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Unit 10: The dog ate my homework!
False friends, loanwords and linking devices

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  1. 1 Pop-ups
  2. 2 Hidden talents
  3. 3 Can't buy me love
  4. 4 Travellers' tales
  5. 5 The colleague from hell
  6. 6 Jurassic mystery: unpacking the past
  7. 7 Career changes
  8. 8 Art
  9. 9 Project management
  10. 10 The dog ate my homework!
  11. 11 The diary of a double agent
  12. 12 Fashion forward
  13. 13 Flat pack skyscrapers
  14. 14 Extreme sports
  15. 15 Food fads
  16. 16 Me, my selfie and I
  17. 17 Endangered animals
  18. 18 A nip and a tuck: cosmetic surgery
  19. 19 I'm really sorry...
  20. 20 Telling stories
  21. 21 Fakes and phrasals
  22. 22 Looking to the future
  23. 23 Becoming familiar with things
  24. 24 From rags to riches
  25. 25 Against the odds
  26. 26 Our future on Mars?
  27. 27 Where is it illegal to get a fish drunk?
  28. 28 Dodgy dating
  29. 29 Annoying advice
  30. 30 I'll have been studying English for thirty weeks

Session 3

Learn some English for the workplace with our drama English at Work. Anna has to give her team some bad news but isn't sure how to do it. It's important to explain the background. Hear how she learns what to say and then you have a go!

በዚህ ክፍል ያሉ ክፍለ ጊዜያት

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Activity 2

Your turn!

Expressions to explain the background to a situation

It's over to you! You need to tell your work colleagues some bad news about your company. But before you do, you need to explain how you got into this situation. What is the best way to do it? Let's see if you can use the expressions from this session correctly.

Read the instructions and complete the activity

To do

Read the situations below and choose the correct sentence. Remember you are trying to explain the background to the problem or situation you are now in. Make sure you include every word from the expression. Good luck!

Explaining the background to a situation

5 Questions

Choose the correct response to the situation. Remember to look for accurate and polite English sentences

እንኳን ደስ ያለዎ ሙከራውን አጠናቀዋል
Excellent! Great job! መጥፎ እድል ነጥብ አስመዝግበዋል :
x / y

End of Session 3

That's all for Session 3. We hope you enjoyed hearing from the team at Tip Top Trading and learnt some useful expressions about preparing someone for dissapointment.

In Session 4 you'll read about some of the worst excuses people have ever made. See you there!

የሰዋሰው ክፍለ ጊዜ

    • Expressions to explain the background to a situation 

      1. Let me just fill you in with the background… [then explain how you have got to the current situation]

      Example:
      Let me just fill you in with the background... last year head office told us we'd have to improve sales by 10 per cent or face some serious consequences.

      2. The reason we're in this situation in the first place is… [then explain the background to the story]

      Example:
      The reason we're in this situation in the first place is... we had a problem on our production line and we didn't have enough plastic fruit to sell.

      3. Let's just remind ourselves how we got here in the first place… [then explain the reasons that have lead to the current situation]

      Example:
      Let's just remind ourselves how we got here in the first place... it was an accounting error by… Tom!

ሙሉ የሰዋሰው ማጣቀሻውን ይመልከቱ

Session Vocabulary

ሙሉ የቃላት ትርጉም ማጣቀሻውን ይመልከቱ

የዳውንሎድ ማዕከል

የቅርብ ትምህርቶች ይዘት