Buying Time Gracefully

B2 · Upper-intermediate1 hr 7 minStartup EnglishLesson 6 of 8 · Outline

Aims

Goal: handle unanswerable questions with composure — bridge phrases, honest partial answers, dated follow-ups, and never an invented number.

The lesson, stage by stage

  1. Warm up5 min

    Warm-up: The graceful pause

    2 warm-up questions

  1. Reading10 min

    Reading: Buying Time Gracefully

    Read a 338-word text about Buying Time Gracefully

  2. Vocabulary8 min

    Vocabulary: Buying Time Gracefully Vocabulary

    8 items

  3. Reading10 min

    Reading: Four “I don't know”s, handled whole

    Read a 276-word text about Four “I don't know”s, handled whole

  4. Practice7 min

    Practice: Practice: Bridge Phrases

    Gap-fill exercise, 5 items

  5. Practice7 min

    Practice: Graceful or fatal?

    Matching exercise, 6 items

  6. Dialogue10 min

    Dialogue: Role Play: Navigating Tough Questions

    Role-play: An investor asks you several questions you don't have immediate answers to during a pitch meeting. You need to handle each one gracefully without losing credibility. (4 lines)

  7. Discussion10 min

    Discussion: Caught off guard, on purpose

    3 discussion questions

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Target vocabulary

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composurebridge phraseevasivecohortinconsistencytimeframeproactivelyknowledge gap

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