dateline: 15 May 2019
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Australian Banknote Features Typo
Pre-Listening Vocabulary
- banknote: paper money, bill
- amusing: causing one to laugh
- micro-text: very small text that cannot be seen with the naked eye
- accessibility: having a design that helps people with disabilities
- acknowledge: to admit or state that something is true
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Australian Banknote Features Typo
Comprehension Questions
- What is the report mainly about?
- What part of the banknote contained the error?
- How did the RBA respond?
Discussion Questions
Though RBA admitted that they were “aware” of the typo, spelling mistakes are sometimes used intentionally in micro-text as a security feature. Do you think this typo was placed there intentionally as an anti-counterfeiting feature? Will this banknote become a collector’s item worth more than $50? Why or why not?
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5 comments
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English Club Indonesia says:
The report is about a typo on an Australian banknote. The typo is the word ‘responsibility’ with a missing ‘i.’ The RBA has acknowledged this, and they are going to fix it in the next printout. Since the RBA has stated that it was a mistake, it wasn’t intentional. In the future, the value of this banknote may increase depending on the hype that will occur.
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Abderrazak RZIGA says:
The typo in australian banknotes does’t give any trouble to people. This action is occurred in a developped country.
anybody see it and everyone make nothing , and the authority has checked it .The result is
it will be going to make correctur in next printing.
We say the mistake is human and everyone won’t this error in spelling. -
Karima ZAABAR says:
Hi Tara
it’s a scandal to do this typo.there isn’t any control. -
Bijan says:
Hi Tara,
First, thank you for this week’s audio news report. I enjoyed it so much because you have spoken each word so slowly and clearly.
I could fill in the blanks all words except the word “female”.
Second, I’m surprised how hasn’t the central bank of Australia ( or maybe, RBA ) had any supervision on this important subject?
In addition, as I know the banks are so accurate in their works that make this typo.
In any way, everybody can make a typo.
Thank you for sharing this interesting subject with your students.
Best wishes,
Bijan from the Persian Gulf -
Ty Po says:
I wondr who was responsble for that!