Everyday English (Elementary)

Topic: Company History

Lesson Notes March 28, 2023 (Elementary)

• It’s (getting / becoming) sunny now, but it is still cold.

• Her husband is in bad health recently. He has pain in his back.

• Her husband has been in bad health recently. He’s had back pain.

• Does he (see / go to) a doctor?

• It’s convenient to live on the mainland, it’s inconvenient to live on islands.

• (Ground / minced) (pork / beef / chicken etc)

• I made gyoza with Chinese chives, cabbage and ground pork.

• We made a pasta sauce with fresh tomatoes and minced beef.

• I (pinch / close) the gyoza by hand.

• A: What wine matches with gyoza?
  B: A slight sparkling wine matches with gyoza.

• If I have time I want to go to a hot spring. (NOT if I have a time …)

• I want to visit a stone sauna to relax.

• The hot spring Yukaisokai will close soon, I heard that the land belongs to a train company.

Company History

• Compare increase and expand

• Increase means to become greater in size, or amount

• The temperature is slowly increasing recently.

• After the holidays my weight increased.

• Expand means to become larger

• The short story I wrote expanded into a novel.

• A balloon expands when you blow air into it.

Section 4 - History of Apple Inc - Questions

Student A

• 1. When did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak establish Apple?

• 2. What did Apple introduce in 1977?

• 3. When did Apple make the Macintosh?

• 4. What did Apple produce in 1986-1993?

• 5. When did Apple introduce the iPod?

• 6. How many people does Apple employ today?

Student B

• 1. How much did Steve Jobs and Steve Wozniak sell their first computer for?

• 2. What did the Apple II have?

• 3. What did Steve Jobs start in 1985?

• 4. When did Steve Jobs become CEO?

• 5. When did Apple introduce the iPhone?

• 6. How many stores does Apple operate today?