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t Mop of the book 4
t Introduction 7
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Thonksond qcknowledgements 9
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Unit 1 Personolinformqtion 10
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I Unit 2 Thefomily 16

I Unit 3 Doi[ octivities 22

t Unit 4 Homes 28
t Unit 5 Townond country 34
:r Unit 6 Trovelond tourism 40
a Unit 7 Foodond drink 46
lr Unit 8 Describingpeople 52
I Unit 9 Describingthings 58
:r Unit 10 Friendsond relotionships 64
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Unit 11 Heolthond fitness 70
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:r Unit 12 Leisuretime 76

!r Unit 13 Educotion 82
!r Unit 14 Theworld of work 88
!r Unit 15 Money 94
I Unit 16 Postexperiencesond stories 100
I Unit 17 Scienceqnd technology 106
I Unit 18 Sociolond environmentolissues 112
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1 Personalinformation
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Elementary 1.1 Writearound
theworld
Keypars read-and-match readingforspecific
reading
information, for
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lntermediate 1.2 Thenumbers namesand read-and-do
detail
mainideas,
recognising 30-40mins
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game norcnnel

characteristics
code-breaking reading
lntensive F
1.3 Famous
Upper-intermediate
words
last whatfamous
peoplesaid
quotations
matching
withpeople
textcohesion,
paraphrasing
40-50mins
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beforetheydied
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2 Thefamily
Elementary 2.1 77 yearsoI
marriage
longestmarried
couplein Britain
reading
comprehension
skimming fortexttypeand 40-50mins
topic,scanningforspecific
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words,identifying
references,
pronoun
inferring E
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text reconstruction
clues, E
2.2 What'sthe best marriageandthe note-taking for names,
scanning 40-50mins
lntermediate
aget0 get bestageto do it for detail,
reading #
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Upper-intermed
iate 2.3 lsthatfur
comment?
theBritish
theirpets
and identifying idiomsin
a text,workingout
meaning
deducing
fromcontext
40-50mins fi
t h e i rm e a n i n g
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3 Dailyactivities
Elementary 3.1 WheredidI see
you?
whathappened problem
lastweek through
solving
groupwork
key
extracting
information
40-50mins fr
question-and-answer,
roleplay
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lntermediate 3.2 Menwhocook cooking note-taking topic, 40-50mins
to identify
skimming
mainideas,
recognising
fr
Uooer-intermediate3.3 Snailmail
thelines'
reading'between
meaning,
s n a i l s ' a d d i c t i o nu n d e r s t a n d i n g a n deducing 40-50mins
fr
to saliva authentic
article
newspaper inference, summarising
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4 Homes
Elementary 4.1 Roomto let accommodationfor matchingpeoplewith for detail
reading 40-50mins
fr
lntermediate 4.2 How do you
students accommodat!on
language
urbanmyths readingabouta key
extracting 40-50mins
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explainthat? with
connected
tl"-.Lgr" .ane1n!.nati9!
information,
andsuggesting
situation
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upp.ii.i.ir.oiri. 4.3 Hi-techhomes homesof the
future
studentsmake
predictions
and
for specific
reading
information fi
5 Townand country
checkthemin a text
s
Elementary 5.1 Whatdoesthe
signsay? country
signs
signsintownand understanding
message,
main
understanding
identifying
40-50mins
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paraphrasing
function,
lntermediate 5.2 Wherewouldyou cityor country note-taking speed-reading, 30-40mins
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mainideas
recognising
upp..int.rr.Jiul.;.i
Rlefelto!1ve?
Animalcity
!lulng
wild animalsthat completing for detail,
a text,using reading 40-50mins
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dwellers havebeen found cluesto workoutthe gap,
information -
in cities contentof anothertext recreatinga text _tr
6 Traveland tourism
a storyand textorganisation 40-50mins
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Elementary 6.1 Lookbehindyou urbanmythabout ordering
itsending
driving suggesting
a terrifying
expeyience J
lntermediate intouch a tripto
6.2 Keeping ordering and
e-mails extractingkeyinformation 40-50mins -
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NewZealand workingouta traveller's
itinerary -
journeyswith a separatingand speed-reading,text 40-50mins *-I
Upper-intermediate;.; How stupidcan
you be? difference orderingstories summarising,
organisation,
a text
recreating -l

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F 7 Foodand drink

F Elementary 7.1 Puttingyour

eatinghabitsto
healthy
diets questionnaire
completion
a personalised
making
responSe
40-50mins

F lntermediate
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!g:t
7.2 lt'snotwhatyou food-and-drink matching beginnings sentence
structure, SO-+O
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F e a ta n dd r i n k. . . quotations
it'swhatyousay
andendings
quotatlons
of paraphrasing

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approach
dieting
to
prediction
andtext
completion
text structureand
coherence,
humorous
identifying
ideas
40-50mins

8 Describingpeople

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Elementary 8.1 How do I look? profileof a circus reading
performer
comprehension
skimmingfor gist,
recognising
mainideas,
textcohesion
40-50mins

i;i;;;i,i; 8.2 Hisor hers? escapefroma orderrng

a story textorganisafion +O-SO
mins

T prisoner-of-war
camp

T Upper-intermediate
8.3 Whatdo men
really
thinkof
cosmetic
cosmetic

surgery?
surgery note-taking readingfor detail,
identifying
sentence
topic
40-50mins

T 9 Describingthings

T Elementary 9.1 Don'tgo out

withoutyour
crimeprevention understanding
product gadgetworks
howa usingillustrations
deducemeaning,
to 30-40mins

t Intermediate
minder
9.2 Don'tforgetto holidayitems matching
textswith
extractingkeyinformation
for generalsense,40-50mins
skimming

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9.3 Can'tlive pananaS readingcomprehension
scanningfor names, 30-40mins
without... of anauthentic extracting
keyinformation,
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bananas
@
newspaperarticle reading
for detail
10 Friendsand relationships
I Elementary 10.1 Whatisa friend? textbasedaround readingand recognising dictionary 40-50mins
T the word friendG) matching definitions andseparating
fromexamples, speed-

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specific
scanning for
words,skimming
for text type
, -
I Intermediate 10.2 Howto make
newfriends
wavsto meet
newpeople
note-taking reading
inferring
for detail,
information
;o-;o;;;
fromtextualclues
I Upper-intermediate
10.3 Fiancee losesher customs
and reading extracting
key 30-40mins
ringin Easter
I SWap
egg traditons comprehension information

T l1 Healthand fitness
Elementary 11.1 Dailywake-up
and exercise
routine following
instructions usingillustrations 30-40mins
t warm-uo andcarrying
exercise
outan
routrne
to deducemeaning

I lntermediate 11.2 WhatshallI do, jokes

health punchlines
matching canfanaa

crg:liol:_ p3t-lPlT?t.q
cfrr rair rra
30-40mins
11j!rot<e
upper-intermeoiate
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understanding
authentic
an answenngyourown
newspaper questions
abouta text
40-50mins

article
T 12 Leisuretime
T Elementary 12.1 A lifeof leisure leisure
activities authentic
texts
everyday speed-reading,identifying
texttypesfromvisualclues,
40-50mins

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readingforspecific

Intermediate 12.2 fhe National photography,

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everydaytext reading
for specific 40-50mins
Museum of filmand (brochure) information
Photography,
Film television
andTelevision
l't Upper-intermediate
12.3 Adrenalin
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capital extremesports gettingmainpoints identifying
topic, 40-50mins

IT frommini-texts paraphrasing,
choosingtitles
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13 Education
Elementary 13.1 Cambridge usingguided
English activities predicting
pre-reading from
storyline 40-50mins
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Readers readers (beforereadinga reader)cover,
blurb,chapter
listof characters,
headings,
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lntermediate 13.2 Bestday,
worsr oay
t...r,,"r;tnfrfr^J i.uJingcomprehension
worstdayatschool
readingfor mainmessage 40-50mins
andto identifywriter, 6
hamand partofa.lust
13.3 Bacon,
Upper-intermediate a dialogue-
ordering
unknown
meaning
deducing
words,
paraphrasing,
of

summarising
deducing40-50mins
textorganisation,
4
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eggs Williamstory basedstory meaningof unknown words

14 Theworld of work I
Elementary 14.1 Startyourown
business
berng
boss
yourown read-and-do topic area,
identifying
recognising mainideas,
40-50mins
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lntermediate 14.2 lt'sa risky
business
risks matching
work-related related
palagrapns checklng
reading,
intensive
reading
intensive
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14.3 Work,sweetwork perksinthework
Upper-intermediate reading
comprehension
reading for gist,scanning Jo-aorinl -E l
information,
for specific
envtronment
paraphrasing,
detail
for
reading
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paraphrasing

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recognising
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questionsbased

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nuggetfoundin newspaper creating
authentic
Scotland article on a text

16 Pastexperiences
and stories 4

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Elementary 16.1 Homeand dry a man'samazing readingcomprehension for detail,
reading 30-40mins
achievement of anauthentic keyinformation,
extracting
rgglinS'betweenthelines'
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rn,.ir.lir,. 16.2 JamesCook, CaptainJames textswith
matching scanningfor specific 40-50mins
navigator Cook vrSuatS words,skimming to identify -=
source,recognisingmain

a modern
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ordering
ideas,
note-taking
textorganisation,
betweenthe
40-50mins
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traditional tale
modernandtraditional

17 Scienceand technology ;
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17.2 Flameandfortunesteelworks
a5 SCtence
spaceexplorationreading

re-usedreading skimming
comprehension
words, 40-50mins
for specific
scanning
comprehension
mainideas
recognising
for gist,reading 40-50mins
information
forspecific
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17.3 ldiotic
Upper-intermediate
inventions...
dndproducts we
"dugliyl"g
daftinventions
P3l
reading
choosing
a textand
a title,using
thetitleto workoutthe
keyinformation, 40-50mins
extracting
andanswering
asking
questionsabouta text,
-i
couldIivewithout contentof anothertext a text
recreating -E
18 Socialand environmentalisssues
Elementary 1 8 . 1 H o w m u cdho y o u e a r t h q u a k e s problem-solving missing
identifying 40-50mins
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throughpairwork information
knowabout.
earlhquakes? quest]onand:answer E
rri.rr"Jiti. 30-40mins
1 8 . 2M u m m yo,h
Mummy
pollution
poem
linesin a
ordering textorganisation,
themain
understanding F
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18.3 Guilty!
Upper-intermediate jokes
lawyer matchingpunchlines text cohesion, +o-io ri.t
withjokesituations paraphrasing
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1 Writethewordkeypalon theboard.Elicit
or explain issomeone
thatakeypal
exchange withasa hobbybutwhomyouusually
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haven't students
or penfriends
to talkaboutanykeypals thattheywriteto.

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1 Explain of keypals.
thattheyaregoingto readdescriptions
to students fl
2 Giveeachstudent a photocopy. Readtheintroduction andlookat thechartwiththeclass
headings fromthe
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Encourage students to workoutthemeaning of anyunknown
information already thein chart.
Asklhhois 24?Students readthedescrlptlons quicklyin ordertoanswerthe question.
Explain thatonepieceof information isgivenaboutfiveof thepeople; thecompletely

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emptysectionof thechartisfor thesixth.
Askstudents to readthedescriptions andcomplete thechart.Encourage students to
worktogether ln pairssothattheycanhelpeachother.
Aska question usingtheinformation already givenin
Check theanswers withtheclass.
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to underline to thepicture
whichrefers
or sentence _J H

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person.
theclassintopairsandallowstudents
Encourage themto thinkof reasons
to findthebestkeypal
fiveminutes
fortheirchoices.
foreach a
)

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VttriteWe think (Paulo)is a goodkeypalfor (Maria) (because) . . . on the boardwhile
students areworking. Whenthetimelimitisup,getstudents to telltheclassabouttheir
choices,e g.We thinkClaudette is a goodkeypalfor Mikhael.He'sRussianandshewent :
to Russialastyear.
Encourage
Claudette
otherstudents to saywhytheyagreeor disagree,
is n goodkeypalfor Mikhael She's25 andhe's20.
Thereareno rightandwronganswers for thismatching
e.g.Wedon'tthink

activity.
Askstudentslt\4tois n goodkeypalfor you?Thenwritethe resultson the boardto
a
:

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discover whoistheclass's favouritekevpal. -)E

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anotherclass.
programme
in whichstudents
Setup anactivity become
students
Alternatively,
or usinga keypal
website.
(orpenfriends)
keypals
canfindgenuine
withlntheirownor
viaanexchange
keypals a
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Hello!My nameis Bel6nLopezand I'm
lookingfor a keypal.I'm twenty-twoyears
old and I'mfrom Madridin Spain.l'm a
Hi!My nameis PauloDiasand l'm Brazilian.
I livein Riode Janeironearthe sea- | love
nurse.I work long hours,but water sports!| teachmusicin
t in my free time I do a lot of a school.I lovemusictoo!
sport. And I like eatingout What else?I'm twenty-four
I with my friends.In Spainwe yearsof ageand I'm single.
My box numberis 002.
I eat very late in the evening.
Write to me at Box001.
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student(engineering).
Russianuniversity
I livewith my family
I'm StefanZillikenand I work in a travel
agent'sin Munichin the southof Germany.
in Moscow.I want to write to other people I was 23 on January1st.My hobbiesare
I aroundthe world. My football- | play and I watch-
and walkingin the mountains.
I hobbiesare computergames
I alsoget somefree holidays
and the Internet.Please
write to Box003 to find out with my job! PerhapsI can
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more.I nearlyforgot - my cometo your country!I'm at
a nameis MikhaelPavlov. Box 004.

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French. My homeis in Lyons,but I workin and l'm from Warsaw,the capitalof Poland.
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Meribel- I'm a ski instructorthere.I work in
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I liketo travel.(l went to Russia
eveningsI go to the cinema-
but Englishfilms are difficult
for me! I alsolikerunning-
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l'm a memberof a big
too - so I alwayshavea camera
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1 Askstudentsif theyeverdo magazine or questionnaires
quizzes thatallowthemto find
outmoreaboutthemselves. thattheyaregoingto reada textwhichwillallow
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themto findoutmoreabouttheirpersonality.
2 Getstudentsto suggest personality
wordslo describe andwritea listonthe board.Elicit
or introduce
thewordsin Keylanguage,
whichareallinthetext.

Mqin octivity
Giveeachstudenta photocopy. Lookat theheading
Thenumbers
gamewiththeclass.
Ask
to lookquicklyat thetextanddecidehowthegameworks.Letters
students of the
alphabet
equalnumbers, whichcanbeusedto describepersonality
types.
Tellstudentsto readthe text asfar assoMary Brown'sluckynumberis three.Makesure
thattheyunderstand thattheycanfindoutwhatkindof personMaryis by reading the
description
of threes.
Writethefollowing
nameson the board:
AliceKing,Garethlones,CathyParker,SimonWest,
JaneLee,AIan Brown,SallyFrame,PeterCrisp,AnneThorne.

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Explain
thatthenamesontheboardbelong to thepeopleinthepictures.Students follow
inthetextandfindouteachperson's
theinstructions luckynumberusingthelettersof their
name.Theythenmatchthepeoplewiththeirpictures. lf youlike,youcantelltheclassthat
thewomen'snamesareAliceKng, CathyParker,Jane Lee,SallyFrameandAnneThorne.
Checktheanswers
number.
Sayeachnamein turnandgetstudents
withthe class.
lf thereis anydisagreement,geta volunteer
boardandto workoutthe numberasforMary Brown.
to calloutthe
studentto copythenameontothe d
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board.lf youlike,getstudents
listontheboard.
to suggest
adjectives
nameonthe
thispersonandwritea
to describe
4
to workoutthenumberof thepersontheychose.Askthemif theyagree
6 Tellstudents H
7 Askstudents
of thisperson.
withthe description
to workouttheirownnumber.
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writeanalternative for thelrownnumber.
description
theywouldliketo be,e.g.Eightsarethemostthoughtful
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peoplein theworld.Theycan
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yourself.Youcan find out all about your friends or sayingwhattheythink,but
relatives.AII you need to know is the person's name. peopledon'talwayslikewhat
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numbers. Theyfind
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4+8=12 thingsarebad.They'vegot
I 1+ 2 = 3 lotsof friendsbecause
they'reso nice!
I This nunrbet is yo.rr fri-endi lucky numbeq,
so Mary Biown's lucky number is three.
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1 ONES 7 SEVENS
T Onesarethe mostconfident Sevens areclever,serious
andquiet,andusuallyhave
anddetermined of allthe
I numbers.Theycando onlyoneor two closefriends
Theylikebeingalone.They
anythingwhentheywantto.
I Oneshatepeopletellingthem
whatto do,buttheyliketelling
don'tlikenoisycrowdsand
largegroupsof people.

tT otherpeoplewhatto do. Sevensloveanimalsand

the countryside.

