchange between a scam baiter
and a would-be conman begins in typical fashion with a mail from a ‘development commission’ asking for
help in transferring a large sum of money. The scam baiter replied that he was sure he could get his
‘board of directors’ to agree to help. He made up a story about how his directors wanted more
information about the representative of the ‘development commission’. Could he please have his
photograph taken with a digital camera and attached to the next email? For ‘security purposes’ he asked
the would-be conman to write a codeword on a piece of card and hold it in the photo. Amazingly, many of
the conmen fall for the scam baiters’ tricks. These photos are then posted on the websites in ‘Halls of
Shame’. The website galleries are full of photos of men and women holding pieces of card with ridiculous
code words or, worse still, who have their names tattooed with something silly.

PARAGRAPH 4
Other scam baiters have actually managed to get the would-be conmen to pay – for bank charges and the
like. The emails from the conmen are also forwarded to government agencies that are involved in the
fight against internet crime. They have the emails traced so that the accounts can be shut down and the
photographs are sent to local police forces who can make arrests. Anti-scam campaigners in many
countries have got their governments to introduce tougher anti-scamming laws and these have given the
police more teeth.

PARAGRAPH 5
Although Winnie accepted long ago that she would never see her money again, other victims have been
more fortunate and have had their money handed back. In the US, internet service providers claim to be
winning the war on scam after seeing a drop of 75% in the last two years. The war may not be over, but it
has most certainly begun.

adapted from Kerr, P & Jones, C. (2012) Straightforward Student’s Book, Thailand; MacMillan

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How people are fighting back. 2/2

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5

Forces working together to catch scammers. 2/2

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5

A family member’s reaction. 2/2

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5
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The impact of the battle against this illegal activity. 2/2

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5

How the fraud works. 2/2

1. 1

2. 2

3. 3

4. 4

5. 5

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TASK 1
Choose the alternative that best complete the sentences below.

I wish I _________________________ Patrick to the party. He would have 2/2

really enjoyed it.

invited

had invited

I wish we _________________________go to the show tonight. You know I 2/2

hate musicals.

didn't have to

hadn't had to

We wish we _________________________ out last night. We should have 2/2

watched that film on TV.

didn't go

hadn't gone

They wish they _________________________ (buy) tickets to last Saturday’s 2/2

concert.

bought

had bought

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I wish I _________________________ a table in advance. It was full and we 2/2

ended up going home.

booked

had booked

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1) Do you remember the communicative objective below? Considering your

course, choose the ones you can do well.

Put together a guide for better understanding cultures and resolving conflicts for the
office or school

Share and work out behavioural conflicts

Examine different behaviours in important life-events from birth to death

Devise a budget for foreign tourists based on information about the cost of living in
your area

Write an article giving tips on how to manage your personal finances

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Put together a plan for dealing with buyer’s remorse.

2) Why? In your notebook, write a paragraph containing your reflection. You

don't need to show this text to your teacher, OK? The idea is that you have a
journal where you write about your journey as a student.

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