Lesson 14: Airport Disruptions

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Lesson Preparation

Technique Builders

Speaking English
Sentences (read out loud)
The ever increasing boom was making the economy grow at an astronomical rate.
The mega project was a great inconvenience to many people.
The schedule had a big impact on the project. They were forced to find a partner.
They decided to launch an activity in the new sector.

Technique Builders
Used to expresses an action that is over.
When I was a teenager I used to go to camp.
When I was in high school I didn’t use to like my Italian class.
Where did you used to work before?

Writing Builders

Expressions
Deep Pockets.
To have a lot of money.
The company had deep pockets so it could afford the new technology.
To hear a pin drop
To be very quiet.
It was so quiet you could hear a pin drop.