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Pre-reading activity can you nd in the article? stages. 2010 is the 40th anniversary o the rst estival and many people believe that the
event, which is going to be between 23rd and 27th June, is going to be the best yet.
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word. started by a local armer, Michael Eavis. He had been to a blues estival in nearby Bath to
1. Glastonbury is going to celebrate see Led Zeppelin play. Eavis liked the estival so much he decided to start his own event
its 30th/40th birthday. on his arm in Pilton, a small village in South-West England
2. More than 170,000 people about 6 miles east o the town o Glastonbury.
attended the estival in
2006/2007. Glastonbury became really popular in the 1990s. Security
3. The rst Glastonbury estival was was improved, so the event became saer, and as a result
in 1960/1970. more amilies began to attend. In addition, the estival
4. Glastonbury became really began to include many dierent types o music and not
popular in the 1980s/1990s. only mainstream rock. The estival’s dance music area
5. The rst estival cost £1/£2. became extremely popular and attracted a large audience.
6. The tickets or the 2010 event sold
out in less than 24/48 hours. Ticket prices to Glastonbury have changed over the years. The rst estival cost £1 (about
7. Bruce Springsteen played at the €1.12), plus ree milk rom the arm. The second estival was ree. But the 2010 estival costs
estival in 2008/2009. £194.95 (about €218.35). That’s per person! Incredibly, however, the estival usually has
8. U2 are/aren’t going to play in no trouble selling the tickets. The tickets or the 2010 event sold out in less than 24 hours,
2010. although no one knew who was going to play. Glastonbury is that popular.

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Look at this extract rom the article, “So, Neil Young and Blur were headliners. The year beore saw Jay-Z and The Kings o Leon
who’s going to play in 2010?” The writer playing on the amous Pyramid Stage. Others who've played there include Paul McCartney,
is reerring to the uture with “going to”. We can The Killers, The Arctic Monkeys, Robbie Williams, REM, Coldplay,
use “going
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sentences below with your own ideas.
1. Next week, I’m going to... So, who’s going to play in 2010? The biggest news is that U2 are
2. I’m going to eat... tonight. going to headline on the Friday night. They’ve never played at
3. I’m going to play... this weekend. Glastonbury beore, so the organisers are very excited. Michael Eavis
4. I’m going to have lunch at... today. has said, “The 26-year-old rumour has nally come true. At last, the
biggest band in the world are going to play in the best estival in the world! Nothing could
5 Discussio be better or our 40th anniversary party.”
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estival? Which one? What was it However, one thing the organisers can’t control is the weather. The Glastonbury Festival is
like? amous or its bad weather. In 1997 and 1998, there was heavy rain (and lots o mud), and
2. What important estivals are there again in 2004, 2005, and 2007 (there wasn’t a Glastonbury in 2006 when the weather was
in your country? hot and sunny). It’s too early to say what the weather is going to be like or Glasto 2010.
3. What do you like/dislike about Let’s hope, however, that the organisers get blue skies and sunshine or their 40th birthday
music estivals? party!

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a) A: How long hae you been here? Postal code:
B: I’e been here or ten minutes. Pamet method Outside o Spai For purchasers outside o
Spain within Europe add
b) A: How long hae you had that car? 20€ or postage costs
VISA/Mastercard _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _
B: I’e had the car or si years. For purchasers outside o
Expiry date: _ _ / _ _ Spain not in Europe add
30€ or postage costs
We use the Present Perect to tal about things that are still *For credit cards we charge an additional 2% to the total price
true, or true at the time o speaing (we are not reerring to Choose rom the ollowing back issues with CD, please tick (✔)
the past). For eample:
a) I’e nown Toby or ten years. (I’m still riends with him.)
b) I’e had my watch or si months. (I’e still got it.)

We can use “since” or “or” with this construction:

We use “or” + a period o time. For eample: Nº 30 Nº 48 Nº 49 Nº 50 Nº 51 Nº 52 Nº 53 Nº 54

a) We’e been here for two hours.

b) They’e nown her for ten years.
c) I’e had this pen for three years.

And we use “since” + a specifc point in time. Nº 55 Nº 56 Nº 57 Nº 60 Nº 61 Nº 62 Nº 63 Nº 64

a) I’e been at this school since 2009.

b) She’s had that bag since May.
c) They’e been in that house since 15th August.

ANSWERS ON PAGE 45 Nº 65 Nº 66 Nº 67 Nº 68 Nº 69 Nº 70 Nº 72 Nº 73
1 Exercise
Answer the questions. Write sentences with “since” or “or”.
1. How long have you had that shirt? (ten days)
I’ve had this shirt for ten days.
2. How long have you had your mobile phone? (May) Nº 74 Nº 75 Nº 76 Nº 77 Nº 79 Nº 80 Nº 81 Nº 83

3. How long have you known your best riend? (three years)
4. How long have you been in this class? (last year)
5. How long have you been here? (ten minutes)
6. How long have you been at this company? (our years) Nº 87 Nº 89 Nº 93 Nº 95 Nº 96 Nº 97 Nº 98 Nº 99

7. How long have you lived in the house where you live now? (2006)
8. How long have you had those shoes? (six months)

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And ater you’ve nished running, why not relax in a hot bath? Oh,
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inate the ball with a special pump, climb inside, and roll down a
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French ashion label Comptoir des Cotonniers has designed an elegant
have everything. Some o the products are based on objects rom the vintage-style tandem which they describe as “perect or a mother and
Pre-reading activity. What kind o products do you think they are? daughter shopping trip”. Healthier than taking the Porsche and easier to
Think. Then, read the article to check your ideas. park. And at £1,284 a lot cheaper too. Contact www.comptoirdescotonniers.com

3 Readi II I you have a private beach, or a very, very big swimming pool,
Read the article again. True or alse? then you need the ultimate water toy – The Iceberg Water Climber .
The Run Personal treadmill comes with a ax machine.
1. The It’s 4 metres tall and made rom industrial-strength PVC. One side
is a giant slide, while the other three sides are climbing walls o
2. The waterproo LCD television can also be used
varying degrees o difculty. Lots o un or all the amily. Price: £3,035 (about
as a mirror. €3,411). Contact www.tinyurl.com/5vx4h
3. You can climb inside the Rolerball.
4. The tandem costs £2,184. These days, no home is complete without a decent coee maker.
5. The Iceberg Water Climber is 5 metres tall. But you need the best. You You need the DeLonghi Prima Donna , the
6. The DeLonghi Prima Donna is described as the “king o machines”.
machines”. It’s
It ’s easy to operate and makes brilliant espresso,
“king o machines”.
machines”. but it can also brew lter coee and roth milk or a cappuccino.
The perect choice or the coee connoisseur.
connoisseur. Price: £999 (about €1,123) rom
7. The cheapest duck house is £347.
www.selridges.com
4 Lauae ocusgeruds
ocus geruds & Iiitives Once you have your own mansion, you might want to think about
Look at this extract rom the article, “Do you want to get t buying somewhere nice or your pets to live in. Heytesbury Bird
but...?” The writer has used a verb (“to want”) that is oten ollowed Pavilions sell bird tables and duck houses inspired by amous
by an innitive (“to get” ). Complete the ollowing sentences with British buildings. The collection includes a Palladian chicken house
your own ideas. Use a verb, but be careul as in some cases you will and a neo-classical pigeon palace. Prices start rom £347 (about €390). For more
need to use a gerund. inormation, just visit www.birdpavilions.com
1. I really want to...
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2. I enjoy... sae and warm in a Ryedale hutch, a rather extravagant but beautiully
3. I am considering... hand-made rabbit house. It provides comortable sleeping space or
4. I promise to... rabbits who preer to live in the garden but sleep in comort.
5. I hope to... A deluxe double costs rom £226 (about €254) and are available rom www.rehutches.com