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Twosare kind,shy,thoughtful
andpolite.Theyloveanimals,
readingandstayingat home.
8 EIGHTS
Eightsaresensible, reliable
andnice.In fact,they're
sometimes too kindto other
I Theyusuallyfeelreallyhappy
orsao.
people.Theyworkhardand
try hardat theirhobbies.
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I 3 THREES 9 NINES
Threesare certainlynotlazy. Ninesarecleverand
I Theyalwaysdo theirworkon imaginative,but they're
timeandstillhavelotsof free sometimes lazy.Theylike
I timefor hobbies. They'realso havingfun,andtheyarefunto
h o n e s ts, e n s i b l er e, l i a b laen d bewith.People usuallylike
t patientwith otherpeople. e ninesa lot,butninesarenot
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thisthingis goingto getme.
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1 0 Shethoughtshewas ... withhernewhaircut.
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1 1 I wastryingto keepmy agea secret,but my
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sonwentand ... .
thenhelpmy dad- ... .
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4 Someworkerssaythat thiscompanyhas ... .
he'deaten.
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1 3 Yourbossmightregrettakingsucha long
really... .
holiday.Youknow,... .
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1 4 Sonia'snewboyfriend doesn'tlikechildren,
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correctly.Encourage themto askquestions did youdo on Saturday?
, e.g.It\4tat Did you €
go to thecinemaon Friday?
Explain thattheyaregoingto takepartin a roleplayin whichtheytalkabout
to students
F
whattheydidlastweek.Theyaregoingto workin groupsof four,witha diaryeach.They J
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theyareoneof thefourdiarywritersandtheymustaskquestions to findout I

imagine
whichotheroerson didthesame thingat the same time asthemselves. -
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1 Dividethe classintogroupsof four.Giveeachstudentinthe groupa different diary.

2 Drawthefollowing charton theboardandtellstudents to copyit. Theythen read their ;
diarvandcomplete thecolumnmewiththeactivity theydid.Point outthatit is not
E
necessary to understandeverywordin thediary,justthemainpoints. -a

me the others F
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Tuesday J

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Saturday E
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questionsuntiltheyfindoutonwhichevening theirpartnerdidthesameactivity astheydid.
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activity thecolumn the For
others. example, I
IF
Samwrites Pntinthe top rowof her chartbecause they both to
went a restaurant'
4 Tellstudentsto workwithallthreegroupmembers andcomplete theirchart. E
5 Check theanswers withtheclass.Encourage students to talkaboutwhentheydidwhat -
otherpeopledid,e.g.I'm Sam.On MondayPatandI wentto a restaurant. On FridayJo E
and I wentto the tmnis club.
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andb)the evening wheneveryone didthesameasoneotherperson.
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withtheclass.
theanswers
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I Monday Monday
I I want to San Marco'su,rithsorvrepeopl.efrorvrwork.
I tova Itatian food!
1 u.znt to tlv, nawltalian rastaurant with Mum
and Dad. v6y n\ce.l

I Tuesday Tuesday
T I didn't f eaL weLL,
so I went to tha doctor's aftar
roork.Perhapsi,t was sorvrathingI ata last ni,ght?
I.n tl.s evenlg, 1 uznt la lrv. ayvwt&uth my
sistq. wa sarir ilv.latest band Frln.
T Wednesday Wednesday
T I didn't 9o to uJork.I dldn't feeL weLL,
so I stagad 1 aznt to my art cl*ss aFtq ur*. Unfor-furwtely,

T at hornea{.1dag. my paintingisn't gattng any bettw.

T Thursday
I didn't feeL grea{.,bu,t I de,cLdedto 9o to tha
Thursday
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T cinema. I sar,'ran awfut fi,trvrin Spanlsh. and talkad olll lrv f,rrel

T Friday
I ptagedtannis at tha cLubwith thrac friends.
Friday
uns l^avinga parly. r slayad
Orx. oF my colle,agues
T
T
Mct and I didn't win! For an f.our, than I u,vnTholre.

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oith Me[. We had a graat tirue!
1 wnt to tVv.tVvtlre. uth srre, papla.Fron uwk.
t lova.S&esoatra.l

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I tlonday Monday
I i "*-"t to the sr^rimmin3
poolafter uror(. I dilht
sfa5 lon3- Lhe waLerr^rasreall5 cold!
I pla4el tennis {or a couple o{ hours at hhe
club.-llen i4 started 4o rain.
t Tuesday Tuesday
I i "ntched a football match- | donI lille Kiru and I uten| 4o hhe cinetra a{her utorL.
fmlball, but ry 6roLh"r wasplaSin3! daues Bond fiitus ^ru- oar Qavouri4el
t Wednesday Wednesday
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hsl 'ronth. I hadro^" delicious
spa3hrtii!
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needed soue ityections be{ore n4 holidatl.
t Thursday Thursday
I it ,.nr late-ni3ht openinSaL Lhemuseur,rr,
so I I nent 4o th.e dapaose eYhibi|ion at tho

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language. thata dishis botha shallowcontainer rd
forfoodanda typeof foodpreparedin a particularway.
Giveexamples of a dish,e.g. <
paella,beef
stroganoff.fhengiveexamples forthesedishes.
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theequipment,e.g.a pan,andthentalkaboutwhereyouwouldcookthedish. <
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themthatthesetextsarebasedon anarticlefroma Britishcookerymagazine.
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students
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PREPARATION e n c o u r a gteh e mt o l o o ka t o n et e x t e a c h ,b u t t o s h o wt h e i rp a r t n e r st h e i n f o r m a t i otnh e y J
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s h o u l dr e a d' b e t w e e nt h e l i n e sa' n d s u g g e stth e i rp r o b a b l ea n s w e r . ll
students- cut into.six
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to imagine Which
themto eattheirspecialities. I
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dish/mealwouldthevchoose? Whv?
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a greatconcert-goer,
Gwenda,
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and11pm.Ihat'snot idealfor digestion,
mywifq is

sowe try to eatlightly.'

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do all thecooking. Gwenda lovesfood,so I likecooking for her.I'm

t happywiththisarrangement.
I likepreparing
'l
dinnerparties
startedcooking
lf I do thecooking,
for friendstoo.'
whenI wasa studentbecause
shedoesthewashing

I didn'thaveenough
up.

T moneyto eatout.I taughtmyself

alwaysusedrecipes.
to cookusingbooks.Untilrecently
Now,l'm starting to experiment andcreatemyown
I

T dishes.'
'We
owna \/VVCamper vanandwhenmyconcert tourstakemeout of
T London, we spendtheweekend
youcandowithtwo burners
in it.There's
anda grill.'
nooven,butit'samazing what

t 'My
favourite dishis risotto.
lt'sreallyrelaxing
because youhaveto stirall
fte time.lhericetakeshalfan hourto cook;I havea drinkwhileI'mdoing

T 'rt
andmywifeandI talkwhilel'm stining.'
'l
lovethefeelingof achievement thatyougetfromcooking. I feel

T -< comfortable in the kitchen andcookingis greatafterthestress of work.l

t 'lVhen
t I was10,mymother,
ThenI cooked
'l
throughout
whois an amazing
university,
cook,taughtmethe basics.
mainlybecause I gottiredof pasta.'

t tendto cookat weekends,

trat duringtheweek.Cooking
whenI havelotsof time,andthenliveoff
shouldbe relaxing,andI liketakinga long
F

t timeto cookthings.'
'l
havelotsof recipebooksby mybedandI lovereading them.I tendto .s{
-€ 9e
readlotsof recipes andputthemtogether. Following a recipewordfor \ ,\. .S.

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wordis notrelaxing. Myspeciality is coqau vin,andmyownrecipecomes f i s :

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fromreading threecookery books.'
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likethefactthat I cookuntiltheyfindoutthat I'ma
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perfectionist.My girlfriendcooksverywell,but sherarelygetsa chanceto E F ]

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cookfor me.I likecooking
realreason
for friendsandI cookfor mymumtoo.Butthe
thatboyslikecooking
mandratdisagrees
is becausetheylikeall thegadgets.
is lyinglWhenI firststartedmakingcoqauvin,I bought
Any
otl

myseffa heavy-bottomed panto cookthe chicken. lt's niceto havethe right

t equipment.'

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T 'My
dadis a greatcook.Hehashisownrecipes fromwhenheusedto

F cookin a pubhe managed with Mum.Hejustthrowsingredients

seeshowit turnsout,andit'susually delicious.
togethel
Weoftencooktogether
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I andhe isveryencouraging. I tendto makethingsuptoo,butuserecipe

book for dishesI haven'ttriedbefore.'
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lovethe process
of cooking. lt'sgreatfun andhelpsyouto relax.AndI F,l

likethesociable aspectof cooking for otherpeople.Lastyearmycooking

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improved enormously because I livedin a flat withsixotherstudents.I ::8

cooked everyday- lunchanddinner- andeveryone elseateit. Our
fuvourite mealwasfreshtuna,withchilliandcoconut sauce.
Wehadthat 1B:

a lot.' z .;l
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'l plan z'
to become a chefandthenopenmyownplace.I grewup in
Switzerland andthereis a caf6therel'd liketo modelit on.Nextyearl'm
gettinga flatwitha friendwho likescooking too,sowe'llhaveto choose
ourkitchencarefully.'

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to students
1 Explain
Guardian,
thattheyaregoingto readan articlefromthe Britishnewsp
Thearticlehasnotbeen ln
simplified any way.In order
they
to improve
needto be
aperThe
theirreading
ableto try
H
it
andnotto slow down by reference
constant to a dictionary,
andwork outthe meaningof anyunknown words. Thiswillnot always be the exact €
meaning, buta probable or general
meaning-
2 Drawa snailontheboard.Getstudents to nametheanimal andto saywhattheyknow 4
slime.Writetheword
aboutit,e.g.softbody,shell,tentacles,nolegs,slow,Ieauestrailsof
snailon theboard.Thenaddmail andaskstudents whatthismeans 4
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Tellstudents anddecideif the
to readthefirstparagraph
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1 Giveeachstudentthearticle. J

isaboutsnails
article or
or aboutsnailmail, about both. -F
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2 Usetheenvelope to clarifythe meaningof saliaa,animalglueandseal'
3 Discussanyunknown wordsin the restof thefirstparagraph Ask
withthe class. E
a\ IMat is anotherwordfor'pillar boxes'?
bl lNhat is nnotherwordfor'slirny creatures'? E
c\ Wat haaethesnailsbeendoingto thepost?
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4 Discussthemeaning of thefirstparagraph withtheclass. Ask:Ihtlratproblem hasthe
common snailbeencausing? Studentsparaphrase thefirstparagraph E
5 Explainto studentsthattheyaregoingto readthe restof thearticleandfindout if the E
problemwassolved. lf yes,howwasit solved? lf not,whynot?
6 Giveeachstudenta setof wordcards. Tellstudents to continue
Tell
reading
them not
andto consider
to usedictionaries.
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the questionsfor anywordthattheydo notunderstand.
7 Dividethe classintopairs.Askstudents in theirpairsto dlscuss thewordsonthe C
wordcards andhelpeachother withtheirmeaning. Encouragethem to asksimilar
questions about anyother unknown words in the article. E
8 Discusswiththeclasshowtheproblem wassolved, andwhatotherproblem thishascreated.
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9 Discussstudents' of thewordson thewordcards'
understanding
1Opointoutthatthearticlealsocontainsreferences to Britain. questions:
Askthefollowing I
a\ rMhereis Dmon and Cornwall? c\ INhat is on aII British stamps?
b\ IMere is TTuro?
Truro? dl Do Britishpeoplelike snails? I
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o Discuss
theorganisation of thearticlewiththeclass.Makesurethateveryoneagreesthat
the mainpointsarein thefirst,thirdandfinalparagraphs,
and thatthe words
important to
understandon the wordcards and
werelicked,draughtexclrylers drawback- t
thearticlein 50 words.
o Tellstudents
to summarise
to compare withit. Didthey
theirversion
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o Giveeachstudentthesummary. Askstudents
includeanything which
intheirversion
thatthesummary
the summary
included?
mention?
didn't Did theyforgetto F
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t Thecommonsnailhasbecomeaddictedto
Noun,verbor adjective?
Britishsalivaand the animalglueusedto seal
!r envelopes. All overBritain,it seems,slimy Notethat 'lick'herehasan idiomatic meaning. lt has
beenusedbecause of itsconnectionwiththe topic
creatureshavebeencrawlingup pillarboxes,
lr ; climbingthroughthe holeand droppingseveral
of the article,but hasnothingto do withsealing
envelooes. Readon andfindout if the PostOfficehas
feet into the pile of letterswhere they havebeen
!l solveditsproblem. Whatdoes'licked'mean?
munchingthroughthe post in greatsnailfeasts. -----------i>4
:I The problemwas first noted in Devonand
Cornwall,especiallyin postboxesset in stone
draughtexcluders(line21)
lr ro wallsand surroundedby foliage."Wewere Whatis the oppositeof
Noun,verbor adjective?
'exclude'?
finding20, even30 snails,at a time in the
bottom of boxes,"saidTomPotts,the man in Whereexactlyarethe snailsenteringthe postboxes?
I chargeof boxesin the south-west.'lt wasn't Howcouldyoustopsnailsgettingin,but stillallow
peopleto posttheirletters?Someihing with 'plastic
I just onesor twos. Theywere leavingtheir slime
rs everywhere,gettinginto the letters,lickingthe Something
bristles'? youput on the bottomof a door
whencoldair (a'draught')is gettingin?
I paste.But they left the stampsalone,very
respectfulof the Queen'simage.'
=I But the PostOfficethinksit hasgot the snail tickled (line 22)
mailphenomenon licked.TonyGilbert,a Truro Noun,verbor adjective?
I zo postman,cameup with the idea of fitting Whathappenswhenyou run a featheracrossthe
draughtexcludersto postboxes.Thesnails,it backof yourhand?Whatis thefeeling?
I seems,do not likehavingtheirstomachstickled
by the plasticbristles. culinarydelicacy(line 29)
I Hundredsof boxesaroundBritainhavebeen Whichis a noun?
Whichwordis an adjective?
!r zs fitted with excluders.'Peoplehavebeen
phoningfrom everywhere,saying"Whatcan we
Whatdo peoplein othercountries, do
e.g.France,
'
3r do aboutthem?"', saidMr Potts.
i with Do
snails? the British
do this? ____lx
delphinium(sline31)
The British.who tend not to view snailsas a 'Prize'
=I culinarydelicacy, alsohavea particulardislike Noun, verbor adjective? a noun,but i
isusually
:o of the creaturesbecausethey target prize
isit here? i
- delphiniums and vegetablegardens. Whatdosnails eat(or'target')?
Whattypeof thing i
do theyeatthatmightwin prizes?
:r Buttheirvalueis at lastbeingrecognised:
scientistsare trying to adapt hundredsof
combat/ epilepsy,dePressionand
I

:I poisonsfrom somesnailsinto drugsto combat

:s pain,epilepsy, depression and schizophrenia.
schizophrenia(lines34-35)
'drugs'with'pain'?
Youmaynot
Whydo we use
Thedraughtexcludersolutionhashad one
- what'epilepsy,
exactly
understand depression and
drawback,however.Installingthem has cut off are,but whatiype of thingarethey?
a a sourceof incometo the PostOfficeand its
parentcompany,Consignia.'We usedto put the
schizophrenia'
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va qruPgLr\
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vr f I
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'advantage' 'disadvantage'.
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2 lf youareteaching
thattheyaregoingto readanddiscuss

location,
in an English-speaking
someaccommodation

students
inviteindividual to talkabout
4J
remind
theirown
students
accommodation. lf you teaching
aren't in
thattheywillneedto findaccommodation
an
if theygo abroad
location,
English-speaking
to studyEnglishor :.J
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1 Glveeachpairof students
the listof Advertisements rl
2 andthe letters
Drawthe chartfromAnswerkeybelowon the board.Writethe questions
A,
advertisement elicitthatif a :
inthechart.Workthrough anexample For
withtheclass.
sixthpersoniswanted,fivepeople live
already Encourage
there. to
students guessthe .J
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understand
needed
to copyandcomplete
every word in the
to carryoutthetask.
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to
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to justifytheiranswers
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Cambridgeto study Englishfor three months.Theyhaveto matcheachpersonwith the
4
m o s ts u i t a b l ea c c o m m o d a t i o n . trr
6 G i v ee a c hp a i ro f s t u d e n t sa s e t o f P r o f i l e sS. e ta t i m e l i m i t ,e . g .t e n m i n u t e sf,o r t h e z
matching. .Y

7 Write We think accommodation(A) is goodfor (Christophe)because.., on the board /

. h e nt h e t i m e l i m i ti s u p , g e t s t u d e n t st o t e l lt h e c l a s sa b o u t
w h i l es t u d e n t sa r ew o r k i n gW
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has got parking spaceand he'sgot a utr. Encourageother studentsto say why they agree
or dGagree.Thereare no rlghtand wrong answersforthis matchingactivity,but on the
w o r k s h e etth e p e o p l ea r ep r o b a b l yn e x tt o t h e m o s ts u i t a b l ea c c o m m o d a t i o n .
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students in English-language
advertisements J
newspapers. Getstudents theywouldandwouldn't
to talkaboutwhichaccommodation !-

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France.He hasdrivento Cambridge from

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A Wanted:sixth person to his homein Lyons,and plansto driveback
share mixed house.Own theretwicea monthto seehis familyand
bedroom,share kitchen, friends.Christophedoesn'tlike childrenor
bathroomand garden. animals.He lovesmeetingnew peopleand

I Parkingspaceavailable. makingnewfriends.

