Listen to the Listening One and Two again.

Then complete the chart with details about euphemisms.

LISTENING ONE: LISTENING TWO

Corporate Euphemisms House Hunting
_______________ people looking for a ___________________________
EUPHEMISMS
job
ARE USED BY
fire people small
= _______________________ =________________________
= ___downsize____________ =________________________

EUPHEMISMS garbage collector busy/noisy=_______________

USED TO = _______________________ old-fashioned= ____________
SOMETHING
SOUND unemployed no grass= _________________
BETTER =________________________ I don’t like it
=________________________ =_It’s not going to work for me …
=________________________ ________________