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Which other social networks do you use? Why? What things do you post on it? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as KET and TOEFL. AUDIO MY TOAST IS BURNT. WHAT A DISASTER! X Yes, we know that Twitter is now known as X, but Twitter was such a great name! BAD DAY TWEETS! M ore than 3 billion people live on less than $2.50 a day. About 1.3 billion live in extreme poverty. And over 850 million people worldwide don't eat enough food Answers on page 48 to live a healthy life. However, in many developed countries, even the most trivial incident can soon become a GLOSSARY 1 Pre-reading disaster.. as some of these Twitter messages clearly show. poverty n What annoying, irritating or the state of being poor and having no money for food, etc. "bad" things have happened to There was NO milk in the fridge for my tea or cereal this a trivial incident n you this week or month? What morning. What a way to start the day! something that happens to you that isn't important did you do about them? Twitter n I've just stuffed myself on three packets of chocolate a social network that you can use to send messages to your friends / contacts. The 2 Reading I biscuits and now I can't move! messages must have a maximum of 140 characters You're going to read some to stuff yourself exp Tweets by people who are The wallet my wife got me for my birthday is just too if you "stuff yourself", you eat a lot of food (more than you need to eat) complaining about things. small. Any takers? a wallet n Read or listen to them once. a small, leather object men use to carry money / credit cards, etc. Which ones have happened to I had far too many Nespressos last night and couldn't divine adj wonderful / amazing / incredible / you? Which one is the worst? sleep. Those "volluto" capsules are simply divine! excellent tailor-made adj "tailor-made" clothing is made especially 3 Reading II The tailor-made silk suit I ordered THREE MONTHS for you, with your exact sizes silk Read the article again. Then, AGO won't be ready for the wedding. What a tragedy! a substance produced by insect larvae answer the questions. What which is made into a smooth, fine cloth awful adj did one of the tweeters... My "best friend" posted an absolutely awful picture of terrible / very bad 1. not have for their me on Facebook! I'm just too ASHAMED to go out! ashamed adj if you're "ashamed" to do something, you cereal? don't want to do it because it makes you 2. stuff him/herself Pool cover wouldn't open this morning. What a drag! feel shy / timid / bad a pool cover n 3. drink too many of large piece of material that you put over a swimming pool to protect it that prevented him/her used some hemp seed oil on my salad last night. Nice, what drag! exp from sleeping? but I never knew it was such a powerful laxative! how terrible! / how annoying! hemp seed oil n 4. order three months an oil that comes from pressing hemp ago? I got a really nasty paper cut this morning. Every Tweet seeds (which come from cannabis plants) a laxative n 5. get a cut from? is AGONY! food or medicine that you take to make you go to the toilet. 6. get too much of in a paper cut n the coffee shop? The buggy broke down on the golf course this morning a cut that you get from paper, often when you move the paper over your finger 7. put too much of on we had to walk. OUTRAGEOUS! agony adj his/her salad? if something is "agony", it hurts a lot and causes you a lot of pain The new guy in the coffee shop put far too much milk buggy a golf "buggy" is a small electric vehicle Language focus foam in my latte! Where do they get these idiots from? that you can use to move around a golf 4 course The Past Simple milk foam n The toaster my friend got me as a wedding present has a mass of small bubbles that is formed NO BAGEL SETTING!!!!! How stupid is that? when air and milk are mixed together Look through the article and a latte n find the past tenses of the a strong coffee made with hot milk. The following verbs: stuff, get, word comes from the Italian phrase "caffè Too much balsamic vinegar in my salad. RUINED!!!!!!! latte", which means "milk coffee" have, can, order, post, use, a bagel know, break down, put a small piece of bread in the shape of a It's good to put a bit of perspective on your life sometimes. circle. It has a hole in the middle 6 / www.learnhotenglish.com Sign up for our newsletter and receive free English lessons: www.learnhotenglish.com</p><p>THE COMPLETE Learnhot (english SAVE METHOD UP TO 34%! 16 books to really improve your English! 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You hadn't seen it before Had you seen it before? He had seen it before. He hadn't seen it before Had he seen it before? She had seen it before. She hadn't seen it before Had she seen it before? It had seen it before. It hadn't seen it before Had it seen it before? We had seen it before. We hadn't seen it before Had we seen it before? They had seen it before. They hadn't seen it before Had they seen it before? Dialogue: The flight It's Sunday morning and (3) to pick it up. already left. Josh and Karen have just Luckily, I'd left home really Karen: Oh, no. met in the street. Josh had early so had enough time. Josh: So, anyway, I booked planned to go away for the Karen: Phew! another (7) for later weekend. [Listen and complete Josh: Yeah, well, anyway, got that day, but when went with the correct nouns.] back to the airport and to put in my credit card rushed to the (4) details, I couldn't find my Karen: Josh, how's it going? but as was going through wallet. I don't know what Josh: Not bad. the security checkpoint, they had happened. I must have Karen: Weren't you supposed to be told me that the e-ticket that dropped it somewhere. in Frankfurt this (1) ? I'd printed off wasn't a valid Anyway, had to spend Josh: Yeah, but I never made it. boarding (5) So, the next (8) or The Past Perfect Karen: What happened? I couldn't go through. reporting my lost credit The abbreviated forms are: Josh: Well, just when I got to Karen: What a disaster! cards. In the end, I just went I'd, you'd, he'd, she'd, it'd the (2) realised Josh: By the time I'd messed back to bed. we'd, they'd. that I'd left my passport at around printing it off Karen: Sometimes, it's the only home. So, I had to race back again, the (6) had solution! We form the Past Perfect with had + a past participle. THOUGHT YOU HAD LEFT THE COUNTRY! We can use the Past Perfect to refer to an action that happened before another Past Simple action. 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How important is it to protect the environment? What else could be done? AUDIO ENGLISH IN ACTION 26 WORDS FOR TALKING ABOUT THE ENVIRONMENT Useful words Dialogue: Renewable energy Here are some useful words for talking about the environment. Global warming - the increase in the earth's temperature caused by high levels of carbon dioxide. Climate change - changes in general weather conditions. I'M GOING CO2 (carbon dioxide) - a chemical compound that's GREEN! produced by the respiration of living organisms, etc. The environment - the natural world: the land, sea, air, plants, animals, etc. Deforestation - the act of cutting down trees in forests. Pesticides - chemicals that farmers put on their crops to kill insects. Recycling - separating rubbish (such as glass, paper) it can be used again. Flynn and Randy (two something into the room.] Pollution - the poisonous substances that are making musicians) are at home. R: What is that? the water/air/land, etc. dirty. Flynn has some ideas on F: It's a solar-powered generator. The greenhouse effect - a rise in the temperature of how they can become more You just hook it up to the solar the Earth's atmosphere caused by increased quantities environmentally-friendly. panels that I've put on the (5) of gases such as carbon dioxide. [Listen once. Then, complete the We won't ever have An endangered species - an animal (for example) that conversation with the correct to pay for electricity again. Oh, could disappear because there are very few of them. words.] and I've also got this. [He Conservation - saving and protecting the environment F=Flynn R=Randy pulls something else into the Renewable energy - a form of energy that never runs room.] out and doesn't cause pollution: sunlight, wind, waves, F: Right, it's all decided: we're R: What on earth is that? It looks geothermal heat, biomass, etc. going green! like a sort of exercise (6) The ozone layer - a part of the Earth's atmosphere R: What are you talking about? with a lot of cables that protects living things from the harmful radiation F: I've already made a start with coming off it. of the sun. our album (1) F: It's a pedal-powered A rainforest - a thick forest of tall trees in tropical areas R: Putting the word "Eco" on the generator. During rehearsals with a lot of rain. front hardly means that we've or concerts you just sit on it Nuclear waste radioactive waste - unwanted, toxic "gone green". and pedal. material that's produced from nuclear power plants. F: Everyone does stuff like this. R: Me? Drought - a long period of time when no rain falls. Oh, and I've installed some F: Yes, you. A fairly brisk pedal Green - "green" issues and political movements are recycling bins outside: a blue will give us enough power to concerned with the protection of the environment. one for paper, a green one for play for at least 40 minutes. Atmosphere - a thin layer of gases that surrounds the Earth. (2) and a black one And if your voice starts Biodegradable - something that's "biodegradable" for organic waste. to crack or my (7) decays naturally without causing pollution. R: Yes, I've seen sounds a bit weak, you just Biodiversity - the existence of a wide variety of plant F: And I've got the schedule for need to pedal faster. and animal species in their natural environment. the (3) On Monday, R: can't pedal and sing at the Carbon monoxide - a poisonous gas produced by vehicles. we're joining a rally to save the same time. Fossil fuel - coal or oil. whales. On Wednesday, we're F: Well, I certainly can't pedal Ecosystem - all the plants and animals that live in a campaigning against global and play the guitar. I need my particular area together and the complex relationship warming. On Thursday, we're feet for my effects-pedals. between them. marching to save the Arctic R: This is a joke. I'm not doing Ice caps - the thick layers of ice and snow that cover from oil exploration. And on any (8) on that thing. the North and South Poles. Friday, there's a protest sit-in How much How.. Hey, Windfarm - a place where windmills are used to against the deforestation of the isn't that my bike? convert the power of the wind into electricity. (4) F: Yes, I had it converted. Solar panels - flat, rectangular objects that convert R: And when do we get time to R: So, how am I going to get heat from the sun into electricity. They're often placed do any music? around town now? on the roofs of houses/buildings, etc. F: I've also got this. 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Here are the corrections for the non-standard phrases in this text: sic = makes it so good makes it really well... My favourite main dish would be roast beef GLOSSARY with potatoes a curry n a dish with meat and vegetables (or just If I could only eat one thing for the rest and lots of gravy, vegetables), in a sauce with hot spices. It's of my life, I would say sushi. Erm, I think er, because it usually eaten with rice. It's very popular reminds me of in India it's delicious and it has lots of variety and a chicken biryani n options for you to choose from and at the Sunday dinners an Indian dish made with chicken that's end of your meal you don't feel bloated or at home in cooked with lots of spices naan bread n stuffed. Ireland. a type of bread that's round and flat. It's eaten with Indian food to miss vb if you "miss" something, you feel sad because you don't have that thing anymore Rayna Taylor Lindsay MacNaughton roast adj (USA, (Scotland, translator) "roast" chicken (for example) has been cooked in oil in an oven (an electrical marketing appliance with a door at the front) executive) a kid inform a child sushi n a Japanese dish of rice served with raw (not cooked) fish bloated adj if you feel "bloated", your stomach feels uncomfortable because you've eaten too much stuffed adj if you feel "stuffed", your stomach feels My favourite main uncomfortable because you've eaten too much dish would be gravy n a sauce made from meat juices grilled salmon string beans n with green beans a thin, green vegetable mom n US inform and fresh pesto. I mum; mother My favourite main dish is fried chicken love salmon and to grill vb when you "grill" food, you cook it on or and gravy with white rice and string I love pesto, and under a very strong heat beans. 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Think about it What do you do to keep fit and healthy? How often do you go to the park? Which one do you go to? What do you do there? What sports do you like to do? How often do you do the sport? Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as KET and TOEFL. AUDIO Answers on page 48 1 Pre-listening 2 ways to get Note! Don't read the What can you do in the park at the fit in the park audio script until weekend? Think of as many things you've completed as you can in just two minutes. the exercises and activities. 2 Listening I Audio script You're going to listen to two people What do you do to get fit and healthy? We spoke to a couple of people who were who are getting fit in the park. Listen getting some exercise in the park. once. What are they doing there (name the two activities)? Skating Circuit training Josh: Excuse me, can you tell me a bit about Sophie: Hi, would you mind telling me what 3 Listening II what you're doing in the park? you're doing in the park today? Listen again. Then, choose the Zoe: Sure, well, I'm here with some friends and Mike: Sure, I'm just warming up for my circuit correct answers. we're rollerskating. We (1) training class. We (7) up 1. The woman in the park goes here every Saturday morning. It's great fun. here every Sunday morning at 11am. The there every Josh: And what are you doing at the moment? guy who runs it is this ex-military type. He a) Saturday Zoe: I'm (2) a class. A friend is (8) a lot, but it's all good b) Sunday. teaching me a few tricks, and she's (3) fun and a great way to get fit. 2. She's learning how to me how to turn and stop. Sophie: So, what do you do in the class? a) skate downhill The more experienced skaters often help Mike: Well, there are lots of exercise stations. b) turn and stop. out the beginners. There's an obstacle course, there are 3. Her friend Jane is skating Josh: And what are those people over there some weights in another area, there's between some... doing? a place where you have to do sit-ups a) stones Zoe: Well, that's Jane. She's (4) and press-ups, and there's a boxing and b) cups. how to skate between some cups on the martial arts zone. 4. She's wearing a ground. Sophie: Do you (9) any special a) helmet Josh: And how long are you going to be here? equipment or clothing? b) woolly hat. Zoe: Probably all day. Later, we'll (5) Mike: Not really. I'm just wearing a pair of 5. The man in the park goes some roller hockey and shorts and a T-shirt. there every then have some lunch. We often bring Sophie: So, what do you like about it? a) Saturday a picnic when the weather's nice. It's Mike: Well, it's nice to (10) some b) Sunday. perfect today - the sun's shining, but it exercise outside. It's a great way to lose 6. He's wearing a isn't too hot. weight, and it's fun because you can (11) a) tracksuit Josh: So, what kind of equipment do you need? people. There are lots of b) pair of shorts and a T-shirt. Zoe: Well, apart from the skates, I'm (6) different nationalities here: Dutch people, 7. In the class, there are some a helmet and some elbow Germans, French, Brazilians you name people from and knee pads. That's all you need, really. it, they're here! a) France Josh: That's great. Thanks a lot. Sophie: That's great. Thanks a lot. b) Canada. Zoe: My pleasure. Mike: No problem. 4 Language focus YOU'RE WE'RE ALMOST WARMING The Present SKATING! UP! Continuous Look at this extract from the audio script of the recording on this page: ..we're rollerskating... The speaker has used the Present Continuous. Complete the following sentence beginnings with your own ideas. 1. I'm drinking some. right now. 2. Today, I'm wearing 3. I'm thinking about... now. 4. I'm sitting near... now. 5. I'm working on. today. 5 Listening III Complete the audio script with the correct verbs. 