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1. Which product rom the article would you most like?
2. I you could have anything you wanted right now,
what would it be?
3. What would you buy someone who seems
to have everything?
Finally,
Finally, or the pet that has everything you might consider
buying a "Pets and the City" dog bath. The traditional design bath
is made rom tin and copper and should last or years – at least
until it becomes unashionable. Price: £760 (about €855) rom
www.petsandthecity.com
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me want to
ideas rom the Pre-reading activity. pull my hair
who can’t steer them properly is enough to
out! make us see red. Getting in a slow-moving
3 Readi II queue to check in our baggage when our
Read the article again. Then, write the oll owing ight’s about to leave is also enough to make our blood pressure soar. Delayed ights are
words next to each idea: obviously another annoyance, but airlines who reuse to keep GLOSSARY
Buses airpors trins us up-to-date with the latest travel inormation really rub us up to drive you up the wall exp
to make you extremely angry/
the wrong way. irritated
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i you “miss” a bus, you don’t catch it
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Train buet cars with no sandwiches and irritating passengers who to make someone angry; to irritate
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2. Cancelled cheques. make loud mobile phone calls all appeared on the list, as did a type o small cart with wheels. It is
used or carrying bags
3. Being in a slow-moving queue. ridiculous excuses or delayed or cancelled trains, including to steer vb
4. Forgetting numbers. classics such as, “We apologise or the delays, but the presence i you “steer” a vehicle, you control
which direction it goes in
5. Drivers with no change. o leaves on the tracks is aecting normal service.” to see red exp
to become very angry
6. No coverage. to soar vb
7. Blocked toilets. The mobile phone is one gadget that’s guaranteed to irritate to increase rapidly
to rub someone up the wrong wayexp
way exp
us at some point or another. Dead batteries, no coverage to annoy someone
4Lauae ocus or getting cut o in the middle o an important call are all a lea / leaves n
a green object that grows on a tree.
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a track n
Look at this extract rom the article, “We us are those automated customer service calls that keep us the "tracks" are the metal lines that a
apologise or the delays,...” The speaker has waiting with irritating music. train travels on
a gadget n
used a verb (“to apologise”) and a preposition (“or”). a device or doing a job
Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions. The bank is yet another source o irritation. Excessive charges or a dead battery n
a battery that has no power
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leaving soon. (despite having been a loyal customer or many years) and rude phone can locate a network
2. I’m waiting the sta are all sure to make us hot under the collar, as is orgetting to get cut o exp
i you “get cut of”, your phone
train. our PIN number when trying to take out money, or getting to suddenly stops working
3. I’ll pay these grips with a bank machine that has just swallowed our bank card. to get to you exp
to annoy you / to make you angry
drinks. hot under the collar exp
angry
4. He looked the When it comes to words and expressions, we all seem to to get to grips with something exp
children last night. have our pet hates. People commenting on things that are i you "get to grips with something",
you start to understand how it
blatantly obvious is one way to really drive us to distraction , works
5 Discussio with comments such as, “Did you know you’ve got a spot?” to swallow vb
i a machine “swallows” your bank
1. What annoys you most in lie? or “You look tired”.
tired”. Other phrases such as, “Don’t worry, there card, it doesn't give it back to you
a pet hate n
2. Do you agree with any o the are plenty more sh in the sea”,
sea”, “It wouldn't have happened in a minor thing that you nd
ideas/complaints in the article? my day”, and “I told you” can also make our blood boil, as can particularly annoying
to drive someone to distraction exp
Which ones? people asking, “Do you have a minute or a chat?” then taking to make someone angry
3. Which things mentioned don’t up more than 20 minutes o our time. a spot n
a mark on the ace oten caused by
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5. A chat show are popular all over the world.
6. A game show But why? Is it because we share the
contestants’ hopes and dreams? Or is
it because we enjoy watching them
b Bg Brohr get humiliated?
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c For silly now! It ollows the lives o single-women
aal o
oh-a looking or the man o their dreams.
Aa She’s introduced to a rich, handsome bachelor who takes her on a series o
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penniless. Then, she has to choose whether to stay with him or not – and we
a t
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supposedly learn about her “true values”.
Look at the list o T V programme names below. What What type is about adopted women trying to nd their birth athers. The problem is
o programmes are they? What do you think they ’re about? there are 7 actors who claim to be her real ather. But it’s all right – i she picks
Think. Then, read
read the article
articl e to check your ideas. her real daddy, they both win a cash prize.
Joe Millionaire
The X-Factor Many say that reality talent shows such as The X-Factor and Britain’s Got Talent
Britain’s Got Talent are the worst o the lot. Each week we watch talentless contestants make ools
American Idol o themselves. For many viewers, these disastrous auditions are the highlight
Who’s the Daddy? o the show. To add to the contestants’ misery, they are oten mocked and
ridiculed by the judges.
3 Readi II
Read the article again and choose the correct answers. One o the most amous judges in the
1. Joe Millionaire ollows the lives o single/ UK is Simon Cowell. He’s notorious or his
married women. insults, put-downs and wisecracks about
2. In Who’s the Daddy? the contestant has to contestants and their abilities, and he’s
choose her dad rom among 6/7 people. popularly known as the “King o Mean”.
3. Contestants in The X-Factor are oten Some o his most amous remarks include
ridiculed by members o the public / judges . the ollowing. “Shave o your beard and
4. Simon Cowell is also known as the King/ wear a dress – you’d be a great emale
Queen o Mean. impersonator.” / “That was terrible, I mean
5. Susan Boyle became amous on the show just awul.” / “My advice would be i you
Britain’s Got Talent / Les Misérables. want to pursue a career in the music business, don’t.” GLOSSARY
/ “Did you really believe you could become the next to humiliate vb
4Lauae ocus American Idol? Well, then, you’re dea.” to make someone eel stupid
a bachelor n
The Preset Simple Passive a man who isn’t married
to all or someone exp
Look at this extract rom the article, “ ...they are oten Many nd the rejection and humiliation too much. One to start to love someone
mocked and ridiculed by the judges.” The writer has contestant rom American Idol committed suicide. But penniless adj
with no money
used a Present Simple Passive tense (“are mocked”). Transorm sometimes, even the winners suer. Susan Boyle became a birth ather n
your biological dad
the ollowing sentences to the Present Simple Passive. Don’t a worldwide star overnight on Britain’s Got
G ot Talent
Talent. Boyle talentless adj
include the agent (the person who does the action). (born in Scotland, 1961) appeared as a contestant on the with no talent/ability/skill
to mock vb
1. They make the cakes. show on 11th April 2009 singing “I Dreamed a Dream” to make un o
2. He sends the e-mail. rom the musical Les Misérables. Although she didn’t come a put-down n
a comment that is designed to make
3. They clean the windows. in rst place, her album (released in November 2009) someone eel stupid
a wisecrack n
4. She writes the book. debuted as the number-one best-selling CD in charts a comment that is designed to make
around the world. However, she was unable to cope with others laugh
mean adj
5 Discussio the pressure and attention and she suered a nervous cruel; not kind
1. Have you seen any o these TV breakdown soon ater. to shave o phr vb
to cut all the hair of your head/body,
programmes (or something similar)? What etc.
rejection n
do you think o them? Reality TV oten seems to walk a ne line between a eeling o sadness ater not being
2. What’s your avourite / least avourite TV entertainment and exploitation. And although it comes accepted / not winning / not passing
something
show/programme? in many dierent orms, it usually does the same thing: a nervous breakdown n
3. Do you watch more or less TV than about 3 serve up the audience with victims to laugh at. Now, is a mental disorder that a person
experiences. It is a type o severe
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Carry away Carry out

If someone gets "carried away", they If you carry out a task, you do it.
become very enthusiastic about something
and they may behave in a silly way.

“During his speech, the politician got “So far, the government has failed
carried away and started promising wage to carry out all the changes they
rises and free houses for everyone.” promised to implement.”

Carve up Cave in
If an area is “carved up”, it is divided into If someone “caves in”, they stop doing what
smaller areas. they are doing or surrender, especially
because they are under pressure.

“The striking workers

“The victors carved eventually caved in
up the region into a when they realised that
number of smaller management were not going
states.” to meet their demands.”

Centre on Clamp down

If attention “centres on” a person or thing, If the government “clamps down” on an
it is focused on that person or thing. activity, they take strong action to stop
or control it.
“Attention was
centred on the
actress and
her next move.”

“The government have decided to clamp

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M Starring Marlon Michael Douglas and Customer: He’s got a gun!
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James Caan, Robert scene, the lm's main Terminator 2:
Duvall and Diane character, D-Fens, Judgment Day
Keaton. goes into a ast-ood (1991)
In this scene, Vito Corleone (the restaurant. He wants some breakast. Directed by
Godather) is talking to Johnny Fontane, James Cameron.
a amous singer. Johnny needs some Sheila: Hi, can I help you? Starring Arnold
help with his show business career. D-Fens: Yes, I’d like a ham and cheese Schwarzenegger and
“whamlet”with some “whammy”ries. Linda Hamilton.
Johnny: Oh, Godather, I don’t know what Sheila: I’m sorry, we’ve stopped serving In this scene, the
to do. I don’t know what to do. breakast but we are on the lunch Terminator, Sarah and her son (John) are
Vito: You can act like a man! What’s the menu now. in a car, driving along a road.
matter with you? Is this how you D-Fens: But I want breakast.
turned out? A Hollywood idiot Sheila: You can’t have it, we’re not serving it. Sarah: Keep it under sixty-ve. We
that cries like a woman? [imitating D-Fens: So you said. Is that the manager? don’t wanna be pulled over.
Johnny] What can I do? What can Sheila: Yeah. Terminator: Afrmative.
I do? What is that nonsense? D-Fens: Could I speak to him please? John: No, no, no. You gotta listen
Ridiculous. [Sonny enters the room] Sheila: Sure. Rick, there’s a customer that to the way people talk. See,
Vito: [to Johnny] Come would like to speak with you. [Rick you don’t say like “afrmative”
here. You look appears.] or stu like that. You say, “No
terrible. I want you Rick: Yes, sir? problem!” And i someone
to eat. I want you D-Fens: I’d like some comes o to you with an
to rest a while. And breakast. attitude, you say “eat me”.
me”. I
in a month rom Rick: We stopped you wanna shine them on, it’s,
now, this Hollywood bigshot is serving breakast.
breakast. “Hasta la vista, baby.”
gonna give you what you want. D-Fens: I know you Terminator: Hasta la vista, baby? Hasta la
Johnny: It’s too late. They start shooting in stopped serving breakast, Rick. vista, baby! Hasta la vista, baby!
a week. Sheila told me you stopped serving
Vito: I’m gonna make him an oer he breakast... why am I calling you by Dirty Harry
can’t reuse. your rst names? I don’t even know (1971)
you. I still call my boss “mister” even even Directed by Don
Casino Royale though I’ve been working with him Siegel. Starring Clint
(2006) or seven years, but all o a sudden Eastwood. In this
Directed by Martin I walk in here and I’m calling you scene, Inspector Harry
Campbell.
Campbell. Starring Rick and Sheila like we’re in some Callahan (Dirty Harry)
Daniel Craig. This is kind o AA meeting and... I don’t is dealing with an
the nal scene in the want to be your buddy, Rick. I just armed robbery.
movie. Bond wants want a little breakast.
to get his revenge Sheila: Well, you can call me Miss Folsom Harry: [Harry approaches the robber, who is
on Mr White, who is i you want. lying on the ground.] Ah, huh. I know
at an estate near Lake Como (Italy). White Rick: Sheila! [to D-Fens] We stopped what you’re thinking. “Did he
answers his mobile. serving breakast at 11:30. [D-Fens re six shots
shot s or only
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White: Hello? looks at his watch. It’s 3 minutes past the to tell you the truth, in all this
Bond: Mr White. deadline.] excitement I kind o lost track
We need to D-Fens: Rick, have you ever heard the mysel. But being as this is a 44
talk. expression,
expression, “The customer is Magnum, the most powerul
White: Who is always right”? handgun in the world, and would
this? [there Rick: Yeah. blow your head clean o, you’ve
is a gunshot] D-Fens: Yeah, well, here I am. The customer. got to ask yoursel one question,
Ahhh! Rick: That’s not our policy. You have to "Do I eel lucky?" Well, do ya,
[James Bond order something rom the lunch punk? [The bank robber gives in.]
appears] menu. Robber: Hey, I gots to know. [Harry res the
Bond: The name’s Bond. James Bond. D-Fens: I don’t want lunch. I want gun. There’s no bullet in it. Harry laughs.]

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ALICE IN WONDERLAND WAS WRITTEN MORE THAN A HUNDRED YEARS AGO. BUT IT’S STILL
AS POPULAR TODAY AS IT WAS IN vICTORIAN TIMES. AND NOW THERE’S A NEW FILM vERSION
STARRING JOHNNY DEPP AND HELENA BONHAM CARTER.

T he story starts with Alice

sitting on a riverbank
with her sister. Suddenly,
Alice sees a White Rabbit.
He’s wearing a coat and carrying a
watch. He runs past. Alice ollows
the rabbit down a hole and alls
Alice
Alice is the main character in
the book. Carroll described her
as loving, courteous, trustul
and above all curious – “wildly
curious, and with the eager enjoyment o
lie that comes only in the happy hours o
thought Alice; ‘but a grin without a cat! It’s the
most curious thing I ever saw in all my lie!’”

very slowly into a antasy world o
adventure, peculiar creatures and
absolute nonsense. There’s a drink
that makes her shrink, a cake that
makes her grow, a talking cat, a cook
who throws her baby in the air, and
a queen who hates white roses.
On a very basic level, Alice in
Wonderland is a ascinating children’s
book. But there’s a more complex
side to it. Alice is the means
through which Carroll criticises and
compliments Victorian society,
explains Morton N. Cohen in his
biography Lewis Carroll. He explains
how children recognise many o the
situations as ones that they have had
to deal with. And that “these painul
and damaging experiences are the
price children pay in all societies in
all times when passing through the
dark corridors o their young lives.”
Here are some o the characters
rom the story.
Cook
The Cook serves in the
Duchess’s
Duchess’s kitchen. She throws
things (mostly kitchen
childhood, when all is new and air, and when utensils ) at the Duchess and
sin and sorrow are but names – empty the Baby, and she cooks with a lot
lo t o pepper,
words signiying nothing!" which causes the Baby and the Duchess to
sneeze.
Queen of Hearts
The Queen o Hearts is a oul- Duchess
tempered monarch. Carroll When Alice rst meets the
himsel described her as “a
“a blind Duchess, she’s sitting in the
ury”. Her most amous line is kitchen with the Cook and
“O with her head!”, which she repeats a lot. the Cheshire Cat, and she’s
One o the Queen’s hobbies is an unusual holding the Baby (who later turns into
game o croquet in which the balls are live a pig). The Duchess shakes the Baby and
hedgehogs and the mallets are amingos. tosses it up into the air, eventually throwing
it at Alice.
Cheshire Cat
The Cheshire Cat rst appears in King of Hearts
the kitchen with the Duchess, The King o Hearts is the
the Cook and the Baby. It has queen’s husband. He is not
an unusual grin, as well as the as bossy as his wie, but he
ability to become invisible. The Cheshire Cat has a orm o logic that at rst
is one o the ew animals who apparently has conuses Alice, then irritates her.
some sympathy or Alice. He guides her on
to the next step o her journey (to the Mad Knave of Hearts
Tea-Party) and is the subject o what may be The Knave (or Jack) o Hearts
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland ’s most quoted is arrested and put on trial
line, “‘Well! I’ve oten seen a cat without a grin,’ or stealing the
t he Queen’s tarts.

