Lesson 21
Vocabulary Skills - Prefixes over/under
Listening Skills - 50 Things That Made The Modern Economy - Insurance
http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04r1sjb
Discussion - Financial derivatives.
Homework
Listen to the episode again and analyse any sequences that you found difficult to understand.
Listen to another episode in the series of your choice
Lesson 21
Reading/Discussion
50 Things that Made the Modern Economy
Find the article here:
http://www.radiotimes.com/news/radio/2017-08-25/podcast-of-the-week-50-things-that-made-the-modern-economy/
Vocabulary
to want a slice of something
a robust afterlife
to make waves
an uneven playing field
a venerable idea
to weigh in (compare weigh in on a discussion or debate)
to be on/up for something
Vocabulary Skills - Prefixes over/under
Homework
What would be your suggestion for the 51st thing? Give reasons why this invention or process should be included in the programme, considering both the importance of the invention to the modern economy and why listeners may be interested in learning about it.
Follow up
Go to the website http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/p04b1g3c/episodes/downloads and see if your suggestion has been included in either the first 50 episodes or the shortlist for the 51st.
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