ANIA Group Courses

12:30pm Group 5 - Level C1

Lesson 23

Class

1. Speaking skills - European trends in insurance
2. Podcast Resources - science and economics vocabulary e.g. The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry. http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dx75g/episodes/downloads

Vocabulary

• Adjacent 
• Whiteboard
• Remember to do something
• Remind someone (else) to do something 

Homework

Listen to one of the episodes from The Curious Cases of Rutherford and Fry. How might using this material for listening practice help you prepare for all papers in the CAE exam?  http://www.bbc.co.uk/programmes/b07dx75g/episodes/downloads

2:00pm Froup 6 - Level C2

Lesson 23

Class

This Is Spinal Tap (1984) directed by Rob Reiner 

1. Indefinite hyperbolic numerals https://www.theallusionist.org/allusionist/zillions. Vocabulary:Umpteen, umpty, forty-leven, zillion, billion (two definitions), gazillion, eleventy-stupid  
2. How to fix insurance's poor public image. Source: https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/the-big-question-how-to-fix-insurances-poor-public-image/1425180.article Discussion, jigsaw reading, summarising skills.

Vocabulary

• To underpin
• Grudge (grudge purchase)
• Do yourself justice
• Shoot yourself in the foot
• To feel let down
• To take a hit = suffer loss/damage
• To be/get ripped off

N.b. Use of the structure to come to (realise/terms with/the conclusion that) to emphasise the (slow) process involved.

Corrections

An effort should be done made.

Homework

Read the three other views from the same article. To what extent do you agree with the point of view expressed by the author? https://www.insurancetimes.co.uk/the-big-question-how-to-fix-insurances-poor-public-image/1425180.article