| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. |
| Ready? What are they saying? |
| Our efforts in the market are (pause with a tap of the finger) gathering steam. |
| Our efforts in the market are (pause with a tap of the finger) gathering steam. |
| steadily |
| steadily |
| Our efforts in the market are steadily gathering steam. |
| Our efforts in the market are steadily gathering steam. |
| Choose the best answer to complete the sentence. Ready? What are they saying? |
| This conference will help (pause with a tap of the finger) in the region. |
| This conference will help (pause with a tap of the finger) in the region. |
| expand our presence |
| expand our presence |
| This conference will help expand our presence in the region. |
| This conference will help expand our presence in the region. |
| Let's do some true or false questions now. |
| True or false — |
| By investing in the future, we are…getting consistent progress |
| False |
| By investing in the future, we are…putting resources into a thing now to get benefits later. |
| By investing in the future, we are putting resources into a thing now to get benefits later. |
| One more. |
| True or false — |
| The stock doubled overnight, it really……grew rapidly. |
| True |
| The stock doubled overnight, it really grew rapidly. |
| Listen as I speak. What is the trend-related vocabulary in the sentence? |
| The stock doubled overnight, it really grew rapidly. |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| The stock doubled overnight, it really grew rapidly. |
| Did you hear, grew rapidly? grew rapidly means increased or developed very quickly. |
| How about...? |
| Our shares have increased considerably more than expected. |
| Let’s listen one more time. |
| Our shares have increased considerably more than expected. |
| Did you hear, considerably more? considerably more means increased by a large amount. |
| Next... |
| The share value has gradually begun to decline. |
| One more time. |
| The share value has gradually begun to decline. |
| Did you hear, gradually begun? gradually begun means slow, steady change over time. |
| Next... |
| Our efforts in the market are steadily gathering steam. |
| One more time. |
| Our efforts in the market are steadily gathering steam. |
| Did you hear, steadily? steadily means consistent progress. |
| And... |
| This conference will help expand our presence in the region. |
| One more time. |
| This conference will help expand our presence in the region. |
| Did you hear, expand our presence? expand our presence means increasing visibility or influence in more areas. |
| Now you know how to talk about trends in English. |
| ...and now you can move on to the next lesson in the pathway on EnglishClass101.com. |
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