Language Power: the Word Corner on page 59 practises

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Exercise 3

■ Encourage students to predict what the article is about by skimming the pictures above the article, the title of the lesson "Your Money" and the title of the article "When Less is More".

■ Ask them to read the paragraph in italics to check whether their predictions are true or not.

■ Students scan the newspaper article and try to work out the meaning of the words.

■ Check their answers by asking students to tell in which line the word is found and how they can work out the meaning of the words. Give one or two examples before starting.

For example:

The man made a great fortune from the stock market. People are firmly convinced that they will ultimately win the war.

Answers

1 approximately 2 ecological 3 erosion 4 massive 5 view

6 fortune 7 precious 8 fertile 9 convinced 10 paradise.

Exercise 4

■ Students read the article again and in pairs, ask and answer the