1.

GERMAN UNEMPLOYMENT RATE FALLS SLIGHTLY AS THE ECONOMY

CONTINUES TO CREATE NEW JOBS. EXPORTS, ESPECIALLY OF
MACHINERY, RISE DRAMATICALLY AS WORLD DEMAND REMAINS
STRONG.

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German unemployment Exports

2. BANK OF ENGLAND WARNS AS INFLATION INCREASES SHARPLY TO

3.4%. HOUSE OWNERS SUFFER MORE PAIN AS MORE PAIN AS
MORTGAGE RATES GO UP BY 0.5% FROM 4.5% TO 5%.

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inflation mortgage rates

3. OIL PRICES DRECREASE AS DEMAND FROM CHINA GOES DOWN
SHARPLY.

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Oil prices goes down sharply
6

4. US HOUSE PRICES CONTINUE TO FALL STEADILY AS THE NUMBER

OF NEW HOMES CONSTRUCTED DROPS STEEPLY AND FIRMS LAY OFF
WORKERS.

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new homes constructed house prices2

NOW PUT THE VERBS AND PHRASES YOU FOUND IN 1 NITO THE GRAPH
BELOW, WHICH SHOWS CHANGES IN THE PRICE OF GOLD

1. Verbo: levelled
Frease: They levelled off at the beginning of this week at $108 and have now
recovered to $115.

2. verbo: highs
Frase: the oil analysts they will surge to new highs over the next 2 months.

3 verbo: highs
Frase: the oil analysts they will surge to new highs over the next 2 months.

4. verbo: rocketed, reached

Frase: Prices rocketed at the beginning of the month and they reached a new
peak of $123.

5 verbo: fluctuated
Frase: Over the last month oil prices have fluctuated wildly between $95 and
$123.
6 verbo: plunged
Frase: with fears of an economic slowdown, the price subsequently plunged
and hit a low of $95 last thursday.

7 Verbo: fluctuated
Frase: Over the last month oil prices have fluctuated wildly between $95 and
$123.

8 verbo: fluctuated
Frase: Over the last month oil prices have fluctuated wildly between $95 and
$123.

MY WORK GRAPH

EXAMPLE SENTENCES:
1. MY WORK INCREASED SHARPLY ON MONDAY BECAUSE I HAD TWO
CLASSES.

2. MY WORK DECREASED SHARPLY ON WEDNESDAY BECAUSE I HAD

NO CLASSES.

3. IT STAYED THE SAME ON THURSDAY BECAUSE I HAD NO CLASSES.

4. IT INCREASED SHARPLY AGAIN ON FRIDAY BECAUSE I HAD TWO

CLASSES AGAIN.

5. IT DECREASED SLIGHTLY ON SATURDAY BECAUSE I HAD ONE CLASS .

LOOK AT THE EXAMPLE “MY WORK GRAPH” ABOVE. CHOOSE A TOPIC
(OR THINK OF YOUR OWN TOPIC) ABOUT YOUR
LIFE FROM THE "POSSIBLE TOPICS" AND DRAW YOUR OWN GRAPH.
THEN WRITE FIVE SENTENCES ABOUT YOUR GRAPH.

1. THE OIL EMBARGO CAUSED THE PRICE TO RISE SHARPLY

2. THE IRANIAN REVOLUTION OF THAT YEAR HAD A HUGE IMPACT ON
OIL PRICES, WHICH SHOT UP
3THE FOLLOWING IRANIRAQ WAR CAUSED A FURTHER INCREASE, AND
THE PRICE REACHED A PEAK
4. THE PRICE QUICKLY FELL AGAIN AND REMAINED STABLE FOR MOST
OF THE 1990S. THINGS CHANGED ONCE AGAIN AT THE END OF THE
DECADE, AND FROM 1999 TO 2000 THE PRICE INCREASED.
5.DESPITE A SLIGHT DROP IN 2000, THE RISE CONTINUED AND
BY THE END OF THE PERIOD, THE PRICE OF CRUDE OIL HAD SHOT UP.