tailieunhanh - Luyện thi IELTS (p23)

Tham khảo tài liệu 'luyện thi ielts (p23)', ngoại ngữ, toefl - ielts - toeic phục vụ nhu cầu học tập, nghiên cứu và làm việc hiệu quả | TRANSCRIPT EPISODE 4 RISING DOLLAR Hello. I m Margot Politis. Welcome to Study English IELTS preparation. Today we re going to be making comparisons and looking at some tricky prepositions of time. But first let s listen to an academic talking about the Australian economy and the Australian dollar. See if you can hear him use some comparative adjectives. It couldn t have come at a worse time in the sense that with business investment weakening and with the housing market at least in activity terms having turned that s where the timing is unfortunate for us. The stronger the value of the Australian dollar and the longer it stays strong the weaker our economic activity will be next year. I think growth in 2004 will be comparatively weak. My own prediction is that throughout the year growth will be around about 2 per cent. Being around the Reserve Bank s board table at this time I think would not be a comfortable place to be. The bank is probably in a bigger dilemma over what to do with interest rates with monetary policy than at any time that I can remember. Dr Ian Harper is discussing the value of the Australian dollar and the growth of the Australian economy including interest ratesA He describes all these factors by comparing information. Listen to him talk about the value of the dollar. The stronger the value of the Australian dollar and the longer it stays strong the weaker our economic activity will be next year. The stronger the value of the dollar and the longer it stays strong the weaker our economic activity. The adjectives used in the clip are strong weak and long. The Australian dollar is strong. It is stronger than it used to be. It has been strong for a long time. It is making economic activity weak. The longer it stays strong the weaker the economic activity. Let s look at comparative adjectives a bit more closely. Strong stronger With single syllable words we add -er long longer strong stronger weak weaker long longer weak weaker big bigger big bigger