OUTCOMES - UPPER-INTEMEDIATE - UNIT 16


Rezolvarea exercitiilor din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa IX intitulat OUTCOMES UPPER-INTERMEDIATE, Editura Heinle Cengage Learning, Autori Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley, Editia 2011


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UNIT 16: DANGER AND RISK

Listening

Step 1
Conversation 1 leg – cut it with a scalpel while making an architectural model
Conversation 2 forehead – walked into a shelf while on summer camp; chin, blown by wind between two parked cars – whacked chin on road

Step 2

  1. T
  2. F
  3. F
  4. T
  5. F
  6. F
  7. T
  8. F
  9. F
  10. F

OUTCOMES - UPPER-INTEMEDIATE - UNIT 15


Rezolvarea exercitiilor din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa IX intitulat OUTCOMES UPPER-INTERMEDIATE, Editura Heinle Cengage Learning, Autori Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley, Editia 2011


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UNIT 15: FASHION

Vocabulary – Style and design

Step 1

  1. g – laces
  2. c – blouse
  3. a – shawl
  4. b – sturdy
  5. f – linen
  6. e – baggy
  7. h – flared
  8. d - frilly

OUTCOMES - UPPER-INTEMEDIATE - UNIT 14


Rezolvarea exercitiilor din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa IX intitulat OUTCOMES UPPER-INTERMEDIATE, Editura Heinle Cengage Learning, Autori Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley, Editia 2011


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UNIT 14: BUSINESS AND ECONOMICS

Vocabulary – How’s business?

Step 1

  1. inundated/ flooded = same
  2. relocating/ moving = same
  3. rents/ overheads = different; rents = payments for properties; overheads = total costs
  4. upturn/ decline = different; upturn = increase; decline = decrease
  5. a solid client base/ loyal customers = same
  6. lay off/ employ = almost opposite; employ = take on; lay off = make redundant
  7. floating/ launching = same
  8. pick up/ get better = same; end up going under/ have to make serious cutbacks – similar, end up going under = go out of business; have to make serious cutbacks = have to save money, almost go out of business
  9. hanging in/ surviving = same, but surviving is more formal
  10. diversify/ consolidate = different; diversify = broaden, add more variety to; consolidate = make stronger
  11. take on staff/ make staff redundant = opposite (see 5)
  12. downturn / drop = same
  13. terminating/ pitching for = different; terminating = ending; pitching for = bidding for

OUTCOMES - UPPER-INTEMEDIATE - UNIT 13


Rezolvarea exercitiilor din manualul de limba engleza pentru clasa IX intitulat OUTCOMES UPPER-INTERMEDIATE, Editura Heinle Cengage Learning, Autori Hugh Dellar, Andrew Walkley, Editia 2011


OUTCOMES ADVANCED

UNIT 13: NEWS AND THE MEDIA

Vocabulary – News headlines

Step 2

  1. blast toll = number of dead from explosion
  2. hails = praises
  3. bars = bans, prohibits from entering; crackdown = stricter policy
  4. cleared = freed from
  5. seize = take; raid = sudden entry and search
  6. brink = edge, very close to
  7. leak = revelation; slash = cut a large number of
  8. ups = increases; bid = attempt
  9. clash = fight, disagree violently
  10. rule out = dismiss the possibility of; halt = stop
  11. pulls out of = withdraws from
  12. blow = setback
  13. vows = promises