When prices rise

What's in the lesson

1. 1Warm-up
2. 2In this lesson
3. 3Guess the words (1)Vocabulary exercise
4. 4Guess the words (2)Vocabulary exercise
5. 5Check the wordsVocabulary
6. 6Check your understandingReading comprehension
7. 7Listen: Andre's planListening comprehension
8. 8Use the new wordsVocabulary exercise
9. 9What does it mean?Grammar exercise
10. 10Phrasal verbs with two particlesGrammar rule
11. 11Choose the phrasal verbGrammar exercise
12. 12Say it naturallySpeaking practice
13. 13Money adviceSpeaking practice
14. 14Let's discussDiscussion
15. 15Wrap-up

Homework

1. 1Homework: closest meaningVocabulary exercise
2. 2Homework: your sentencesVocabulary exercise
3. 3Homework: phrasal verbsGrammar exercise
4. 4Homework: tips for a tight budgetDiscussion

Words

• inflation/ɪnˈfleɪʃn/

  a general rise in prices over time

• down payment/ˌdaʊn ˈpeɪmənt/

  the first part of the price of a home or a car, which you pay before you borrow the rest

• milestone/ˈmaɪlstoʊn/

  a very important event or stage in someone's life or progress

• out of reach/ˌaʊt əv ˈriːtʃ/

  impossible to get, reach or pay for

• scarce/skers/

  available only in small amounts; not enough for everyone

• necessity/nəˈsesəti/

  something you need, such as food or a place to live

• on a tight budget/ɑːn ə ˌtaɪt ˈbʌdʒɪt/

  with very little money to spend

• loan/loʊn/

  money that you borrow and must pay back, usually with interest

• paycheck/ˈpeɪtʃek/

  the money that you get from your job every week, two weeks or month

• stable/ˈsteɪbl/

  not likely to change suddenly (opposite: unstable)

Two slides from the lesson

Warm-up

Let's talk about money.

1. Do you keep track of what you spend each month? Why, or why not?
2. What is the best thing you have ever bought for less than $20?
3. At what age do young people in your country usually leave home?

Grammar rule

Phrasal verbs with two particles

Some phrasal verbs have a verb and two particles. With the ones in this lesson, the object comes after the last particle, even when it is a pronoun.

Phrasal verb	Meaning	Example
cut back on	spend or use less of	The company is cutting back on travel to save money.
keep up with	stay at the same level or speed as	It's hard to keep up with my older brother on a bike.
run out of	have none left	We ran out of gas on the highway.
fall back on	use when other plans fail	If the business fails, she can fall back on her teaching degree.
come up with	think of (an idea or a plan), or find (money)	Who came up with this crazy idea?
look out for	try to notice or find	Look out for our new store on Main Street.
put up with	accept something bad without complaining	We had to put up with a broken heater all winter.

Most phrasal verbs with two particles can't be split: put up with it (not put it up with). The first particle is usually stressed: cut BACK on, run OUT of. They are very common in everyday English; in formal writing, people often choose one word instead: reduce (cut back on), tolerate (put up with), devise (come up with a plan).