Unit Open and distance learning Lesson Developing it skills(lesson15) Objectives

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Exercise 3. (5 min) Ask students to read the words and decide which of them can go instead of the words in Ex. 2. Check the answers.
A) The government is going to raise the school leaving age from 16 to 17. put up
B) The price of oil rose again. increase, go up, soar
C) Sales have fallen in the last two months. go down, collapse
D) You will have to reduce the price to attract ordinary working people. decrease, lower, cut
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Exercise 4.(8 min) Ask students to talk about the following issues in their living area. They should use the verbs in Ex. 3.
- house prices
- the gap between rich and poor houses
- taxes
- the cost of living in general
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Exercise 5. (10 min) Put students in pairs. Give them enough time to read the text about bicycle sales. Ask them to replace the underlined words with suitable ones in Ex. 3 and 4. Give students some time to review useful tips while listening.


Exercise 6. (2 min) Ask them to check whether they have completed the task correctly.


Exercise 7. (5 min) Pair up students. Give them enough time to look through the words in the box. They should replace the underlined words in Ex. 2 using the words in the box. Check the answers.


Exercise 8. (10 min)Tell students that they are going to listen to a talk about “Reasons for trends” between five speakers. Play the tape. They should answer the questions.
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Tape script
Reasons for trends
Speaker 1I think the wind power is probably a good long-term investment because its growth has been slow but fairly consistent over the last decade, and more and more wind farms seem to be appearing, so someone must be making money – unless it’s all coming from government subsidies. So if you can spare
some money for the next fifty years or so, I’d say you’re probably on to a good thing.
Speaker 2The whole eco-investment craze is a bit risky at this stage. It’s all a bit up and down due to the fact that some governments are saying now is the time to look for alternative energies and others are still using coal and oil. It’s so political that you only need a change of government and the whole thing changes again. Certainly in the short term it’s going to be difficult to predict
Speaker 3 Actually, I’d say oil is still a good one ¬¬¬¬¬- at least in the short term. It’s really kept increasing very well and I don’t know anyone who’s lost. Another reason for putting your money in oil companies is that quite a few are also developing environmentally-friendly fuels…
Speaker 4 It’s funny, because, everyone was trying to get out of nuclear energy for a while. We all thought it would be replaced with wind power and solar energy. Anyway, as a result of governments suddenly realizing for at least the next century we won’t be able to get enough energy from natural sources, nuclear will probably have a bit of a revival. So I wouldn’t move all your money out of that industry just yet…
Speaker 5The one you hear about at least is wave power but there are one or two companies that are investing heavily in the technology. I suppose with all the sea it’s worth looking into, but overall I wouldn’t expect it to do well for the small, short-term investor. Anyone with money here already won’t have seen much return at all and I don’t predict they’re going to see much change in near future, either, as it’s going to be slow to develop.