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Stormy Weather Bad year or hurricanes. Experts say there will be bad weather this year in the US. Southern US states such as Florida and Georgia oten have hurricanes during the late summer. But weathermen say this year will be bad. We are expecting maybe 15 storms said one weatherman. Hurricanes are very dangerous. They can damage buildings and kill people. Last year was quite a year or hurricanes. But 2005 was the worst year in history. In 2005 there were 28 dierent storms and one o them “Hurricane Katrina” Katrina” became inamous ater causing billions o US dollars o damage. The government say that people have to take dangerous objects inside. They need to protect themselves rom the winds which can reach speeds o more than 130 kph.

Boring Holly Hollyw wood Reporter says Hollywood flms have boring ideas.

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A reporter says that Hollywood is boring. James King who works or the BBC says that Hollywood has no new ideas and that they need to be more original. “This year the new lms are Shrek 3 Spiderman 3 Pirates of the Caribbean 3 and Harry Potter 5” said King. “These lms are just the same every year and now it’s getting boring.” Hollywood producers like to remake lms. Very oten sequels make a lot o money but King says that this is a bad thing or the industry. “It is the same storyline and the same actors working or the same producers. Something has to change” he says. However some people think that remakes are a good idea. “People “People are amiliar with the characters and can see them develop. This is a good thing” said lm producer Chris Bean.

GLOSSARY a hurricane n a storm with violent wind to expect vb i you “expect” something to happen you think that it will happen a storm n violent weather with strong winds damage n destruction to protect yoursel rom something exp to do something so you are sae rom danger a wind n a current o air that is moving to reach a speed o 130 kph exp to be at a maximum speed o 130 kph boring adj not exciting to get boring exp to stop being interesting a remake n a new version o a lm a sequel n a lm that continues the story o an earlier lm a storyline n the main story to be amiliar with something exp to know something well

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What kind o oe do you like to wea? tigh ones? Baggy ones? Odinay ones? Soe people like to wea aggy ones. But a new law in the US ay soon stop this.

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Hip Hop clohing Here is some more ashionable clothing. A baseball cap Trainers “sneakers” US English Hoods Boxer shorts Tshirt

In American English they use the word “pants” to reer to trousers. However be careul because “pants” in British English reers to the clothing you wear under your trousers. GLOSSARY

Indecen expoe “I you expose your underwear you’ll get a ne” said Mayor Carol Broussard o the US state o Louisiana. He was reerring to a new law that makes saggy trousers illegal. He argued that they were an “act o indecent exposure”. And people who are caught with their trousers down  could pay a ne o up to US$500. The Delcambre town council passed the law. The law makes it a crime to wear trousers that show your underwear. Oenders could go to jail or up to six months.

Mr Broussard added “They’re better o taking the pants o and just wearing a dress.”

Fahionable But many people are angry about the new law. Some say that the law targets Arican Americans. Many Arican American hip hop ans wear low-slung trousers. However Mr Broussard denied that the law was racially motivated. “White people wear sagging pants too” he said. A town lawyer added “This new law adds underwear to the list o orbidden exposures. It’s all about not showing o your underwear in public.”

saggy oe oigin Saggy trousers were originally worn by prisoners in US prisons. In many prisons prisoners cannot wear belts. This is to prevent suicide attempts and it is also as a way o humiliating the prisoner. And o course it means that their trousers are very saggy.

trousers n clothing you wear to cover your legs tight adj “tight” clothing is very close to your body baggy adj “baggy” clothing is too big or you saggy adj “saggy” clothing keeps alling down underwear n clothing you wear under your trousers a ne n money you must pay because you have committed a crime indecent exposure n showing private parts o your body in public caught with your trousers down exp two meanings: with your trousers not covering your legs; caught in an embarrassing or illegal situation up to US$500 exp all the numbers including and beore US$500 pants n US an American English word or trousers a target n the object o an attack or criticism low-slung trousers n trousers that are very low on the body and appear to be alling down orbidden adj prohibited an exposure n i there is “an exposure” a part o your body is showing a belt n an accessory used to hold your trousers around your body

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Americans are the most generous people say CNN News. Last year Americans donated almost $300 billion to charities. Many o these charities help people who live in Arica. They also helped US citizens ater the destruction o Hurricane Katrina in 2005.

People in Spain have the healthiest diet in Europe a new report says. This is because they eat more sh and resh vegetables than people who live in the north. Fish provides omega 3. This is an important acid which helps people stay healthy. It is very good or the heart the eyes and the circulation.

Spanish ootball player Fernando Torres will play or Liverpool next year. The 23yearold has agreed a ouryear deal. He is valued at €40m. The two clubs also agreed a deal or Luis García to return to Atletico Madrid. García played there during the 200203 season.

Prince Charles may change his name when he becomes king. Many people thought he would become Charles III. However newspapers now say that he may become George VII. This is because the name Charles has a bad history in Great Britain. Charles I was executed in 1649 and his son Charles II 16301685 had to spend 18 years in exile.

Just call me Georgie.

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Read the sentences nd the errors and correct the sentences. Then listen to the CD to check your answers. Good luck! Aterwards you can read the er ror analysis section.

1. I asked them to give me the inormations. 2. She is about to start her university career. 3. I would like to discuss about the problem with you 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. 11. 12. 13. 14. 15.

please. She opened the top by a screwdriver. He lives in small town by Manchester. Could you call to me tomorrow please? Please phone call me as soon as you get this message. She asked him to call her with number 0892 45978. We will can watch television on our mobile phones in the uture. The meeting is cancelled until next Friday. He is not capable to do this job. You need special capacities or this job. This vase needs a special care and attention. Take care o not catching a cold. He stayed at home to take care ater the children.

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“Inormation” is an uncountable noun so there is no plural orm. Your “career” is a proessional job that requires training and that you choose to do or the majority o your lie. There is no preposition with the verb “to discuss”. You do something “with” a tool. We oten use “by” to mean that something is right next to you almost touching you. We call someone not “to” someone. You can either “phone” someone or “call” someone but not “phone call” someone. You call someone “on” a particular number. The uture o “can” is “will be able to”. I you “cancel” something it will never take place; i you “postpone” something you plan to do it at a later date. The expression is “capable o ” + verbing. “Capacity” is the quality that someone has to experience give or receive. For example “He has a great capacity or love.” The things you learn in order to do a job are “skills”. “Care” is an uncountable noun. The negative orm is “take care not to…”. You can use either “take care o” or “look ater”.