12 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great language classes, e-mail classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>Objective: To learn some useful words and expressions for asking permission. Think about it! When was the last time you asked for permission? What were you asking permission for? When was the last time someone asked you permission to do something? What was it for? Have you ever been refused permission to do something? What was it? Why? What did you do? DO YOU PRACTICAL ENGLISH MIND HERE? ASKING FOR PERMISSION This month we're looking at how to ask for permission. Asking for permission Can I ask you a question, please? May I have another piece of cake, please? Could I turn off the lights, please? Do you mind if I leave a bit early today? Is it OK if I sit here? Would you mind if I asked you something? Would they mind if I gave it back tomorrow? Would it be all right if I moved the table, please? If you don't mind, I'd like to start from the middle. Would it be too much trouble to ask for another Dialogue: The exam one? Declan is in an exam hall. He's about to do an exam. Is it all right if I take this one? Ms Harsh is invigilating. [Listen once. Then, complete the text You don't mind if I sit here, do you? with the correct words.] Are we allowed to take our bags in? H=Ms Harsh D=Declan S=Student Giving Permission H: Now, come in quickly and sit H: No! [He opens a can of Yes, you can. down quietly. Do NOT turn over was that noise? Yes, of course. your exam papers until I tell you D: Nothing! Yes, of course you can. to do Remember to write H: Is that a can of (5) Of course that would be all right. your name clearly at the top of ? Yes, that's fine. the paper, and make sure you D: Yes, would you like some? OK. read the questions carefully. H: You can't drink that in here. Sure. You may now turn over your Give it to me! Go ahead. exam papers. You have two D: Can I go to the (6) No problem. hours to complete it. please? D: Excuse me! H: No! Refusing permission H: Shush! You can't shout like D: But I've got to go. No, you can't. that! H: Well you can't. [His mobile Of course you can't. D: Sorry! Excuse me. phone starts ringing.]What's Actually, you aren't allowed to do that. H: What's wrong? that? Actually, I'd rather you didn't. D: Can I open the (1) D: My (7) Do you No, I'm sorry but you can't. please? mind if I get it? I'm afraid you can't do that. H: I'll do it. H: Yes, do. Yes, I would. (in answer to, D: [coughing] Excuse me! D: Actually, I'd better get it. "Hi, "Would you mind [whispering] Hello? yeah, it's me. I'm in an exam. I'm not sure. H: What? We're just about to..." I think you'd better wait D: Can I sharpen my pencil? H: You can't make phone calls until Mark gets back. H: Yes, but do it (2) in an (8) I'm [He starts confiscating the phone. sharpening his pencil.] What D: You can't take my phone! CAN ASK YOU are you doing? H: Oh, yes, I can. D: You said I could sharpen my D: Oh, no, you can't. pencil. H: Oh, yes, can. H: You can't use an electric S: SHUSH!!!!! Do you mind sharpener. Give it to me. [His keeping the (9) pencils fall to the ground.] down! We're trying to do an D: Do you mind if pick up the exam in here! (3) ? H: Just do it quickly! GLOSSARY D: Excuse me! Excuse me! to invigilate vb H: What is it now? someone who "invigilates" an exam, D: I'm thirsty. Can I get controls it and makes sure it starts at the right time, etc. a (4) ? Practise speaking English with us. Sign up for telephone classes here: www.telephone-english.com 13</p><p>Aprende inglés de manera fácil ¿Quieres hablar mejor inglés? Estos 8 libros, escritos por el editor de Learn Hot English, te ayudarán a aprender inglés fácilmente. Hay ejercicios para practicar y audios para que puedas mejorar tu comprensión oral. Haz clic en el libro que te interese para comprarlo 0 saber más. qué esperes! 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En este libro acentuación de las la función de las y mantener una aprenderás trucos palabras y frases, y frases verbales, entre conversación, entre para poder entender la entonación entre muchas otras cosas. otras cosas. mucho mejor. otras cosas. Andrew Coney INGLÉS Espasa Espasa SIN E curso sencillo eficaz para La de verbos para estudiantes Andrew Coney aprender inglés propio ritmo de inglés de todos los niveles 1000 Business & Work Inglés Verbos palabras fácil ingleses para dominar el ESPASA IDIOMAS iHaz clicaquí! iHaz iHaz clicaquí! Con este libro, Este libro te ayudará Este libro es ideal si Aprende a utilizar aprenderás las a desenvolverte quieres iniciarse en los verbos ingleses 1000 palabras más en reuniones, negociaciones, inglés. Te ayudará con soltura. 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AUDIO Answers on page 48 1 Pre-reading You're going to read about two expensive mistakes: one involving a police search in the hills of Scotland; another involving YELP! some trees. What do you think happened? Make notes. 2 Reading I Read the article once to compare your ideas from the Pre-reading activity. 3 Reading II Read the article again. Then, answer the questions. 1. How many police officers were involved 2 expensive mistakes in the search? 2. How long did they e all make fact another walker who was spend looking for the W have lost all that work," mistakes - it's part calling for her dog, whose he added. woman? of life. But some name "Yelp" 3. What's the name of mistakes have a bigger GLOSSARY the police officer who impact than others, as these The trees muffled adj spoke to the press? two examples clearly show. In July 2013, a council a sound that is very weak. The noise could 4. What's the dog's worker accidentally chopped sound as if it's far away a cry name? The dog down 2,000 trees. The a sound that someone makes when they're 5. How many trees were In September 2013, a young saplings were hidden frightened / in pain, etc. a search and rescue operation chopped down? woman was out walking in by long grass in a meadow an operation by the police to find someone who is lost in the mountains, etc. 6. In which town did the the woods of Stirlingshire in Harrogate (North to comb vb incident take place? (Scotland) when she heard Yorkshire, England). They'd if the police (for example) "comb" an area, they look very carefully in that area 7. How long had it some muffled cries of been planted by volunteers woodland taken the volunteers "help!" She reported the from the Bilton Grange an area with many trees to search for exp to plant the trees? incident to the police, as did Conservation Group as part to look for to call off phr 8. How many trees three other people. Within of a nationwide Woodland if you "call an operation, you stop it survived? hours, there was a major Trust scheme which saw the in distress exp if someone is "in distress", they're in search and rescue operation, planting of six million trees danger / pain / trouble, etc. Language focus with 20 police officers, a dog to celebrate the Queen's to chop down phr vb if you "chop down" trees (for example), The Past unit and a mountain rescue Diamond Jubilee. It took you cut them and make them fall down a sapling Continuous team. In total, officers spent 40 volunteers several days young tree eight-and-a-half hours to plant 2,000 trees, but meadow Look at the extract from an area of land with grass and flowers on it combing a small area of just a few minutes for the a volunteer the article on this page, woodland searching for the council worker to chop them someone who works for a charity or a woman was organisation without being paid for it woman. They eventually all down. "The council a diamond jubilee out walking in the a celebration held to mark the 60th or 75th woods The writer has abandoned the search had told the grass cutter anniversary of something. In this case, it used the Past Continuous: after finding no evidence where to go, but he ignored was to celebrate the 60th anniversary of Queen Elizabeth II's reign (she became was walking. Complete of the missing person. directions and wiped out Queen on 6th February 1952) the following sentence Inspector Pat Scroggie, the young trees," said Keith to wipe out phr vb if you "wipe something out", you destroy beginnings with your own who led the operation, said Wilkinson, chairman of the it completely ideas. a shame "We had teams search the Bilton Grange Conservation if you say that something is a 1. Yesterday afternoon, hills accompanied with Group which carried out you're saying that it's sad / disappointing / was walking in bad, often because it can't happen search dogs. We carried the planting. "It is a real a mower 2. was thinking about. yesterday out systematic searches shame. The mower has just a machine that's used to cut the grass an oak morning. of all sections of the hill." ripped most of them from a large tree with strong, hard wood to survive vb 3. This afternoon, I was However, some time after the ground. Only a couple if someone/something "survives", it isn't trying to calling off the search, it of oaks have survived. It killed or destroyed disheartening adj 4. Yesterday at 2pm, I was discovered that the is disheartening for the something "disheartening" is sad or was having lunch woman in distress was in volunteers. It is sad to disappointing FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail asses@learnhotenglish.com/www.learnhoteng 15</p><p>Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Have you ever worked from home? What was it like? Would you like to work from home? Why? Why not? Does your company offer flexitime? Is it a good idea? Why? Why not? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as PET and TOEFL. AUDIO WORKING FROM HOME! Answers on page 48 1 Pre-reading In your opinion, what are the pros and cons of working from home? Think of as many ideas as you can. THE PROS AND CONS OF 2 Reading I WORKING FROM HOME Read the article once to compare your ideas from the ebcams. W in an age when remote when you need some peace Pre-reading activity. What Broadband. working is easier and more and quiet, which is when would you prefer to do? Why? Smartphones. It's effective than it's ideal to work at home, never been easier to work but there are also moments 3 Reading II from home. And more and Google prefers its workers when you need to bounce Read the article again. Then, more companies are allowing in the office too. When ideas off other people." write a number word, etc. it. According to the CBI (the chief financial officer Patrick next to each statement. Confederation of British Pichette was asked how What would you prefer? 1. The percentage of Industry), a total of 59% of many people telecommute, employers offering employers who responded to he said "as few as possible". GLOSSARY teleworking = a survey in 2011 offered the "There is something magical broadband 2. The number of extra possibility of teleworking, up about sharing meals," a form of fast internet access that lets you send a lot of data over the internet days that people who from 13% in 2006. Pichette explained. "There a survey work from home do = is something magical about if you carry out a "survey", you ask people questions in order to get 3. The percentage of So, what are the benefits? A spending the time together, information workers who say they survey by video-conferencing about noodling on ideas, teleworking n working from home. Also known as produce better quality firm UCi2i found that about asking at the computer "telecommuting" or "remote working" video-conferencing n work from home = employees who stay away 'What do you think of holding meetings over the internet using 4. The boss at Yahoo from the office work an webcams / video cameras so all the participants can see one another who banned extra 24 days each year. The Aside from that, research to distract vb employees from survey also found that 94% by the London Business if something "distracts" you, it makes you lose your concentration working at home = of workers say they produce School and the University a commute the journey to and from work every 5. The entrepreneur who better quality work from of California has found morning and evening; the verb is "to saw this as a backward home than in the office. The that not being seen in the commute" a memo step = reasons for this include the office may affect a person's a short official note that is sent by one 6. The number of Google peace and quiet of being at chances of promotion, result person to another person or group of people in the same company employees who work home, not getting distracted in a smaller pay rise than an insight if you gain "insight", you understand a from home, according by co-workers and not having office-based peers and lower complex problem to Patrick Pichette = the stress of the commute. performance evaluations. to sacrifice vb if something valuable is "sacrificed", you 7. The name of the lose it or stop having it woman who's worked Of course, not everyone So, what's the best solution? a backwards step a negative development; something that as an advertising thinks it's a good idea. In Many feel that some sort of stops you progressing forward to telecommute vb creative = early 2013, Marissa Mayer compromise would be best. to work from home banned employees at Yahoo "I've worked from home to noodle vb to throw ideas around; to discuss ideas; 4 Language focus from working from home. before and I know that I can to brainstorm ideas; to be creative The Present In a memo to staff, she get a lot done," explained a promotion if you get a "promotion" at work, they give Perfect said, "Some of the best Heath Jennings, a 29-year-old you a more important position a pay rise decisions and insights come London stockbroker. "But an increase in the amount of money you Look at the extract from the from hallway and cafeteria also recognise the benefits of receive at work article on this page, I've a peer n discussions, meeting new interacting with people in the your "peers" are the people who are the worked from home people, and impromptu team office," he added. same age as you / at the same job as The writer has you / in the same position as you meetings. Speed and quality a performance evaluation used the Present Perfect: an interview with an employee to ask them have worked. Make three are often sacrificed when "I've been both a home questions about how they'r doing and Present Perfect sentences we work from home." Virgin worker and an office worker to find out how well they've been doing their job with the following past entrepreneur Richard Branson in my time as an advertising to bounce ideas off exp participles: known, had, creative," explained Charlotte if you "bounce your ideas off" someone, was quick to respond, you tell them your ideas in order to taken, given, been, shown. calling it a "backwards step Manning. "There are times find out what they think of these ideas 16 / www.learnhotenglish.com For Video-Phone classes, e-mail: classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>Learn better English for your future. FAST Travel English Business Business PRACTISE ENGLISH 250 useful business useful business English expressions. expressions CONVERSATIONS! This advanced-level english english english Tap here to buy! Tap here to buy! Tap here to buy! Tap here to buy! 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Think about it Have you read about any scientific research lately? What was it for? What do you think of conducting scientific research on animals? What are the arguments in favour or against? Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as PET and TOEFL. AUDIO GIVE US YOU DON'T HAVE TO PRIZE! BE MAD TO WORK Answers on page 48 HERE, BUT IT HELPS! 