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V is for Vampire Lesley Thompson

lllustrated by Matteo Pincelli

Lesley Thompson was born in Newcastle-upon-Tyne, in the North of England, but she moved to Spain some years ago, and now lives near Alicante. She loves reading, the cinema, music, laughing with her friends, and looking at the sea. She also enjoys walking in the countryside in England and Spain, and one day she hopes to walk the Camino de Santiago in northern Spain. Lesley has also written Lisob Song, Deep Trouble, The Reol McCoy and Other Ghost Stories, and Zombie Attack! and has adapted Twenty Thousand Leogues under the Sea and The Secret Agent in the Dominoes series.

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d

family' e EVera Donato, a friend of the Ballantine f EViktor Sarav, a new worker at Ballantine'S.

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from Canada'

designer. Sasha Demidov, a Russian fashion

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partner someone who owns a business with other people

than her, r;;rl tlext to her. He was worried, and he was watching his sister lawyer someone who .'; r"cf.ully. Vera Donato - a woman of forty-five with dark hair works to help people with ;urrl ¿r strong, confident face - sat on Valdemar's left. the law "l'his is a difficult day for all of lrs,'Valdemar began in his will the paper that says which t lt'(:p voice. 'Don and Angie have lost their mother and father people you want in ¿t terrible accident. Vera has lost her friends and business to have your money when ¡r:trtners. As an old friend also, and the Ballantine family's you die l:lwyer for many years, I want to make this as easy as possible lirr ¿rll of you. So let's begin. You are here to lislcn to the reading of George and A n nc Ballantine's will.'

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The old lawyer was silent for a minultr.'l'ltt'rt ltc lrt'liirrr lo t't'¡ttl aloud from the papers in front of hirrt. llis voit't', rrl lir:;l t¡trit'l and shaking, became louder and sl,rottgtrr. Arrliir' [rt'liittt lo t ty softly while she listened to Valdemar rtr¿ttliug lllt'tt,orrls will. Don held her hand. Vera listenctl ¡iit(llv, ittt(l hrol't'tl

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a business lhat makes and sells clothes

large photograph on the wall of Anrrt: irtttl (icor lf irr lr;r¡r¡rit'r' days. Ceorge - a tall man with brown h¿rir Ir¡rtl llis ¡u rtt rot¡rrtl

board of directors

his wife, and they were smiling. a

group of people

who look after a business

The reading of the will dicl nol lirltt: lorrg.'l'lrt'll¡rll¡rrrlirrt's often talked to their childrcn antl Vcrit i¡lxrttl lltcir'¡rlirrrs lirr' the future, so there were no big strr¡trist's.'l'ltt'v tt,t't't'lt'itvirtl'. everything to Angie and l)on. 'l'llt:rc wtrt' ltottst':t irr tlil'li'rtrrl countries, expensive cars alt(l l)i(:tttr(:s, ¡ttttl ¡t lol ol'tttoltt'v. Most importantly, Ballantinc's I ltt' lirntotrs Ncn' \i rlk li¡slrir¡¡r house - was now in the yourrg pcol)l("s llirtltls. 'Now you know that Vera is irlrt'i¡tlv ott llrt'lro¡rrrl ol' directors,' Valdemar went on. "l'his tlocsrr'l t'ltirrrlit'. 'l'lrc llrlr't' of you will now worh togethcr tts pitrltttrrs. ll' lrrtvlltittli lrir¡r¡rt'rrs to Don and Angic, thc busincss will g,o lo Vt't ¡t. (it'ot 1it' and Anne wanted things this wuy. Antl il's rnv iob to do what they wanted. Arc lllcrt' any questions? lf not, let's finish here. I think that all of us need a rest now.'

Without another word, Valdemar put the papers into his bag and stood up. While he and the others were slowly leaving the room, he thought for the hundredth time about the strange accident that killed his friends. Was it only a month ago? George and Anne were flying to Boston in their small plane. George was the pilot. They were flying over open country when things went terribly wrong, and the plane suddenly fell to the ground and crashed. The police said that something was caught in the plane's engines, but it was difficult to see exactly what it was. Large numbers of birds - or bats - were not usual in that place, and nobody could explain it' George and Anne often flew to Boston, and they knew the journey well. It was dark, but the weather was fine. So whY ,,;:, exactly did they crash? Valdemar shook his head. Was it iust ..:::

bad luck?

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this person

flies a plane

engine

the machine in a plane

that makes it move

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Later that day,Angie ancl l)on nr(:l Vt'r'¡r in lrt'r'ol'l'it't'lo l¿rll< about the future of Ballantino's. Arrgit'wirlkt'tl lt¡oll'it'tlly i¡t'ouncl the room, a coffee cup in her h¿rntl. 'Oh, what are we going to clo? You rnrrsl lrt'l¡) lrsi, Vt'r'ir,'s¿ricl Angie. 'Don and I are new tcl thc l-rusint'ss, iurtl rn,t'lr¡¡v('ir lol lo learn. Mom and Dad worked all thcir'livt's; lo nr¡¡kt' li;rll¡¡nlint"si into a famous fashion house. I tkrtt'l wiurl lo losc il ¡rll n()w. 'That won't happen,' said Vcr¿r (:onl'itlt'rrllv. 'l \(/( )r'kt'tl lliu'rl

for your father and mother, ¿tnd I'll worl,. lr¡¡r'tl lor'you, loo. Ballantine's is strong and itc¿tn

['lc sl rr)nl{('r'.

I'rrr ¡rlr'('¡r(lt, llrinlrirrg

about our next big fashion show irr Milir¡r. I'rrr llrirrl..irrli :rlrorrl

fashion show people can see the newest clothes at this

maybe image

perhaps a

Picture

that people have in their head of

a

business

idea

something that you think

fashion

clothes

that are new and interesting for many people

wonderful suits, little dresscs, big Ir¿rls, iurrl 11rt'rrl lr;rlir; ¡ultl shoes. I see unusual colours ftlr li¿rll¿urlin(.'s llris ¡iunun('r, lr i1llrl red, dark grey - and black! I c¿tn tic(r il rrow! Il's lloirrli lo lrt' lllr: biggest and best fashion show of'¿rll tinr('!' 'Mmm, that sounds exciting, Vclr¿r. llul l¡on, ('\¡rt'|11, ¡n'(' wo going to do it?'asked Don.'lltrll¿rnlin(:'s w¡rsn'l rloirrli :i() wr:ll when Mom and Dad died. It w¿rs st,¿rrlirrg lo lr)s(' ,.i( )nr(' ol' ilr; lrt'st, people. I know that my mother ¿tnrl lirlllt'r'w('r'('l¡rll'irr11 ¡¡lrout changing some things. What can you lt:ll us ¡rlroul ¡¡ll llr¡rl,' 'I know about it, of course,' answrlrrrrl Vt'r-¡r. "l'lrirrllr; vr/('r't'n'l going too well, and we've lost a l'cw ll(xxl ¡rt'o¡rlt'in llrt'!¡rsl months. Maybe our image has bccolttc: lrorilrll ()\/('r' lllc l¡rsl li'w years. You can't rest in this business. Wtr n('('(l nt'\,r, li¡t't'r; ¡tntl new ideas around the place. We must looli lirr'¡rt'o¡rlt' lo lrirrg new life to the business. New blood.'l'll(:r'(: iu'('lrurrrlrt'tls ol' bright young people in New York who wor.rltl rt'irlly lil..t' lo worlt for Ballantine's so I'm not worried. We iust llirvt'lo l'inrl llrt'rrr,' Vera spoke confidently, and her words gavc Arrgit' r rt'w

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brother was not so sure. 'Maybe you're right,' said Don. 'You know irll llrt' irrr¡xu'l¡rrrl people in the world of fashion. But I h¿rvc: l'l'irrntls irr llrrr business, too.

If you don't mind, I'm going to st¿rrt riglrl now

and make a few phone calls.'Don looked lovingly

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lris sisltrr.

'Take

it

easy, Angie, and stop

worrying! I'll see you later. OI(?' Without another word to Vera, Don hurried out of the room. Vera lool
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a Angie's parents die before the story begins. b Ed Valdemar was a friend of George and Anne's. c George and Anne were poor when they died. d Vera wants to work hard for Ballantine's. e Angie and Don need Vera's helP. f Ed Valdemar never thinks about the plane crash. g Vera thinks that they need to change things at Ballantine's h Ballantine's next fashion show will be in Paris.

usi-*---... crash?' \ and I are new ro the businessj \ 'How exactly are we going to change

fritlnds.

'This ls a difficult day for all of

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a After the accident, they needed a . . .l.Q.W)9.f. . to help them. fly around here at nlght. b A lot of little. . . do you mean? c I don't uncierstand you very well. What d lle's always good at thinking of new. in London. e The clothes must be ready in time for the.. . . f lheir parents left a lot of money to them in their. is unclear. . The g No one knows what will happen next. .she'safraidofhim. h l'mnotsure,butlthinkthat ........ person who knows what she wants. i She's a very.. ........in our i¡Llsiness? j You'veworked verywell here.would you liketo be a. . a doctor. k I ler son wants to I People thlnk of our company as old and boring. We need to change our. . . . ofthe plane. m I he accident happened after something flew into both the died in the Plane crash. n lhe. .

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a b c d

the words in the plane to complete the sentences.

They all come from ChaPter 1.

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Which of these things do you think happen in the next chapter? Tick four boxes.

a E Some new people begin to work at Ballantine's. b f] Ed Valdemar marries Vera. c E Don killsViktor. d E Angie becomes the new face of Ballantine's. e EViktor and Vera do not agree. f I Angie hits Vera. g E nngie calls Valdemar. h E Don anclViktor qo to Bulgaria.

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'We did the right thing when we gave Viktor the job,' said Don.

