ACTIVITY
82:
Choose the right connector in each sentence.You can use them only once. Then
check the correct answers.
There are a number of reasons why I've called
this meeting
, the company is finding it
difficult to make a profit.
, our suppliers are proving
awkward and
our creditors are pressing
us for money.
the picture is not
completely black.
For one thing we have managed to get some valuable new orders in
the past few days; moreover, business seems to be picking up all
over the world.
, things could be worse but
decisive action is needed. We may still get out of the wood but
that we'll have to work
together and,
, keep our heads; the Company
will go to the wall,
.
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ACTIVITY 83:
Without looking at the original text on
the previous page, fill each of the blank spaces with one
suitable word. (Some blank spaces
accept more than one alternative). Then
check the correct answers.
THE ZODIAC
Is
any truth in astrology? In the first
,
there has been increasing interest
it in Britain in recent years. More than half of the
population admit to
at the daily forecasts for their sign of the zodiac in
the
.
In the
way, books
the subject to the lay public in simple terms have sold
over a million
.
To be fair, it is
pointing out that a serious astrologer would laugh
the idea of there
any connection
popular newspaper forecasts and individual natal charts,
which
to interpret personality, temperament and abilities
according
the positions of the planets
the exact moment of a person's
.
It is hardly likely, to take a simple example, that one
person in
twelve will inherit money
the same day. Most people, of course, believe the
if it
them what they want to hear and ignore it if it doesn't.
