Boom and bust — готовый урок английского, C2

Цель урока: Students can discuss economic cycles, government policy and personal finance in precise terms, using nominalisation to sound analytical.

Добавьте урок к себе — появятся копии набора слов и упражнений, а урок откроется в конструкторе: там шаги можно поправить и провести урок.

План урока

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Разминка
Вопросы, чтобы разговорить ученика и выйти на тему.
- Have prices where you live changed noticeably in the last year?
- Do you remember an economic crisis? How did it affect people around you?
- Is it better to save money or invest it?
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Новые слова
Знакомство со словами и закрепление в играх.
КарточкиЛабиринт
recession · inflation · subsidy · fiscal policy · volatile · asset · liability · speculate · austerity · default on a loan · plummet · monopoly · disposable income · a safety net · boom
Все слова набора
3
Упражнения
Слова урока в контексте. Ответы видите только вы.
1. Пропуск
  When ___ is high, the money in your savings account buys less every year.
  Ответ: inflation
2. Пропуск
  Unable to keep up the repayments, thousands of homeowners began to default ___ their mortgages.
  Ответ: on
3. Пропуск
  After a decade of ___, public services had been cut to the bone.
  Ответ: austerity
4. Пропуск
  The ___ of the national currency led to a sharp rise in import prices. (devalue)
  Ответ: devaluation
5. Выбор ответа
  Choose the most formal, nominalised version.
  The sharp decline in consumer confidence prompted a reduction in interest rates.Because consumers felt much less confident, the bank cut interest rates.Consumers stopped feeling confident, so rates went down.
6. Выбор ответа
  Prices that rise and fall sharply and unpredictably are ...
  volatilefiscaldisposablespeculative
7. Выбор ответа
  The part of your income left after tax and essential bills is your ...
  disposable incomeassetliabilitysafety net
8. Верно / неверно
  Read: "The boom of the early 2000s was fuelled by cheap credit and property speculation. When prices began to plummet, banks that had treated mortgages as safe assets suddenly found them to be liabilities, and the economy slid into recession." The writer suggests that banks had misjudged the risk of mortgages.
  Ответ: Верно
9. Верно / неверно
  Read the text again. The recession came before the fall in property prices.
  Ответ: Неверно
10. Вопрос для разговора
  In a recession, should governments cut spending (austerity) or increase it? Write a short analytical paragraph, using at least three nominalisations.
  Пример ответа: The case for increased spending rests on the assumption that a reduction in public investment deepens a downturn. Austerity, by contrast, prioritises the restoration of fiscal credibility. In my view, the evidence from the last crisis points towards targeted stimulus combined with a gradual consolidation once growth returns.
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Разговор
Ученик отвечает, используя новые слова.
- Should governments subsidise industries that are struggling?
- Is a monopoly ever good for consumers?
- How strong should a welfare safety net be, and who should pay for it?
- Is buying property a sound investment or a form of speculation?
- What would you do differently with your money if you knew a recession was coming?
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Повторение
Квиз по словам урока. С учеником — домашнее задание по его ссылке.
Квиз

План урока

Разминка

Вопросы, чтобы разговорить ученика и выйти на тему.

Have prices where you live changed noticeably in the last year?
Do you remember an economic crisis? How did it affect people around you?
Is it better to save money or invest it?

Новые слова

Знакомство со словами и закрепление в играх.

КарточкиЛабиринт

recession · inflation · subsidy · fiscal policy · volatile · asset · liability · speculate · austerity · default on a loan · plummet · monopoly · disposable income · a safety net · boom

Все слова набора

Упражнения

Слова урока в контексте. Ответы видите только вы.

Пропуск
When ___ is high, the money in your savings account buys less every year.
Ответ: inflation
Пропуск
Unable to keep up the repayments, thousands of homeowners began to default ___ their mortgages.
Ответ: on
Пропуск
After a decade of ___, public services had been cut to the bone.
Ответ: austerity
Пропуск
The ___ of the national currency led to a sharp rise in import prices. (devalue)
Ответ: devaluation
Выбор ответа
Choose the most formal, nominalised version.
The sharp decline in consumer confidence prompted a reduction in interest rates.Because consumers felt much less confident, the bank cut interest rates.Consumers stopped feeling confident, so rates went down.
Выбор ответа
Prices that rise and fall sharply and unpredictably are ...
volatilefiscaldisposablespeculative
Выбор ответа
The part of your income left after tax and essential bills is your ...
disposable incomeassetliabilitysafety net
Верно / неверно
Read: "The boom of the early 2000s was fuelled by cheap credit and property speculation. When prices began to plummet, banks that had treated mortgages as safe assets suddenly found them to be liabilities, and the economy slid into recession." The writer suggests that banks had misjudged the risk of mortgages.
Ответ: Верно
Верно / неверно
Read the text again. The recession came before the fall in property prices.
Ответ: Неверно
Вопрос для разговора
In a recession, should governments cut spending (austerity) or increase it? Write a short analytical paragraph, using at least three nominalisations.
Пример ответа: The case for increased spending rests on the assumption that a reduction in public investment deepens a downturn. Austerity, by contrast, prioritises the restoration of fiscal credibility. In my view, the evidence from the last crisis points towards targeted stimulus combined with a gradual consolidation once growth returns.

Разговор

Ученик отвечает, используя новые слова.

Should governments subsidise industries that are struggling?
Is a monopoly ever good for consumers?
How strong should a welfare safety net be, and who should pay for it?
Is buying property a sound investment or a form of speculation?
What would you do differently with your money if you knew a recession was coming?

Повторение

Квиз по словам урока. С учеником — домашнее задание по его ссылке.

Квиз