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A. Listen and answer the following questions. Note taking
1. What is the main idea of this passage? Topic :
stocks
companies
owners Main idea :
shopping
2. What are you actually buying when you buy stocks? 1 Major point :
st
real cash
a share of a company
nothing Details :
some food
3. If a company does well, what happens to the stock
price?
It goes up.
nd
2 Major point :
It stays the same.
It goes down.
We’re not sure.
Details :
4. Sometimes companies pay something called what?
a check
a rebate
a dividend
a salary 3 Major point :
rd
B. Check True or False.
Details :
1. A share is a small piece of a company.
2. Many people buy stocks when their prices
are high.
3. People cannot make money from dividends.
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