Study newsletter 2017 week 4 Content Language level Page Phrase of the week Good job All levels 1 Mind map Banking All levels 2 Czenglish Another things vs. other things Pre-intermediate (B1-) Advanced (C1) 3 English at Work Talking About Office Politics and Decision-Making shouting, calling or crying the shots Pre-intermediate (B1-) Advanced (C1) 4 Test Coffee culture Intermediate (B1) Advanced (C1) 5 Phrase of the week Good job We use this expression to say that it is lucky something happened. You ca use this phrase i la guage. Spoken Written Informal Example 1 A: The canteen closes early today - do you need anything? B: Good job you told me. I had forgotten about that. Example 2 A: The network is down again. B: Good job we did all the backup yesterday, then, isn't it! 1
Mind map Learning new vocabulary in the most effective way Vyzkoušejte si i teraktiv í Mindmapy zde: http://www.jazykovka.info/studujeme-jazyky/mindmap/banking/ Klikejte na slova, usl šíte jed otli á slo íčka a lu e á rodilý lu čí. Slovíčka Slovo Balance Deposit Funds Interest Pay in Sort code Bank statement Standing order Withdraw Instalment Výz a slova zůstatek záloha fond úrok uči it klad kód a k ýpis z účtu tr alý příkaz vybrat splátka 2
Czenglish WRONG: RIGHT: I have so many another things to do. I have so many other things to do. This eek s istake is a si ple o e ut o e hi h is so, so o o. I ha e lost ou t of the number of times I have heard my stude ts sa so ethi g like, I ha e so a a other thi gs to do. A other is related to just o e other thi g, here there are t o thi gs i total. So, ou ight sa, I ha e to do so e iro i g, a d a other thi g I ha e to do is lea the i do s. Iro ing plus one more thing = another thing. If there are ore thi gs, e use other - ith a plural ou. So, e d sa, I ha e so a other thi gs to do, e.g. iro i g, lea i g i do s, a uu i g, tid i g et. Here are the two together: A: Do you have any other things to finish today? B: I just ha e a other short report to rite a d the I do e. 3
English at Work Talking About Office Politics and Decision-Making shouting, calling or crying the shots Read the sentences below and choose the correct word from this list to fill the gap. 1. Si e the erger, the people ho e o e here fro the e o pa ha e ee setti g the... We do t get a look i. 2. The eeti g to de ide o the e o tra t is o e t eek. I k o ho I goi g to vote, ut the IT a ager sa s he has t de ided et, a d still eeds to e o i ed. Just hat e need at this stage a.. oter! 3. I e had it! Whe I as appoi ted tea leader I thought I d e ru i g the..., ut the director questions every decision I make. 1. A strategy B plan C agenda 2. A calls B shouts C cries 3. A play B gig C show Sprá é odpo ědi se doz íte příští týd u e o zkoušejte o -line verzi testu s hod o e í ih ed po doko če í: http://www.jazykovka.info/studujeme-jazyky/english-at-work/talking-about-office-politics-3/ Správ é odpovědi z i ulého týd e (Talking about office politics speaking outside, under or off the record): 1C, 2C, 3B 4
TEST: Coffee culture The other da I a ted a up of offee, so I. (1) into a bank. I sat in a soft armchair and at hed the orld. (2) which, in this case, was the line for the services of the bank clerks. I a joki g, of ourse, ut this ould soo e o o i a ks i ig ities. The. (3) for 'real coffee' in Britain, like that for mobile. However, the suspicion is that the attraction for many British people..(4) not so much in the coffee as in the 'coffee culture' that surrounds it. This is to do ith ig, soft sofas a d the idea that ou sit o o e, ou too a (5) the actors in the American TV comedy Friends. I Lo do, the first afé ope ed i. Me ould (6) there ofte at (7) times during the day to..(8) news and gossip, dis uss.(9) of the day and do business. The afés a ted as offi es a d shops i hi h er ha ts a d age ts, lerks a d a kers ould arr out their.(10). In Lo do toda it is.(11) that there are more than 2000 afés a d the u er is (12). It won't be long before coffee is sold everywhere. You a alread u it i hospitals, otor a ser i e statio s, super arkets a d at tourist (13) throughout the country. 1 A hopped B looked C jumped D popped 2 A fly past B go by C pass on D walk along 3 A demand B development C claim D supply 4 A leans B lies C occupies D rests 5 A be B feel C join D contact 6 A bring B fetch C take D gather 7 A regular B right C correct D perfect 8 A give B exchange C feelings D circumstances 9 A thoughts B issues C destruction D finish 10 A trading B transactions C information D works 11 A estimated B guessed C taken D told 12 A raising B growing C succeeding D remaining 13 A scenes B points C attractions D matters Sprá é odpo ědi se doz íte ih ed po doko če í on-line testu zde: http://www.jazykovka.info/studujeme-jazyky/minitest/coffee-culture/ Správ é odpovědi z i ulého týd e (Unsolved ancient mystery): 1C, 2A, 3D, 4B, 5B, 6A, 7C, 8B, 9B, 10C, 11C, 12B, 13C 5