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CD index1 Hello2 Grammar Fun3 Tribute Bands4 Dr Fingers’ Error Correction Clinic5 Story Time6 Basic English7 Stupid Criminals8 Radio ad – blog9 Weird Trivia

10 The Bell Witch11 Social English12 Jokes13 Grati14 Radio ad – web school15 Typical Dialogues16 Dr Fingers’ Vocabulary Clinic17 Quirky News18 British Bar Chat19 US Bar Chat20 Song21 Radio ad – courses abroad22 Dumb US Laws23 Dictionary o Slang24 Idioms25 Radio ad – translations26 Scams

27 The Trousersnatcher28 Oce Humour29 Craggers30 Radio ad – intensives31 Business English32 Goodbye

3 Editorial4 Grammar Fun6 Best City8 Tribute Bands9 Dr Fingers’ Error Correction Clinic10 Story Time11 Dr Fingers’ Grammar Clinic12 Basic English13 Harry Potter15 Daniel Radclie16 Tiny Stars17 JK Rowling18 Children’s Authors19 US 2120 Stupid Criminals22 Trivia Matching23 Weird Trivia24 Crossword & Answers25 Subscriptions26 The Bell Witch27 Social English28 Jokes & Grati29 Wordsearch & Joke

30 Scientology32 Vocabulary34 Typical Dialogues35 Dr Fingers’ Vocabulary Clinic36 Embarrassing Moments37 Quirky News38 Bar chats39 Song + Competition40 Dumb Laws42 Dictionary o Slang43 Idioms44 Scams45 Phrasal Verbs46 Bushisms47 The Trousersnatcher

& Oce Humour48 Craggers

49 Computer Jargon50 Business English

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GLOSSARYwell-deserved adj

i you think something is “welldeserved” you believe thatsomeone should have itto go on phr vb

to happenthe Common European

Framework n

a document used to describeachievements and levels o learnerso oreign languages. The ull title is“The Common European Framework o Reerence or Languages:Learning Teaching Assessment”the postal service nthe organisation in charge o sending and delivering lettersa stamp na small square piece o paper withan amount o money printed on it.You stick the stamp on an envelopein order to send a letterthe Isle o Wight nan island o the southern coast o England. It is amous or its annualyachting regattaa homophone n

a word that sounds the same asanother word even though it is spelt

dierently

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Used to /didn’ t use to /usuall y

We can use “used to” + an innitive totalk about past habits or states. I wesay that we “used to do” something itmeans that we did it requently in thepast but that we don’t do it now. Forexample:a) I used to play lots o tennis when I

was younger.b) She used to go swimming every

Saturday aternoon.

For questions and negatives we usethe auxiliaries “do/does”. For example:a) Did you use to come to this club

much?b) Did she use to play in this team?c) We didn’t use to eat much.d) They didn’t use to do much sport.

We can also use “used to” to talk about past states or the existence o something in the past. For example:a) I used to be really shy but now I’m

quite condent.b) The dog used to be a bit aggressive

but she’s really calm now.c) There used to be a church here but

they knocked it down.d) There used to be three houses here

but now there’s just one.

To express the same idea o requencyin the present we oten use the simplepresent tense. We can also use anadverb such as “usually”. For example:a) I play lots o board games.b) She usually goes swimming every

Saturday aternoon.c) They go to this club quite a lot.b) She usually plays in this team.

You can NOT use “used to” to talk about how oten something happenedor how long it took. For example:a) INCORRECT: I used to go to

Germany seven times. CORRECT: Iwent to Germany seven times.

b) INCORRECT: She used to live in NewYork or six years. CORRECT: Shelived in New York or six years.

In this month’s grammar fun section we’ll be looking at “used to”.CD track 2 US woman &Englishwoman

i used tohave long

hair.

i used toplay baseball

when i was ayoung man.

but now i gofishing with

my son.

i used tobe veryshort.

we usuallycatch a big

salmon.

my hobbyused to be

sailing.


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Choosing the best Choosing the best cityisn’t easy. There were threeactors to consider. Firstlythe judges looked atpersonal risk . This meantdeciding on the probabilityo becoming a victim o crime or not. They alsolooked at the inrastructurein the city. They gave points

or the quality o the publictransport system theroads the schools and thehospitals. And nally theylooked at the availabilityo goods and services. Thismeant deciding how easy itis to buy what you want or toget what you need?

SafeSo which cities did the best?Many Canadian cities scored well. So did Austria’s Viennaand Switzerland’s Geneva. These places did well

because they are consideredsae and they oer ahigh standard o living. The main uncertainty orpeople living in those citiesconcerned the weather. “In

the current global politicalclimate the most desirabledestinations are thosewith the lower perceivedthreat o terrorism” saida spokesperson. O theEuropean cities BerlinHelsinki Frankurt andStockholm all scored well.

Other countriesIn Latin America Montevideoin Uruguay Santiago inChile and Buenos Airesin Argentina oered theregion’s best conditions. InAsia cities in Japan South

Korea Singapore China and Taiwan all scored well as didAustralia’s. Arica and theMiddle East scored the worstbecause o concerns aboutterror attacks and economicand political instability.Interestingly all the citiesat the top o the list werein Canada Australia andWestern Europe. The worstplaces were Algiers in Algeriaand Port Moresby in Papua

New Guinea. Why? Well asone o the judges explained“Many aspects o dailylie in these cities presentchallenges.” Where wouldyou most like to live?

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Best CityA survey to nd the world’s best city.

What do you think the best city in the world is? A recent survey hasvoted Vancouver (in Canada) as the best place to live. Why?

GLOSSARYa judge na person who evaluatescompetitors and gives points in acompetitionpersonal risk nthe level o “personal risk” says howdangerous something is or you

inrastructure nthe roads transport systemhospitals schools etc in a cityto score vb

i you “score” 3 points or examplein a competition you receive or winthose pointsa standard o living nthe quality o liea threat na dangera concern nsomething that worries youa challenge na problem that needs solvingthe cost o living nthe price o ood clothing housinga pedestrianised area nan area in a city where cars cannotgo – only pedestrians people whowalk in towns or cities

a amily-run shop na shop that is managed by thepeople who work there otenamily memberslitter nrubbish – things you throw away:old bits o paper old ood etc

Dream cityImagine the perect city. What would it be like? This is our idea.

The top ten cities1. Vancouver (Canada)

2. Melbourne (Australia)

3. Vienna (Austria)

4. Geneva (Switzerland)

5. Perth (Australia)

6. Adelaide (Australia)

7. Sydney (Australia)

8. Zurich (Switzerland)

9. Toronto (Canada)

10. Calgary (Canada)

Vancouver, Canada

• More parks than roads.• Free public transport.• A very low cost o living:

cheap houses cheap oodcheap clothing etc.

• A view o the sea or themountains.

• A train station that goes rightinto the centre o town.

• Good streetlie withinteresting bars streetmusicians and lots o

pedestrianised areas.• An excellent variety o small

amily-run shops in centralshopping areas.

• Streets that are ree o litterand crime.

• Free cinemas theatresmuseums and concert halls.

• Cycle lanes so that everyonecan go by bicycle.

• A city is run on renewableenergy.

Melbourne, Australia

Vienna, Austria

Port Moresby, Papua New Guinea



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GLOSSARYa tribute band n a band whose members dress singand act like a amous banda stage n the raised platorm where a bandplays to an audience

the way orward n the way to progressa wig n a piece o alse hair that is worn onthe headto step o phr vb to leave a place by taking your ooto itbudget adj cheap. For example a budgetairline is a cheap lowcost airlineGlastonbury n a amous summer music estival inthe south o Englandto sell out phr vb i a concert is “sold out” there areno more tickets availablea bloke n inorm

a mana backing track n recorded music that accompanies

the main tune or the singersa plectrum n a small plastic object that guitaristsuse to play the guitara gig n inorm a concertpacked adj lled to the maximum capacity

Fast fame “I you want to play on a bigstage with an adoring crowdthen this is the way orward”said Mr Haveron o PsychoManagement a company thatrepresents tribute bands.“Unortunately when youtake o the wig and stepo stage people don’t knowwho you are and it is a bitdisappointing” he added.Welcome to the world o tribute bands. Hundredso groups which look likethe original sound like theoriginal and even act like theoriginal group but whicharen’t the original. And theplace to see these bands is theGlastonbudget Music Festival

– a cheapmusicestivaland analternativeto the

better known Glastonbury Festival. It has the tents rainclouds and bizarre ashionsyou would expect at theannual Glastonbury estival.However it’s not the Red Hot Chili Peppers who are

playing – it’s the Dead Hot Chili Peppers. Rather than Oasis it’sOasish.Andinstead o Pink Floyd it’s Pink Fraud .

Serious fun They may not be the genuinestars but you do get the bandplaying all the classics which

is what most ans want tohear anyway. Patrick Haverono Psycho Managementrepresents 237 tribute bandsand is creating more. “We now

have our Take That tributesand they are all selling out.I don’t understand why ourblokes singing to a backing track is so popular but it is”explains Mr Haveron.Some bands take it all veryseriously. Pink Fraud havesome o Pink Floyd’s originalclothingand theguitaristhas oneo DavidGilmour’s

own plectrums. What beganas a shared passion or Pink Floyd’s ‘70s albums has turnedinto an elaborate attempt torecreate the look sound andeel o being at a Floyd gig in1975.

Going back in time For many people seeinga tribute band is a uniqueexperience. “I rememberseeing a band called The

Bootleg Beatles in a smallclub in London” said NigelHaversham. “It was packed and it was just incredible. Theylooked just like the Beatles

and they played all the classicsI Wanna Hold your Hand, Love,Love me Do, etc and it justelt like I’d gone back in timeto the late ties early sixtiesin Hamburg or Liverpool. I’llnever orget it.”

The start So where did it all start?Actually tribute bands beganin Australia. It was seen asa solution to the problemo bands not touring overthere. In Britain it is largely a

smalltown phenomenon. Andit gives ans a chance to seebands rom many years ago.For example Kurt Cobain died

in 1994but anso Nirvana can nowsee BurtCocaine

in the band Teen Spirit . It’s alsoa very competitive market. There are according to the

latest statistics more than 30Pink Floyd tribute bands inBritain with more appearingall the time. Will you be goingto see a tribute band?

Tr ibu t e Bands

A look at some unusual British bands.

The Dead Hot Chili Peppers. Oasish. Pink Fraud. They almost sound like famous bands, but theyaren’t. They’re tribute bands. And the fans love them. Find out more.

Glastonbudget

The Bootleg Beatles

Oasish

Pink Fraud

Kurt Cobain

The Bootleg Beatles

CD track 3 Irishwoman

& Englishwoman



D r F i n g e r s ’ e r r o r

c o r r e c t i o nThe section in which Dr Fingers corrects typical

English errors.

Dr FingErs’Error corEction cLinicR

Error Analysis

1. We use “boring” to describe someone’s character or a lm; we use “bored” to describe howwe eel about something.

2. In English we use the past tense o the verb “to be” with “born”.

3. With expressions such as “three weeks ago” we use the past tense.

4. In English you “lend” someone some money.

5. You borrow something “rom” someone.

6. We use “neither o them” and an armative verb to describe a negative situation.

7. We place “both” ater the verb “to be”.

8. “Bread” is uncountable and is used with “some/any”.

9. You can use orce to “break down” a door.

10. When speaking generally we don’t use “the/a/an” with words such as“breakast lunch” and “dinner”.

11. When speaking generally we don’t use “the/a/an” with words such as“breakast lunch” and “dinner”.

12. I you “take” something you go with that thing; i you “bring” somethingyou come with that thing.

13. I you “etch” something you go to a place take something then comeback with it.

14. In English you “are” busy.

15. In English you go somewhere on “business” in the singular.

ActivityRead the sentences nd the errors and correct thesentences. Then listen to the CD to check your answers.Good luck! Aterwards you can read the error analysissection.

CD track 4 British man& language learner

1. I am very boring here.

2. His name is John and he born in Wales.

3. Our baby daughter has been born three weeks ago.4. I asked him to borrow me some money.

5. I borrowed him some books.

6. Both o them haven’t paid me yet.

7. Michael and Sandra both are engineers.

8. She went to buy a resh bread.

9. The police broke the door so they could get in.

10. Ater the breakast we went out or a walk.

11. She always drinks water beore she has a lunch.

12. I can bring you home i you like.

13. She went inside to bring her bag.14. I’m sorry I can’t do it now because I have very busy.

15. I am here on businesses.

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Jokes, stories and anecdotes as told by native English speakers.

GLOSSARYa barman na man who works in a bar servingdrinksto come across something exp

to nd something unexpectedlya sack na material container or potatoes/money etcto kick vb

to hit with your ootmeow exp

the noise a cat makesto pretend vb

to act as i something is true eventhough it isn’twoo exp

the noise a dog makesa typist na person who writes on a computeror typewriterto wag a tail exp

the “tail” is the long object at theback o a dog’s body. When a dog“wags” its tail the tail moves romone side to anotherto paw at exp a dog’s “paws” are its hands. I a dog“paws” at something it touches thatthing with its pawsto hire vb

to employstunned adj

shocked; really surpriseda spreadsheet na computer le with guresnumbers and calculationsdumbounded adj

shocked; so surprised that youcannot speak

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Penguin JokeA penguin walks in to a barand asks the barman “Haveyou seen my ather?”And the barman replies

“What does he look like?”

Mr Thickie Three men are runningdown the street tryingto escape rom a policeocer. All o a sudden theycome across three sacks and decide to hide in them.When the police ocerdiscovers the sacks he kicksthe rst one. “Meow” therst man says pretendingto be a sack ull o cats.

The police ocer movesto the next sack and kicksit. “Woo woo” the next

man says pretending to be

a sack ull o dogs. Finallythe police ocer moves onto the last sack and kicksit. And the man in that sack shouts out “Potatoes!”

Clever Dog The manager o a smallbusiness puts a sign in thewindow:

“HELP WANTED. You mustbe a ast typist have goodcomputer skills and bebilingual. We are an EqualOpportunity Employer.”A short time later a doggoes up to the window seesthe sign and goes inside.

The dog looks at the womanwags his tail and startspawing at the sign. Thewoman looks at the dogand says “I can’t hire you.

The sign says you must beable to type.”Immediately the dog jumps down goes to thetypewriter and quicklytypes a perectbusiness letter.

The womanis stunnedbut says tothe dog

“That was

antastic

but I’m sorry. The signclearly says that you musthave computer skills.”In a ash the dog goes tothe computer and producesan Excel spreadsheet aPower Point presentationand a logo in Photoshopand then prints them all orthe woman. The womanis dumbounded. Shesays to the dog “Listen Irealise that you are a veryintelligent applicant andhave antastic talent butyou’re a dog! There’s noway I can hire you!” Thedog jumps down andgoes to

the sign in the windowand points his paw at thewords “Equal OpportunityEmployer”. The woman says

“Yes I know what the signsays. But the sign also saysyou have to be bilingual.”

The dog looks the womanstraight in the eye and says

“Meow.”

