Lesson 29 - 19 maggio 2011

SONG
A lady of a certain age - Neil Hammond (you can find the lyrics and the video in the section "Musica" under "Canzoni")

TEXTBOOK
New English File Advanced - Oxford University Press - Clive Oxenden and Christina Latham-Koenig

HOMEWORK CORRECTION
Es. 1 p. 162
1) budget
2) grant
3) loan
4) fees
5) fare
6) charge
7) savings
8) donation
9) fine
10) instalment
11) deposit
12) will
13) overdrafr
14) lump sum

Es. 2 p. 162
Consumer society. a society where buying and selling material goods is considered very important
Standard of living: the amount of money and level of comfort that a particular person or group has
Income: the money sb receives for their work
Inflation: the rise in the price of goods and services which results in a fall in the value of money
Cost of living: the amount of oney you need to spend to cover the basc necessities
Can't afford: not having enough money
Interest rates: the percentage of extra money that you have to pay back when you borrow money from a bank
In debt: owing money
Mortgage: money lent by a bank to buy a house
Shares: units of equal value into which a company is divided and sold to raise money
Stock market: the business of buying and selling shares and the place where this happens
Currency: the sysem of money used by a country
Exchange rate: the amount of money you get when you change one currency into another

UNIT 3C: ARE YOU SUFFERING FROM AFFLUENZA?
Es. 4a p. 46: answer the question
Es. 4b p. 46: read and comment
Es. 4d p. 46: explain the meanings
1) they can depend on their husbands to earn enough money to cover all their expenses
2) made it difficult to live in the space of their flat and on the money they eraned
3) not say what you really want to say because it might upset sb or cause an argument
4) try to get the job of deputy head at the school where he works
5) becoming 13, 14, etc. years old
6) wanting what other people have so much that it almost makes you feel ill
7) even if he became head teacher, he wouldn't earn nearly as much money as her friends' hsbands do
8) complain about
9) do sth that corrects a bad situation
10) without her husband knowing
11) there a lot of advantages to
Es. 4e p. 46: choose the sentence that best sums up your reaction
Es. 5a p. 47: answer the questions
Grammar bank 3C p. 144: unreal uses of the past tenses
Es. 5c p. 47: choose and answer one question

HOMEWORK: es.3 - 4 p. 162

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