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Unit 5a Facts and figures. Cambridge Business English BIEM. Objectives. To be able to describe trends To practice reading for specific information To review adjectives and adverbs To be aware of sentence structure. Cambridge Business English BIEM. Warming-up.
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Unit 5a Facts and figures Cambridge Business English BIEM
Objectives • To be able to describe trends • To practice reading for specific information • To review adjectives and adverbs • To be aware of sentence structure Cambridge Business English BIEM
Warming-up • When do you use figures? • When do companies use figures? • What do companies use figures for? Cambridge Business English BIEM
Account for • To constitute the governing or primary factor: E.g. Bad weather accounted for the long delay. • To provide an explanation or justification: E.g. The suspect couldn't account for his time that night. Cambridge Business English BIEM