T Only t275 per month +

bills.
F B Single parent offers free
Ekatarina Mostovoi is 18 years old and

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from Russia.She has just left school and
accommodationin exchange this is her ftrst time abroad. Ekatarina
doesn't have much money, so she is

I for four hours a day childcare

(James,6,Helen,8). Hours:
looking for a very cheap room. She
wants to train as a nurse when she

F 8.30 am - 9.30 am, 3.00pm -

6.00 pm. Non-smoker.
goes back to Moscow.

F Weekendsfree.

I C Share city-centre
RobertoCostais a 29-year-oldengineer
from Sdo Paulo, Brazil. He travels a lot

F 3rd-floorflat with three

f o r e i g n s t ud e n ts.f1 0 0 p e r
for his job, so English is important to
him. Thisyear he has been to Egypt,
T week, plus electricity.
Turkeyand Germany.Robertodoesn't
like cooking, so he probably won't spend
l d e a l l yl o ca te dfo r sh o p s,
I restaurants,railway and
much time in the kitchen. He wants to
visit lots of places while he's in England.
I bus station.

I D House-sit lor three TomaszKarwanis 23yearsoldandcomes

fromPoland.HisEnglishis alreadyvery

T non+h5while owfier i5 away

tn Tur*ey.Cheaprent in
good,andhe hopesto become
teacher.
Tomasz
an English
lovesplantsandanimals,
I raturrl Qor answerin| Dhone
andgardening.
woud suit
andbeingoutdoors.Hisgirlfriend,
wantsto teachEnglish,
whoalso
maycomeandstay
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pom,all withhimin Cambridge.
inclusive.
t
T E Bedsitavailable from
end June.Bedroom-cum-
Dorothea Kohn is a L5-5ear-oll lan, stu/ent

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from Stutt3a.L, G"rman5. Dorothea is in
livingroom,pluskitchen Eqland Lo improve her Erylish. She also
.,ants to ?re?are lor her la, exams while she
facilities,
toilet and is here. She /oesn t plan to 3o out nruchwhile
shower.Basement, easy she's in CanbriASe. She uill pro!a6l5 sgend
t access to street.f600 per r+rostevenin3sat her /es(.
month+ bills.
t
t F Cat lover wanted to
share house with young
Carmen Morientes is an elementary student
of English. She is very keen to improve her

I married couple and two

cats. Six miles from city
English and would like to live with an
English family. Carmen is 22 years old, and

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loves animals. She is also very keen on
centre. T?ansport needed. sport. She goes running three times a week,

t f,350 inclusive per

calendar month.
and cycling at the weekends.She comes
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1 Explain thattheyaregoingto readanddiscuss
withthehome.Explain thatan urban
nobodyknowsif it istrueor not.
mythis a that
story is
foururbanmythsconnected
heardandrepeated
until d
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the home.Encourage

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students'explanations students
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compare
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withtheclass.
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a titlefor eachstory.
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I and discovered an enormous hole holdingthewastefromthe
in their roof, their dog dead and
I ona passing
lavator ies plane had
their furniture covered in litres of
horrible-smelling matter. Upset
burstopen. Thecontents frozein
t by what they saw, the couple theatmosphere astheyfell
phoned the police who soon towards theground, andthe
I arrived to investigate. After r esulting
blockof icehad
several phone calls, the detective smashed throughtheroofofthe
I was finally able to explain to the unlucky couple'house,
s kill i ng

F couple what had happened.

theirdogbefore melting
theirbelongings.
allover

L 2 A man in San Diego bought a satellite dish and decided to set it up Thenextday,however, a fire
I himself. He climbed up the ladder and attachedthe dish to the side
of his house.Then, with his wife inside the houseshoutingto him
inspectorwasexam ining
bur ntr emains
the
whena sudd en
I when the reception was best, he adjusted it. When they were
satisfied, the man and his wife relaxed for the evening in front of
flashofsunlight
attention.
caught
Theinspector
his

I the TV. Even though the next day was very hot, the couple decided
to stay at home and watch eventuallyworkedoutthatthe
neighbour'ssatellite
dishhad
T
I
television. That afternoon they
heard fire-engine sirens and beenconcentrating thesun's
I lots of shoutingoutside.When
they went outside, they saw
raysonthecurtains
andhadcaused
ofthehouse
thefir e.Them an
T that the houseoppositewas on
fire. The fire was put out, but
wasfined$2,000 andforcedto
takedownhissatellite dish.The
F the firemen couldn't work out
how the fire had started. nextyearhegotcable.
r
I 3 An old man from Hanover, Germany,had had enough of his cat.
He was fed up with her scratching all the furniture and making a
Thenextday,however,
manmetanother
theold
friend,who
I mess. So he gave her to a friend, who lived on the other side of
town. He told his friend that he was getting too old to look after
asked himif hehadfoundhisc at.
Theoldm ansaidhehadfound
t her. A week later, on a very cold winter day, the old man returned
home from shopping and was heronhisdoor step. Hisfr iend
toldhim ,' 0h,
well,I wasonthe
I surprised to see the cat
shivering on his doorstep.The othersideoftownwhenI saw
I man was moved by the fact yourcatintheroad.Although
that his pet had found her way shehissed andstr uggled
allthe
I back from the other side of
town in suchcold weather.He
way,I droveherhomeandleft
heroutside yourdoor.'
I took the cat inside and gave
her lots of lovine attention.

4 In Vancouver, Canada, a burglar Eventually,

thehomeowners
broke into a houseand had filled his returnedandfoundthethiefin
bag with the owners' possessions
theirlounge.
W henthehusband
when he suddenly felt a pair of eyes
on him. Looking up, he saw an eagle
turnedonthelight,thethief
staring at him with cold, merciless couldseethattheeaglewas
eyes. At first the man was too Butit wastoolateandhe
stuffed.
frightened to move, but after ten wasarrested. Thehomeowner
minutes he tried creeping towards com m ented,' That
deadeagl e
the door. However, the eyes just wasbetterthananywatchdog, I
followed him and he couldn't move.
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makenotesabouttheirfeatures. J
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withtheclass. Studentstaketurnsto telltheclassoneprediction
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each.Theotherstudents withtheprediction.
sayif theyagreeor disagree ts
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p r e d i c t i o ntso t h e l i s ti f t h e ya r em i s s i n g . a
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definition
butthe termcomputer geekts often
geekisa personwhois boringandnotfashionable,
withcomputers.
ts
usedto describe someone whoisobsessed

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home might
homeis a success.
not bea success.
Encourage students to tr
suggest whlchfeatures of a hi-tech
computergeek,geek, Giveeachstudentthearticle. Students readthetextanddecidewhichof the predictions l=
thumbsdown, in the listarementioned. They thendecide whichof thefeatures got thumbsup and
thumbsup whichgotthumbsdownintheoriginal house.Encourage students to continue working E
togetherin pairsor smallgroupssothattheycanhelpeachother' I

will future,active
- . and Tellstudents to addto the listanyfeatures thatarementioned in thetext,butarenot ts
passive already
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includedinthelist.
theanswers withtheclass.Askstudents if theyaresurprised by anyof the
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successreportsMarcAmbasna-Jones

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ofa Hatfield parkisOrange's
business
I hi-techlivinglaboratory wherefor the past 12

h i - - : - i q r qa n dn a s st h e m I months, familieshavebeenwatchedBiq Brother

o nt o t h e style,whiletheyplayedwith the latestgismosand
:3'r.al heattng controlunit. gadgets. Fourfamilieshaveeachspentno morethan
-'e
h 3 k lchencomputer
":c ces.monitorfoodstocksand
willstore two weeksin the house. Andbasedon theirfeedback,
changeshavebeen madeto the houseand less
b : ' : ? ' a * t h eo v e na u t o m a t i c a l l y . commercially viabletechnologies kickedout. The

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willbe activated modifiedhousewill be a morerealistic
familiescouldlive.
view of how

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r - r g i v ea h e a l t hr e p o r t .
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cameras,andtheirbehaviour andtheiruseof technology

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w i l lp r o t e cpt l a n t s
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w i l lb e
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managel
wastheafways-on
JonCarter,
broadband
byfarthe
Internet

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connection
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andthe abilityto wirelessly
access music,
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systempipesin thewallsandthen In Mum and Dad'sroom,a largepull-down screen
collected in a centralunit. enabledDVDviewingor networkgamingfrom the
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roomwitha wall-sized screenfor access to webgames andcontrol of herSonyAibo dog.
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h-" 1 0 r r e r ew i l lb e a s o u n d p r o o
mfo d u l e lnternetaccessdevices, andthe largeflat screenTV
q ':':eenagers. "
with accessto TivokDigitalVideorecorderwas a big
'l1 '.' hit with all ages".
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likedandwanted to use,it alsodiscoveredwhatpeople
didn't want, and that'sa biggerlist. Firstof all,
h -: :3--qors
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outsidewillbe fittedto
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traditionallight switches will replacethe voice-
\- activated onesof theoriginalhouse. Thesamegoesfor
\3 ,t5
a numberof otherhomecontrolareas.Automated
doorswill bereplaced, especialtyafteronefamily'sdog
b got lockedin the bathroom. Automatedheating

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systems,
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remote-controlled washingmachines
fridgesalsogotthe thumbsdown.Thesmart
and

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suchas the face
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recognition door entry systemand the remotely
"a
operated digitalbathare longwayoff" in theminds
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to wire
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Rainwaterfor washing and(after successreportsMarcAmbasna-Jones
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collected I n themiddleof a Hatfield business
ir A satelliie
willreceiveweather I hi-tech living laboratory where for the past 12
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forecastsandpassthemon to the
ir centralheatingcontrolunit.
style,whilethey playedwith the latestgismosand
gadgetl Fourfamilieshaveeachspentno morethan
il Thekitchencomputer willstore two weeksin the house. Andbasedon theirfeedback,
recipes,monitorfoodstocksand changeshave been madeto the houseand less
a program the ovenautomatically.
Lightswitches willbe activated
commercially viabletechnologies kickedout. The
modifiedhousewill be a morerealisticview of how
= by voice. families couldlive.
Thetoiletwillanalyse youroutput The famitieswere filmedthroughwall-mounted
e andgivea healthreport. cameras,
wasstudied
andtheirbehaviour
andanalysed
andtheiruseof technology
byacademics fromtheDigital
An enclosed,temperature-
t controlledgardenwillprotectplants WorldResearch Centre at SurreyUniversity.
frompollution. According to projectmanagel JonCartelbyfarthe
I A basementstoragesystemwillbe
biggest success wasthealways-on broadband Internet
connection andthe abilityto wirelessly access music,
il runby a computer.
computer gamesand DVDsfroma varietyof rooms,
Dirtwillbe suckedintocleaning- controlled bya centralserverat thebackof the house.
I systempipesin thewallsandthen In Mum and Dad'sroom,a largepull-down screen
collected in a centralunit. enabledDVDviewingor networkgamingfrom the
I Homeswillhavean entertainment bed.An interactive SmartBoardgavethe daughter
roomwitha wall-sized screenfor access to webgames andcontrolof herSonyAibodog,
I viewingvirtual-reality holograms. Mobilewebpadswere usedas remotecontroland
1 0 Therewillbe a soundproof module Internet access devices, andthe largeflat screen TV
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was big
hitwithallages".
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likedandwantedto use.it alsodiscovered whatpeople
didn't want, and that's a biggerlist. Firstof all,
t to sensors
allwindows.
outsidewillbe fittedto
traditionallight switcheswill replacethe voice-
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1 Showtheclassphotosof various
wherethephotos
exactly
townandcountry
typical
weretaken.
scenes.
Tryto elicittheplacenames
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A.
in Exercise
to say
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2 Showeachphototo theclass Thistimetellstudents
again. to imagine thatthereisa sign :J
inthephoto.Whatcouldtheslgnsay?Elicit
suggestions, fishinsneara river.
e.g.l'lo
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3 Explainto studentsthattheyaregoingto lookat somesignswhichcanbefoundoutdoors
- eitherin a townor inthecountry.
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a photocopy.
Giveeachstudent Askstudents to matchsigns1-'l2 withtheplacesin
5
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Exercise
A. Encouragestudents wherenecessary
to usea dictionary andto workin pairs
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Answer key
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wheretheywouldfindthesesigns.
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outthatthesixolaces A.
areinthelistin Exercise
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: ::::.lt!,:i$:ASffe$fii ,,,rI 15 nebra riVei 17.ona beach t-1
. t:,,l.,4,outsid:g;n,fafm 16 at a railway
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whichsentence themainmessage
B explains
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Imperetives 'l3A 148 15A 16A 178 188 F
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D i s c u sds i f f e r e nkt i n d so f s i g n sw i t h t h e c l a s sW ts-
PREPARATION t h e b o a r d .U s et h e n o t e sa n de x a m p l e isn t h e c h a r tt o e x p l a i nt h e m e a n i n go f t h e h e a d i n g s .
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onephotocopyfori lr
information prohibition warnrng instruction
eachstudsntiphotos 4
tellyouwhat t e l ly o u n o t t o d o tellyouabout tell you to do t-
anU
of typlcatiown qnmAthino
somethingisfor something danger .-
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EXIT NO DIVINGFROM BEWAREOFTHE P U TY O U RR U B B I S H
dictionaries BULL I NT H EB I N
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to putsigns13-18 intothefourcategories .J

of thesignsarein morethanonecategory. t-
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Students for eachsign
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2 prohibltion - Youmustnotswimwhenthe redflagisflying. l-
3 info.rmation / instruction - Onlyprivatefishinghere.Stayawayfromthewater.
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4 warning - Yournustbe careful. Rocks mightfall. L-

5 informatiorr 'You canparkherefor 20 minutes if Msiting theslation.

6 prohibition - Youmustnot leanyourbikeagainst thewindow. l-

7 warning/instruction-Youmustbecareful.Youmusttakecarewithcigarettes
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8 information - Youcanbuystrawberries, raspberries, potaLoes andhayhere. l-
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F Look at signs 1,-12.Match them Look at signs 13-18. Which sentence explains the
message for each sign?
F with the places below.
a) on a beach 13 A YoumustdriveslowlY.

F b) outsidea building
c) at a campsite
B Children mustwalkslowlY.
14 A Youmuststayhere.

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f) in a forest
g) at a railwaystation
15 A Youmustbe carefulin the water.
B Youmustnot go intothe water.
16 A Youmustgo throughhereto catchyourtrain.

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i) outsidea park
j) neara path
B Youmustnot go throughhereto catchyourtrain.
17 A Youcannotgo to Seallsland.
B Youmustwait herefor a boat.