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1.“To mean” can be used to say “tointend”. In these cases the verb is

ollowed by an innitive with “to”. Forexample: a) I didn’t mean to hit you.b) I meant to come earlier but thetrac was terrible.c) She didn’t mean to insult you.d) We didn’t mean to cause you anytrouble.However when “to mean” is used asa way o describing the meaning o something it is ollowed by a noun orby a clause. For example:a) The abbreviation “US” means the

“United States”.b) This word means “short” in English.c) This means that we will earn more

money.d) That means that we won’t be ableto go.

2. The word “sometimes” is an adverb o requency that sayshow oten you do something. For example:a) I go to the cinema sometimes.b) She sometimes calls me.c) Sometimes I clean my room.However “sometime” means “at some point” or “at somemoment”. For example:a) I’ll visit you sometime this week.b) She’ll do it sometime this month.c) We’ll talk about it sometime next week.

3. And nally let’s look at thenumerical symbol 0.In British English we sometimes pronounce “0” as “oh” whenwe say the numbers gure by gure in American Englishthey use the word “zero”. For example:a) British: 109 = One oh nine.American: 109 = One zero nine.b) British: 38076 = Three eight oh seven six.American: 38076 = Three eight zero seven six.With measurements o temperature we use the word zeroin both British and American English. For example:a) 0ºC = Zero degrees centigrade.b) 4ºC = Four degrees below zero.And nally some other ways o saying “0”.Zero scores in British English are called nil. For example:100 = ten nil.In tennis table tennis and other similar games the word

“love” is used to mean zero. This comes rom the French“l’oeu” which means “the egg”. Presumably this is because azero looks a bit like an egg. For example:300 = Thirty love.

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• Could you send this byax please?

• Could you make me sixcopies o this please?

• You’ve got a phone call.• Can you staple these

together please?• Could you take this paper

down to the recyclingbin please?

• Which drawer does thisgo in?

• Can I borrow your penplease?

• Is this scrap paper?• Just take a message

please.• Could you le these

documents please?• Put it in the top drawer

please.• Have you got a pen I

could borrow please?• Stick a postit note on it.• The photocopier has run

out o paper.• Could you order some

more toner or thephotocopier please?

• What’s the ax numberplease?

• Put it in my in-tray.

Useful Expressions –The OfceListen and repeat these useul expressions.

CD track 6 - US man& US woman

A paper clip

Basic English

A fax machine

A drawer

A rubber band

A staplerTippex

A photocopier

An open-plan ofce

A ling-cabinet

A telephone

Sellotape

A desk

A holepunch

Desk trays

A computer

A screen/monitor

A keyboard A mouse

A waste paper bin/A trashcan

A pen

GLOSSARYto staple vb

to x pages together by using astaple a small thin piece o metalthat looks like a little bridgea recycling bin n

a container or rubbish old papercartons glass etc that can berecycleda drawer na box that is part o a piece o urniture and in which you canplace thingsto borrow vb

i you “borrow” something romsomeone you take that thing withpermission or a limited periodo timescrap paper nold paper that can be used oranother purpose or or rough notesto le vb

to put a document/paper/contractetc into a box or olderto stick vb

to putto run out o exp

i you “run out o something” youhave no more o that thingtoner nink a black chemical substanceor a photocopier or printeran in-tray na box where people can placeletters/documents/internal notesetc or you to read

Shelves

A Post-It note



Film Inormation: The Assassination of Jesse James by the Coward Robert Ford This lm the latest Jesse James lm tells the story o the outlaw and the young tormented gangmember Robert Ford who shot Jesse James in cold blood. The lm stars Brad Pitt as Jesse James andCasey Afeck as Robert Ford. It is directed by Andrew Dominik. Other lms about Jesse James include: The 1921 silent lm Jesse James Under the Black Flag starring Jesse James’ own son. The 1939 lm Jesse James starring Tyrone Power. The 1972 lm The Great Northfeld, Minnesota Raid starring Robert Duvall. The 2001 lm American Outlaws starring Colin Farrell.

GLOSSARYto host vbto organise and manage an eventa love interest nsomeone who you lovea rite na rituala near-drowning ni there is a “neardrowning”

someone almost dies in watermature adj older and like an adultdarker adj more rightening; more sinisteran eerie atmosphere n with a rightening eel to itto scale down phr vbto reducea plot nthe story that develops in a book to come to terms with something exp to learn to accept somethingto go through phr vbto experiencesurvivor’s guilt ni you’re suering rom “survivor’sguilt” you eel bad because yourriends died in a tragedy but youlived

to cut yoursel o rom phr vb to isolate yoursel romto blame vb to say that someone is responsibleor somethingtroublesome adj a “troublesome” person causesproblems or others or does badthingsto come out phr vb i a book “comes out” it is in theshops and people buy ita wish n a desireto grow up phr vb to become an adultto embark upon a journey exp to start a journeya release n i there is a book “release” thebook is put in the shops so peoplecan buy itan arch-enemy n your worst enemya mentor n someone who looks ater you andwho teaches you thingstwins n two people born at the same timeand to the same mother

The new Harry Potter lmHarry Potter and the Order o the Phoenix is creating a lot o excitement. In the previous lmHarry Potter and the Goblet o Fire Hogwarts hosted the TriWizard Tournament in whichmany things happened: Harrywas almost killed his riendHermione started a closerelationship with Bulgarianquidditch superstar Viktor KrumHagrid ound a love interestand there were some dramatic

moments involving dragonsdark magical rites and near-drownings. At the end o the lm Harry Potter seesHufepu quidditch captainCedric Diggory murdered inront o him as Lord Voldemorthits him in the chest with thecurse “ Avada kedavra.”

The ourth lm was consideredmore mature and darker than

the other three and muchmore suitable or adults.Lord Voldemort who isplayed antastically by RalphFiennes will return in theth lm and it looksas i the dark eerieatmosphere o TheGoblet o Fire will becontinued.

The thHarry Potter book is the longest in

the series so thelm has had tobe scaleddown;however

the screenwriter MichaelGoldenberg has said that hehas tried to include as much o the plot as possible.

In the th lm Harry isattempting to come to termswith the death o Cedric. He’sgoing through a dicultperiod o survivor’s guilt thatno one can understand and hecuts himsel o rom his usualsources o support: Hermioneand Ron. On his return to

Hogwarts Harry discovers thatmost o the wizard communitydo not believe his version o Cedric’s death. They also donot believe that Voldemort has

returned. Very soon Harry is

blamed or the death himsel.

Meanwhile the Ministryo Magic appoint

Proessor Umbridgeas headmistress o Hogwarts in place o the “troublesome”Dumbledore. With

Dumbledore outo the way LordVoldemort’s plans

to destroy Harry

Hogwarts and establisha new evil wizardsociety seem destinedto succeed. Will Harry be

able to stop them?


Harry Potter

and the Order of the Phoenix Director: David YatesStarring: DanielRadclie RupertGrint Emma WatsonHelena BonhamCarter Ralph FiennesAlan Rickman.

Harry Potter and the Order of the Phoenix by Hayley Collins

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows

At more or less the sametime as the lm release, theseventh (and last) Harry Potterbook (Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows) will come

out. On her ocial website,JK Rowling makes one lastwish, “I want the readers,who in many instances havegrown up with Harry Potter,to embark upon the last journey they will share withhim without knowing wherethey are going.”

The release o Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows is likely to be one o thebiggest book releases inmodern history. Readers

have ollowed the storyo Harry’s rst six yearsattending Hogwarts School o Witchcrat and Wizardry andhis struggle against his arch-enemy Lord Voldemort.

Rowling revealed at the endo the sixth book (Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince) thatHarry was unlikely to returnto Hogwarts. Ater the deatho Harry’s ex-headmaster andmentor Dumbledore, Harryis let without protection.

With the Ministry o Magicconused and inefective,Harry only has the help o hisriends, Ron and Hermione.

JK Rowling has said thatthe new book is so close inmaterial to Harry Potter and the Half Blood Prince that thetwo books are almost liketwins. Many problems remainor Harry to solve: can hend and destroy Voldemort’selusive horcruxes? Who isgoing to help him? Who is

the mysterious characterknown as RB? And whenhe nally meets the mostpowerul wizard, does Harryhave the ability or power todeeat him?



GLOSSARYa cli n an area o high land next to thecoastto search or exp

to look ora boarding school n a school in which the children livea plaque n a piece o metal/wood etc thatis xed to a wall and that hasinormation on ita make o car n a type o cara scar n a mark on your body where youwere once cutmischievous adj naughty and badly behavedApril Fool’s Day n the 1st April – a day on which Britishpeople play jokes on one anotherto kill o phr vb to destroy; to eliminatea poll n a series o questions in order to

discover people’s opinionsto shoot vb to lma cast n the people who are acting in thelmto settle or phr vb to decide to accept

There arerumours that thenext Harry Potter

lm (Harry Potter and the Hal Blood Prince) will belmed in Scotland.

The producersare interested inusing the clis and caves alongthe coast as part o the dramaticclimax in which the heroessearch or Lord Voldemort’s soul.

During a recent interview JK Rowling was asked “Why stopat seven books when youcould write Harry’s whole lie?”

Rowling’s usual reply is that thereare seven books because thecourse at Hogwarts lasts sevenyears. However this time she said

“I notice you’re very condent thathe’s not going to die.”

In the new book two peopleget married a student and ateacher but not to each other.Many think the teacher could beeither Snape or Hagrid Hagrid toMadame Maxime and Snape to amysterywoman.

You can now goon organisedPotter tours inBritain includinglm locationsin ancient citiessuch as OxordYork Durham

and Edinburgh.

Hogwarts was based on a typicalEnglish boarding school.

Harry gets the train to Hogwartsrom platorm 9 and three

quarters at King’s Cross Stationin London. I you go to King’sCross you can see a plaque onthe wall leading to this mythicalplace.

The make o car that Harry andRon take toHogwart’s inThe Chamber o Secrets is a Ford Anglia.

This is similar to the one thatJK Rowling’s best riend had inRowling’s childhood days in

Chepstow. Beore writing Harry Potter whatdo you think JK Rowling did? Shewas an English oreign languageteacher in Portugal o course.

Rowling studied modernlanguages at university andspeaks French well. I you look at

most o the spells and characternames you can see they have ahidden signicance.

Many actors and actresses in theHarry Potter lms have Oscarnominations:Maggie Smith6 Emma

Thompson5 KennethBranagh 4Julie Christie3 Richard Harris 2 John Cleese1.

Rowling has said that she willend the last chapter o the nalHarry Potter book with the word

“scar”.

The popularandmischievous Weasleytwins areborn on noneother than 1st

April April Fools Day.

JK Rowling and Harry Potter havethe same birthday.

Book six o the Harry Potter seriesearned Rowling a GuinnessWorld Records Award or beingthe astestselling book everselling more copies in 24 hoursthan The Da Vinci Code sold in ayear.

Rowling worked on the seventhbook (Harry Potter and theDeathly Hallows) while staying atthe Balmoral

Hotel inEdinburgh. On11th January2007 shewrote on astatue in theroom she was staying in room652 saying that she nishedwriting the book here.

In a recent press conerenceauthors Stephen King and JohnIrving asked Rowling not to killo Harry. Rowling remainedambiguous regarding Harry’s ate.

In June 2006 the British publicnamed Rowling “The greatestliving British writer” in a poll by The Book Magazine. Rowlingtopped the poll receiving nearly

three times asmany votesas the second

place authorantasywriter TerryPratchett.

In July 2006 Rowling receivedan honorary degree rom theUniversity o Aberdeen or her

“signicant contribution to manycharitable causes” and “her manycontributions to society”.

Rowling demanded thatHollywood studios Warner Bros.shoot the Harry Potter lms in

Britain with an allBritish cast.

Rowling also demanded thatone o the lm’s sponsors Coca

Cola donate $18 million to theAmerican charity Reading isFundamental .

The rst our lms were scriptedby Steve Kloves; Rowling assistedhim in the writing processensuring that his scripts did notcontradict uture books in theseries. She says she has told himmore about the later books than

anybodyelse but noteverything.

She has alsosaid that shehas told Alan

Rickman Snape and RobbieColtrane Hagrid certain secretsabout their characters that havenot yet been revealed.

Rowling’s rst choice or thedirector o the rst Harry Potterlm had been Terry Gilliam o Monty Python. Warner Bros.studios wanted a more amilyriendly lm however. Bothparties eventually settled or

Chris Columbus.

Rowling has contributed moneyand support to many charitablecauses especially research andtreatment o multiple sclerosis.

Harry Potter quotes, facts and trivia.

Just so you understandthe Harry Potter books

come beore the lms.For example this is thenal book in a serieso 7 based on Harry’sseven school years inHogwarts. Right nowthe lms are up to 5in the series (Harry Potter and the Order o the Phoenix). The listbelow indicates all theHarry Potter books. Theasterisks * show whichbooks have been madeinto lms so ar.

HarryPotter and thePhilosopher’sStone*

Harry Potter andthe Chamber o Secrets*

HarryPotter and thePrisoner o Azkaban*

HarryPotter and the Goblet o Fire*

HarryPotter and theOrder o thePhoenix*

Harry Potter andthe Hal Blood Prince

Harry Potterand the Deathly Hallows



Here’s some Daniel Radcliffe trivia.

At the age

o sixteenRadcliebecame the youngestnonroyal ever to have anindividual portrait in themuseum The NationalPortrait Gallery.

Radclie went to an allboysschool: the Sussex HouseSchool.

Radclie plays bass guitarand was taught by GaryOldman.

He is a an o punk rock music and likes bands such

as the Sex Pistols.

He is also a an o Fulham Football Club.

While on the set he enjoysplaying table tennis andvideo games with his ellowcast members.

Daniel Jacob Radclie is best known or hisrole as the wizard Harry Potter in the lmsbased on the bestselling Harry Potter books.Let’s nd out more about him.

Radclie was born in London on 23rd July1989. He was the only child o Alan Radclieand Marcia Gresham. Radclie rst expresseda desire to act at the age o ve. In December1999 he made his acting debut in the BBC’stelevised twopart version o the CharlesDicken’s novel David Copperfeld . He playedthe lead role.In August 2000 ater several auditions he wasselected or his most prominent role to date:Harry Potter. However beore that Radcliemade his lm debut in 2001 with a supportingrole alongside Pierce Brosnan in The Tailor o Panama while the rst Harry Potter lm Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone was releasedlater that year.

Radclie has also starred in the oursubsequent Harry Potter lm adaptations:Harry Potter and the Chamber o Secrets 2002 Harry Potter and the Prisoner o Azkaban 2004 Harry Potter and theGoblet o Fire 2005 and Harry Potter and the Order o the Phoenix 2007.He has signed on or the sixth andseventh lms: Harry Potter and theHal-Blood Prince scheduled or

release in November 2008 andHarry Potter and the Deathly Hallows expected sometime in 2010. Thelms continue to produce high boxofce returns worldwide.

Unlike many other child stars Danielseems to be making the transitionrom child star to adult star. In 2002he appeared as a guest in the WestEnd production The Play What I Wrote directed by Kenneth Branagh.

