Wednesday 13 January 2016

D'Amico Shipping B2 Course Lesson 5

Lesson 5
Wednesday 13th January 12 pm

Class
The January Blues
Discussion and Reading

New Vocabulary
To feel down
Peer - a person of equal ability/social status/age/background
To drag down (to depress)
A brisk walk (brisk = fast & active, exhilerating)
To throw ideas around (to brainstorm, discuss freely)
A gripping book/film etc (gripping = thrilling, engrossing, exciting)
To team up with = collaborate, join forces
We're all in it together/ all in the same boat
GP - General Practitioner - a doctor whose practice is not limited to a specific branch of medicine.

People & Companies
BEC Vantage Masterclass Unit 1 pp. 5 - 7

New Vocabulary (check pronunciation)
Pharmaceuticals
Automotive

Homework
1) Flick through your new textbook and make a note of which topics, vocabulary, skills and grammar (language in use) units are the most useful for you.
2) Write a brief profile for a company using the grid in Question 5, p. 7. In the next lesson you can read your profile to your peers and see if they can guess the name of the company. 

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