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MORE FORMAL:
-You've looked over the records and met the staff, Mr Crown. Do you have any suggestions?
-One thing, I'd recommend strongly is hiring at least one more accountant.
Suggestions and recommendations
FORMAL:
-Stan, I want to buy a new WiFi range extender. What kind do you recommend?
-If I were you, I would get an LG. I have one at home, and I love it.
INFORMAL:
-Where shall we go for lunch, Barbara?
-Why don't we try the new place on the corner? I hear they have great sandwiches.

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Economy

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Structure of the economy:

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Sort the following activities to the appropriate sector!
Primary sector
Secondary sector
Tertiary sector
advertising products
calculating prices
distributing added value
smelting iron
assembling
CS
transportation
laying cables
pumping oil
mining coal
welding metal
building
packaging products
cutting trees
milling
digging iron ore
creating commercials
tour guiding

Slide 5 - Drag question

Find the correct term for the following definitions!

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A situation in which you have to make a very difficult choice.
A
The hight street
B
A dilemma
C
A margin
D
Cut-throat

Slide 7 - Quiz

To go to different shops to compare prices and quality before you buy something.
A
To shop about
B
Dual pricing
C
A dilemma
D
A margin

Slide 8 - Quiz

Operating in a building, not on the internet.
A
A margin
B
Cut-throat
C
Bricks-and-mortar
D
To shop about

Slide 9 - Quiz

The difference between the cost of buying or producing something and the price you sell it for.
A
Cut-throat
B
Dual pricing
C
The high street
D
A margin

Slide 10 - Quiz

The street in a town where you can find most shops and banks.
A
A margin
B
The high street
C
Second street
D
Bricks-and-mortar

Slide 11 - Quiz

Setting two different prices online and in shops for the same goods.
A
Dual pricing
B
A margin
C
Cut-throat
D
A dilemma

Slide 12 - Quiz

Extremely or unfairly competitive.
A
Dual pricing
B
A dilemma
C
The high street
D
Cut-throat

Slide 13 - Quiz

Choose the correct answer!

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The economy is back on __________. = The economy is beginning to recover.
A
track
B
line
C
lane
D
ring

Slide 15 - Quiz

The government __________ ( = promised) to provide more tax breaks for the middle class.
A
pledged
B
plagued
C
pleaded
D
pleased

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If an industry is "____________", it means that it is not doing too well financially.
A
illing
B
hailing
C
ailing
D
sicking

Slide 17 - Quiz

Many investors ____________ this news. ( = They were happy to hear this news)
A
improved
B
welcomed
C
swelled
D
switched

Slide 18 - Quiz

The unemployment rate has been holding __________ ( = has neither gone
up nor down) over the past couple of months.
A
steadfast
B
sturdy
C
steady
D
stable

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Ford plans to ___________ ( = get rid of/eliminate) 10,000 jobs at it's main plant in Michigan.
A
cut
B
curtain
C
curtail
D
let loose

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They plan to reduce their ________ by 20%. = 20% of their employees will lose their jobs.
A
workforce
B
work
C
labour
D
workmate

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A lot of companies are ________
( = having a hard time) with large losses.
A
stifling
B
shifting
C
struggling
D
smuggling

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Last month's job losses were the _________ ( = highest) since 1984.
A
deepest
B
steadiest
C
steepest
D
least

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This company's debt __________ is pretty high. = This company has a lot of debt.
A
management
B
load
C
loss
D
consolidation

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Goodbye!

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