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l) in a street
canusethisdoor.
18 A Visitors
mustnot usethisdoor.
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1 Askstudents
differentenvironment? Explainto thattheyaregoingto readaboutanddiscuss
students
Drr
in
living thecity and in
living thecountry.
2 Askstudents\Nhatarethegoodand badpointsof liuingin a ciQ?ThenaskIMat arethe E-
goodand badpointsof liaingin thecountry? Makefourlistson the board'
thattheyaregoingto readabouttheexperiences
to students
3 Explain of fourpeople.
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to predict
students thekindof thingsthepeople willsay.Usetheheadings inthechartin
Answerkeybelow(after6)to guidethem.Addtheheadings to a chartontheboardasyou F
whatthepeople
discuss willsay.Thenwrltethefournames downthesideof thechart.
F
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Glveeachstudent a photocopy.Allowstudents twominutes F
to findthenames of four and
cities fourcountry inthetext.
areas 4
F
Check theanswers withtheclass. Usea mapof Britainto
explain wheretheplaces are.
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thetextsquickly to findtheanswers to the questionsW*tere E-
doesthespeaker liuenowTandlNheredoesthespeaker want
east,presentapd
to liae?Theycomplete thechartwitheithercifyor countty. E
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. ontheboard.Makesurethatstudents understandthatPatrick F
PREPARATION wasonlyonholiday intheCotswolds. G-

Onephotocopyfor I Askstudentsto readthetextagainandmakenotesinthelastcolumn of thechartto F

eachstudent;rnapof showthe reasons each gives
speaker forwanting to livein thecityor country.Remind €
Britain to usethefourlistsontheboardthattheydiscussed
students intheWarmup. E
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s o m e t h i n gh a sg o n ew r o n g ,a n d l i f eh a sn o t q u l t ew o r k e do u t a s t h e yi m a g i n e dA! s k
studentsto write a paragraphaboutwhereone of them livesnow. ts
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3 '?atric(
The best thingabout travellin3b'1train ... is that
3 lou let bac(to London at th" endof it! I'v"just 6""nlo
th, Cots'olds for a ,""( and i couldn't 3et bac( to the citl fast
lr The villa3e*h""" i ,as staSiq was lerribll quiet. There
enor.t3h.
il we(e no shogs,no r.slaurants anA,il seews,har/15a\ ?eo?\e.
?""haps the houseswere ol1holi/a,1homes,and the owne(sua(e
=r havin3a bad season.i aon[ (nou - I n.r". foun/ anloneto os(. I
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dont want to coo( eve(\ eveninl'h"n i'^ on holi/o1 but th"
=r n"aresl r.staurant wasa LO-ninute drive. Thqt's not too far, lou
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mi3ht sa1, but I Sane6t3train. ?erhqps Lher" was a cinemaand
I Lh"aL"ene*t to the r"slau.ant - i n.u"" foundthose either.
I'v" a1,.n5slivedin cities - tht counl"Sis nol the place lor me.
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'{ unlvetsrly rn Ereler and then.ir,rsl suayed on
afl,ervrards. I've been here fol ten years now, but I
= don'l rea11ylike l,he noise and dirt, of ctly lii-e. So, I'm selhng
my f1ar,and moving to lhe Lake Dlstrlcl. \Mhen I was a chlld,
I used lo visil rny grandparents in [he Lake Disr,rrcl and I
loved it. X,fy grandfalher and I wenl walkrng every day, and
= my granomolher tauglll me l,o swlm in one of the lakes. \4y
goodness, lhe wa[er was coldl Thlee yeal's ago, I ]nel lwo
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other architecls at my g|andfather's funera,l, ln fact. I,A/egot talkiirg and soon became
weekends, l,hen lhey suggested r'har,] rnove up lhere
friencls. I sl,arled \'rsi[ing r,hem a,-L
= and starl workrng wi[h theni. Wha[ an opponunrtyl The air ls so fi'esh, and ttre vlews
are out of this world. I can'[ wail lo se]l my fla t .
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Durqg ll*, day, I taach
ri.rrththraa oF my cnlleagucsin 5nou.rd.onia.
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cl.ywitg, mou,.ntain-biklrg
e"d I lNc bains afisida.- AFler
rock-climbing.
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4 u,ork my *'ands and I taka turm to cook a mosl vk gYcr.'r
atn vagdables - and. then ou play cards or uatch 1\. wa'va gol
4 evwylhirg uJcread, hare,- ,t's lr*e, tVera. isn't d. 3rb or rastaurant
t - Fu mlles, brxl uy,'re all reasovwbla'caoks ar/. thera. ara' supartarkets
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it with! At the momentI trauel into Noningham eueryday to the
- shop whereI worh.- there'sa bus at 7.30 in the morningand the
Lz Iastbus back in the eueningisat 5.30. From September, howeuer,
tl- - I'm goingto stay in Noningham with my aunt and uncle when
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to students
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animalcitydwellers.
themto nameanyanimals, domesticatedor wild,thatcanbefoundin cities.
2 AIsoexplain thattheyaregoingto workwitha partnerwhohasreada
to students
Theymustnotshowtheirpartnerthearticletheyhaveread.
article.
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Dividetheclassintotwo halves, A andB.GiveeachstudentA: Bigsnappertakes biteof
BigAppleandeachstudentB:Koalas try suburbanjungle.
Tellstudents to readtheirtext
andguess the missing phrases. Encourage to
students worktogether in pairs
or small
groupssothattheycanhelpeachother.
Donotchecktheanswers giveeachstudenta setof wordcards.
at thispoint.Instead
Explainthateightof thesephrases go inthegapsintheirtext.Geithemto matchthe
eightphraseswiththegaps.Again,do notchecktheanswers at thispoint.
Dividethe classintopairssothateachstudentA isworkingwitha studentB.Partners
checkthattheyhaveeachchoseneightdifferent phrases activity.
for thetext-completion
4 Check theanswers withtheclass.Thephrases on theworksheet arein thecorrectorder.
5 Remind students thattheothereightphrases go in thegapsin thearticletheyhaven't
read.Theseorovideusefulcluesasto itscontent.
Student A tellsstudentB whattheythinkarticleB isabout.ThenstudentB tellsstudentA
whattheythinkarticle A isabout.Theycanalsoaskquestions to findoutmore
information aboutthearticletheyhaven'tread.
Students summarise orallythe mainpointsof thearticletheyhaven'tread.Theymustuse
eachof the eight phrases.
Giveeachstudentthearticletheyhaven'tread.

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. Discussthetitlesof thearticleswiththeclass.Elicitor explain thatBigAppleis oftenused
for NewYork.Explainthatjunglecanmeanan uncontrolled or confusingmassof things.ln
the phraselt's a jungleout there,it meansLifeis dfficult andyouhaaetofightfor what
youronnt.
o Studentscontinue workingwiththeirpartner. Theyhaveto findthreedifferences and
threesimilarities between thearticles.Giveoneor two examples to getthem started,e.g.
Difference:Big snapper is aboutoneanimalwhileKoalas is abouta groupof animals.
Bothtextsmentionan island.
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l s l a n d . B u t w h e n p r o d d e d w i t h a s t i c k , t hi|e
.J*,ir6 a srick ihe
are.deserting
bathrooms
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four statesaway.,,somebodyprobably i i t-shirt shop i
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.... crocodilians- alligators,
alligators,
i snoozing
snoozing in
iI snackrng
snackingon
in backyards
backyards
gardengum
on garcen
aftera
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gum tfees'
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by owners and(r3)':""":"""' 'the
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anotner case ot akoala
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saidMr Shapirobeforethe newfindwas
in the sun,"
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Tellstudentsto
story. F
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havedonethis,theycancompare
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accelerate, brake, pairsagain, to workouthowthemanhadsaved the woman's life. them
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to predict
students whathappenednext.Thenreadthe
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students prediction.
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1 Explain thattheyaregoingto readaboutanddiscuss
to students a tripto NewZealand.
Theyaregoingto reada setof e-mails andworkoutthewriter'sitinerary. F
2 Askif anyonehasbeento NewZealand. Whatdidtheydo there?Askotherstudents what
theyknowaboutNewZealand. Canthey name any townsand cities? Explain
thatAuckland F
(onthe Northlsland) (ontheSouthlsland) isthe
Usethemap,fromthewebsite
capital.
city,butChristchurch
isthe largest
mentionedintheFollowup,to showthelocation t
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Divldetheclassintopairs.Giveeachpairof students anda setof pictures.
a setof e-mails
Explainthatsomeone calledJanesentthesee-mails
Therewasa photoofJaneattached to eache-mail.
to herfriends
Students
backhomein England.
haveto matchthe photos
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withthee-mails. F
Check theanswers withtheclass.Thepictures ontheworksheet matched
arecorrectly
withthee-mails.Thee-mailsarealsointhecorrect order,butreadouttheiropenings, e.g. F
Wedidn'tgo up in thehelicopter
yesterday,in randomorderandgetstudentsto holdup
thecorresponding pictures. F
3 Getstudents in theirpairsto identifypasteventsandfutureeventsin oneof the e-mails.
Forexample,We didn't go up in thehelicopter it was toowindy,we wentfor a
yesterday, t
walk on thegJacierarein the past,whilewe'respendingtonightandSundaynight,we're
goingto walk theRouteburn Trackarein thefuture. t
thattheynowhaveto putthe e-mails intothecorrectorder.
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to students
Encourage the pastandfutureeventsin eache-mail.
themto identify Askonestudentto t
readouttheverb phrases whichareaboutthe pastand the otherto read outtheverb -
ohraseswhich areabout the future. F
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fu&:!gtr ARRMALandDEPARTURE nextto thefirstandlastdatesin the chart.
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againandfindthe mainactivities
. Encourage to findfurtherinformation
students
www.NZ.com. Theycanalsoresearch
aboutNewZealand
places.
specific
on thewebsite:
Thewebsitefor the International
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yesterday.
Wearrivedin Auckland
Thismorningwe wentup SkyTower.
the streetsbetowbecause
Youcansee
the flooris madeof glass.Looking

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L,. I visitedMum'scousin.Tomorrow we'regoingto Rotorua.Witl
writeagainsoon.

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F Wearrivedin We[[ington an houragoafteran a[-dayjourney

F from Rotorua.Wespenttwo nightsthere.After arrivingfrom

Auckland the daybeforeyesterday, we wentto the hot
springs- they're[ikea verysmetlyswimming
F poo[!Yesterday
we visitedthe Maoriculturalcentreandsawthe geysers
there.Theythrowhot waterinto the air everyfew minutes.
F Tomorrow we'regoingto TePapa- the NationaI Museum of

F Fci
NewZeatand. I've heardthat ifs fantastic.

,il Aftertwo nightsin Wetlington

we travetledto SouthIstandby

F ferry.Wetook the coachto Nelsondirectlyfromthe port and

spenttwo nightswith my boss'ssister- shewasveryfriendty.

F Shetook us to the Abe[Tasman NationaIParkyesterday.

We
spentthe dayon the beach.Verysoonwe'regoingto get on
anothercoach- this timeto Franz
F Josef.We'regoingto stay
two nightsthere.Wewantto go up in a helicopter
overthe

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glaciers.
It shouldbe fun!

F Wedidn'tgo up in the heticopteryesterday because it wastoo

windy.Instead,we wentfor a walkon the glacier.Wehadto

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wearspecialbootsbecause
Queenstown,
the ice wasso slippery.
wherewe'respending
We'renowin
tonightandSunday
betweenwe'regoingto watkthe Routeburn
night.In
Track- this means
{ stayingtwo nightsin huts.Wehaveto carryourfood,clothes
I andsteeping bag.I hopemy rucksack isn'ttoo heavy.Wemight
staytwo nightsin Queenstown whenwe comebackso that we
il cango tandemskydiving on Monday.
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I Skydiving wasgreat!I'm gtadwe stayedan extranightin
Queenstown. Afterat[,ifs not everydayyoujump 4,000
I metresout of a plane!TheRouteburn was0K, but we got very
wet on our middleday.Wetraveltedto Dunedineartiertoday.
il Tomorrow we'regoingto the steepeststreetin the world.
We'realsogoingto takea boattrip to seesomepenguins and
il albatross- the biggestbirdsin the world.Thenwe'retaking

rr the coachto Christchurch

wi[[ soonbe over!
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iI the airport.Yesterdaywe wentto the cathedral,the museum
- andanother
andthe park.Wealsoboughtoursouvenirs
il rucksack to carrythemhome!Wechecked in aboutthree
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1 Explain
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threestories
thatwentwrong.Askthemif theyhavemadeanyjourneys thatwentwrong.Forexample, F
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Explain to students
thattheyaregoingto workin groupsof three.Eachperson willreada
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studentsto worktogetherin pairsor smallgroups withstudents whohavethe F
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whatwentwrongintheirstory.Donotcheckthesummaries at thispoint. EF
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the b-
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passenger. Mr Nicholas Scottiwas
A Western businessman
jaoanhadbeenwarnedabout
livingin ln early1983,a manfromthe Los
Angeles areahada greatidea:

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Italyafteryearsof livingin San
pickpocketsin the Tokyosubways.
Theygrabbedwalletsjust as
Whynot fly insteadof driveto his
girlfriend's
house?

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Francisco. subwaydoorswereclosing,leaving
the victimon the train,but without
hismonev.
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at NewYork'sKennedy
stop
airporton
OnemorningtheWestern
businessman wasat hisusual
Andhowwouldhe do this?He
wouldgeta lightpoollounge

! its wayto ltaly.Mr Scotti,who

didn'tspeakEnglish too well,
subwaystopwhenthe trainpulled
in.Heboarded, andsureenough,
chairandattachheliumballoons.
Thenhe wouldsimplyfloat

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'refuelling
the words
stop'.Thinking he had
justasthetraindoorswereabout
to close,he felta manrub up
upwardintothe sky.Hewould
takewithhima beer* andan air

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againsthim. pistol,to popthe balloons
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him,but Mr Scottiassumed they
Anxiously,
reached
the businessman
for hiswallet.lt wasgone!
At first,thingswentaccording
plan.Theballoons
to
rose,carrying

t hadbeencaughtin the notorious

Romantrafficthevhadtold him
aboutin theirletters.So he found
He lookedup asthe doorsbegan
to closeandsawthatthe manwho
hadrubbedagainsthimhadnow
the manandhisloungechairup
intothe sky.As the manachieved
hisdesired he got ready
altitude,
I hisownwayout of the airport. steppedoff the train. to shoota fewballoons. Hetook
aim ... andthendroppedthe air
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Hewasa littlesurprised at the Thinking fast,the businessman Consequently, the loungechair
changes therehadbeenin ltaly- reached hishandsbetweenthe keptrising.At ten thousand
I but, afterall,thiswas1977andit closingtraindoorsandgrabbed feet,the windstook himout
:r wasnaturalto assumethat manv
old buildings hadbeendestroyed
the sneering thief'sjacketlapels.
Thedoorsclosed, withthethiefstill
nearthe skiesof LAX- Los
Angeles Airport.
sincehe hadleft.Hewasalso on the platform,but with hislapels
il surprised by howmanypeople trappedbetweenthe doorsin the

II spokeEnglish, but, afterall,

Americantouristswere
everywhere. Therewereeven
streetsignsin English!
tightgripof the businessman.

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speculation. Hehadto meethis
As the trainbeganto pullaway,the
pickpocket beganscreaming as he
Soonairlinepilotsbeganto
reportto the airporttowerthe
sightof a manin a
relatives.Sohe askeda oolice ranalongthe platformwith the unusual

T officerin ltalianfor directions

busterminal. Thepoliceman,
h'c:sinadence wasfrom Nap/es,
to the
who
train.Finally,
halfwayalongthe
platform,the thiefgrabbedthe
stanchionnextto the doorandhis
loungechairin the air lanes.One
pilotreporteda UFO- it was
imposslble
thathecou/d
be
I ffwrered in fluentltalian.Whenhe jacketlapelsweretorn off. As the seeing a manin a lounge
chair
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cityandcountry,he wouldn't cardnumbers so he couldcancel suburbia.Andasthe helium
believehismistake. As a policecar them.'Youleftyourwalleton the slowlyleakedout of the balloons,
rushedhimbackto the airport,he tablewhenvouwentto work the chairgradually
beganto
pointedat the speedingcarsand today,'shetoldhim. descend,andthen,fittingly,
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1 Revisefoodanddrinknouns.
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to suggest
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theyinclude
thewordsin Keylanguage.
2 Writetheseadjectives
on the board.alcoholic,
fresh,full-fat,low-fat,skimmed, whole-meal. E
Getstudentsto matchtheadjectiveswiththefoodanddrinkitemstheyhavealready
mentioned.Thengetthemto saywhichfooditemscanbebaked,boiled, fried,grilled,roasted.
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3 Practise
expressionsof quantity.
Readouteachexpression
anotherwayof sayingthis(onthe right).
to suggest
onthe leftbelow.Getstudents E
Fourorfewer Fewerthanfour E
Fouror more More thanfour
Betweentwo andfour Tznotofour E
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to mostfrequent. E
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healthy
theyare.Encourage studentsto saywhethertheyarehealthyeatersor not.