Two weehs later, things werc alreacly chtrnging at l]¿rll¿rntinc's. A crowd of new people, with exciting idcas, wcrc worhin¡i therc. One of them was Mylene, a Canadian girl who laughccl u lot

and was full of life. She was thcir new buyer, ¿urd shc had a wonderful eye for interesting colours. Sasha came from a fashion house in Russia. Ilis designs were

buyer

a person

who buys things for a business

design

when you plan and draw things before they are made

consultant

a

person who helps a business when they are having troubLe with somethrng a

lot of co our

charming nice to other peop e company

¿

busi ness

interview ask

to

questions

for somebody to answer

fall (pos¡fell) in love to beg n fo ove

He showed everyone a large photograph

of Angie in a white

Maybe the most interesting of thc ncw crowd was Vihtor Sarav Ballantinc's ncw image consultant. Hc w¿rs t,all and pale. He always dressed in blach and worc clarl< glasscs. Viktor

'ln the company magazine,' replied Viktor. 'Of course, I put the words underneath.' Then he turned to the others and went on. 'I think that you'll agree - Angie has a great face. The camera loves her - and she is Ballantine's. In future, I want to

world. But he knew

a

ktt aboul. lr¡shion

¿rnrl lrusincrss. Arrgic and

intcrviewcd hirn. Vcra conlidorl ¿rs shrr wirs, irnrl she

Don liked him immediately when thcy was not so sure. He was just as really did not like that.

'He's great, Vera,'said Angie. 'Let's givc hinr tlrc iob bclirre another fashion house takes him.' 'Maybe you're right,' said Vera. Shc cl id rr' I ccl vcr.y t'oI r orl ¿rble with Viktor - she couldn't explain why. llrrt lrt: u,rrs goorl irt I

pale without

Every Wednesday morning, everybody at Ballantine's met to talk about the past week and to explain their new ideas. Viktor first spoke of his new plan for Ballantine's on one of lhese Wcdnesday mornings. 'Listen, everybody,' he began. 'I have a new idea. Look.'

of photos

dress

charming. Ilc c¿rrnc lionl llulgirriir, rrntl spoke many different langutrgcs. Ilis itlcirs lilr c:hrrrrgirrg lltc company image wcrc cxciting. ilc wus unlllown lo Vcr¿r, whicrlt was surprising bcc¿tusc shc linew ncurly cv(rry()n(' in tllt' l¿rshion

I

his job.

Viktor worked hard and fast to c:hirrrl¡c li¿rllirrrlirrt"s. Men and women liked him. Mylcnc scc'rctl.y li.ll in

love with him. He explaincd things lirr lroru's lrr Angie and Don, and with his hclp, lhc.y lrt.girrr lo understand the business bettcr. Vcr¿r lc:irrnt'tl lrorrr

him, too

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and she gave him rnorc: worli. Sr¡on llrt'

company's imagc was beltcr thirn trvcr.

I

a

thin book with news and a ot

new and different. And he worked well with Mylcnc. Ballantine's was paying them a lot of money. 'But thcy'll rnake a lot more money for Ballantine's,' Vera said to hcrsclL

was funny and Mylene /mr'len/

magazine

Vera had to agree with him.

with the words The Face of Ballantine's under it. 'That's me at the company party last yearl' said Angie. 'Where

did you find that photo?'

use her as the face of the fashion house. She'll be on the

our magazine, in all our publicity, always wearing our clothes! Look at her - clever, rich, and beautiful. She's the best of all models for us to use.'

front of

publicity information that makes people want to buy something

model a person who wears clothes to show them to other people

Everyone was silent for a minute. Then thcy all began talking at the same time. A lot of people agrecd with Viktor.

'What do you think, Angie? Will you be our new modcl?' ¿rsked Viktor, smiling at her. 'I'm not sure,' said Angie, her face becoming red. 'l ... I've never done anything like that before.' 'It's a great idea,' said Don. 'People will remember Angie's face and name. And our clothes are just right for her.' Then Vera spoke. 'We must be careful with this,' she said. 'Firstly, it's going to mean more work for Angie. Secondly, won't it give the wrong idea about Ballantine's? Aren't we telling people that we're a small company with no money? If Angie's face is on all our publicity, they'll just think that we're trying to save on models'

bills!We don't want that!' Again everyone was silent for a minute. Then Don replied. 'I don't think that what you're saying is really true, Vera. Everybody l
it's

necessary. You

want the company to do

well, don't you?' Vera said nothing, but her face was rccl

Will Angic bc t.hc ncw litr:c «rl' llirllant,ine's?' asked Viktor brightly. 'Ycs, «rl' c
btrt

wllirl t'or¡kl onc l)crson

do against so many?

That afternoon, Angie went into Vcrir's r¡l'l'it'c lo li¡lli. Are you OI(?' she asked. 'I know thirl you tlitlrr'l irgrlrr with Viktor this morning, but I thinh thal his itlc¿r's gootl. I'Itr Irrsl not exactly sure about being a modcl!'

'I'm worried about this, Angie. Nobotly t'vt'r' Iislt'rrs t'irrrrlllly to what Viktor's saying - because hc's so t'lrirrrnirrli,' siritl 'He knows what he's doing, Vcra. I'nt surr,ol' tltirl. llrl

think that it's

a bad idea,

I won't do il,' rt'¡rlit,rl Arrgit,.

Vcrra.

il you

image

and this is what Vil«tor has decided. try it,' Vera told her. Alone in her office that evening, Angie

So let's

called Ed Valdemar and told

¿urcl ¿utgry.

'So, do we all agree?

Vera was silent. She did not,

'No, no. Maybe

I'm making a mislake. We wanted to change our

him about Viktor

and Vera's disagreement.

'What do you think, Ed? Can I be the new face of llallantine's? I've never been a model before.' 'You're beautiful and bright, Angie,' said Valdemar. 'You just need to be more confident. But don't ask me about the model business

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because I've no idea!'

Later, Valdemar thought more about Viktor and Vera. 'Both

of them are strange,' he said to himself. 'Poor Vera's never been the same since George and Anne died. And Viktor's come from *i:"rt'ffI"JJ,. nowhere and wants to change everything.' He wasn't sure peopledon'taqree what he thought about Don, but he cared about Angie and the ;i:;,[J::ir., company. 'It'll be interesting to see what happens to Ballantine's in the future,' thought Valdemar.

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Viktor Sarav is a short / charming man and everyone likes him. We need a consultant

Correct the mistakes in these sentences.

Ballantinet

ouicl(l\ Things begin ro

b

Some old workers come to work at the fashion house.

c

Ballantine's is not paying these workers a lot of money.

d

Viktor, Mylene, and Sasha have some boring ideas.

e

Angie will become the new voice of Ballantinel.

f

Vera agrees with Viktor's ldea about Angie.

g

Angie

h

'People will think that Ballantine's is richj Vera says.

i

Angie phones Viktor because she

j

Valdemar does not care ablout what happens to Angie and the company.

is

/ buyerlo give

us a new image.

famous NewYork company / publicity.

Yera cares about

a

.t unqád"*1ylat

is a

/

¡nterv¡ews the future of Ballantine's.

Ballant¡nes.

Mylene falls in love with / cares aboutYtktor.

ürJ§s5lñf HAf What do you think these three people do in the next (hapter? Tick two boxes to finish each sentence.

a

Viktor ...

1E 2 fl 3f

shouts at Mylene. breaks Angie's leg.

tells Angie that Vera has hurt him.

very confident about being a model.

is

b

worried.

Angie ...

1E 2E 3f

asksViktor what happened to his head. goes

to her house with Viktor

runs away wlth Sasha.

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is a design

company

I modelat

You look very charming There's a disagreement

a

fo

read on the train.

famous fashion house.

/ pale.Do you feel

c

OK?

/ publicity between the partncrs ¿b«rut lhc future of the business.

Wlthout alotof publicity /consultant, people will fortlt'( ,tlroul lttt'r«rnrpany. buyer ts go¡ng

Our model

/

He's going

lo

interview

/

to Milan to

look for clollrcs fot ottt ttt'w sltop.

fall in love wi¡h ten pcopk' fot

lltc jolr tlri',,rf tcrnoon.

Don ...

t E 2E 3E

goes for dinner with Viktor. asksVera aboutViktor's story calls Angie from his car.

ofthe parking

garage.

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'l'hc next morning, Viktor came into the of'licc l¿rtcr than usual. His face was very palc, ancl hc was wearing his usual darh glasscs. Rc¡und his head, he had a large,

white bandage. A little blood ran down his lacc lrom under it. Mylene was the first to see him.

'Viktor,' she cried. 'What's this? Are big bandages the latest fashion?' She put

up her hand to touch Viktor's head. To her surprise, he pushed her away and shouted angrily at her, 'l)on't touch me! Don't comc near me! Just stay away!' Mylenc felt suddenly afraid. Why was

Viktor shouting? He usually laughed when shc said something like that. 'Hey,' said Sasha, onc of the few people at Ballantine's who did not like Viktor. 'I)on't speak to Mylene lihe that. Who do you think you arel' Ah, you'd like to know the answer

to

th¿r1 myslery,

wouldn't you?'

Vihtor, laughing strangely. Jusl tho'r, Angie came out of hcr of'l'iccr.

s¿ricl

'Wh¿r1's huppening?' she asked

crvcrvltody. 'What's all the noise ir[¡orrl ?'

,Mylene

'I'm sorry, Angie,'sairl Vililor, slrriling ¿ll llcr. wanted bandage along, to touch my hcad anrl I slrorrlrrtl i¡l llt:r. l'rrr sorry. I'm feeling reallv unwell this nrrrr r i g.' iliilflJil','ri' whenyouarehurt'Whathappencd to yorr?' ;rslrt.rl /\rrgit,. r

r

Viktor took Angie's arm and walked with her away from Mylcne and Sasha. He spoke in a soft voicc in her ear. 'Someone hit me on the head in the parking garage. I didn't n¡ant to say anything in front of the others because ...'

