Week 2

Lead-in: How important is money to you? / Do you live to work or work to live?   /  Have you ever struggled to make ends meet?

Vocab:  Expressions with money

Reading and speaking:  Bonuses for Botox

Listening: Working could kill us!

According to the text, which characteristics define lower skilled jobs?
How many people were surveyed?
What three factors have an even greater impact on health than working?
The article says that stress at work is avoidable. True or false?

New language: Get:  Gap-fill activity

Extra time: Speaking: Questionnaire

Homework:. Based on the article Bonuses for Botox, write a response to the following questions:

1. Why is cosmetic surgery becoming more and more common?

2. What are your feelings about a job that would force you to consider cosmetic surgery?

3. Isn't it fair that older people step aside for the next generation to take control? Why/not?

2nd October 2013

Class 1

- Getting to know you

- Vocab: Summer holidays:  travel vocab

- Reading:  Ways to cut down on travel costs

- Speaking: Look at the pictures below. What types of holidays do they fit into? Discuss which one you would prefer and why.

Writing: You are a travel agent trying to sell one of the holidays to a customer. Write a paragraph describing the highlights of the holiday.

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