And in 2006 he appeared in thetelevision series Extras as a parodyo himsel as well as lming theindependent Australian dramaDecember Boys. He opened on 27th

February 2007 in a revival o Peter Shaer’splay Equus as Alan Strang a boy who has anobsession with horses. Radclie appears nude in one scene in the play. Reviewers were reallyimpressed and some wrote “Brilliant Radcliethrows o Harry Potter’s cloak.” Another wrote

“He is a thrilling stage actor.”

GLOSSARYa wizard n a man/boy with magic powersa lead role n the most important part in the lmto make your lm debut exp to be in a lm or the rst timeto sign on or exp to put your name on a contract; toagree to ormallyhigh box ofce returns exp i there are “high box oce returns”the lm makes a lot o moneya parody o yoursel exp i you do a “parody o yoursel” youimitate yoursel in a unny waynude adj with no clothes onthrilling adj excitinga portrait n

a painting o someone’s head andacethe set n the urniture or scenery on a stagewhere a lm is being shotellow cast members n other people who are acting in thelm

Daniel Radcliffe and his rise to fame.



GLOSSARYto make your lm debut exp to be in a lm or the rst timea couple n two people in a relationshipto stalk vb i a amous person is “stalked” theyare ollowed quietly and careullya deranged an n a an with psychological problemslines n the words you must speak in a lm

to keep up with exp to maintain the same speed asa breakdown n i someone has a “breakdown” theysuer a deep depressiona con artist n a person who tricks other people inorder to get money

Daniel Radclie the star o the Harry Potterlms seems to be making the transition romchild star to adult star. But what about all theother child stars? What happened to them?

Christina Ricci (born 12th

February 1980)

Christina Ricci is probablymost amous or her role asWednesday Addams in thelm Addams Family 1991and its sequel Addams Family

Values 1993. She made her movie debut atthe age o 10 starring with Cher and WinonaRyder in the 1990 lm Mermaids.As an adult Ricci began appearing in moremature roles particularly The Ice Storm 1997.She has starred in many lowbudget butcritically acclaimed independent lms suchas The Opposite o Sex 1998 and Pumpkin 2002. She also starred in major blockbusterssuch as Sleepy Hollow 1999 and Monster 2004.

Elijah Wood (born 28th

January 1981)

Elijah Wood is best knownor his role as Frodo in TheLord o the Rings. This madehim a star. He began acting atthe age o nine with a minor

part in Back to the Future Part II 1989. Woodsecured his rst starring role in Paradise 1991 in which he played a young boy whoreunites a couple played by Melanie Grithand Don Johnson. His biggest break camewith the Lord o the Rings trilogy directed byPeter Jackson. In the lms Wood plays thepart o Frodo Baggins. Wood also seems to bemaking the transition rom child star to adultstar. His most recent lms are Emilio Estevez’sBobby 2006 and The Passenger 2007 abiopic about pop singer Iggy Pop.

Jodie Foster (born 19th November 1962)

Jodie Foster became amous orher role as a teenage prostitutein Taxi Driver 1976 receivingan Oscar nomination or BestSupporting Actress. She was

just 14 at the time. Later she won an Oscar orBest Actress in 1988 or playing a rape victimin The Accused . And in 1991 she starred in TheSilence o the Lambs as Clarice Starling a gitedFBI agent investigating a serial killer. Foster isanother child star who has seen a lot o success

as an adult actress. For many years she wasstalked by aderanged an John HinckleyJr. On 30th March 1981 he shot US PresidentRonald Reagan and three other peopleclaiming that his motive was to impress Foster.

Shirley Temple (born 23rd

April 1928) Shirley Temple is an AcademyAwardwinning ormer child

actress. She starred in over 40lms during the 1930s. Hercareer began at the age o 3.

In late 1933 Temple signed to 20th CenturyFox where she stayed until 1940. Shebecame the studio’s most lucrative actress.Even at the age o ve she always had herlines memorised and dance steps preparedwhen shooting began.In 1940 Temple let Fox. She had somesuccess as an older actress starringwith John Wayne in Fort Apache but sheeventually retired in 1949 claiming that shewanted to raise her amily. Others said itwas because the public couldn’t accept herappearing in adult roles. In the 1960s shebecame involved in the Republican Partyand went on to hold several diplomaticposts.

Judy Garland (Born 10th June

1922; died 22nd June 1969) Judy Garland is best knownor her role as Dorothy in the1939 lm The Wizard o Oz .In 1935 she was signed toMetroGoldwynMayer. Ater

a number o minor roles she got the leadingrole o Dorothy in the MGM lm The Wizard o Oz at the age o 16. Aterwards she starredwith ellow child star Mickey Rooney in anumber o musicals. In order to keep up with the rantic lm making Garland Rooney andother young perormers were given drugssuch as amphetamines. Sadly this would leadto addiction. And later in lie Garland had anumber o breakdowns and even made aew suicide attempts.

Tatum O’Neal (born 5th

November 1963) In 1974 Tatum O’Nealbecame the youngest personever to win an Oscar or herperormance in the lm Paper Moon. O’Neal played the role

o Addie Loggins a child con artist whotravels around the US with her uncle playedby her reallie ather Ryan O’Neal. She was10 years old at the time she won the award.Ater Paper Moon she starred in a numbero lms including International Velvet 1978and Little Darlings 1980. She married

tennis star John McEnroe with whom shehad three children. The couple eventuallydivorced. She has had a conictiverelationship with her ather and problemswith drug abuse.

tiny starsFilm stars who started their careers as children.

Christina Ricci

Elijah Wood

Jodie Foster

Shirley Temple

Judy Garland

Tatum O’Neal



GLOSSARYa researcher n an investigatorunemployed adj with no jobstate benets n money rom the government orood housing etca typewriter n a machine or writing textto reject vb i you “reject” something you saythat you don’t want itlittle chance o exp little possibility o a grant n money given by the governmentor a specic purpose oten orstudyinga target audience n the people you are writing thebook ora pseudonym n an invented namean auction n a public salea print run n the number o magazines/booksthat are printed

She’s author o the Harry Potter antasy series.She’s internationally amous. And her bookshave sold over 377 million copies worldwide. JK Rowling is one o the world’s most successulwriters.

In February 2004 Forbes magazine estimatedRowling’s ortune to be 576 million pounds; and in2006 Forbes named her the second richest emaleentertainer in the world ater talk show host OprahWinrey. So how did she get there?Rowling was born near Bristol England. As achild she enjoyed writing stories which she otenread to her sister. At school Rowling was good atlanguages but didn’t like sports or maths.Ater studying French and Classics at the Universityo Exeter with a year o study in Paris she movedto London to work as a researcher and bilingualsecretary or Amnesty International. One day whileshe was on a ourhour delayedtrain trip between

Manchester and London she developed the ideaor a story o a young boy who goes to a schoolo wizardry. As soon as she got home she beganwriting.

A ew months later Rowling moved to Porto inPortugal to teach English as a oreign language.While there she married Portuguese television journalist Jorge Arantes on 16th October 1992. They had one child Jessica who was named aterRowling’s heroine Jessica Mitord an early 20thcentury political radical rom an upperclass

amily. They divorced in 1993.In December 1994 Rowling and herdaughter moved to be near Rowling’s sisterin Edinburgh Scotland. At the time shewasunemployed and living on state

benets.

In 1995 Rowling completed her

manuscript or Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s

Stone on an old typewriter. Ater good reviews o the book by a proessional reader Rowling oundan agency to represent her. Shortly aterwards thebook was sent to twelve publishing houses. All o them rejected it.A year later Rowling was given a £1500 advanceby the editor Barry Cunningham rom the smallpublisher Bloomsbury. Apparently Bloomsburyagreed to publish the book ater 8yearold AliceNewton the daughter o the company chairmanread the rst chapter and then immediatelydemanded the next one. Cunningham advisedRowling to get a day job as she had little chance

o making money in children’s books. Soonaterwards Rowling received an £8000 grant romthe Scottish Arts Council to enable her to continuewriting.At the time Bloomsbury were worried that thetarget audience o young boys might not wantto buy books by a emale author. So they asked

Rowling to use two initials rather than reveal herrst name Joanne. As she had no middle nameRowling chose K rom her grandmother’s nameKathleen as the second initial o her pseudonym.

The ollowing spring the US rights to the book were sold to a publisher in America. There wasan auction which was won by Scholastic Inc.Scholastic paid Rowling more than $100000.Rowling said she “nearly died” when she heardthe news. In June 1997 Bloomsbury publishedHarry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone with

an initial print run o only onethousandcopies vehundred o which were given

to libraries. Today these copies are worthbetween £16000 and £25000. The

book soon started winning awards.And in October 1998 Scholastic Incpublished the book in the US underthe title Harry Potter and the Sorcerer’s

Stone. And the rest is history.


In our time, when the literature for adults is deteriorating, good books for children are the only hope, the only refuge.“ Isaac Bashevis Singer.

JK rowLingAll about the author of the Harry Potter books.

Name:Joanne Rowling.

Born: 31st July 1965.Famous or: being theauthor o the HarryPotter series o books.

Here are some quotes by JK Rowling.

“Anything’s possiblei you’ve got enoughnerve.”

“Death is just lie’s

next big adventure.”

“I really don’t believein magic.”



GLOSSARYa boarding school n a school in which children livea ghter pilot n a person who ies a ghter a astmilitary plane used or shootingother planesa stued animal n a little sot toy that looks like ananimala mascot n an animal toy or symbol thatis associated with a group ororganisationa pet animal n an animal that lives in your housea bat n

a bird that ies at night. Some liketo drink bloodimpudent adj with no respect or authoritycheeky adj with no respect or authorityetymology n the study o words and th eir origin

Rowling is one o many successul Britishauthors o children’s books. Here are somemore. Have you read any o their books?

Roald Dahl (born 13th

September 1916; died 23rd

November 1990)

Roald Dahl is amousas a writer or bothchildren’s literature andadults. His parents wereboth Norwegian. His

most popular books include Charlie and theChocolate Factory James and the Giant Peach,Matilda The Witches The BFG and Kiss Kiss.Many o the characters in his book are crueladults. He says that the inspiration or thesecame rom his experiences at boardingschool which he hated. Later Dahl oughtas a ghter pilot in the Second World Warshooting down a number o enemy planes.

A A Milne (born 18th

January 1882; died 31st

January 1956)

Alan Alexander Milne isan English author bestknown or his books aboutthe teddy bear WinniethePooh. He ought as

an ocer in the First World War 191418. The inspiration or Christopher Robin andhis animal riends came rom Milne’sown son and his son’s stued animalsmost notably the bear named Winnie thePooh. The source o the name was a realCanadian black bear called Winnipeg Bear.

This reallie bear was a mascot or theRoyal Winnipeg Ries a Canadian InantryRegiment in World War I.

JM Barrie (born 9th May

1860; died 19th June 1937)

JM Barrie is most amous

or his book and theatreplay Peter Pan. Barrie wasthe ninth o ten childrenand he grew up withstories o pirates and

adventure. When Barrie was six somethinghappened that would aect him or therest o his lie: his brother David who was14 at the time died in an accident. Barrie’smother ell into a depression as David hadbeen her avourite child. Barrie was only sixat the time but he wrote about his desire to

“become so like David that even my mother

should not know the dierence”. This ideao everlasting childhood stayed with Barrieor the rest o his lie. It also became theinspiration or his most amous play andbook Peter Pan.

Enid Blyton (born 11th

August 1897; died 28th November 1968)

Enid Mary Blyton was a

popular English writer o children’s literature. She ismost amous or her serieso books which include The

Famous Five consisting o 21 novels based onour children and their dog who have variousadventures and The Secret Seven consistingo 15 novels about a society o seven childrenwho solve various mysteries.Her books have sold more than 400 millioncopies all over the world. In 2007 Blyton wasnamed the th most popular author in theworld.

Beatrix Potter (born

28th July 1866; died 22nd

December 1943)

Helen Beatrix Potter isamous or her books aboutlittle animal characters. Asa child she was educatedat home and had little

opportunity to mix with other children. So shemade riends with pet animals: rogs rabbitsand even a bat. Her rst rabbit was Benjaminwhom she described as “an impudent cheeky little thing” while her second was Peter. Shetook Peter everywhere with her even on trains.Potter eventually wrote 23 books. These werepublished in a small ormat easy or a child tohold and read. The Tale o Peter Rabbit 1902is the 27th bestselling book o all time 45million copies.

Tolkien (born 3rd January

1892; died 2nd September

1973)

John Ronald Reuel Tolkien ismost amous as the authoro The Hobbit and The Lord o the Rings. Apparently

Tolkien could read by theage o our and could write uently soonaterwards. He served in the army duringWorld War I. Ater the war his rst job wasat Oxord University Press where he workedon the history and etymology o words o Germanic origin beginning with the letter “w”.Interestingly Tolkien never expected hisstories to become popular. However in 1937he was persuaded to publish a book that hehad written or his own children called TheHobbit . The book became really popular andattracted both children and adult readers.

Tolkien’s publisher asked him to work on asequel. Soon aterwards Tolkien began towrite what would become his most amouswork: the epic threevolume novel The Lord o the Rings published 1954–55.

chiLDrEn’s authors The BFG

Winnie the Pooh

Peter Pan

The Secret Seven

The Tale of Peter Rabbit

The Hobbit



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amEricanBlueberriesJuly is blueberry month in theStates. Go and pick your ownin America’s blueberry state:Michigan. Michigan producesabout 32% o the blueberriesor the United States. Visit arms such asthe Blueberries Galore Farm and pick someyoursel. Use the berries in blueberry piesor just eat them resh. Not only do theytaste great but apparently blueberries are awonderul source o vitamins and nutrientsthat prevent aging.

Crater LakeCome see the most amazing lake in the world:Crater Lake. It’s in the state o Oregon andthe best view o the lake is rom the top. Asthe deepest and probably leastpollutedlake in the US Crater Lake gets its name romthe volcano that it once was. Apparently thetip o the volcano ell in ater an eruptionand then it was lled with rain and meltedsnow. There are so many dierent ways toenjoy the view. You can drive along the rimhike up Mt Scott take a boat ride on thelake or have a snack in a lodge on the rim.For more inormation check out this website:www.crater.lake.nationalpark.com

Mt Rainier For another great trip hike up MtRainier and see the glacier. You

can also get beautiul pictureso the alpine prairies thatsurround the trail. Summer isa great time to make the tripbecause all the owers are inbloom. While the rest o theUnited States is scorchinghot Seattle Washington isrereshingly cool. You can see thesilhouette o Mt Rainier rom thecity.

Giant RedwoodsWander around the tallest treesin the world in The RedwoodNational State Park. The park is along the Pacic Coast innorthern Caliornia. It protects

45% o the remaining groves o coastalredwood trees. It’s a lot o un to camp theretoo.

