Verbs and phrases describing trends

Date: 2015-10-07; view: 475.

How would you react in the following situations. Explain why.

1. You haven't been able to get a ticket for your favourite team's most important match of the season. Tickets usually cost $50. An hour before the match a ticket tout says that he can sell you a ticket for $200. Do you:

a) pay and think, ‘It's a once-in-a lifetime opportunity'?

b) refuse to pay and miss the match?

c) wait until the match is about to begin, and offer him $25?

d) do something else?

2. There is a petrol shortage in your country. Your car is nearly empty when you arrive at a filling station which still has some petrol. You notice that the owner has doubled his usual prices. Do you:

a) pay and think, ‘That's life'?

b) fill up your car and tell him that you will only pay the normal rate?

c) pay and say you'll never use his filling station again?

d) do something else?

3. A soft drinks company has introduced a new vending machine which increases the price of a can of drink the hotter it gets. It's a hot day and you are extremely thirsty. Do you:

a) buy the drink anyway?

b) stay thirsty and refuse to buy the drink?

c) wait for the temperature to drop?

d) do something else?

2. Give a short talk on how prices influence your choice of goods (food products, clothes, cosmetics, etc.). Give concrete examples.

Supplementary material

decline - уменьшаться, ухудшаться double - удваиваться

decrease - уменьшаться fall - падать

fluctuate - колебаться drop – ронять, падать

halve - уменьшаться наполовину increase - увеличиваться

level off - выравниваться peak – достичь максимума

soar – стремительно повышаться triple - утроиться

rise - подниматься plummet – стремительно падать

remain steady – оставаться стабильным creep up – ползти вверх

recover - восстанавливаться

Which words mean:

A) to rise?

B) to fall?

C) to stay the same?