Good afternoon, everyone. My topic for today is “Early money”. I’m going to t___1____

you something about money u ___2_____in the early days. To tell you the truth, we know little about h___3___ early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things w____4___ have been used a___5___ money. In early times in some European c___6____ salt was very difficult to g___7___.  It was used as money. In some p____8____ of Asia, tea was used for money. The American Indians used nuts and other things. Perhaps the most c_____9____ money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a k___10_____ of money. So you see, things highly valued (价值) by everybody may serve as money. The Chinese were the first p___11____ to use coins as money. Oh, here are some coins of the p____12_____. You can come over and have a look.

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Good afternoon, everyone. My talk for today is “Early money”. I’m going to t___91___ you something about money u ___92_____in the early days. To tell you the truth, we know little about h___93___ early people came to use money, but we do know some of the things w____94___ have been used a___95___ money. In early times in some European c___96____ ,salt was very difficult to g___97___.  It was used as money. In some p____98____ of Asia, tea was used for money. The American Indians used nuts and other things. Perhaps the most common money of all was an animal of some kind. In some places today, cows are still used as a k___99_____ of money. So you see, things highly valued (价值) by everybody may serve as money. The Chinese were the first p___100____ to use coins as money. Oh, here are some coins of the past. You can come over and have a look.

Christmas is on December 25th. It’s my favorite   26   . In the morning my parents often  27  the house. My brother and I often  28  the Christmas tree with lights. Then we put a star  29  the top(顶部) of the tree. In the evening, everything is  30  . We sit at the table and eat turkey(火鸡) for Christmas  31  . After the meal, my brother and I watch TV. We often wait for Father Christmas  32  we want to  33  presents from him. Father Christmas always knows  34  I want. Next year I’m going to the cinema with   35  parents. I want to have a different Christmas Day.

Joe wanted a computer. He asked his 【小题1】  for the money and they said he must get it himself. But how did he get it? He  【小题2】 about this when he walked home. Not many people wanted to ask children to work for them. Maybe he could take away snow for the neighbours. But this was not 【小题3】 . He had to wait a long time for that. He couldn't cut grass for their gardens  【小题4】he had no tools to do the work with.
Then he saw one of his classmates, Dick, delivering  【小题5】 . I could do that, he thought. Maybe I could  【小题6】  get the computer right away I could pay  【小题7】 it a little each week. He ran to Dick. Joe  【小题8】 him a lot of questions. He learned that it was 【小题9】to get twenty-five dollars each week. He learned that the job took  【小题10】 three hours  each night. Dick 【小题11】 him the phone number of the newspaper manager
Joe almost flew home. After he had told his mother  【小题12】 he thought, she  【小题13】 . "I think it
is a  【小题14】 idea, " she said, "I'll call the newspaper...."
"What, Mum," Joe said, "I'll call." After that, I'm going to be a businessman now.
Joe's mother smiled  【小题15】 .