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Ideas and improvements

Listening

The FSC 1 (Forest Stewardship Council) encourages Volatile Organic Compounds (VOCs) are chemicals that can
the use of sustainable wood products. be unhealthy and contribute to Sick Building Syndrome.

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1 i K i l s l i f l Listen o wo site managers, Magda and Habib, talking about plans for
a new office block. What is the discussion about?
2 Complete the first column n the table. Then tick w h o is doing each task. Listen
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again and check your answers.
Magda Habib
1 calculations to strengthen the
2 speak to client about the floor
3 speak to Ahmed about
4 speak to joiners about FSC
5 organise natural
6 speak to HVAC people about
Language 3 Here are some ways Magda and Habib ntroduce and respond to ideas.
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Underline hem in udio script 8 on page 72. Identify which phrases introduce
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ideas (I) and which phrases respond (R) to hem.
How about ifl...?
I know. Why don't we ...?
Yes, good idea.
We'11 need to ...
Maybe we need to ...
Yes, that's a good point.
Sure.
Yes, that makes sense. But isn't...?
He's OK with that.
There's no need (to ...)
Speaking 4 Work n pairs. Find words in audio script 8 hat collocate with these words.
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1 natural
2 dividing
3 workstation
4 environmentally
5 energy
5 Use some of he collocations in 4 o discuss improvements to the oom you are
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in. Take urns o ntroduce an idea and espond to t.
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A: Why don't we make the windows bigger to increase the natural lighting?
B: Yes, good idea. But isn't that expensive?
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