'What?' 'Wcll, I'm not surc - but I think that it was Vera who hit me. Whcn I was lying on the ground, I saw her running away across tlrc garage. I'm sure of it.' Angie was shoched. 'What a terrible thing to happen! And think that Vera did this! But why?' jealous of me. She thinks that I'm trying to take the ('ornpany away from her,' said Viktor. 'So shc hit you in the parhing garage! I can't believe it,' saicl Angic. 'But we can find out easily. Let's look at the CCTV ('¿rmera. That will show us exactly what happened.' Vihl-or's face was suddenly confused. 'Oh, no,' he said t¡rricl
'She's

¡rbout

it, Angie. Vera and I have to work together. Maybe I'm

\rrrong and

it wasn't

her. The garage is dark, after all. Maybe

ran away

s()nleone wanted to steal some money from me and

parking garage a big room under a buiiding where peop e can leave their cars

shocked

very surprised by something bad

jealous fe.^ling rvlrcn they heard something.' angry or sad 'I']¡ut, Viktor, this is very worrying,' said Angie shahing her because you want to have what lrrri¡{. '¡,y" must find out what really happened.'

another person has

Itrst then, the office phone rang noisily. Sasha answered it. 'It's lirr you, Viktor,'he shouted across the room. An important call ll'orn Milan.' "l'ahe the call, Vihtor,' said Angie. 'We'll speak later.' So

Viktor took the call. And Angie went at once to

see Don

in

lris office and told him about Vihtor's story.

'llrnm,'said Don. 'I can't really believe that Vera did it. But linow that shc doesn't like Viktor, and I don't think that he'd lic ¿rbout something Iihe this. Leave things with me, Angie. I'll rt,r:

s¡rcuk to Vcra about

it at once.'

Minutes later, Vcra was in Don's office. She was shoched when

believe to thlnk that somethtng is true CCTV camera (short for c osed clrcuit television camera) a camera

that records things that happen in a place

confused

not understanding

something we

I

lie

to say somethlng that not true

is

crazy thinkinq

not well

Don told hcr about Viktor's story. 'wcll, ciicl you do i1?' hc askecl her.

recording

pi.rur(.s 'Ilif Vilil«rr!' shc c:riecl. 'l)on, you've hnown me for years. I've '1 , rrcvt'r' lril iury()rt(' irr rny lilt'. Are you crazy?' tÉatpeoplccar 'llcy thcrc, l¿rkc i1 casy,'stticl Don.'Looh, I have to ask you' walch ¡t('r t.h¿tt.' movirrg l^¿r o'- rr hv ¡ c¿nrer,r ,lrrl

Vcr¿t. Ytlu rrtr-tsl scc

figure

sorrt'ori' rhalyouc¿l't vcrY

s¡¡

well

gasp

camera

recording yet?'

to take short, quick

,

'llc's lying, Dcln. Httve you loohed at the CCTV

a

breath

'No, but I'm going to do that right now''

becausevouare Don went clownstairs to the room that had all thc CCTV 'r lP 'Fd camera recordings in it. While hc was sitting in front of the TV a figure in blach with something white on its head came up silently behind him, stood there for a minute, and then went away. Don saw and heard nothing, but he felt strangely tired - and confused - after that. He watched the recording from the parking garage earlier in thc day. He gasped in surprise at what he saw Viktor got out of his car in the garage and walked quickly over to the ncarest wall. He thcn hit his head rcally hard three times against it. After that, he took a bandage out of his pocket and put it round his hcad. He was alone. Viktor was lying after alll

to cr¿¡st' lltt' l)ott httew that he had to move fast' He decideil to watch i1' llc lirrt'w r,'t orrlittg because he did not want Angie didn't neccl t'. st't: rlr;rl slrc lihecl viktor a lot, and maybe she wrote a lettcr to litl llris.'l'hcn he went back to his office and \ ; r kk'rttar, tclling him everything'

Viktor does anything rnust hnow,' he thought' 'That way' if against him' Ancl Valclemar will have the letter to use and to be careful' Viktor's lied to us once' r r, ,n, I nlust tell Angie after this'' Ir( ( iur tlo it again. We can't fully trust him 'I nt'ccl to speah to Angie' Where is she?'Don asked Mylenc door' rr lrcn sltc walhed past his office Mylene' ,:llrt. with viktor a few minutes ago,' answered

'lil

L , :rl( )l) rnc,

lctl

lrt'v'trc g,one to her house to look at

I

tlr, tlt'sig,tts lt¡r Milan.' \ly lcttc sPohe very

couldn't ,* about ;

,rrrlr;r¡l¡tily. She

l,,l llrt' \

Ll

r

or- Sarav

lrrl

rr

s¿rme

afte

r

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, ,rr lit'r. I ), rn

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srrtldenlY had

y bad feeling.

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,

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( )n

llis waY out of the

t'. hc

remembered

1,, nr¿¡il his letter to

\:rltlcttlur. Then ,¡rrit

he

ltly got into his car

rr rtl tlrtlvc down the road 1,, Attgie's house' On llr(' way, he took his r-cll phone out of

:

I

ris pocket to

I

ris sister.

call

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Put these sentences in the correct order.

.r wi, wcrr, .ShqCKgd...when

Numberthem 1-10.

Activity 1 on page

18.

we heard abouttheterribleaccident.

l¡ i,rrrvolr .........thatletterformewhenyougoout? r l ,rw,r ... ...atthewindow.MaybeitwasJohn. 1l I',,r!thatyoudidntdoit,butIdon't . .... you.

a E Don erases the CCTV recording. b I V¡ktor tells Angie that someone hit him

rr

in the parking garage.

c E Don speaks to Vera about Viktor. d f Vylene rries to touch Viktor,s head. e f R black figure comes up behind Don. E Don gets into his car and starts driv¡ng to Angie,s EV¡ktor goes into the office wearing

.

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on the very fir5t

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puta...

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it.

you to carry the baby without dropping .

her?

outside to see who goes in and whrr

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Find seventeen words or phrases from Chapter 3 in the bandage.

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[4v r il,rrrrlf ather is very old, and he becomes

tlr

sfüH§ t#üHt(

l

, ,r¡

a bandage on his head.

E Don writes a letter to Valdemar and mails E Sasha shouts at Viktor I Don sees Viktor on rhe CCTV recording.

.

ll, 'lrurr( his hand sothe nurse

house.

...

r

v,

r',

llrl

......aboutNurseSmith.Theyknewthatshe

mLrrderer of many women in the hospital.

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in surprise.

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can also take photographs.

threetimes,butwestill don't

r rr, [,r.,t,lr]d every word of it fully.

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.

1

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from mycamera, ldon't like it.

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Which of these things do you

think happens in the next

.r )r lt,ls an accident. ...... b I r tt'lls Angie about the CCTV recording. . . r llrr'¡xrlire go toVera's house. rl V,'r,r tcllsthe policethatViktorisa good man.'. r. Vrl.lor lells Vera that he knows something secret about )r

'',,

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.

.

her.

chapter? Write Yes

or No.

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)lr, ¡xxrr Dcln

and poor Angie,' said Vera. 'F'irst, her

-

father

atibi

s,rrr.rtrrrrrl

,¡rtl rrrrlhcr clic in a plane crash, and now her brother dies in ilil;l?il,' tlrisr.irrirc:cident.

It'sterrible!'

anotherpace

'wt' lravc to ask you this, Miss Donato,' the policeman went :lH::'il",Í¿, the criminal ,,rr 'l)irl ilnyone want to hurt Mr Ballantine, do you think?' \rt'r'i¡ wirs silent for a minute before she spoke. 'l tlorr'l trust Viktor Sarav - our image consultant. He told rrliit' llrirt I hit him in the parhing garage this morning. Well, I ,lrrlrr'l tkr it. So we know that he lies about things.' \

'l'l rt' yotrnger policeman spoke

now Donato, Viktor Sarav has an alibi. He was with \lrr:r l',¡rllilntine at the time of the accident. Are you saying that \ L l ol tlid something to Don's car? Our men can't find anythi

I

?l

'liul,

il

lVliss

r

Vera looked at the two police officers standing at her front door.

Are you telling me that Don Ballantine is dead?, she them both slowly.

asked

'Yes, I'm afraid so, Miss Donato,' said the older man. ,I,m very sorry. We know that it's a bad time, but can we come in and interview you? It won't take long.'

The men walked in at once and sat down in Vera,s living room. Vera sat opposite them. 'When and where did you last the older policeman began.

see

At the office this morning,' said Vera, her voice shaking. ,We of our workers.' She explained to them about Viktor, and all about his story of what happened to him in parking the garage. And later, Mr Ballantine drove to his sister's house?' 'Yes. I wanted to talk to him again, and Mylene our buyer told me that he was going to Angie's. Was it an accident?' Vera asked. 'We think so. He was driving and talking on his cell phone to huge

very big

the glass at the front of a car

his sister when it happened. He shouted something about a huge bat flying into the windshield. Then he went off the road and crashed into a tree. He died immediatcly,' said the policeman.

r()nll wif h it.'

'l tlon'l hnow what he did,' said Vera slowly. 'But lr,'rlitl son.rcthing. I can feel it.' l'l¡t'oltlcr policeman shool< his head. '\Vc nccd more than that,' he said. 'lrr'r'lirrgs uren't enough when we're t.rlkirrg, irbout a possible murder.'

Mr Ballantine, Miss Donato?'

spoke together about one

windshield

\1

,

\ n1,.ic's be

'r,'r,' l,r

autiful

face was pale and her eyes

r't,irlly red from crying. Vera went and

rl lrt'r irrms round the young woman. 'l'nr so very sorry, Angie,' she said

,oIllv.

\, r,r'ri lir('('w¿ts suddenly very whitc.

Il.u tlitl you lind out about that?' shc gaspcd' lr,,rr'l lrc sr-rrpriscd, Vera Donatg' [¡:ttt.l "rc¿ltl" ,,, ,,1,11

A

weeh l¿rter, Vcra was working

whcn thcre was

look after

to

do things for 50meone, or something, that needs he p

weak

fool

proof

true

ri ,r

c¿ln fool Angie, but you can't fool me,' she want l',allantine's all for yourself, and nothing is going

Viktor smiled strangely at her. 'l don't know what you're talking about. You don't have any proof of anything, do you? lt's your word against my word. Be

thlnks things that are not true

is real y

help hcr and Ballantinc's.'

to stop you, is it?'

a

careful, Vera. Aftcr all, you have things to hide, don't you? Angie

Vihtor.

