2. 1 Facoltà di Economia Corso di Laurea in Economia e Gestione Aziendale Corso di Laurea in Economia e Finanza Pre-Corso Lingua Inglese Business English prof.ssa Luisanna Fodde a.a. 2003/2004

3. Communicative Competences 8. Time and Numbers What time is it? What’s the time? It’s five o’clock It’s half past one It’s twenty to three It’s two forty-five (2:45) It’s quarter to three (2:45) It’s ten past six

4. Communicative Competences 7. Time and Numbers How many times have I told you …..? I’m having the time of my life Time flies Time is money Time after time My time has come Once upon a time there was a girl…. Once, twice, three times…

5. Communicative Competences 7. Numbers What day is today? What’s the date today? Today is Monday, January (the) 14th, 2003 Monday, 14th January 2003 I was born on February 18th, 1958 He was born in 1985 She was born on Tuesday They were born in spring

6. NUMBERS AND FIGURES DECIMAL CARDINAL ORDINAL NUMBERS TEN HUNDRED THOUSAND MILLION BILLION PER CENT PERCENTAGE ONE THIRD (1/3) TWO QUARTERS (2/4) ONE FIFTH (1/5) 2,5 % (TWO POINT FIVE PER CENT) £ 2,500 (TWO THOUSAND FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS) $ 14,550,000 (14 MILLION FIVE HUNDRED AND FIFTY THOUSAND DOLLARS) $14,550m£53bn

7. NEW YORK CITY LOCATION Continent: North America Country: United States of America State: New York (NY) County: New York County City:New York Coordinates:40:40:11N 73:56:38W Time Zone:Eastern Time Zone Metro: 21,199,865 ('00 census) 19,549,649 ('90 census) City: 8,008,278 ('00 census) 7,322,564 ('90 census) Metro density : 895.8 inh./sq. km.2320.1 inh./sq.mi. New York FACTS AND FIGURES NEW YORK CITY LOCATION Continent: North America Country: United States of America State: New York (NY) County: New York County City:New York Coordinates:40:40:11N 73:56:38W Time Zone:Eastern Time Zone NEW YORK CITY POPULATION Metro: 21,199,865 ('00 census) 19,549,649 ('90 census) City: 8,008,278 ('00 census) 7,322,564 ('90 census) Metro density : 895.8 inh./sq. km.2320.1 inh./sq.mi.

8. Facts and figures about the Eiffel Tower HEIGHT: With flagpole, 1,030 feet when completed in 1889. Now, with TV antenna, 1,069 feet. Was tallest structure in world until New York City's Chrysler Building in 1930. CONSTRUCTION: Started January 1887. Assembled from 18,038 iron pieces and 2.5 million rivets in two years, two months, five days. Weighs 10,100 tons. COST: $1.5 million, much of it recouped in ticket sales during Paris World Fair of 1889, when tower opened. BUILDER: Gustave Eiffel, engineer, born in Dijon, eastern France, in 1832. Built bridges, railway stations; designed iron skeleton of Statue of Liberty in New York. Died 1923, age 91. OWNER: City of Paris. VISITORS: 200 million since 1889; more than 6 million this year. QUOTE: "It is much more famous than I am." -- Gustave Eiffel.