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Mad Hatter
The Mad Hatter is one
o the characters at the
Mad Tea-Party.
Tea-Party. This is an
endless tea time party in
which time never progresses and tea
never ends. The Mad Hatter wears a top
hat and appears as a witness in the trial
o the Knave o Hearts. In Carroll’s time,
hat makers regularly used mercury to
treat their hats. Many believed that the
mercury caused madness.
March Hare
The March Hare is the
host o the Mad Tea-Party.
Tea-Party.
He is very argumentative
and challenges almost
all o Alice’s remarks. In England, March
is the breeding season or hares, and
they oten act strangely during this
GLOSSARY
a riverbank n
the area o land next to a river
peculiar adj
strange/unusual
to shrink vb
i something “shrinks” it becomes
smaller
to compliment vb
i someone "compliments" you, they
say something good about you
a sin n
a crime against god/society
sorrow n
extreme sadness
oul-tempered adj
i someone is “oul-tempered”, they
get angry quickly and oten
ury n
extreme anger
croquet n
an outdoor game in which the players
hit wooden balls through hoops by
using mallets (see entry below)
a hedgehog n
a small brown animal with sharp
spikes on its back
a mallet n
a wooden pole with a thick piece o
wood at the end or hitting balls
a grin n
a broad/wide smile
to have sympathy or exp
i you "have sympathy or” someone,
you appreciate/understand their
situation and/or eel sorry or them
to quote vb
to repeat words/sentences rom a
book/play/poem, etc.
Trivia
Tweedledum,
Alice in Wonderland
(2010)
kitchen utensils n
things that are used in a kitchen to
cook/clean, etc.
to turn into exp
to become
Tweedledee, Humpty The antasy-adventure
lm is directed by
bossy adj
i someone is “bossy”, they give orders
Dumpty and the
Tim Burton. It is an and tell others what to do
Jabberwock are extension to the
to put on trial exp
i someone is “put on trial”, there
oten thought to Lewis Carroll novels is a legal process to see i they are
be characters in Alice’s Adventures innocent or guilty
a tart n
Alice’s Adventures in in Wonderland and a type o shallow cake lled with
sweet things such as ruit
Wonderland. However, Through the Looking Glass . The lm a witness n
they actually appear combines live action and animation. a person who has seen a crime

time. in the sequel, Through
the Looking Glass. Also,
White Rabbit the Queen o Hearts is
White Rabbit is the rst oten mistaken or the
character that Alice Red Queen, who also
meets in her dream appears in the sequel.
wonderland. He has a
white coat, a waistcoat and he carries The book’s ull title
a large gold watch. The White Rabbit is is Alice’s Adventures in
constantly worried about time. Many Wonderland , but it’s
believe he is representative o a typical
t ypical oten shortened to
Victorian adult. Alice in Wonderland.
Mia Wasikowska plays the role o Alice, a hare n
a type o large rabbit
Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter, and
Helena Bonham Carter is The Red Queen.
the breeding season n
the time o the year when animals
In the lm, Alice is 19 and is attending a make babies
a waistcoat n
party at a Victorian estate. She is about clothing worn inside a jacket. It is like
to be proposed to by a rich suitor, but a jacket but with no arms
to propose to exp
runs of, ollowing a white rabbit into a to ask someone to marry you
hole. She ends up in Wonderland again. a suitor n
a woman’s “suitor” is the man who
The White Rabbit claims to have come wants to marry her
back or Alice because she’s the only one to run o phr vb
who can kill the Jabberwock, the beast to escape by running away rom a
who guards the Red Queen’s empire.
place
a reign o terror n
Will Alice be able to end the Red Queen’s a period o intimidation and/or
reign o terror? killing/torture/terror, etc. by those in
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drama.
And she’s popularly known as the “Corset Queen” or “Mrs
Costume Drama”.
Drama”. Helena Bonham Carter is one o Britain’
Br itain’s
most successul actresses.
Helena Bonham
For many, Bonham Carter has a special “English” look. And several
Carter
Born 26th May 1966 in
directors seem to agree. Her rst major role was in director James London, England. Some
Ivory’s adaptation o E.M. Forster’s novel A Room With a View (1985). o her most amous lms
This was ollowed by a role in the period piece Lady Jane Grey. Later, include A Room with a
she starred in more adaptations o classic novels such View, Howard’s End, Planet
of the Apes and Alice in
as E.M Forster’s Maurice (1987), which was her second Wonderland.
lm or James Ivory. Her last lm with Merchant-Ivory,
Howards End (1992), was a big success.

Since then, Bonham Carter has starred in a variety o

roles. She surprised audiences with perormances in
lms such as The Wings of the Dove (1997) and Fight
Club (1999). However, despite this, many still associate
her with her earlier roles. As she has said hersel, “No
matter how many modern parts I do, people still reer to me as Mrs
Costume Drama... I could play 5,000 drug addicts and I’d still be known Quotes
“I hate this image o me as a prim
as Mrs Corset Queen.” GLOSSARY
Edwardian. I want to shock everyone.” a corset n
a hard/stif piece o underwear worn
For many years now, Bonham Carter has been working with her “I enjoy those small chats you have when people by women to make them appear
thinner
partner, director Tim Burton. They met while lming Planet of the Apes come up and talk to you about your work.” a period piece n
(2001). They have made a number o movies together, including Tim a lm about a particular historical
historical
“I was like one o those nauseatingly period
Burton’s lm adaptation o the musical, Sweeney Todd: The Demon a perormance n
nice children. I was very, very well-behaved
Barber of Fleet Street (2007). At present, Bonham Carter and Burton live i an actor gives a “perormance”, he/
and boring.” she acts in something
in adjoining residences in London, sharing a connecting hallway. adjoining residences n
houses/apartments
houses/apartments that are next to
They have two children (Billy Ray Burton and Nell Burton). “It took me so many years to move out [o one another
home]. I’m denitely a bit o a Peter Pan, a Golden Globe n
awards that are presented annually
Bonham Carter’s latest role is as the Red Queen in the Tim Burton lm reluctant to grow up. It all seemed really by the Hollywood Foreign Press
Alice in Wonderland . She stars alongside Johnny Depp, who plays the nice at home. Why change it? Part o me Assocation or achievement in the
entertainment
entertainment industry
Mad Hatter. would preer not to have any responsibility an Emmy n
an American television award
whatsoever.” prim adj

Trivia
She lived with actor Kenneth Branagh between 1994 and 1999.
“Multi-tasking? I can’t do two things at
once. I can’t even do one thing at once.”
“People have lots o misconceptions
someone who is "prim" is always
correct, and they are easily shocked
by rude things
an Edwardian n
someone/something rom the period
in Britain during the reign o King

She is the great-granddaughter o British Liberal Party Prime Minister about me. My mum, who is hal French and
H.H. Asquith (prime minister rom 1908-1916). hal Spanish, gets outraged when I’m
called quintessentially English.”
She speaks French uently.
“I drink booze, I smoke, and I’m hooked
Edward VII (1901-10)
nauseatingly adv
horribly/terribly/annoyingly, etc.
Literally, that causes nausea / a
eeling o sickness
reluctant adj
i you are “reluctant” to do something,
you don’t really want to do it

Her mother (Elena Propper de Callejon) is hal-Spanish and hal-French. on caeine.” a misconception n
a mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a
misunderstanding
“Journalists are always calling my outraged adj
In May 2006, Bonham Carter launched her own ashion line, eatures Edwardian or Victorian, extremely angry about something
quintessentially adv
“The Pantaloonies” – a Victorian-style selection o clothing. whatever that means. I am small, and i A is “quintessentially” B, it is typical
people were smaller in those times. I’m o B
booze n inform
She’s close riends with actor Johnny Depp. pale and sickly-looking. I look ragile alcohol
– like a doll. But sometimes I just wish to be hooked on exp
to be addicted to
Bonham Carter has received a number o critical awards and has been I had less o a particular look, one that was pale adj
with a very white ace – sometimes
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in 1854, and began to work as a maths
don at the university a year later. Whilst
working there, he wrote and published
several short stories and novels, as well
as various works on mathematics. But
Dodgson is most amous or his Alice in
Wonderland books.

The main character in the books, Alice, It wasn’t

me who
was based on a real girl, Alice Pleasance wrote it.
Liddell. Alice Liddell was the daughter
o the dean o Christ Church College
(Henry George Liddell) where Dodgson
Lewis Carroll
Charles Lutwidge
worked. On 4th July 1862, Dodgson took Dodgson, penname
Alice (aged 10) and her two sisters (Lorina Lewis Carroll. Born 27th
Charlotte, 13, and Edith Mary, 8), and January 1832. Died 14th
the Reverend Robinson Duckworth on January 1898 (aged 65).
a boat trip up the River Thames. During Author, mathematician
the journey, Dodgson passed the time
and photographer
photographer..
Famous works include
by telling the children a nonsense tale. Alice’s Adventures in
He later wrote down the story, calling it Wonderland and Through
Alice’s Adventures Underground . When he the Looking-Glass.
nished the book in 1863, his riends and
amily urged him to publish it.

