Edward Thomas
Nahoru1. NUMBER WORK
Look at the numbers below. Can you fit them into the sentences which follow and describe them using the words below them?
1. It's approximately …………………………… from Land's End to John O'groats.
2. When I was about ……………………………, my mother took me to see the Queen.
3. Just ring …………………………… and we'll do the rest for you!
4. Today, lots and lots of people carry around these …………………………… bottles.
5. On …………………………… America decided to go its own way.
6. The record in the UK is approximately …………………………… - too hot for me!
7. He was caught travelling at …………………………… - way over the limit!
8. The majority of people get up at around …………………………….
9. When you are …………………………… you are probably too fat- it depends on your height though.
10. There is a reward of …………………………… for information about the missing dog.
11. …………………………… seconds is the time it takes the world champion to run 100m.
12. …………………………… is the top rate of income tax at the moment.
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Nahoru2. FACTS AND FIGURES IN USE
There are quite a lot of ways to bring facts and figures into our dealings with others. One is through illustrations. Can you match the types of illustration on the left below to the type of data they can show, described on the right?
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Be careful when you use these words. We could use the sentence „you can see” but we would be unlikely to say „you can notice” – even though notice and see can be synonyms. We don't usually use „notice” with modal verbs like „can” to show ability to do something. We might use it with „will”. For example: „looking at the graph, you will notice...” etc.
Nahoru3. THE PRESENTATION
Look at the presentation below by Alistair Sweetheart, leading economic minister of a major western government. Can you put the verbs below into the right gaps? A letter is often given to you to help.
If we look at the chart above, you will 1. …………………………… that the figures for public borrowing are very high. However, I would like to 2. …………………………… the fact that this is part of a cycle of borrowing and that the cycle will reverse over time. Tax receipts, I would 3. ……………………………, are lower at the moment because, as you can 4. …………………………… from the graph beside the chart, consumer spending has plummeted in recent months, reaching, I would like to 5. …………………………… ……………………………, an all time low. That in part 6. …………………………… why Government debt is so high, and it 7. …………………………… …………………………… we are acting to raise taxes dramatically – with terrible political effects. In fact, my government‘s popularity has reached dangerously low levels. To 8. …………………………… one commentator: „government‘s poll numbers have fallen by 25% in one year- not a bad record!”. Well, I could 9. …………………………… many more commentators like that as well! Now I would like us to 10. …………………………… …………………………… a graph which 11. …………………………… just how bad things are. If we 12. …………………………… it in detail, we can see that real levels of debt are much higher than I might have told everyone before – they have rocketed up by 79% in the last year! This 13. …………………………… that the economy is really in a very bad situation. I have been 14. …………………………… the situation for a long time and I have taken time to 15. …………………………… the data and I should know! On the whole, this whole situation 16. …………………………… the need to elect competent and experienced politicians like myself for at least the next decade or two.
Thank you for you attention, ladies and gentlemen.
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