Mega 1 - Reading P.60

Whether it’s for business or for leisure, the credit

card is used to pay for goods and services from New York to Beijing.

-What is the credit card used to?

This event is known in the

credit card industry as the “First Supper.” Soon the

concept of “charging it” was picked up by merchants

as an alternative form of payment to the use of cash.

Choose:

The first people to use the concept of "charging it" were.....

The Diner’s Club Card soon became a cultural icon.

Hollywood cashed in on the “charge-it craze” with the 1962 movie, The Man from the Diner’s Club.

The Diner’s Club Card soon became a cultural icon.

Hollywood cashed in on the “charge-it craze” with the 1962 movie, The Man from the Diner’s Club.

T or F:

There was a movie created in Hollywood about The diner's club and credit card

Other famous international credit cards have

been created such as American Express, Visa, and

MasterCard. There are hundreds of local bank cards,

department store credit cards, supermarket credit

cards, and so forth around the world

Check the correct answers:

Example of international cards are........