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1 Giveeachstudentthequestionnaire. Allowstudents timeto readthequestions. Lookat t
question6 withthe class.Makesurethatstudents understandthatasercing is a portion,
e.g.an apple,a glassof orangejuice,a plateof salad,somecarrotswith their meal,etc. t
taketurnsto askandanswerthequestions.
2 Dividetheclassintopairs.Partners Theynote
theirpartner's
answers. E
3 Whenstudents
each letter
havecompleted
theirpartner
has, givethemthe key.
andworkedout howmanyanswers
the questionnaire
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lookat the key and
together
of
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theresults
4 Discuss bythe results?
withthe class.ls anyonesurprised
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piecesof advice.
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advice.Pointoutthatanyonewhohasanswered A or B to questions1-4 willneedto
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water do you drink every
t day?
and tea do you drink
every day?
whole-mealbread or
pasta?
a A Threeor fewer
B Fourto seven
A Eightor more
B Betweenfourandseven
A Rarelvor never
B Oftenor sometimes
- C Eightor more C Fewerthanfour C Usuallyor always

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fried foods insteadof alcoholicdrinks do you fruit and vegetablesdo
I grilled,boiled,baked or have every day? you have every day,
roasted? includingjuice?
t A Usually
or always
A Morethanfour
B Twoor three A Fewerthantwo
t B Oftenor sometimes C O n eo r n o n e B Two,threeor four
C Rarely
or never C Fiveor more
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I food instead of healthier fresh fish? eat every week?
meals?
F A Usuallyor always
A Rarelyor never
B Onceeverymonthor two
A Fouror more
B Twoor three
T B Oftenor sometimes
C Rarelyor never
C Morethanoncea week C Fewerthantwo

F 10 How many servingsof 11 How many sugaryfoods 12 How often do you choose
F dairy produce - butter, and drinks do you have low-fat over full-fat
alternatives,such as
L milk, cheese,and red
meat - do you have
every day, includingsugar
in tea and coffee? skimmed milk for full-fat
every day? A Morethaneight milk?
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materinls,
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whatthelesson
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diet.Eltcitor explain
teetotnller,bnlanced
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to students
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anddrink.Pointoutthatsuchquotations
somequotations
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aboutfood
truth,and/or
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2 Giveeachpairof students beginings.
thelistof Quotation
3 UsetheNotesbelowto provide background aboutthesources.
information Explain
that F
n forAnonymous
Anon.is anabbreviatio andis usedwhenthewriter'snameis notknown.
Encourage studentsto predictwhatwordor whatkindof wordmaycomenext.In
F
an article(a/an,
quotation 1,for example,the nextwordis mostlikelyto be anadjective,
the\or a pronoun(what,when\.
F
Students
endings
workintheirpalrsandpredict
in a list.
of thequotations.
theendings Theywritetheir F
Giveeachpairof students endings.
thesetof Quotation to matchthe
Tellstudents F
endingswiththebeginnings.
KEY LANGUAGE 7 Checktheanswers withtheclass. students
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each F
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thequotations. F
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wagon was in a terrible state when we bought
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it.We restored it, and now it's like a little flat. It's
small,Lrutvery warm, with afi cooker and

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use many different things - short skirts, fancy
jackets, ballet shoes,feathers in our hair.'Wb all
electric heating. It's also got funning water -
much tretter than most circus caral"ans.
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look very glamorous. Eressiag up' for the show
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t$/chCIw afternoon and evcning performance

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make-up,tco.I wear a lot on m)aeyes and I like
it to be perfect. It's really important to clean
rour skin after wearing make-up.But sometimes
I'm ver.vtired at nighr,,and:tr:fofgpt.{offennnveit.
er,ery dayrI need to be at my best then. For half
an hour before each show,I like sitting on my
bed and doing nothing. I have to relax like
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a '"'. - 33i. b My home c My lifewithhorses d My face e My clothes

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canteen,Commandant, gate,password, tunnel.Encourage
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Mr Budd.So I startedwatchinghimas he leftthe campevery

askedhimfor the password.Everybody knewMr Buddtoo
camp,nearMasham,
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wereusuallychangedat eignto'clocksharp, I wassurethat the new sentrywould
the secondandrealtVtrguddleavingthe camp.5o I walkedto the gatesmokingmy
Buddaftera day,sworkat the canteen.I shouted
not be
As the sentries
surprisedto see
pipeas if I wereMr
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6 Howdid Heinz'sfriendshelPhim?
1 Howdid Heinzdecideto escape fromthe camp?
7 Whydidn'tthesentryaskhimfor the password?
2 Whydid he decideto dressasa womanafterhis
escaoe? 8 Wouldthe realMr Buddgo pastthe samesentry?
9 Whendid Heinzchangeintothewoman's clothes?
3 Howdidhe getthewoman'sdisguise?
himself 10 Whathappened spoke
whenthe soldiers to him?
4 Onthe dayof hisescape,howdidhe disguise
asMr Budd?
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il Cheshire. his girlfriend LyndseyEvans,24.
Nicolaloatheshernoseandwouldlovesurgeryto Ninetimesout of ten,youcantellif a woman's had
il makeit smaller, but evenif I wasthe richestmanin cosmeticsurgery,particularly
a facelift,becauseit
BritainI wouldn'tpayfor herto haveit done.Aside looksso unnatural.Butnosejobsaretheworst- they
=l fromthe factthat l.loveher exactlythe waysheis,why usuallylooklikethey'vebeenstuckon.As a child,I
go underthe knifeneedlessly? lt seemsso vain.Any usedto get teasedbecausemy earsstickout a bit. I
t operation is worrying,so I wouldn'twantherto be put askedmv dadif I couldhavethemoinnedbackandhe
at riskunnecessarily.Nicolaknowshow I feel,so l'dbe alwayssaidno.l'mgladhe did now,because I realise
t reallyupsetif shehadsurgerybehindmy back- she'd thev'repartof whatmakesme who I am.
no longerlooklikethewomanI fellin lovewith.
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in the media. He's single. both teachers, live in London.
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I don'thavea problemwithanyonehavingsurgeryto I hadn'treallvnoticedRebecca's wrinkles
pinbacktheirears,but havinga tummytuckis lazy lineson my forehead thatpeopleusually commented
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andcouldbe sortedoutwithhealthyeatingand on. Butaftershereadaboutprocedures to ironout
exercise.I alsoquestion the reasons somepeople lines,shesuggested we bothtriedit. I wasmore
il havesurgery. Forexample, if a womanis unhappy with impressed with the resultsthanshewas,but I won't
her appearance and it'shavinga psychological effect haveanymore.I don'tmindif Rebecca wantsto, but
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on her,thenthere'snothingwrongwith doing onlyif shedoesit for herself.
l'mconvinced I wouldn't
something aboutit. Butsurgery justto pleasea noticea newhaircut, neverminda smoother face.
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lives in Cambridgeshire
with his wife They run a website business together and
il Sarah,32. live in Norfolk.
Womenalwaysaspireto looklikecelebrities, but I bet Lindahadcosmetic surgerythreeyearsago.I wasdead
I moststarshavespenta fortunemakingthemselves againstit andworriedaboutthe healthaspectmore
that way.I hatethe 'Hollywood'
look- womenwith thananything. Shehada lowerfaceandnecklift,an
:| rigidfacesfromtoo manyfacelifts.Theylooklike upperandlowereyelift,lasertreatmentto removefine
clonesof eachother.I actuallv
thinkit'sindividualitv Iinesandexcess fat removed fromaroundhereves.She
t andthe imoerfections thatmakewomenbeautiful. I wasbatteredandbruisedafterwards, but once

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thoughtherearebitsof hershedoesn'tlike.I think
everything settleddownshelookedamazing.
thenl'vehadcosmeticdentistry
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il wife Sandra,46. Cambridge.He'smarriedto Alison, 27.
Sandra's goingto havea faceliftlaterthisyearand There'sno needto be unhappy withyourappearance
l nothingI saywillchangehermind.I don'tthinkshe thesedays.l'd havesurgeryif I hadthe money.l'd
needsit andI reallycan'tunderstand whyshewants havethe bumpon my noseremoved, althoughl'd
l to put herselfat risk.There'salsothe factit'sso neverhavepectoralimplantsto makemy chesibigger.
expensive andtherearefarbetterthingsto spendthe You'dhaveto be reallyvainto do something that
t moneyon.We'vehada few arguments aboutit, but drastic.Alisonsaysif bitsstartto droopor sagasshe
t l'mresigned to thefactthatshe'llgo ahead.I just
don'tthinklooksarethatimportant - it'swhata
getsoldershe'llhavethemseento. I wouldn'twant
herto changeherappearance but if
dramatically,
personis likeon the insidethatcounts- people she'dbe happieraftersurgery, thenwhy not?
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topics. thata newsstorymightbeabouta specific
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mightbeaboutthe general
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appeared tnTheGuardian.ltsummarises articles
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mostdailynewspapers
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KEYLANGUNEE. B r i t i s hp e o p l ea r eg e t t i n gv e r ye x c i t e da b o u tb a n a n a s . F
article,broadsheet, A and matchthe newspapers
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Can't ...
livewithout c a l o r i e sl t. i s a l s oa f i r s t - c l a shsa n g i . ; ' - - ' . : - = -
b l o o do r e s s u raen ds o o t h e h
d o n ' te n dt h e r e . S h e s a y si t
s e a r t b u r n .i i"s : a - - : -
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' ' p e r f e cfto c c ' : '

bananas w e a n i n gb a b i e sa n d
" y o uc a n e v e nu s et h e s k i n sa s
gardenfertiliser I t i s a s t o n i s h i n gvley r s a t i l e "
T h e r ei s m o r e T . h et h i c ks k i n n e du, n z i p p a b lfer u i t i s a
chemical p o w e r h o u soen a p a rw i t h a n y t h i n gd i s h e do u t
" B a n a n acso n t a i nc h e m i c a ltsh a t
bythe doctor.
s t i m u l a t teh e p r o d u c t i oonf s e r o t o n iann d d o p a m i n e ,
the sameneurotransmitters set off by Prozacand
"ln short,bananasare
ecstasy," says The 0bserver.
h e a l t h-y a n dt h e yg i v ey o ua b u z z .l t i s t h e u l t i m a t e
f o o d :a m b r o s i ian a s a f f r o ns k i n . "
What'smore,the bananano longerhasto be kepton
" t h e s t r a i g hat n d n a r r o w " '
w h a tt h e I n d e p e n d ecnatl l s
" E u r or u l e sb a n n i n gb e n d yb a n a n aasn d
L a s tw e e k ,
c u r v yc u c u m b e rlsw e r e d ] eclared i l l e g a il n t h e h i g h
c o u r t , "s a i dt h e S u n .
B u t t h e r ei s m o r et o a b e n tb a n a n a t h a nd o u b l e
entendreY s .o um i g h tt h i n ko f i t a s a h u m b l ef r u i t ,b u t
" s p e c i ael c o n o m i icm p o r t a n caes a s y m b ool f t h e
it has
p o t e n co yf western c a p i t a l i s m "a,c c o r d i ntgo T h e
: ' - : : i s f a n a n a s , s" a y st h e S u n d aP yeople. 0bserver. W h e nt h e B e r l i nw a l lf e l l ,g r o u p so f E a s t
- - . - . - . : - s : : o u sB r i t o nw
s i l l m u n c ht h e i rw a y " h o l do u r h a n d sa n dt a k eu s t o
G e r m a ncsh a n t e d
' ' . : - - - : . - - 1 Ct o n n e s obf a n a n a s t h i s y e a T rh.i"s " m e a n tf r e e d o ma t l e a s ti n
b a n a n al a n d "b e c a u s iet
- : . : : . - : - l r : eU K ' sm o s ip o p u l af r u i t " ,s a y st h e
termsof middle-class aff luence, lf you haveaccessto
S - . r a - ,M i r r o r . W es p e n dm o r em o n e yo n b a n a n a s bananas, y o u m u s th a v ec o n t r ool f w o r l dt r a d ea n d
: - . ' . - . ' : ' s r l p e ' m a r krette ma p a r tf r o mp e t r o al n d s h i p p i n gA. n d i f y o ud o t h a t ,t h i n g ss u r e l yc a n n o b te
:::-^ - :.:::s and morethan 95% of our households t h a t b a d '.
"Bananas
t :-:- :!'eiy week,"addsThe Observer.
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Britain'sfavouritefruit has its detractors,
" H o wI h a t eb a n a n a s ,s"i g h sA d a mE d w a r d sH. e
however.
- : - : . . : a s b e e nd o i n gi t s b i t .F o ra l m o set v e r y
T : - : : r - : r t" i s n o wc o n s i d e r et d o be indispensable
concedes that they havea certainstatusas the last
t h i n gE l v i sP r e s l eayt e ,t h a t t h e yc o m ei n t h e i ro w n

tT : : . : ' . : e l w e e ns e t sa n dr a l l i e s "s,a v sT h e "recyclable d ,i s p o s a b cl eo n t a i n e r "a,n dt h a t t h e ya r e

: : 1 e r : , s p e r f e c t lsyu i t e dt o t h e t e s i o s t e r o n e - " a v e r i t a b lgeo u r m est u p p o rst y s t e m "A. n dy e t : " t h e
= - ' . : ^ ' s i l o n k e y sw , l t ht h e i rt e m p e tr r a n t r u m s , bananais not as otherfruits- it hasnevergrownup. lt
. 1 ' - a . - a s r m i a nb e h a v i o u rs,a" y sA d a mE d w a r disn i s n o t i n t h e s a m ec l a s sa s t h e a p p l e t, h e o r a n g et ,h e
DailyTelegraph. GregRusedski, notesthe lndependent peach,or anyotherof God'sgreattakeaways'" You
T S;nday
' : u r n st h ef o l d i n go f h a l fa b a n a n ainto c a n ' td i s t i li t i n t ow i n e ,a s y o uc a nt h e g r a p ey; o uc a n ' t
use it to reachgastronomic heights.
T ' - : - , - : s n r p o r t a ne tn o u g tho h a v ei t s o w n
. = - - = : ' g a n r s a t i ot nh .e B a n a n G a r o u pS. p o k e s m a n
" l t r e m a i nas j u v e n i l de e l i n q u e n t ot b e s q u a s h ei dn
"a
s a n d w i c h e sc, o " n c l u d eE s d w a r d s , o n e - d i sw h onder
- : : i . . . ' - ' ; a 1e x p l a i n et h d e f r u i t ' sa p p e atlo T h e s u i t e do n l yf o r t h e p a l a t eo f a c h i l d . "
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I r e\\-spaperswith the descriptions.
l L Decide if these statements are true or false.
likea drug,canglveyoua feelingof
F -.: r'llre benefits of eatingbananas
- .- 3 ' t l s hb a n a n a - b u y h
i nagb i t s
1 Bananas,
excitement.
thanother
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^ - + i 6 ^- r ' h ^ w i m b l e d o n t e n n i s
q - g q L i l t s q L L rr E 2 Britishpeoplespendlesson bananas
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supermarket fooditems.
t o b a n a n aast a h i s t o r i c a l
- . ; :'e"ence 3 Most tennis players eata banana
at Wimbledon
m
d u r i n gt h e i r a t c h e s .
3ananas
negatively withotherfruit 4 'Banana land'wasa countrythatdidn'ttradewiththe
restof theworld.
-: :hangesin the lawwithregardto
5 Youcanmakewinefrombothbananas andgrapes.
hadto be
lawthatbananas
6 lt usedto be European
straight.