The Grand Canyon The Grand Canyon is a steep gorge createdby the Colorado River. It’s in the state o Arizona and is part o the Grand CanyonNational Park. There are hundreds o trailsalong the top. And o course you can’tleave the park without hearing your echo asyou shout down into the canyon. For moreinormation check out www.nps.gov/grca

The Rocky Mountains The Rocky Mountainsalso known asthe Rockies arein western NorthAmerica. Themountain range ismore than 4800 kilometers long stretchingrom British Columbia in Canada to NewMexico in the US. The highest peak is MountElbert in Colorado which is 4401 metersabove sea level.

The Rocky Mountains National Park oers a loto dierent activities including hiking horseriding shing and crosscountry skiing. Thereare always a lot o animals and birds aroundto watch as well.

21This is the last part of our series on 21 things to do in the US.By Ayelet Drori (US English spelling)

GLOSSARYa blueberry n

a small dark blue ruit ound in NorthAmericato pick vb

to take ruit rom a treea pie nood that consists o ruit in pastryto prevent vb

to stop something rom happeningaging nthe process by which we become olda crater n

a large hole caused by a volcanoexplodingdeep adj

i something is “deep” it goes a longway downthe tip nthe “tip”o something is the longnarrow end o itan eruption ni there is “an eruption” the volcanoexplodes and throws out lava andhot dustthe rim nthe edgeto hike vb

to go walking in the mountainshills etca boat ride na trip in a boata snack na small amount o ood you eat

between mealsa lodge na small house or hut in the countryalpine adj

an “alpine”scene is one that is typicalo the Alps region in Europe withmountains grass and pine treesa prairie n

a large area o at grassy land inNorth Americato surround vb

to be all around a place/thing etca trail na small road or people to walk alongscorching hot n

very very hotto wander around phr vb

to walk in an area with no particularobjectivea grove nan area with a group o trees that are

close togethersteep adj

a “steep”mountain has very high sidesthat go up at a sharp angle 90º orexamplea gorge na deep narrow valley with very steepsides

TwenTy one Things you musT do and see in The u.s.a.

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Here’s another part in our series on good, bad and funny criminals.

corny criminaLsCD track 7 - Englishman& US Miami man

YouTube CatchComputer shop owner Thomas Karer was tired o people

stealing rom his shop. So he installed video surveillancecameras in his store. One o the cameras caught twoteenage thieves stealing a 2000euro laptop. The videoshowed how one o the teenagers kept watch while theother one put the computer under his jacket. Karer 45 thenput the CCTV ootage on YouTube with a note to get incontact i anyone recognised the pair. Within a ew days aman called Kaere rang and gave inormation on the identityo the mystery teenagers. Immediately Karer inormed thepolice who arrested the two teens.

Helpful Mother “I was so worried about what might happen to him thatI went along to make sure he would be sae” a Germanwoman said ater admitting that she had driven her son toa jewellery shop so he could rob it. “He was determined todo it and I could not talk him out o it so I oered to drivehim there to keep an eye on him. I was worried about him”Brigitte Schwammer 39 told the court.Schwammer’s son 18yearold Bruno told her what hewas going to do. So Schwammer went with him to a DIYstore to buy some latex gloves “so he wouldn’t leave anyngerprints” . Schwammer a mother o three also actedas look-out while her son and two other men broke in andstole £25000 worth o jewellery. The crooks were caughtater they set o a silent alarm connected to the policestation.

Imaginary Cops“Come quick! They’re gonna kill me” a man told theemergency services in Wisconsin US. The 33 year oldGordon Stayswim rang the police to complainthat drug squad ocers were chasinghim. Eventually Stayswim had climbedup a tree which was where he was whenhe phoned the police. When the policearrived at the scene they ound Stayswimup the tree holding onto his mobile phonebut with no sign o any drug squad ocersin the vicinity.

Police soon realised that the man washallucinating. They tried to convince him tocome down but the man lost his grip and ellout. He was taken to hospital or minor injuries and laterarrested on a drugs oence.

GLOSSARYa laptop na portable computerto keep watch ni a criminal is “keeping watch”he/she is watching to see i thepolice come etcto talk someone out o something exp

to convince someone not to dosomethingto keep an eye on someone exp

to watch someone because you aresuspicious or worried about thema DIY store na shop that sells material tools etc

so you can do repairs in the house.Literally DIY means “Do It Yoursel”ngerprints nmarks let on a surace by the tips o your ngersa look-out na person who watches to see i thepolice come while another personcommits a crimeto break in phr vb

to enter a property illegallya crook na criminalto set o phr vb

i you “set o” an alarm you cause itto make a soundto chase vb

to run ater someone with theintention o catching themin the vicinity nnear

to hallucinate vbto imagine things and have strangedreams oten because you havetaken drugsto lose your grip exp

i you “lose your grip” yourhands slip and you stop holdingsomething

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ExerciseSee if you can do this matching exercise. Look at the list of things (1 to 13),and the photos ( A - M ). Write a letter next to the name of each thing in the list below. Answers on page 24

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2. Earth/soil ___

3. A poodle ___

4. A tomato ___

5. A reindeer ___

6. A mosquito ___

7. Pearls ___

8. Vinegar ___

9. A pulse ___

10. Wings ___

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CD track 9 - Irishwoman& EnglishmanWeird Trivia

W e i r d T r i v i a

This is another part in our mini-series on strange facts. Whoever thought the world was so unusual?

The heaviest land mammalin the world is the Arican

elephant.

Australia was once called NewHolland.

Brazil has more species o monkey than any othercountry.

In the US there’s a lawsuitevery thirty seconds.

In Europe poodles were onceused as hunting dogs.

A cat can jump up to seventimes its height which mustbe useul when hunting birds.

Hawaii is the only state in theUS that grows coee.

In Ghana the expression“Merry Christmas” is translatedas “Ashapa”.

The lm Mary Poppins wasshot entirely indoors.

Tom Cruise’s name at birthwas Thomas Cruise MapotherIV.

The world’s most popular ruitis the tomato.

Reindeer milk has more atthan the milk rom cows.

Ironically poor soil willproduce better wines.Apparently the vines have to

“work harder” when the soil ispoor thus producing betterwine.

Mosquito repellents don’treally repel mosquitoes. Whatthey do is “hide” you as thespray blocks the mosquito’ssensors so they don’t knowyou’re there.

Pearls melt in vinegar.

The state o Florida is biggerthan England.

George Washington diedwhile taking his own pulse.

Insects don’t make noiseswith their voices. The noise o bees mosquitoes and otherbuzzing insects is caused bytheir wings moving rapidly.

The ear o going toschool is known as

“didaskaleinophobia”.

William III o England whoreigned rom 16891702 hada mini lake in his garden thatwas used as a giant punchbowl. The punch consisted o 560 gallons o brandy 1200pounds o sugar 25000

lemons 20 gallons o lime juice and ve pounds o nutmeg. The bartenderrowed in a small boat llingup guests’ punch cups. Howdecadent!

GLOSSARYa lawsuit n

i you start a “lawsuit” againstsomeone you start legalproceedings against them in orderto get compensationa poodle na type o dog with thick curly haira hunting dog na type o dog used or catching andkilling other animalsto shoot vb

to lmsoil nearth rom the grounda repellent n

a spray used to kill insects or makethem go awaya sensor nan object used to detect somethinga pearl n

a beautiul stone ormed by oystersa type o shellshto melt vb

i a solid “melts” it becomes liquidto take a pulse exp

to eel your pulse the movement o your blood to see how ast it isa wing nbirds use their “wings” to ya punch bowl na container or punch a drink thatis ormed by mixing many otherdrinks oten alcoholic drinksto row vb

to move oars in a small boat so thatthe boat moves

N E W H O L L A N D

i’m sure i

heard amouse uphere.

i’m wearinga life jacket just in casei fall in the

punch.

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Trivia Matching1E 2C 3G 4A 5F 6I 7H 8L 9K 10J 11D12B 13M

Typical Dialogues1. The agent doesn’t like any o Seth’s books.2. The agent is interested in the biography idea.

Jokes1H 2G 3E 4A 5C 6F 7B 8D

crossworD Answers on page 33

Across 2: To talk continuously andwithout stopping = to talk end____.5: To leave a place suddenlyangrily and dramatically = tost____ out.

7: Something that makes you

eel timid shy or ashamed =emb____.9: To do something thatcauses an alarm to make asound = to s____ o an alarm.11: I you do this your handsslip and you all = to lose yourgr____.

14: The amount o carbon

you produce = your carbonoo____.15: To hit someone on theace with an open hand = tosl____.

16: An objective = an a____.

18: A small room next to akitchen or keeping ood = a

lar____.19: A small room in a toiletwhere you can sit down = acub____.22: A sad patheticunsuccessul person = alo____.

24: To become red in the acebecause you are embarrassed

= to bl____.26: To change televisionchannels = to sw____channels.28: To jump = to le____.

29: A prediction = a ore____.

Down

1: Happily = chee____.

3: To stop a re = to ext____a re.4: A small amount o medicine = a d____ o medicine.5: To reduce the amount o money you must spend = tomake sav____.

6: An action = a mo____.

8: Reducing and controllingthe amount o carbon youproduce = carbon rat____.10: To go near to = toapp____.12: An object that you turnwith your hand in orderto operate a machine = ahan____.

13: To use more o somethingthan you really need = towa____.

17: A criminal = a cro____.20: To increase = to bo____.21: A portable computer = alap____.23: To watch someonecareully because you areworried/suspicious aboutthem = to

keep an ____ on someone.25: To abandon an idea = tosc____ a plan.

27: I you leave a place in thistype o mood you leave theplace in a very bad mood= in a h____.28: A person who watches tosee i the police come whileanother person commits acrime = a l____out.

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GLOSSARYa banging noise n

a noise made by someone hittingsomethinga sheet n a piece o material usually whitethat you sleep on in a bedto pull o phr vb to take o / remove by using orceto slap vb to hit someone’s ace with an openhandto approach vb to go near toa wagon n a type o carriage with wheels thatis pulled by horsesa witch tamer n a person who can control anddominate witches supposedlyto deal with phr vb to spend time trying to nd asolution to a dicult problem

a vial o poison n a small glass container lled withpoison a liquid that kills i youdrink ita dose n a small amount o medicineto x vb in this case: to killcheerully adv happilyormer adj previous; what was beoreeccentric adj someone who is “eccentric” isstrange and dierent rom otherpeopleto sue vb to start a legal process againstsomeone in order to getcompensationto cheat vb

to obtain money by trickingsomeonea land deal n an agreement between two peopleor parties to sell landa burial ground n an area where dead bodies areburied placed in a hole

Strange events It all started in 1817. A armerJohn Bell saw a strange animalin a corneld on his property.He described the creature ashaving the body o a dog andthe head o a rabbit. John shotat it and it disappeared. Hethought nothing more o it.But then a ew days laterhe heard some mysteriousbanging noises in his house.One night his sheets werepulled o the bed and thrownonto the oor by an invisibleorce.A voice started to appear too. Itsounded like a woman’s voice.Soon aterwards Betsy Bell theamily’s younger daughter andthe only daughter still living athome was violently attacked:her hair was pulled and herace was slapped.

Screaming Very soon the Bell housebecame amous in all the area.Even the uture president o America Andrew Jacksonpresident rom 1829 to 1837heard about the Bell Witch.

And in 1819 he decided to goand investigate it in person.But on approaching the Bellproperty Jackson and hisgroup noticed an invisiblepresence that stopped thewagon. One o the men in thegroup claimed to be a witchtamer. He said he was goingto kill the spirit. However just ater saying that hebegan screaming as i in pain.Jackson and his group let the

Bell property the ollowingday. Jackson later said “I’drather ght the entire BritishArmy than to deal with theBell Witch.”

Not so friendly At rst it was thought that theghost was riendly. But shesoon became more sinister. The ghost said that she wantedto kill John Bell. And she did.He died on 20th December1820. A small vial o poison was ound near his body. Whenthe remaining contents weregiven to the amily cat it toodied. That night the ghost said“I gave old John a big dose o that last night and that xed him.” Later at Bell’s burial thespirit laughed and sung loudlyand cheerully. But that wasn’tthe end.

A return visit Beore the ghost let it toldLucy Bell that it would returnin 1828. And it did. The ghostspent another three weeksat the house and spoke withJohn Bell Junior John Bell’sson. During the conversationsthe ghost predicted the

American Civil War the GreatDepression and both WorldWars. According to legend thespirit said it would return againin 107 years in 1935.

Another visit In 1935 the ghost appeared inthe ormer Bell property; and ithas remained there ever since.Even today people say that thesounds o people talking andchildren playing can sometimesbe heard in the area; and it isvery dicult to take a goodpicture there. So who was theBell Witch? Some say it was KateBatts an eccentric neighbour o John Bell’s. She had sued Johnor cheating her in a land deal. There are documents about aconict involving John Bell butthey don’t appear to have anyconnection to Kate Batts. Otherssay that the Bell home hadbeen built on a Native Americanburial ground. Would you liketo visit the area?

Th e B ell W i t ch Are there any famous ghosts from your country? What about witches? One of the most famous ghosts (and witches) from America was the Bell Witch. She rstappeared in the 19th century. She was the inspiration for the lm The Blair Witch Project and An American Haunting . She even managed to frighten US PresidentAndrew Jackson. Who was the Bell Witch? And what did she do?

A 19th-century American ghost story.

There’s a lm

coming outin September2007 all aboutthe Bell Witch.It’s directedby S. Shane Marr and starsBetsy Palmer. The lm willbe available online at www.amazon.com andwww.bellwitchthemovie.com The lm retells the story o thelegend o The Bell Witch o Adams Tennessee. Although

the lm will not be shown incinemas the independentlyproduced lm is receiving verypositive reviews.

2007 Film


President Andrew Jackson

Betsy Bell

CD track 10 Englishman& Englishwoman



S o c i a

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l i s h Car probl ems

Social English

What you say•My car won’t start.•I have a at tyre.•I'm out o gas.•I’ve run out o petrol.• The battery is dead.• The car is overheating.•I’ve locked the keys inside

the car.•I need to change the tyre.•I need to change the oil.• There’s something wrong

with the gears.• There’s a strange sound

coming rom the engine.• There’s smoke coming out

o the bonnet.

•I’ve put diesel in thepetrol tank .

•I’ve put petrol in the dieseltank.

•How long will this take?•How much will it cost?

What you hear • This is going to be

expensive.• This is going to take a long

time.•I’ll have to phone or some

spare parts.

•Have you tried using thethrottle?

•We’ll have to jump-start your car.

•You need to put somepetrol in the tank.

•It’s going to take quite awhile.•I’ll let you know how

much it’s going to cost.•We’ll have to tow the car

to the garage.•Your tyre pressure is low.

Learn the kind of English you need for social occasions.This month: car emergencies. Listen and repeat these expressions.

CD track 11 Englishman& US Miami man

GLOSSARYa tyre nthe round, rubber object that is parto a wheelto run out o something exp i you “run out o something", youhave no more o that thinga battery n

an object used to power theelectrics in a cardead adj i a batter y is “dead”, it has no more

power in itto overheat vb

to become hotgears nmost cars have 6 gears: one reversegear, and ve orward gearsthe bonnet nthe metal door that covers theenginethe petrol tank nthe container in the car or petrolthe throttle nan object you can use to increasethe amount o petrol owingthrough the carto jump-start (a car) exp

to start a car by connecting it to abattery in another carto tow vb

to pull a car by attaching a ropebetween this car and another car

due to expbecause o internal wear n

i a car suers rom “internal wear”,it is broken and old because it hasbeen used so muchthe starter nthe motor that starts the car

Part II Now listen to this social Englishdialogue. In this conversation, Sally is talkingto a car mechanic about the problems she’sbeen having with her car.Mechanic: Morning.