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Gol Deam Jen and Mary are playing gol. Jen stands over the tee or a long time deciding how best to hit the ball. Finally Mary asks “Why are you taking so long?” And Jen replies “My husband is up there watching me rom the clubhouse. I want to do the perect shot.” “Oh” Mary says “It’s going to be really hard to hit him rom here.”

the door o their little house is open. Cautiously they go inside. Ater a while big daddy bear says “Someone has been eating my porridge!” And mummy bear says “And look someone has been eating my porridge.” And little baby bear runs in and shouts “Forget the porridge. Someone has stolen the DVD player!”

Fly sale A man goes into a pet shop and walks up to the counter. “Good morning sir. Can I help you?” asks the shop assistant. “I’d like a y please” says the man. “You’d like a what?” asks the assistant looking conused. “I’d like a y please” he repeats. “I’m sorry sir but we don’t sell ies here.” “Well there’s one in the window.”

Paien Paience Angy Bea The three bears return home one Sunday morning ater a walk in the woods. When they arrive home they see that

A man is recovering rom surgery when a nurse asks him how he is

eeling. The man replies “I’m all right but I didn’t like the our-letter word the doctor used in surgery.” And the nurse asks “What did GLOSSARY he say?” a tee n a small piece o wood or plastic “Oops!”

tommy Coope Joke (Tommy Cooper was a famous British comedian from the 1970s.) You know somebody actually complimented me on my driving today. They let a little note on the windscreen it said “Parking Fine”. So that was nice.

So I got home and the phone was ringing. I picked it up and said “Who’s speaking please?” And a voice said “You are.” So I went to the dentist. He said “Say aaah.” I said “Why?” He said “My dog died.”

used to hold the ball during a game o gol a clubhouse n the place where golers have a drink get changed etc a shot n i you take a “shot” you hit the ball with the gol club hard adj dicult a bear n a large animal that lives in the woods and likes to eat honey the woods n an area with many trees porridge n ood that is made rom oats a type o cereal that are cooked in water or milk a pet shop n a shop that sells animals the counter n the long table in a shop where you are served a shop assistant n a person who works in a shop serving customers a y n an insect with wings to recover vb to rest ater an operation a our-letter word n two meanings: a word with our letters in it; a swear word a word that is insulting oops exp an exclamation o surprise to compliment vb to say good and positive things about someone a windscreen n the piece o glass at the ront o a car that a driver looks out o a ne n money you must pay because you have committed a crime to pick up phr vb to answer the phone

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Have you applied o a visa? What did they ask you? What did you say? A new epot attacks the Bitish visa application pocess o getting into Bitain. riends. The man had told the ocer that he didn’t want to stay with his riends or the entire 28day visit.

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No Englih, no eny Have you ever been to Britain? I you have why did you go? A new report shows that people who don’t answer this question “correctly” are oten denied a visa. Some visa applications were rejected because a visitor has planned a holiday or “no particular purpose other than sightseeing”. Others were denied because it was “the rst time I have travelled abroad”. And others were rejected because they couldn’t speak English.

ridiclo eaon Many people have criticised this attitude. “Some o the reasons or rejecting visas are completely ridiculous” said Linda Costos who works or an organisation that monitors UK visas. “Rejecting a visa because it is the rst time that someone travels abroad is simply silly. There is a rst time or everyone who has gone abroad on a holiday. Not having done it beore is an acceptable reason or travel” she said. “Denying a visa because the trip is just or sightseeing is

just unbelievable. That’s what the UK is amous or: sights worth seeing” she added.

Moe example One case involved a young woman rom Russia. The customs ocer rejected her because “you have little or no idea what you plan to see or do in Britain”. This young woman had answered a question on the orm asking why she was going to the UK. She had written “annual leave vacation”. A perectly sensible response surely? A tourist rom Japan wrote “I just want a holiday and I want to visit the seaside.” And the ocer who rejected the applicant wrote “You have not named any places you will see.” Erm what about the seaside? In one case a man rom Brazil was reused a visa because the ocer didn’t believe his story. The ocer thought it was not credible that the Brazilian tourist was going to stay in a hotel that was more than 20 miles rom his

Many organisations are GLOSSARY to deny vb ghting to improve the to say that something isn’t true to reject vb British visa service. They are i an application is “rejected” it is also hoping that some o the not accepted rejected applicants will be sent sightseeing n visiting the tourist attractions in a an apology. “We also want city/country to travel abroad exp to see an improvement in to go to another country the language used to explain to monitor vb to watch observe and evaluate reusals to applicants. But annual leave n there is still a long way to go .” a holiday you get once a year as part o your job Just recently a UK university a vacation n US a holiday ound itsel in a battle with the seaside n the area next to the sea where immigration ocials. Almost people go or their holidays 70 “bona de” Chinese to improve vb to make better; to increase the students would have missed quality o their course i senior sta an apology n i you make an “apology” you say hadn’t intervened. sorry And in another case 57 a long way to go n i there is a “long way to go” there qualied teachers who were are still many things that need due to start a Teaching English doing bona de n as a Foreign Language TEFL genuine; real miss vb course at the university were to i you “miss” a course you are unable to go on it reused visas to enter the UK.

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CD tack 6 Englishan & Iishwoan

In this onth’s gaa un section we’ll be looking at “as… as” to ake copaatives. pronoun (I, you, he, she, we, they), but it is much more common to use an object pronoun (me, you, him, her, us, them). For example: a) She is as intelligent as me. I

I’m not as small as a mouse.

Negaive compaion We can also make negative comparisons using “not as… as” (“not so… as” is also possible) with both adjectives and adverbs. For example: a) Mary isn’t as pretty as Jenny. b) Bob isn’t as clever as Brian. c) He isn’t as interesting as his mother. d) She didn’t speak as ast as I did. e) Mike didn’t drive as ast as Sally.

Non We can use “as… as” to say that two things are the same in some way. a) She is as tall as Gordon. b) This elephant is as big as the other one.

