Mazes - The Spending : 16

Monday, 24 May 2021

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You hire a lawyer who says she thinks you will win, but you will first have to spend all of your money. If you win, you will win millions, but if you lose, you will have nothing left. Do you:

a. Go ahead. Risk it. You want to be really rich again. Go to 24

b. Stop. Why risk it? You are still quite rich. Putthe rest of your money in the bank where it willearn 3% interest. Go to 19

Here is a list of words related to business and finance used in the maze. You could focus on some or

business bank to employ to resign company manager to retire court lawyer interest in competition colleagues insurance salary boss to sue bills risk to invest full-time/part-time to run a business property business expand a business making money transaction to gamble Functional language pre-teaching It can really help the flow of conversation if students are confident in using functional language. In this activity, students will be discussing, negotiating and making decisions. They may also be arguing, disagreeing and changing their minds! Think of the different expressions and structures we use when we do these things; for example: "I think we should . . ." "That's a good idea but . . ." "What about . . ." "Let's . . ." "I don't agree with . . . " "I've changed my mind."