Facultad de Ciencias Econmicas- UNSa

Tcnico
Departamento de Idiomas- Ctedra de Ingls
TP N 3 - Prof. Cecilia Chocobar

Seminario de Ingls

Banknotes
-1 money was introduced in Song Dynasty China during the 11th
Paper
century. The development of the banknote began in the seventh century, with
local issues of paper currency. Its roots were in
merchant receipts of deposit
during
the
Tang
Dynasty
(618907),
100 USD Banknote
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as merchants and
wholesalers desired to avoid the heavy bulk
of copper coinage in large commercial transactions. The issue of credit notes is often for a limited duration,
and at some discount to the promised amount later. The jiaozi nevertheless did not replace coins during the
Song Dynasty; paper money was used alongside the coins. The central government soon observed the
economic advantages of printing paper
money, issuing a monopoly right of several of the deposit shops to the
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issuance of these certificates of deposit. By the early 12th century, the amount of banknotes issued in a single
year amounted to an annual rate of 26 million strings of cash coins.
In the 13th century, paper money became known in Europe through the accounts of travelers, such as Marco
Polo and William of Rubruck. Marco Polo's account of paper money during the Yuan Dynasty is the subject of
a chapter of his book, The Travels -15
of Marco Polo. In medieval Italy and Flanders, because of the insecurity and
impracticality of transporting large sums of money over long distances, money traders started using promissory
notes. In the beginning these were personally registered, but they soon became a written order to pay the
amount to whoever had it in their possession. These notes can be seen as a predecessor to regular
banknotes. The first European banknotes were issued by Stockholms Banco, a predecessor of the Bank of
Sweden, in 1661. These replaced -20
the copper-plates being used instead as a means of payment, although in
1664 the bank ran out of1 coins to redeem notes and ceased operating in the same year.
Inspired by the success of the London goldsmiths, some of which became the forerunners of great English
banks, banks began issuing paper notes quite properly termed banknotes which circulated in the same way
that government issued currency circulates today. In England this practice continued up to 1694. Scottish
banks continued issuing notes until-25
1850. In USA, this practice continued through the 19th Century, where at
one time there were more than 5000 different types of bank notes issued by various commercial banks in
America. Only the notes issued by the largest, most creditworthy banks were widely accepted. The script of
smaller, lesser known institutions circulated locally. Farther from home it was only accepted at a discounted
rate, if it was accepted at all. The proliferation of types of money went hand in hand2 with a multiplication in
the number of financial institutions.-30
These banknotes were a form of representative money which could be converted into gold or silver by
application at the bank. Since banks issued notes far in excess of the gold and silver they kept on deposit,
sudden loss of public confidence in a bank could precipitate mass redemption of banknotes and result
in bankruptcy.
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The use of bank notes issued by private commercial banks as legal tender has gradually been replaced by the
issuance of bank notes authorized and controlled by national governments. The Bank of England was granted
sole rights to issue banknotes in England after 1694. In the USA, the Federal Reserve Bank was granted
similar rights after its establishment in 1913. Until recently, these government-authorized currencies were
forms of representative money, since they were partially backed by gold or silver and were theoretically
convertible into gold or silver.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_money

Facultad de Ciencias Econmicas- UNSa

Tcnico
Departamento de Idiomas- Ctedra de Ingls
TP N 3 - Prof. Cecilia Chocobar

Seminario de Ingls

Glosario:
1. Ran out of: se qued sin
2. Hand in hand: codo a codo / de la mano

TP N 3- Actividades
1) Aproximacin al texto. (No escriba nada)
1. Lee el ttulo del texto.
2. Observe la imagen, tipografa, nmeros, smbolos, palabras transparentes y
conocidas, nombres propios y signos de puntuacin.
3. Consigna por escrito:
a) Fuente
b) Tema
c) Potencial/es destinatario/s
d) Tipologa textual
2) Realiza una lectura rpida del texto e identifica los verbos en pasado que aparezcan en
el texto (Resalta con rosa/magenta los verbos en pasado en voz activa y con amarillo
los verbos en voz pasiva en pasado)
a) Completa la siguiente tabla con los verbos y sus correspondientes traducciones.
VOZ ACTIVA
N de
lnea
L. 2
L. 3
L. 4
L. 6
L. 8
L. 9
L. 11
L. 14
L. 15
L. 16
L. 18
L. 19
L. 19
L. 20
L. 21
L.21
L. 22
L. 23
L. 23
L. 24
L. 26
L. 27
L. 29
L. 30
L. 30
L. 32
L. 35

Simple Past

VOZ PASIVA
Traduccin

N de
lnea

Simple Past

Traduccin

L.1
L. 7
L.15
L. 17
L. 25
L. 26/27

L. 33
L. 34
L. 36

Ten en cuenta! Para buscar los verbos en pasado en el diccionario, tienes que sacarle
los sufijos d, -ed- si son verbos regulares. Si son irregulares, bscalos para que el
diccionario te redirija a su significado.

Facultad de Ciencias Econmicas- UNSa

Tcnico
Departamento de Idiomas- Ctedra de Ingls
TP N 3 - Prof. Cecilia Chocobar

Seminario de Ingls

3) Lee el texto ms detenidamente y selecciona con un crculo (

corresponde a la opcin correcta.
1. Los billetes surgen inicialmente en
a)
Europa
b)
Asia
c)
Amrica
d)
Ninguna opcin es correcta.

) la letra que

2. El trmino jiaozi (lnea 6) se refiere a:

a)
Los billetes.
b)
Notas de dbito.
c)
Documentos bancarios.
d)
Monedas.
e)
Ninguna de las opciones anteriores es correcta.
3. Marco Polo fue un
a)
Mercader
b)
Gobernante
c)
Escritor
d)
Ninguna de las opciones anteriores es correcta.
4. Contesta:
a) Qu personas /personajes resultaron de trascendental importancia para la evolucin
histrica de los billetes? Por qu?

b) Cules fueron las ventajas que favorecieron el uso de los billetes?

5. Determina si esta afirmacin es verdadera (V) o falsa (F). Justifica tu respuesta indicando
la/s lnea/s de referencia en donde se encuentra la informacin.
1- Las divisas emitidas hasta hace poco no tienen solamente valor simblico.

6) Lee el texto y enumera los hechos de manera cronolgica segn el orden en el que
ocurrieron.

Facultad de Ciencias Econmicas- UNSa

Tcnico
Departamento de Idiomas- Ctedra de Ingls
TP N 3 - Prof. Cecilia Chocobar

Seminario de Ingls

- En Inglaterra, los bancos empezaron a emitir billetes/ documentos bancarios.

- El gobierno central de China observ las ventajas econmicas de emitir papel moneda.
- Los primeros billetes europeos se emitieron en Suecia.
- Los gobiernos nacionales otorgaron derechos exclusivos de emisin de billetes.
- Mercaderes utilizaban el papel moneda como recibos de depsitos.
- Slo los documentos bancarios emitidos por las instituciones bancarias ms grandes y
confiables eran aceptados ampliamente.
- Por razones de seguridad y practicidad, comerciantes empezaron a utilizar pagars
(promesas de pago).
- Los billetes chinos no reemplazaron las monedas, ambos eran utilizados.
- Los documentos bancarios representaban dinero y podan ser cambiados por su valor en oro
o plata.
- Exploradores dan a conocer el papel moneda en Europa.

7) Representa el surgimiento y la evolucin histrica de los billetes en una lnea de

tiempo, colcales una frase temporal, por ejemplo: una fecha -expresada en siglos-.

8. A modo de cierre, reflexione:

- Qu informacin nueva te aport el texto?