Sally: Good morning.Mechanic: What’s up, then?Sally: I’m having a ew problems with the car. I

can’t seem to start it.Mechanic: Let’s try. (She tries to start the engine.)

Mmm… I’d say the brakes need replacing.Your oil pressure is also really low, and we’llprobably need to replace a ew wheels too– and possibly the engine due to internalwear.

Sally: Surely, it’s just something to do with thestarter, isn’t it?

Mechanic: Well, i you know so much, what are youdoing talking to me? Have you checked tosee i there’s any petrol in the tank?

Sally: Er, no, not yet.

Mechanic: Look, the tank’s empty. You need to ll it up.Sally: Oh, OK. And all those other things youmentioned.

Mechanic: Oh, well, we’ll look at that later.Sally: Thanks.

damp hasgot into

your sparkplugs.

it's gettingdark. I hope

they get here soon.



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Wordsearch Answers on page 33

dog matters by Daniel Coutoune

Books and writing 1. A person who writes material that is soldin the orm o books, articles, etc = a

_____.2. An inability to write = writer’s bl_____.3. A machine or writing text = a typ_____.4. A story about imaginary people or events

= a n_____.5. The story o someone’s lie, written by the

person who it is about = an au_____.

6. The story o someone’s lie, written byanother person = a bi_____.

7. An early, unedited version o a story = adr_____ version.

8. The general story in the book = thesto_____.

9. A connected series o events used tocreate a story = the pl_____.

10. A person in a story = a cha_____.11. The main person in the story = the

pro_____.

12. This represents the emotional changesthat happen to a character during a story= the character a_____.

13. The sense o excitement created in thestory = sus_____.

14. Payments made to authors when theirwork is sold = roy_____.

15. To steal other people’s ideas and claimthat they are your ideas = plagi_____.

16. The person who checks and corrects textsbeore they are published = the p_____-

reader.17. The person who collects pieces o writing

by dierent authors and prepares themor publication in a book or a series o books = the ed_____.

18. A company or person who publishesbooks = a pub_____.

And her hair isblack and mine isbrown and white.


See if you can identify the word.

Then, try to nd the words in the Wordsearch. Good luck!(Read the vocabulary page 32/33 before doing this. Answers on page 33)

All the

other dogs saythat the woman in

this house isn't my realmummy. Could it be?I mean her eyes are

blue, but mineare dark.

No, she can’t be my real

mother.



1. What did one wall say to theother?

2. Which animal always goes tobed with its shoes on?

3. What is the rst thing you doevery morning?

4. What is an ig?

5. Waiter! Will my hamburger belong?

6. How oten do planes o this typecrash?

7. Guard, how long will the nexttrain be?

8. Why did the clock get sick?

A: An Eskimo house without a loo.

B: About six carriages, sir.

C: No. It will be round and at, sir.

D: Because it was run down.

E: Wake up.

F: Only once, sir.

G:A horse.

H: I’ll meet you at the corner.

Match each joke beginning(1 to 8) with its ending (A-H). Then, listen to check

your answers.Answers on page 24

GraffitiHere are somemore examplesof British toilet grafti.

GLOSSARYa quitter nsomeone who gives up; someonewho stops an activity because it istoo hard/dicult

L i t t l e Jok es CD track 13 Irishwoman& Englishman

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GLOSSARYhow long…? exp, two meanings:a) how much time will it take? b)how long is it in metres/kilometres,etc?

a loo n informa toilet. Incidentally, an eskimohouse is called an iglooto run down adj

two meanings: a) i you are eeling“run down”, you eel a bit tired/ill;b) i a clock is “run down”, it h asstopped and you need to wind it up(turn a key so it starts working)

whereis the

toilet?

every monththe graffiti

comes back andi have to clean

it off.

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The battle between Scientology and the BBC.

Two faces For some, includingthe rich and amous,Scientology is areligion and a wayo lie. For others,it’s a cult, and it isassociated with thewords “mind control”and “brainwashing”.In 1984, a judgecharacterised Scientology as “corrupt, sinister anddangerous”. Many journalists have ound that Scientologyhas two aces: the nice, smiley one or the public; andthe sinister, dark one reserved or anyone who tries toinvestigate the organisation.For many, the worst thing about the religion are the

“disconnects”. This is when members o Scientology cutthemselves o rom all amily members and riends sothey can spend more time with an organisation. As part o this process, Scientology members send out a “disconnect”letter to a member o their amily or a riend. This letterinorms the person that they have been “disconnected”rom the Scientologist member’s lie.

Some cases There are a number o documented cases o “disconnect”.Rosemary was an ordinary mum living in England. She hadtwo children and one died. Then, her surviving daughter joined Scientology and her mother saw less andless o her. Two years later, Rosemary receiveda “disconnect” letter. And ater that, Rosemary

received no Christmas cards, no birthday cards,no Mother’s Day cards and no telephone callsrom her daughter.

The case o Mike Henderson and hiswie Donna Shannon is similar. Theyspent $1m over three decades onScientology’s “path to superhumanpowers”. When Mike and Donna let,they were disconnected rom otherrelatives who were still memberso Scientology. Even Mike’sather (who is also “disconnected”and who is dying), can’t speak to ve out o

his six children because they are still insideScientology.

A verbal ght The latest episode with Scientology started

with an investigation by BBC reporter John Sweeney. Whilemaking the report or the news programme Panorama,Sweeney ound that he too was being investigatedand ollowed by members o Scientology. In an articlepublished on the BBC website, Sweeney said, “Strangerscalled on my neighbours and my mother-in-law’s house,and someone spied on my wedding and ed the momenthe was challenged.”In Sweeney’s hotel in America, a stranger spent everybreakast listening to him. In all, the BBC crew counted 13people who were ollowing them. Scientology denied sending any private investigators ater the BBC.

Exploding tomatoes Things came to a head during an interview. Sweeneyhad previously been shown a Scientology exhibitionabout psychiatry (Scientologists are against any orm o psychiatry), which showed imageso torture. Then, during an interviewwith Scientology representative

Tommy Davis, Davis accused Sweeneyo being too sot on a critic o

Scientology. At thispoint, Sweeney snapped and startedshouting aggressively at Davis.Meanwhile, another membero Scientology was lming theincident. The clip was later posted

on the internet site YouTube. Sweeney, later saw thelm and apologised or his outburst. “I looked like an

exploding tomato,” he added. [Please visit the Hot English blog to see a copy of this incident.]

Provocation? Some have argued that the BBC

were deliberately provokingScientologists. The word “cult”was repeatedly used during theinterviews – something which isbound to irritate Scientologists

– and many rom the organisationsay that the religion didn’t receive

the respect it deserved.Immediately ater the verbal attack bySweeney, copies o the incident were

sent to Sweeney’s boss, the Director-General o the BBC. Scientology has also

prepared a video attacking BBC methods,and there is talk o 100,000 copies being

released.

What is Scientology? A religion or a cult? Scientology has been in the news just recently aftera BBC reporter got into a verbal ght with a representative of the organisation. What’s going on?

John Sweeney

Tommy Davis

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GLOSSARYa cult n a secret organisation; a sectto brainwash vb i you “brainwash” someone,

you tell them continuously thatsomething is true until they acceptand believe itsinister adj bad, evil and harmula ace n one aspect o someone’s (or anorganisation’s) characterto cut yoursel o rom exp to isolate yoursel roma path n a line/way that takes you to aparticular placeto call on someone exp to go to someone’s houseto spy on someone exp to watch and observe someonesecretlyto ee (ed) vb to run away; to escapeto challenge someone exp

to demand to know what someoneis doing or who they areto deny vb to say that something isn’t trueto be sot on someone exp not to be too critical o someone; totreat someone kindly/nicelyto snap vb i someone “snaps”, they becomevery angry suddenlyto post something on an internetsite exp to put a music, data, text or soundle on a websitean outburst n i there is an “outburst”, someonegets very angry suddenly and startsshoutingreincarnation n i you believe in “reincarnation”, youbelieve that you will live again ater

you have diedto dump vb to place something in a placecasually and without careto get rid o exp to eliminateto undergo treatment exp to have medical treatment

Information Box Tom Cruise

Tom Cruise was born ThomasCruise Mapother IV (born 3rdJuly 1962). He’s Hollywood’smost amous member o theChurch o Scientology. He

becameinvolvedwithScientologythroughhis rstwie, MimiRogers.

Cruise has publicly said thatScientology helped himovercome his dyslexia.By 2003, Tom Cruise hadbecome an active campaigneror Scientology. He lobbiedpoliticians in France andGermany, where the legalsystem regards Scientologyas a cult and business. In2005, the Paris city councildescribed Cruise as a militantor Scientology, and prohibited

any urther dealings with him. There was a controversy in2005 ater he criticised actress

BrookeShields orusing anti-depressantdrugsater shesueredpostpartum

depression. Brooke Shieldsresponded to the comments

by calling them “irresponsibleand dangerous”. In late Augusto 2006, Cruise apologisedin person to Shields or hiscomments.

Scientology was ounded in1954 in Caliornia by L. RonHubbard (1911-1986).

It has 77,000 members(or millions, according toScientology gures).

Scientologists believe inreincarnation.

CelebritiesJohn Travolta,Lisa MariePresley,and TomCruise aremembers o Scientology.

There arerumoursthat theyare keento recruit new Hollywoodarrivals David and VictoriaBeckham.

Just recently, a top ocerrom the City o Londonpolice helped open a new£20 million Scientologycentre in central London.

The Charity Commissionin Britain does not classScientology as a religion.

Scientologists believe thata person is an immortal

spiritual being (termed a“thetan”) who possesses amind and a body. The thetanhas lived through many pastlives and will continue to

live beyond the death o thebody.

When you have paid asmuch as £100,000, you getto Operating Thetan Level

Three and learn about “TheIncident”. This is basedaround the story that 75million years ago an alienspace lord called Xenukidnapped Thetans, took them to earth, dumped them in volcanoes, and blewthem up with atomic bombs.

The purpose o Scientologyis to gain spiritual reedom.

This is done by gettingrid o “engrams” (ormso negative energy) romyour mind. Through theScientology process o

“auditing” you can reeonesel o “engrams” and

“implants” to reach the stateo “clear”, and, ater that, thestate o “Operating Thetan”,or a price, o course.

A person is basically good,but becomes “aberrated”by moments o pain andunconsciousness in his orher lie.

Narconon is Scientology’sdrug rehab programme.

Treatment includes an

intensive programme o running, massive doseso vitamins and very longsauna sessions designed to

“run out” drugs and radiationrom the body.

Psychiatry and psychologyare considered destructiveand abusive practices. Thereis a Scientology exhibitionin Los Angeles called

“Psychiatry: Industry o Death”.

It is ull o graphic imageso patients undergoing psychiatric treatment, suchas electric shocks and brainoperations.

scientoloGy facts

L. Ron Hubbard

John Travolta

Brooke Shields

Cruise & L. Ron Hubbard



Vocabulary books and WritinGLearn some useful words and expressions to talk about books and writing.


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Writer – a person whowrites material that is

sold in the orm o books,articles, etc.

Writer’s block – an inabilityto write because o stress,pressure, drunkenness, or alack o ideas.

Computer – an essentialtool or all modern-daywriters, although somestill insist on using thetypewriter.

Draft version – an early,unedited version o a story.

Character – a person in astory.

Protagonist – the mainperson in the story.

Character arc – theemotional changes that

happen to a characterduring a story. For example,in the beginning thecharacter is a selfsh person,but an experience makeshim/her less selsh.

Story arc – a story thatcontinues over variousbooks or episodes.

Suspense – the sense o excitement in the story.

Royalties – payments madeto authors when their work is sold. Authors usuallyreceive a xed percentageo the prots rom thesesales – oten about 5%.

Plagiarising – stealing other

people’s ideasand claimingthat they areyour ideas.

The proof-reader – theperson who checks andcorrects texts beore theyare published.

The editor – the personwho collects pieces o writing by dierent authorsand prepares them orpublication in a book or aseries o books.

Publisher – a companyor person whopublishes books.

GLOSSARYa tool nan instrument that you use to helpyou do a joba typewriter na machine or writing text on paperto bind together phr vb

i a book is “bound together”, thepages are joined to orm a book selfsh adj

only thinking about yoursel an e-book n

a book that you access on theinterneta pocket-sized book na small book that can t in yourpocketleather nmade rom animal skinhardback adj

a book with a hard cover. The book isoten large toopaperback adj

a book with a sot covera tip na piece o advicea fgure o speech nan expression that is used with agurative (metaphorical) meaningin print npublished in a book, magazine, etcoutright barbarous exp really bad; insane; ridiculous; a crime

against X; very primitivea goal nan objectivean obstacle nsomething that prevents you romdoing what you want to doto overcome vb

to nd a solution to a problem; todeal with a problem successully

Writing – the process o creating a story.George Orwell ( Animal Farm, 1984), the amousBritish author, developed a list o tips or goodwriting. Here is a summarised version:1. For every sentence, a good writer should ask him/hersel ve questions:• What am I trying to say?• What words will express it?• What image or idiom will make it

clearer?• Is this image resh enough to have an eect?• Could I put it more concisely?2. Never use a metaphor, simile, or other

fgure o speech, which you have seen inprint many times beore.

3. Never use a long word where a short onewill do.

4. I it is possible to cut a word out, always cutit out.

5. Never use the passive where you can usethe active.

6. Never use a oreign phrase, a scienticword, or a jargon word i you can think o aneveryday English equivalent.

7. Break any o these rules sooner than sayanything outright barbarous.

Storyline – the general story in the book. There is a theory that all novels come rom justseven basic stories. Here they are:1. Man/woman versus nature.2. Man/woman versus man/woman.3. Man/woman versus the environment.4. Man/woman versus machines/technology.5. Man/woman versus the

supernatural.6. Man/woman versus sel.7. Man/woman versus god/religion.

Plot – a connected series o eventsused to create a story. The plot isdesigned to create dramatic tension and keepthe reader interested. Most plots ollow thisbasic structure:1. The main character has a goal or mission.2. There is an obstacle.3. The protagonist overcomes the obstacle.4. There is another obstacle.

5. The protagonist overcomes it once again.6. The protagonist aces a catastrophe

(possible death, etc).7. The protagonist resolves the situation and

everything is OK.

Books– pages that arebound together and thatcontain stories, poems,etc. There are a number o dierent types o books:

Novel – a story aboutimaginary people orevents.Historical novel – a storythat is set in a certainperiod o history.Autobiography – the storyo someone’s lie, writtenby the person who it isabout.Biography – the story o someone’s lie, written byanother person.



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Publishing house – acompany which publishesbooks.