63
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students' t-l
butdo notconfirm at thispoint.
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to reada dlctionary it with
entryforfriendandto compare -
theiranswer.
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highlight the meaning sothatthisis separate fromtheexamples. EIicit thatflendhastwo
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1 e r s o n w h o m y o u l i k e , 2 a p e r s o n o r o r g a n i s a t i o n w h o h e l p s a n d s u p pForts
someone or something). Askstudents whatotherinformation thedictionary entryglves
which {
aboutthe wordfriend(3a definition of Friendsof the Earth,4somesayings F
includethewordfriendl.Vtlrite theabovefourpointsin a liston theboard.
Explainto studentsthattheyaregoingto lookat a varietyof different texttypesin English, F
whichallinclude or
thewordfriend friends. each
Give student a set of texts.Allowthem -
two minutes thewordfriend(s)tnthetexts.
or highlight
to underline F
3 Dividetheclassintopairs.Askstudents wheretheythinkthesetextsarefrom. --
F
4 Checkthe answers withtheclass.Writetheseven texttypes in a listandbeginto buildup
a chartontheboard.
F
Students readthetextsanddecideif thewordfriend(s) relatesto meaning 1 or meaning2
ontheboard. F
6 Check theanswers withtheclass.Explainthatprouerbsis anotherwordfor sayings. -
whoexactly
7 Askstudents definition.
wouldreadthedictionary thatthiscouldbea
Elicit F
of English,
student wantingto checkwhichverbsandprepositionsto usewithfrimd(s). .-
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StudentsreadtextsA-Gagainanddecidewhoexactly wouldreadeachtext.Howand
whywouldtheyreadthetext?Wouldtheylookat thewholetext (skim)? Orwouldthey -5
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(scan)?
information
lookonlyforspecific
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t womanwas rescuedfrom the Thameson Friday
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-::.i near Oxford.RachelPowers,the boat'sowner,jumpedinto other sincewe werefive. He'so family friend/frienc
t -3 ,','aterand rescuedMiss Parkes.Both womenwere takento
-: John RadcliffeHospital.but were laterreleased.
of the family. We'vebeenfriends(=havelikedeacr
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themto suggestotherwaysto meetnewpeople. Writea liston the board,e.g.join a club, I
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8 H e w e n to u t e v e r yn i g h t .
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people dismissing himasmad,Slovenian DavoKarnicarandoneattached tohissafety helmet, hundreds of
yesterday became thefirstperson t0skinon'stop down thousands of people in morethan 70 countries
Mount Everest. witnessed hisdescent ontheinternet. During therun
more than 650,000 hits were registeledonthe
Aftera dramatic plummet overalmost sheer cliffsof
website - www.everest.si mobil.si-
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jamming it fora timeasothers triedto access thesite.
exhausted butexhilarated
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newmeaning to thewords drama. Atone stage
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interested in television.
2 Explainto students thattheyaregoingto reada brochure for a museum of photography, I
filmandtelevision. Askif anyonehasbeento sucha museum. Thenaskwhatkindof
thingstheywouldexpect to beableto seeanddo in sucha museum I
3 Tellstudents thatyouareplanning Museum
a tripto the National of Photography, Filmand
Television
in Bradford.Askthemwhatkindof thingstheywantto knowbeforeyougoto
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the museum.Elicitoneor two questions, e.g.Is themuseumopenonMondays? Hun
muchdoesit cost? Thendividetheclassintopairs.Tellstudentsto writeat leastten I
questionsthattheywantanswers to. Astheywork,writea fewpromptson theboard.e.g.
caf6,specialexhibition,cinema,children,telephone. I
to readouta question to addanyextra
each.Telltheotherstudents
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questions
students
untilall
to theirlist.Continue the questions
class havebeencovered.
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viewersand societyas a whole.
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someextreme
sportsastheycan(seeKeylanguage).
sports.
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ontheboard.Useanyphotos youhavebroughtto thelesson names
to elicitthe of sports.
if theyhavedoneor wouldliketo do anyof thesesports.
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'sharkalley',a narrowchannelbetweenDyer climbingnirvananamedthe Restaurant at the
rI lslandand GeyserRock,the breedingground Endof the Universeby a DouglasAdamsfan.lt is
for jackasspenguins andfur seals,Oncea great a vast landscapescatteredwith sport crags
l| white is spotted,a specially-designed
two-man gradedto suit everylevelof expertise.
steel cage is loweredinto the sea.Whenthe
il shark is lured close to the boat with tasty
pilchardbait,diverscan inspectthoseyawning
lI jawsup close. TheGuinness Bookof Recordshas
1t'sofficial.
I declaredthat the 2'l6m-high Bridge
Bloukrans
t is the highestcommercial bungyjump in the
I world. The countdownto your jump provides
s we approached3,600mtandem master the first rush of adrenalinas you stand high
I Jeff Bergh was instructingme on our abovethe Tsitsikamma forest.Thencomesthe
skydive.'We'llmoveto the aircraftdoor on our j u m p , a t t a c h e dt o j u s t a rubberband. Be
I knees.'(No!)'l'll swingone leg out of the door' preparedfor a post-bungyhigh that lastsfor
(andbecauseI am tied to him,so will l). 'Bend hours,and a strong remindereverytime you
:I your headbackwards, and then we'lljump!'At watchyourselfon the video.
first we were travellingat a speed of nearly
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openedand silencefilledmy mind.I had only
il onequestionon landing:'Canwe do it again?'
Tooming to the top of TableMountainis on
=I Lthe to-do list of everyvisitor to CapeTown.
You get fantasticviews, but it's not exactlyan
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gollowing a herd of elephantsis thrilling off the edgeof the mountainfromthe top, with
:I I enough,but the .458 rifle over your field a drop of 1,000mto the oceanbelow you .,.
guide'sshoulderwill remindyouthat a walking that'sexciting.Whenyou'redanglingoff a rope
I safariis not onlyfun and games.Youcanget as with nothingbelowyoufor a few thousandfeet,
closeas 30m to elephant,rhino and buffalo, the view tattoos itselfonto your memoryin a
I andevenlion. way a cablecar ride nevercan,
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I lJgentle breezewhile watchingthe sun rise I t-andRoverover the side of the mountain
overthe MagaliesValleyis a muchmorerefined and stared at the rocky landscapethat was
rr versionof adventure.Especially when the pilot supposedto be a track.But oncedown,having
cracksopenthe champagne at 300m. bouncedfrom rockto rock,exhilarationpoured
il like sweat from my body. Off-roaddriving is
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and steepmountainswith ease,Thereare lots mountains and, in
of tracksaroundCapeTownandJohannesburg,rapidthanmost.In summer,
T
winter,
is whiterandmore
the Umkomas River
with enoughmud,sandand rockyhillsto keep picksup speedon its 300kmjourneyfrom the
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the adrenalin Drakensberg Mountainsin a wildernessarea
where zebra,bushbuckand the occasional
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I Askstudentsif theyhaveeverreadanystoriesor booksin English.Pointoutthatthebest
wayto improve in
andtheirreading
theirEnglish, particular,
isto readasmuchaspossible. E
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Explain you aregoing
to do someworkon graded readers.
E
Moin octivity
Giveeachstudentthe Discuss
top stripof bookcovers. eachbookcoverin turnwiththe
E
to describe whattheycanseeandto predictwhatthestorymightbe
class.Getstudents
about.Donotconfirmor contradict students' Explain
opinions. thatlohnDoeisthename E
usedin anAmerican lawcourtfor a personwhoserealnameis keptsecret.lt isalsoused
for someone whoseidentityis notknown,or for anaverage or typicalAmerican man. C
Getstudents
confirm
to suggest
or contradict
wordsthattheymightexpectto findin eachstory.Again,do not
theirsuggestions.
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listwitheach of the book Encourage
titles. studentsto worktogetherin pairssothatthey
canhelpeachother. E
Discuss theanswerwiththeclass;butdo notconfirmor contradict themat thispoint.
Instead, giveeachstudentthethirdstripof blurbs.Students findthewordsfromthe E
second stripintheblurbs.
theanswers
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at itsfrontand
Pointoutthattheycangeta goodideaof whata bookis aboutby looking
backcovers. Elicitor explain
thattheycan alsouse chapter headings,listof characters
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(notalways to helppredictthecontentof whattheyareabout
available) andillustrations
to readandto supportthemintheirreading.
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the listof characters,
are
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andthefirstpageof text.Getstudents to decidewhichbookthe chapterheadings
from.Theyusethe chapterheadings to predictwhatmighthappenin thestory.Repeat
andthe illustration.Emphasise the pointthat
E
thisprocedure withthe listof characters
students already knowa lot aboutthesestoriesbeforethey have actuallystartedreading.
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Students readtheopeningpageof texlfromJustLikea Moaie.Askthema\ IMo is'I' in
thistext?b) IMat doyou alreadyknowaboutGinq?Makethe pointagainthatstudents
startreading.
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is unhappy.
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bed. movieseveryweekend
Doeliesin a hospital
withhisgirlfriend,Gina.
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finishoneof hisstories
he startsto usea
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computergiveshimmore
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TeresaWormold
in Toronto. And it all
A lawyerandFrank's startedwhenI met Gina
Chapter 3 The key wife at the movies.
e e ti n
G i n a l Wm
Mel Parks October.Fouryearsago.
Chapter 4 Run! A Hollywood Wemetoutsidea
producer cinema. Therewasno
snowbut it wascold.lt's
Chapter 5 The police
coldin Torontoin fall.I
ChipA computer wasthereto buya ticket
for a movie"lt was
Chapter 6 The
A postman ForrestGump.Shewas
country theretoo, andwe started
to talk..Just likethat"
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aroundhere?'
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1 Explain thattheyaregoingto readaboutanddiscuss
to students someone'sbestand
themto talkabouttheirownbestandworstdayat school.
worstdayat school.Encourage E
Moin octivity I
1 Giveeachpairof students oneminuteto decidewhichtext
thetwotexts.Allowstudents E
isaboutsomeone's bestdayandwhichisabouttheirworstday.
2 Check withtheclass.
theanswers E
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to readthetextsandworkoutwhohaswrittenthem.Makesurethat
Askstudents E
understands
everyone thattheyhavebeenwrittenby a teacher.
Discusswithstudents whattheycando whentheycomeacrossunknown wordsin a text.
E
Encourage themto try andworkoutthe meaningof thewordsfromcontext,andto only
thattheyaregoingto do three =
to students
asa lastresort.Explain
usea dictionary
whichfocuson workingoutthe meaning
exercises of unknownwordsin thetexts.
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Students choosethecorrectdefinition for the
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fourwordsandohrases inA. E
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similar in the firsttext for trip (outing\
and arrange
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to explain phrases;
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r ', ''vasa schooltripto the Forestof . a p p e n ewdh e n| ! , ; a s ':,:, ," : - ; :
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- - ' ' : ' , ' , ' a :I n e e d e tdo d o . anotherboyin the class.Theythoughthe wasa
'swot'- he workedtoo hard.
:=':l '.om my timeat university thatyou
- : . : r : s s s m e nbt e f o r ea t r i p .T h i sm e a n t At thispoint,I imposedmy authority - | maybe
: : - : : - ' e p a r ka n dn o t i n ga n y t h i ntgh a t just1 metre60,but I canreallyshout andthe -
- -- - -:f-q -fnr ev:mnle qtoon hillc nr groupof boyswho hadbeencausing the problem
stopped.I gavethewholeclasssomewarnings of my
own.But later,
the victimhit oneof the boyswho had
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. here were 52 beenusingbadlanguage. I attempted to separate
- -.'=--': - rheyweresplitintogroupsof them,butthe victimisedboystarted havea
to
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- r r : c a t eadn a d u l t . problemwithhisbreathing andbeganto cough.
::: - . - : : a d i f f i c ugl tr o u pa n dl w a sw o r r i e d Bythispoint,I wasreallystressedandunsure
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: : = ' ' . 3 u ro n t h i st r i p .B u tt h ed a yw a s whatto do, so I sent
the childnextdoorto calm
: : - - , : : 3 - e b a c kt o t a l l yr e l a x e dT.h e down.At the endof the day,I cameawayfromthat
,.-'. :' :ant,enjoying everypartof the day, classmentallyexhausted.
, = ' a ' = j , ;p r o u do f t h e m . Butthe experience hasnot put me off.lt wasjust
' ; r : : : " o - m y c o l l e a g uaen dI c a n a baddayandmostteachers getthose.5o do
- - ., : . . r : ' , vl h a tI c o u l do r g a n i saes c h o o l In
children. any I
case, enjoy
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Exercises
nd these words or phrases in the first text. Choose the correct definition.
: - ' ' s < a s s e s s m e(npta r a g r a p 2h) 3 worried(paragraph 4)
- :: :ne reasonwhy injuries happen A a n x i o uosr u n h a p p y
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?\ 4 brilliant (paragraph 4)
- : , dedintotwo or moreparts A verygood,fantastic
3 qi'ven to someone astheirshare B satisfied withwhathashappened
B Lt-rokat each other definition in Exercise A. Find another word or phrase in the same
paragraph which matches this definition.
C Find these words in the first paragraph of the second text. What do you think they mean?
Find words in the second paragraph with a similar meaning.
1 :rouble 2 gang 3 swearing 4 threats
D Complete the summaries with words from the text.
',lybestdaywasmy (1) ..............
schooltrip, My worstdaywaswhena groupof 11-year-old
jch
,vh | (2) . witha colleague.Afterdoing boysmade(7)...... to a boythey
a (3) .. .. ...assessment,we feltfully . ' s w o t 'I.( 9 ). . . . . . . . . . .t.o. . . .
( 8 ). . . . . . . . . . .w. .a. .sa
. . y. .c. l a s s (' s5 ). . . . . . . . . . .w. .a. .s.
\ 4 ). . . . . . . . . . . .M separatetfre(10) andoneof thegang,
brilliant andthe daywasreally(6) and(11) .. himnextdoorto calmdown.I
(12)
wasmentally .. at theendof theday.

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1 WriteBacon, hamand eggson the board.Explain thattheyaregoingto reada
to students
whattheythinkthetextisgoingto be about.(Theymight
textwiththlstitle.Askstudents E
wellthinkit isaboutfoodandbreakfast.) thatbaconandhamarebothsalted
Explain or
smokedpig,butthatbaconisfromthe backandsides,andhamisfromthe legor E
shoulder.Bacon andhamaresimilar,butnotthesame.
wordsfromthefirstsectionof thetextonthe board:class,Iecturer,
2 Writethefollowing
E
audience,
Shakespeare. to theclassthatthesewordsarefromthetext.Ask
Explain
studentsagainwhattheythinkthetextis goingto be about.(lt is in factabouteducation E
andanEnglish lesson.)
E
Moin octivity E
thejumbledstory.Tellthemto putthesections
Giveeachpairof students of thestoryin
order.Whentheyhavedonethis,theycancompare theirorderwithanotherpair. E
Checktheorderwiththeclass. Readaloudthesectionsin order:downtheleftcolumn,
allthewordsin italics.
thenthe right.Stress E
Askstudents to discussintheirpairswheretheiitleBacon,hamandeggscomesfrom.
E
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Students nowdiscuss problemwiththestoryline
William's of theplayHamlet.Elicitthat
Williamisconfused by theuseof hisin thesentence ThismsnwascalledHamletandhis E
unclehadkilledhisfatherbecause hewantedto marryhis mother.Inallthreecaseshis
refersto Hamlet, bulherefersto the uncle. E
5 Usethe Notesbelowto providebackground information whenappropriate. E
6 Askstudents whatkindof boyWilliam is.Whatis it likebeing oneof histeachers?
7 WriteHe did it _ly on theboard.Askstudents to suggest adverbsof mannerto E
complete the phrase, e.g. slowly.
carefully,
Askstudents to readthetextagainandunderline sixadverbs of mannerendingin ly.
E
Usequestions to directstudentstowardsthe meaning of theabverbs,
you think thelecturerwantedto returnto Willism? (no\,section2: WasWilliam aery
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andMr Welbecker
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Mostof the classhadby now settleddownto their Dejectedly Mr Welbecker returnedto hissole
owndevices - quietor otherwise.William wasthe only auditor.
onewho seemedto be takinganyinterestin the 'l wantfirstto tellyouthe storyof the playof which
lectureor the lecturer. youareallgoingto acta scenefor the shieldthatI am
'Well,'saidMr Welbecker, assuming hislecturer's presenting,'he said.'Therewasa mancalledHamlet-'
manner, gazingroundat hisaudience, andreturning at 'YoujustsaidhewascalledBacon,' saidWilliam.
'l repeatthat I incline
to William, to the 'l didnot sayhewascalledBacon,'
lastreluctantly snapped Mr
theorythat the playsof Shakespeare werewrittenby Welbecker.
Bacon.' 'Yes,'scuseme,youdid,'saidWilliampolitely.
'WhenI calledhimHam,yousaidit wasBacon,and
nowyou'recallinghimHamyourself.'

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'Howcouldtheybe?'saidWilliam. 'Thiswasa differentman,'saidMr Welbecker.
'l'vealready 'Listen!This manwascalledHamletandhisunclehad
saidthatI wishedyouwouldn'tkeep
snappedthe lecturer. killedhisfatherbecausehe wantedto marryhis
interrupting,'
'Thatwosa question,' mother.'
triumphantly.
saidWilliam 'Whatdid he wantto marryhismotherfor?'said
'Youcan'tsaythat wasn'ta question,andyou saidwe
William. 'l'veneverheardof anyonewantingto marry
couldaskquestions. HowcouldthatothermanHam-'
' l s a i dB a c o n . ' theirmother.'
'lt wasHomlet'smotherhe wantedto marry.'
'Oh,that manthat youthinkwrotethe plays.'