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Adveb We can also use this construction with an adverb. For example: a) She spoke as ast as I did. b) Mike drove as badly as Sally.

We can use “as… as” with an adjective. For example: a) Mary is as pretty as Jenny. b) Bob is as clever as Brian. c) It’s as cold as ice.

b) They are as careul as us. we c) He is as tall as her. she

Clae We can add a clause after the second “as”. For example: a) This exercise is as easy as the one I did last year. b) This exam is as dicult as the rst one I did.

We can use “as many… as” with countable nouns; and “as much… as” with uncountable nouns. For example: a) They don’t have as many children as us. b) He doesn’t have as many houses as me. c) She hasn’t got as much money as Brian. d) We don’t have as much time as we would like.

c) He ran as slowly as his brother. d) They walked as quickly as each other. d) He’s as interesting as his mother. e) She’s as bored as her ather.

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e) They treated us as airly as we treated them.

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The Spice Girls are back. The ve girls Emma Bunton Mel Brown Mel Chisholm Victoria Adams and Geri Halliwell haven’t sung together since May 1998. But now they’re getting together or a reunion tour which includes concerts in London and Madrid. “For us it’s about celebrating the past enjoying each other and it’s about our ans. It was kind o now or never” Halliwell said.

Ater more than ten years Sir Elton John has nally won. The amous singer was ghting a legal battle against a Parisian art dealer. Sir Elton accused the art dealer o selling ake sculptures. Sir Elton had paid $360000 or our statues o Greek gods presumably rom the 18th century. However an art expert said they weren’t authentic. Sir Elton was awarded more than £250000.

It is the biggest archaeological nd in Egypt since the discovery o Tutankhamen's tomb in 1922. Egyptologists say they have identied a 3000 yearold mummy. They say the mummy is Hatshepsut Egypt's most amous emale ruler. Hatshepsut was more powerul than either o her more amous emale successors Neertiti and Cleopatra. The mummy was originally ound by Howard Carter in 1903 but was never identied. A DNA test has helped Egyptologists conrm her identity.

“I sincerely apologise to anyone I may have oended” American actress Cameron Diaz said ater she was criticised or carrying a bag with a political slogan on it. Diaz had visited the historical Machu Picchu site in Peru with a green bag which had a red star and the words “serve the people” printed in Chinese. Many said that the slogan brought back memories o a Peruvian war against Maoist rebels in the 1980s and ‘90s. More than 69000 people died in that war.

GLOSSARY a reunion n a special meeting between people who have been separated or many years a tour n an organised trip that musicians go GLOSSARY a charity on doing n concerts in dierent cities adj an organisation ake that helps people in need: not real; the a copy poor people with vb medical to awardproblems etc a citizen to give asna prize a “citizen” nd n o a particular country isdiscovery a someone who belongs to that country a mummy n a dead diet nbody rom many many the type years agoothat ood has rom been a particular preserved country in oil and cloth a ruler deal nn anperson a agreement who governs and rules in incountry a exile n expare i you to bring are back livingmemories “in exile” you orced to remind to live youinoanother something; country to or political make you reasons remember something


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Presidential Advertising Clintons make an advert or the You Tube generation

Bill Clinton has appeared alongside his wie Hilary in a new advert. The advert is designed to help Hilary in her attempt to become the rst emale president o the United States o America. The couple meet in a US caé and have a conversation which reveals that Hilary Clinton’s ocial campaign song will be “You and I” by Celine Dion. The advert is designed to connect the Clintons and their campaign with the young generation who use the internet more

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and have been called “The You Tube Generation.” “This is a new and entertaining way o connecting with people eectively” said a spokesperson or the Clinton amily. However some people say it is dangerous or Hilary to associate hersel too closely with her husband. Although Bill Clinton is still very popular in the US “it is a good idea or hersel to show that she is dierent and she has dierent ideas” said one political reporter.

Celebrity Marriage Rod Stewart weds again

Third time lucky.

GLOSSARY

British musician Rod Stewart has got married or the third time. He married British model Penny Lancaster at a ceremony on his yacht in the Mediterranean Sea near the Italian town o Portono. Rod Stewart is amous or his relationships and marriages to beautiul women. He was previously married to Rachael Hunter a supermodel rom New Zealand. They eventually divorced last year. Some people say this cost Stewart £66m. Rod Stewart rst

became amous with the band The Faces in the 1970s. Later he had a successul solo career. Some o his most amous songs include “Maggie May” and “Da Ya Think I’m Sexy?” Beore he became amous he travelled around many dierent European countries as a singer. In the early 1960s he was banned rom Spain or vagrancy. The wedding ceremony between Lancaster and Stewart was private and they have not made any ofcial comment.

alongside adv with an advert n a piece o publicity on the television radio etc a couple n two people in a relationship to connect vb to create a link or relationship with entertaining adj unny and enjoyable to watch a spokesperson n a person who speaks or an organisation to associate yoursel with someone exp to support someone publicly to divorce vb to separate legally rom your husband/wie a solo career n i a singer has a “solo career” he/she leaves the group and starts singing by him/hersel to ban vb to prohibit vagrancy n a style o lie that consists o moving rom place to place and having no permanent place to live to make an ofcial comment n to say something ormally to the press


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This is anothe pat in ou ini-seies on stange acts. Whoeve thought the wold was so unusual? The biggest exporter o Brazil nuts is not Brazil but Bolivia. Only 55% o men wash their hands ater going to the toilet. Now getting those statistics must have been a un job… not.

Dalmatian dogs are born white and without the spots. Guaranteed protection rom Cruella de Ville.

The longestrunning animated series on TV is The Simpsons.

The Chinese eat about 50% o the world’s pork . Chinese brides get married in red. It takes about 5000 litres o water to produce 1 kilo o rice; and it takes about 2.5 kilos o grapes to make hal a kilo o raisins.

I you ll a matchbox with gold it could be attened to cover an entire tennis court. Jamaica is the largest English speaking island in the Caribbean.

Britain’s oldest breed o dog is the Bearded Collie.

Alcatraz prison got its name rom a native word meaning pelican.

The largest McDonald’s is in Beijing China. It has twenty nine cash registers and covers an area o about 9000 square metres.