The book was renamed Alice's Adventures

in Wonderland and published in July 1865.
It was immediately withdrawn rom
circulation because o poor print quality.
A corrected edition was published in
November. It was a big success. In act,
Queen Victoria enjoyed Alice's Adventures
in Wonderland so much that she asked
Dodgson or more o his work. In
response, Dodgson sent her his most
recent mathematics book.
Interestingly, Dodgson had mixed
eelings about his ame as an author
o children's stories. He preerred to
think o himsel as a man o science
and mathematics who also happened
to write nonsense. Dodgson never
publicly acknowledged that he was also
Lewis Carroll, and he seldom signed his
books, and never gave away his portrait.
Dodgson died o bronchitis on 14th
January 1898. He is buried in Mount
Cemetery, Guildord, Surrey, near the
home he bought or his amily.
Trivia
Dodgson developed an early version o the word game
GLOSSARY
a lecturer n
a teacher at a university or college
a don n
that is now known as Scrabble. a teacher at Oxord or Cambridge
University
University in England
a dean n
In 1856, Dodgson took up the new art orm o an important administrator at a
photography. He soon became a well-known university or college
nonsense adj
photographer. He created more than 3,000 images, but text or speech that doesn’t make
sense
only 1,000 have survived time and deliberate destruction. a tale n
a story
to urge vb
Many have questioned his riendship with young girls. i you “urge” someone to do
Some say it was a result o his complete lack o interest something, you persuade them
strongly to do it
in the adult world. Others say he was interested in adult to withdraw rom circulation exp
i a book is “withdrawn rom
women – both married and single – and that he had circulation”, it is taken out o the
several scandalous relationships (by standards o the shops
a penname n
time). As a result, and in order to defect criticism, it was an author's invented name
his amily who gave the alse impression o a man who to defect criticism exp
i you “deect” criticism, you do
only liked the company o young children. At the time, things to neutralise criticism, oten
by creating a distraction and making
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 One o England’s most spectacular cities. By James Queralt
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IT’S ONE OF THE MOST FAMOUS ENGLISH CITIES IN THE WORLD, AND IT’S
GOT SOME OF THE MOST SPECTACULAR UNIvERSITY BUILDINGS, PLUS
LOTS, LOTS MORE.
F irst stop on your tour
o Oxord has to be the
Ashmolean Museum.
The museum is the oldest
public museum in Britain. Part
o it was built in 1678–1683
to house the cabinet o
curiosities Elias Ashmole gave
Oxord University in 1677.
The collection now includes
thousands o interesting things,
including works by French
artists such as Monet, Cezanne
and Renoir, and ancient
Egyptian mummies. It also has
the Alred Jewel dating rom
the time o King Alred (849-
moole
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899), with a reerence to Alred
carved on it.
One o the most photographed
buildings in Oxord is the
Bodleian Library. The Library
is not open to the public but
part o the building, the Divinity
School (built 1427–83), can be
visited. Both the Library and the
Divinity School have been used
as lm locations in Harry Potter
movies. It’s the main research
library o the University o
Oxord, and it’s one o the
oldest libraries in Europe. In the
UK, it’s second in size only to
Ashmolean Museum
Bodleian
Library
author CS Lewis taught. It
was ounded in 1458 and has
some beautiul cloisters and
grounds. Oscar Wilde and PG
Wodehouse were among its
many amous students.
Another great
museum to visit
the British Library. It’s known to is the Pitt Rivers
Oxord scholars as “Bodley”
“Bodley ” or Museum. Pitt Rivers
simply “the Bod”.
Bod”. was a Victorian
traveller who
The university colleges are a went around the
must-see. Christ Church College world collecting Pitt Rivers
is the largest and grandest. It things. In 1882, he
has the largest quadrangle in donated around 18,000 objects
the city, and an 800-year-old to Oxord University on the
chapel, which is also Oxord’s condition that the authorities
Cathedral.
Cathedral. Its
I ts dining hall is kept them in a museum which
the inspiration or Hogwarts was named ater him. The Pitt
School’s dining hall in the Rivers Museum opened two
Harry Potter lms. Magdalen years later; and since then the
(pronounced “maudlin”) College collection has continued to grow.
is where the world-amous There are now over 1,000,000
objects, including costumes rom
all corners o the world and a
little witch in a sealed bottle.
Fancy a bit o sport? Why not
try some punting. You can rent
punts at Magdalen Bridge on
the River Cherwell, or Folly Bridge
on the Thames. Drit along the
Oxford Botanic Garden
water and have a leisurely picnic.
For a spot o walking, go to the
University o Oxord Botanic
Garden. This ascinating garden
dates back to
1621 when Henry
Danvers (the 1st
Earl o Danby)
contributed
£5,000 to set
up a garden or
Henry “the glorication
Danvers o the works o
God and or the urtherance
o learning.” It was originally
established or the cultivation
and study o medicinal plants,
but today, it has over 7,000
specimens o all types o plants.
The Oxord Botanical Garden
has three sections: the Walled
Garden (surrounded by the
original seventeenth century
stonework and home to the
Garden’s oldest tree, an English
yew); the Glasshouses (where
plants are protected rom the
extremes o British weather); and
the area outside the walled area
between the Walled Garden and
the River Cherwell.
Visiting Oxord during the
summer? Then you might like
to take a look around some o
Oxord’s beautiul parks, two
t wo o
which are very close to the city-
centre: Christ Church Meadow
and University Parks. Christ
Church Meadow is a traditional
place or both students and
inhabitants o Oxord to relax
on a sunny day. Its wide elds
stretch rom Merton College
right down to the Thames. It’s a
perect spot or enjoying a picnic
on the grass, or taking a stroll
along the tow-path, or the “Isis”,
“Isis”,
which is the stretch o the river
running through the city.
The University Parks (“Uni Parks”)
can be ound at the top o St
Giles. This is an equally popular
place to relax and enjoy the sun.
Unlike Christ Church Meadow,
you can't get to the river rom
the park, but “Uni Parks” oers
ar more in the way o plant
lie, with beautiul gardens and
many rare and exotic owers.
The University Parks also has
large sports elds, which are
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used or various team sports.
I you’re eeling hungry or
thirsty, there are lots o great
places to visit in Oxord. The
covered market in the centre o
the city has traditional pasties
and sandwiches o every kind,
plus you can pick up some
cheese, ruit and olives or a
picnic by the river. You can
also nd Japanese, Mongolian,
Malaysian and Indian ood,
along with great things to eat in
traditional pubs, organic caés,
and French bakeries.
Incidentally, there are many
amous pubs in Oxord. These
These
include the White Horse (52
Broad Street), which appears
in several Inspector Morse TV
episodes, and the Eagle and
Child (49 St Giles), which was
where the writers JRR Tolkein
and CS Lewis oten drank.
For a bit o culture, there are
Sunday-morning Coee Concert
recitals at The Holywell Music
Room, and shows at the large
concert hall on George Street.
The Oxord Playhouse puts on
perormances o plays, while the
open-air theatre at the recently
opened Oxord Castle is the
place or Shakespeare plays.
Finally, you can’t visit England
without enjoying a relaxing
mid-aternoon tea. Try the
Queen’s Lane Coee House, the
Mitre, the Grand Caé, or Caé
Loco (with stunning views
o Christ Church College). But
or the ull traditional high tea
experience, you should visit The
Randolph. Relax in comortable
armchairs in the sitting room
as waiters bring trays with
sandwiches, pastries and
scones with cream and jam.
See you there!
Famous Oxonians D
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University students) have
become amous. In act,
among the many amous Oxonians
there are prime ministers, writers,
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winners, kings and Olympic medal
winners. Here are just a ew o the
many amous Oxonians.
GLOSSARY
to house vb
i objects are “housed” in a museum/
building, etc., they are kept there
a cabinet o curiosities n
a large collection o unusual objects.
Also known as a “wonder-room”
to date rom exp
King Abdullah o Jordan (king) i an object “dates rom” a particular
period or date, it was created in that
Rowan Atkinson (comedian) period or on that date
to carve vb
WH Auden (poet) to put writing/images onto an object
Clement Attlee (UK Prime Minister, 1945-1951) by cutting the object with a knie, etc.
a must-see n
Benazir Bhutto (Prime Minister o Pakistan, something you really should/must
1988-90 & 1993-96) see/visit, etc.
a quadrangle n
Tony Blair (UK Prime Minister, 1997-2007) a rectangular area with buildings on
all our sides
DavidCameron (leader o the Conservative Party) a chapel n
Bill Clinton (President o the United States, a small church in a college/airport/
hospital, etc.
1992-2000) a dining hall n
a large room with a long table where
many people can eat
cloisters n
a covered area that goes along
the walls o buildings (oten in a
quadrangle)
grounds n
the area o land around a building/
TS Eliot (poet) university/school, etc.
to name ater phr vb
Indira Gandhi (Prime Minister o India, 1966-77 to give the same name as
a witch n
& 1980-84) a woman with evil magical powers
Hugh Grant (actor) sealed adj
i a container is “sealed”, it is closed
Graham Greene (author) hermetically and no air can enter
Bob Hawke (Prime Minister o Australia, 1983-91) punting n
travelling on a punt (see entry below)
on a river
a punt n
a long boat with a at bottom. You
move the boat by standing at one
end and pushing a long pole against
the bottom o the river
to drit along phr vb
i you “drit along” in a boat on a river,
TE Lawrence – Lawrence o Arabia you let the current move the boat
a spot o exp
(adventurer and author) a bit o
John Le Carre (author) surrounded by exp
i A is “surrounded” by B, B is all
CS Lewis (writer) around A
Ken Loach (lm-maker) to stretch vb
i something “stretches” rom A to B, it
Rupert Murdoch (director o News International)
International) goes rom A to B
to take a stroll exp
VS Naipaul (author) to walk casually and with no
particularobjective
a tow-path n
a road next to a canal
a stretch o exp
an area o
a pasty / pasties n
a type o ood that is a pie lled with
meat/sh/vegetables, etc.
Crown Prince Naruhito o Japan (prince) tea n
i you have "tea", you have ood
Philip Pullman (author) and drink (oten a cup o tea) in the
Dr Manmohan Singh (Prime Minister o India, 2004-) aternoon
stunning adj
Baroness (Margaret) Thatcher (UK Prime very beautiul or spectacular
high tea n
Minister, 1979-90) similar to "tea" (see above) but in the
JRR Tolkien (author) late aternoon and oten instead o
having dinner
Lewis Carroll (Charles Dodgson – author) a tray n
Oscar Wilde (playwright, poet and author) a thin, at board or plate or carrying
ood/drinks, etc.
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3. Why do you think some were being caught every year.
countries/people are in avour Oil rom whales lit the lamps
o whale hunting? o major cities in the US and
Europe, and whale oil was used
2 Rag i to manuacture soaps, varnish,
Read the article once to compare your ideas cosmetics, paint and even the
rom the Pre-reading activity. glaze on photographs. In order to
oversee the development o the
3 Rag ii global whaling industry, the International Whaling Commission (IWC) was ormed in 1946.
Read the article again. What do t hese
numbers/dates, etc. reer to? However, in 1986, the IWC voted or a temporary ban on whaling. The biggest concern was the
1. 30,000 huge decline in whale populations across the planet. Indeed many people say that the global
2. 1946 moratorium came too late and that commercial whaling has already driven many species
3. 1986 to the brink o extinction. According to Greenpeace, blue whales (the largest animal on the
4. 1% planet) are at less than 1% o their original abundance in the Antarctic. Sei Whales and Fin Whales
5. 1992 are also listed as “endangered species” while Sperm Whales are classied as “vulnerable”.
6. 1,000
7. 2001 But there are many other good reasons to oppose whaling. Whales GLOSSARY
whaling n
8. 12 are extremely intelligent mammals. They have social networks very nding and killing whales
similar to those o humans, and scientists have recently discovered varnish n
an oily liquid that is painted onto
4 Lagag oc that whales have brain cells only previously ound in humans and wood, etc. to give it a hard, shiny
Vrb & Prpoo great apes. On top o that, whaling is also a notoriously cruel surace
glaze n
Look at this extract  rom the article, “ ...the industry. Whales are oten caught using explosive harpoons that a thin layer o liquid that is put on a
photo to make it and shiny
IWC voted or a temporary ban on puncture their skin and then explode inside their bodies. In some a ban n
whaling.” The writer has used a verb + cases, when the harpoon doesn’t hit its target properly, whales can a prohibition
a huge decline exp
preposition (“voted or”). Complete these take minutes or sometimes hours to die. a big decrease in numbers
sentences with the correct prepositions. a moratorium n
i there is a “moratorium”on an
1. They accused him Despite this, some countries continue to hunt whales. In 1992, activity, that activity is stopped or a
period o time, usually as a result o
stealing the Norway declared itsel exempt rom the ban. And currently an agreement
computer. Japan hunts more than 1,000 whales a year – all o them part o to drive something to extinction exp
i an activity "drives a species to
2. She asked us a supposed “scientic research” programme run by the Japanese extinction", that activity kills all the
more money. Institute o Cetacean Research. Many people argue that this members o that species
to the brink o exp
3. They blamed us “research” is nothing more
m ore than a ront or commercial whaling (the to the edge o; almost
notoriously adv
the late meat that is let over ater samples are taken is sold as a delicacy). amously, but or something bad
delivery. The situation was not helped in 2001, when Maseyuku Komatsu a harpoon n
a weapon like a spear (a long stick
4. He borrowed the money rom the Japanese Fisheries Agency described Minke Whales as the with a sharp point) that has a rope
us. “cockroaches o the sea” in an interview on Australian television. attached to it
a ront n
5. I can’t concentrate i an activity is a “ront”,
“ront”, it is h iding
another activity (oten an illegal one)
this work. Many ecological groups have tried to sabotage the hunts. In 2005 a delicacy n
and 2006, Greenpeace sent boats to interere with the whaling a rare or expensive ood
a cockroach n
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1. What do you think o whale Just recently, the Ady Gil (a ship belonging to the Sea Shepherd warm places or near ood
to sabotage vb
hunting? Conservation Society) was rammed by a whaling ship. The Ady Gil i someone tries to “sabotage”an
activity, they do things to try to stop
2. What do you think o hunting later sank. At present, the world is airly divided on the issue with that activity
in general? Iceland, Japan and Norway on the pro-whaling side, and the US, a whaling feet n
a group o boats that are used or
3. Is any orm o hunting a Australia, New Zealand and the EU on the anti-whaling side. Asked hunting whales
controversial issue in your recently how difcult his job was on a scale o one-to-ten, Cristian to ram vb
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The concept o politeness varies greatly rom
r abl country to country. Something that might be
considered polite in one place could be thought
Respect! o as very rude in another. For example, it’s
good manners to leave a tip in a restaurant in
Europe. However, in Japan it’s likely to cause
 a hop
 a pb embarrassment or even oence. In act, manners
o h ra while dining are a very good example o just how varied “polite behaviour” is
all over the world. The Japanese may not like tipping but they aren’t so ussy
ul lagag  a park when it comes to slurping (which would be considered impolite in many
It is good manners to… western countries).
countries). In act, noodles should be slurped!
It is customary to…
It is impolite to…  a b Good manners are taken extremely seriously in Japan. It’s considered rude
It is rude to… to blow your nose in ront o other people, and it’s impolite to eat while
a work standing or walking in the street (ice-cream excepted). When visiting
2 Rag i someone’s house you should always take o your shoes, and you should
Read the article once and compare be very careul what you say. The Japanese are so well-mannered that it’s
your ideas rom the Pre-reading activit y. considered rude to express your opinion too directly. In act, the Japanese
have two dierent words or opinions: “honne” which is your real opinion;
3 Rag ii  h cory and “tatemae” which is your public opinion. Generally, Japanese express the
Read the article again. True or alse? latter so as not to cause oence.
1. It’s generally good manners to leave a tip in a
restaurant in Europe. But it isn’t only in Japan where conusions can GLOSSARY
polite adj
2. The Japanese are very generous tippers. arise. A good, rm handshake is considered showing respect to others
3. It’s OK to blow your nose in ront o other people correct in many countries, but in others it might manners n
i someone has good “manners”,
in Japan. be seen as aggressive. Meanwhile in many parts they are polite and show respect
to others
4. In general, the Japanese don’t like to express their o Asia, it’s best to avoid a handshake altogether rude adj
opinion too openly. and to bow. And while in western cultures not polite; not respectul o others
to cause embarrassment exp
5. A rm handshake is considered aggressive in some it’s polite to maintain eye-contact during to make someone eel
countries. a conversation, in other countries it’s best to uncomortable/silly/stupid
ussy adj
6. Nodding your head can mean both “yes” and “no” “no” show your respect by not looking directly at the i someone is “ussy”, they are
dicult to make happy or please
in dierent parts o the world. speaker. Just to add to the conusion, whereas we to slurp vb
usually nod our heads as a way o saying “yes” i you “slurp” a liquid, you drink it
noisily
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4. We told her to... government had to launch a campaign during to nod your head exp
to move your head up and down
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spitting in public, littering the streets, “jumping” to move your head rom side to side
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2. When was the last time you had to tell someone o announcements are made on trains to remind to spit vb
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Why do you think La Sagrada Familia people a year (making it one o the most popular attractions in Spain), the
has taken so long to build? Think. construction budget or 2009 was only €18 million. Not a lot o money with
Then, read the article to check your ideas. which to construct a large building.
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Read the article again and say what the numbers/dates, etc. reer to. designed by the great Catalan architect Antoni Gaudi, whose name is almost
1. 1882 5. 2 million synonymous with Barcelona. However, Gaudi was not the original designer. He
2. 2026 6. 1883 took over ater the project was only a year old, and completely changed the
3. 144 7. 1926 original designs. Gaudi worked on it rom 1883 until his death in 1926, devoting
4. 21 years 8. 18 the last 15 years o his lie almost exclusively to the project. He even lived in the
crypt o the church or a ew years, and he is buried there. One reason or trying
4 Lauae ocusThe ocus The Future Perect to nish the work by 2026 is that this will be the centenary o Gaudi’s death.
Look at this extract rom the article, “...by which time
workers will have spent 144 years on the To urther complicate matters, a number o architects have worked on the
project.” The writer has used a Future Perect tense (“will building since Gaudi’s death. This has oten been slow work as some o Gaudi’s
have”+ past participle). Transorm these sentences to the original plans and models o the building were destroyed in the Spanish Civil War.
Future Perect. Use the words in brackets. In addition, Gaudi constantly revised and changed his original plans and it isn’t
1. We will eat at 6. (by 7pm) = We will have eaten always clear how to reconstruct his ideas. Since the 1980s, computer-aided design
by 7pm. has been used to speed up the work. For example, stones are now cut using a
2. They will nish at 8. (by 9pm) computer controlled milling machine, whereas in the 1900s they were cut by hand.
3. She will send the e-mail at 12. (by 1pm) This has helped things, but not enough.
4. He will take us to the airport at 2. (by 3pm)
5. They will leave in an hour. (by 11am) Finally, it has to be remembered that La Sagrada Familia is a very large building.
It has 18 towers, the tallest o which is 170 metres tall. There are three grand
5 Discussio acades acing to the east, south and west. The interior is completely unique
1. Have you visited any o the buildings involving some o Gaudi’s most idiosyncratic ideas. In other words, La Sagrada
mentioned on this page? What did you Familia is not an easy building to construct.
think o them?
2. Which buildings mentioned on this page No one really knows i the church will be nished in time or the centenary o
would you like to visit? Why? Gaudi's death, but or many the idea o watching an extraordinary masterpiece
3. What’s the most spectacular building in being built is part o the attraction. La Sagrada Familia is truly unique already, so
your country? why hurry to complete it?

