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I Everyday life

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I How do we say large numbers?
a Say these numbers.

200
2,OOO
2,OOO,OOO
2,OOO,OOO,OOO

Note that they do not end in -s.
Exannprns
200 two hundred 6,000 six thowsand
Say these numbers.

15,OOO,OOO
85,900
4,OOO,OOO,OOO
7,650,300

2 Look at the text. What do you think the missing
numbers are?
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a Practise saying these numbers. r#
'18 50 1,OO,OOO@i,';,, ,.'
73OOO;0OO;O.0O 7,5, :, :'f;igl
1,OO0 11: 2Z: 9;3OO,

b Work with a partner. Complete the text with the numbers in ?.
c Discuss your ideas with the class.
3 ffi l.l Listen and check. How many numbers did you
guess correctly?
4 Read the text again. Mark these sentences True (/) or
False (X).
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I Every hour about 5,700 people die.
2 You spend about 30"h ol your lile asleep. tr
f You blink approximately two million times a year. tr
4 McDonalds sell 916,500 hamburgers in one hour. tr
5 There are nineteen countries where people drink more
alcohol than Britain. tr !
6 Approximately 500 planes take off every hour. T 3
5 In the text flnd expressions which mean the same as
t approximately (four possibilities). . to go up. E
a more than r each person.
a every day. r a minute. ,9
a to produce c a bicycle.
6 Wtrictr of the facts in the text do you think are
. the most surprising? . the most pleasing?
. the most interesting? . the least interesting?
. the most depressing? . the most useful?
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