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APP 2

APP 2 Unit 25 : Key Point 75

Return to the theme of job advertisements. Ask in which local papers and on
which days jobs in various fields would be advertised. Use the advertisements in
Key Point 75 for scan-reading practice.

Give students one minute to read the three texts quickly and find out which
company is looking for a salesperson/a trainer in computing/a consultant with a
management consulting firm.

Have students answer the questions on RS25C. Keep the pace fast, otherwise
students will become distracted by unknown vocabulary.

Finally, have students find a word which means the same (in this context) as the
items listed.

APP 2 Unit 26 : Key Point 76

TAKEOVER Use a recent example which students are likely to be familiar with to introduce the
ACQUISITION concept of takeovers and acquisitions.

Did … take over … last week/month/year?

No, … was taken over by ... .

PRODUCTION Have students describe any takeovers they have had experience of, and how the
employees reacted. Ask them to describe any major changes that occurred as a
result of the takeover.

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APP 2 Unit 25 : Visuals from Key Point 75

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APP 2 Unit 25 : Key Point 75
Job advertisements Resource Sheet 25C

Part 1
Read the job ads from Key Point 75 quickly. Answer the questions.
1. Who is Barry Tomlinson?
2. Where is GLR Accounting based?
3. Which job is based in Chicago?
4. In which job will you receive commission?
5. In which job will you run word processing courses?
6. Whose email address is recruit@glr.com?
7. Which job does not ask for current salary details?
8. In which job do you have an automobile?
9. Which job requires an MBA?
10. In which job will you have to travel abroad?

Part 2
Find a word in the first advertisement that means the same as … .
1. difficult
2. ability to plan for the future
3. certainty that you want to do something
4. previous experience and training
Find a word in the second advertisement that means the same as … .
5. very good
6. with the necessary knowledge and training
7. a person
8. the amount of money paid
Find a word in the third advertisement that means the same as … .
9. thousand
10. is looking for
11. someone who sells goods in large quantities to stores
12. money spent in connection with your job, which the company reimburses

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GPP 1

GPP 1 Unit 7 : Key Point 21

Introduce the size of cities.
BIG Is New York big? (Yes, it's big.)
SMALL Is Madrid big or small? (It's big.)
What about Bern? (It's small.)
Present and practice the remaining adjectives using RS7C.
CAR What's this car like? Is it modern or old?
MODERN Is it cheap or expensive?.
OLD
CHEAP
EXPENSIVE

GPP 1 Unit 20 : Key Point 58

WHAT DOES THE ... LOOK
LIKE?
ON THE RIGHT/LEFT
AT THE TOP/BOTTOM
IN THE MIDDLE/CENTER
What does the French flag look like?
Does it have a rectangle on the right/left?
Does it have a rectangle at the top/bottom?
Does it have a rectangle in the middle/center?
- What does the ... look like?
- It has a ... on the left/right, ... at the top/bottom, and ... in the middle/center.

GPP 1 Unit 24 : Key Point 72

BAD What's the opposite of good? (Bad.)
Is ... a bad restaurant? (Yes.)
WORSE Is it a worse restaurant than ... ? (Yes.)
THE WORST Is it the worst restaurant in this town? (Yes.)

GPP 2

GPP 2 Unit 17 : Key Point 49

SCIENTIST Who designs space ships? (Scientists.) Also teach the noun science.
SCIENCE Who flies in them? (Astronauts.)
ASTRONAUT

COMPLICATED Do you think designing spaceships is easy or complicated?

SOLUTION Are there a lot of problems for the scientists? Will they find answers
TO SOLVE (= solutions) to the problems? Will they solve them?

If astronauts fly to Mars, how long will the journey probably take (= is it likely to
TO BE (UN)LIKELY TO take)? (About one year). Ask students to think about the astronauts during the trip.

- Are the astronauts likely to ... ?

- Yes, they're likely to … . / No, they're unlikely to … .

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GPP 1 Unit 7 : Key Point 21
Two cars Resource Sheet 7C

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GPP 2

GPP 2 Unit 20 : Key Point 58

FUEL What do cars need in order to move? (Fuel.)
PETROL/GAS What sort of fuel do they use? (Petrol./Gas(oline).)
POLLUTION Is this good for the environment? Why not? (Pollution.)
TO CAUSE Do we have pollution because of cars (=do they cause it)?
ILLNESS And what does air pollution cause in people? (Illness.)
MAJOR Are some of the illnesses very bad? Are they major illnesses? What's the
MINOR opposite? (Minor.)

- Is it a major ... ?
- No, don't worry. It's only a minor ... .

TO BLOCK If there is a traffic jam, is the road congested (= blocked)?

TO INCREASE Is the number of cars getting bigger (= increasing) or decreasing?

TO DECREASE
TO RISE Is the number of cars increasing (= rising) or falling?
TO FALL
- Is the amount of pollution rising?
- Yes, it's increasing.
- Is the amount of pollution falling?
- Yes, it's decreasing.

APP 1
APP 1 Unit 10 : Key Point 28
CITY Is (this city) a big city?
POPULATION What's the population?
EXACTLY Is it exactly two million? (No, it isn't.)
MILLION Is it about two million? (Yes, it is.)
ABOUT

OVER Write 2.2 million on the board.

Is the population over two million? (Yes, it is.)

Write 1.9 million.

NEARLY Is the population nearly two million? (Yes, it is.)

APP 1 Unit 23 : Key Point 67 – DVD Scene 10

TO INCREASE Are share prices going up (= increasing/rising)?
TO RISE Are they going down (= decreasing/falling)?
TO DECREASE
TO FALL - Are shares in (company) increasing/decreasing at the moment?
- Yes, they're rising./No, they're falling.

GOOD NEWS The price of my shares is increasing/rising/decreasing/falling. That's good/bad

BAD NEWS news!

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APP 2
APP 2 Unit 8 : Key Point 22
ASSETS - What's the opposite of … ?
LIABILITIES - … is the opposite of ... .
DIVIDEND
TO IMPROVE

APP 2 Unit 8 : Key Point 23

Draw an upward graph on the board. Ask students for different ways to describe
how sales have gone this year.

- ... have gone up.

- ... have risen.
INCREASE - ... have increased.

sales taxes
profits turnover
costs inflation
share/stock prices gross
IMPROVEMENT improvement net

TO DROP Repeat with a downward graph.

- ... have gone down/dropped.

- ... have fallen.
TO DECREASE - ... have decreased.

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