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Imagine you’ve just met a riend who you haven’t seen or ten years.
What are you going to talk about or ask? Choose rom the ideas
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Olive oil
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1 x 400g tin o chopped tomatoes
Salt and pepper
50g Parmesan cheese
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Meanwhile, peel and nely slice the garlic.
Finely slice the chilli. Chop the basil stalks.
stalks.
Put some olive oil in a rying pan. Add the
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tinned tomatoes. Turn the heat up high and
stir or a minute. Season with salt and pepper.
Drain the spaghetti, then add it to the rying
pan with the sauce in it and stir well. Taste
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Listen again and answer the questions.
1. How long is it since they let school?
2. What did Jan beat Emma at?
3. What did Jan win a school prize or?
4. What did Jan’s mother leave Jan ater she died?
5. What does Jan do or a living?
6. Where does Emma work?
7. Is Emma married?
8. When do they arrange to meet?
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lovely to see you...”
GLOSSARY The speaker has used the word “anyway” as a way o changing
to peel vb
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to cut into thin pieces conversation. Use “So / Oh / Right / Anyway / By the way”,
way”, etc.
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a stalk n
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that joins it to the plant or tree
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to grate vb
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metal tool to cut the ood into small 2. When was the last time you had a chat with someone
pieces
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i you “sprinkle” cheese on ood, you
put an amount o cheese over the
about? How did you leave things with them?
top o the ood 3. What do you say when you want to get out o a
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people speak it as a second (ootballer),
Look at the names o objects below. Can you think o any alternative uses or them
language. Dutch is an ofcial Ruud van Nistelrooy
language in Holland, Belgium (ootballer), Marco van Basten (apart rom their common use)? Be as silly/creative/serious, etc. as you like.
(where it is known as Flemish) (ootballer), Rembrandt van Rijn  brick  shoe box  sone  chir
and Suriname (a country in South (artist), Paul Verhoeven (director)
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language o Arikaans, which is
spoken in many parts o South spcal ar o  sw  horse shoe n er plug
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spoken by the Amish population o you”,
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Pennsylvania (USA). The language instead o “this”.
they speak is not Dutch! 3 Lg ii
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o Dutch immigrants in the US. “nk” instead o “think”.
2. How has he managed to get hold o the brick?
In act, New York City was once
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it was originally settled by Dutch instead o the “s” sound. For 4. What is the Deskman Document Deluxe?
immigrants. There are several example, they might say “antashtic” 5. How much does he want or the brick at rst?
names or the versions o Dutch instead o “antastic” or masshive” 6. What has it got written on one side?
English in the US, including Jersey instead o “massive”. 7. How can the brick help them in the ofce?
Dutch and Yankee Dutch. 8. How much does he accept or the object in the end?
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Amsterdam: “telesion” instead o “television”. Look at this extract  rom the listening, “You won’t pay unless you’ve
(740,000 seen the merchandise.”
people). As with all languages, mother The speaker has used t he conjunction “unless”.
“unless”. This word is oten used to
Population tongue syntax and expressions express the idea “except i...”. Complete the ollowing sentences with your
o Holland: oten inuence the target language own ideas.
about 16.4 and may result in unusual 1. I won’t go to the cinema with you unless you...
million expressions, such as the ollowing:
2. I’ll go on the picnic tomorrow unless...
people. “Put your mobiles out ” instead o,
Holland is “Turn o your mobile phones.” 3. They won’t agree to our terms unless we...
amous or its “Welcome in Amsterdam” instead o 4. There will be trouble unless they...
tulips, cheese (Edam “Welcome to Amsterdam”. 5. We won’t buy it unless you...
and Gouda) and “Thank you or your reaction”
canals, and or being instead o “Thank you or your reply.” 5 dco
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L & Lar it? How did you sell it?
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Holla English speaker) telling us salesperson? How did they do it?
Vincent Van Gogh all about the Dutch English 3. What are your “tactics” or dealing with persistent
pers istent
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THERE ARE SEvERAL POSSIBLE WAYS OF ACHIEvING
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There’s more than one way to skin a cat.”

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IF YOU “LOOk THE OTHER WAY” WHILE SOMETHING Pa our wa
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intervening, they chose to look the other way.” to borrow rom anyone.”

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IF SOMETHING “CUTS BOTH WAYS”, IT HAS TWO
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access to certain material, preventing them rom orming “I he wants to carry on living here, he’s going to have to
their own views on things.”
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c  “We are picking up more and more people in these circumstances,” said Andy
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and reduce their debt, more and more o them are using online gambling sites.
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What are some o the problems associated with gambling? money and don’t have the risk assessment skills required. Unless they get help soon,
Think. Then, read the article to compare your ideas. they’re going to get into an impossible situation,” he added.