'So let's be fricnds, ch? l'et's

l0rr', r,r,lrt:n hcr mother was in hospital, Vera 'borrowed' a lot rrr,¡¡1'1, li«rrn the company without telling either George or

1,,

saicl. 'You

lrool
rr

conlidently and smiled at her. 'How are you, VeraT I'vc come to say that I'm sorry about last weel(. I was wrong about you. [,et's lorget it and work together on the Milan fashion show. Poor Angie is still weak and can't help much, I'm afraid. We two must work harder than ever to

'Viktor, mi'rybc you

not stronq

to m¿ke

something which shows that

in hcr office one morning

sudclen knock on her door. Viktor walke«l in

Vcra lool
someonc thrnk things that are not true; a pcrson who

thing

¿l

lik,

lr,rl's bt'st fbr Angie, and for Ballantine's. OI(?' \, r,r :;rritl 'Ol('quietly. Viktor was right. She had no proof ,,l,rr¡\ llrirrg. itttcl shc had a terrible secret to hide' A few years i,,

I

it back. But aftcr some time' when slritl trnything about the money, she forgot' those plans' r.rrr¡riury hacl a lot of moncy, and Vera thought that she

rl

\ ru

Slrt' lrirtl plans to pay

,,,,1,, rrl¡'

tlr,

s:rli'. 'l low can Viktor hnow about it aftcr all this time?' she 'Maybe he'll tell Angie and Ed about thc moncy ,rr,I IIrt'\¡'ll r)cver trust mc again. I'll lose everything'' ',lrr' r,r'irtcllecl through the open door alter Viktor left her ,

,,,1 1,, lrt'r srcll.

r'. ,'\rtg,ic was sitting at a table by thc window looking ,r ',,)nr('tlcsigns. She was very thin and pale' Viktor walked ¡ \ ( r l() ltrrr, itttcl put his arm round her. She loohed up at him' ,,,,1 :rrrrilcrl strdly. More than ever now thc poor girl treedecl

,,llr,

,rnr('()n('ttt ltloh after hcr.

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a b c d e f g

Two police oificers go to Vera's house The police tellVera that somethinq Angie cannot believe

l z

\ work

I

3

4 most important people in her life

I

Vera cannot say anything bad

5

aboutViktor

For Angie, Vera and Viktor are the

w#§§§§

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I

Viktor tells Vera that he wants to

Viktor knows that

E

two

I

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flew'nto

6 7

Don's windshierd

the sentences with the words and phrases from Activity

rlur

r

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on page 24.

.

.

building over there

.....becauseit'srainingheavily. the children when

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. rrrot ..

1

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havean.....

I

go out later?

....forthetimeofthecrime?

... from the police because her crime happened a long time ago. ..Vera. She knows that he wants everything for himself.

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Find words and phrases from Chapter 4 ¡n the bats.

\/\/l'.,r (lo you

think happens in the next chapter? Complete the

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b _____

IffiLOTAEFA

¡

.

.

. . . is a .

I

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model at the fashion show in Milan.

says that he has an old house in Bulgaria.

. . . . . tries

to find out more about Viktor's past life'

York, Vera learns

that

. . and . .

..

.,

.

sentences

with the

l'l,l ,'

.

r',

l,,,,l,

rrrr¡t lr lrir¡r¡tcrrcd cluring their vacation. Viktor's house ,,I I ;rnrl lirllirrg rlown, but thc old housekeeper was kind and rI ;rllr,r llrt'rn wcll. She spoke a little English.

lrr llrr. l'irsl

rlir.ys «rf'their vacation, Vera tried to ask the old 'rriur ;rlrorrl Vililor"s past life. 'When did he come here? What Ir.r¡,¡,r.¡rr.rl lo llis lirrtrily?' she asked. I ir I I lrc lror rscliccpcr just shook her head and smiled. Maybe ,\

'

¡

lr, rlrrln't rrnrlcrsttrnd. After that, Vera That year's sprin§ and summer fashion show in Milan was in late October. It was a great success for Ballantine,s. Everybody loved their unusual summer clothes in black, red, and grey. Angie was a beautiful model with her pale face and large, sad eyes. Viktor and Vera were in Milan with Angie. When the

fashion show finished, the three of them met back at their hoter.

'Let's drink to Bailantine's, and to a very successful future,, said Viktor, with his glass in his hand. 'To the future,'thcy all said. And now you must rest for a few weeks, Angie,, said Vera. 'Your face is so tired.' 'I agree,' said Viktor. ,I have an old family house near Varna in Bulgaria. Why don't you go there? It,s a nice, quiet place. The old housekeeper can look after you. Vera can go,

too., 'Oh, yes, let's do that, Vera,' cried Angie. ,I,ve always wanted to see Viktor's family house.' More than anything, Vera wanted to

hurry back to Newyork.

when 'what will viktor do there, arone at Balrantine,s? He,s planning something,'she said to herself. But she had í:Jfl,:tin" to agree to this housekeeper u vacation. vihtor knew too much about her, and she couldn,t say 'no'. And maybe I'[ learn something [:ffi,Y,n' abottthimwhen I,nr there success

someone's

house in Bulgaria,,

;i::fifr|?:, have ro go ro

she

thought.

'we'll take two weeks'vacation in varna,,she said, smiling

work at Angie, And then

go back to

Bailantine,s.'

asked

her no more

,lr,.,tr,nr;.'l'lrtrr-cr were also, she saw no old photographs or ¡,r, I rr,.., r,l llrt, lirrnily in the house to help her. \rr1,rr r;lt'¡rl ¿¡ lot in the garden, and soon Vera too began to ,, I \ ¡l.lol t irllccl to say that everything was going well at the

,,llr,, li, t

r ¡,

,l lo

loI

Vt,r'i¡ rc¿rd her magazines, went

lit'l

for long walks, and

¿rbout WOfk.

\llr r lr¡r,o r,vt'r:lis, Angie was still pale but she fclt bcttcr. Vcrur

.r rr ,r lrrrrly lo gct back to Ballantine's. Both womon w¿rnl.ccl r, , , \'rl, lor irgirin, but for different reasons. Vera wanted to ,,

r,,¡,lrr:. ¡rl;rrrs lor changing the company. Angie was falling in

l,,rr r\rllrlliltr. I I rrrrl il! Vilitor's changed everything,' said Vera to hersell. lrr \\,r, lrrrt li. in her office in NewYork, and she was shocked. llr yt':;, I'vtr lound some new people, and some of the old ,rrr11,l Ir;rrrr' g,«lttc. 'l'hey weren't working well,' said Viktor ,, lr, rr ',lrr' ;rslicd hiln about it. 'It's a stronger company now. We ,¡rr

.t

r'l

l¡t. rrli"¿licl

of changing things.'

llrrt n,lry ¿rrcu't Sasha and Mylene here?' asked Vera. 'you rlrr.r1r,:;rritl

thir1,

llr, :rrrilt'

they worked very well.'

suclclcnly

Ieft Viktor's face. 'something terrible

lr.r¡'¡,1'¡rcrl, Vcr¿r. 'l'lrey found Sasha and Mylene dead in a back tr, , l li¡sl n¡t:cli. 'l'here was blood everywhere. The police thinh t I r.rt rt rA,¡rs ruurclcr.'llhey were near a club, tslack's. It's always l,rll ,l slrilrgc pcople. I think that Sasha and Mylene were ,lrrrrkirrll llrcrrc iust bclore they died. I didn't tell you about it

-a----

v¡olent

hurting people easily

Fleur /flt¡cr/

rival

trying to do better than you in somethinq

'Yes,' said Fleur. And I was with them at Black's that night

because you were on vacation and needed to rest.'

And do you know anything about their deaths, Viktor?' asked

-

irrst before they died.'

'Was there anything unusual about them?' asked Vera'

Vera.

'No,' replied Viktor. 'Nothing at all. It's terribly sad, but, New Yorh can be a violent place. You know that, Vera.' Vera walked back to her office. 'l don 't bclicve

him,' she said to herself. Shc immccliately called Fleur, a young dcsigncr who was working at a rival fashion house. 'Hi, Fleur,' she said. 'llow are things, dear? l've lust heard

the terrible news

,

¿rbout

Sasha and Mylenc. You knew them both well, didn't you?'

'No. They were happy, laughing, and dancing,' explained ,But I remember one strange thing. They spohe to Viktor lrleur. S¿rrav. He arrived while we were there. He wasn't happy to sce Sasha and Mylene. I think that he was angry with them r¡[¡out something. He was shouting at them. But there was no lighting in the club. Soon after that, Sasha and Mylene left" 'Did Viktor leave with them?'Vera asked, interestedly'

'Not long after,' Fleur replied. 'Why?'

'Oh, nothing. I'm just trying to understand exactly what lrappened that night,' Vera explained. 'l see. You know' Fleur went on, 'I think that Sasha was in lovc with Angie Ballantine, and that viktor was jealous of him. l'llat was maybe the reason for their disagreement" 'Yes, maybe. Thanks, Fleur,' said Vera. She put the phone down, held her head in her hands, and tlrought for a minute. Then she called Angie who was at home' rlill tired after the Iong plane journey back from Bulgaria' \1cra gave her all the news about Ballantine's. she also told her ;rbout Sasha and MYlene's deaths. 'l didn't want to say this to you, Angie, but rs

I must' Viktor

clangerous. Violent things happen around him all the time'

\tru must be careful. I'm very worried for you" 'l)on't worry about me,' answered Angie' 'For me, Viktor is strong, not dangerous. He's done so much for Ballantine's in the past months. He cares about me, Vera' You can't say rrnything to change that. Please leave him alone' Like he says' Ncw York can be violent, and terrible things happen' I trust lrim. You must trust him, too. I'm finishing this call now' bcfore you say anything more against Viktor'' With that, Angie ended the call. Vera put the phone down slowly. She suddenly felt very tired and alone' 29

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t

Correct n¡ne more mistakes in the story.

Aitan

Viktor, Vera, and ArlqiC qo 1o ,)n ¡rrrfx)r1,nl f ,rsf tion sltow in l¿R#,,url. After the show, Angie is very tired and Viklor lclls I I

I

hcr.tItortl

lris llo,rt in f3ulgari.-r. Angie and Vera agree to go there on

vacation for scven wct'ks ltt Bttlq,ttia, Vt'ra tries to spcak to the housekeeper the old man does not understa¡d her.