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'Well,it'snearlythe same,'saidWilliam. 'No,thatwasBacon.'
couldthismanBaconwritethem if Shakespeare wrote 'Yousaidit wasHama minuteago.Whenever I say
them?' it'sBacon,you sayit'sHam, andwhenever I sayit's
Ah, butyouseeI don'tbelieve thatShakespearedid Ham,yousayit'sBacon.I don'tthinkyouknowwhich
writethem,'saidMr Welbecker mysteriously. hisnamewas.'
'Well,why'she got hisnameprintedon allthe 'Willyou |istenl'said lecturer.'This
the distraught
'He manHamletdecided to killhisuncle.'
booksthen?'saidWilliam. must'vetoldthe printers
he did,or theywouldn'tput hisnameon,an'he ougnt 'why?'
to know.An' if thisothermanEggs-'

'l saidBacon,' 'l'vetoldyou.Because hisunclehadkilledhis

snapped Mr Welbecker again.
'Well,Baconthen,'saidWilliam, 'well,if thisman father.'
'Whosefaiher?'
Baconwrotethem,theywouldn'tputthisman
Shakespeare's nameon the books.Theywouldn'tbe 'Hamlet's. There'sa beautifulgirlin the playcalled
allowedto. They'dget put in prisonfor it. Theonlyway Ophelia, andHamlethadoncewantedto marryher''
he couldhavedoneit wasby poisoning thtsman 'Youjustsaidhe wantedto marryhismother.'
Shakespeare andthenstealing hisplays. That'swhatl'd 'l did not.I wishyou'dlisten.Thenhewentmad,
havedone,anyway,if l'd been him, and l'd wantedto
andthisgirlfellintothe river.lt wassupposedto be an
savl'd writlenthem.'
accident,but probablY-'
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'That'sall nonsense,'saidMr Welbecker sharply.

coursel'mwillingto admitthatit'san openquestion'' irritably.
Thenreturningto hisbreezymannerandmakingan 'l thoughtyouweregoingto saythat that man
'Now,
unsuccessful attemptto enlargehisaudience: Baconoushedherin.'
boys,I wantyou allto pleaselistento me-' 'Hamlet,you mean.'
No oneresponded. 'l tellyouwhat,'saidWilliam 'let's
confidingly, say
Eggsfor bothof them.Thenwe shan'tgetso muddled.
Eggsmeanswhichever of themit was.'

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1 WritethewordsfromKeylanguage ontheboardin random thattheyare
order.Tellstudents
goingto reada textwhichincludes
thesewords.Askwhattheythinkthetextwillbeabout. T
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peopleandjobs,whatbusinesses
to putthewordsintothreegroups:
Askstudents sell, I
whatyouneedto do a job.Encourage whennecessary.
themto usea dictionary Check
theanswers
withtheclass. I
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Explainthatstudents produced
aregoingto readpartsof a brochure by ShellLiveWlRE,
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oneof the UK'scommunityinvestment programmes. aimsto encourage
LiveWlRE young -
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starting
a business own.
of their
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canwhypeoplemightwantto betheirownboss,andtheadvantages anddisadvantages
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answers to thesequestions: What business did Ronanstart?IMy did hewant to behis
own boss?INhatdoeshe sayabouttheadaantages
yourself?
and disadaantages of workingfor e
2 Checktheanswers withtheclass.Encourage students to usetheirownwordsratherthan t
simplyrepeating Ronan's words.
3 Askstudents\\\tat kind of personmightstart their own business and enjoyworkingon
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their own?I,4rltatkind of skillsdo you need?
for me?Tellstudents to readthe listof skillsand
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decidewhichskillstheyhave.Again,encourage
helpeachotherwithanyunknown words.
students to workin pairssothattheycan E
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setup hisowntourcompany. Askstudentsto suggestother F
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businessideas,
e.g.cooking, work,language
secretarial computer
teaching, bike
support,
€t;: repairs,
dog-walking. E;
thatyouwantthemto thinkabouta business
6 Tellstudents theycouldstart.Giveeach
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providing tours
fun and informative of Derry Cityand of yourideas.lt doesn'tmatterhow crazyyour
someof Northernlreland's bestknown tourist thoughtsmayseem,writeanything thatcomesinto
attractions. yourmindasyouworkthroughthefollowing
sections.You'llbe amazedwithhowmanyideasyou
Why did you decideto start your own
comeup with!
business?
It hadalwaysbeenmy dream.Whenan opportunity What could you do? Ask Yourself:
arose,I hadto go for it. whichcouldbe the
o HaveI a hobbyor interest
How did you developyour businessidea? basisfor a business?
I spotteda gapin the marketfor a localprivatetour o WhatskillshaveI got?
operator whilstworkingfor the CityCouncil.I ignored o WhatworkhaveI done?
thosewho told me I wasmadrelyingon tourists o Whatknowledge or experience haveI gained?
visitingNorthernlreland! o CouldI adaptmy existingskillsandworkfor
What help/advicedid you receive? myselfinsteadof someone else?
agencyput me in touchwithShell
My localbusiness
Canyou spot a new idea?
LiveWlRE. helpedme develop
My adviser my idea,
createa businessplanand o identifyanyopportunities for newproductsor
conductmarketresearch,
helpedme gainfinancial
assistance. servrces
o provideproductsor services whichwould
What are the main advantagesof being I or peoplein my area
overcome difficulties
your own boss?
exoerience
fast!Youdon'thaveto
Youlearnabouibusiness which
o asklocalbusinesses or organisations
answerto anyone(exceptthe BankManager!)
andit's
productsor services they have in
difficulty
thanworkingfor someoneelse.
far morerewarding
obtaining
What are the worst asPects?
Triedand tested - could You:
Youhaveto be preparedfor longhours- yoursocial
o lookat an existingbusinessin a newway?
lifecansuffer!
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What advicewould you offer to other
young people thinking of starting their o supplygoodsor services to localorganisations
whichare currentlysuppliedfrom outsideyour
own business?
area?
Getas muchadviceasyoucan- but remember
it's
o buyan existingbusiness?
vouthathasto makethefinaldecision.
Fi- - -il;i
G-;-fi;{t;t-; ne;;i;-me? Will it work?
qualifications Remember - you needto makea
Youdon'thaveto be a certaintypeof personor haveparticular
to starta business.lt iakesa mixof qualities
to succeed,almostlikebeing livingout of youridea!YoumaY
several peopleat the sametime.Herearesomeskillswhichmaybe needed find it helpfulto talkthisthrough
to runa business. Whichskillsdo youthinkyoumighthave? witha friend.Consider:
. Managerresponsible, decisionmaker,leader, planner o Whatisthe aimof mv
understanding people,knowinghow business?
o Salesperson winningcustomers,
to talkto them,winningconfidence o Whatproductor servicewill I
to startoff with,could sell?
o Worker asyou'reunlikely to haveanyemployees
youdo alltheworkyourself - copewith longhoursandpressure? o Whoaremy potential
organising paperwork customers?
o Administratorkeepingaccounts,
a Whatrawmaterials do I need?
. Learnerkeepingan openmindandalwayspreparedto learn
a WherewillI basemy business?
o Thinkercomingup withbrightideas,problemsolving
wantingto a Whatequipment willI need?
. Entrepreneuridentifying newbusiness opportunities,
succeed, takingcalculatedrisks o WhatpricewillI charge?
Differentbusinesses requiredifferentbalances of theseskills'lf you're a HowwillI findmy customers?
area,you can
lackingin a particular get supportfroma specialist adviser. O Howwill I makethem buYfrom
Youmaybe ableto gettrainingto gain you
the skills thinkyou need. lf you me insteadof my competitors?
haveoneor morebusiness partners,you should agreewho does what best.

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to students risks.
somework-related
workingin
Pointoutthattheymighiliketo taketheseintoaccountbeforetheyconsider
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2 Lookat thefirstriskwiththeclass.Makesurethatstudents understand thatcurryisan
Indiandish,andthatIndianrestaurants andtakeaways areverypopularin Britain.
Get
studentsto predictthemissing number.
3 Students workin theirpairsor groupsandpredictthemissing numbers. Theycompleie
thegapin eachrisk.
Whenstudents havemadetheirpredictions, explain thatyouarenotgoingto checkthe
answers together. theyaregoingto matcheachriskwithitsexplanation
Instead, and
checktheirpredictions themselves.
Giveeachpairor groupa setof Explanations. to matchtheRisks
Tellstudents withthe
Explanations.Theythenusetheinformation intheexplanations to check predictions.
their
Check theanswers withtheclass.Getindividual studentsto readouta riskeach.Did
get
anyone alltheanswers right?

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therisksandexplanations / least
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shipsor miningcoal.
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wontto leove...
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referred to asthe kitchen? Are you still of open-plan space.At the caf6youcan youcan'tfacea dayat workand,heY
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onlyvegetation in yourofficea rather listening to tunesfromthe caf6jukebox. yourdressing gownwatching 1prahand
{ desperate-looking cactus? lf theanswer Yoga andt'ai chiclasses arepaidforby reruns of Quincy - thatwillgetyouback
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policy,an in- Therecently-opened BAheadquarters at
permanent dress-down alsogetthechanceto takepartin the
{ represents the cutting edge of
housebaranda bubbling stream in 'Makeyourself moreinteresting' scheme. Heathrow
themodern, user-friendly officeblock.
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Someemployers arecherishing their of a city- onlywithout the
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drive,..
home,somewhere in thesunbuteasily
pollution andthepavement rage.At the
continue, ourmuch-maligned places of centreof the development is a cobbled
accessible, thatwillbeavailable to all
= workcouldbecome venues we actively street with olive trees and a stream.
co-owners at a lowrate.Thismustbe
lookfonpard to beingin, andourdomestic Thereareshops, caf6s and a
t environment - withdifficultpartners,
f a i r l yr a r ei f n o tu n i q u e l ' s aB
ArcherfromSt Luke's. Theresult?
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An supermarket. At oneendis a restaurant
kids,rubbish TVandendless a tranquil lake,andbridges
B screaming
energetic atmosphere in whichcompany overlooking
bills- couldbecome theplacewechoose criss-cross the street, Iinking thevarious
loyalty leadsto betterperformance and
L. to avoid. offices. There's hardly anyreason to
{ service.
leave theworkenvironment at all ...
Companies aroundthe countryare
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actually enjoytheirworksurroundings gathers are occasional staff outing anda bit of
{ arounda largetableto enjoya
likelyto perform bettertoo,andare corporate artonthewalls.Whatwill
freelunch.There's a state-of-the-art
makingchanges to helpmakethis companies haveto offerPotential
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h a p p e nP.u b sa n d employees in thefuture? Whenihe
covering everything fromEminem to 'office
in placeof thedrabmeeting startcreating an
B appearing
rooms andout-of-order coffeemachlnes
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4 ............... encourage i tsse m p l o y e et os l e a r nn e wt h i n g sa n di m p r o vteh e m s e l v e s .
5 . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . g i v e se a c hm e m b eor f s t a f tf h eo c c a s i o nlaoln gw e e k e n d .
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7 ............... w i l l s o o nb e a b l et o o f f e ri t ss t a f cf h e a ph o l i d a y s .
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1 Explain thattheyaregoingto readanarticleaboutgold.Getstudents
to students to say
whattheyknowaboutgold.Whatis it?Whereis it found?Whatis it usedfor?Makesureall
thewordsin Keylanguagearecoveredtoo.
thatthearticleisfromthe Britishnewspaper
2 Explain Thearticlehasnot
TheGuardian.
beensimplified
in anyway.Remind students of thetopicandfind
to usetheirknowledge
synonymswithinthetextin orderto dealwithanyunknown words.

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Writethe titleof the articleHopefulsheadfor thehills asgoldfeaerhitson the board.Ask
studentswhattheythinkthearticlewillbe about.Donotconfirmtheirpredictions at this
point.Instead writethe bi-line,onewordat a time,underthetitle.Asyouwriteeach
word,encourage students to predictthenextwordandinvitetheircomments.
Explain
thatthebi-linesummarises themainpointsof thearticle.Dividethebi-lineinto
threeparts- BiggestScottish
find in 50 years/ awakens
worldrnide interestin /
prospecting
aroundformerminingaillageknownas God'streasurehouse.Giveeachstudenta
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discuss the informationtheyhave
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if theythinkthe bi-line
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rough yellow stone.
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HEAD FOR started and I saw it lying there. It
didn't move like the other stones.I
THE HILLS picked it up and when I felt the
weight of it, I knew what it was."

AS GOLD The*small, misshapen kernel could

be worth up to f1,000 but

FEVERHITS Paterson,48, will not sell it.

"To
m a k ej t i n t o s o m e t h i n gw o u l d
'Then it would be
tsiggestScoftishtind in 5A years ruin it," he says.
awakensworldwideinterest in Hopeful prospector learns to pan for only a little bit of gold. The interest
arospecting aroundformermining water near is in the nugget. It has been lYing
g.:'d.on.
vt'llageknownas God'streasurehouse W a n l o cY"":1 k h e aSdc, o t l a n d t}ere for millions of years. I would
neversell any of them. Every one is
i\hinr.orth lowers a shallow
- :, . - rlr into muddy water from were the pickings. In 1502 a nugget unique. I can te11you exactly where

. -:-.,. hurn deep in Scotland's

weighing 2.5lbs was found and it I got each one. You can never
replacethem."
,-:,-: hills, sluicing the container was gold lrom the Lowthers that
.-,.. =:i lonr.ard with a practised was used to fashion the Scottish Paterson is bemused by the
crown jewels. reaction t0 his {ind, but not too

: :ir e it a rea11ygood shake The men who worked the iead concerned about the increased
i n t h e a r e ai n competition it has brought. Like
our pan forwardand back, m i n e st h a t s p r a n gu p
the I 700s panned for gold in their other seasonedgold pannershe has
.:: :;rd back and each time it
favourite hunting grounds which he
. .t : -iitle bit of the stones and spare time, and it is said the wives
all wore gold keepsa jealously guardedsecret.
, -: , ook, see,''he saysas small, of Wanlockhead " T h e r ei s a b i t o f a n a r - t o i t , ' h e
for the age.
-:.--.:.,i i-lakes start to emerge wedding rings, unusual ''You
-. ::e ia-ver of mud on the With the mines' decline, panning said. have got to be able to
. . : ' . T h e s m a l l g r o u p a r o u n d slipped into quiet obscuritY, a read the river, the way the river
pastime only for the committed flows. On a bend, it lays the gold
::r-i crorvds in excitedly. Go1d.
"The down on the slow flowing side. If
{ purest and rarest in the few there is a rock in the river and the
" G o l d p a n n i n gi s s o m e t h i n gt h a t
rvorld," saysJohn, scoopingup the river is coming down it, the gold is
precious22.8 caratscrapingswith a h a s r u m b l e d a l o n g q u i t e h a p P i l Y , " in front of the rock."
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fingertip and dropping them into a said museum curator Rosi Parkes. "A 1ot of people get gold fever.
"But
smali vial of water where they sink after Ceorge PatersonFound
r- They get so hungry. To me it is just
immediately. Whitworth is a gold h i s n u g g e t a n d t h e n e w s w e n t
But it is comPulsive' You
panninginstructorand he has been a r o u n d t h e w o r l d i t h a s b e e n a hobby.
i{ are always looking for a bigger and
busy of late, ever since his fellow amazing. People have been
bigger piece.''
prospector,Ceorge Paterson,found phoning, asking what they need to
r{ There are tales of a nugget the
a 6 . l g n u g g e to f g o l d l a s tm o n t h i n do to start, and the number of
one of the many sma1lstreamsthat people *u.riing to take the courses s i z e o f a h o r s e ' sh e a d w h i c h w a s
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siice acrossthis area ofthe southern John runs has gone up five or six discoveredby a miner in the 1800s,
uplands, times.There is gold taken out every but was too heavy for him to carrY
r{ p i e c e s f o u n d home. He had a heart attack before
Paterson's find was the biggestin d a v a n"d b i ! . s e r
,".*n tl y. he could reveal its exact location.
Scotland for more than half a
of nuggets
{ century and it has created a gold John Whitworth has panned in There are also rumours
years. In a as big as a man's fist just waiting to
rush as amateur prospectorshead the Lowthers tor l4
ra for the hills and the coursesJohn car-ved woodenhox, glass vials hold
h^ +^rlnd
DC lUUllU.

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and flakes in various sizes. got dispensedhis advice for the would-
E- The former mining village, the
r{ these all {rom different streams,"he be prospectors,he will take his own
h i g h e s ts e t t l e m e n itn S c o t l a n ds, i t s " l ' v e n e v e r a d d e d u p a l l t h e pan out to the remote locationsthat
says.
t> at the heart of one of Scotland's
ra most productive gold fields.It was
w e i g h t . I t h i n k i t w o u l d s c a r em e he hasfound over the years.
too much." His biggest find was a "Each winter it seemsto replenish
monks from Newbattle AbbeY in "You can
= 4.8g nugget, a prize onlY bettered itself" he said. Pan a
Midlothian who first discovered
in the by George Paterson. stretch qfriver and can go back and
gold in the Lowther hills
r{ l3th century.In medieval times the It was in early June that Paterson, there will be more in the same sPot.
"God's
area became known as who only took up panning three There are other big nuggets to be
r{ t r e a s u r eh o u s ei n S c o t l a n d "s, o r i c h years ago after moving to the atea, found.There is gold out there."

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marathon, when the ordeal was
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for every other runner, Lloyd Scott
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welcome yesterdaY.