Book format – the waythat the book is presented:a large-ormat book, an e-book , a pocket-sized book ,etc.

Dust-jacket – a loose papercover which is put on a book to protect it. It oten containsinormation about the book and the author.

Book binding – the processo assembling the book roma number o pages. Bookscan be bound in leather,they can be hardback , theycan be paperback , etc.



Listen to this dialogue and learn some useful vocabularyand expressions.

CD track 15 Englishman& Englishwoman

Seth: So, I was just wondering what you weredoing about promoting my books?

Agent: Well, rankly, we aren’t sure we canrepresent you any longer.

Seth: Why’s that? What’s wrong?Agent: Well, your latest book, A History of

Stools in Pre-Revolutionary France, isn’t exactly selling well. I mean, whoexactly is it appealing to?

Seth: Well, erm, French… people… erm,historians, who…

Agent: Exactly. And what about thisautobiography, Greg Barnes: His Life. HisStory. We’ve sold precisely 16 copiesso ar in six months. The remaining299,984 copies will be pulped. Who isGreg Barnes, anyway?

Seth: He was the best riend o the husbando that girl who was in Big Brotherabout our years ago.

Agent: It was a rhetorical question. Whocares about Greg Barnes?

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In this conversation Seth is talking to hisliterary agent about some books he’swritten. Listen to the conversation andanswer these two questions.

1. What does the agent think o Seth’sbooks?2. Which project is the agent interested in?Answers on page 24

Seth: Well, his wie probably does.

Agent: They’re divorced. Now, let’s move onto your “children’s” book , Finance and Economics for the Under 5s. It’s not reallyappropriate or that age group.

Seth: But there were lots o un cartoons.Agent: Oh, come on! What parent in their

right mind would buy that or theirchild?

Seth: What about my novel? Surely…Agent: Your novel. Yes, your novel. Sizzling Pigs.

It started o well, sort o, but there’s noending.

Seth: Yes, there is.Agent: Having “And then they woke up and it

was all a dream” at the end o a novelis not, in my view, a valid ending. No,I’m sorry but our business relationshiphas come to an end. You’ve beenpublishing your own books or yearsnow, and we just can’t sell them.

Seth: Oh, right, so you don’t want to see mylatest proposal, then?

Agent: No. Erm, what is it?Seth: It’s a biography.

Agent: A biography. Erm, whose biography?Seth: It’s a biography about you.

Agent: Really? Oh. That’s nice. That soundsgreat. Very nice. Let’s have a look. (Shelooks through the book.) Yes, yes. Wecan denitely do something with this.Did you remember to mention thetime when I met the queen’s uncleback in 2004 when I was…

all myideas were

rejected by mypublisher.

what am igoing to write

about?

Eureka! abook about generating

ideas.

GLOSSARYa literary agent na person who represents a writerand who negotiates deals withpublishers, etc

to promote vbto do things to try to increase thesales o a productrankly adv

honestlya stool na chair with just three legsto appeal to someone exp

i something “appeals to” you, youlike itto pulp (a book) vb

to destroy a book a rhetorical question na question that requires no answeran age group npeople who are born within aparticular period o timecome on exp

an expression used to show thatyou don’t agree with someone,or i you think someone has said

something silly(nobody) in their right mind

would exp

nobody would ever… ; only a stupidperson would…an ending nthe conclusion to a storyto publish vb

to print a book and sell it in shops, etca proposal n

an idea

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* CollocationsA collocation is a sequence o two or more

words that go together to orm xed

expressions (“heavy rain”, or example).

Learning lots o collocations will improve

your level o English, and help you with

exams such as First Certicate, Advanced

and Prociency, which test your knowledge

o these things.

dr finGers’Vocabulary clinic:

Here are some more useful collocations* for you to learn.The images will help you associate the expression with its meaning. This month: Success

success

Hit the jackpot To become very successul or veryrich.

“When the second album came out,they hit the jackpot.”

Bring the house down To do something that really pleasesthe audience in a theatre.

“The comedian was hilarious andreally brought the house down.”

Steal the show To be the most popular or the bestperson among the rest.

“All the dancers were good but Kirstyreally stole the show.”

In the bagI something is “in the bag”, it iscertain to be successul in the end.

“That new contract is in the bag.”

Go like a bomb To be very successul.“Judging rom the noise they’remaking in there, that party is goinglike a bomb.”

Come up trumps; turn up trumps To complete an activity successullyor to produce a good result,especially when it wasn’t expected.

“We thought we’d never get a ighthome but Sam’s boyriend came uptrumps and ound us a cheap oneat the last minute.”

By milesMuch better; much superior toother things.

They were better by miles.

Have the luck of the devil To be very lucky.“She always goes out with the bestlooking men. She’s got the luck o the devil.”

CD track 16 Englishwoman& US woman

GLOSSARYa jackpot n

the most valuable prize in a gameor lotterytrumps nin a game o cards, “trumps” isthe suit (diamonds, hearts, clubs,spades) which is chosen to have thehighest value

my trip tothe park is in

the bag!

what's solucky about living in hell?

Rabbit hasstolen theshow again.

my singingbrought thehouse down.


C o

l l o c a t i o n s

threelucky sevens.

i've hit thejackpot!



GLOSSARYembarrassing adj

something that makes you eeltimid, shy or ashameda handle nan object you turn with your hand

in order to operate a machineto boost vb

to increasea ame na hot, bright line o burning gasrom a reto extinguish vb

i you “extinguish” a re, you stopthe re rom burningto switch channels exp

to change channels on a televisiona look o pity ni you give someone a “look o pity”,you look at them in a way thatshows you eel sorry or thema loser na pathetic, unsuccessul persona past glory n

something great you did in the pastto blush vb

to become red in the ace because

you are embarrassedto avoid a conrontation exp

to try not to become involved in aght or argument with someonea cubicle na little room with a toilet in it. Thereare oten several cubicles in a toileta gap na spaceto stab vb

to push a sharp instrument (a knie,or example) into someone’s bodyto queue up phr vb

to orm a line as you are waiting orsomething (oten to be served)a backside nthe part o your body that yousit ona stitch nwhen a doctor puts “stitches” inyou, he/she uses a needle and

thread to hold the skin togetherin a hu exp

angrilyto storm out phr vb

to leave a place suddenly, angrilyand dramaticallya larder na little room next to a kitchenwhere ood is kept

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The eternal ame Ray Crozier’s book is ullo interesting examples o embarrassing moments.He tells o the time whenGerman Chancellor GerhardSchroeder was attending aceremony at Jerusalem’s YadVashem Holocaust Memorial.Schroeder was invited to turna handle to boost the eternalame commemorating thedeath o millions during theHolocaust. However, to theembarrassment o everyonepresent, the chancellor turnedthe handle the wrong way andextinguished the ame.

Past gloryAnother story involves Star Trek star, Patrick Stewart. Stewartrecalls a time when he waswatching television alone in ahotel room. He was switchingchannels when he suddenlyound an episode o Next Generation. “I started watchingit and I had orgotten thatI’d ordered room service,” heexplains. “All o a sudden, thisman arrives with my ood. Helooks at the television andlooks at me watching mysel on television, then shakes hishead and gives me a look o pity. He must have thought Iwas a real loser watching mypast glories.”

Losing faceSo, why do we getembarrassed in therst place? Crozierargues that the keyto embarrassment isour attempt to look competent. “We havethis undamentalhuman need to berespected and not

to look oolish. Andlosing sel-esteem

can eel like the world hasended.”Physical symptoms oteninclude blushing. This is auniquely human response (noanimals are known to blush).And no one is really sure whywe blush. In evolutionary terms,it could once have been tosignal that we had madean accidental mistake,admitting to an error and soavoiding a conrontation.Proessor Crozier denesembarrassment as when weaccidentally “contradict theidentity we want to project”.

Dealing withembarrassment So, what can be done aboutembarrassment? “The best wayto deal with embarrassment isto talk about it,” says workplacepsychologist Gary Fitzgibbon.

“I you walk o, you’re letwith it. You mustn’t let

the embarrassmentdominate. Once youadmit to what’shappened and talk about it, everyonewill eel much morerelaxed and they’ll

be laughing withyou rather

than atyou.”

A look at the psychological pain of embarrassing moments.

WritingCompetitionWhy not enter oursummer writingcompetition? Write in

with a version o yourvery own embarrassingmoment. Please seepage 39 or moredetails.Em

barrass ing

Toilet torment I was once in a publictoilet. I wanted to usethe cubicle but it wasoccupied. I waited or acouple o minutes, butthere was no noise comingrom inside. Ater anotherminute, I decided to knock

on the door. “Is anyonethere?” I asked. No answer.I knocked again. Therewas still no answer. In theend, I decided to havea look under the gap at

the bottom o the door.And just as I was doing so,another man walked intothe toilet. He saw what Iwas doing and walked outbeore I had a chance toexplain mysel.Jim, Bournemouth.

Safety rst I accidentally stabbedmy boss on my rstday at work. We werequeuing up to go into theconerence room, and my

boss was standing just inront o me. I had a pair o scissors in my hands andsomeone pushed me, andthe scissors went into myboss’ backside. He neededstitches… and a new pairo trousers. Incidentally,the meeting was supposed

to be on saety in theworkplace.

Leaving with dignityI was at a riend’s housewith a couple o mates. We

weresittingaround thekitchen tablewhen we started arguingabout something reallystupid. In a hu , I stormedout. Unortunately, myexit was not as dramatic as

I had intended because Iended up walking into thekitchen larder. I had to ask or directions out o thekitchen (there were threedoors in total).

Agony What’s your most embarrassing moment? A professor of psychology at the University of East Anglia, Ray Crozier, hasresearched the psychology of embarrassment and is authorof the book Blushing and the Social Emotions .

Embarrassing-moment storiesHave you ever had an embarrassing moment? Here are a few of ours.

Funny Fact : People are said togo 'beetroot' red when theyshow embarrassment and theircheeks blush. Beetroot is a rootvegetable whose juice can stainthe skin red.

i like toembarrassmy children

by dancing at parties.



Q u i r k y N e w s

Q u irk y N e ws

CD track 17 Englishman& Irishwoman

Unusual ne ws s tories from around the world.

An Englishman had a lucky escape. Forty-six-year-old Gordon Texord was in a toilet in a trainstation when he heard his train pulling out.

So, he ran out, and jumped onto the back o the train.Miraculously, he clung on or six minutes beore allingo. Texord, even managed to answer a mobile phonecall rom riends who were inside a carriage on thetrain as it reached speeds o up to 70kph. Texord escaped with minor injuries to his leg, but mayace prosecution or his action. Texord, who was on theManchester to London train, let the train at a stationin order to go to the toilet. A spokesman or British Transport police said, “It was a very silly thing to do.”

An emu sparked an international incidentater it escaped rom police. The emu wasrst spotted in Germany. Vets, local zoo

sta and ocers in patrol cars, all tried to catchit but ailed. Ater several hours, the bird leaptinto neighbouring Switzerland, and Germanpolice inormed their colleagues over the border.

But even with the combined eorts o bothGerman and Swiss police, the emu, which wasrunning at speeds over 50kph, still managed toavoid capture. In the end, German police shotthe bird when it crossed the border again.A police spokesman said, “We managed to shootthe bird, but we are still trying to nd out how itgot here in the rst place. No bird arms or zoosin the area say they are missing an emu. It is amystery.”O course, this isn’t the rst time that animalshave been dealt with in such a callous manner.Just recently, German hunters shot a bear that

appeared in the Alps or the rst time in 200years. And a ew months later, there were plansto put down a baby polar bear which had lost itsparents.

An imal Ha t ers

Ra il Id io t Famous Bor e

I was sitting around with someone talking endlesslyabout the past, living in it. And I ound it rather dull,”said Mick Jagger, who had been planning to write

his autobiography. In the end, the legendary singerconessed that he scrapped plans to write it becausehe ound it all too boring.Jagger, 64, was paid a huge cash advance to write hislie story but has ditched the project. The rock legend,who has dated some o the world’s most beautiulwomen, has not yet ruled out writing it one day. Hesaid, “I’d love to nd another orm to do it in. A book orm but not a showbiz memoir type.”

GLOSSARYto pull out phr vb

i a train is “pulling out”, it is leavingthe stationto cling on phr vb

to hold on desperatelya carriage n trains oten have about six to tencarriages with seats or about 100people in each carriageto talk endlessly exp

to speak without stoppingto scrap a plan exp

to abandon an ideaa huge cash advance na lot o money paid in advance(beore the job is completed)to ditch vb

i you “ditch” something, you aban-don it and stop doing itto date vb

to go out with someone or thepurpose o romanceto rule out phr vb

i you “rule something out”, you saythat it will never happento spot vb

to notice/seeto ail vb

i something “ails”, it isn’t successulto leap into phr vb

to jump into

to avoid capture expi an animal “avoids capture”, it isn’tcaughtcallous adj

mean, cruel, unkindto put down phr vb

to kill or supposedly humane,rational reasons

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Br i t ish bar cha t

Authentic conversations by native speakers to help improve your listening skills

CD tracks 18/19British and US accents

Harry Potter

Mike: Hey, Jen,you know,like, er,Harry Potter,next month it’sout, the last book,I’m really, well, I’m gonnaget it as soon as it’s in the shops.

Jen: Are you going to be one o these people who sleepsoutside the bookshops?

Mike: Oh, possibly, yeah, possibly. Cos I think, I think it ’stwelve o’clock at night it goes on sale. I’m not surebut I’m quite excited.

Jen: Aren’t you a bit old or Harry Potter?Mike: Well, you know, you can only be young once, but

you can be immature orever. That’s what, that’swhat I say and I stand by it. Harry Potter’s great.

Jen: I don’t know. It’s all right, but I, I preer Roald Dahl asan author.

Mike: You just called me immature and you’re talkingabout Roald Dahl and crocodiles and people withworms on their heads? That’s just silly. I’m talkingabout advanced wizardry.

Jen: Well, Roald Dahl wrote about the witches longbeore JK Rowling ever thought o Harry Potter.Harry Potter’s just, I don’t know, he’s, he’s such aboring character.

Mike: Boring? He survived Voldemort’s attacks on him atleast ve times and I bet you couldn’t have done.

Jen: Well, I notice she has to give that explanation inevery single book.

Mike: Yeah, but, like, come on, let’s put Harry Potteragainst Charlie Bucket.Come on, who’s more,who’s more impressive?Charlie Bucket who eats

chocolate. Harry Potter haspowers. He’s like Quidditch champion, whatever.

Jen: And he’s got…Mike: Charlie Bucket just got

lucky.Jen: And unny glasses.Mike: Funny glasses, exactly.

Anyway, I’m, I’m going toconvince you o this. And Ithink you’re just being a bitstubborn, basically.

Jen: So, shall I go and get you

some tickets, then?Mike: Erm, yeah, and I’m going to

get you a book and you’regonna love it.

Jen: Can’t wait.

Carmen: Cheers.Christine: Cheers.Carmen: Cheers. Congratulations on

the new job.Christine: Thank you very much.

