1 00:00:00,690 --> 00:00:09,450 Now moving forward, we're going to take a look at a a pick two or three from a list here. 2 00:00:09,450 --> 00:00:11,130 We're going to we're picking two. 3 00:00:12,390 --> 00:00:13,620 We have two questions. 4 00:00:13,620 --> 00:00:17,040 We have questions one and two, which gives us a list that we have to pick. 5 00:00:17,040 --> 00:00:19,050 Two advantages it says there. 6 00:00:19,980 --> 00:00:24,660 And then for questions three and four, it says we have to pick two disadvantages. 7 00:00:25,050 --> 00:00:25,620 Right? 8 00:00:25,830 --> 00:00:27,880 So pick two advantages here. 9 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,790 It says pick two disadvantages. 10 00:00:30,420 --> 00:00:35,970 Now, sometimes with this question, you might see it where they'll give you a list of seven or eight 11 00:00:35,970 --> 00:00:43,020 things and they'll say pick three that are mentioned in the passage, or they'll say, Pick four that 12 00:00:43,020 --> 00:00:44,430 I mentioned in the passage. 13 00:00:44,730 --> 00:00:48,750 So it's possible to see this question in slightly different formats. 14 00:00:51,060 --> 00:00:55,980 So with this question, it says here the list below. 15 00:00:55,980 --> 00:00:58,980 Now to pick an answer choice, you just click in the box. 16 00:00:59,350 --> 00:01:02,550 If I don't like that answer choice, I click in the box and I eliminate it. 17 00:01:04,870 --> 00:01:07,190 I have to pick two, but that's what you do. 18 00:01:07,780 --> 00:01:09,250 If you like that one, you choose it. 19 00:01:09,250 --> 00:01:12,160 If you don't like it, click it and get out of it. 20 00:01:13,930 --> 00:01:18,190 The list below gives some advantages for employing older workers. 21 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:21,940 Advantages for employing older workers. 22 00:01:22,390 --> 00:01:23,650 That's what I'm looking for. 23 00:01:24,850 --> 00:01:27,040 What to advantages are mentioned. 24 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,680 Clearly when older people do heavier work. 25 00:01:32,800 --> 00:01:32,950 All right. 26 00:01:32,970 --> 00:01:34,890 So here we're talking about older people. 27 00:01:38,500 --> 00:01:39,070 Right. 28 00:01:40,030 --> 00:01:46,270 You can affect their productivity, but other skills may increase with age. 29 00:01:46,570 --> 00:01:47,980 Here are the advantages. 30 00:01:48,990 --> 00:01:52,610 Right when they say other skills may increase with age. 31 00:01:54,110 --> 00:02:03,110 That's synonym language for advantages, including many that are good for management. 32 00:02:03,680 --> 00:02:04,740 Such as? 33 00:02:04,760 --> 00:02:05,840 Here's the first one. 34 00:02:06,200 --> 00:02:08,840 An ability to handle people diplomatically. 35 00:02:13,030 --> 00:02:17,110 To run a meeting or spot a problem before to run a meeting. 36 00:02:17,110 --> 00:02:18,400 That's the third thing. 37 00:02:18,730 --> 00:02:19,420 That's the second one. 38 00:02:19,420 --> 00:02:20,110 I'm sorry. 39 00:02:21,190 --> 00:02:25,630 Or to spot a problem before it blows up. 40 00:02:27,950 --> 00:02:28,330 Right. 41 00:02:28,330 --> 00:02:31,000 So now I need to look at my answer choices. 42 00:02:34,330 --> 00:02:36,280 I can look at this next sentence and see. 43 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:41,590 This next sentence is talking about questions three and four, this next paragraph, because the topic 44 00:02:41,590 --> 00:02:44,560 sentence is talking about the virtues of young. 45 00:02:45,310 --> 00:02:45,730 Right? 46 00:02:45,730 --> 00:02:49,570 So the first paragraph from the topic sentence is talking about old people. 47 00:02:50,650 --> 00:02:55,090 And in the second paragraph, I can see they're talking about the young people, because that's what 48 00:02:55,090 --> 00:02:56,650 the topic sentence tells me. 49 00:02:58,370 --> 00:03:06,170 So first, let's look at this list, because the key the key thing with this question is you have to 50 00:03:06,170 --> 00:03:08,120 be able to find the synonym match. 51 00:03:10,350 --> 00:03:12,570 You have to be able to find the synonym match. 52 00:03:12,780 --> 00:03:15,570 So look it right here. 53 00:03:15,570 --> 00:03:24,720 Look at this language and ability to handle people diplomatically and ability to handle people diplomatically. 54 00:03:25,230 --> 00:03:27,420 Now look at the list. 55 00:03:29,100 --> 00:03:30,270 Look at this list. 56 00:03:33,250 --> 00:03:41,200 And see if you can find one that relates to the ability to handle people diplomatically. 57 00:03:52,610 --> 00:03:55,490 They are more skilled in personal relationships. 58 00:03:55,970 --> 00:04:03,380 Being skilled in person relationships is the same thing related to handling, having an ability to handle 59 00:04:03,380 --> 00:04:07,280 skill, ability to handle people diplomatically. 