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year'srace
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anyone else diagnosednot to give up hope."
F As he crossedthe finish line after five days,

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by Paula Radcliffe, who won the woman's
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canvas1940s suit, copper helmet and lead-
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stones.'the former fire{ightersaid.
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to assessmy achesand painsto find out what
hurtsand how much.You cannotimaginehow

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think about what lies ahead."

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7 Hedidn'twalk24hoursa day,but startedthe the charityCancerand Leukaemialn
b m a r a t h oenv e r y. . . . . . . . . . ... . . . . Childhood. is no strangerto extraordinary
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I Revise and/orpre-teach
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text.Allow t
themtwo minutes
Cook,British
to findthefivejobsin thetexts.Asstudents
on the board.Askstudents
Cook. Thenaskthemb) if anyother
sentences.
jobs arementioned
writeJames
areworking,
a)whichof thewordsbestdescribes
in thetextsandcompletethe
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The house on the harbour,window on the world
Visitthe housein GrapeLanewhere18-year-old Jamescook cameas a
ship,sapprentice.Thehandsome17thcenturyhousecloseby the harbour
waswhereCook'smaster,the shipowner, CaptainJohnWalkerandhis
familvlived.Cooklivedherewhennot aboardWalker's coalshipssailing
betweenNewcastle and London,bothduringandafterhistraining.The
houseis Cook'sonlvknownhomein Whitby,andis nowTheCaptainCook
MemorialMuseum.Themuseurncelebrates cook'snineyearsin whitby
andthe greatnavigator's threevoyagesof discovery.
Open 23rd Marchto 31stOctober- DailY
9.45amto 5.00pm (lastadmission 4.30pm)
Admission Adultt2.80 Childt1.80 SeniorCitizen(60+)82.30
Schoolgroupf 1.50per child(pre-booked)
Accompanying teachersandcoachdriversfree
Facilities Special giftshop;souvenir
exhibition; guide

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B JamesCook (1728-1779lfamous for exploring andmapping
the Pacific
Thesonof a farmlabourer,
its islands. Cookworkedfor a grocer in Staithes
for eighteen monthsbeforebeginning hisship'sapprenticeship.1755he
ln
leftwhitby,andwentto Londonandjoinedthe navy.ln 1759he became
masterof hisownship.In 1762hemarriedElizabeth Betts,13yearshisjunior'
$hespentonlyfourmonthswith herhusbandin theirLondonhomebeforehe
wentbackto sea.on hisfirstexpedition (1768-1771)
to the Pacific he sailed
aroundNewZealand in the Endeavour, whichalsocamefromwhitby,and
'discovered' the easterncoastof Australia. Helandedat BotanyBay,southof
Sydney. Hecircumnavigated the worldandcamebackviathe capeof Good
Hope.Onhissecondexpedition {1772-1775\ he sailedsouthof the Antarctic
he 'discovered'Hawaii.Hethentriedto finda sea
circle. on histhirdvoyage,
route from the north
Pacific of Canada.There was too muchiceandhe hadto
stop.Hereturnedto Hawaii to pickup foodandwater,butthe islanders didn't
understand him andkilled him.

C tour 36: The CaptainCook CountryTour

70 miles;whole daY circulardrive
Route directions
1 Thedrivestartsat the CaptainCookBirthplace Museumin Marton.James
was born here on October 27,1728'
2 Takethe A1772 and81292to GreatAytonandthe CaptainCook
Schoolroom Museum.cook attendedthisschoolbetween1736and1740.
Afterthat,he helpedhisfatheron the farm.
3 Whilein GreatAyton,visitAll SaintsChurch.Hismotherandfiveof his
sevenbrothersandsistersareburiedin the churchyard'
4 AlsoadmiretheJamescooksculpture, whichshowshimat the ageof 16
when he left Great Ayton for Staithes.
'cook'sBoyhoodwalk'or driveto Gribdale, whereyou
5 Takethe four-mile
willfindthe Cook Monument, erected in 1827.
6 Takethe A171via Guisborough to the historicport of whitby.Visitthe
caotaincook Memorial Museum anda replicaof cook'sshipEndeavour.
foilowin Cook,s path and join a trip aroundthe harbour,or alongthe
coastto the tiny fishing village of Staithes-
7 Alternatively,takethe A174 coastroadto Staithes. Visitthe CaptainCook
andstaithes Heritage centre and look at 62 paintingsby webber,
original
the expedition artist on Cook's third voyage (1776-1779)'
8 Pickup the A171 againat Guisborough for yourreturnto Marton'

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themto suggesthowthestory mightbe differentfromthe version.
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to putthesections
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Giveeachpairof students of thestory
in order.Whentheyhavedonethis,theycancompare theirorderwithanotherpair. E
Check or phraseof eachsectionin
theorderwiththeclass.Readaloudthefirstsentence
order.Explain dmelopers
thatreal-estate sellpropertyandarenot reallyrespected. E
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thatthefrogturnsoutto be a ratherunattractlve real-estate
developer instead of a t
prince,
andthatthe princess dlscoversthiswhen he her
rescues balland notat hercastle.
Explain
to theclass thatthefinalpart of thestoryis missing.
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to theclass. thesuggestions
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Explainto theclassthatthe modernversion of thetalecomesfroma bookcalled
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theybelieve thatlanguageandactions whichcouldbe offensive to othersshouldbe
avoided. Forexample, of womynin thestorydoesn'tinclude
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the last mission,for both the Apollo Programme
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and for Cernan.TheApollo l7 missionlandedon
the moon on December I I three years later'
-- I the first man on the moon.On July21,1969,
Cernanand his fellow astronautHarrison
Neil Armstrongsteppedonto the moon'ssurface
one smallstep for [a] man, Schmittlandedin a steeplunarvalleynamed
and announced":'Thai's
Taurus-Littrow.They then spentthree dayson
one giant leap for mankind.' Peoplealso know
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abou?Apollo l3 they
Tom Hanks and two fellow actor- long,on the moon brggy.
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R anyone name the last man on the moonl would be a lastingmark'With a singlefinger,l
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< dust,knowingthal they would remainthere . .
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undisturbediot *ot" yearsthan anyonecould
= man on the moon.His trip in 1972cameat the end
imagine.'
of a great career in space.He trained first as a
fishter pilot before he started astronauttraining That, however,may be lesstime than Cernan
in"l963.Threeyearslater,he pilotedGemini9' expected.A spokesmanfor the EuropeanSpace
';The moon is againa target'We see
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tests.But there were problems,and Cernan it-as a-springboardto future exploration of the
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of earth,

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> 'We'reaboutthe presentand the future.
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everyone who had made it the We'regoingto be a new kindof
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:ct, a ivorkplace
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inventions'
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useful everand to say whatthey
knowaboutthem. a
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combinedlemonsqueezer andfly trap?
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artificial dirtwhicha German firminvented whoonlyusetheir
for city-dwellers
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of theboxesbelong to the numbered texts on the other halfof the photocopy. t+
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Encourage students to work together in pairs sothattheycanhelpeachother.Tellthem =t
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answers at thispoint.
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Whichdo students
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Honeyot To reducepedestrian casualtiesin 1960,Davio
ln 1937the aptlynamedConstance up witha special
a spoonfor
chocolate Gutman from Philadelphia came
Chelsea,London patented
her
Basically, bumper designed to be fixedto the frontof a car'
givingmedicine to reluctant children.
Shewould Not onlv *orld it cushion the impact, but it alsohad
Lea iailedbecause it was too popular.
'l'd a huge pair of claws which would grab the
tellheryoungrelatives: giveyouyourmedicine,
pedestrian aroundthe waistto preventhim
but I haven'ta spoonleftin the house''
droppingto the street.

3 ................. 4 .................
'lt is wellknownthat coolingthe top of the headwill Thisbrawascreatedto honourMozarton the two
hundredth of hisdeathandwas
anniversary
havea coolingeffecton the entireperson,'stated makerTriumph
manufactured by Japaneselingerie
Chicago's HaroldW.Dahlyinhis 1967patentfor chipthat
anybenefits lnternational. Thebracontains a memory
solar-cooled headgear.Unfortunately,
playsa twentysecondselection of Mozart's musical
of the hat,whichoperatedby means a solar-
of
flash in time as the
by worksandalsohaslights that
ooweredfan insidethe top, wereoutweighed the bra isn'twashable'
the factihat it madethe wearerlooktotally musicplays.Onedrawback:
wear.
so it'snot for everYdaY
ridiculous.

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Doyou everworryaboutFido'seyesight? This
Thishygienicitemwasdesignedin 1959by in1975,is
to invention, patentedby a Frenchoptician
Milwaukee inventorBerthaDlugiin response
what she obviously thought was a problem: Pet the answer.Theinventordevelopedthem aftershe
madesunglasses for her own dog'Justlikeglasses
birdswereoftenallowedto fly throughan owner's
house,yet'Thesebirdscannotnormally be house- for peoplelthey canbe adjustedto differertvisual
deficiencies - therearecorrective lensesfor myopic
trainedas otherpetsare,andtheirexcremental from cataracts;
dogs;glasses for dogsrecuperating
discharge is frequentlydepositedon household
furnishings whentheyareat liberty,creatingan evenpiotectiveonesagainstwind anddustfor
unsanitaiv condition.'Theanswerto this?Thebird dogswho hangtheirheadsout of carwindows'
diaper, a triangularpatch of materialattachedto a
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of Connecticut inventedan Britishhousewife SarahFoxfoundbathtimesa
ln 1919JohnHumphrey
which would rousea nightmare with four smallchildren'Thebarsof soap
unusual alarmclock, one andthen
by hittinghim The tuined gboey as ihey slippedunderwater
sleeperfrom hisslumbers them when standingto
the youngsters slipped on
apparatus consisted of a timepieceattachedto an soap'
get out. 5o Sarah set out to make a floating
adjustable rod with rubberballon the end'When
a
the alarmon the clockwentoff,insteadof a bell Eadyattempts- includinginsertinga table-tennis
ringing, the rodwouldbe activated, causingthe ball ballinsidea soapbar- sankwithouttrace,butthen
shehit on a buoyancy technique' Thisinvolved
to hit the desiredarea of the sleeper'sanatomy'
gratingsoap, microwaving it and finallyputtingit
Humphrey deemedhisdeviceto be of greatbenefit and her husband
ihrorg:h a food processor. Sarah
to peoplewho mightbe upsetby bells"' but attempts, but shops
ploughed cash into marketing
presumably not by beingwhackedoverthe head companies did
showed no interest and the big soap
witha ball. ln 1992 she was forced
not even replyto her letters.
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earthquakes.
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anddateswiththeclass. ontheboardwitha comma Fl
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e.g.1,702.Invite
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hundredandtwo).Thenrubout the commaandinvitestudentsto saythe date(seventeen t l
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t h es e a . 1 ). . . . .p. e rc e n to c c u ri n t h e Nevados Huascaran mountain. The
'ringof fire',whichcirclesthe Pacific
avalanche fell4,000m. lt buried
Ocean.Manyothersoccuralongthe t h et o w no f ( 15 ) . . . . .u. n d e r1 0 m o f
AlpineBelt,whichstartsin Spainin rockandkilledat least
the west,andgoesthroughthe 1 8 , 0 0 0p e o p l e .
Himalayas asfar asSouth-East Asia.
Theshockof an earthquake can
sometimes be felthundredsof
kilometres away.Watersplashed in
swimmingpoolsin Houston, USA
afterthe earthquake in Mexicoin
(71......-'1,609km awaY.
Chinahasthe worstrecordfor
deaths.ln 1556,an Hugefirescanbreakout afteran
Themagnitude or Power of an earthquake
earthquake. ln 1906,afterthe
earthquake is measured on the e a r t h q u a kei l l e d( 9 ). . . . .p. e o p l ei n
k
province. ln 1976, the e a r t h q u a iknel 1 7 l. . . . . . ,
RichterScale.Startingat 1, each Shanxi
- firedestroyed the woodenbuildings
numberon the Scaleisten times earthquake in Tangshan Province
- of the city.Thewater Pipesburst
morepowerfulthanthe number 8.2on the RichterScale killed
duringthe earthquake, so the fire
below.Theworst earthquake so far 750,000peoPle.
lasted for three and a half days.But
recordedwas8.9 off the coastof Thegroundcanrolllikewaveson the nineyearslater,the citYhadbeen
( 3 ) . . . . i. n 1 9 0 6 . oceanin a verYbadearthquake. The
rebuilt.
(5) earthquakes
...... 1964 earthquake in Alaska lasted for
Thereareabout An earthquake usuallylastsfor less
everyyear- anYvibrationin the ( 11 ). . . . .. T h es h a k i n g o P e n e d
t h a n( 1 9 ) . . . . .T. .h ee a r t h q u a ikne
Earth's crustis an earthquake. A up hugecracksin the ground,uPto for
Lisbon,Portugal, in 1755lasted
largeearthquake occursaboutevery 90 cm wide and12 m deeP.ManY
- tiltedandsliddowninto ten minutes,andthe shockwaves
two weeks mostlY under the sea, buildings
werefelt as far awaYas North
where it does littleharm. the cracks.
Africa.
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off the coastof Peru
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in 1979causedan avalanche of
happenon landandunder snowandrockon land- highon the
Earthquakes
the sea.Ninetyper centoccurin the
'ringof fire',whichcirclesthe Pacific
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avalanchefe
Huascaran mountain. The
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AlpineBelt,whichstartsin (2)...'..in rockandkilled at least
the west,andgoesthroughthe ( 1 6 .) . . . . p
. eoPle.
Himalavas asfar asSouth-East Asia.
Theshockof an earthquake can
sometimes be felt hundreds of
kilometres away.Watersplashed in
swimmingPools in Houston, USA
afterthe earthquake in Mexicoin
1 9 8 5- ( 8 ). . . . . .k ma w a y .
Chinahasthe worstrecordfor
deaths.In 1556,an Hugefirescanbreakout afteran
Themagnitude or Power of an earthquake
earthquake. In 1906,afterthe
earthquake is measured on the earthquake killed830,000peoplein
earthquake in SanFrancisco, USA,
RichterScale.Startingat 1, each Shanxi p r o v i n c eI n. ( 1 0 ). . . . .,. t h e
- firedestroyed the woodenbuildings
numberon the Scaleis ten times earthquake in Tangshan Province
- of the city.ThewaterPiPesburst
morepowerfulthanthe number 8.2on the RichterScale killed
duringthe earthquake, so the fire
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lasted f o r ( 1 8 )
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recordedwas8.9 off the coastof Thegroundcanrolllikewaveson the nineyearslater,the citYhadbeen
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rebuilt.
a millionearthquakes 1964 earthquake in Alaska lasted for
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sevenminutes. The shaking oPened
everyyear- anYvibrationin the thanoneminute.Theearthquake in
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( 2 0 ). . . . ., i n 1 7 5 5 l a s t ef do r
largeearthquake occursabout every ( 1 2 J. . . . . .c m w i d ea n d1 2m d e e P .
tiltedandsliddown ten minutes,andthe shockwaves
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werefelt as far awaYas North
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lines.Makesurethateveryone
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pollution, ending with We're just enjoyingour day.Studentscheckthattheyhave
correctlvordered thelines. E
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of because
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one-sentence summary of thepoem's message.
agreethatthe poem
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andits harmful
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charged put
withsucha crime;theyare ontrialin a court. Ask whichpeople arepresent in a
courl,e.g. judge,
jury. Explainlawyer,munsel for the witness.
prosecution, Ask what happens
afterthejuryhasheardthemidence. Elicitthatthe personisfoundguiltyandsentmced, or =
innocent andacquittedRemind students thatothertypesof casesarediscussed in court,
e.g.suingsomeone or litigationbetweentwo neighbours.
for negligence, Explainthat
judgemmtwillbe givento oneparty,andthatdamages willbe awarded.
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somejokesaboutcrimeand
2 Explain to studentsthattheyaregoingto readanddiscuss
law.Thevhaveto matchthe punchlineswiththesituations.
jokeswithpunchlines.
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withthesituations. The punch linesshouldbe ordered asshown on theworksheet.
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its punchline.Onestudent narratesthejoke,another
wordsandthethirdstudentreadsouttheotherperson's
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fornegligenceafterfa||ingdownaliftshaft.Whenthec|ientwas
'You'vetakenmostof my
or.r.nt.d with the bill,h; wasfurious' i
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hospital. Afterhisrelease, he washobblingalongthe streeton. 'Glad
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an honestman.'Thehusbandturned to his wife'
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g A farmerwasengagedin litigation againsthisneighbour. be room,'... ,
the farmeraskedhislawyer' in sucha smallgrave.'
if I sentthe judgeJcoupleoJnice,fit ducksZ' 'That
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farmer.Thelawyerwassurprised andsaidas muchto hisclient' I did,'... . I sent i
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