How are you doing today?Carmen: Well, I’m all right, but to

be honest I haven’t sleptmuch.

Christine: Why not?Carmen: Well, you know the noise.

That stupid botellón.Christine: The stupid botellón?Carmen: Every night on the

weekends, it’s just, until 6,7 in the morning no sleep.

Christine: You have to understand. Those people need someplace to go.

Carmen: Understand? I wakeup in the morning, I gooutside and there is bottleseverywhere, rubbish on the oor. It’s just notgood.

Christine: You’re right, they need to solve the problemabout your nation. However, erm, they also needto solve the problem about where can all thesepeople go. Everything has gotten so expensive.

Carmen: Well, you know, there’s, what about houseparties? That’s an option. I mean, you know, todrink just to get drunk.

Christine: Well, would you like a house party, in your nextdoor, in your next door neighbour?

Carmen: Well, I suppose, but really every single weekendit’s the same thing, and those bottles, it ’s just,they’re all out there, cracked glass.

Christine: Well, where do you think they should go?

Carmen: The bars.Christine: But the bars are so expensive. Do you know how

much it costs now to have one drink?Carmen: Oh, come on.Christine: Six, seven euros or a drink.Carmen: Well, they can get a good drink and enjoy it. You

don’t have to drink to get drunk.Christine: I agree. You don’t have to drink to get drunk.

However, you, but the Spanish mentality, they,they love to be in the streets, the air, the resh air.

Carmen: All right, well, I don’t know.I just, I think I’m gonnaneed another coee at

this point.Christine: How about another

drink? I’ll invite. But thistime in the street.

Carmen: No way.

U S bar cha t

Illegal street partiesThis month Mike and

Jen are talking aboutthe latest Harry Potterbook.

This month Carmen and Christine are

talking about illegal street parties(“el botellón” in Spanish).

GLOSSARYout ni a book is “out” it is in the shops andyou can buy itimmature adj

someone who is "immature" acts likea child and not like an adulta worm na small animal that lives in the earth.It is similar to a snakewizardry nthe subject o magic and potions. A“wizard” is a man who knows magicI bet exp

I’m sure; I’m certaincome on exp

this expression is used to showthat you think something is silly ornot trueto put one person (up) against

another exp

to put two people in a situation inwhich they must competeQuidditch na game played by the characters inthe Harry Potter books and lms

to get lucky expto obtain something that you want;to get the things that you wantstubborn adj

someone who is “stubborn” isdetermined to get what they want,even i it is not good or them or oranyone else

GLOSSARYbotellón n Spanish

an illegal street party that is typicalin many Spanish citieshas gotten exp US

has become; has gotcracked glass nbroken glassno way exp

never!

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Michelle fell for yellow by

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by Garrett Wall © Garrett Wall 2007

sonGChorus There’s a girl that makes me smile,Van Gogh’s paint the height o style,And all it takes to say hello,And Michelle ell or yellow.

I know this world can be absurd,Forget the things you might have heard,Put your aith in what you know, That Michelle ell or yellow.

Sunowers say to me, There’s more to lie than we can see,Simple things can be so clear,Freedom lives to kill our ear.

There’s a girl that makes me smile,Van Gogh’s paint the height o style,And all it takes to say hello,And Michelle ell or yellow.

I know this world can be absurd,Forget the things you might have heard,Put your aith in what you know, That Michelle ell or yellow.

Cardigans and Renault ours,Yellow painted ront doors,All the things she wants to have,I love it when she makes me laugh, shemakes me laugh.

There’s a girl that makes me smile,Van Gogh’s paint the height o style,And all it takes to say hello,And Michelle ell or yellow.I know this world can be absurd,Forget the things you might have heard,Put your aith in what you know, That Michelle ell or yellow.

GLOSSARYthe height o style exp

the most stylish/ashionable

to all or something expi you “all or something”, youbecome strongly attracted to itabsurd adj

ridiculous; strangeto put your aith in something exp

to believe in somethinga sunower n

a very tall plant with yellow owersa cardigan n

warm clothing (similar to a jumper/sweater) worn on the upper parto your body. It has buttons downthe ront

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Here are some morecrazy laws from the US.These ones are fromIllinois and Indiana. (US English spelling)

A permit is required oranyone wishing to playbaseball at night. (Illinois)

It is against the law to usea slingshot unless youare a law enorcementocer. (Illinois)

A rooster must be atleast three hundred eetrom any residence i hewishes to crow. (Illinois)

Hens that wish to cacklemust be at least twohundred eet rom anyresidence. (Illinois)

Bees are not allowed toy over the village orthrough any o Kriland’sstreets. (Illinois)

Ice skating at the riversidepond during the monthso June and August isprohibited. (Illinois)

There is a ban onunnecessary repetitivedriving on 23rd Avenue.(Illinois)

It is against the law tomake aces at dogs.(Illinois)

It is illegal or anyone togive lighted cigars todogs, cats, or any otherdomesticated animals.(Illinois)

A person must geta reerral rom alicensed physiciani he or she wishes tosee a hypnotist unlessthe desired result is toquit smoking or loseweight. (Indiana)

Baths may not be takenbetween the monthso October and March.(Indiana)

It is illegal to sell cars onSunday. (Indiana)

It is against the law topass a horse on the street.(Indiana)

No one may catch a sh

with his bare hands.(Indiana)

Drinks on the house areillegal. (Indiana)

You are required to pouryour drink into a glass.(Indiana)

Spiteul gossip andtalking behind a person’sback are illegal. (Indiana)

Mustaches are illegal i the bearer has a tendencyto habitually kiss otherhumans. (Indiana)

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GLOSSARYa slingshot nan object used to shoot a stonea rooster na male chicken that makes a soundin the morninga residence na houseto crow vbi a rooster “crows”, it makes a sound

in the morningto cackle vbwhen chickens are “cackling”, theyare making a lot o noisea pond na small area o water that is smallerthan a lakea ban na prohibitionto make a ace expto make an unpleasant or unnyexpression as a way o showing thatyou don't like something/someonea lighted cigar na cigar (a large cigarette made o tobacco leaves) that is burninga reerral na letter o recommendationa licensed physician na registered doctorto quit smoking expto stop smokingon the house expi the drinks are “on the house” thebar/club/pub pays or them

spiteul adj designed to cause moral orpsychological damagegossip nrumours and stories aboutsomeone’s private liea mustache n UShair on a man’s ace above the upperlip. "Moustache" in British English

do i looklike winstonchurchill?

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have yougot a referral

from yourphysician?



Situati Formal Relaxed Informal

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A riend was arrestedby the police.

You think that youracquaintance is alittle bit stupid.

A riend has a newBMW.

There was a ght in anightclub. A woman

hit a man and causedhim to all.

A riend o yours,Mary, wants to applyor a job but is araidshe will be rejected.You tell her not to beso rightened.

You suggest going tothe beach in order togo sunbathing.

He was apprehendedby some ocers o the law.

He was arrested.He was nicked; hehad his collar elt.

I suggest a shortsojourn to the coastin order to lie in thesun.

Let’s do somesunbathing.

Let’s catch somerays; let’s get somesunshine.

He is somewhatintellectually-challenged.

He’s a bit stupid.He’s a tad thick; he’sa bit o an idiot; he’snot all there.

He has acquireda top o therange German-manuacturedautomobile.

He’s bought a BMW. He’s got a beemer.

Do not allow yourcowardice to holdyou back .

Don’t be such acoward.

Don’t be such achicken.

Her st came intocontact with his ace

and precipitated aall.

She punched him

and made him all.She decked him.

Dictionary of slangHere we’ve got some examples of how to say things in different situations.

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Exercise

GLOSSARYPlease note that some o the wordsin this glossary box are literaltranslations o parts o idiomaticexpressions.a collar n

the part o your shirt that goesaround your neck to go sunbathing nto lie in the sun in order to gettanneda ray na line o sunlightto hold you back phr vbi something “holds you back”, itstops you rom doing another thing

she's not all there.

check out

my beemer,geezer.

i'm goingto deck

you.

f u n s l a n g


i'm goingto catch

some rays.

you'renicked!

theysaid i'dbe too

chicken todo this.



I d i o m s

Wormidioms This month we are looking at some worm idioms.

Worm your way out of something To escape rom a problem; not to accept yourresponsibilities.

“She was supposed to be doing the cleaning today, butshe managed to worm her way out o it.”

Worm your way into something / worm your way to a place

To become part o a place, organisation or company bytricking people, making people trust you, or by usingpeople.

“She managed to worm her way to the top o thecompany by using all her old connections.”

The worm has turned; the worm turnsPeople say this in reerence to someone who is normallyvery patient and passive but who unexpectedlychanges and does something bold and daring.

“Mary has decided to start an aair with a married manater what Frank did to her. The worm has turned.”

A worm’s eye viewI you have a “worm’s eye view o something”, you onlyknow or understand a part o it, usually the worst orleast important part.

“The lm is all about the New York underworld and givesa worm’s eye view o society there.”

Open up a can of worms To create unnecessary complications or problems; tostart discussing something that is better not to discuss.

“When management oered to discuss working hours,they really opened up a can o worms – there werearguments ever day ater that.”

The early bird catches the wormI you want to be successul, you should do somethingimmediately.

“I you see an apartment advertised in the newspaper,respond to it straightaway. The early bird catches theworm.”

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this wormshould have

stayed in bed.

Don't tryand worm yourway out of my

hand.

don't try andworm yourway in here.

you can't order meabout anylonger. Theworm hasturned!

there's agreat viewfrom down

here.



Nothing newScams have been around since the day thatmoney was invented. Scams are also knownas “condence tricks” or “swindles”; and theperson who does a scam can be reerred to asa grater, a swindler, a scammer, a condencetrickster or a con artist; the victim is called themark. The objective o all good scams is tomake money – it’s as simple as that. The rst time the term “condence man” wasused was in 1849. It was used by thepress during the trial o William Thompson. Thompson’sscam was simple. He chattedwith strangers until they had“become riends”. Then, quitesimply, he asked them i theywould lend him their watches.As soon as they did, he wouldwalk o with the watch andnever be seen again. He waseventually caught when avictim recognised him inthe street.

Good faithSo, how do condence trickster’s work? Theymainly rely on the good aith o the victim.Many people have allen prey to scamsincluding movie actors, athletes, successulbusiness executives and political leaders. Justrecently, there was a story in the news o ascam in Japan. Apparently, Japanese dog-lovers had been tricked into paying hundredso dollars or pet poodles, only to discoverthat they had in act been sold sheep. The

scam was exposed when a Japanese actressappeared on television complaining about

her new pet “poodle” and how it reused to eatany dog ood and would not bark .Maiko Kawakami was stunnedto discover that her pet poodlewas in act a baby lamb. Thenewspaper reported that thesheep were shipped to Japanrom the UK and Australia. Theywere sold via an internet siteand advertised as “poodlepuppies”.

Have you ever been tricked? Ever been the victim of a scam? Ever paid forsomething only to nd that it isn’t what you wanted? A new report shows thatscamming is on the increase.

GLOSSARYa scam n

a trick to make money dishonestly/illegallyto scam vb

to trick someone in order to getmoney dishonestly/illegallyto be around phr vb

i something has “been around” ora period o time, it has existed orthat timea trial na legal process designed to getcompensationto rely on phr vb

to depend ongood aith ni there is a situation o “good aith”,both sides believe and trust oneanotherto all prey to something exp

i you “all prey to” a trick, youbecome a victim o that trick

a poodle na type o dog with thick, curly hairto bark vb

when dogs “bark”, they make asoundstunned adj

shocked and surprisedto ship to phr vb

to send a package to someone (byship, air, road, etc)ur nanimal skin and hair that is used tomake clothesa pram na type o baby bed with wheels thatis used to take the baby or a walk blackmail nthe action o threatening to reveala secret or photos unless moneyis paida compromising position n

i someone is caught in a"compromising position", they areseen/photographed in a situationthat is embarrassing and potentiallydangerous or themto threaten vb

to promise to do something bad tosomeone unless they pay moneyto bump into someone exp

to crash into someone; to walk intosomeoneclumsiness nthe noun o clumsy (a “clumsy”person drops things easily)shabby clothes nold, broken, dirty, grubby clothesa wallet nan object used by men to keepcredit cards, money, etccollateral n

money or property that is used as

a guaranteea classifed ad n

a small piece o publicity in anewspaper oering to buy or sellsomethingshipping costs nthe costs or sending something byair/ship, etc

cleVer, but illeGal, Ways and means of GettinG money.

The coin collecting scam The con man oers the victim a valuable collection o coinsat a very low price. The victim buys the entire collectionthinking they are valuable, but, o course, they aren’t.

The baby in the pram A mother goes into a ur shop with a pram. She tries on areally expensive ur coat. All o a sudden, she claims shehas to run out because her husband has just arrivedwith the car. She leaves the pram in the shop with the“baby” inside. O course, there is no baby in the pramand the woman never returns to the shop.

The badger game This is a blackmail scheme. It involves takingphotos o a married man in a compromisingposition with another person. The man is thenthreatened with public exposure unless money ispaid.

The get-rich-quick scam The victim is oered a book on how to get richquick or how to cure something with a miracle drug.

The perect way or the con artist to get rich quick himsel.

The bottle drop scam The con artist will bump into thevictim and drop a package containingbroken glass (he broke the glass

previously). The con artist will thenclaim that the contents o the package (an expensivebottle o wine, or an ancient vase) were broken by theclumsiness o the victim, and demand money to replacethem. This con was amous in New York City and wasoten used against Japanese tourists.

The deceptive contest scam The victim enters a writing competition. A ew weeks later,the victim receives a letter saying that he/she has wonand that the story will be included in a book. The victim isthen encouraged to order the book (at a very high price,o course).

The ddle gameA pair o con men work together on this scam. One o the con artists (con artist number 1) dresses up as an

elderly man in shabby clothes. He has a meal at therestaurant. All o a sudden, he claims to have let his walletat home. As collateral, he leaves his only possession: a

violin. Ater he leaves, the second con man (con artist

number 2) enters. He examines the violin and saysthat he will pay an outrageously large amount or theviolin (or example, $50,000), leaving his business cardor the old man (con artist number 1) to call i he’sinterested.Now, the victim (the restaurant owner) thinks that hecan make a lot o money. So, when the old man (con

artist number 1) comes back to pay or his meal, therestaurant owner oers to buy the violin. O course, whenthe restaurant owner then tries to contact the other conartist (con artist number 2) to sell him the violin, the manhas disappeared.

The free pet scamFor this scam, the con artist places a classifed ad in anewspaper oering a very cheap or ree animal (usually an

animal that is hard to get or very expensive). I asked, thecon artist explains that he is going to move away rom thearea. The con artist says that all he wants is or the victim topay or the shipping costs (which are very high) in orderto send the animal to the victim. The victim does so, but, o course, never actually receives the pet.

WoofWoof!

Baaaaaaaa!

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phrasalVerbthemes: driVinGFrom now on we will be looking at phrasal verb themes. This month we are looking at some phrasalverbs related to driving. This is the rst of a two-part series.

