Today is the last class of our current four class set. 

                     The phrase of the week is, "across the board." We use this phrase to describe something that applies to all or nearly all. For example, "The company has promised to increase salaries across the board, so everyone will get a pay rise."

                      The reading material today is about the bamboo ceiling and our listening material is an introduction to bitcoin. Please listen and create examples for the vocabulary words. 

Vocabulary

• brittle- hard but liable to break or shatter easily.
• anonymity- lack of outstanding, individual, or unusual features; impersonality.
• ledger- a book or other collection of financial accounts of a particular type.
• sliver- a small, thin, narrow piece of something cut or split off a larger piece.

Click HERE for the reading material

Click HERE for the listening material