3 Readi II
Read the article again and answer the questions.
1. Why are students particularly vulnerable
when it comes to gambling?
2. Why do maths students tend to do quite
well at gambling?
3. What is “problem gambling”?
4. What other problems are compared to
gambling?
5. What does the report by Gamcare suggest
as a way to help the situation?
6. What evidence is there that gambling has
become more socially acceptable?
Another study ound that university students in the USA aced similar problems. Results
showed that 7.8% o students in the US were aected by “problem gambling” (gambling
which they can no longer control). One student was reported to have accumulated
debts o $30,000 despite receiving numerous warnings rom riends and amily. Many
experts now reer to gambling as a “silent addiction”
addiction” comparable
comparable to drug and alcohol
problems and there have been calls or US colleges to campaign against it.
The University o Lincoln in the UK has also expressed concern. One maths student
told the college’s newspaper, The Linc, he had set up a poker account. “Having
analysed it careully, I think I’ve worked out a way to make money. There’s denitely
skill involved and it is possible to win, but I’d never be reckless enough to risk large
sums o money,” he said. “While the stakes are low it remains un, but enjoyment
goes out o the window when things get out o hand.”

4 Lauae ocus However, the dangers o gambling are by no means limited to students. A report
Iitial setece clauses by Gamcare urges that more be done to prevent people in general rom gambling
Look at this extract rom the article, “With little experience excessively and to help those who get into trouble. It suggests that debts o up to
o organising their own nances, many are away £60,000 "might be common" amongst problem gamblers. The report highlights a
rom home or the rst time.” The writer has used a number o areas where there is insufcient understanding o the problems caused
prepositional clause (“With little experience...”) star t o the by gambling. It says, “Awareness o the help available to problem gamblers...,
”) at the start
sentence. Complete the ollowing sentences with your own ideas. particularly among GPs (doctors), is equally poor. There is an urgent need to improve
1. With little money to spend, I decided to... education about gambling or young people, alongside or as part o work on
2. With no idea what I was going to do next, I... nancial literacy and understanding chance and risk.”
3. With no time to nish the work, I...
4. With no knowledge o the subject, I... Over the years, gambling has also become more and more socially acceptable in the
UK. Twenty years ago, betting on horses or greyhounds was regarded as seedy. At
5 Discussio the other end o the scale, only the rich went to casinos. They were or James Bond,
1. Have you ever gambled? What did you do/ not a rst year medical student. But now, however, online gambling allows people
play? What happened? to play poker and blackjack 24 hours a day, and has become more “middle-class”,
2. What do you think o gambling in general? with The Guardian newspaper even having a weekly poker column. As a result, more
3. Have you ever been to a casino? What did and more people are nding themselves in debt and unable to pay the bills. And
you do there? What was your impression? there’s nothing particularly glamorous about that!

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L R
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N
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6. Libel reorms he proposed were implemented in Britain.
7. Slander Lady Chatterley’s Lover by DH Lawrence (1928) was
once banned or “violation o obscenity laws”. It is
8. A settlement now considered a classic. The Well of Loneliness by
Radclye Hall (1928) was also banned in the UK or
a. A legal process to decide i someone is innocent or its lesbian theme. It was republished in 1949. Lolita by Vladimir Nabokov (1955)
guilty. was also banned or being “obscene”. It is also among the classics.
b. An ofcial agreement to end a legal dispute.
c. A person who has seen a crime and can identiy During times o war, there’s explicit censorship. The idea is to prevent the release o
suspects. inormation that might be useul to an enemy. During World War I, letters written
by British soldiers were censored. This oten consisted o ofcers going through
d. A person who is qualied to advise people about
letters with a black marker pen and crossing out anything which might put
the law. lives in danger. During World War II, the catchphrases “Loose lips sink ships” and
e. Writing that wrongly accuses someone o “Careless talk costs lives” were used to justiy wartime censorship.
something.
. A building where trials take place. These days, under the ofcial Secrets Act, a person who is or has been a
g. A person in a court o law who decides how the law member o the security and intelligence services is guilty o an oence i they
should be applied. disclose sensitive inormation. Spycatcher by Peter Wright (a ormer MI5 agent)
h. Saying things that wrongly accuse someone o was banned in the UK between 1985-1988 or revealing state secrets.
something. Incredibly, it’s also possible or rich individuals to ban books. But how? Simple. They
take advantage o Britain’s unusual libel laws. These laws allow wealthy individuals
2 Rag i to sue authors or publishing houses in British courts...
cour ts... even i the book hasn’t been
How can governments or individuals ban books? Think. Then, read
read the published in the UK. As part o these laws, the burden o proo is on the author to
article once to check your ideas. prove that any allegations in the book are true. For many publishers or individuals,
the threat o a ne or an expensive settlement is too much and they simply cave in.
3 Rag ii GLOSSARY
Many books have been caught out like this. House
Read the article again and answer the questions. treason n
of Bush, House of Saud: The Secret Relationship the crime o doing something against
1. What was Thomas Paine charged with? Between the World’s Two Most Powerful Dynasties by your country
to go through phr vb
2. Why was DH Lawrence’s book banned? Craig Unger casts a critical eye on the three- i someone "goes through" a text, they
3. Why is there a need or censorship during times o war? decade-old relationship between the Bush and read it careully in order to check it
a marker pen n
4. Why was Spycatcher banned in the UK? Saud amilies. But it was dropped by its British a pen with a thick end or colouring or
5. Under the UK’s libel laws, who is the burden o proo on? publisher just weeks beore it was scheduled to deleting text
loose lips n
6. Why do some publishers agree not to publish arrive in stores. Apparently,
Apparently, wealthy interested someone with “loose lips”talks a lot

certain books?
4Lagag oc
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Look at this extract rom the article, “...wealthy interested parties
made use o the British legal system...” The writer has used an
expression with “make”. Complete the sentences with the correct words.
parties made use o the British legal system and to disclose vb
its libel laws to orce the publisher to back down. i you “disclose”inormation, you make
it public
the burden o proo n
Dr Rachel Ehreneld’s book, Funding Evil, Updated: a legal obligation to demonstrate/
How Terrorism is Financed and How to Stop It prove something is true
a threat o exp
suered a similar ate. The book points the i there is a “threat o”something bad
happening, it might/could/will happen
nger at a rich individual as the major source to cave in phr vb
o international terrorist nancing. The person in i someone “caves in”in”,, they stop

1. She made the story. It wasn’t really true. question objected and sued the author or libel. ghting/protesting, etc.
to catch out phr vb
As a result, the book was removed. In another
2. Thieves made with more than €30,000. i someone is “caught out”by
case, a major publishing house withdrew a book something, they are afected by it
3. They had an argument, but later they made rom bookshops, pulped unsold copies, issued to cast a critical eye on something exp
to analyse something in depth
. an apology and wrote to over 200 libraries telling to drop vb
4. I can’t quite make what it is. Can you them to remove the book rom their shelves. i a publisher “drops”a book, they
decide not to edit/publish, etc. it
see it? to back down phr vb
Many are incensed at the way individuals are able i someone “backs down”, they stop
ghting/protesting, etc.
5 dco to go about banning books with such impunity. to point the nger at exp
But perhaps we should remember the words to accuse someone o something
1. Are there any unusual/bad/stupid/silly, etc. laws in to issue an apology exp
o US educator Alred Whitney Griswold, “Books
your country? What are they? won’t stay banned,” he wrote. “They won’t burn.
to ormally say you are sorry
incensed adj
2. Is the law always just and air? Give examples. Ideas won’t go to jail. In the long run o history, the extremely angry
3. Can you think o any recent examples o how the censor and the inquisitor have always lost. The only
with impunity exp
reely; without any danger o
law has ailed someone? Give details. sure weapon against bad ideas is better ideas.” punishment

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3 Rag ii o the people who tell them, and very oten have a serious eect on other people as well.
The problem with big lies is that they’re much more difcult to keep up. In the end, “the
Read the article again and answer the questions. truth will come out”, as the phrase goes. And when that happens, the liar will have to pay
1. What two examples o white lies does the price. And sometimes, the price can be very high indeed.
the writer give?
2. How much did Mado’s scam cost Take Bernard Mado or example. His “big lie” has earned him
investors? a 150-year jail sentence, the maximum sentence in the United GLOSSARY
innocuous adj
3. How long has Mado got to reect on States. Considered by many to be the biggest raudster o not harmul or dangerous

his big lie?
4. What did people initially think had
happened to John Darwin?
5. What excuse did John Darwin give when
he nally turned up?
6. What did the Darwins plan to do with
the money?
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can’t resist telling lies.” The writer has used an
expression with “can’t”. Complete the sentences below
with your own ideas. Remember to add either a verb in
the gerund, a noun, a noun phrase or a clause.
all time, Mado operated a Ponzi scheme that nally cost hideous adj
terrible/horrible
investors $18 billion. O course these schemes always ail in
to take over phr vb
the end, because when there are no real prots, the money to dominate
will run out sooner or later. Mado ’s scam was exposed by to keep up phr vb
i you “keep up” a lie, you continue
the economic slump o 2008, and now he’s got plenty o acting as i that lie is true
time to reect on the dangers o telling people “big lies”.
lies”. to come out phr vb
i the truth “comes out”, it becomes
known
But despite the risks, some people can’t resist telling lies. a Ponzi scheme n
a type o pyramid scheme that
And in many cases, greed is the motive. That was certainly the involves using the money rom new
case with John and Anne Dar win, who told one o the most investors in order to pay dividends to
outrageous lies o recent times... and nearly got away with old investors
it. John Darwin was apparently killed in a tragic canoeing
a scam n
a trick to make money dishonestly
accident o the coast o Hartlepool in North England. An the economic slump n
extensive search ound the wreckage o his canoe but no John;
a period o poor economic activity
greed n
and Anne Darwin’s tears convinced everyone – including their the desire or more and more o
something
own children – that she was a grieving widow . When Anne to get away with something exp
Darwin collected a lie insurance payment o £150,000, most to do something bad and not get

