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このレッスンでは、[Failure] に関連するさまざまな表現にフォーカスします。
Introduction
This lesson will help you use these idioms describing failure. You will also get a chance to talk about your own experiences.
Warm Up
What's an example of a total failure? It can be a personal example or a widely-known example.
Language
Please consider each expression and match them to the images. Your instructor has an example and a question regarding each one.
- come up short—fail to reach a goal or standard.
- cut one's losses—avoid losing any more money than you have already lost.
- easy come, easy go—said when something, especially money, is easily acquired and then soon spent or lost.
- go broke—spend or lose all of your money.
- go down the drain—be completely wasted or spoiled.
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Practice
A. Complete the anecdote
Read each section and choose an appropriate idiom from the list above.
- The owners of the restaurant had been losing money consistently for more than six months when they finally decided it was time to close the business and…
- Thomas has been speculating on the stock market for a decade and has gained and lost a large amount of money in that time. His attitude towards money has always been…
- Halfway through the research project, funding was cut. All the hard work and energy spent by the scientists…
- Jen worked very hard on the report but when she gave it to her boss, she was told that she would have to do it again because it…
- If the government doesn’t inject money into companies that have been hit hard by the financial crisis, a lot of businesses are going to…
B. Discussion
Use idioms to discuss the following topics.
- What can a person learn from failure?
- How do you feel when your time, money or effort are wasted?
- What advice would you give to someone who has invested in a business that is steadily losing money?
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