1. What do you know about changes in the aviation industry?
Are things improving for
small airlines
large airlines
passengers
the environment
airline staff?

2. fall
decrease
go down
grow
increase
shrink
go up
rise
Delicatessen
rose
increased
went up
grew
fell
decreased
went down
shrank

3. Project Planning Terms Match a word on the left with the correct definition on the right.
1. resources
A particular period of time during the development of something
2. milestone
A specific time or date by which you have to do something
3. green light
Something such as money, workers, or equipment that can be used to help an institution or business
4. deadline
The official approval to go ahead with something
An event or achievement which marks an important stage in a project
5. phase

4. Listening for detail - Did you get it right?
GRAPH 1 TOURISTS
10000
9000
8000
7000
6000
5000
4000
3000
2000
1000
January
April
July
October
January

5. Describe the trend shown in the diagram below
The market share is increasing every year
1 ORGANIC WINE: MARKET SHARE IN THE UK
organic wine
10%
50%
60%
non-organic wine
Today
5 years
from now
1998

6. Describe the trend shown in the diagram below
2 PRICE OF SHARES IN BRINFIELD AUTOS
The share prices are falling rapidly
Share price
$10 $5
2 days ago
yesterday
today
tomorrow

7. Describe the trend shown in the diagram below
3 WIDGETS: EFFICIENCY OF PRODUCTION
Efficiency of production is improving 10
Time in minutes 5
Last year
Now
Next year

8. Describe the trend shown in the diagram below
4 SALES OF WIDGETS
Sales of widgets are going up every year
100
forecast 75
Sales / Year (thousands) 50 25
3 years ago
2 years ago
Last year
This year

9. Describe the trend shown in the diagram below
5 COST OF PETROL IN AUSTRALIA
The price of petrol in Australia is increasing slowly

10. Describe this process using the present simple passive
cut
make
sell
transport

11. cut Presentations Why do people give presentations?
Have you ever given a presentation?
When you give a presentation what
are the most important things to
remember?

12. Let’s go back and look at
I’d like to start by
First of all
Moving on to
Let’s go back and look at
Thank you for coming
I’d like to finish by
Are there any questions?
Signposting

13. Match the presentation phrases
1. I’d like to start by
a) we’ll look at how this has affected our share prices
2. First of all
b) our share prices : the next slide shows us...
3. After that
c) giving you a short overview of today’s presentation
4. Moving on to
d) showing you how we aim to reach this target
e) we’re going to look at the sales figures for the last two years.
5. Let’s go back and look at
6. I’d like to finish by
f) the first slide again

14. Sequencing and imperatives
Don’t forget Then Secondly After that Make sure Firstly Finally
____________, decide on the budget for the stand.
____________, choose the size and the location of the stand.
____________, design the stand (shelving scheme, display area).
_______ ______ you book your stand space with the exhibition organizers.
_______ _______ to think about your colour scheme, graphic panels, and audio-visual equipment.
_______ _______ organize the logistics of the delivery (stand, publicity, products
_____________, set up the stand.
Firstly
Secondly
Then
Make sure
Don’t forget
After that
Finally

15. wide seats seat allocation
How important are these things for you when you fly?
Rate the following as A: (very important), B: (important) or C: (not important)
free in-flight food
free headphones
carbon footprint of flight
a lot of legroom
wide seats
seatback TV
fast check-in
free newspapers or magazines
seat allocation
friendly cabin crew
free in-flight drinks
a clean and tidy plane

16. Discussion
Work in two groups. You are the managing directors at ScotAir, a traditional airline with a long history. ScotAir is in trouble. It is losing a lot of customers to its low cost competitors. Share prices are falling and the stockholders are demanding that something be done, quickly!
Group A
You think ScotAir needs to start a new budget subsidiary. Think of the reasons why a budget subsidiary would be a good idea, consider the staff, passengers, the environment. Prepare to present your ideas to the rest of the class.
Group B
You don’t think ScotAir needs to start a new budget subsidiary. Think of the reasons why a budget subsidiary would be a bad idea, consider the staff, passengers, the environment. Prepare to present your ideas to the rest of the class.