Future trends Unit 18
Meaning of Trend: The general direction in which something tends to move. E.g.: economic trends 经济趋向 educational trend 教育趋势 [ 动向 ] employment trend 就业率变化趋势
Lesson 1Making predictions inflation rate unemployment rate
Answers: housing costs food prices unemployment wages petrol price
Part BLanguage focus Look at the language focus and learn the meaning of Will Read the paragraph and underline the correct tense in Italics
Part CListening: listen to an expert talking about economic indicators.
Part DSpeaking information gap activity Answers: Inflation will fall by 4% Interest will rise by 3% Production will fall by 2% Strikes will rise by 3% Import will rise by 6% Investment will fall by 3%
Lesson 2Talking about the future Part AVocabulary immigrant migrant emigrant
Part BReading fill in the gaps with the word and expression in the box in A