The Hollywood sign cost $21000 to build.

Bruce Willis was born in Germany. You use more calories eating celery than there are in the celery itsel. Most vegetables and virtually all ruit juices contain a small amount o alcohol.

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A girae can clean its ears with its 8cm tongue. Incidentally mummy giraes give birth standing up. The baby alls rom a height o about two metres and without being hurt usually. The soil o one amous vineyard in France is considered so precious that vineyard workers are required to clean it rom their shoes beore they leave or home each night.

a un job exp an interesting and entertaining job a matchbox n a small box that contains matches little wooden sticks used or creating re to atten vb to make at level and smooth a tennis court n an area o ground where you play tennis a breed n a “breed” o dog is a particular type o dog pork n meat rom pigs a bride n a woman who is going to get married in a wedding celery n a type o vegetable. It has long green stalks the long thin part that joins it to the plant or tree a grape n a type o ruit used to make wine a raisin n a dried grape a cash register n a type o computer that records what you buy in a shop and prints out a receipt soil n the earth a vineyard n an area where grapes are grown or making wine


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Dea M Windam, O course I would be delighted to help you. OK here goes. There are some verbs in English that cannot be used in the continuous orm. Many o these verbs are related to cognitive activities mental processes  what you hate like preer know understand believe and how you analyse and create logic rom the world. For example you cannot say the ollowing: a) INCORRECT: I am knowing the answer. Correct: I know the answer. b) INCORRECT: They are liking the ood. Correct: They like the ood.

The ollowing verbs are not normally used in the continuous orm. They are oten reerred to as “stative verbs” as they describe a xed state. For example: Like: I really like this lm. Love: She loves that story you told her. Hate: I hate this drink. Want: They really want to go. Need: We need a change o scenery. Preer: I preer this book to the other one. Know: We know what you are thinking. Realise: I didn’t realise what you meant. Suppose: I suppose it’s the right one. Mean: You don’t really mean that do you? Understand: They understand what we said. Believe: I don’t believe this. Remember: Do you remember what I told you? Belong: This belongs to Sam. Contain: It contains a list o the most popular songs. Consist: What does it consist o? Depend: It all depends on your personal belies. Seem: She seems to be sad. Be: It is the best one yet.

saive and non-aive veb There are a ew verbs that can be both stative and nonstative. For example when “think” reers to your belies thoughts and ideas it is stative. For example: a) I think it is a good idea. b) She thinks you are nice. However when “think” reers to the action and process o thinking it can be used in a continuous sense. For example: a) I was thinking about you. b) We are thinking about doing it. When “to have” means “possess” it is used as a stative verb. For example: a) She has a house in the country. b) We have a cat. However when “have” is part o a verbal structure it can be used in the continuous orm. For example: a) We’re having a great time. b) He’s having a bath. When the verb “to be” reers to someone’s character it is used as a stative verb. For example: a) He is the most intelligent person I know. b) She is really beautiul. However when “to be” reers to a temporary state or an action in progress it can be used in the continuous orm. For example: a) He is being silly. b) She is being selsh.

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Hee’s anothe pat in ou seies on good, bad and unny ciinals. Dnk Dive A drunk driver literally took himsel to jail. Bergen Jerken was three times over the limit when he crashed his car through the walls o a police station in Switzerland. Police say 36yearold Jerken lost control and skidded o

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the road crashing straight through the side o the police station. A police spokesman added “He was unhurt which is more than can be said or the car and the police station. He can say goodbye to his licence or a long long time.”

Ligh Hand “I couldn’t see in the dark so I turned on the lights” said Jim Bumble who was arrested ater breaking into a sports club. “I had no torch so I turned on the rst light switch that I could nd. Unortunately this was the switch to the oodlights o the club’s ootball pitch.” Local residents who saw the lights rom their nearby homes called the police. “I

tried to turn the lights o but I couldn’t” Bumble added. Bumble also managed to switch on the ootball pitch sprinkler system.

robin Hood Bank Manage A German bank manager has been jailed ater stealing money rom the rich to give to the poor. Michael Hooden took money rom rich clients’ bank accounts and transerred the money electronically to clients who had problems with debts. In total the 52yearold banker moved more than 2 million


euros in the bank where he worked in the small town o Richentaun. He decided that poor people needed it more than the rich. He helped all sorts o people including single mothers pensioners and even a young man who lost his job because o ill

health. Suddenly these poor people ound thousands o euros in their accounts. And no one ever said anything about it. Hooden eventually turned himsel in ater he realised he could not cover up what he had done any longer. He has been sentenced to 34 months in prison. He said “I elt or the unemployed and the poor and wanted to help them.”

GLOSSARY three times over the limit exp with three times more alcohol than is permitted when driving to skid vb i a car “skids” it goes out o control and moves sideways oten on a wet road to say goodbye to something exp i you have to “say goodbye to something” that thing is taken rom you to break into a building exp to enter a building illegally and with the intention o robbing a torch n a small electric light which is powered by batteries the oodlights n large powerul lights or illuminating a ootball pitch / stadium etc to switch on phr vb to turn on; to connect to the electricity so it works a sprinkler system n a device to water plants or an area o grass or to ex tinguish a re GLOSSARY n n a charity bank account anplace a organisation in the bank thatwhere helpsyou people can in need: leave money the poor or take people it outwith vb medical to transer problems etc n a citizen to move money rom one account a “citizen” to anothero a particular country n who belongs to that is debt a someone countrythat you owe someone money a single diet n mother n the a mother type o with ood norom husband a particular or country partner a deal to turnnyoursel in exp ango to agreement to the police voluntarily and in exile to admitnto a crime phr“in vbexile” you are i you to cover are up living orced to hideto inormation live in another so that country people or political do not discover reasonsthe truth

A look at the two political parties in the US.

ELEPhaNts & DoNkEys ELEPhaNts&DoNkEys As you pobably aleady know, US politics is doinated by two political paties: the Deocats and the republicans. Evey ou yeas, they join in the electoal fght to decide who will be the pesident o the United States. Let’s look at the two paties. the sa

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The origins o the US political system go back to the 4th July 1776. Back then a group o American politicians known as the “ounding athers” issued the “Declaration o Independence”. Thirteen years later ater the War o Independence against Britain George Washington became the rst President and since then the US has had 55 presidential elections and 43 dierent presidents.

