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