Monday, December 12, 2016

Market Leader: Intermediate Unit 3 Change p.23 Vocabulary

(Supplementary Materials for Specific Textbooks--Market Leader Intermediate)


Google: drive, docs, pub (cut up and shuffle.  Students match definition to vocabulary.  Vocabulary cards are then re-used for various games--grab the card, describe the card to the your partner, etc.)


downgrade
to move someone or something to a less important position
downsize
to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of people who work there
decentralise
to move the control of an organization or a government from a single place to several smaller places
deregulate
to remove national or local government controls from a business
update
to make something more modern
upgrade
to improve something so that it is of a higher quality or a newer model
reassess
to think again about something in order to decide if you should change the way you feel about it or deal with it
redevelop
to make a place more modern by improving old buildings or building new ones
relaunch
to make a new attempt to sell a product or service, often by advertising it in a different way or making it available in a different form
relocate
to move to another place
reorganise
to organise something again in order to improve it
restructure
to organise a system or organization in a new way
retrain
to learn a new skill so you can do a different job

Answers:

downgrade to move someone or something to a less important position
downsize to make a company or organization smaller by reducing the number of people who work there
decentralise to move the control of an organization or a government from a single place to several smaller places
deregulate to remove national or local government controls from a business
update to make something more modern
upgrade to improve something so that it is of a higher quality or a newer model
reassess to think again about something in order to decide if you should change the way you feel about it or deal with it
redevelop to make a place more modern by improving old buildings or building new ones
relaunch to make a new attempt to sell a product or service, often by advertising it in a different way or making it available in a different form
relocate to move to another place
reorganise to organise something again in order to improve it
restructure to organise a system or organization in a new way
retrain to learn a new skill so you can do a different job


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