👉DO YOU AGREE WITH THESE STATEMENTS? PAGE 58, EX 1
- You shouldn´t spend more than you earn.
- It´s not worth buying lottery tickets because the probability of winning is very low.
- It´s vital to save a percentage of your earnings every month.
- Everyone needs maths in their daily life.
👉DISCUSS THE QUESTIONS AND GIVE REASONS FOR YOUR IDEAS. PAGE 59 EX7
- How important is it to have a head for numbers in working life today?
- Is it common for businesses to do a number on their clients nowadays? ( *to do a number on sb = slang. to ruin, cheat or trick sb).
- Do you think everyone should give a percentage of their earnings to charity?
- What´s the best way to make a decision about something if you are in two minds?
- How far can we trust statistics?
- When was the last time you had to pay...?
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- What are important numbers in your life? (vg. '2' the number of children you have)
- Do you have a head for numbers?
- Do you find maths fun and easy?
- What do you use numbers for in your everyday life?
- Do you know anyone who's hopeless/excels at numbers?
- What do you remember about your maths teachers at school?
- Why do you think maths is often unpopular as a school subject?
- How would you make the subject more accessible and popular?
- Have you got a lucky number and why is it lucky?
- Talk about a time when an ability or lack of ability to do maths helped you or caused problems for you.
VOCABULARY Wealth and poverty
a Do the words and phrases in bold below relate to wealth or poverty? Make two lists. Which word/phrase applies to people with any level of income?
1 Many farmers are facing real economic hardship after the drought killed all their crops.
2 There’s no money to help impoverished communities build basic facilities like schools and medical centres.
3 In affluent suburbs like this one, house prices are extremely high.
4 There’s a direct relationship between a good education system and the economic prosperity of a country.
5 Even though I got a pay rise last year, I still fi nd it difficult to make ends meet.
6 My grandparents used to be relatively well off, but they lost all their money in bad investments.
7 He lives with his parents and pays no bills, so he has a lot of disposable income.
8 In the most deprived areas of the city, unemployment stands at around 50% and social problems are rife.
9 We can’t go on using our credit cards all the time. We have to learn to live within our means.
10 They lost everything they had in the flood and were left destitute.
Cardinals, fractions, decimals. ( from minute 14´)
https://www.linguahouse.com/esl-lesson-plans/general-english/a-slice-of-pi
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ORAL MEDIATION
Lately, your best friend is finding it difficult to make ends meet. You´ve read an article with very good advice to manage money and get financial stability. You have read the following brochure with some tips. Summarise the key information for them.
https://www.ashtoncollege.ca/budgeting-tips-infographic/
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👉Task for next week:
UNIT 7 Choose one of the tasks and send it to your tutor:
A Write an article for a college magazine on the subject of Brains or beauty? Which brings greater success in life? (175 words). Remember to include the following:
B Write an article for a college magazine on the subject: Is getting high marks more important than being emotionally intelligent? (175 words). Remember to include the following:
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