BoLh Vera

t*.

., l¡ | ,l

r

lrr. wt¡rds in Activity 1 on page 30 to complete the sentences. rt , , I rlL lr,,r lif r, ¡s ¡ fiqqseKeeP€f for a rich ltalian family. r,r,,rrrvw,r',,rlrig... .......attheMilanfashionshow. ¡, t,,,l,lrrlsltitneedstogoona....... rrr rr,,riri .......intown.Theyplaygreatmusicthere.

aboutViktor but

and Angie want to go back to New york

as

..

lrr,,rrlr.l',r,lost

for leavinq my job. I don't enjoy the work

a lot of their businessto

.......,

as possibie. Back at the office, viktor has changed few things. He tells Vera the good news about sa

and Mylene. They died after a night out af Black\.Iheir dead bodies were found inside the on the ground. Vera does not believe Viktor's story. she calls Fleur, young a writer who knew Sasha and Mylene. Fleur teils Vera that Viktor was at the ciub on the n¡ght of her friends,dea She thinks that Sasha and Viktor maybe had a disagreement over Angie. Vera tells Angie that

must trust Viktor, but Angie doesn't listen because she loves Vlktor

, , ', ,lt VikLor's apartment, ... t 1r,,, rll,, llor on his cell phone. ., lt lr,ll,, lrcr thathelovesher r L rivr,,, ,tnd finds her there. rr

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a....

and he has a knlfe.

.....company

r Chafior 6

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of llro yr',1

In thc lirllowing u,ccks, Vera became obsessed with Viktor S¿rr¿rv. W¿rs hc r«rlly as bad as she thought? She needed 1o Iintl sorrrcr ¡rr«rof' somewhere to show it. But where? Anrl Ilow?

bc.krri'wtrllr

apartment

Llves

Orrc nig,h1, shc sttrycd behind after evcryone left

thc

doorman

people who cont' in and out

elevator

I ,

She

quickly wrote

,r

the namc 'Vihtor Sarav' and y, waited. A lol ol news slories ffi about him camc up on thc

yoLr

There was some news

about his work for Ballantine's and the success of the Milan fashion show But there

'What exactlv

rr1

ol lLlt¡llt rl wlrlrr'

to herself.

' Vera said to herself.

ll ili

closet,rlrilrl

screen. Ah, that's better!' shc said

was nothing about his time in Bulgaria or in any other fashion houscs. Then Vera saw something strange. How old was Viktor exactly? Nobody kncw! In some of thc stories he was in his twenties, but more oflcn hc was older. Somc of the stories talked about a man who was ovcr sixty! Flow was that possible? His face was your"rg ancl he movcd likc zr young man. Was he lying about

thls

takes peoplc Lrp and down 1o dlfforc¡L f txrts ll

and used her computer to look on

Internet.

a

man who looks after a bui dinq ¿nd watch-^s thc

lrirst, she wcnt to Viktor's computer ¿urd turncd it on. But it showed her nothing intcresting about him. f{ext, she went back to her office

ol'licrc.

the

,r

numb-or ol roorr', in a bulldinq where somco¡t'

ilrtr went inside and loo ,,rlrrd. Viktor's apartment was cold I vcry tidy. Thc walls were white and all ,' tl'rings in the rooms were black or rcd or ,'y. Iiverything was in its place. ln the living ()nr, there were a lot of magazines. In Viktor's r

'rlroom, the closet was full of modcrn and expensive '1 lrch clothes. She went into the hitchen and opened the ,r¡rboards there. There was surprisingly little food' The rfrigerator was nearly empty, too.

l )lrl Llr

11

l

. rr

r

( \\'r ()ntl¿rboutthat,' said

' .,'r ( ¡,l,lh'.'l lovc Angie vcry , lr ,urtl slrc loves me. We r , , l rt' l otcl hcr for the rest r

,,I |

,. r¡

why can't you rr tts? People ask

trvr.s. ,¡r1' li

,|.il t\, (lucs1ions.

Yo¿t ask

, ilr,ilr\/ (lu0stions. Be very . trrl ;rrrl thinh beforc you ,l \i'r';r. Vru can fight me -

\ \ lro rrc you, Viktor?' she askcd, her voice shaking. \ rl t.r 's lirc:c suddenly changed belore her eyes, and he gave , Irr; rrrost charming smile. I nr llrc succcssful image consultant for Ballantine's, ancl ,, ,,r I'll lrrr thc husband of Angie Ballantine, the beautiful facc

L,ilr

\,('l'y sllcccssful company.'

verv un'l..'.. furious

weddino time whe-n

the

two

peoplemarrv

evil

very bad

vera was furious. you, Viktor?' shc

'Yes

-

and you'll be very rich then, won't

Are you going to do something with that old family housc in llulgaria? It's falling down, isn't it? And your olcl housckccpcr rrccds some help, too, doesn't she? Oh, yes Arrgit"s nl()r)('y will llc vt,ry usclul lor all ol thal!' Vil
s¿ricl.

[r¿rcrh ¿rr,

hcr luriously for a minute, but then he

smilcd cherrmingly oncc morc.

'Wcll, that's my business, isn't it? And if Aou're rich, Vera, it,s because you're nothing but a thief ! please leave now before you say anything more. You can't stop me, Vera, because I know too much about you. The wedding is next week. Angie and I don't want to wait. She's happy and she needs me. So don,t do anything to change that.' Vera opened her mouth to speak, but she felt very afraid of Viktor now. She wanted to scream and shout, but she said

nothing. There was something really evil about Viktor, but what was it? She still had no proof. Silently, shc turned round and walked out of the apartment. shc could feel vihtor's cold eyes looking at the back of her neck while she was leaving. Just when she reached the door, she felt a strong hand on her arm and she jumped. 'Don't forget what you came for, dear Vera,, said Viktor, and he

When she was in the street again, she looked up at Viktor's window She could see him standing there, watching her. 'This isn't the end of it,'Vera said to the dark figure. ,I,m not finished with you yet.' ,please

tell me that it isn't true, Angie,' she said to herself. 'please tell me that vou're not going to marry Viktor.' Angie answered the phone and said immediately, ,Oh good _ it's you, Vera! I wanted to call you. I have some wonderful news.

I'm going to marry Viktor! please

say

that you're happy for me!,

-irrt", Vera c[uld not speak' I ... I know, Angie' I've just seen Viktor and he

, rl vtr;rs I rue. For a

¡, r'.

cxcited. I'm looking at wedding dresses now, but I can't decide. I'm not even sure rl,,,rrl llrr) colour. What do you thinh - white, or grey, or I

gave her last year's company magazine.

Vera took her cell phone from her bag.

,,

r,,l,l rnt'. It's wonderful news.' rr

r so

rlr, rr' ;u'('too many and

,,,.r1lrr'('vcn red? Vera, you have to help me' I want to be 1,, .rrrlilirl on my wedding day. Can you come to the office? \

'l',

l.n'lrt' lvc can decide on my wedding dress together''

\(':i.'irnswered Vera''Of rlr, r t' in

¿r

course

I'll help you, Angie' I'll

be

l'ew minutes.

\\'lrt'n she finished the call, Vera thought that she heard 'n('onc ,rl,,rvt'llCf.

laughing evilly. The noise came from somewhere high

${E&#$rufr {'F{§,flffi

Trut.

Are these sentences true or false? Tick the boxes.

a Vera looks at Vlktor's computer to find out mori: alroLrl llill b Nobody on the lnternet knows how old Viktor rr',rlly i,, c Vera opens Viktor's door with her key. d Vera has not been toViktor's apartment befori,. e Viktor's apartment is very tidy. f There ls very little food in Viktor's refrigerator. g Viktor comes back early from London. h Vera says that she ls looking for some clothcs. i Viktor has bought a dress for Angie. j Viktor tells Vera that he is going to marry Anqii'. k Angie is looking at wedding dresses. I Vera is really very happy for Anqie.

Thursday February 28th

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What do you th¡nk happensin the next chapter? Use the names of the people to complete the sentences.

obsessed

elevator

looV

looV

oye^ed lÁe á,0o.. I looVeá, nride Vtktor,, h) . .. .

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lo

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Use the words in the computer to complete Vera's diary on page 39.

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nteá

Y>allanl,ne's.Y>"t

w#ffiñ3 ffi*ffiK

closet

I wa

r,ry cor^?vte. lo

called Angte a^á sl"e sayslV,af \t,s

apaftment

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tlnow to ) slaled lale at f he wro.e abort

'..''

I

scf eL¡ll

lnternet furious

fail refrigcra tor

wedding

Angie Ed Valdemar

Vera

ffi&swfifimñffi

a

tells Vera about Don,s letter,

b Viktor kisses c

on

the neck

follows Ver¿to her apartment.

d Something terrible happens

to

3B

39

Cha4orT-rhowd)in6 guest

a person that you invite to ,r wedding or a party

kiss to touch Iovingly with your mouth

A week later, Angie married Viktor. She was very pale be¿rutilul in her long, white wedding dress. It was

and

made by Ilallan.inc's, of course. Ed Valdemar thought that Angie was too thin, but thc other guests did not agree. Most of them worked fbr ll¿rllantinc's, and they thought that being very thin was really beautiful. 'Oh, she's so wonderful,, they all said. ,Lihe a world-famous model. Just right.' After the wedding, there was a big party fbr all the guests in Angie 's garden. At the party, Vera and Valdemar began talking. 'You're right, Ed. Of course she,s too thin. I don,t think that this wedding is good for her.' 'Hmmm,

yes, maybe you're right. It,s very soon alter everything that's happened. But I think that it,ll be the right thing for Angie in the end. Viktor loves her and he,s very good for the

1oo, yr_ru know.'

company,

'l'hey loolied across the garden at viktor who had Angie in his anns. She was smiling, but her face was very tired, and there wcre darh circles under her eyes. Viktor, who was in his usual black clothes, was kissing her neck again and again hungrily.