1 Pre-reading You're going to read about some unusual scientific research involving the following things. What do you think the research involved? Make notes. SCIENCE GONE MAD! cience is a serious seals him into a package. a one-armed man for the S subject, right? Well, Later, the would-be hijacker offence. Mice not always. The is dropped through the Nobels are prizes for airplane's bomb bay doors Now how crazy is that? unusual scientific research - and parachuted to the the kind of research that ground, where the police IG NOBELS makes you laugh, then can arrest him. Dung beetles The name of the competition makes you think. The award (The Ig Nobels) forms an ceremony for the prizes The Psychology Prize expression that sounds like is organised by science went to an international the English word "ignoble which is basically the opposite magazine The Annals of team for confirming that of "noble (a "noble" person Onions Improbable Research, and people who think they're has excellent qualities of takes place at Harvard drunk also think they're character, including honesty, University. Here are some of more attractive. In the generosity and selflessness). For more information this year's winners. study, people in a bar were on Ig Nobels, visit: asked how funny, original improbable.com/ig Alcohol The Medicine Prize went and attractive they found to a team from Japan and themselves. The higher GLOSSARY China for their research on their blood alcohol level research n mice that had undergone the more attractive they scientific investigation an award ceremony n Cows heart transplants. They thought they were. The a public event in which prizes (awards) are looked at the effects that same effect was also found given to people to undergo vb 2 Reading I listening to opera had on the for those who thought if you "undergo" a medical operation, you Read the article once to mice. they'd been drinking have that operation a heart transplant n compare your ideas from the alcohol, when in fact they'd if someone has a "heart transplant", their heart is removed and another one is put Pre-reading activity. The Joint Prize in Biology been having a non-alcoholic inside and Astronomy was placebo drink. to award vb if someone is "awarded" a prize, they're 3 Reading II awarded to scientists from given that prize Read the article again. Then, South Africa and Sweden for The Probability Prize was to navigate vb if you "navigate" your way somewhere, you write Medicine, Biology, discovering that when dung awarded to a team from the find a course / route to arrive at that place the milky way n Chemistry, Psychology, beetles get lost, they can UK and the Netherlands the light you can see in the sky at night that Probability or Peace next to navigate their way home by for their study on consists of all the stars in the sky, etc. to trap vb each statement. looking at the milky way. The team made two related if you "trap" someone, you catch them 1. The researchers looked discoveries: firstly, the longer a hijacker an aeroplane "hijacker" is someone who at the process that The Chemistry Prize went a cow has been lying down, uses force/violence to take control of the plane causes onions to make to a team from Japan and the greater the probability to seal vb people cry. Germany for their research that it'll soon stand up; and if you "seal" a container, you close it completely so nothing can get in or out 2. The prize was awarded into the biochemical process secondly, that once a cow bomb bay doors n to a president and the that causes onions to make stands up, you cannot easily little doors at the bottom of plane that open so that bombs can fall out state police. people cry. Their conclusion predict when that cow will to parachute vb if you "parachute" from a plane, you jump 3. The participants in this was that it's even more lie down again. On a more from it with a parachute (a large piece of study were in a bar. complicated than previously serious note, the study material that is attached to your body with strings, allowing you to float to the ground) 4. The prize went to a thought. could help farmers and vets a placebo n team from Japan and detect health problems in "placebo" is a substance with no effects that a doctor gives to a patient instead of a China. The Safety Engineering cows. drug. In this case, the "placebo" is a drink with no alcohol in it 5. Two related discoveries Prize was awarded to the probability were made as part of late Gustano Pizzo (from Finally, this year's Peace if there's a high "probability" that something will happen, it will probably this study. the US) for inventing an Prize went jointly to the happen 6. The scientists electro-mechanical system president of Belarus for to predict vb if you "predict" something, you say that it'l investigated the to trap airplane hijackers. making public applause happen in the future applause behaviour of dung The system drops a hijacker illegal, and to the country's the noise made by people when they clap beetles. through trap doors and state police for arresting (hit their hands together) 18 / For Video-Phone classes, e-mail: classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>AUDIO Business News BUSINESS NEWS N°6 THE VOICE OF THE PEOPLE SEPTEMBER 2024 Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as PET and TOEFL. Think about it When was the last time you flew somewhere? Where did you go? Which airline did you fly with? Did you have to pay for any extras or add-ons? What were they? Are you signed up to any frequent flyer programs? Which ones? Have you ever exchanged any air miles for a free flight? Where did you go? Answers on page 48 HOW 1 Pre-reading You're going to read an AIRLINES article about how airlines make money from extras. What do you think these MAKE THEIR "extras" are? 2 Reading I MONEY Read the article once How much did you pay for the program is great for account of all the extras you to compare your ideas your last flight? What about creating customer loyalty. might have to pay! from the Pre-reading all the extras? A new report But on top of that, airlines activity. by analysts Idea Works shows also get money from credit GLOSSARY that airlines made £18 billion card companies, hotels, 3 Reading II an add-on n last year charging passengers supermarket chains and something extra that a company gives Read the article again. for add-ons, twice as much as restaurants, who buy air you (or charges you for) as part of a service Then, answer the three years ago. miles for their own loyalty in-flight food questions. programs. For example, if food that you eat on the aeroplane while you're flying somewhere 1. How much did So, what are these "extras"? you accumulate enough an upgrade n airlines make if you get an "upgrade", you receive a Well, they include the points on your supermarket better version of something. In this case, from add-ons last prices you pay for in-flight loyalty card, you can you get a seat in First Class, for example a penalty year? food and drinks, as well exchange these for airline an amount of money you must pay as 2. What was the as charges for paying flights. punishment for not doing something correctly figure three years for tickets by credit card, a boarding pass n So, which airlines are a pass an airline gives you. You must ago? reserving a seat, getting an have it in order to board (get on) the 3. Where do airlines upgrade, and penalties for making the most from all plane a commission get commissions not having printed your the extras? The winner a sum of money paid to a salesperson, from? boarding pass. Airlines also is Aussie-based Qantas, etc. for every sale that they make a car rental firm n 4. Why are frequent get commission from car which earns £37 per a company that rents cars to people in return for an amount of money flyer programs rental firms and hotels that passenger. They're followed a frequent flyer program (FFPs) good for they recommend to their by AirAsiaX (£28.86 per if you're registered with a "frequent flyer program", you get air miles (points) every passengers? passengers. passenger), Korean Air time you fly. Later you can exchange these 5. Why are they a (£28.82), Virgin Atlantic air miles for an airline ticket (air) miles n good marketing Another important source (£18.95) and Jetstar (£18.42). points you get every time you fly with a tool for airlines? of revenue comes from particular airline In a table of the top IO customer loyalty 6. How do airlines frequent flyer programs airlines in Europe, if a company has a good level of "customer loyalty", their customers keep make money from (FFPs). As a customer, Jet2.com came top at £30.15. buying things from them, rather than FFPs? you can earn (air) miles Surprisingly, Ryanair was other companies a chain 7. How much is the every time you fly and then sixth on the list, making just a supermarket "chain" (for example) is a airline that makes convert these into free airline company that has a lot of supermarkets per customer last year, all over the country the most from tickets or use the miles at which accounts for 22% of to accumulate if you "accumulate" points, you receive / add-ons making restaurants or hotels. their income. collect those points over a period of time per passenger? to come top exp if you "come top", you're in (or near) the 8. What percentage For the airlines, there are Next time you buy an airline first position in a list income n of their income several benefits. Firstly, ticket, remember to take money a company receives from sales, does the amount etc. FAST FACT to nickname vb Ryanair makes Qantas is Australia's largest airline, and the oldest continuously- if something is "nicknamed" a certain from extras operated airline in the world. It's nicknamed "The Flying Kangaroo". thing, that's the informal name for it account for? FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mailclasses@learnhotenglish.com/www.learnhotenglish.com/ 19</p><p>LEARN 12 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE PAIRS! We can use prepositions of place to say where something is. Prepositions of place include in, on, under, in front of, behind These prepositions are very useful as they'll help you speak better English. In this lesson, we're looking at preposition of place pairs: in-on, over-under, in front of-behind. Studying them as pairs will help you understand them much more easily. Good luck! In-On On top of / under The cat is in the box. The cat is on the box. The cat is sitting on top The cat is under the box. [in an enclosed space] [on a surface] of the box. [at the highest [at a lower position than position of the object] the object] In front of / behind Between / among The cat is in front of the The cat is behind the box. The cat is between two The cat is among many box. [in a forward position [at the back of the object] boxes. [in the middle boxes. [in the middle of from the object] of 2 objects] many objects] Near (close to) / far from Next to (beside, by) / Opposite (across from) The cat is near the box. The cat is far from the box. The cat is next to the box. The cat is opposite the box. [at a short distance from [at a long distance from [at the side of the object] [in a position facing the the object] the object] object on the other side] 20 / www.leamhotenglishcorp.com / free-trial-class/ for Video classes, or e-mail classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>IN, ON, AT We use in when we're inside an enclosed space: I'm in the restaurant. We use on when we're touching a surface: I'm on the road near the restaurant. We use at to refer to a specific point or an exact location: I'm at the restaurant. Here's a sentence and image to help you understand the differences: I live in a house, on a quiet road at the corner of Fox Street and Bear Street. At / in Over / under The cat is at the box. [at a The cat is in the box. The blanket is over the The blanket is under the specific point or the exact [in an enclosed space] cat. [covering the object] cat. [at a lower position location of the object] than the object] Above / below (under) Inside / outside The bird is above the cat. The bird is below the cat. The cat is inside. The cat is outside. [out [at a higher position, not [at a lower position, not [in a house or building] of a house or building] touching the object touching the object] To the right of / to the left of Upstairs / downstairs The cat is to the left of the The cat is to the right of The cat is upstairs. [at a The cat is downstairs. box. [on the left-hand side the box. [on the right-hand higher level after going up [at a lower level after of the object] side of the object] some stairs] going up some stairs] For company classes / 21</p><p>PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE PAIRS! EXERCISES Complete the sentences with the correct prepositions. Answers on page 48 The cat is The cat is (1) sitting on two boxes. (13) of the box. The cat is (2) The cat is many boxes. (14) the box. The bird is The cat is to the (3) (15) the cat. of the box. The bird is The cat is to the (4) (16) the cat. of the box. The cat is The cat is (5) (17) the box. to the box. The cat is The cat is (6) (18) the box. the box. The cat is in The cat is (7) (19) of the box. the box. The cat is The cat is (8) (20) the box. the box. The cat is The cat is (9) (21) the box. The cat is (10) The cat is (22) from the box. The cat is The blanket is (11) (23) the cat. The cat is (12) The blanket is (24) the cat. 22 / For Video-Phone classes, e-mail: classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>Listen & Audio files for this magazine! Teachers Contact OGIN Learn Great news! All the audio files are now embedded in each magazine. This makes it really easy to listen while you're reading! Plus, you can access the audios from anywhere in the world. WE'RE SURE YOU'LL LOVE IT! really important 10 Phrasal verbs course 1 lesson 23 English Publishing GET YOUR COPY OF THE MAGAZINE WITH THE AUDIO FILES! TAP HERE! Learn Hot</p><p>HAVE YOU GOT ALL THE COPIES OF LEARN HOT ENGLISH MAGAZINE? 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Enrique is the son of famous Spanish singer Julio Iglesias. Ricky Martin GLOSSARY Ricky Martin (born Hero to cross over phr vb if you "cross over" from one area to December 1971) Would you swear that you'll always be mine? another, you move to that new area. In Or would you lie? Would you run and hide? this case, the Latin stars start creating started off his songs in English (rather than just musical career at Am I in too deep? Have I lost my mind? Spanish) for the English-speaking market a career n the age of I2 in the I don't care. you're here tonight. someone's music "career" is the part all-boy pop band of their life that they spend creating music, etc. Menudo. After five Shakira to launch vb years with the group, Ricky launched a Columbian superstar if you "launch" a career as a musician, you start being a musician solo career, releasing his first album, Ricky Shakira (born a solo career n if a musician in a band starts a "solo Martin, in Since then, he's become February 1972) is a career", they leave the band and start one of the most successful Latin stars of all singer-songwriter, singing / playing, etc. on their own to release vb time, especially after the release in 1999 dancer, record when a song is "released", it appears in of his single Livin' La Vida Loca. The song producer and model. shops and you can buy it a single helped with Ricky's success in the USA She first entered a song from an album. You can also refer to the main song from an album and the world. It's also said to have helped the English-speaking market in 2001 with as single other Latin artists (including Enrique her fifth album, Laundry Service. Her lead a track n a song Iglesias and Shakira) cross over into the single of the album, Whenever, Wherever into exp if you're "into" something, you like that English-speaking market. His Grammy- became the best-selling single of 2002. thing award winning track, The Cup of Life (La Shakira's song Waka Waka (This Time for a superstition a belief in things that aren't real or Copa de Vida) was the official song of the Africa) was the official song of the 2010 possible (magic, for example) FIFA World Cup, and was the best-selling a voodoo doll 1998 FIFA World Cup. a religion involving magic that's practised World Cup song of all time. One of her in some Caribbean countries, especially Livin' La Vida Loca most famous songs is Hips Don't Lie, which Haiti. A "voodoo doll" is an object used to get revenge on someone (to do She's into superstitions, featured rapper Wyclef Jean. something bad to someone who has done something bad to you) Black cats and voodoo dolls, a premonition Well, I feel a premonition, Hips Don't lie if you have a "premonition", you have a feeling that something is going to happen That girl's gonna make me fall. Shakira, Shakira, I never really knew that she to fall vb could dance like this, if someone "falls", they fail a sensation n Enrique Iglesias She makes a man want to speak Spanish, a very popular singer, actor, etc. in too deep exp Known as "The Cómo se llama? (si), Bonita (si); Mi casa if you're "in too deep", you're involved in King of Latin Pop," (Shakira, Shakira); Su casa. a situation more than you'd like to be to lose your mind exp Enrique Iglesias to go crazy /to become insane (born May 1975) is Oh, baby when you talk like that, a lead single n the most important song in an album a Spanish singer- You make a woman go mad, to go mad exp if A makes you "go mad", A makes you songwriter, model, So be wise and keep on, love A very much actor and record Reading the signs of my body. be wise exp be clever; be intelligent; make good producer. With songs such as Away, Be