The Republicans have won the last two American presidential elections and the current president George W Bush is a member o the Republican Party. The Republican Party is not as old as The Democrat Party but it is considered to be more traditional. The Republican Party was ounded in 1854 by antislavery protesters and soon had its rst president Abraham Lincoln. The party is oten supported by white middleclass Americans and politically it is right o centre. Ronald Reagan a Republican is considered one o the most popular US presidents ever. He started lie as a Hollywood actor and later moved into politics. One o his important policies was giving more power to companies during the 1980s. Since then the Republican Party has had a strong connection with big companies such as Exxon Mobil which is the richest company in the world.

the Democa The oldest political party is The Democrats. Interestingly when this party was ounded in 1792 they were called the Democratic Republican Party. Many o the most amous names in US history are connected with this party. Thomas Jeerson was one. He was the author o much o the “Declaration o Independence” and later became the 3rd president. Another name which is associated strongly with the Democrat Party is John F Kennedy. He was a young and charismatic leader when he became the President in 1961 and the US nation was shocked when he was assassinated in 1963. The 9th US president Andrew Jackson also played an important part in Democrat history. When Jackson was campaigning in the presidential elections o the 1820s his opponents called him a “donkey” as a orm o disrespect. Later the Democrats used the donkey as their unocial logo. Traditionally the Democrats are the party o the political let as they have liberal policies and have oten supported workers armers ethnic minorities and the poor.

the Fohcoming Elecion American elections are always interesting. The candidates oten say silly things by mistake as in the case o George W Bush and oten lm and music superstars get involved in the election campaign. In the last election in 2004 Britney Spears supported Bush saying “I think we should support our president in everything he does” whilst Ben Afeck and singer Stevie Wonder supported John Kerry. Experts say that $1billion will be spent in total by the parties and the candidates. So get ready or all the sel promotion and the backstabbing – it’s almost election time.

When Jackson was capaigning in the pesidential elections o the 1820s, his opponents called hi a “donkey” as a o o disespect. GLOSSARY charismatic adj with an ability to attract and inuence people to assassinate vb to kill an important political leader to campaign vb to do things in order to create more support or a political party the political let n people with liberal socialist ideas to ound vb to start a group or organisation slavery n the system by which people are owned by other people as slaves right o centre adj with conservative traditional ideas to get involved exp to participate backstabbing n doing things against others; doing things to people who trusted you

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A look at some o America’s presidential candidates. e r u t a e F r e v o C

It’s pobably the ost ipotant election in US histoy. And the est o the wold is watching to see who the next leade o Aeica will be. Let’s have a look at soe o the candidates. the ace i on The presidential elections don’t take place until late next year. But the action starts now. Candidates rom both political parties ght in “primaries” across the country to see who will win each party’s nomination to ght or the presidency. Many people have said that this is one o the most important presidential elections in US history. There are big dierences between all o the candidates on issues such as medical care the war in Iraq and the power o big business. The US media oten reers to the candidates who ght against each other in the primaries as the “seven dwars”. So we have decided to have a look at seven o the people who just might become the 44th President o the United States. Which one would you vote or?

the Favoie – Hilay Clinton (Deocat) All the polls have said that the wie o exPresident Bill Clinton is the avourite to hl win the nomination or The Democrat Party. She obviously already knows her way around the White House and she has political experience ater six years o serving as the junior senator or New York. Hilary Clinton was never a quiet “First Lady”. She supported her husband ater his “improper physical relationship” with a White House intern called Monica Lewinsky. She also organised many conerences about the rights o women and she is generally considered to be a liberal. The Republicans have said it would be a “disaster” or the country i Hilary Clinton won the election because she does not “understand economics”. There is a rumour that the Republicans are so worried about the prospect o Hilary winning that they have created an oce in the White House in which people are trying to destroy her campaign. Recently Forbes magazine printed an article calling her “one o the most powerul people in the world”.

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thEsEvEN spe Mayo – rudy Giuliani (republican)

Rudy Giuliani became amous around the world rd in September 2001 ater terrorists attacked the east coast o the United States. Giuliani was then the mayor or New York City. He became a popular gure oten giving interviews on television and the radio. In 2001 he was named by Time Magazine as their “Person o the Year” and people started to reer to him as “America’s Mayor”. Giuliani is considered the avourite to win the nomination as Republican presidential candidate. He is a wellknown tough politician helping to make New York City a saer place and sending the maa bosses o the “ve amilies” o New York to jail. His opponents say that he is too right wing and that the country needs a change. However Giuliani is a very popular politician and he may just become the rst ever president o Italian descent.

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the riing sa – Baack Obaa (Deocat) A year ago no one had heard o Bc this junior senator rom Illinois but now he is the rising star o US politics. In the last ew months he has managed to raise more money or his election campaign than the avourite or the Democrat nomination Hilary Clinton. He is only the th Arican American to become a senator in US history; and i he won he would become the rst ever Arican American president. One o his popular policies is to stop the war in Iraq. At the Democrat conerence in 2004 he said that America has to “win back the respect o the world”. Whilst he is very popular amongst many people some experts say that the US isn’t ready or an Arican American president yet. However so ar his campaign has been ver y successul.


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In 2001, he was naed by Tie magazine as thei “Peson o the Yea” and people stated to ee to hi as “Aeica’s mayo”

DWarFs the Miliay Heo– John mcCain (republican)

John McCain was a candidate or the Republican nomination Jn in 2000 but he was beaten by George W Bush. He has been the senator or Arizona or the last twenty years and is a popular gure in US society. He is a traditional conservative and some people say that his policies are very close to those o George W Bush. He is in avour o the death penalty and is against governmentunded healthcare. He is a requent guest on many US talk shows which has led to his popularity. However he has also been involved in some controversy. He once made a joke about the daughter o Bill and Hilary Clinton saying that she was “ugly”. He also sung a song at a Republican convention with the words “Bomb bomb bomb Iran”. Beore he started his career in politics McCain ought with the US Army in Vietnam. He was seen by many to be a military hero. During the war he was imprisoned and tortured.