1. I can’t resist... people elt it was the least she deserved. caught
canoeing n
2. I can’t stand... a sport that involves travelling in a
But when John Darwin turned up ve years later, claiming small narrow boat by using a paddle
3. I can’t abide... amnesia and was joyully reunited with his wie, suspicions (a short pole with a wide at part at
the end)
4. I can’t bear... were raised. The couple’s “big lie” nally came unstuck when a a tear n
5. When I was younger, I couldn’t stand... picture o them together in Panama in 2006 was discovered. an amount o liquid that comes out o
your eyes when you're crying
It turned out that John Darwin had been hiding in their grieving adj
5 dco house the whole time. The Darwins were intending to use the someone who is “grieving” is in a state
o sadness because o a recent death
1. Have you heard any lies recently? insurance pay-o to buy a hotel in Panama. Ironically enough, a widow n
they wanted to organise canoeing holidays! When Anne a woman whose husband has died
What were they? to turn up phr vb
Darwin was nally charged in 2007, she reportedly said, “My
2. Have you ever caught anyone lying? sons will never orgive me.” I those were her actual words,
to appear
to orgive vb
How? What were they saying? they were probably the truest ones she’d uttered in years. i you “orgive” someone, you stop
3. Can lying ever be justied? Why? When? being angry with them
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homicide n
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murders/killings
a shotgun n
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two Oscars, 19 a blast n “Read the directions and directly you will be directed in the right
nominations a big explosion
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examples o X along a path/route that
with his latest lm role. Gibson has you are travelling along
a conspiracy n
directed lms such as Braveheart a secret plan to do something illegal
(1995), Passion of the Christ (2004) a cover-up n
i there is a "cover-up", people try to
and Apocalypto (2006), but his latest hide a crime or mistake
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lives o other people
a sentence n
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TaPEscRiPTs & baR cHaTs
tablg (rack 8)
T Creating the ideal team at work.
P
I Man 1: Well, have you?
R Manager: Well, good aternoon everyone. I’m
C glad you all got here saely. My name’s
S Harry Perkins, the Head o Human
E I must go and say “hello”to someone over
P Resources, and I’d like to welcome you
A to your teambuilding weekend away.
T Now, as you know, the aim o the
weekend is or us to become an even
more successul team. We’re great
already, o course, but we can be even
greater. To help us achieve this aim
we’re going to spend the weekend
working in teams. There will be a blue
team and a red team and they will
be competing against each other in
the exciting teambuilding events I’ve
organised or you.
So, rst, let me talk you through the
programme or the weekend. Tonight
you’re eating out. Not at the Michelin
3 star French bistro down the road,
however. No, I’m sending you out into
the orest behind the hotel to nd
dinner or yoursel. There are lots o
mushrooms in the orest, but be careul
as some o them are poisonous. And
we don’t want a repeat o last year’s
little incident in which a number o
people had to go to hospital. Poor
things missed all the rest o the un on
Saturday and Sunday!
Then, tomorrow morning, you’re
swimming with sharks. Yes, it’s going to
be great...
Employee 1: Excuse me, Harry, did you say
swimming with sharks? That’s very
dangerous, isn’t it?
Manager: Well, yes, but it helps us build better
teams. It’s true that the Sales Director,
Mr Tomkins, was attacked by the sharks
last year. However, the problem wasn’t
the sharks - Mr Tomkins couldn’t swim
very ast. He didn’t tell us beore we
threw him in.
Anyway, where was I? Oh yes, so ater
swimming with sharks, you’re playing
“escape rom the snake pit”.
Employee 2: Did you say “snake pit”?
Manager: Yes, that’s right. I’m putting each team
in a big pit with six hungry anacondas.
You’ll have to work together to ght
o the snakes while building an escape
ladder using a set o Lego. It’s a real
team game.
Employee 1: Sharks! Snakes! This weekend doesn’t
sound at all sae.
Manager: Oh, nonsense. Anyway, on Saturday
night you’re climbing the mountain.
Employee 2: We’re climbing a mountain at night. In
the dark?
Manager: Yes, it’s more like rock climbing really
but in the dark. Oh, and to make it more
un, you won’t have any shoes.
Employee 1: What? This is crazy!
Employee 2: I’m not doing this. It’s dangerous.
Employee 1: I’m going home.
Manager: Oh please don’t go. I haven’t told you
about the piranhas yet, or the spiders.
And there’s the bungee jump o death
too.
Employees: We’re re leaving.
le aving.
Manager: I’ll promote the winner to Sales
Director. Please don’t go. You’ll never
be a real team i you don’t stay. What
about the crocodile ghting? It’s going
to be a lot o un. Honestly.
th Wg (rack 11)
Interesting conversations with wedding guests.
Julie: Hi, I’m Julie. What was your name?
Man 1: I’m Harold. Harold Trubshawe. You can call
me Harry, i you like.
Julie: Lovely to meet you, Harry. So how do you
know Joe and Sue?
Man 1: Who?
Julie: Joe and Sue. It’s their wedding.
Man 1: Oh, you mean, Joseph and Susan.
Julie: Er, yes. So, how do you know them?
Man1: Actually, I’m Susan’s brother.
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Julie: Oh, right. Well, erm, it’s great to meet you.
Man 1: Have you got a boyriend?
Julie: Gosh, what a unny question!
Julie: Well, no. Not at the moment.
Man 1: Oh, good. Can I get you a drink?
Julie: Erm, I’m OK thanks. Actually, I’m sorry but
there. He’s a, you know, an old riend. And,
erm, I haven’t seen him or ages.
Man 1: OK. I’ll wait here or you, shall I?
Julie: Er, yes, OK. Erm, see you later.
Julie: Hi, I’m Julie. What was your name?
Man 2: I’m Sam. Nice to meet you. So, how do you
know Joe and Sue?
Julie: Actually, I work with Joe. I don’t know
anyone here unortunately. It’s always so
hard making small talk at weddings. I’m not
terribly good at it, I’m araid.
Man 2: No, I don’t really know many people either.
So, erm, have you met anyone interesting?
Julie: Well, actually, I spoke to the unny little man
over there. He was really strange.
Man 2: What do you mean “strange”?
Julie: Oh, peculiar, you know, odd. A bit creepy,
actually.
Man 2: As a matter o act, that’s my brother Harold.
Julie: Oh, so you must be Sue’s brother too.
Man 2: Yes, I am. And my brother’s not strange.
Julie: No, quite. Look, erm, I’m terribly sorry but
I’ve just seen a colleague rom the oce. I
really should, yo u know, go over and say “hi”.
“hi”.
Sorry. Bye!
Man 2: What a rude woman!
Julie: Er, hello, I’m Julie. Are you enjoying the
wedding?
Man 3: No, I’m not. I can’t stand parties like this...
having to talk to all these people I don’t
know.
Julie: Yes, it is dicult, isn’t it? I just made the
most terrible mistake.
Man 3: I’m not surprised. There are some very
strange people here, i you ask me. Real
weirdoes.
Julie: Yes. I spoke to this very strange man and
then told a second man all about him. Well,
the second man was the rst man’s brother.
Man 3: How embarrassing! Who are they?
Julie: Well, you see the unny little man standing
by the bar. He’s the rst man. The second
man is the guy talking to Sue. He’s wearing a
terrible brown suit.
Man 3: Those are Sam and Harold, my sons. Sue’s
my daughter. And that brown suit is my suit.
It was a present rom my wie. It cost a lot o
money.
Julie: Oh no. Look, I’m so sorry. I didn’t realise. I
really must be going. I have a train to catch.
Thanks you so much or the wonderul
wedding. I’ve enjoyed mysel so much.
Goodbye.
Man 3: What a strange woman!
Brh Bar Cha (rack 19)
Children’s Books
Patrick: Hey, have you seen the new lm that’s
coming out Alice in Wonderland? Did you
read the book?
Sally: Eh, yeah, I read the book a long time ago
and I remember there were a ew movies
made when I was a child.
Patrick: Well, there’s the Disney movie, movie which Jan:
is always a classic o course.
Sally: O course yeah.
Patrick: It was one o my avourite books growing
up. The other book in it Through the Looking Jan: And then there was the time I won the
Glass because there were two books …
Sally: Aha
Patrick: One was Through the Looking Glass that was Emma: But your mother’s French, Jan. Everyone
very dierent. I always thought it was a lot
darker than Alice in Wonderland.
Sally: Yeah, there seems to be a lot o innuendo
throughout the book.
Patrick: There is. Ha, ha, ha
Sally: Ha, ha, ha
Patrick: … but I mean I love children’s books
anyway. One o my avourite authors is
Philip Pullman.
Sally: … oh, rom The Golden Compass. The author
who wrote The Golden Compass.
Patrick: Yes, yeah, or the … The rst book was
originally called The Northern Lights.
Sally: That’s right.
Patrick: I read it as The Northern Lights and then
when the lm came out as The Golden
Compass, they re-…
Sally: …re-named it.
Patrick: …re-named it.
Sally: … cool. What did you like about it?
Patrick: I just think they’re antastic books and I
really like the way you can enjoy it as an
adult and as a child as well. I think that’s the
best thing.
Sally: Yeah, like the Harry Potter series or
example.
Patrick: Exactly!
us Bar Cha (rack 20)
Blondes versus Brunettes
Sharon: Oh, Michael, it’s happened again.
Michael: Oh Sharon, what’s the problem?
Sharon: You know, blondes really do have more
un, don’t they?
Michael: That’s what they say.
Sharon: It’s just that every time, you know, I’m
like standing there and some guy starts
to talk to me, it seems like he likes me
and then what happens? But one o my
blonde riends or some other blondie
walks by and she gets looked at. Am I
really that ugly Michael?
Michael: No, o course not Sharon, o course not,
I mean, I’ve always preerred brunettes
to blondes but I know most guys preer
blondes.
Sharon: You’re just saying that. All guys turn their
heads when a blonde goes by. And i
she’s got a lot o hair even more. I’m just
so, I don’t know what to do, I put on my
prettiest clothes, I put on lots o make-
up and you know I walk tall. I guess I’m
just too drunk.
Michael: Oh come on, so much o it is about
attitude and the way you are. I mean
people look beyond the way you, you
look, you look, these days…
Sharon: Oh, not in a bar.
Michael: Yeah right, and guys can be quite
shallow, let’s ace it.
Sharon: Yeah, you’re telling me Michael. Boy,
I’m glad I have a guy who admits it, you
know, here, right, here standing right
in ront o me, ‘cause I’m just so upset. I
think I’m going to cry.
Cachg up (rack 21)
Getting up-to-date with all the latest news.
Emma: Taxi! (car pulls up. Sound o door opening)
Can you take me to….
Jan: Hello! It’s Emma, isn’t it?
Emma: Jan Masterman! Wow, I don’t believe it! How
are you?
Jan: Emma Palmer! I thought it was you under all
that, erm, grey hair. How long has it been,
darling?
Emma: Well, it’s teen years since we let school.
So, you know, I suppose it must be teen
years.
Jan: Gosh, teen years. It seems like only
yesterday that I beat you in the nal o the
school tennis championships.
Emma: What?
You remember, darling. I, you know, I beat
you in straight sets and you cried and cried.
You were so disappointed.
Emma: Well, we were….
school French prize and you didn’t. Do you
remember? You were urious.
knew you’d win the prize. Erm, how is your
mother, by the way?
Jan: Actually, she died years ago.
Emma: Oh, I’m sorry.
Jan: Don’t be, darling. She let me the fat in Paris
and a house near Cannes.
Emma: So, what do you do in London?
Jan: I live here, sweetheart. Married with two
kids, and three au pairs. (laughs at her own
joke).
Emma: And do you work?
Jan: Work? Well, not really, darling. Ocially
I do three days a week at my husband’s
advertising agency but I don’t really go in
very oten. To tell you the truth, we don’t
need the money. But what about you? You
look as i you’ve been working very hard.
Emma: Well, erm, I run my own public relations
agency actually. It’s a lot o work but I enjoy it.
A PR agency? Who’d have thought little
Jan:
Emma would work in PR. You were always
so, you know, shy and awkward at school.
Emma: No, I wasn’t.
Jan: O course you were, darling. And what about
relationships? Did you ever manage to get
married?
Emma: Yes, I did, actually. Unortunately it didn’t
work out and we got divorced last year. It
was all very riendly.
