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read their article and find their half of the key words 
in task 2. The definitions are given in the order that the 
words appear in the article. Students can hear how to 
pronounce the words as well as see them in example 
sentences at 
www.macmillandictionary.com
.
Key:
Article A
1. cumulative
2. obscenely
3. abstruse
4. nihilistic
5. vastness
6. infinity
7. endurance
8. junk
9. disgraceful
10. misguided
Article B 
1. origins
2. mindset
3. mission
4. prohibitive
5. colonizing
6. mitigate
7. disruptive
8. dwarfs
9. vice versa
10. inspire
Expressions
Students use the words to make two expressions and find 
them in their article to read them in context.
Encourage students to use the expressions in sentences of 
their own, both about the article and another topic.
Key:
Group A
1. the be-all and end-all
2. scrape the surface
Group B
1. in terms of
2. return on investment
Note: This lesson plan is for both pre-experience and
in-work business students based on an original article 
first published in Business Spotlight issue 1/2019.