decisions With You, Don't Turn Off the Lights and Hero, to keep on phr vb * What's her name? Beautiful (yes); My house if you "keep on" doing something, you he's become an international sensation. (Shakira, Shakira); Her house. continue doing it For great language classes,e-mailclasses@learnhotenglish.com/www.learnhotenglish.com 25</p><p>TRAVEL ENGLISH AUDIO AT THE DOCTOR'S Practical English to use in English-speaking countries. This month: At the doctor's Useful expressions I've sprained my ankle. I've twisted my wrist. hurt my arm. I've got a pain in my left shoulder. I'm a bit sunburnt. I banged my head. I'm having trouble breathing. I've got a cut on my finger. I've got a bruise on my leg. My eye has swollen up. got stung by a bee. I've got a rash on my arm. More words Dialogue: Consulting the doctor Temperature - a normal body Clinic - a building where Jack is at the doctor's. Listen once and complete temperature is about 37°C. people go to see the doctor / the text with the correct words. Thermometer - an instrument receive medical advice, etc. for measuring temperature. Diarrhoea - if someone has Doctor: So, what seems to be the problem? Fever - if you've got a "fever", "diarrhoea", liquid comes out of Patient: Well, I haven't been feeling very well. I was vomiting a your body temperature is high. them when they go to the toilet. lot over the (1) And I've got this terrible pain Pills - small pieces of medicine Constipated - if someone's in my (2) and a pretty bad headache. that you swallow without "constipated", they can't go to I think I've got some kind of tummy bug. chewing. the toilet. Doctor: Does your body feel sore? Medicine - a substance that Cold - if someone has a "cold", Patient: Yes, it does. you drink or swallow to cure an they sneeze a lot (air/liquid Doctor: OK. I just need to take your (3) [She takes illness. comes out of their nose). his got a bit of Vomit throw up - when you Cough - an illness in which a temperature. You need to drink plenty of fluids "vomit", liquid/food comes out your chest or throat hurts. and stay in (4) for the next 48 hours. You of your mouth. Queasy sick nauseous - if also need to take this (5) [She hands him Tummy bug - an illness in your you're feeling "queasy", you feel a prescription.] You can get it in the chemist's. Just stomach caused by bacteria. as if you're going to vomit. take one pill every six hours. Headache - a pain in your Dizzy - if you feel "dizzy", you Patient: OK. Thanks a lot. Is there a chemist's near here? head. feel as if you're about to fall. Doctor: Yes, there's one right next to the (6) Sore - if you body is "sore", it Flu - an illness which is like a Patient: Great. Thanks a lot. Bye. hurts. Also, "ache": "My body is cold but more serious. Doctor: Bye. aching." Blood pressure - the amount YOU'VE GOT A Fluids - liquids such as water / of force with which your blood TEMPERATURE! orange juice, etc. flows around your body. Prescription - a piece of Painkiller - a medicine that paper the doctor writes with stops pain. information about the medicine Pulse - the regular beating of you need. blood through your body. Chemist's pharmacy (US Infected - an "infected" area English) - a shop where you can of your body has germs or buy medicine. bacteria on it. 26 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great language classes, e-mail classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>DIANA Directed by Oliver Hirschbiegel. Starring Naomi Watts and Naveen Andrews. O the film the British hate! Based on the book Diana: Her Last Love by Kate Snell. Diana DIANA, PRINCESS OF WALES Diana, Princess of Wales (Diana Frances, née Spencer) Princess Diana died in August 1997, was born on July 1961. She was the first wife of Charles, but she's often in the news. A film about Prince of Wales (who is the her called Diana came out in 2013. eldest child of Queen Elizabeth However, it had some pretty bad reviews. II). Diana's wedding to the Prince of Wales was on 29th July 1981. It was held in St iana is a 2013 biographical drama about the Paul's Cathedral and seen by D last two years of Diana's life. The movie is over 750 million from around the world. Diana was well based on Kate Snell's 2001 book Diana: Her known for her fund-raising Last Love, and stars British-Australian actress Naomi work and support of the Watts (who plays the part of the princess). International Campaign to Ban Landmines. From 1989, she was the president of Great The film deals with the period from 1995-1997. This is Ormond Street Hospital for around the time of Diana's divorce from Prince Charles, children. Her marriage ended and her secret love affair with Pakistani heart surgeon in divorce on 28th August Dr Hasnat Khan (played by actor Naveen Andrews). 1996. She died in a car crash in Paris on 31st August 1997. Unfortunately, the film wasn't received very well. The Telegraph said the film was "a special class of while The Mirror labelled it "cheap and cheerless". David Edwards of The Mirror awarded the film one star out of five, as did Peter Bradshaw of The Guardian, who called the movie "car crash cinema". The Hollywood Reporter described the UK reaction as "some of the GLOSSARY worst reviews for a British film in recent memory". a review n And Rotten Tomatoes gave the film a score of just an article in a magazine, etc. about a film, with the writer's opinion of it 2%, based on reviews from 41 critics. a drama a serious film about a character and his/ her problems in life, etc. So, why do people feel so strongly about awful adj terrible; very bad it? Many see the film as sensationalist - cheerless adj deliberately cashing in on the anniversary boring, depressing, etc. sensationalist adj of Diana's death. Others say it's just a "sensationalist" news reports or films bad movie with a poor script. Real life make things seem worse or more shocking than they really are heart surgeon Hasnat Khan said the film to cash in on exp if someone "cashes in on" a situation, they was a betrayal of his relationship with benefit from it Diana. "Only I and my closest friends a script n a book with the words that actors must knew what really went on," he added. learn and say in a film The Pakistan-born medic invited the a betrayal an action that makes you feel moviemakers to "make amends" by disappointed / hurt / sad, etc. to make amends exp donating some of the proceeds to his if you "make amends" you do something Chain of Hope charity, which provides nice to someone as a way of saying sorry to donate vb heart surgery to children in Ethiopia. if you "donate" money to a charity (for example), you give the money to that charity proceeds Director Oliver Hirschbiegel said that the money a company receives from a he was "devastated". "In all the other film / an event, etc. devastated adj places where it opened - in Poland, the very sad and shocked a trauma Czech Republic, Turkey and Slovakia a very bad experience that you have to deal - it was received very well," he said. with psychologically to come to terms with exp "I think for the British, Diana is still to accept a trauma they haven't come to terms fund-raising n</p><p>Princess Diana and the conspiracy theories id Princess Diana die by MI6 to cause the crash. And D in an accident or was he said French photojournalist her death part of a Jean-Paul James Andanson, who criminal conspiracy? Official owned a white Fiat Uno, had investigations (such as Operation been driving the car. Andanson Paget*) have found no evidence had an alibi which placed him far of foul play. But there are still from Paris on the night of Diana's several grey areas. Here are four death, and his white Fiat Uno of them. was said to be un-roadworthy (it had 325,000 km on the clock). However, Andanson's death in May 2000 only added to the mystery. His body was found in a burnt-out BMW in a forest in the south of France. Police claimed it was a suicide, but Andanson's widow (Elizabeth) and son (James) have never accepted this. CCTV images A report by French police identified 1 The flash of 10 CCTV cameras light along the route Some witnesses taken by the Mercedes, including claim they saw one on the entrance to the tunnel a bright white itself. However, there are no flash just before the car (a recordings from any of these Mercedes) entered the tunnel. cameras. An investigation found This supposedly blinded the that most of the cameras were driver (Henri Paul), causing him facing the entrances to buildings. to crash. A former MI6 agent, The camera above the underpass Richard Tomlinson, made the in the Place de l'Alma had been allegation in media interviews. turned off at about 11pm, a few He also said that Diana's death hours before the crash. mirrored plans he saw in 1992 for the assassination of then The seatbelts President of Serbia Slobodan Neither Diana As part of this, a nor Dodi were strobe light was going to be used wearing a seatbelt to blind Slobodan's chauffeur. at the time of MI6 later admitted that plans of the crash, even though friends PAGET this nature had been drafted, but have said Diana always wore Operation Paget was a police for a different Eastern European one. In 2005, the Mercedes was investigation (led by Lord official. The plan was never sent to England it could be Stevens) that examined the inspected by someone from the various conspiracy theories approved by bosses. surrounding the death of Transport Research Laboratory. Diana. On 7th April 2008, 2 The white The investigator (who had a jury delivered a verdict Fiat Uno more than 30 years' experience) of an "unlawful killing" by Analysis of found that all the seatbelts were chauffeur Henri Paul (who had been drinking) and the the Mercedes working except the right rear one, paparazzi (journalists), who showed that it where Diana was sitting. French were pursuing the car. had been hit by a white Fiat Uno. investigators later declared that Mohamed Al-Fayed, whose son all the seatbelts had been working Dodi Fayed was Diana's boyfriend when they examined it in October at the time and who also died 1998, suggesting the damage to with her in the crash, has alleged this seatbelt had taken place after that the white Fiat Uno was used the accident. 28 www.learnhotenglish.com Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact classes@hotenglishmagazine.com</p><p>Princess Diana GLOSSARY a conspiracy quotes a secret plan to do something illegal foul play exp something illegal; something suspicious a grey area In her short life (1961 to 1997), if there's a "grey area", there's something that's difficult to explain or understand Diana, Princess of Wales, witness n worked hard to help others someone who sees a crime / an accident, etc. through the many charities to blind vb if you "blind" someone temporarily, you do she supported. Here are some something to their eyes they can't see MI6 abbr of her words of wisdom. Military Intelligence, Section 6 the spy agency in the UK that operates around the world (not in the UK that's MI5) Quotes an allegation n if someone makes an "allegation", they "Only do what your heart tells declare (say formally) that someone has done something wrong/illegal you." to mirror vb if A "mirrors" B, A is the same as B an assassination "Family is the most important when someone important is thing in the world." "assassinated", they're killed, often as a political act "If you find someone you love a strobe light n a very bright light which flashes on and off in your life, then hang on to that to draft vb to write love." an alibi n if you have an "alibi", you can show that "I like to be a free spirit. Some you were somewhere else when a crime was committed don't like that, but that's the way un-roadworthy adj I am." if car is "un-roadworthy" it's so old or broken that it can't be driven on a road the clock n "I don't go by the rule book. a machine in a car that registers how many kilometres the car has been driven I lead from the heart, not the burnt-out adj head." if car is "burnt-out", it has been destroyed in fire a widow "The greatest problem in the a woman whose husband has died world today is intolerance. CCTV abbr closed-circuit television "cameras" are little Everyone is intolerant of each cameras above buildings or in the street other." an underpass n a road that goes under another road a seatbelt "Hugs can do great amounts of an object you fasten around your body in a good for children." car to protect you in case of an accident a conspiracy theory an unofficial version of an event. In this "Being a princess isn't all it's case, the belief that Diana didn't die in cracked up to be." a car crash but that she was killed by etc. jury "When you're happy, you can the 12 people in a court who decide forgive a great deal." whether someone is innocent or guilty to pursue if car A is "pursuing" car B, car A is "I wear my heart on my sleeve." chasing / trying to catch up with car B a charity n an organisation that helps poor people, "Carry out a random act of etc. kindness with no expectation of words of wisdom exp the intelligent things that someone has said reward, safe in the knowledge to hang on to exp that one day someone might do to keep; to hold onto a free spirit n the same for you." someone who does what they want, when they want. They don't do what others say "I don't want expensive gifts; I to go by the rule book exp to do the things that people tell you to do don't want to be bought. I have or that you're supposed to do intolerance everything I want. I just want if someone is "intolerant", they don't someone to be there for me, to accept other people's views or actions a hug n make me feel safe and secure." if you give someone a "hug" you hold them as a sign of the love you feel for them "Everyone of us needs to show (it) isn't all it's cracked up to be exp (it) isn't as good as you think it is how much we care for each to forgive vb other and, in the process, care to stop being angry with someone who did something bad to you, supposedly for ourselves." a great deal exp a lot "I think the biggest disease the to wear your heart on your sleeve exp to express your emotions and feelings world suffers from in this day openly and honestly a random act exp and age is the disease of people "random act" is an action that happens feeling unloved. I know that I can without being planned or prepared a reward n give love for a minute, for half an money / a prize for someone who has hour, for a day, for a month, but done something good a gift I can give. I'm very happy to do present secure adj that, I want to do that." safe; not in danger in this day and age exp "Nothing brings me more these days vulnerable adj happiness than trying to help someone who is "vulnerable" isn't the most vulnerable people protected and is in danger a goal in society. It is a goal and an an objective; something you want to achieve essential part of my life - a a destiny n kind of destiny. Whoever is in your "destiny" is what will happen to you in the future distress can call on me. I will in distress exp come running wherever they if someone's "in distress", they're in danger or a bad situation and they need are." help For great language classes,e-mailclasses@learnhotenglish.com/www.learnhotenglish.com 29</p><p>Objective To learn some business tips from world-famous entrepreneurs. Think about it Have you heard of Howard Schultz before? What do you know about him? Are there many CORNER Starbucks cafés in your country? How popular are they? What do you think of Howard's advice? WAKE UP AND SMELL THE HOWARD SCHULTZ QUOTES COFFEE! "Starbucks represents TOP TIPS FROM something beyond a cup of coffee." HOWARD "We're not in the business of filling bellies, we're in the business of filling souls." SCHULTZ "My passion, my commitment - this is the most important thing in my life other than my THE CEO OF STARBUCKS family." ith over 15,000 stores in more 4 Be bold! "Dream more than others W than 40 countries (including Starbucks grew rapidly during the 1990s, think practical. Expect more 11,000 shops in the US), going public in 1992. Things seemed to be than others think possible. Starbucks is the most successful coffee going well, so Howard stepped down as CEO Care more than others think chain in the world. And most of this in 2000, staying on as chairman in order to wise." success is down to one man: Howard focus on global expansion. However, in the Schultz. Here are five things we can learn years that followed, Starbucks sales slumped. GLOSSARY from him. In 2008, Howard came back as CEO to help a chain n PDF MAGAZINES: sort out the mess. He soon realised that A "chain" of shops, hotels, etc. is a number of them owned by the same company Keep an eye out for an opportunity! Starbucks had