-18-The world has a big headache and it’s caused by money.It began in America last year and it’s traveled around the world helped by the speed of the Internet.In just a few short months billions and billions of dollars have d_____1_____.They just

-18-The world has a big headache and it’s caused by money.It began in America last year and it’s traveled around the world helped by the speed of the Internet.In just a few short months billions and billions of dollars have d_____1_____.They just
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The world has a big headache and it’s caused by money.It began in America last year and it’s traveled around the world helped by the speed of the Internet.
In just a few short months billions and billions of dollars have d_____1_____.They just vanished(消失) into thin air.How can this be?Well,to understand the idea of “value”,The value of something is what someone is what someone is willing to pay for it.That’s easy when it comes to buying a bottle of green tea.You wouldn’t pay more than a few Yuan.But what about something like a h_____2_____?
In America,houses are e_____3_____.People have to get loans(贷款) in order to buy them.To get a loan you have to have a good j_____4_____ so the lender knows you’re going to pay the money back.But America started making it easier for people to get loans.That meant more people could buy houses.The demand(需求) for houses increased their “value” so their prices went up and people had to get bigger loans to buy them.Of c_____5_____,many of these people couldn’t afford to pay back the bigger loans.S_____6_____ the banks couldn’t get their money back,the price of houses went down and all that “value” disappeared.
Now the banks are o_____7_____ of money and governments around the world have had to step in and help them.
What does this all mean?Well,with the banks in trouble there is les money to invest(投资) and less money for people to buy things.That means less business,fewer jobs and more unemployment(失业).It’s a big headache for everyone around the world and aspirin can’t cure it.
1.____________ 2.____________ 3.____________ 4.____________
5.____________ 6.____________ 7.____________

-18-The world has a big headache and it’s caused by money.It began in America last year and it’s traveled around the world helped by the speed of the Internet.In just a few short months billions and billions of dollars have d_____1_____.They just
1 disappeared
2 house
3 expensive
4 job
5 course
6 So
7 out

1 disappeared 2 house 3 expensive 4 job 5 course 6 So 7 out