; ::¿= P=

qffi"-,*-

Vera loohed at Valdemar. Her face was confused. 'What ¿rrc you saying, Ed? How do you know that Viktor himscll' in thc parking garage?,

'l)on

hit

lctter to me before his accident. He saw viktor hit himsclf' on thc ctct'r'v c¿rmera recording, and he wanted to tell me about it. Don erased the recording because he was worried about Angie sceing it. He thought that maybe it wasn,t so important, and I agrced. That,s why I said nothing.' se

nt. a

vera was furious. 'Not important? It's important to m¿! viktor lied about that, and he lies about everythingl He's evil! He,s violent! I know that he killed Don! Maybe he killed Sasha and Mylene, too!Why didn't you tell me this before? What have you done, Ed? What's going to happen to Angie now?, A lot of the guests standing around them were looking very uncomfortably at Vera now. Valdemar took hold of Vera's arm spoke to her quickly and quietly.

with one big hand and he

'Vera, please stop this crazy talk. It's Angie and Viktor,s wedding day. I know that you're unhappy, but you mustn,t do this. You're wrong about Viktor. He,s good for Angie. please don't spoil everything for them.' 'But you don't understand,' Vera said. Angie's in the most terrible danger.' Vera pulled herself away from Valdemar and ran from the garden. Valdemar watched her go and shook his head sadly. 'Poor woman. She's been half crazy ever since George and Anne died so suddenly in that plane crash.' Viktor looked up when Vera ran past him to the house. ,Excuse

me,' he said to Angie and the guests who were near them. ,I must go into the house for a minute.' He walked through the house to the front door, quickly opened

it, and looked up the road. yes! He courd see vera in the street. She was in a hurry, running to her apartment, which was not far from Angie's house.

\ rl.lot'lollowed Vera to her apartment building' She took thql r,rlol up to her floor - the 13th - and Viktor flcw up thq¡ I r r :r. I lis figure made a shadow on the wall like a huge bal. ,l ;rllt:t' Vera opened the door to her apartment' Viktor camg

,1,

l,

¡

,

r

¡

r

riclil¡l behind her and pushed her inside' Viktor put his hands rounQ

\ ('r ir sicrcamed and fell to the floor.

I,, r nt'r'l( ¿rnd looked hard into her face' Yorr'vo gone too far this \ r r1,¡1r'¡;

time,' he saidcoldly' 'You tried tospoil

wedding day!'

\{)u'rc crazy, Viktor,' screamed Vera' 'You're Üazy andevil, - and poor Mylene and Sasha' I'n surg I need to knou'r¡' , ,1 I Irirt now. Did you kill George and Anne, too? \ t's, Vera, I did,' said Viktor. 'When I first read about Angie o¡1 tlr,' lntcrnet, I became obsessed with her' I knew that I wanteq .

rr

r,l y{r.r murdered Don

lr|r irs my wife. I just needed to find a way to meet her So ¡ ,l, , irlccl to take a job at Ballantine's. George and Anne's deat\, r\,'r'('nccessary for my plans to work' That's why I sentbaq , rlr I the engines of their plane and it crashed. The other deat\u toonarry ;LlXifl,ifl:'* ¡r';l lrappened. They were people who began asking ,1r

rt'stions and spoiling things. So they had to

go''

'n:l¡¡,o,T,ffl''"d

tlr, u lrr'l)ul on ltis clarh glasses and carefully washed Vera's l,l, r,r I lr onl lllrr corncrs of his mouth. After that, he opened

,

,1, r

1,,, 1,,,,r,

r

,,,,'r

¡

r

rtl k'll I hc apartment. Minutes later, he was back once

vacatron that

with some of the guests. She saw Viktor

,,,,|, .rllcrl otrl lo [rim. t\ lr, r r' l¡¡¡y1r yt)u bccn, darling? The party just isn't the same l,,r r';rn(r ovcr and put his arm round his wife.

¡l

i lr.r,l lr) nr¿tkc a phone call about our honeymoon. I was , I rr., l,r ir spccial room in the hotel. I want only the best for l. rr lrr r1i

,

Mrs Sarav.'

rl , rrlrklirrg guests smiled at Vihtor. 'What a charming and

,,,r' nriur! theythought. Andheloves Angie so much!'l'his r

I

i , r lr lirrg

r

,1

,rrri,,

,

i,, \ r,,r,,,

,l

rl,

is

ol' the year. Ballantine's is a great success ¿tnd wc'rc

lo [rc rich!' One of thc guests tooh his glatss in his htrncl. lor irnd Angie,' he said loudly, 'and to their wonclcrlul

¡

lr,1it.llrCr.'

r

1,rrt' lrcld up their

glasses. 'To

Viktor and Angie!' they all

lr,r¡r¡rily.

,r lr,ul rll,ur riltclt, lirlcr, /\trBle go to the Angie allLt and Viktor into their vll(lor got rlrto tllclr caf car to t() g() tlre , , ¡',,r I 'l'lrr: guests went into the street to say goodbye to them. ,, ,, ',rrrik'tl at all her friends. I t

,

i ,

r cr r' I sccn Vera for a while. I wanted to say goodbye to her. ,u k rrow where she is, darling?' asked Angie. r

,, lir¡l clon't worry about her. r l Lrrc ,

lr

.

something

honeymoon

rrr .\rr1iir"s gilrdcn.

', ,,,r, \\,irs Ilrrrghing

darling that you say to someone you love

She's fine,'said Viktor. 'She

lorliry that she's very happy for us. We can put all our

r irt'rrnlcnts behind us now.'

'Oh, that's wonderful,' said Angie, touching his pale facc with hcr fingers. 'l'm so luchy to have the twcr

o[ you.'

a

a

man and woman take together just after they get married

ffiHes§rus {§.!§cH

omplete the sentences with the Gorrect form of the words in Activity

;

Alter the wedding, John and Sandra went on their.

.

1

on page 46.

hong)i:na.9n

Itrr Dracula is a famous

, I :, I

'm Sor'r'ythat llied toyou. Doing that was a Ihere were over a

hundred

really.

. . at

........thing.

the party.

Shewasvery lovingto herhusband and she always called Maybethe bad

weatherwill....

......theirweddrng

him'... ...... day.

It's surprisinq that some people still believe in vampires in the twenty-first. The sun is goinq down and I

always. ..

.

the....

,.....are

becoming longer.

.

,ti§§5 W*IAT What do you think happens to these three people in the next chapter? Tick one box to finish each sentence.

1

a

Find eight more words from Chapter 7 in the letter square.

Angie ...

1 fl 2E EE

b

learns that Viktor is a vampire. goes to the Bahamas with Viktor. f¡nds out that Vera is dead.

Viktor ...

1 E thinks about how he will make Angie into a vampire 2 E goes swimming and does not come back. 3 E tells Angie that he does not love her.

L

LiB

U R

Y

c

Vera ...

1 f] 2E ¡ E

comes to the hotel to see Angie. calls Angie and tells her about Viktor. is on theTV news.

ChagÍor8

-

Tfr¿ frohclr,ooh

- reading, eating, looking out of the window

at the shy. What's so

hard about that?'

Are you very tired, my darling?' asked Viktor kindly. 'Yes, I am,' said Angie. 'But that's not surprising really. The

It was wonderful, wasn't it? Everyone was so kind. Of course, we'll need a bigger house for all the presents. But it all went so well, and I'm pleased about that.' wedding was so exciting.

'Yes, my darling. You said Angic,

know everyone at ISallantine's is very

happy for both of us.'

And I'm happy, too - but I can't stop thinking about Vera. Why hasn't she called me? Is she all right?' 'Don't worry about Vera, my darling. The days

of my disagreements with her

are finished now. Remember?' 'Yes, I remember.

That's good.'

fust, thcn, 1.hc ncws cunc on lhc lurgc l,clcvision in their hotel room. 'l'hc s«xllrl wirs lunlo(l rlrwrr, lrut liom his beach chair.

Illr: lt:lcvision s(:rc(ln. 'l'ltcrc wrrrc wortls 1¡i¡y¡rllirrg irl
Vil<1,
¿tnd hc rc:¿rcl llrcrrn:

l¡urrotrs.lirshillr

/r¿rrrsr, ¡trrt'l

trcr tlits

lir¡l rt

ir

tt¡ ¡l

¡i¡tl at ltt»ne ...

'Ycs,' Vilit.or tlrorr¡ilrl,'Vcr¡r rlitrtl I'iglrting ull right!' She was a strolrg wonliul, ¡rrrtl slrt'tlitl nol go rlown quichly. Of course, as a vanr¡rir(r, lt(r witfi slrorrl¡t'r llliur llcrr, but he really enjoyed killing Vcrir lrcrcitustr sltt'lirrrglrl lol'llcr Iif'c. FIc really enjoyed drinking hcr [rloorl, loo. ll wils s;() cxt'itirrg. She was a good rival! KillingDon, andhis molhcr itntl lilllrtrr orr Illt'olhcr hand-

llrr.rr llying into the engines of George's plurrc, lrilting llrt'wintlslritrlcl of'Don's car. What was interesting about llrirli Then there were Sasha ancl Myltnt'. S¡rslri¡ on('('sirw himself as a rival for Angic's love. Wh¿tt ¿t lx)()r, wt'irli lirr¡l! Angie was was boring. His bats dicl all lltt: worlt lirr lrirrr

far too good for him! And Mylcrrc,

¿rs

so()n lrs slrc lrrrrrcd ugainst

Viktor, was so boring. He jusl hirrl lr¡ liill llrcnr lrollr to teach them a lesson. Their deaths were very easy. tlc r-lsrrtl Iris I'rrili'olrt't'lirr Sasha, and once for Mylene - and they li:ll lo llrc grrrrrrrtl without a sound. There was a lot of knifc c:rinrc i¡r lltt'slrt,t'ls ncar that club. 'The police will be busy for ¿l vc:ry lorrg lirrrt, lr'.yirrg lo find Sasha and Mylene's murderer,'Vil<1.or llrorrglrl, i¡utl lrc laughed secretly inside himself.

