ANIA Group Courses

2:00 pm Group 8 - Level B2
Lesson 23

Class

1. Discussion - health care in public hospitals, the role of charitable associations.
2. Jigsaw reading & summarising skills. The Big Question - 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 

Vocabulary
hospital/children's/oncology ward
designated driver
deductible/excess  (a deductible reduces the maximum payout, the excess does not)
to fix = to repair
leak (noun and verb)
to underpin (something)
to harness (something)
grudge (grudge purchase)
to do yourself justice
to shoot yourself in the foot

Corrections
asked to me
told to me
except to for
do an insurance take out an insurance policy for something/insure something
he lost his travel he missed his trip
a mean an average Italian family

Check the pronunciation of image.
/ɪmɪdʒ/
Where is the stress? How are the vowel sounds pronounced? Check by listening to an online dictionary - click here https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/image

Homework
Read the second article noting the opinion of the author and any interesting language features. Bring both articles with you to next week's class when we will work on reporting verbs.