Wednesday, September 25, 2024

English language

 Video

Michael Mcintyre


Check your words

1) ending with -ter (meter)

2) ending with -log (catalog)

3) -or (color)

4) -ce (practice, both nouns and verbs)

5) -ze (realize)

6) favorite

7) gray

8) jewlery

9) mustache

10) pajamas

11) tire

12) apartment

13) appetizers

14) bar

15) bathroom, restroom

16) bill

17) cafeteria

18) candies

19) cell phone

20) cookie

21) elevator

22) eraser

23) fall

24) first floor

25) soccer

26) fries

27) trash

28) gas station

29) line

30) lumber

31) (shopping) mall

32) movie

33) movie theatre

34) outlet

35) potato chips

36) rent

37) round trip

38) shrimps

39) sidewalk

40) sneakers

41) soda

42) store

43) streetcar

44) subway

45) truck

46) vacation

47) vacuum

48) yard

49) zip code

50) bathtub

51) broil

52) bureau, dresser (for clothes)

53) cab driver

54) closet

55) check

56) downtown

57) drapes

58) drugstore

59) duplex

60) eggplant

61) faucet

62) flashlight

63) highway

64) front desk

65) grade

66) intersection

67) janitor

68) jello

69) lost and found

70) mailman

71) news stand

72) (doctor's) office

73) one-way ticket

74) pants

75) pantyhose, nylons

76) parking lot

77) vest

78) horseback riding

Tuesday, September 24, 2024

Electronic / Digital Devices, Gadgets

the list of digital devices

screen
CPU
keyboard
(virtual reality / VR) headset
USB (stick) / flash drive
scanner
joystick
external drive
gamepad
microphone
webcam
loudspeaker
smart speaker
camcorder
modem
router
3D glasses
smartwatch
wearable fitness tracker
drone
home assistant hub


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Thursday, September 12, 2024

Entrepreneurs

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My Business Plan

 Preparation

1) What are you good at? What do you like? Do you have any work experiences? Have you been a volounteer? 

2) What would you like to change, make better? What are you not happy with? What issues in a particular location need good solutions?

3) Do you like working alone or in a team? 

4) Do you prefer talking to people face to face or on the phone / internet / texting?

5) Who would you like your target group to be: peers, adults, children, pet owners, athletes, etc.?

6) What's your business idea? Describe your product or service. 

7) Describe your target group: age, location, gender etc.

8) What's the market or competition like? Are there any other companies providing similar products, services? Are there any foreign companies? 

9) Who are the principal members of your company? How much are you and they willing to contribute? (How many hours per day or week, at the weekends or on holidays?)

10) What are your advantages over your competitors?

11) Are there any legal regulations your need to follow?

12) Every business needs some kind of funding. Where would you get the required sum for a start up?


Write sentences

1 paragraph: about you, your interests, strengths, weaknesses, describe your communication and social skills

2. paragraphs: description of the product / service

3. customers / advertising

4. competitors, what are your advantages


Feedback

1) Advantages / Strenghts / Reasons this business plan is good / might be successful

2) Disadvantages / Weaknesses / Reasons it might not be successful

3) Dragon Den's decision: going to invest / not going to invest

Wednesday, September 4, 2024

Unit 7A: phrases

Task 1: Translate / Find from SB p 82-83

1) eksperdid hindavad 

2) püsiv elukoht 

3) põllumajandust leiutama

4) kahekordistuma 

5) suurenema 7 korda 

6) avastama täiesti erinevat kultuuri

7) vähenema 

8) praegu (do not write right now or today)

9) poole võrra vähenema

10) kultuurilised erinevused

11) imeline mitmekesisus 


Task 2: check your phrases

 1) experts estimate

2) permanent home

3) invent agriculture

4) to double

5) multiply seven times

6) to discover a completely different culture

7) to decrease

8) at present

9) to halve

10) cultural differences

11) fascinating diversity


Task 3: Translate

1) Eksperdid hindavad, et meid on 10 miljardit selle sajandi lõpuks. 

2) Rohkem kui 2 miljonit aastat inimesed elasid püsiva elukohata leides taimi söömiseks ja küttides loomi liha jaoks. 

3) 10,000 aastat tagasi inimesed leiutasid põllumajanduse. 

4) Sel ajal elas ainult 5 miljonit inimest, aga see arv kiiresti kahekordistus. 

5) Elanikkond jõudis miljardini 1805 ja sellest ajast on see suurenenud 7 korda. 

6) Sada aastat tagasi kui sa läksid teise riiki, siis sa avastasid täiesti teistsuguse kultuuri. 

7) Tänapäeval on kasutusel umbes 7,000 keelt, aga see arv on vähenemas. 

8) Näiteks Indonesias räägitakse üle 700 keele, aga Baras keelt oskavad tänapäeval ainult vanad inimesed. 

9) Ekperdid arvavad, et keelte arv väheneb poole võrra selle sajandi lõpuks.

10) Me mõtleme, et kas tulevikus inimesed räägivad ainult ühte keelt ja enam pole kultuurilisi erinevusi, mis meid eristaks. 

11) Loodetavasti, kui meie rahvaarv on kasvamas, me ikka saame tähistada mitte ainult sarnasusi, aga ka inimrassi imelist mitmekesisust. 


Task 4: Can you guess which countries in the world have the largest population?