He looked again at the TV scroon.'l'ltr,woltls now on the screen were about Ballantine's:

trageily. Sixth deutlt ... Ah well, no publicity is bad publitrit.yl' llrorrlilrl Vililor. 'Of course, Vera's death is going to be h¿¡rtl orr Arr1,,it,. llr¡l wilh me Fashionhouse

tragedy

a

terrible thing that happens

very

at her side to help her, Angie's soon goi

and feel happy again.

rr

g I o li rr'1ir,l Vt,r'¿r I )«rn ato

['ll never tell hcr llr¡rl

Vt,r'¡r w;rs

i¡ thicf.

.ry|ffi"'"¡s§ñws,'

"

" """"

"W

My job now is to please Angie, to stay happy

- for centuries and centuries.'

He stood up and went into the room. He turned off

the television and took a white flower from one of the vases. He walked back out onto the balcony and gave the flower to his wife who smelled it, and put it in her hair. They stood side by side together and loohed out at the dark blue ocean. The sky was beginning to go red and orange. The shadows under the trees were darker and longer now. Ah,' he said. 'The sun's going down. This is my favourite time

of

day.

I'm

a

real "night bird", you know Angie" luc§ isn't it? I loved lying in the was younger, but now I feel really uncomfortable

'Me too,' said Angie. 'That's

sun when

I

doing thal,. Antl ol' ('ortrsc, I ncrcrtl 1,«r bc ptüc and interesting. A rcd nosc irrsl isn't riglrl lirr ir rnorlcl in a l¿rshion photo!' wcnl lr¿rt:li lo sil on rlown [.¡csirlc llr:r.

Shcr s¿tl,

hcrr [rcirr:h r:[r¿rir. ancl

Arrg,icr, rrry clirrlirrg, don'1.

Viktor went and

to her

you unrlcrsl¿¡nd? You're becoming a

himscll. Angie noticcd thc little smilc ¿rt thc corners of Viktor's thin mouth. 'Why are you smiling? What are you thinking about?' asked Angie.

'Oh, good. That's nice,' she replied' 'Well, I really can't wait She lay back on the beach chair and smiled happily. Vihtor looked at her beautiful face, and the two small, red holes in her long, white nech. He suddenly felt thirsty

for blood, but he decided to wait until later that evening to drink. He spoke silent words to Angie in his head.

'I'm thinking about our next vacation,' answered Viktor. 'Why don't we go to Bulgaria in the fall? You Iiked it there, and I haven't visited my house in Varna for a very long time. We can go after the next Paris fashion show.' 'What a good idea,' cried Angie. 'You knoq I want to spend a lot of our money to make your old home beautiful again.' 'Me too,' said Viktor. And maybe this time you can meet some of my family in Varna.' 'Your family!' said Angie. 'But, Viktor, I didn't hnow that you had any of your family left there!' 'Oh, yes. I do,' replied Viktor. 'I come from an old Bulgarian family, you know

*

verA old. The Saravs go back

to the 16th

century.' 'Then why didn't I meet any of them beforc?' Angic asked.

'You didn't meet them because I didn't think th¿rt, it was a - not before the wedding, you hnow' cxplirirrcd Viktor. 'They're an unusual crowd, shall we say? l}ttt now you're my

good idea

wife, and there's no turning bach. I hnow th¿rl 1l¡¡ry'll bc very pleased when they meet you in Varna! 'l'hcrrt's rrr.y sislcr, my three brothers, my mother and father, my g,rirrrrlnt«rtlrcr on my side

husband's

to meet all of them.'

vanrpirc. Arrcl var.npircs don'1. lihc [rright sun,' he said silently to

mother's

and Angie wasn't listening very carefully words any more.

of the family, my grandltrthcr orr

rrr.y

lirllrcr's

side,

and his father, too. They'll be really happy wlrcn llrr,y k'rrrrr that new American blood is coming into t.hc Sirrirv lirrrril.y!' The soft sound of the ocean under Viklor's voit't' wl¡¡r so rcstful,

'When you have your bath tonight,

mY

I'il take all the blood from your body and I'll give You mY

darling,

I'll

go to you.

vampire blood to drink. You won't

die,

my darling. You'll be born again before the morning as a full vampire, lihe me. And then - we'll have all the time in the world to oh, then

be together!'

,;

RTADII{G

(}IE(K uvCIRü uIIüH.H

Correct the mistakes in the sentences.

Baharnas Viktor and Angie go to the A/eld.irres for their honeymoon. They drive there from New york. They change their names when they arrive at the hotel.

Use words from Chapter 8

to correct the boxed words in these sentences.

a b c d e

Hamletisafamous travel

..

Can yoLr put the flowers in

that blue voice

The Pacific is the biggest

otrice .. .. QCgAn. .. . in the world.

Drinking fruit jump Our hotel room has a big

.......byWilliam

. is

.

.

Shakespeare.

on the table?

not as good for you as eatinq the fruit itself.

company . .

.

..

looking out over the beach.

Viktor makes two sandwiches for himself and Angie. e Angie

is

worried because Ed hasn,t called her.

&t

§§§ tn,$lÁT

What hapPens after the story ends? Choose from these ideas or add your own.

Í

Viktor can see the radio from his beach chair.

I

Viktor smiles because he didnt like killing Vera.

h Viktor used his dogs to kill Don and his parents. t

Viktor killed Sasha because he fell in love with Mylene.

t

Viktor tells Angie that he has three sisters in Bulgaria.

k Angie

agrees to go to V¡ktor,s house

to kill his

family,

aI

Angie becomes a vampire and lives

bI

happily with V¡ktor in Bulgaria.

c I

Vera comes

to

e f.. fLl

vampire Viktor.

life again as a

and she falls in love w¡th

Angie finds out aboutVera's death and she kills Viktor angrily.

dE

Angie does not become a vampire, but goes back to Ballantine's.

@ 1

Famous vümpire stories

Read the text and

write notes in the information table below.

help you.

Use a dictionary

2 to

Read the notes about anotherfamous vampire story and complete the text below.

Author of novel Name of vampire Name of novel Publication date Setting of story Vampire's victim(s) Description of vampire

Animalform(s) Special powers

Vampire habits End of story

Author of novel Name of vampire Name of novel

Publication date Se-t1ing

of story

Vampire's victim(s)

Description of vampire Animalform(s) Special powers Vampire habits End of story

3

Do you know any other famous vampire stor¡es in books or films? Research and write about one of them, using the texts ¡n activities I and 2 to help you.

Afamilycrest

@

objects with the

lfi

I

storY'

ffi

ffithe Sasha Demidov d&

Vera Donato

\

ffi m Mylene Lavine

*F

a__á\ \

ffiwry kffi \ *-' \$LLL

Read about Viktor's family crest and complete the table on page 59.

Viktor

Sarav comes from an old Bulgarian family. The Saravs have a family crest. This is a picture that tells us about the history of a family.

Viktor's family crest has four s]¡mbols: a bag a castle, a lion, and the rrroon. The bat means that the family are vampires. Viktor nses bats to

kill

George, Anne, and Don. The castle tells us that the

and very old. The

lion

fanfly

is rich

is a strong, confident animal, and the Saravs

are stron& confident people. The rnoon tells us that the Saravs are people of the night. They are strongest at night when the moon is

ftill.

Under the family crest, there is a motto. This is a short scntence which says something important about the family. Viktor's family motto is Danger is Sweet. What does this mean? We know that Viktor enjoys a fight. Vl/hen his victims die easily, he is r.rnhappy. So his family nlotto means that Viktor loves exciting things.

3

Here is Mylene Lavinet family crest and notes about it. Read and complete the description of the cest on page 60.

ffi e+ffi w

tur'ork,4bore

4//

Thtngs

§fr4&4MAffi ffi§U{K Past Simple and Past Continuous

Mylene Lavine comes from an old French Canadian FIer family crest has four..

of.....

.

....,a. ..The . and ..

They are a . .. ..

.,the. .of....

of

. Mylene works in fashion and

....

musical instmments. The ..

Mylene

.

... .. nleans

The Ballantines

.

..

.. .. .. tells us

that Mylene

With stative verbs Past Continuous.

needs

.. and the ...

1 family

..

All Thhg* Mylene's family have always

knows that she must w'ork hard to get

.

is

Work

X

-

we don't usually use the

Angie had a beautiful face.

y'

a

WhatwasVeradoingduringthereadingofthewill?(look/aphotographofherfriends)

b

What was Don doing? (hold / Angie's hand)

She was iooKrn3 oJ a,phe-tagr:aph

things in life.

w

of her friends,

c

How did Anqie and Don feel? (feel

d

What dld Valdemar do while he was leaving? (think

e

What were George and Anne doing in the photograph? (smile)

i

sad)

/ p ,n. u..ia.n,l

Match the mottoes with the people. Use a dictionary to help you.

a b c d 5

like feel, like, Iove, think, and want

Answer the questions about the beginning of the story. Use the words in brackets.

hard. She

the

But she enjoys her job and loves r,r'orking at Ballantine's.

4

-

Angie ++esh*tng a beautiful face.

to live and work. And the

enjoys

were flying over open country when their plane crashed.

The Ballantines' plane crashed while they were flying over open country.

a

Many people in Mylene's family play

Mylene is a warm, friendly person. FIer Above

that was in progress when events in the Past Simple happened. We use was /u/ere + present participle to make the Past Continuous. We often use when to introduce the Past Simple verb and while to introduce the Past Continuous verb.

,anda .....standsfor

these things are important to her. The .. . .

We use the Past Simple for finished past events. We use the Past Continuous for an activity .

Ed Valdemar

Vera Donato

Angie Ballantine Sasha Demidov

1 2 3 4

My face is my fortune Protect the weak Friends are forever The

law

is above

all things

choose a character from the story and invent a family crest for him or her. Follow these steps:

-

Choose four symbols and explain their meaning. Choose a motto and explain its meaning. Draw the family crest.

2

Put the verbs in brackets in the

text into the

WhileViktora)..WO§. la.aK.ing

(look)onthetnterner,heb)..

of Angie. She c) .

.

d)

...(fall)in love,and

While

hef)......

. (smile)

....

(decide)that hewanted ro marry

Ballantine's,ViktorquicklyS)...

