A suggested Vocabulary List:

• at worse time - у невідповідний час
• at any time - в будь-який час, за весь час
• in the sense that - у тому сенсі, що
• in activity terms - за умов діяльності
• housing market - ринок нерухомості
• timing - за часом
• to be unfortunate for smb - бути невдалим для когось
• dilemma over smth - дилема через ..., необхідність вибору 
• interests rates - відсоткові ставки
• mоnetаry policy - грошово-кредитна, валютна політика

Focus on Comaparative Adjectives:

Pattern 1: single syllable adj + er
strong+re = stronger
long+er = longer
weak+er = weaker
big+er = bigger

e.g.: The Stronger the value of Australian dollar, and the longer it stays strong, the weaker our economic activity will be next year.

Pattern 2: more + polysyllabic adj
beautiful - more beautiful

Pattern 3: Irregular adjectives

bad - worse
good - better

Ways of comparing:

1. To say two things are the same: 'as...as'
e.g.: Growth is as slow as it was last year.

2. To say that one thing is more than the other : 'than'
e.g.: Growth is slower than last year

Focus on Superlative Adjectives:

pattern 1: single syllable adj + est
e.g.: Growth is the slowest it's ever been

pattern 2: the most + polysyllabic adj
beutiful - the most beautiful

Pattern 3: Irregular adjectives
bad - the worst

Focus on prepositions of time: at, on, in

at 8.00 a.m. - times
on Tuesday/ 27 October - days, months
in the morning/ afternoon/ evening / June/ 2013/ winter- periods of time, months, years, seasons
at night

e,g.: The lecture is at 8.00 in the morning, on Tuesday, on 27 October, in 2013

per cent or percentage?

• % - per cent (comes from latin 'per centum' - in every hundred), is always used with a number. e.g: 20 % of...

NB: the number always goes first before %

• percentage (n) - portion or amount of smth 

e.g. What's the percentage of ...?
That's a high / low percentage

1. The percentage of married women in the workforce rose from 50 to 60 per cent.
2. If his answers are all correct, he'll get 100 precent on the test.

Focus on the Suggested Topic:

It couldn't have come at worse time, in the sense that with business investment weaking, and with the housing market, at least in activity terms, having turned, that's where the timing is unfortunate for us.The Stronger the value of Australian dollar, and the longer it stays strong, the weaker our economic activity will be next year. I think growth in 2004 will be comparatively weak. My own predictions is that throughout the year growth will be around about 2 per cent. Being around the Reserve Bank's board table at this time I think would not be a comfortable place to be. The bank is probably in a bigger dilemma over what to do with interest rates with monetary policy that at any time I can remember.

Read more about ways of comparisons, comparative and surpalative forms of adjectives