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Run down / run overIf a car “runs someone down”, the car

hits that person in the road.

Slow downTo drive more slowly.

we haven't been run over.

We're just lyingin the road.

Get in

To enter a car.

i don't want to get in

the boot!

Get out

To leave a car.

when iget out of thecar, i always

avoid thepaparazzi.

Pull over

If the police tell you to “pull over”,

they tell you to stop driving so they

can talk to you.

Break down

If your car “breaks down”, it

stops working.

i'll checkyour oil

pressure.Do youknow why ipulled you

over?

we don't know why it broke down.



GeorGe "dubya" bushisms“And my concern,David, is several.”2007.

“The solution to Iraq– an Iraq that cangovern itsel , sustain

itsel and deend itsel – is more than amilitary mission. Precisely the reason why Isent more troops into Baghdad.”2007.

“Some call this civil war; others call itemergency; I call it pure evil.”2007.

“It’s bad in Iraq. Doesthat help?”George W. Bush, aterbeing asked by areporter whether he’s indenial about Iraq.2006.

“I will not withdraw, even i Laura andBarney [his dog] are the only onessupporting me.”2006.

“I said I was lookingor a book to read.Laura said, ‘Youought to try Camus’.I also read threeShakespeares. I’ve

got a eckalectic[sic] reading list.”2006.

“One thing is clear is that relations betweenAmerica and Russia are good, and they’reimportant that they be good [sic].”2006.

“I tell people, let’sdon’t ear [sic] theuture, let’s shapeit.”

2006.

“I people want toget to know mebetter, they’ve got

to know myparents andthe valuesmy parentsinstilled inme, and theact that I wasraised in west Texas, in themiddle o thedesert, a longway away rom anywhere, hardly. There’sa certain set o values you learn in thatexperience.”

2006.

“People don’t need to worry about security. This deal wouldn’t go orward i we wereconcerned about the security or the UnitedStates o America.”2006.

“I like my buddies rom west Texas. I likedthem when I was young. I liked them when Iwas middle-aged. Iliked them beore Iwas president, and

I like them duringpresident [sic], andI like them aterpresident [sic].”2006.

the funny thinGs the u.s. president saysHere are some more wonderful George W. (Dubya) Bush quotes. For some more Bushisms by theman himself, please visit Dr Fingers’ Blog: www.hotenglishmagazine.com/blog/

GLOSSARYto govern itsel exp

i a country can “govern itsel”, it

can manage the country withoutany helpto sustain itsel exp

i a country can “sustain itsel”, it cansurvive without any help/importsin denial exp

i you are “in denial”, you aretrying to ignore something that isaecting youto withdraw vb

i you “withdraw” troops, you takethem awayeclectic adj

i you have an “eclectic” taste, youhave a very varied tasteto instill vb

i you “instill” values in someone,you teach someone those valuesto raise vb

to educate a child and to h elphim/her become an adult

a deal nan agreementto go orward phr vb

i something “goes or ward”, itmoves to the next stage o theprocessa buddy n inform US

a riend

he must bea registered

democrat.

pleasedon't sayanything

dumb.

do thesemake me look

smart?

pleasedon't sayanythingstupid.

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Work-related phrasesHere are some typical work-related phrases andwhat they really mean.

• Your request is being processed. = It is actually in the bin.

• The project co-ordinator deals with all complaints. = Idon’t want to listen to you – talk to someone else.

• Your application is currently under consideration. = Whoare you?

• The proposal is under active consideration. = We’ve lostthe le.

• A reliable source told me. = This guy I just met told me.

• An inormed source has told me. = A riend o the guy I just met just told me.

• We’ll discuss it later. = Hopeully, you’ll orget about it.

• Let's get together on this. = I’m really conused about thisso I need a ace-to-ace.

• We’d like to hear what you think. = You can tell us whatyou think as long as it doesn't interere with what we'vealready decided to do.

• I’ll put you in the picture. = I’ll give you a long, conusedand inaccurate statement o what’s going on.

• We’ll advise you in due course. = I we nd out what thehell is going on, we'll let you

know.

• I’ll get back to you. = I’vealready deleted your e-mail.

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Hot English is proud to presentthe Whitechapel Trouser Snatcher –a six-part Victorian murder mystery.

Episode IIIIn the previous episode o The Whitechapel TrouserSnatcher our heroes, Inspector Nottingham Forest and histrusted Sidekick Hamilton the Academical, interviewed aGuttersnipe to see i they could establish who had torn thetrousers o a wealthy Victorian city gent. The clues werenot all that helpul, so they beat him up.In this episode, our heroes pay a visit to Dr O’Midlothian theMetropolitan police’s orensic pathologist and consultantwomaniser to see i he can shed any light on this horriccrime. And now sit back and enjoy the story

The scriptsFor the ull script o this episode, and any previous episodes,please download the les rom the homepage o ourwebsite: www.hotenglishmagazine.com

A radio play by Mark Pierro and Ian Coutts.DisastrousDisastrous

Grotesque

Pathetic

Dreadful

Rubbish

Cheap

Awful

Pap

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GLOSSARYthe bin na container or rubbish (old bits o paper, etc)to deal with phr vb

i you “deal with” something, you tr yto nd a solution to ita complaint ni someone makes a “complaint”,they tell you that they aren’t happywith the servicereliable adj

i something is “reliable”, you cantrust it to do what it says it will doa source n

someone who gives youinormationa ace-to-ace na meeting in personinaccurate adj

not correct; with errorsthe hell exp inform

an expression used to show thatyou are angryto go on phr vb

to happento get back to someone exp

to contact someone who hascontacted you

GLOSSARYa clue ninormation that helps you solve

a mysteryto beat someone up phr vb

to hit someone many, many timesa womaniser na man who dates many womento shed light on something exp

to make something clearer or moreunderstandable



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GLOSSARYa carbon ootprint nthe amount o carbon dioxide youproduce. Literally, a “ootprint” is themark you leave on the ground whenyou walk somewhereto release vb

i a gas is “released”, it leavesits container and enters theatmospherethe atmosphere nthe air and gases around the earthan aim nan objectiveto waste vb

to use more o something than youreally needto make savings exp

to reduce the amount o moneyyou spenda streetlamp na tall post in the street with a lighton top o itto turn down phr vb

to reduce the level/intensity o somethinga standby switch na part o a plug or appliance thatremains on, even when you switcho the appliance. This allows you toturn on the appliance with a remotecontrol deviceto ban vb

to prohibita jug n

a ceramic container or waterthe brightness control nthe button on the television thatcontrols the amount o light visible

on the screencarbon rationing nlimiting the amount o carbondioxide you createa poll na series o questions asked in orderto understand people’s opinionsto insulate vb

to put material in the spacesbetween walls in order to preventthe building rom losing heat

Worried about the environment? Want to do something to help?

Maybe you should become a cragger.

zero polluters The new type of environmentally-friendly person: the cragger.

Mick Jagger CO2

Sir Mick Jagger recentlyadmitted that the band’scarbon ootprintwas “ratherenormous”because o their extensivetouring. However, headded that they weretaking measures to

reduce it.

CraggersMany people in Britain havedecided to do somethingabout the environment. Theyhave signed up to voluntarygroups. These groups wantto reduce their carbonootprint (to reduce theamount o carbon dioxide(CO2) they release into theatmosphere). These groups are known asCarbon Rationing ActionGroups (Crags), and memberso these groupsare reerred to as“craggers”. The main aim is tond ways o cuttingyour personal energyuse. “It’s only whenyou stop and startlooking that you realise thatyou do waste a lot o energy,”said one cragger. “There arethings you can do in your liethat don’t stop you having areally nice time, and you canstill make really substantialsavings.” So, what exactly canyou do?

Cragging ideasSome ways o reducing yourcarbon ootprint are reallysimple. One trick is to usethe light rom streetlamps

in the morning. “I it’s dark inthe morning, just open thecurtain a bit and you’ve gotsome ree light,” a craggerexplained. Other thingsinclude turning down theheating in winter, wearing

more clothes when it’s cold,turning o the heataltogether rom Aprilto October, usingless light, turning o electronic equipmentat the wall (thestandby switchesuse up a lot o

electricity), and ying less.Some craggers go to evenurther extremes. They mayban television, use a jugto collect hot water in theshower to use or shaving,

only allow DVDs on theweekend and even turn thebrightness control downon the television. Welcometo the world o carbonrationing.

Climate changeSo, just how popular arethese measures? A recentpoll suggests that only 28%o Britons thought the idea o setting limits on individuals’carbon emissions wasacceptable. However, mostpeople do eel that liestylechanges are needed toreduce the impact o climatechange.Although not everyoneis prepared to go to theextremes o the craggers,there are things thatmost people would nd

acceptable. This includesbuying a car that runson a biodiesel mix, yingless oten, using a bicycleor small journeys, andinsulating walls. Would youlike to become a cragger?

Info Box – Crags

Crags (Carbon Rationing ActionGroups) are ecological groupswho want to reduce the amounto carbon they produce.

There are at least 23 crags inBritain.Most individual targets are setat 4.5 metric tons o carbon per

person per year.In some crags there is a nancialpenalty or those who exceedthe limit.

The objective is to reduce yourpersonal ootprint by about 10%a year. The ultimate objective is a90% cut by 2030.

Ways to cut your carbon footprint

•Use a bicycle instead o the car.

•Open the curtain in the morningand use the light romstreetlamps.

•Watch less television.

•Turn o appliances atthe wall and stop usingstandby switches.

•Insulate your walls.

•Use a biodiesel car.

•In winter, turn down the heat and wear more clothing.•Fly less. Take your holidays closer to home.

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F l u e n c y

P r a c t i c ecomputer security

C o m p u t e r

j a r g o n

Adware An unwanted programme that bombardsusers with adverts ater they visit an inectedsite. Once installed in your computer, it canbe very hard to remove.

A blackhat A hacker who uses his/her skills or criminal purposes.

A botnet A large number o computers which are being controlledby someone via the net (oten in order to send out spammail). The biggest botnets can have tens o thousands o hijacked computers in them. Each individual computer ina botnet is called a bot or a zombie.

Bullet-proof hostingA company that guarantees that it will not shut downits servers, even when the request comes rom agovernment or law-enorcement agency. These hostingcompanies are oten located o-shore or in countrieswhere computer crime laws are lax.

A carder Someone who steals credit card numbers and theirassociated inormation.

A dead-dropA PC or server that is used to store stolen personaldata stolen. Criminal hackers preer to keep any dataat a distance as possession o the inormation isincriminating.

DDoS (Distributed Denial of Service) This is an attack in which thousands o separatecomputers bombard a website in order to knock

it o the net. DDoS attacks have been used byextortionists who threaten to knock a site ofineunless a ransom is paid.

Drive-by downloadA malicious program that automatically installswhen someone visits a booby-trapped website.

A honeypot An individual computer (or a network o machines) thatappears to be a poorly-protected system, but which, inreality, records every attempt to attack it. This inormationis then used to track down the hacker.

IP address The numbers that identiy every machine that is using theinternet. IP stands or Internet Protocol.

Keylogger A programme installed on a victim’s machine that

records every keystroke that a user makes. Thisinormation can be used or stealing login and

password details.

Malware A term or all malicious sotware. Derived rom the words“malicious” and “sotware”.

Phishing The practiceo sendingout e-mailmessageswhich appearto be roma nancialinstitution. The objective is to trick people into givingcondential inormation such as bank codes andpasswords.

SpywareA malicious programme thatsteals personal and condentialinormation.

TrojanA type o programme or messagethat appears to be sae butwhich really conceals a maliciousprogramme. Many o theattachments on virus-carryinge-mail messages have trojans.

VirusA malicious program

that requires action tosuccessully inect a

victim. For instance,opening an e-mailattachment.

Whitehat A hacker who uses his or her skillsor positive ends.

WormA malicious programme that

scours the web looking or newvictims. Worms can inect andtake over computers without anyhelp rom a victim.

GLOSSARYto bombard vb

to attack continuouslyto hijack vb

to take control o somethingillegally or by orceto shut down phr vb

to close permanentlya request ni you make a “request”, you ask orsomething politelya law-enorcement agency nthe police, the FBI, the drug squad,etclax adj

not strictincriminating adj

“incriminating” evidence is evidencethat suggests you are involved ina crimeto knock o phr vb

i a website is “knocked o” theinternet, it is orced to stop being onthe internetan extortionist na criminal who gets money byorce or threats (promises to dosomething bad)a ransom nmoney that criminals demand inorder to ree someone, or to stopdoing something bad against youbooby-trapped adj

a harmul, damaging thing that ishidden or made to appear saeto track down phr vb

to nd and catcha keystroke neach time you press a key (a numberor letter) on the computer keyboardmalicious adj

evil and harmul

to conceal vbto hidean attachment na document or le that is attachedto an e-mail messageto scour vb

to search an area very thoroughly

How much do you know about computer technology? You probablyknow what a virus is, but what about a whitehat, a blackhat and a

botnet? Here are some of the most up-to-date computer terms thatyou should be familiar with. (US spelling)

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E n g l i s h Useful Business Expressions

This month we are looking at some typical words,expressions, collocations and orms related to the word

“money”. Listen and repeat the ollowing expressions.

Finance1. Who is going to nance the project?2. She’s a nancial adviser or a multi-national.3. The company is fnancially-sound.4. Where are we going to nd the nancing or a project o

this scale?5. They managed to get some fnancial backing.6. This product is a fnancial liability.7. The nancial markets responded positively to the move.8. Financial orecasts were in line with our predictions as

to where the market was going.9. They have good fnancial standing.

10. We aren’t prepared to take any more nancial risks.11. They were hoping or a bit more nancial support.12. There may be up to 12,000 job losses in the coming

nancial year (“scal year” in US English).13. The company is in nancial diculties.14. The und was used to nance the building o a prison.15. The Minister o Finance recommended raising the base

tax rate.

Business English

Money

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Business DialogueNow listen to this business English telephone dialogue.

Stan: Stan Bakers. Who’s calling?Nigel:

Hi Stan, Nigel here.Stan: Oh, hi, Nigel. We got a copy o your business plan.Looks very interesting.

Nigel: Yeah, we just need the nancing now.Stan: Who have you got in line to nance it?Nigel: There are a number o nancial institutions who

are very interested. They’re just carrying out a risk assessment at the moment. They just need to besure that we’re nancially-sound.

Stan: Yeah. There aren’t many people who are prepared totake any nancial risks with dot-com start-ups anymore. So, what will you use the nance or, i youget it?

Nigel: It’ll mostly go into developing the site.Stan: Oh, excuse me, I’ve got another call coming in.

Speak later.Nigel: OK, cheers.Stan: Bye.

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GLOSSARYfnancially-sound adj

i a business is “nancially-sound”, it isearning more money than it spendsscale nsizefnancial backing nmoney to start a business;investment moneya fnancial liability nsomething which is costing morethan it is makinga move nan actiona orecast na predictionto be in line with exp

to be the same as

fnancial standing nthe nancial condition o a companyand how much money it hasa risk assessment nan investigation into a company tosee how sae it is or investing ina start-up na new company that is about to start



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