overreached itself and that too to be immersed in exp if you immerse yourself in something that you In 1979, Howard became a general many stores were performing poorly. So, in a are doing, you become completely involved in it manager for Swedish coffee maker bold move, he closed 600 of them. He also tiny adj very small Hammarplast. One day in 1981, he felt that his staff were no longer brewing the a daily ritual n something that people do every day as part visited a client in Seattle: the Starbucks perfect cup with passion and expertise. So, of a tradition/routine Coffee Company. During the visit, he was one evening, he closed over 7,000 Starbucks huge adj very big (a very big success, in this case) impressed with the company's knowledge shops so his employees could be retrained. to refuse vb if you "refuse" to do something, you say that of coffee. "I walked away. saying, a you won't do it great company, what a great city. I'd love to Pay attention to the details to roll out phr vb if a company "rolls out" an idea, they make be a part of that.' Shortly afterwards, he Howard is keen to keep control of the it available in other places (in the country/ expressed an interest in working there, and business, and feels it's important to pay world, etc.) to expand vb he kept in contact with them. attention to all the details. For example, to become bigger to go public exp Starbucks was making a lot of money from if a company "goes public", you can buy its Have vision! toasted sandwiches. However, Howard felt shares on the stockmarket a CEO A year later, Howard joined Starbucks as that the smell of the cheese was interfering the chief executive officer the person in a the Director of Marketing. On a buying trip with the aroma of the coffee. So, he told the company who runs it and who is responsible for operations, strategy, company direction, to Milan (Italy), Howard noticed that there shops to stop selling the sandwiches. In ethics, etc. a chairperson were coffee bars on practically every street, another incident, the company bought some the "chairperson" is responsible for setting and that the customers were immersed in new coffee machines. However, they were strategy, looking after the interests of the stakeholders, appointing the senior what he referred to as "coffee experiences". quite tall and this meant that customers management team. the chairperson isn't "Everyone in the tiny shop seemed to couldn't see the baristas properly-something really running the company on a day-to-day basis global expansion n know each other, and I sensed that was that Howard saw as crucial to the entire if a company is going through a process of "global expansion", they're setting up offices/ witnessing a daily ritual," he noted. On his "coffee experience". So, the coffee machines branches all over the world return, he persuaded the owners to offer went too. to slump vb if sales "slump", they decrease a lot traditional espresso drinks in the coffee to overreach yourself exp if you "overreach yourself", you fail because shop. It was a huge success! 6 Be ethical trying to do too much As the company began to expand rapidly in to brew vb if you "brew" coffee, you make it Never give up the '90s, Howard said that the main goal was to retrain vb However, the owners refused to roll it out "to serve a great cup of coffee." But attached to teach an employee how to do something, or to teach them new skills across the country, claiming they didn't to this goal was a principle: "to build a an aroma the "aroma" of coffee (for example) is the want to get into the restaurant business. company with soul". As part of this, Howard smell of it Frustrated, Howard started his own insisted that all employees working at least a barista a person who prepares and serves coffee drinks coffee shop in 1985 called 20 hours a week should a goal n Giornale. Two years later, Bio - Howard Schultz an objective; something you want to achieve have comprehensive health a soul the original Starbucks Howard Mark Schultz was coverage. He also introduced the "soul" of a company is its character/ management sold its born on 19th July 1953. He's personality, etc. the way it is an employee stock-option comprehensive adj the CEO of Starbucks and Starbucks retail unit to plan. In March 2007, Howard complete; covering all aspects of something author of the books Pour Your health coverage Howard for $3.8 million. Heart Into It: How Starbucks accepted the Rev. Theodore M. if you've got "health you have Howard rebranded Giornale an insurance policy that will pay for your Built a Company One Cup at a Hesburgh, C.S.C., Award for treatment in hospital, doctor's visit, etc. with the Starbucks name Time (1997), and Onward: How Ethics in Business. a stock-option plan and logo and expanded Starbucks Fought for Its Life a plan whereby employees can have shares Without Losing Its Soul in company across the United States. a belly inform Starbucks coffee, anyone? a stomach 30 classes, e-mail classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>RECIPE FILM SCRIPT Real Language in action OLIVER'S CAESAR SALAD ALICE IN WONDERLAND Try this delicious version of a Caesar Alice in Wonderland (2010) is salad by celebrity chef Jamie Oliver. ALICE a fantasy-adventure film that's WONDERLAND directed by Tim Burton. It combines live action and animation. Mia Wasikowska plays the role of Alice, Johnny Depp is the Mad Hatter and Helena Bonham Carter is The Red Queen. The film is a kind of sequel to the Lewis Carroll novels Alice's Adventures in Wonderland (1865) and Through the Looking Glass (1871). Alice is 19 Ingredients and is attending a party. She's about to be proposed to by a rich suitor, but she runs off, following a white 4 whole free-range chicken legs. rabbit into a hole. She ends up in Wonderland again. 1 loaf ciabatta bread or baguette torn into small pieces. The friendly creatures in Wonderland want Alice to 3 sprigs rosemary roughly chopped. kill the Jabberwock (the beast who guards the Red Olive oil. Queen's empire), end the Extra virgin olive oil. Red Queen's reign of terror, BANDERSNATCH Sea salt and black pepper. and restore the White Queen A fictional creature created 12 thin slices of bacon. to power. In this scene, by Lewis Carroll. It was 1/4 clove peeled garlic. Alice meets the Cheshire described as a ferocious and 4 anchovy fillets in olive oil. Cat in the forest after she extraordinarily fast beast with 100 grams of freshly-grated Parmesan, plus a few has escaped from the a long neck and snapping jaws shavings to serve. Bandersnatch* and the in Carroll's 1874 poem The 1 heaped tablespoon of Red Queen's soldiers. Hunting of the Snark. crème fraîche or yoghurt. 1 lemon. VIDEO You Tube GLOSSARY Lettuce. free-range adj To watch and read along, search Process "free-range" chicken (for example) lives YouTube for "Alice In Wonderland outside in the fresh air loaf n Cheshire Cat Clip". 1. Preheat the oven to 200°C. large piece of bread 2. Place the chicken legs in a to tear (past: tore/torn) vb to break GLOSSARY roasting pan with the pieces a sprig of torn-up bread. Add the a small twig (from a plant) with leaves animation on it a film with drawings or puppets that chopped rosemary, drizzle rosemary appear to move and talk a green herb with purple flowers to attend vb with olive oil and season with to chop vb to to salt and pepper. Put the pan to cut into very small pieces The Script to propose to exp roughly adv if you "propose to" someone, you ask into the preheated oven. if you cut something "roughly", you cut it C=Cat A=Alice them to marry you 3. After 45 minutes, take the pan in irregular shapes not carefully a suitor garlic man who wants to marry a woman out of the oven, and lay the a small white vegetable that's like a small C: It looks like you ran afoul beast n onion a large, dangerous animal bacon slices over the chicken a clove (of garlic) of something with wicked a reign of terror n and croutons. Then, put it back one of the sections of the garlic bulb claws. a period in which many people are killed to peel vb or tortured by a cruel ruler for another 15 to 20 minutes. to take the skin off fruit/ vegetables A: But I'm still dreaming. to run afoul of exp 4. Remove the pan from the a shaving if you "run afoul of" someone, you do a thin piece of something that you cut C: What did that to you? something which annoys them and oven and set it aside for the heaped adj A: Bannerall Bandie creates problems "heaped" spoon has the contents of the wicked adj chicken to cool down slightly. spoon very high and over the edge C: The Bandersnatch? Well, I'd evil, very bad 5. Mash the garlic and anchovy tablespoon better have a look. a claw large spoon for eating soup, etc. (tbsp) an animal's "claws" are the hard, sharp fillets with a pestle and crème fraîche A: What are you doing? bits at the end of its feet mortar. Put into a bowl and a type of thick, slightly sour (not sweet) to purify vb cream C: It needs to be purified by to make clean whisk in the Parmesan, a roasting pan n someone with evaporating evaporating skills exp a metal container for food that you can if someone has "evaporating skills", they creme fraiche (or yoghurt), put in the oven (an electrical appliance for skills or it will fester and can make things disappear lemon juice and three times cooking food with a door at the front) to drizzle vb putrefy. to fester vb if a cut it becomes infected as much extra-virgin olive oil if you "drizzle" oil over food, you put a A: I'd rather you didn't. I'll be to putrefy vb small amount of the oil over the food as lemon juice. Season with when something "putrefies", it decays croutons n fine as soon as I wake up. (goes bad) and produces a very bad smell salt and pepper. small pieces of fried bread (bread cooked C: At least let me bind it for you. to bind vb in oil) if you "bind" a wound, you put something 6. Pull the chicken meat off the a pestle and mortar [He wraps a bandage around around it so it's protected leg bones. Cut up the bacon "pestle" is a thick object for crushing (squashing) herbs / spices, etc. in a What do you call yourself? a bandage n a thin piece of cloth or material that you into small pieces. Separate mortar (a type of bowl) A: Alice. put around a cut/wound, etc. to whisk vb a debate vb the lettuce leaves, tear them if you "whisk" food in with other food, C: The Alice? if you say that there's some "debate" up and put them in with the you use a fork (or electric device) to mix A: There's been some debate about something, you're saying that the food all together, moving the mixture people aren't sure about it or whether chicken, croutons, bacon around about that. it's true and dressing. Add some dressing a sauce for salads made from oil, vinegar C: I never get involved in I never get involved in politics exp I never enter into discussions about Parmesan shavings on top. and herbs politics. controversial / complex things FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. 31</p><p>Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Have you read any stories about robberies or crimes recently? What happened? Have you ever had anything stolen? What was it? What did you do? Where are some of the worst places for robberies? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as FCE, IELTS and TOEFL. AUDIO SILLY 4 TYPES OF ROBBER A thief is a thief, right? course meal complete with trial, '£215 for a chicken! Not exactly, as these two bottles of expensive can't believe it! Right, four types of robber wine and several pints I'm off to KFC!!" clearly show. of beer, Jeremy Smith complained of chest pains. GLOSSARY Silly Concerned, the restaurant Answers on page 48 In June 2013, Andrew Nell manager phoned for an to grab vb to take quickly and forcefully/violently and Steve Tilley decided to ambulance. However, a disguise n Reading I clothing you wear so people can't 1 rob a petrol station. They while they were waiting recognise you You're going to read about both grabbed the nearest for the vehicle to arrive, see-through adj if something is "see-through", you can four different robbers: a silly thing they could find to use the manager saw Smith see through it it's transparent CCTV abbr one, an unlucky one, a cheeky as a disguise. Tilley put a finishing off his pint. closed-circuit television little cameras one and a nasty one. Based on scarf around his head, and Suspicious, the manager in the street or the entrance to shops that record what happens these descriptions, what do Nell used a see-through reported the incident to off-duty adj you think they did? plastic bag. This meant that the police; and after an if a police officer (for example) is duty", he/she isn't officially working an image of Nell's face was investigation, Smith was to jail vb 2 Reading I captured on CCTV. Days arrested on charges of to send someone to prison/jail a trial n Read the article once to later, he was recognised fraud. It was later found that a legal process in which the jury (the 12 people) decide whether someone is compare your ideas from the in the street by an off-duty Smith had been involved in innocent or guilty of a crime Pre-reading activity. Which police officer. He was jailed a string of "dine-and-dash" to break into phrvb to enter a property illegally, often in robber is the worst? Why? for two years. Speaking after incidents across the country. order to steal something the trial, Detective Constable During the trial, jurors heard to sift through phrv if you "sift through" the contents of 3 Reading II Steve White said Nell's how Smith would order a drawer (for example), you look at it carefully in order to find something Read the article again. Then, disguise was "the most large amounts of food and a drawer write Silly, Unlucky, Cheeky or ridiculous" he'd ever seen. drink. Then, when it came to a small box in a piece of furniture where you can put things: socks, pants, etc. Nasty next to each statement. paying the bill, he'd pretend to plead guilty exp 1. He was trying to avoid Unlucky to have chest pains so he if suspect "pleads guilty", admits that they have committed the crime paying for his food. In May 2013, 24-year-old could avoid having to pay burglary the crime of entering property illegally 2. He was seen on CCTV. Simon Jolton broke into for it. He was jailed for six in order to steal 3. He was fined over a hotel room in Brighton, weeks. a pint a measurement of liquid that is 568 £200. England. He forced open a cubic centimetres (cc) 4. He tried to rob some window before climbing in Nasty chest pains if you've got "chest pains", it hurts in police officers. and sifting through drawers. In February 2013, Anthony your chest (the area at the front and top of your body) 5. He stole a class pet. Unfortunately he woke up Campen broke into a fraud 6. His disguise was the guests, and they turned primary school classroom the crime of gaining money by a trick or by lying described as out to be... three British and stole a pet chicken. a string of exp "ridiculous". He then took it to a house a series of; a number of police officers. In fact, the dine-and-dash exp hotel was full of police party, fed it snacks and set eating (dining) in a restaurant then 4 Language focus running away (dashing) without paying officers who were taking it free. It was never seen the bill Modal verbs part in an international again. Campen was caught a juror n a member of the jury the 12 people Look at the extract from the football tournament, with after he posted pictures of who decide whether someone is article on this page, " participants from Italy, himself with the chicken on innocent or guilty to set free exp he could avoid having to Brazil, the USA, Japan, Facebook. During the trial, if you "set an animal (for example) free, you let it go so it isn't in a cage, etc. pay for The writer has Spain, China and France. magistrates were told of the a magistrate n used a modal verb: could. A British Transport Police distress caused to pupils judge in law courts which deal with minor crimes Complete the following spokesperson said, "He at the school who had lost distress sentence beginnings with couldn't have chosen a a much-loved pet which if someone suffers from "distress", your own ideas. they'r feeling very sad worse place to rob that they had raised as part of to raise vb 1. I couldn't see. from if you "raise" an animal, you look after it where I was standing. night." Jolton pleaded guilty a school project. Campen, from when it's a baby until it's an adult 2. We couldn't leave to attempted burglary and 29, admitted causing suffering serious pain that someone feels in their because was sentenced to eight unnecessary suffering to body or mind 3. She could hear them months in prison. an animal and was ordered unrepentant adj someone who is "unrepentant" doesn't as they. to pay £130 compensation feel bad about what they've done KFC abbr 4. couldn't go there Cheeky and £85 costs. Unrepentant, Kentucky Fried Chicken a restaurant because.. In April 2013, after a three- Campen tweeted after the chain that sells fried chicken 32 / www.learnhotenglish.com Love the magazine? Why not subscribe for 2 or 3 years and enjoy some big discounts!