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the smooh Opeao – John Edwads (Deocat) John Edwards was involved in the last presidential election Jn in 2004. He campaigned to be the vice president alongside ocial candidate John Kerry. He is currently the senator or the state o North Carolina. During the 2004 campaign he became a popular public speaker using his experience as a lawyer. His opponents have criticised him or being too “populist” and or “not having any backbone”. His main policies include reducing the threat o global warming and providing a healthcare system or all. Beore becoming a politician Edwards had a very successul career as a lawyer and he wrote a book about his experiences called Four Trials.

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Romney is the governor o the state o Massachusetts and declared that he was running or the Republican nomination on 13th February 2007. He has spent much o his career working or big companies and he was the CEO o Bain & Co one o the world’s biggest management consultant companies. One o Romney’s greatest achievements was to make the Winter Olympics at Salt Lake City a success. Beore he was involved they were suering rom big nancial problems but Romney was credited with changing this. He is politically conservative and supports the death penalty but he is supportive o gay marriage – a progressive policy or a conservative politician.

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the Wildcad – Al Goe (Deocat) Many people say that Al Gore was robbed o the presidency in 2000 when he was deeated by the Texan governor George W Bush. His recent documentary An Inconvenient Truth has brought him a new level o popularity and Gore himsel has not ruled out another attempt at becoming the president o the United States. Who knows? By the time you are reading this Al Gore might just have joined one o the most important races in history.

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the primaries n internal elections to decide who will represent the Democrat or Republican party in the presidential elections a dwar n the seven “dwarves” are the seven little men who looked ater Snow White a poll n a series o questions you ask the public in order to obtain opinions to know your way around a place exp to be amiliar with a building or organisation the First Lady n the wie o the president an intern n a person who works in an oce or ree or very little money in order to gain work experience a mayor n an elected leader o a town or city tough adj emotionally and physically strong right wing adj with conservative and traditional political ideas a rising star n a previously unknown person who is becoming more and more popular to raise money exp to generate money to win back respect exp to make people respect/like you again to beat vb to win against the death penalty n a punishment o death or committing certain crimes healthcare n medical assistance provided by the government to imprison vb to send to prison backbone n the courage to do dicult or unpopular things a policy n a political idea a threat n a danger global warming n the theory that the world’s temperature is increasing because o pollution etc to run or phr vb i you “run or” an elected position you present yoursel as a candidate in the election CEO abbr chie executive ocer – a very high management position in a company a management consultant company n a company which advises other companies on strategy etc to be credited with something exp i you are “credited with something” good/positive people say you are responsible or that thing to be robbed o something exp i you are “robbed o something” someone wins against you but unairly to rule out something exp to say that something is not possible


A look at what makes a good leader. s r e d a e L y k c u L

Welcoe to the fst pat o ou ini seies on leades. This onth, we’e looking at a ew o the ost aous leades in histoy, and soe who wok in oden day business. What is it that akes a good leade? Have a look o yousel.

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Winon Chchill

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One o Winston Churchill’s strongest characteristics was durability. He was a major gure in British politics in total or sixty years. During this time he served in many important positions in the government – the most important o which was his period as prime minister between 10th May 1940 and 27th July 1945. He eventually retired as a member o parliament in 1964 at the age o 89. However Churchill’s most important leadership characteristic was his conviction. In one o the darkest moments in British history on 4th June 1940 when a German invasion seemed imminent he made a speech which characterised his strength and conviction. He said that i Britain was invaded “We shall ght them on the landing ground. We shall ght them on the beaches. We shall ght in the elds and in the street. We shall ght in the hills. We shall never surrender.” That was enough to unite the nation.

Gandhi is remembered by many or his ability to bring together people o all backgrounds. Indians like to reer to him as the “ather o the nation” because o his success in bringing Indians o dierent religions and ethnic groups together in the political movement. Gandhi had a belie in collective disobedience and was against the use o violence in his attempt to evict the British colonialists. One o Gandhi’s strongest leadership characteristics was his ability to work towards a common cause. He spent much o his lie campaigning or an independent India and even at the time o his death he was trying to unite Hindu and Muslim Indians.

I want some independence too.

Chiophe Colmb Who wants another speech?

Columbus is generally regarded as the rst European to discover the Americas. His most important leadership qualities include bravery and perseverance. Columbus had an idea to sail westwards across the “Ocean Sea” in order to nd a better way to reach the Indies. This was ater the deeat o Constantinople which had made the old land route impractical. To make his idea work


LEaDErs Columbus needed money. So he had to persevere or many years beore he eventually got the nancial support o the Catholic Monarchs o Spain: Ferdinand and Isabelle. Then he started a voyage into the unknown. At the time there were many stories o monsters and pirates and there were theories that the world was at. However Columbus showed that he was a determined and brave leader. On the 12th October 1492 a Spanish sailor rom Seville called Rodrigo de Triana saw America or the rst time. Although Columbus was mistaken and had not ound a “quick” way to India he had made one o the most important discoveries in human history.

his rst business a magazine called Student . He later sold cheap records rom the back o his car beore he started his own record shop called Virgin Records. From this record shop Branson has created a £4 billion brand called Virgin which includes Virgin Rail and Virgin Airways. One o Branson’s greatest leadership qualities is his ability to see an opportunity. He is also good at sel publicity: he oten appears on television to promote himsel.

Inda Kihnamhy Nooyi She has achieved much o her success as a leader through hard work and ability. She was educated in her native India and later at Yale School o Management in the USA. She was a successul businesswoman with the companies Motorola and ABB beore she moved to PepsiCo. Whilst working with PepsiCo she created a new brand called Yum! Brands Inc. and she was also an important person in the takeover o Tropicana in 1998. Because o her excellent perormance she has now been promoted to the position o chairwoman and chie executive o PepsiCo. Time Magazine have said she is one o the 100 Most Inuential People in the world today and Fortune Magazine have said that she is the world’s most powerul businesswoman.

si richad Banon Richard Branson is a very talented marketer. He has a natural ability to sell his products and create successul brands. He let school early ater receiving poor academic results and created

One day you will be part of a big airline.