Jan: Oh, poor you. Still, I remember you never
could keep a boyriend, could you? In act
I seem to remember I took rather a lot o
your boyriends away rom you. Gosh, I was
terrible. Terrible, but irresistible to men.
Emma: Yes. I remember something like that too.
Jan: Yes, you cried and cried. You were always
crying at school. Anyway, look we simply
must get together and have a real gossip
about the good old days. Let’s do lunch next
week.
Emma: Well, I don’t know.
Jan: Now come on. What about Tuesday?
Emma: Oh, all right. I’m ree on Tuesday.
Jan: Oh, gosh but I’m not. Silly me. As a matter o
act, I’m having lunch with the Beckhams.
David and Victoria are close riends, you
know.
Emma: Really?
Jan: Oh yes. Well, how about Wednesday? I’m
fying to the Caribbean on Thursday so it’ll
have to be Wednesday.
Emma: Actually I’m having lunch with Paul
McCartney on Wednesday. He’s a client.
Jan: Splendid. I’ll join you. Paul and I met last
year in New York at one o his shows. Such a
darling man. Send me a text to let me know
when and where.
Emma: Well...
Jan: Anyway, it’s been lovely to see you and
catch up on all your news. Now don’t be a
stranger. Keep in touch. I’m sorry but I have
to dash. I simply must get this taxi.
Emma: Er... that’s my taxi, Jan.
Jan: Really, darling? Then it’s terribly kind o you
to let me have it. I’m late or the hairdressers.
Must fy. Bye darling!
Emma: Er, yes. Bye. [The taxi pulls away.]
What a...
Acc Alr (rack 24)
The Dutch English Accent
Well, rst o all, I learned English at school. And
also the television in Holland is all in English
with Dutch subtitles, so as a child you really get
used to the English language.
By living in Madrid or one and a hal years
and working in an English company, I really
improved my English that way, and going, like
hanging around with, with American people,
English people, Irish people, and I lived with an
Irish guy so… you really learn it. I just picked
everything up. [OK].
Well, there’s this one word. I really nd it
hard to pronounce the word “temperature”,
“temperature”,
“temperature, temperatu re”. [That’s it, you say it
perectly. Any, any other words?] Well, not that
I can think o at the moment, but I’m sure there
are like “psychiatrist”,
“psychiatrist”, and words like that with
the “p”ollowed by the “s” are also quite dicult.
d icult.
Well, let me think o that one. I think people
just, what, what they all do is translate the order
o the sentence directly into English, which,
which makes some unny, unny sentences,
like well, I have to think o one then. Well, in
Holland, we say instead o “thank you” I think
the people say “tank you” but that could be Irish,
so it doesn’t matter.
Well, one day, er, I went to pick up my car,
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4. ater/or/at A
was an emergency that an ambulance had to pass, which I don’t think is
Rl (pag 32) T
Baby e 1. Silence! &
the story. But, could be, could be a lot o things, I really don’t know. (Pag 5) tV Crly (Pag 17)
1 Pre-reading
2. A “teapot”! S
sr sal (rack 25)
1 Pre-reading 3. A stamp. R
baby, toddler, teenager, young adult, 1c 2b 3a 4 5e 6d E
Selling techniques from the street. 3 Reading II
middle-aged person, elderly person
1. single; Cachg up (pag 33) W
Salesman: Gather round ladies and gents. Gather round. Roll up!
3 Reading II 3 Listening II S
1. alse; 2. seven;
1. teen years; N
Fantastic bargains. You won’t believe your eyes. The latest 2. true; 3. judges;
2. tennis; A
executive gadgetry rom Japan. This stu is so cutting edge, 3. true; 4. king;
so state o the art that you won’t nd it in the shops yet. You 5. Britain’s Got Talent. 3. French;
4. alse; 4. a fat in Paris and a house near Cannes;
won’t nd it in New York, Los Angeles, Paris or Hong Kong – 5. true 4 Language ocus
this stu is newer than new. However, ortunately or you, 1. The cakes are made. 5. She works at her husband’s
4 Language ocus
through my exclusive contacts, I’ve been able to acquire a 1. They watched a lot o television. 2. The e-mail is sent. advertising agency (sometimes);
limited number o these amazing articles to oer to you 2. She started work at 9. 3. The windows are cleaned. 6. in a PR agency;
today. But, as those listening careully will have noted 4. The book is written. 7. not any longer (she got divorced);
– stocks are limited, so I advise you to buy now to avoid 3. They had a lot o work.
4. He made cakes. 8. on Wednesday.
disappointment. Don’t tell yoursel that you’ll go home and
5. It seemed to be good. th Wg
think about it because i you do, there won’t be any let (Pag 19) sal s (pag 37)
when you come back tomorrow. Take my word or it or my 1 Pre-listening 3 Listening II
name’s not Honest ‘Arry‘Arry ‘Ackett or nunk. R ight rst up,
u p, mc Fval 1j 2e 3 4a 5g 6d 7h 8c
(Pag 10) 1. Japan;
the Deskman Document Deluxe. The answer to every busy 9i 10b 2. because o his exclusive contacts;
executive’s prayer. Let me expl ain. There’s a rumour
rumo ur going 3 Reading II
1. 40th; 3 Listening II 3. because there are limited supplies;
around that we live in the age o the paper-ree oce. That 1. Sue; 2. hasn’t; 3. doesn’t want;
the computer age has made the good old piece o paper 2. 2007; 4. a brick;
3. 1970; 4. colleague rom the oce; 5. train 5. £4;
obsolete. A thing o the past. A dodo. However, as those o
us who work in oces know, this is untrue, and as long as 4. 1990s; Whal Hg 6. London Brick Company;
we’re still working in oces, paper still has its place. Hard 5. £1; (Pag 28) 7. It can stop documents being blown
copies need a home. Let’s see now. What do you do sir? 6. 24; 3 Reading II away;
Man: I’m an accountant, actually. 7. 2009; 1. 30,000 = the number o whales 8. £2.
Salesman: And do you still use paper? 8. are being caught by the 1940s.
Man: Yes, o course. 2. 1946 = when the IWC (International nw sory: Gablg
Salesman: There we have it. You heard the gentleman, the business error Corrco Whaling Commission) was ormed. upa (Pag 39)
world still loves paper. But paper needs looking ater. It needs (Pag 13) 3. 1986 = the date the IWC voted or a 1 Pre-reading
controlling. It needs to be kept tidy. What is worse than an 1. This house is older than the other one. temporary ban on whaling. 1e 2a 3c 4g 5h 6 7d 8b
untidy desk? Nothing. An untidy desk is the sign o an untidy 2. She was happier last year. 4. 1% = Blue whales are at less than 3 Reading II (answers may vary)
business. And we all know what an untidy business is, don’t 3. This room is bigger than the rst one. 1% o their original abundance in 1. Because they have little experience
we? That’s right. Unsuccessul. 4. This lm is better than the last one. the Antarctic. o organising their own nances.
So, to avoid bankruptcy and nancial disaster, you need a 5. This one is worse than that one. 5. 1992 = the year when Norway 2. Because they understand laws o
Deskman Document Deluxe. Now, I don’t want £30. I don’t 6. This book is more boring than the declared itsel exempt rom the ban. probability, chance and risk.
even want £20. In act, you can put your wallets back in your other one. 6. 1,000 = The number o whales t hat 3. Gambling which cannot be controlled
pockets and your purses back in your handbags…. because Japan hunts a year.
year.
all I’m asking is... £4. Who wants one? tablg and which is like an addiction.
7. 2001 = the year that a Japanese 4. Drug and alcohol addictions.
Woman: But what is it? You haven’t shown us one. What are you (Pag 13) minister described Minke whales as
selling? 1 Pre-listening 5. It suggests an improvement in
“cockroaches”. education about gambling or
Salesman: Ah… there’s always one. The cleverest customer in the 1 2g 3a 4d 5e 6c 7b 8. 12 = The number that Cristian
shop. Well done, madam. There’s no ooling you. You want 3 Listening II young people.
Maquieira gave when ranking the 6. There are lots o online gambling
to see the goods beore you pay or them. You won’t pay 1b; 2b; 3b; 4b; 5a; 6b complexity o his job on a scale o 1
unless you’ve seen the merchandise. Congratulations. sites that anyone can use, and even
to 10.
So, here we are. Feast your eyes on one o the very ew Graar F 4 Language ocus papers such as The Guardian has a
Deskman Document Deluxe in this country, or indeed, the (Pag 14) 1. o; 2. or; 3. or; 4. rom; 5. on. weekly poker column.
West. 1. I’ve had this shirt or ten days.
You’re speechless aren’t you? I was when I rst saw it 2. I’ve had my mobile phone since mar, Pla Lgal Book Ba
too. What design! What simplicity o orm! What classic May. (Pag 29) (pag 40)
contours! You are looking at a design rom the uture that is 3. I’ve known my best riend or three 3 Reading II 1 Pre-reading
already a classic. years. 1. True; 1g 2d 3 4a 5c 6e 7h 8b
Woman: It’s a brick sprayed with gold paint. 4. I’ve been in this class since last year. 2. False;
Salesman: I agree it shares similarities o design with the noble house 5. I’ve been here or ten minutes. 3. False; 3 Reading II (answers may vary)
brick – and what a classic that was. Indeed, did you know 6. I’ve been at this company or our 4. True; 1. treason;
that the brick has not changed in design or appearance years. 5. True; 2. For violating obscenity laws;
or over 100 years? It is design perection. The Japanese 7. I’ve lived in this house since 2006. 6. True
cratsmen who created the Deskman Document Deluxe 3. To prevent the release o
8. I’ve had these shoes or six months. inormation that might be useul to
were inspired to do so by their admiration or the classical i Corco
symmetry o the red house brick. an enemy;
ual Proc (Pag 31) 4. Because it disclosed sensitive
Man: But it’s just a brick. It’s got London Brick Company written (Pag 15) 1 Pre-reading
on one side. I’m not paying £4 or a brick. inormation;
1 Pre-reading 1h 2g 3 4e 5a 6b 7c 8d 5. The author;
Salesman: Don’t be put o by your inner prejudice, sir. I too took 1h 2a 3e 4d 5g 6c 7 8b
some convincing. Rather, think how secure your important 3 Reading II 6. Because they are concerned about
3 Reading II 1. 1882 = the year that construction
documents will be protected by the honest weight o a 1.False; the possible legal costs.
brick. Scientic tests showed that even the lightest invoice started on La Sagrada Familia. 4 Language ocus
2. True; 2. 2026 = the year that it will be
could withstand a wind velocity o over 100 miles an 3. True; 1. up; 2. o; 3. up; 4. out
hour i it had a brick on top o it. That’s the equivalent o a completed.
4. False; 3. 144 = the total number o years that
hurricane, sir. Won’t you sleep more soundly knowing that 5. False; Bg L
even i a tornado ripped through your oce tonight, your workers will have spent on the project.
6. True; 4. 21 years = the number o years it (pag 41)
most precious papers would be sae under the watchul 3 Reading II (answers may vary)
weight o Deskman Document Deluxe? Isn’t that peace o 7. True took to build St Patrick’s Cathedral.
5. 2 million = the number o people 1. Saying you like a jumper; saying that
mind worth £3? trousers don’t make someone look at;
Woman: I thought you said it costs £4.
Awlly Aoy who visit the church a year.
(Pag 16) 6. 1883 = the year that Gaudi started 2. $18 billion;
Salesman: All right, all right. £2. Now who wants one? 3 Reading II working on the project. 3. 150 years;
Men & 1. Ridiculous excuses or delays. Trains
Trains 7. 1926 = the year o Gaudi’s death. 4. That he’d
he’d died in an accident;
Women: I’ll have ve. Here, I was rst. Save one or me. Can I pay 2. Cancelled cheques. Banks 8. 18 = the number o towers that the 5. That he had amnesia;
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The Jabberwocky poem is considered one o (the ship!).
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Advanced (C1) with twenty our un and interesting units to study in each level.
(B1), Upper Intermediate (B2),
(B2),

> 8 sessions* = €152.
> 14 sessions = €256.
> 24 sessions = €420.
Sign up or a language course over the phone and you’ll get:
A FREE online subscription to Hot English magazine or the duration o the course.
A FREE oral needs and level assessment by telephone.
All you need is a SKYPE connection and a lot o enthusiasm and we’ll do the rest or you. You’ll learn aster than ever beore!

Sign up now and receive a 10% discount on our prices, but hurry
hurr y because there are
limited places available with students signing up rom all over the WORLD.
For more details, please e-mail classes@hotenglishmagazine.com
Or call (00 34) 91 455 0273 Hot English Publishing S.L.

*Each session consists o a hal-hour phone class.