</p><p>Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it What are some of your favourite soft drinks? How many soft drinks do you have a day? Do you try to control how much sugar you consume? In what ways? What do you drink when you're tired? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as FCE, IELTS and TOEFL. AUDIO Answers on page 48 SHOULD SUGARY 1 Pre-reading You're going to read an article DRINKS BE BANNED? about sugary drinks. What do you think the negative effects oca Cola. 7-Up. mass-media campaigns, and your favourite drinks, but of sugary drinks could be? Sprite. Pepsi. Fanta reducing the availability of as with everything, drink in Make notes. How many sugary these drinks." moderation. And when in drinks do you drink a day? doubt, you can always try a Reading I A number of recent studies The increase in sugar bit of that transparent stuff Read the article once to have warned of the dangers consumption from sugary that makes up about 60% compare your ideas from the of consuming too much drinks can also lead to of our bodies: water! Pre-reading activity. sugar. But just how bad are obesity. In turn, this can lead these drinks for us? to diseases such as diabetes, THE AMERICAN 3 Reading II HEART ASSOCIATION cancer, fatty liver disease, Read the article again. The consumption of sugary dementia and heart problems. The American Heart Then, complete the statements drinks has been steadily On top of that, research Association recommends with the correct words. increasing. In the 1970s, shows that carbonated that women limit their added 1. In the 1970s, sugary sugary drinks made up drinks can cause both dental sugar intake to no more than 100 calories per day (about 6 drinks made up about about 4% of US daily calorie erosion and tooth decay. teaspoons of sugar); for men, of US daily intake; by 2001, that had it's 150 calories per day (about calorie intake. risen to about 9%. These In response, the USDA has 9 teaspoons). This is slightly 2. deaths days, it's about 327 calories banned snack foods and less than the amount of sugar worldwide are linked a day, which is equal to sugary drinks in schools. in a single soft drink can. to sugary drinks. about cans of cola, The new law (under the Sugary drinks offer calories, 3. The author is a according to a study by Healthy, Hunger-Free but bring no vitamins or postdoctoral research the US Center for Disease Kids Act) was passed by minerals to your diet. fellow at the Harvard Control and Prevention. Congress in 2010 with broad School of bipartisan support. GLOSSARY 4. can cause There's a lot of evidence a sugary drink diseases such as that sugary drinks can So, surely the logical thing a drink (such as Fanta or Coca Cola) that contains a lot of sugar diabetes and cancer. lead to serious medical would be to drink something a calorie a unit that is used to measure the 5. The has banned complications, and even healthier, such as orange energy you get from food sugary drinks in death. Research presented juice. Well, apparently that intake your "intake" is what you eat/drink schools. at an American Heart might not be a good idea to link to exp 6. Robert Lustig argues Association conference either. According to the if A is "linked to" B, A is connected to B a beverage n that 100% is showed that 180,000 deaths American obesity expert a drink worse for you than worldwide are linked to Robert Lustig, orange obesity the state of being very fat sugary sodas. sugary drinks. juice is just sugar and is a liver large organ in your body which cleans therefore, in his view, a your blood "A large number of deaths "poison". Lustig is the dementia 4 Language focus a mental illness that affects old people each year are caused by author of Fat Chance: The and that causes them to forget things Verbs a carbonated drink drinking sugary beverages," Bitter Truth about Sugar. a drink that contains small bubbles of prepositions said Dr Gitanjali Singh, a "Calorie for calorie, 100% carbon dioxide: Fanta, Coca Cola, etc. the USDA n Look at the extract from postdoctoral research fellow orange juice is worse for you the United States Department at the Harvard School of of Agriculture the government the article on this page, than sugary sodas," Lustig department that helps farmers sugary drinks can Public Health. His research says. When you eat a whole broad support exp also lead to obesity..." has linked the intake of apple, the sugar is "nicely if a proposal receives "broad support", many different parties agree with it The writer has used a verb sugar-sweetened beverages balanced" by the fibre, giving bipartisan adj + a preposition: lead to. if a proposal receives "broad bipartisan to 133,000 diabetes deaths, the liver a chance to fully support", most people from the two Complete the sentences with 44,000 deaths from metabolise what's coming main parties agree with it the correct prepositions. to metabolise vb cardiovascular diseases and in. However, when you down when your body "metabolises", it 1. The deaths are linked sugary drinks. 6,000 cancer deaths. "Our half a litre of apple juice, it processes food to down vb 2. They warned findings should push policy brings a huge dose of energy to drink quickly a dose of n the dangers of makers worldwide to make straight to the liver. an amount of drinking too much. effective policies to reduce in moderation exp if you eat or drink "in moderation", you 3. They're worried consumption of sugary Of course, no one is eat or drink just the right amount not its effects. too much beverages, such as taxation, suggesting you give up on FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company.</p><p>PHRASAL VERB CONVERSATIONS! Do you find it hard to understand native English speakers when they're talking? This is because they often use phrasal verbs! With our Phrasal Verb Conversations! course, you'll learn 250 phrasal verbs quickly and easily you can: Speak more naturally Understand native speakers! 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"Zipper" in US The "collar" of a shirt or coat is the on the bottom at the back. "High- English. The verb is "to zip(up)". part which fits round your neck. heeled" shoes have very high heels. "You should zip up your jacket- it's cold "She's wearing a white, striped shirt with a "She was wearing some high-heeled out there." fairly large collar." shoes." Trendy Tight Baggy Someone who is Baggy "trendy" If clothes clothing is wears are "tight", loose and fashionable they fit very a bit big and modern closely to for you. clothes. your body. "Those "She looks "Those trousers baggy jeans really trendy are a bit tight look really in those for you, aren't good on sunglasses." they?" you." Match Suit Fit If A "matches" B, A and B go If clothes well together "fit" you, because they're the they're the If something "suits" right size same colour/ you, it looks good on for you. pattern, etc. you. "This jacket "Those socks "That blue tie really suits doesn't fit match your bow you - it goes with your me-it's - too tie." eyes." small!" FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail lasses@learnhotenglish.com/www.learnhotenglish.com / 35</p><p>Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Are there any dangerous wild animals in your country? What are they? Where do they live? How can you see them? Have you ever come face to face with a wild animal? What happened? What wild animals live in your area? AUDIO IT'S MORE THAN CAN BEAR! Polar Compound ENTRY PROHIBITED CONSERVATION ONLY QUIRKY NEWS Unusual news stories from around the world. Answers on page 48 BEAR PRISON! 1 Reading I You're going to read an article E very summer, many argue that the jail lack of food given to them in hundreds of polar prevents the town from the prison. about a prison for polar bears. bears pass through having to kill bears. As Why do you think they put the the tiny town of Churchill Alison Hood (campaign GLOSSARY bears in prison? Make notes. (Canada) as they head director at Born Free to head vb inland after the sea ice Foundation) told the to go to Reading I inland adv starts to break up and Huffington Post UK, "The if someone travels "inland", they go Read or listen to the article melt. In order to avoid any polar bears are definitely toward the middle of the land, away from the coast (the area next to the sea) once to compare your ideas tragic "incidents" with local very hungry but the local to break up phr vb from the Pre-reading activity. people, the authorities have authorities don't want the if large pieces of ice (for example) start to "break up", they start to break and opened a prison for any bears to associate Churchill form little pieces of ice 3 Reading II bears who come into the with food, otherwise that to melt vb if a solid "melts", it becomes liquid Read the article again. Then, town looking for food. The would cause a problem local people n people from the area/town/city you're answer the questions. 28-cell "jail" holds polar for the town. It's not cruel talking about 1. Which town do the bears in small rooms for but a necessity when you to feed vb to give food to polar bears pass up to a month. During their have dangerous carnivores to discourage vb through? time there, the bears are living next to a population. if you "discourage" someone from doing something, you do something 2. Why are they heading fed nothing but water in It allows conservation." so they don't want to do it again to tranquilise vb inland? order to discourage them Polar bears also fast during to give someone an injection with 3. How many bears can from coming back. If there the summer months, when a substance that makes them go to sleep the jail hold? aren't enough cells left they live off the fat in their to associate vb 4. What happens to the at the polar bear jail, the bodies. This explains the if you "associate" A with B, you think A and B are connected bears if there aren't any bears are tranquilised and a carnivore an animal that eats meat vacant cells in the jail? transported further north. FAST FACT: conservation 5. Which organisation "We try to make their stay as Polar bears have black hair under saving and protecting animals / the environment, etc. is Alison Hood the unpleasant as said their outer layer of white fur. A to fast vb campaign director of? Bob Windsor, who works at boar (an adult male) weighs when an animal "fasts", it doesn't eat any food for a period of time 6. What do the bears the holding facility. around 350-700 kg, while a to live off phr vb (an adult female) is about half if an animal "lives off" a certain type of live off in the summer that size. food (the fat in its body, in this case), months? Sound cruel? 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Answers on page 48 CAN'T FIND MY GLASSES! 1 Pre-listening Note! Don't read the You're going to listen audio script until to some extracts of you've completed "emergency" calls involving the exercises and the following things: activities. A film on Sky TV A radio-controlled helicopter Some cat food A hamster Breakfast Some builders A man on a bench What do you think the emergencies were about? Listening I Listen once to compare your ideas from the Pre-listening activity. 3 Listening II Listen again. Then, answer Audio script the questions. 1. What was the first caller looking for? 2. What had crashed Help! Ridiculous onto a neighbour's roof? 3. What did the cat owner want to know emergency calls about? 4. Which animal had If you need the police, ambulance or fire Erm, yeah, well, it's my daughter - she can't find another caller lost? service in the UK, you can dial the 999 her hamster. It might sound like a trivial matter, 5. How old was the emergency number. However, not everyone but she's in tears. She says she's heard it (5) person who refused to seems to understand the true meaning of under the floorboards. Could eat his breakfast? the word "emergency", as these examples of someone pop over to help us look for it? 6. How big was the real-life calls clearly show. rock that the builder's Yeah, it's my son - he hasn't eaten his breakfast left? Yeah, well, a few days ago, I saw this film (1) and he's about to go to work. He's just refusing Sky TV, but I can't find it. Is there to eat it. Could someone (6) and 4 Language focus anyone there who could tell me what channel it's on, sort of order him to eat it? [How old is your son?] Perfect tenses and what time it's on, please? He's 45. No, I tell a lie, he's 46 now - he's just had his birthday. Look at this extract from Well, it's my son's radio-controlled helicopter - it's the audio script of the (2) a nearby roof. Now, I know the Well, I contracted these builders and they did recording on this page: "...it's crashed on a owners are away, so I was just wondering whether some work in my back garden, but before they nearby roof..." The you could give us permission to go and get it. left, they didn't (7) properly and speaker has used the Present they've left this rock in the middle of the lawn. Perfect: it has crashed. Yes, well, as was saying, I've spent all my money [How big is the rock?] Well, it's about as big as Read through the audio and I've got nothing left for the taxi home. So, I was my head I mean, hand my hand, more or script again and find some wondering whether you could send someone round less. more examples of perfect to (3) , or whether someone could tenses. lend me the money. I know this is going to sound a bit strange, but there's this man on the bench, and he hasn't Well, the thing is, my cat died and now I've got all moved for at least 10 minutes, and I think that Listening III this unused cat food from the supermarket and was perhaps he might be dead. Well, my question is Complete the audio script wondering whether I could (4) Do that if I report him dead does that make me, like, with the correct words. you know what my consumer rights are? (8) the funeral costs and stuff? 