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King John o England (1199-1216) And now or an example o a very poor leader. King John is amous or having a disastrous reign as King o England. He lost most o the English land in France started a civil war amongst English barons and annoyed the pope. Apart rom this he also lost a war to his grandmother. And when he tried to transport the crown jewels across England they sank into a swamp. The name John is so closely connected with disaster and ailure that since then there has never been another King John o England. King John had very little in the way o luck which is always important or successul leaders and was also dishonest and very bad at making decisions.

durability n the ability to survive and last or a long time to retire vb to stop working because you are 65 conviction n with great condence in your belies or ability a speech n a ormal talk to a group o people / an audience a landing ground n in this case: the place where enemy soldiers arrive on the beaches as part o an invasion collective adj “collective” belies or example are shared by many dierent people disobedience n acting against the wishes o the government or an authority bravery n acting decisively in a dangerous situation and not considering your own saety perseverance n the ability to continue doing something even though it is dicult at adj level and smooth a takeover n i there is a “takeover” one company buys another company to promote someone exp to give someone more job responsibilities and a bigger salary a marketer n someone whose job involves marketing the pope n the head o the Catholic church a swamp n an area o very wet ground


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It cost oe than 400,000 pounds to poduce. Fity thousand people have signed an online peiion calling o the design to be capped. And soe vesions o it have been wihdawn online ate they iggeed epileptic fts. The new logo o the 2012 Olypics is causing a conovey. more than threequarters o the young people we surveyed were excited about the Olympics in London. Our survey respondents had clearly given the matter o the logo itsel a lot o thought and their comments showed quite a sophisticated level o understanding design and marketing and its purpose.”

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“It’s either brilliant or awul” said Tony Blair. “I think it’s a joke” said the mayor o London Ken Livingstone. “It looks like a kid made it” said 15yearold Lee. These are just some o the opinions on the new logo or the 2012 Olympics. A survey on the logo also produced some interesting comments. The survey group was asked why they thought the logo was so unpopular. Thirty percent said it was because the design “doesn’t say anything about the UK”; 24% said it “doesn’t say anything about London”; 32% simply said it “wasn’t a very good logo”; and 14% thought it was because adults do not understand it. Several respondents were also concerned with the act that the logo cost £400000 to develop. Seventeenyearold Matt said “It makes London look like it has no design talent to do the promoting.” Overall the survey ound that 68% o respondents said they “hate” the design.

O course there have been some who have deended the logo. The original idea was to tap into the youth market. One respondent said “I think it’s a brilliant way o introducing the newer generations to the Olympics because it’s quite a modern design.” However Caron 17 took a much wider view o the whole logo issue: “It doesn’t make a dierence; the Olympics in London is an amazing thing.” A spokesperson or the survey said “We were pleased to see


Meanwhile the government was keen to deend the logo. Culture secretary Tessa Jowell insisted that the logo was worth every penny. “At least it’s got people talking” she said in its deence as well as describing it as “terric”. Ms Jowell admitted that the gratistyle logo had “caused a storm” but she said that it was “adaptable” and could be used in a “variety o dierent GLOSSARY an online petition n contexts”. She ended on a a document on a website that is signed by a lot o people. It deant note “The logo will contains demands or changes be the logo or the Olympic to scrap vb to cancel something games.” to withdraw vb to take away On a related topic Ms Jowell trigger vb insisted that the planning and to to cause development o the Olympics a controversy n a scandal; something that causes a was “on time”. She also denied division o opinions awul adj claims that the original terrible; horrible budget had trebled saying a mayor n an elected leader o a town or city “The original budget or the to tap into phr vb i you “tap into” a particular market Olympic park was £2.5bn. It you try to enter that market and sell is now £3.1bn. The additional things a purpose n costs represent the scale o a reason GLOSSARY n a charity keen to exp our ambition to regenerate anyou i organisation are “keen to” that dohelps something people the poorest part o London in need: you really the want poor to people do thatwith thing medicaladj problems etc one o the poorest parts o this terric a citizen n antastic. Remember wonderul; country.” a “citizen” this word has o a positive particular connotations country exp is someone to cause a storm who belongs to that Meanwhile at a press country to create a scandal or a wide division conerence the mayor a diet n o opinion exp theend to typeon oaood deant romnote a particular o London repeated his country i you “end on a deant note” you n talk/speech in a denitive a deal end your insistence that the designers an agreement aggressive and nal way should not be paid but in exile to grownon you exp i something you are living “grows “in exile” on you” you you are admitted that the logo “may orced start toto like live it in even another though country you or grow on you ”. political didn’t like reasons it at rst

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Learn the kind o English you need or social occasions. This month: the restaurant. Listen and repeat these expressions. What you say We’d like a table or two, please. I have a reservation under the name o Jones. Could you bring us the menu, please? Do you have a set menu? Could you bring us the salt/ pepper/ketchup/vinegar, please? I’ll have the soup as a starter. I’ll have the steak or the main course. I’ll have it rare / medium rare / medium / well done, please. Where’s the toilet/ bathroom/restroom (US English), please? Could I have the bill, please?

What you hear Do you have a reservation? Smoking, or non-smoking? Can I get you a drink while you’re waiting? Are you ready to order yet? What would you like or a starter? What do you want or the main course? What would you like to drink with your meal? Would you like any wine with that? Red or white? What would you like to drink? How would you like your steak? Rare, medium or welldone? Would you like any dessert? Would you like any coee?

What you say Now use these expressions to practise asking and answering questions.

Part II Now listen to this social English dialogue. In this conversation, Sal is ordering some ood at the restaurant. Waiter: Good aternoon, sir. Sal: A table or one, please. Waiter: Certainly. Come this way, please. (He sits down.) Here’s the menu. (The waiter gives him the menu.) Our special today is mussels in white wine sauce, and roast bee with sautéed potatoes. Sal: OK. Waiter: (Ater a ew minutes the waiter returns.) Are you ready to order now? Sal: Yes, thanks. For a starter, I’ll have the prawn cocktail. Waiter: And or the main course? Sal: I’ll have the steak, please. Waiter: And how would you like your steak? Sal: I’ll have it medium, please. Waiter: Would you like anything to drink with your meal, sir? Sal: I’ll have a bottle o red wine, please. Waiter: OK. Your ood will be with you in just a minute. (Hal an hour later Sal has fnished.) Was everything OK? Sal: Yes, that was delicious thank you. Could you bring me the bill, please? Waiter: Right away.