Vera'senemy.Oneday,heh).. .......(come)intotheofficewitha round his head. He

j).

..

¡)......

...(tell)Angieallaboutitwhen

.. (ring). While Viktor k).. . ..

look at the CCTV recording.

.......(see)aphoro

beautifully at the camera. Viktor immediately

hee)...

....(work)for

Past Simple or the Past Continuous.

.

.

her,

....(become)

bandage

suddenlythe phone

(answer) the call, Don went to

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(${tr{}{

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Direct speech and reported speech

To

ln direct speech, we give the words that people say or think. ln reported speech, we think, etc.) and we put the verb in direct speech one step back into the past. we also change the pronouns (1, you, etc.) and the possessive adjectives (my, our, etc.) we usually use that to introduce reported statements.

After the verbs begin, enjoy, finish, go, go on, like, Iove, prefer, remember, and stop, we use verb + -ing.

use a reporting verb (say, tell, ask,

'l'n going to cry,'thought Angie. 'l

carit tell anyone about Viktor!' said

Angie thought

Vera.

Vera said

that

ttút

.l

,p

¡6s

q¿tnq tO

she coulcJn't tell anyone

Valdemar preferred living in New York to livinq in Stockhotm.

After the verbs begin, declde, forget, learn, like, need, remember, try, want, and would Iike, we use fo + infinitive.

Ctlt.

about Viktor.

Angie decided to work as a model.

When we report quest¡ons with the verb be, we change the order of the subject and verb. we use a question word - what, where, when - instead of that to introduce a reported information question. 'What

ore

you doing, Vera?'asked Viktor.

(-

+ infinitive or -ing form of verb

with the verb remember, the meaning changes with fo + infinitive or verb + -ing. Don remernbered to rnail the letter.

(= the remembering

verb + subject)

is

first and looks forward to the mailing)

Viktor remembered rneetinq Angie for the first time.

Viktor asked Vera what she was dotng. (= subject + verb)

(= the remembering ls second and looks back to the meeting)

3

Write these sentences as reported speech.

a

'Ballantine's

Valde.rnar explolned b

With the verbs begin and like, the meaning does not change. New people began to work

is ln your handsiexplained Valdemar.

thot Bollqntine s wos in their.

'Things don't change very muchi he said.

Sasha liked ro desiqn

hando

4

/

/

working at Ballantine's.

clesigning women's clothes.

Complete these sentences about the story with the fo + infinitive or verb + -ing formof the verb in brackets. .hA-v.9.

d

'What are we going to do?'Angie asked Vera.

e

'l know important people, too,'said Don.

f

;vu,u

g

'Where are you going, Don?'asked Angie.

rt ;

iru

,.urrf

gooO

.

.

.

. (have) a

job at Ballantine's.

.

(work) with Sasha.

.

.. (show) Anqie's photo to

*o,r,.,;rflornn,uuO.rur.

*unl,o n.

o

'ru

o

;";

63

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Reflexive pronouns

Modal auxiliary verbs: can, could, must, and have to

we use reflexive pronouns (mysell yourself, himsell hersell itself, ourselves, yourselves, and themselves) when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.

We use can (can't) / could (not) + infinitive without fo to express ability, permission, or requests. Veracouldn'trunanyfaster.

He often asked hinself about the accident. D¡d the bat

5

hurt

(- pastability) HecanspeakBulgarian. (-general (: permission)

/

Could I osk you a question? (= req uest)

They told themselves that Angie was a wonderful model.

Can

we can also use reflexive pronouns to emphasize who did something, or for things that a person does alone without anybody else.

We use must (not) + infinitive without to for strong obligation or prohibition.

Angie ate nothing herself.

We use have to / don't have to + the infinitive when something is necessary necessary. I have to leave. You don't have to answer me naw.

I

Viktor found the photo himself.

Read Vera's diary. Complete the text with the words in the box.

Hiñ.ñ;r*rr

f--r.*rI ly'.jf

-ütf

tlg5*es_

_-ry'_.1_u."1_

myseif---

ygtl1¡¡li-

nust nail that letter. (= strong

*l

th,at pl,ane uesh,

You don't hove to do

snro,

woLL

trustVíLtar,

fle

....

as

ít

he,

.

,

,

I

danlt

hít ne íw tho parLínj garagt ,' 6ub I thtwk that lw naybo h,urt tle

jnst

aLL

wawts frngíu

ta

looL

sarryfor

[in,

VíLtar

.....

nadoLT' Sho ísnlt c6fi¡¿rn¡

lomorroru wr'ru

Saírg

ta

fl . . . at aLL, De,ar

at

l4íLan so úfi¿ ñ¿t^¡

.

......

ín

bh,e

ísr',lt

.

dan't needhin,l4gLonc andSash,a eruuül166dr,oorL¿rs,

h,er bínc l,aaLing

noL

(-

necessary)

You mustn't do

that 1-

it's not a good idea)

obligaiion from outside the speaker)

hin. (= obligation from

inside the speaker)

past.

He had to leave.

as .

0f

..

ínparbawb

-

and

we,

da

caurso,paar frryíe

nínar and asLinj,

'Caw

I

reaLQbo

allíco nust I,aaL altor

7

Vera wanted to tell everyone about Viktor,

h¡

'l have

can to go back

/

'We don't have 'We can't 'Could

/

I

to

arvd dawlt

trnst VíLtarl

.

mustn't fo visit Bulgariaisaid Vera to Angie.'lt's just one ideal

I haven'tvisif Milan and not go shoppingisaid

Angie.

Have I look at that magazine?'asked Angie.

Complete the text with suitable modalforms. Don a). ..AQUi.d-nlt. .. show Angie the CCTV camera recording because she wasn't very

b) .

c) now.le)

.

.look after her.'l

d)....

... ".trustViktor

that he hit his own head and said that it was Vera. Oh, why did our parents die in a crash? Before that, my poor sister g)

-

can't

New Yorki said Viktor

to her houseihe thought.'We fo,

but shelJ-luJdlN

Viktor said,'You must / have be very careful, Vera. I know too much about you.

strong. But he

ffnjio, pl,oaso Laak aftor 9) ./arL

Choose the correct modal verb in these sentences.

a b c d e i

sano q,Lo5tíót;,

thínLs, ñh,e,nho's awa!, wo Laak afto,r th,t busínoss e)

u¡¿ü[, ü.)¿

sperrds

a

...bhl

Sal,Lanbíno,'s

caw, íngostordagwíth, abandago, an[ís

h,cad sayíwj, 'Sane,ans

d)

6

Qcago was

eru

/

frJ Qoargo artd frnnc díed ín

a5Líhlc)...... , Thínjs aron't jaínj ab

ar.;dDar.

n

aLL,

that. (= it's not

speakto him.

We use had to for inside and outside obligation in the n

(= prohibition)

I

ffuír,jthepLarle ....er\díbwasnlbtlwlírsttíne,,VaLdenar

b)...... l'

httu

You mustn't sn¡oke here.

There is a small difference in meaning between have to and must.

1o11,,,,,,,,,,,1se1ves

I must speak to

It

asL a) . . . .'rn)§e

obligation)

There is a big difference in meaning between don't have to and mustn't.

I have to

I aftor,

ability)

On Fridays, you can wear jeans at the office.

on the windshield?

itself

issadallthetime.lh)....

.....

.

.

f). ...

drive

.. ... laugh. Now, she

forgettomallthatlettertoValdemarAllofus

be very careful in the future

.

.. believe

ro GRAMMAR CHgCK Tag endings

Gfi&fvlA{Affi

with different tenses

Yott r on drive,

with

c

ctn'Í

you?

most tenses, we repeat

She wc,¡:, afraid, wasn.L she?

Vero ha:,n't

Á/e won,t be late, will vve?

With affirmative Present Simple or Past Simple verbs, we use do or did in thequestion tag.

8

Viktor hod a r l,

you?

I

left

the computer

on, rlidn,t l?

what did viktor say to Angie? comprete the questions with tag endings.

,t

iil 1voice.

We use adjectives ending in -ed to talk about how people feel.

the main verb or auxiliary verb in the question tag.

he? tef , has she?

You like htm, don't

us feel different things.

For Valdemar, the will was not so ¡níete;tiuq.

you c rLn,t drive, con you?

I le isn't a vamp¡re, i5

fi{§(K

Adjectives ending in -ing and -ed we use adjectives ending in -ing to talk about things, events, and people that make

We use question tags to check information, or to ask someone to agree with us. The tag contains a main verb or an auxiliary verb + a subject to match the sentence. When the sentence is affirmative, the question tag is negative. when the sentence is negative, the quest¡on tag is affirmative.

Vera was tntete;ted ¡n the will. Everyone was pleosed w¡th V¡ktor\ work.

10

Choose the correct words to complete the sentences.

a b

When Valdemar learned about his friends,plane crash, he Vera thought that her job was very ¡nterest¡ng

Angie and Don felt woried

a You don't need io resr,. .. .dq )a.q b You'llbethefaceofBallantine,s, ..........? c Youaren'tcrying," ........? d We must go to Milan, ......... e Wedon'tneedtotakeVera, .........i f You have everythinq, .......... ?

/

/

*as6,fi¡u-drt

interested.

worrying about the future of Ballantine,s.

?

Viktor had same exc¡t¡ng / excited new ideas to help the company. After her brother's death, Angie feltfrightened /frightening of the future Maybe Don was bored / boring with his job at Ballantine!.

?

For Angie, the idea of being a model was frightened

llwas

surprised

/

/ frightening.

surprising that nobody knew how old Viktor really was.

Angie was interested / interesting in going to Bulgaria.

9

What did Angie say to Viktor? Use the prompts to make sentences.

a

you

/love

we

/

not having

c

Vera

d

my shoes

e

you

f

you /be going

/

be

/

worried

much luck

/ good friend 7

/

/

not be / very nice

have not talked /Valdemar recentlv

/

marry me

/

/worrying

I

bored.

exciting because Viktor wanted to marry her

The terrible accldents were verv

....... Y.q!a..lqye.fig,.dpn'1..)aq........?

b

A long vacation in the same place canbe boring Angie was excited

me

surprising

n

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