38 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For Video-Phone classes, e-mail: classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>USEFULIDIOMS SAFETY In good hands On the safe side If something is "in good hands", it's with someone If you're "on the safe who is careful, side", you're prepared trustworthy and for every eventuality. competent. This means that there's "Don't worry. less risk or danger. Your car's in good "Just to be on the safe side, hands with me. we should take some extra I've never had an money with us. You never accident." know!" Play it safe Safe and sound To avoid taking a risk; to be If something is careful not to "safe and sound", take risks. it's protected and "We decided not in danger. to play it safe "The trip up the and only invest mountains was a half the money, bit scary, especially putting the rest at night, but we're in a deposit all back, safe and account." sound." Your secret is safe with me As safe as houses (British & Australian) To be very safe. I won't tell your "Don't worry, I've hidden secret to anyone. the money under the "Don't worry. Your floorboards. No one will secret's safe with me. ever think to look there. You can trust me." It's a safe as houses!" The coast is clear Out of harm's way There's no danger; nobody can If you put something see you; the "out of harm's way", danger has you put it in a safe gone. place where it can't be "OK. The dog damaged or children has gone inside can't reach it. now. You can "If you put the medicine come down from on the top shelf, it'll be out the tree. The of harm's way and the kids coast is clear." won't be able to get to it." FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail lasses@learnhotenglish.com/www.learnhotenglish.com / 39</p><p>Objective To improve your advanced listening skills by listening to several speakers chatting in an informal setting. Think about it Where do you like to get your hair cut? Why do you go there? How often do you go to the hairdresser's? AUDIO IT'S ABOUT TIME YOU WENT TO THE HAIRDRESSER'S! Note! Don't read the audio script until you've completed the exercises. Also, please note that when people chat informally, they often use non-standard English and GROUP TALK rarely speak in full sentences. WHAT DO YOU LIKE OR DISLIKE ABOUT GOING TO THE HAIRDRESSER'S? Audio script Walter: So, you guys, it's been have your hair cut where fall asleep at that about six months since you pay a hundred euros at that stage. I've cut my hair. I'm and you have a glass of Eric: I think so. starting to look a bit champagne or a glass of Luisa: Yeah. shaggy. know. I was wine or a nice coffee? Or Eric: Do you like the head going to say something!] do you prefer the 9.99 massage, Luisa? Where should go? haircut, in and out? Luisa: don't actually, no. Eric: There's a place near Luisa: I prefer in and out Eric: Really? me but I don't know. personally. Luisa: Because they put you in er... It's cheap, but I'm Eric: Really? the chair, and they bend not sure it's good. Luisa: Yeah. don't actually like your neck back and it Walter: Yeah, cheap haircut... going to the hairdresser. always hurts my neck, I don't know. Sometimes [No] That's why I have [ah!] and I always find this is a bad move. long hair. it really uncomfortable. Eric: 'Cause you've got long hair, Eric: I always. yeah mean, [yeah] And I was Answers on page 48 [yeah] and you have to be when they take too long on thinking. just leave that careful with long hair. your hair, I always feel like bit. [yeah] Just let's just 1 Pre-listening Luisa: And sometimes it's they're doing it because cut the hair. Before listening, make a worth paying more that's that they can Eric: Let's go straight to the list of the things you like or 'cause you get a better justify some.. you know. hair. dislike about going to the cut and better treatment charging all that money. Luisa: Yeah. [fades out] hairdresser's. Then, listen when you go in there. I'd rather get the 10 euro once. Did they mention Eric: Treatment, really, is that one and get a bottle of GLOSSARY anything that you thought just a way to [Well...] champagne on the way you guys exp of? get more cash? home in the supermarket. this expression can be used to refer to the Luisa: Really, sometimes it's Luisa: Yeah. people you're with - it's like "you people" shaggy adj 2 Listening I just a... a cup of coffee, Walter: One of my favourite "shaggy" hair is long and untidy a bad move exp Listen again. Then, answer and and a bit of things about having a a bad decision/idea the questions. What does fancy cream on your hair. haircut is if they massage treatment the "treatment" you receive in a business is one of the speakers say Eric: Doesn't hair fall in the your neck, or if they the way they look after you / help you, etc. about coffee? massage your head. cash n money in the form of notes (paper) and 1. the hairdresser's Luisa: You have to time it well. Eric: I love the massage and coins (metal) fancy adj near his house? You have to drink your I'm always I always sophisticated, expensive, special, etc. 2. paying more at the coffee really quickly. And close my eyes but I'm in and out exp in this context, this means: you enter the hairdresser's? then, before the cutting kind of embarrassed. hairdresser's (in), have the haircut, then 3. the extras you get at Walter: You could fall asleep. leave (out) starts to justify the hairdresser's? Walter: I don't know, do you Eric: Exactly! if you "justify" something, you show that 4. the reason why he prefer a fancy place to Luisa: I think some people do it's necessary a massage n has long hair? if someone gives you a "massage", they 5. Top tip: how to listen touch and rub a part of your body in order what he'd rather buy to relax you or to relieve pain on the way home? The most important thing to remember when listening to a embarrassed adj conversation is that you won't understand every word. So, you should a person who is "embarrassed" feels bad, 6. the reason why she only listen out for the key words the most important words in the ashamed or guilty about something to bend vb doesn't like the head conversation: the nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Then, you can use if someone "bends" your head, they move massages? your intuition to fill in the gaps - just as you do in your own language. it to the side / backwards / forwards, etc. Knowing the context and topic of the conversation will help with this. 40 / www.learnhotenglish.com For great language classes, e-mail classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>Objective To teach you some slang words and expressions. Think about it When was the last time you spoke to a police officer? What was it about? What are the good/bad things about the police in your country? What sort of reputation do the police in your country have? AUDIO SLANG CONVERSATION CRIME! Two ex-prisoners, Karl and Logan are in a car when they're stopped by the police. Listen once and answer these questions: 1. What does the police officer "find" in the car? 2. What information does the police officer want? Then, listen again and try to guess the meaning of the following BEGINNER'S slang expressions (also marked in bold in the text). Write out a version of them in Standard English: ENGLISH! Slang expression Standard version THE BEGINNER BOOK IS PERFECT The cops / the fuzz FOR A1-LEVEL STUDENTS OF ENGLISH. 1 Step on it! IT WILL HELP YOU 2 3 I ain't done nuffin' Speak in English! 4 Me old mate Understand English! Learn the words and expressions you need! 5 Hot (a car / goods) 6 Dope THIS BOOK FEATURES 7 A stitch up 120 minutes of audio material! BEGINNER'S 8 To go straight 80 hours of quality learning activities! BOOK 9 A stretch 100 pages divided into 34 units! 10 A set-up 11 You're nicked! Take your first steps in English with our Beginner Book! 12 Inside 13 A birdie Learn Hot English: English for work, life, exams & speaking! BEGINNER'S 14 Loot BOOK 15 A snitch 16 Behind bars Tap here to buy! K=Karl L=Logan P=Police Dialogue Warning K: The cops! Many of the words and expressions from this L: What? section are used in informal K: The fuzz? situations. Only use in appropriate up Jim. [Jim puts some L: Where? situations! handcuffs on Karl] [to Karl] Karl K: Behind us! Step on it! Bennings, you're nicked! "You have L: I'm going as fast as I can. [a police the right to remain silent, but anything car stops in front of them] you do say will be taken down and may P: Step out of the car with your arms in the be used in evidence against you." Let's be air. [sound of walking towards the car] K: This ain't fair. I don't wanna go back inside! K: I ain't done nuffin'! P: Well, you know, we could come to P: Well, look who it is: Karl Bennings, some sort of arrangement. me old mate. How's it going? K: What do you mean? K: You got the wrong guy! P: We know you were involved in that P: Well, let's just have a little look inside bank job the other week. A little birdie friends this car, shall we? I won't say "your told us all about it! Tell us where the car" because I'm sure it's hot. loot is and we might just forget about [he looks in the car] Now look what these charges. we got here. A nice, big bag of dope. K: What loot? Turned to dealing, have you? P: Just come clean, sonny. K: This is a stitch up. don't do drugs! K: I ain't no snitch. You haven't got I've gone straight. anything on me. P: Oh, really. Then what's this? A pistol? P: You're joking. Drugs, an illegal Unregistered, no doubt. Been doin' firearm, a stolen vehicle What don't a bit of target practice, have you? Oh, you're we have? You're looking at a very long www.facebook.com/LearnHotEnglish looking at a long stretch here, matey. stretch behind bars. (if we aren't already!) K: That ain't mine and you know it. This K: think I need to speak to my lawyer. is a set-up! P: Come along then. Let's get you down P: [to his police officer buddy] to the station.</p><p>Objective To improve your listening skills. Think about it What do you think is causing global warming? What can be done to stop it? What do you think governments should do about it? Have you noticed any evidence of global warming? What? Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as CAE, IELTS and TOEFL. AUDIO Answers on page 48 Audio script 1 Pre-listening In just two minutes, think of as Are humans responsible many words associated with global warming as you can. For example: pollution, greenhouse gases, for global warming? Note! the environment, global Now, if you're just joining us, we're at London's Newmarket Hall, Don't read the temperatures, the Sun. where experts from both sides are debating the question: Are humans audio script until responsible for global warming? And now, getting up to speak is you've completed the exercises and 2 Listening I Professor Higgins. activities. You're going to listen to two people discussing the question: Are humans Professor Higgins Professor Jenkins responsible for global warming? What This notion that global warming is being I'd just like to come back to you on a number of do you think the arguments in favour caused by human activity has been disproved points. Now, you made reference to the notion or against this are? Make notes. Then, (1) The evidence clearly shows that the sun may be responsible for increased listen once and write Speaker or that global warming is being caused by the temperatures. It is true that there was some Speaker next to the statements (a, b): sun. In the 1960s, scientific studies showed (8) However, since about a) thinks that that the brightness and warmth of the sun 1975, solar activity has been on a declining humans are responsible for was increasing. Therefore, it's obvious that (2) trend, while global temperatures have risen global warming. is a significant factor driving dramatically. b) doesn't think changes to global temperatures. that humans are responsible And in answer to your suggestion that the for global warming. On top of that, we're all aware that the climate has scientific community isn't in agreement on this changed in the past - at times when we weren't issue, I'd like to remind you that a recent survey Listening II even (3) So, it is preposterous of climate scientists has revealed that more Listen again. Then, answer the to say that it's being caused by human activity than 97% of active researchers believe that the questions. What does Speaker this time. In addition, recent data has shown that earth is warming and that human activity (9) say about the earth is actually cooling, not warming, and and that it cannot be explained 1. the Sun? it has been doing so since 1998. On top of that, away by pointing to natural factors that may 2. global temperatures since Antarctica is gaining ice, not losing it; and (4) have caused climatic variations in the past. 1998? by Professor Niklas Moerner, the 3. Antarctica? sea level in Bangladesh has actually dropped, not In response to your argument that the earth is 4. Bangladesh? risen. And if you think back a few years, you'll recall cooling, I presume you're basing your evidence 5. the 1970s? that in the scientists were predicting another on the recent spate of cold weather. However, 6. the consensus among ice age! Furthermore, it's clear that there's no feel obliged to point out that there's a distinct scientists? consensus among scientists (5) difference between long-term climate patterns, 7. the earth 65 million years which are measured over decades, and (10) ago? Finally, we all know that levels of carbon dioxide caused by factors unrelated to in the atmosphere have been higher in the past climate change. From average global air and What does Speaker say during the Cretacious era 65 million years ago, for water temperatures to snow cover and ice melt 8. the Sun? example, when dinosaurs walked the earth. It's in polar regions, all 10 of the most important 9. the consensus among also true that sea levels were (6) indicators of climate change point to real scientists? at that time and conditions would have been far evidence (11) 10. global temperatures since less hospitable to human life than today. In my 1998? view, it's clear that humans have played or are Now, about your point regarding predictions for playing no part whatsoever (7) an ice age in the [fades out] 4 Language focus Text organisational terms Look at this extract from the audio script of the recording on this page: Therefore, it's obvious that..." The speaker has used a text organisational term: therefore. Read through the audio script again and find as many of these terms as you can. Listening III Complete the audio script with the correct words. 42 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great language classes, e-mail classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Are there any famous magicians from your country? Have they done any live stunts on TV? What were they? Which other famous magicians have you heard of? What are some of their most famous stunts? Exams This reading activity will help prepare you for English exams such as CAE, IELTS and TOEFL. AUDIO IT'S FUN UP HERE! The truth behind the magic By Olivia Spector e's walked on water, it would have been harder conceals a metal rod which H passed through to spot a wire or harness. holds him up. glass, and levitated There were floodlights on at the side of a bus. Dynamo the ground which shone DYNAMO is one of England's most onto Dynamo but which famous magicians. He's created shadows behind Dynamo is an English magician whose real name is achieved a huge following him where a climbing rope Steven Frayne. He was born on from his incredible stunts. or support harness could 17th December 1982. He's best But how does he do them? easily have been hidden. known for his show Dynamo: Magician Impossible. He The river The glass window was inducted into The Magic On 25th June 2011, Dynamo Also in 2012, at a party on Circle (a prestigious society for was filmed walking on the the ground floor of a shop magicians) on 5th July 2012. River Thames. The stunt in London, Dynamo gave his was designed to generate jacket to a pair of bouncers VIDEO You Tube publicity for his latest show. who held it in front of him Watch Dynamo do a trick on Answers on page 48 Dynamo walked about a to create a shoulder-high actress Lindsay Lohan. Search hundred metres on the water screen. He then disappeared YouTube for "Dynamo amazing 1 Pre-reading before he was taken away in behind the screen before re- trick on Lindsay Lohan". You're going to read about a passing police boat. emerging on the other side a magician who did the How did he do it? It's of the shop window as if GLOSSARY following tricks: He has... possible he was walking on he'd walked straight through to levitate vb walked on water, swallowed a a concealed, transparent the glass. if someone "levitates", they appear to rise and float in the air necklace and retrieved it from platform just beneath the How did he do it? It's most a stunt n surface of the water. At one a dangerous or incredible act. It's often his stomach, walked down likely that the solid window done for publicity a building, walked through point, two canoes seem to had a secret hatch at the to conceal vb to hide glass, levitated at the side of a hit the platform accidentally. bottom which Dynamo a fake bus. How do you think he did The police boat is believed could have opened while he something that isn't real to swallow vb these tricks? Make notes. to be a fake. was covered. He probably when you "swallow" food (for example), it goes from your mouth to your stomach slipped through this a torso 2 Reading I The necklace before the coat-screen was the main part of your body, not including your head, arms and legs Read or listen to the article once In Las Vegas in 2011, removed. prosthetic adj to compare your ideas from the Dynamo borrowed a "prosthetic" parts of the body are artificial ones used to replace natural ones Pre-reading activity. necklace from a woman and The bus to spot vb to see/notice swallowed it. He then pulled On 23rd June 2013, Dynamo wire n Reading II it out from a "hole" in his could be seen levitating at thin piece of metal used to tie things, etc. harness Read the article again. Then, stomach. the side of a double-decker set of straps which fit under a write a summary of how the How did he do it? It's been bus as part of a promotion person's arms and around their body. A "harness" is used to keep a piece of author thinks Dynamo did each suggested that he had a fake for Pepsi Max. It appeared equipment in place trick. floodlights torso. So, instead of actually that he was just resting his large lights used to illuminate (light) an swallowing the necklace, he arm on top of a double- area outside a bouncer n 4 Language focus simply slipped it underneath decker bus and floating as it a person whose job is to control who the prosthetic stomach and drove around London. enters club, etc. Collocations a screen then pulled it out again. How did he do it? a piece of metal/wood, etc. that is used to Complete the collocations hide an area in a room or to divide a room Throughout the stunt hatch n from the article: The dive Dynamo's right arm - the a small opening/door that people can use walk water; to enter or leave a room/building, etc. the surface of the water; In 2012, Dynamo walked one touching the bus - to tuck vb down the LA Times remains at a perfect right if you "tuck" something in a place, you put the ground; a it there so it's safe pair ; slip headquarters in Los angle to his body. Some a limb your "limbs" are your arms or legs something; the Angeles, stopping in a have speculated that his to bolt vb side of; on top horizontal position just real right arm is tucked if you "bolt" A to B, you attach A to B with a bolt: a metal object which you can something; at a right above the ground. beneath his clothes, while a screw (fix by turning) into a nut (a thick angle something How did he do it? The trick prosthetic limb is bolted to metal ring) a rod happened at night, where the bus. This fake arm also a long, thin piece of metal or wood FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. 