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Getting Ready
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 Translate the following 100 vocabulary words to your native language.
 You may use The Cambridge Dictionary for the definitions, pronunciation, and
sample sentences. The dictionary is available at: https://dictionary.cambridge.org
 Skip the vocabulary words that you already know.
absolutely (adv) magazine (n)
additional (adj) majority (n)
administration (n) medical (adj)
advice (n) mix (v)
agent (n) negative (adj)
announce (v) none (pro)
annual (adj) payment (n)
appropriate (adj) percentage (n)
beat (v) politics (n)
block (n) possibility (n)
blood (n) prevent (v)
budget (n) primary (adj)
chair (n) principle (n)
collection (n) recommend (v)
committee (n) relative (n)
completely (adv) remove (v)
complex (adj) replace (v)
conduct (v) reply (v)
content (adj) requirement (n)
conversation (n) responsibility (n)
copy (v) rich (adj)
count (v) ride (v)
cross (v) rock (n)
difficulty (n) safe (adj)
direction (n) scene (n)
directly (adv) sea (n)
display (v) sector (n)
e-mail (n) shape (n)
easily (adv) shoot (v)
effective (adj) software (n)
element (n) stick (n)
ensure (v) stress (n)
equipment (n) survey (n)
examine (v) telephone (n)
executive (n) text (n)
expensive (adj) title (n)
famous (adj) traditional (adj)
favorite (adj) transfer (v)

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federal (adj) transport (n)

fix (v) trial (n)
generation (n) university (n)
glass (n) unless (conj)
hang (v) user (n)
immediately (adv) warm (adj)
independent (adv) weather (n)
invest (v) weight (n)
invite (v) welcome (v)
judge (n) wind (n)
laughter (n) wonderful (adj)
legal (adj) writer (n)
Adapted from the NGSL (Browne, Culligan, and Phillips, 2017)
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Vocabulary check
 You may take an online vocabulary check on these links:
o English to Japanese: https://goo.gl/ZVcLxv
o English to English: https://goo.gl/J4iZUS
 The vocabulary check contains 30 vocabulary words.
 You may take up to 3 minutes to complete the vocabulary check.
 Each vocabulary check contains matching, multiple choice, and true/false questions.
 After finishing the vocabulary check, you may click on “Check answer” to check your
score.
 The score is out of 100, and you should score at least 85%.
 You can take the vocabulary check as often as you need.
 Each time that you use the previous links, a new vocabulary check for the same 100
words will begin.
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Work
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Warm-up
Stand up and ask four of your classmates about their dream jobs.
1. Classmate name:............................. Dream job: ........................................
2. Classmate name:............................. Dream job: ........................................
3. Classmate name:............................. Dream job: ........................................
4. Classmate name:............................. Dream job: ........................................
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Reading
Search online (in English) and write in your own words:
Q1. What is the retirement age in these countries?
Japan:…… USA: …… China: …… France:…… Egypt:…… Brazil: ……. Australia: …….
Q2. Which country has the oldest retirement age? ………………………………………………..
Q3. Which country has the youngest retirement age?......................................................................
Q4. Why do you think retirement ages differ from one country to another, and from one gender
to another? Discuss with your partner.
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Listening
Listen and fill in the missing words: I am a bus driver.
*Note: The missing words are taking from today’s vocabulary list.
Audio: https://goo.gl/29N5U2
Daiki is a professional bus driver, and he works at the (1) …………… bus company. He, with a
(2) ……………, wakes up early to start his job at 7:00 AM. Daiki works very hard, but with low
(3) ……………; but he never feels (4) …………… about it. He is usually free on only one day
(5) …………… week: Sunday. He (6) …………… his free time with his family, and his
(7) …………… little girl, Sarah. Daiki will retire next year when he is 60 and will be
(8) …………… on January 31st. He still wants to work for an (9) …………… five years to
(10) …………… a good retirement life, but ……....
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Writing
Q1. Complete the previous short story, then share with your partner and/or your teacher.
In completing the story:
(1) Try to use as many words as possible from today’s vocabulary list.
(2) Underline the new words as you use them.
………………………………………………………………………………………..….………….
.………………………………………….........…………………………………..…………………
……………………………………………………………………………….…..………………….
Grammar hint: Comparative vs Superlative.
Comparative (compares between two)
Short adjective + er Ex: “A is taller than B”
More + long adjective Ex: “A is more expensive than B”
Superlative (compares between more than two)
The + short adjective + est Ex: “A is the shortest boy in our family”
The + most + long adjective- Ex: “A is the most beautiful girl in the room”

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Speaking
What would you like to do after retirement? Why? Share with your partner and/or your teacher.
In talking about your retirement plan, try to use as many words as possible from today’s
vocabulary list.
A. Find a new job
B. Travel abroad
C. Relax at home
D. Other: …………………………………………………
Why?
(1) ………………………………………………… (2) ……………………………………………………
(3) ………………………………………………… (4) ……………………………………………………
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Self-evaluation
On a scale of 1 to 10, in which one is very low and 10 is very high, how much did you
understand from today’s lesson?
1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
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Bonus
 Translate the following 100 vocabulary words (English – English).
essentially (adv) adolescent (n)
syllable (n) vocabulary (n)
chromosome (n) utter (v)
infect (v) encode (v)
magnetic (adj) facilitate (v)
configuration (n) incidence (n)
numerical (adj) induction (n)
namely (adv) trajectory (n)
intermediate (adj) manuscript (n)
transmission (n) commonly (adv)
dose (n) grammatical (adj)
occurrence (n) accuracy (n)
maternal (adj) amplitude (n)
axis (n) adaptation (n)
rational (adj) cortex (n)
locus (n) minimal (adj)
elite (n) systematic (adj)
approximation (n) horizontal (adj)
thesis (n) synthesis (n)
sin (n) projection (n)
classification (n) diameter (n)
threshold (n) cone (n)
syndrome (n) dependence (n)
comparative (n) organism (n)
Activate (v) Emergence (n)
Online check: https://goo.gl/274REy (Adapted from the NAWL (Browne, Culligan, and Phillips, 2013))

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