60 00:04:07,790 --> 00:04:11,090 There's the first one running a meeting. 61 00:04:12,890 --> 00:04:14,990 Is there anything here about running a meeting? 62 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:16,940 Running a meeting? 63 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:25,440 Well, nothing about running a meeting, spotting a problem before it blows up. 64 00:04:28,660 --> 00:04:30,340 Nothing about accidents. 65 00:04:31,060 --> 00:04:34,010 Predict areas that may cause trouble in the future. 66 00:04:34,030 --> 00:04:35,140 There it is right there. 67 00:04:36,640 --> 00:04:38,950 Spot a problem before it blows up. 68 00:04:40,150 --> 00:04:40,660 That means. 69 00:04:40,660 --> 00:04:42,670 That means recognizing a problem. 70 00:04:42,910 --> 00:04:45,640 Recognizing something before it becomes a problem. 71 00:04:46,120 --> 00:04:49,270 That means like predicting areas that may cause future. 72 00:04:50,920 --> 00:04:57,370 Now, what a lot of people will make the mistake of doing and here's a trap right here is they'll say 73 00:04:57,670 --> 00:05:00,130 they can deal with unexpected problems. 74 00:05:00,130 --> 00:05:01,660 That's not what it says. 75 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:09,010 That was the trap a lot of you are going to say, oh, wow, I see the word problems. 76 00:05:09,010 --> 00:05:13,470 There's the word problems and there's the word problems. 77 00:05:13,480 --> 00:05:14,620 I see the same word. 78 00:05:14,620 --> 00:05:16,480 So I'm going to pick that answer choice. 79 00:05:17,950 --> 00:05:19,450 Don't fall for that trap. 80 00:05:20,950 --> 00:05:21,770 It's a trap. 81 00:05:21,790 --> 00:05:22,900 Don't fall for it. 82 00:05:25,190 --> 00:05:29,890 It does not say they can deal with or manage unexpected problems. 83 00:05:29,900 --> 00:05:31,250 That's not what it says. 84 00:05:31,730 --> 00:05:37,400 It says they can see a problem before it blows up or see a problem before it happens. 85 00:05:37,940 --> 00:05:44,840 That's talking about predicting things or seeing things or seeing potential problems in the future. 86 00:05:46,280 --> 00:05:53,360 That's what makes this question tricky and sometimes difficult for students, as you have to find similar 87 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:54,140 meaning. 88 00:05:56,520 --> 00:05:58,800 You have to find similar meaning. 89 00:05:59,310 --> 00:06:01,470 That's what makes it an English test. 90 00:06:03,900 --> 00:06:05,880 Now we'll questions three and four. 91 00:06:09,180 --> 00:06:12,180 We can see how they answer one and two because they've changed colors. 92 00:06:14,160 --> 00:06:15,480 Now the question is three and four. 93 00:06:15,510 --> 00:06:19,950 The list below gives some disadvantages of employing younger workers. 94 00:06:19,950 --> 00:06:25,800 So now I'm looking for disadvantages of employing younger workers. 95 00:06:27,930 --> 00:06:28,290 All right. 96 00:06:28,290 --> 00:06:31,950 So here I know we're talking about younger workers. 97 00:06:31,950 --> 00:06:33,780 I'm looking for disadvantages. 98 00:06:37,810 --> 00:06:37,920 Right. 99 00:06:37,990 --> 00:06:41,500 This is time of older workers having good judgment and good productivity. 100 00:06:45,300 --> 00:06:54,480 Besides, our education standards are much better than young graduate students, so they are somewhat 101 00:06:54,480 --> 00:06:54,810 older. 102 00:06:54,810 --> 00:06:58,740 People's education is much better than younger graduates. 103 00:07:00,240 --> 00:07:06,150 So that's actually a disadvantage for the for the young graduates is they don't have as much education. 104 00:07:10,740 --> 00:07:14,610 Companies may say that older workers are not worth training because they are reaching the end of their 105 00:07:14,610 --> 00:07:15,520 working lives. 106 00:07:15,540 --> 00:07:22,380 In fact, young people tend to switch jobs so frequently that their offer, that the offer the worse 107 00:07:22,380 --> 00:07:23,640 returns in training. 108 00:07:23,940 --> 00:07:29,850 That's a disadvantage also because they switch jobs so much, they don't offer good training. 109 00:07:32,310 --> 00:07:32,640 All right. 110 00:07:32,640 --> 00:07:37,500 So let's find something about education or not having good education. 111 00:07:43,250 --> 00:07:45,350 Right here says they're not as well educated. 112 00:07:45,350 --> 00:07:47,090 That's the first disadvantage. 113 00:07:47,690 --> 00:07:50,030 And the second one deals with switching jobs. 114 00:07:51,050 --> 00:07:56,270 And that's right here again, synonym language. 115 00:07:57,410 --> 00:07:58,360 Synonym language. 116 00:07:58,370 --> 00:08:00,290 Synonym language, synonym language. 117 00:08:01,640 --> 00:08:02,000 All right. 118 00:08:02,000 --> 00:08:03,110 So I hope that was helpful. 119 00:08:03,110 --> 00:08:05,030 And I will talk to you soon.