43</p><p>Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Do you ever play video games? Which ones? Why do you like them? Have you heard of Grand Theft Auto? What do you think of it? Do you think video games can make people violent? In what ways? How? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as CAE, IELTS and TOEFL. AUDIO GRAND THEFT Answers on page 48 AUTO SHOULD IT Pre-reading BE BANNED You're going to read an article about a controversial video oes a game cause of several real-life treat themselves to a round game: Grand Theft Auto D involving murder, crimes and incidents. In of golf or a spot of yoga. (GTA). In what ways do you robbery and torture 2003, teens William and think it's controversial? Make sound like your idea of fun? Josh Buckner shot and Game of GTA, anyone? notes. For fans of the videogame killed two adults. They Grant Theft Auto (GTA), they claimed their actions were GRAND THEFT AUTO Reading I just can't get enough of it. inspired by GTA III. In 2009, Read or listen to the article a six-year-old boy took his Grand Theft Auto (GTA) is a British video game series once to compare your ideas Grand Theft Auto takes you family's car on a 10-mile developed by Rockstar North. from the Pre-reading activity. into a world of fantasy. As a trip before he crashed. He The name of the series player, you take on the role claimed he'd learned to ("grand theft auto") is a legal 3 Reading II of a criminal as you're sent drive from the game. term that refers to the crime of Read the article again. Then, on various missions. These car theft. answer the questions without must be completed in order The latest version (Grand Several famous people have referring back to the text. to progress through the Theft Auto V) has also come done voiceovers for characters 1. What are some of the storyline. Typical missions under fire. It's been heavily in the game, including Ray missions that players include drive-by shootings, criticised for a particularly Liotta, Burt Reynolds, Samuel are sent on? bank robberies and targeted gruesome scene in which L. Jackson, James Woods, Ricky Gervais, Debbie Harry, 2. What evidence is there killings. The missions take players have to torture Phil Collins and Peter Fonda. that it's the most place in fictional areas that an alleged terrorist for controversial video have been modelled on information. Players are game series in history? American cities. offered a selection of torture GLOSSARY 3. What examples are implements including a drive-by shooting given to show how the The game has been a huge sledgehammers and electric an incident in which a person is killed or shot at by someone in a car game has influenced success. It's won multiple cables. If the victim's heart a targeted killing real-life incidents? awards and has sold over 125 stops, he's given a shot of the planned killing of a specific person, often on the orders of the leader of an 4. Why has the latest million copies worldwide (as adrenaline. organisation, etc. to glamorise vb instalment of the series of December 2012). It's also to make something appear more come under fire? set several Guinness World "Rockstar North has crossed attractive than it really is to corrupt vb 5. What evidence is there Records, including Most Guest a line by effectively forcing if someone is "corrupted" by that the game isn't Stars in a Video Game Series, people to take on the role something, that thing causes them to become dishonest/bad, etc. just about killing and Largest Voice Cast in a Video of a torturer and perform a to cite vb to mention something especially as shooting? Game (GTA: San Andreas), and series of unspeakable acts if proof of what you're saying Largest In-Game Soundtrack they want to achieve success to come under fire exp if you "come under fire", you're 4 Language focus (GTA: San Andreas). in the game," said Freedom criticised or attacked verbally Verbs + prepositions from Torture chief executive gruesome adj something that's "gruesome" is However, it's also got its Keith Best. "Torture is a unpleasant, shocking and not nice a sledgehammer n Complete the following critics. According to The reality, not a game and a long piece of wood with a large piece expressions from the article Guinness World Records glamourising it in popular of metal at the end. It's often used to with the correct prepositions: break up rocks, etc. 2008 and 2009 Gamer's culture undoes the work of a shot of exp send someone a Edition, it's the most mission; take the organisations like Freedom if you give someone a "shot of" a substance, you inject that substance role of someone; progress controversial video game from Torture," he added. into their body adrenaline a storyline; model series in history, with over a chemical that makes your heart beat a city another 4,000 articles published But it isn't all about guns faster and gives you more energy to cross line exp one; criticise someone about it on topics such as and violence. Players who to do something that's unacceptable for something; glamorising violence and want a break from a busy most people to carjack vb torture someone corrupting gamers. day's shooting, robbing or to attack someone in a car in order to information; treat steal the car or something in the car carjacking can go scuba a spot of exp yourself something It's even been cited as the diving, skydiving or cycling, or a bit of 44 / www.learnhotenglish.com For an English-language course abroad, e-mail classes@hotenglishmagazine.com</p><p>SUBSCRIBE TO Learnhot 9:41 AM ENGLISH Learnhot No.165 (english magazine magazine TURN-TURNED How to pronounce regular past tense verbs! LEARN CRAZY 500 PLUS. NEW PHRASAL WORDS In every monthly issue of Learn Hot English, you will: Learn 500 new words, idioms, phrasal verbs and expressions. - Get lots of listening practice + hear lots of different accents. Read about the latest in culture, business, music, films, travel and news. 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Learn Over more! 150 useful Get TAP phrasal phrasal news anger help incident shouted work meeting appearance HERE verbs verbs 1 2 Stress out If something is "stressing Get someone down you out", it's making you feel very tense and If something "gets you stressed. down", it makes you feel sad "All these changes at and depressed. are really "All this bad is stressing me out!" really starting to get me down." 3 4 Depend on someone If you "depend on" someone, you Let someone down need that person emotionally / If you "let someone down", you make psychologically. them feel sad/disappointed because "I'm depending on you you don't do what you promised to do. to "You really let me down by not turning up to me with this, so don't support me at that let me down." 5 6 Obsess over If you "obsess over" Mess someone up something, you worry about it a lot, and keep If something "messes someone thinking about it. up", it makes them confused or "He's always obsessing over worried, and could cause them his He to have psychological problems. won't go out until he looks "The kidnapping perfect!" really messed them up." 7 8 Bottle things up If you "bottle up" feelings or anger (for example), you Let off (steam) repress it and don't express it. "You To release your feelings of anger / shouldn't bottle up your emotion, etc. by talking about it. You "I'm sorry at you like that. need to talk about it." think just needed to let off some steam." 46 / www.learnhotenglish.com For great language classes, e-mail classes@learnhotenglish.com</p><p>Let's be friends connect social network share web developers ok like connecting people web wall pokes status wall share media website like ok service like users advertising news feed social online ok socia network friends news feed people community wall web like internet social networking personal profile like add as friend like website tools Sokaddit ok marketin share ok it business social network pokes connect social blog community blog ok pokes social networking users business Sadvertising friends pokes community pokes marketing community it wall members instant messaging profile share add wall photos website! like users business advertising ok wall news ok sign up media business developers blogs blogs ok socia instant messaging connect connecting people add as friend status password community share profile users websit eonline share profile ok like connection connection like media website! blog internet share people network pokes social networking online web k social networking users connecting people media developers business it like marketplace ok website advertising online social networking password advertising password feed like connect marketing marketing business news connectionWall connection it users friends status connect web instant messaging social network website profile business profile photo wall people instant messaging share internet news friends business personal profile web marketplace like like like connection tools service members it people pokes confirm networklike social networking photos internet like business blog blogs add as friend add user friends online sign up people community pokes advertising wall like status like friends wall wall share social network news feed news feed website business social networking like connect groups photos social add as friend social users pokes password marketing connection share sign up blogs confirm profile like login Tap here to join the language-learning add wall community or scan the QR code! and learn lots of new words www.facebook.com/LearnHotEnglish</p><p>ANSWERS TWITTER QUIRKY NEWS 6. There's no consensus among scientists. 3 Reading II 1. Churchill; 2. Because the ice has started 7. Levels of carbon dioxide were higher then. 1. milk; 2. three packets of chocolate biscuits; to break up and melt; 3. 28; 4. They're 8. Solar activity has been decreasing since 3. Nespresso "volluto" capsules; 4. a tailor- tranquilised and transported further north; 1975. made suit; 5. paper; 6. milk foam; 7. balsamic 5. the Born Free Foundation; 6. the fat in their 9. 97% of scientists are in agreement on the vinegar bodies issues. Language focus 10. The low temperatures since 1998 have stuffed, got, had, could, ordered, posted, used, EMERGENCIES got nothing to do with long-term climate knew, broke down, put 3 Listening II patterns. 1. a film on Sky TV; 2. a remote-controlled 3 Listening III GRAMMAR BOOSTER helicopter; 3. what she could do with her 1. on numerous occasions. 1. weekend; 2. airport; 3. home; 4. gate; 5. card; cat food; 4. a hamster; 5. 46; 6. as big as the 2. energy from the sun. 6. plane; 7. flight; 8. hour caller's hand 3. using fossil fuels. Listening III 4. according to a recent study. ENGLISH IN ACTION 1. advertised on; 2. crashed on; 3. take me 5. regarding this issue. 1. cover; 2. glass; 3. week; 4. Amazon; 5. roof; home; 4. claim a refund; 5. running around; 6. hundreds of metres higher. 6. bike; 7. guitar; 8. concerts 6. come round; 7. clean up; 8. responsible for 7. in global warming. 8. increased heat. EXERCISE IN THE PARK GROUP TALK from the sun. 3 Listening II Listening II 9. is primarily responsible. 1a 2b 3b 4a 5b 6b 7a 1. It's cheap but he isn't sure if it's good. 10. unpredictable short-term weather events. Listening III 2. You get a better cut and better treatment. 11. that the globe is warming. 1. come; 2. having; 3. showing; 4. learning; 3. She says you sometimes get a cup of coffee 5. play; 6. wearing; 7. meet; 8. shouts; 9. need; and a bit of fancy cream. MAGIC 10. do; 11. meet 4. He says he's got long hair because he Language focus doesn't like going to the walk on water; on the surface of the water; PRACTICAL ENGLISH 5. He says he'd rather buy a bottle of on the ground; a pair of; slip on something; 1. window; 2. quietly; 3. pens; 4. drink; 5. Coke; champagne at the side of; on top of something; at a right 6. toilet; 7. mobile; 8. exam; 9. noise on the way home (as opposed to getting angle to something one at the hairdresser's). MISTAKES 6. She doesn't like them because they bend GRAND THEFT AUTO Reading II your head back and it hurts her neck. Reading II 1. 20; 2. 8.5 hours; 3. Inspector Pat Scroggie; 1. Drive-by shootings, bank robberies, killings; 4. Yelp; 5. 2,000; 6. Harrogate; 7. several days; SLANG CONVERSATION 2. Over 4,000 articles have been published 8. a couple of oaks (other answers may be possible) on it; 1. The police officer "finds" a bag of marijuana 3. Two teens who killed two adults claimed WORKING FROM HOME and a pistol. they were inspired by the game; a six-year- Reading II 2. The police officer wants to know where the old boy claimed he learned how to drive 1. 59%; 2. 24; 3. 94%; 4. Marissa Mayer; money from the bank robbery is. from the game; 5. Richard Branson; 6. as few as possible; 4. Because of a torture scene; 7. Charlotte Manning Slang expression Standard version 5. Players can also go scuba diving, skydiving SCIENCE GONE MAD! 1 The cops / the fuzz. or cycling or play golf or do yoga The police Language focus Reading II 2 Step on it! Go faster! send someone on a mission; take on the role 1. Chemistry; 2. Peace; 3. Psychology; 3 ain't done nuffin' I haven't done anything. of someone; progress along a storyline; model 4. Medicine; 5. Probability; 6. Biology 4 Me old mate My old friend a city on another one; criticise someone for something; torture someone for information; BUSINESS NEWS 5 Hot (a car / goods) Stolen treat yourself to something 1. £18 billion; 2. £9 billion; 3. car rental firms 6 Dope Marijuana and hotels; 4. because they can exchange the 7 A stitch up A trick / a trap PHRASAL VERBS (PAGE 42) air miles they earn for free flights; 5. because 1. work. they create customer loyalty; 6. because other 8 To go straight To be honest; to stop doing illegal things 2. news. companies buy the air miles for their own loyalty programs; 7. £37; 8. 22% 9 A stretch A period of time (in prison) 3. meeting. 4. help. 10 A set-up A trick / a trap 5. appearance. LEARN 12 PREPOSITIONS OF PLACE PAIRS! 11 You're nicked! You're under arrest 6. incident. 1. between; 2. among; 3. above; 4. below; 5. in; 7. anger. 6. on; 7. front; 8. behind; 9. inside; 10. outside; 12 Inside In prison 8. shouted 11. upstairs; 12. downstairs; 13. top; 14. under; A police informant 15. left; 16. right; 17. next/ close/near; 13 A birdie (someone who gives the CROSSWORD (PAGE 45) 18. opposite; 19. at; 20. in; 21. Near/near to/ police information) G next to/close to; 22. far; 23. over; 24. under 14 Loot Stolen money A D A W A A police informant R A A o E P TRAVEL ENGLISH 15 A snitch (someone who gives the N K M L S P 1. weekend; 2. stomach; 3. temperature; police information) E o U F F N G L 4. bed; 5. medicine; 6. clinic 16 Behind bars In prison V R N A A L o o D L T S R K U 4 TYPES OF ROBBER GLOBAL WARMING R R S E S Reading II Listening I A E S E E H A R 1. Cheeky; 2. Silly; 3. Nasty; 4. Unlucky; a) Speaker thinks that humans are U G R o R 5. Nasty; 6. Silly D U A E L responsible for global warming. Q F E A U b) Speaker I doesn't think that humans are S S SUGARY DRINKS responsible for global warming. P E Y F E E D S 3 Reading II Listening II (wording may vary) R E T 1. 4%; 2. 180,000; 3. Public Health; 4. obesity; 1. It's causing global warming. N G A 5. USDA; 6. orange juice 2. They've been cooling. T R A P G o T Language focus 3. It's gaining ice. o L R N T 1. to; 2. of; 3. about 4. The sea level there has risen. R E 5. Scientists were predicting another ice age. E B 48 / www.learnhotenglish.com For great private language classes, e-mail classes@hotenglishmagazine.com</p>Mais conteúdos dessa disciplina
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