GLOSSARY a set menu n a menu with a xed choice o ood and a xed price or the starter, main course and dessert a starter n the rst dish o ood that you eat – oten a small amount o ood a main course n the principal dish o ood, oten consisting o meat or sh rare adj i a steak is “rare”, it has been cooked or a very short period o time well done adj i a steak is “well done”, it has been cooked or a longer period o time the bill n the piece o paper that tells you how much you must pay or your meal red (wine) n wine that is dark red in colour. Other types o wine are “white wine” and “rosé” mussels n a type o seaood that is orange inside and oten cooked in wine sautéed potatoes n thin slices o potato that have been cooked quickly in hot oil

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“Personal belies have absolutely no bearing on the movie's plot or themes,” Paula Wagner said on hearing that German authorities had banned Tom Cruise rom lming at a military site because the actor is a Scientologist. “Scientology masquerades as a religion to make money,” a government spokesperson said. Cruise was set to play Colonel Claus von Stauenberg in the lm Valkyrie , all about the leader o the 1944 plot to assassinate Adol Hitler using a bomb in a briecase.

A legal case has turned a South Korean’s American dream into the American nightmare . It all started when an American man took his clothes to a dry cleaner’s run by a South Korean amily in Washington. A pair o trousers was lost and the man initially demanded $1,000 compensation. The amily reused and so started a long, legal battle. In total, the man is seeking more than $50 million to cover the 1,400 hours he says he spent preparing the case, and the cost o hiring a car every weekend to drive to an alternative dry cleaner’s or the next 10 years.

There was some good news or Britain’s music shops: British shoppers lead the world in CD purchases. Despite the popularity o downloads, physical music sales are still strong. Last year, Britons bought an average o 2.7 CDs each. “The rise o downloading in the singles market may have captured the headlines over the past couple o years, but when it comes to albums, UK music ans still preer physical ormats,” an industry spokesperson said. Britain was top o the table, with the US and Norway close behind.

“We thank Sony or the apology they have made,” said a spokesperson rom Manchester cathedral, ater Sony admitted that images o the cathedral had been used in one o its violent computer games. Senior church ocials demanded the withdrawal o the videogame Resistance: Fall o Man as it showed a battle inside the building. Another church ocial added, “We acknowledge the admission by Sony that the building in the game is Manchester cathedral. However, we do not move rom the position that we are against violence and especially the gun violence seen in this portrayal o the cathedral.”

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a movie plot n the story in a lm set (to do something) exp to be ready and prepared to do something a plot n a plan to kill someone a briecase n a thin bag (oten black) used or carrying documents a nightmare n a terrible situation to seek vb to look or a download n a music / sound / lm le that you take rom the internet to capture the headlines exp to do something that is reported in newspapers or on television to acknowledge vb to accept; to admit that something is correct a portrayal n the “portrayal” o something, is the way that it is shown

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Match each joke beginning (1 to 8) with its ending (A-H). Then, listen to c heck your answers. Answers on page 42 1. What did the turkey say before

it was roasted? ____ 2. Why did the police arrest the

turkey? ____ 3. Which side of the turkey has

the most feathers ? ____ 4. Can a turkey jump higher than

I’m fowl.

the Empire State Building? ____ 5. Why did the turkey cross the

road? ____ 6. What “key” has legs and can’t

open doors? ____ 7. Why do turkeys go “gobble,

gobble”? ____ 8. What goes, “gobble, gobble,

ha-ha-ha, plop”? ____ A: Yes. A building can’t jump at all. B: Because they never learned to

talk. C: It was the chicken’s day o . D: They suspected it o oul play. E: Boy, I’m stued . F: A turkey laughing its head o . G: A turkey. H: The outside.

Dog Matters

Mrs Lowdmowf, as your lawyer, I’m afraid I cannot represent you in your action for slander. Why?

GLOSSARY a eather n birds’ bodies are covered in eathers a day o n i you have a “day o”, you don’t go to work because you are sick oul play n criminal violence, or an action t hat causes someone’s death. “Foul” is pronounced the same as “owl”, which is a bird that can be eaten (turkey, duck, chicken, etc) stued adj two meanings: completely ull because you have eaten a lot; i a turkey is “stued”, it has ood inside (a mixture o bread, herbs, onion, etc) or cooking to laugh your head o exp two meanings: to laugh very, very much; literally, to laugh so much that your head alls o

GLOSSARY a plumber n a person whose job is to x pipes, toilets, bathrooms, etc a synchronised swimmer n a swimmer who swims as part o a group in competitions / the Olympics to drown vb to die in water because you cannot breathe

by Daniel Coutoune

Well, you accuse your neighbour of calling you a twofaced, hypocritical liar. Correct? Yes, that’s right.

GLOSSARY slander n untrue things that are said about someone and that are designed to damage their reputation two-aced adj hypocritical – acting as i you have certain positive qualities (honesty, nobility, etc) that you don’t really have

Well, having met you on several occasions, I have to agree with your neighbour.


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It’s “Sir”, to you.

Awards Backlash A week o protests in Pakistan have ollowed news that Britain has given a controversial writer an important honour. Salman Rushdie has been awarded a knighthood by the Queen, which means people will have to call him “sir”, the most important honour the British can award. This has angered people in the Muslim world because Rushdie is the author o a book called The Satanic Verses ,

Pakistan riots ater author receives award.

which they say insulted the Prophet Mohammed. “I have returned the medals won by my grandather to the British High Commission because I am so angry,” said Arbab Ghulam Rahim, a Pakistani government minister. On the streets people have burnt egies o Salman Rushdie and o the British fag in protest. Another government minister said that “Rushdie hurt the eelings o

the Muslim people when he wrote a blasphemous book. Awarding him a knighthood makes the relations between religions worse.” The British government says that the award is air and that reedom o expression is important. Ater the publication o his book in 1988, an order or Rushdie’s execution was passed in Iran, and Rushdie has had to spend many years in hiding.

Intelligent Girl Youngest ever member o Mensa. A girl called Georgia Brown has become the youngest ever member o Mensa. The two-year-old rom England scored an astounding 152 in an IQ test, and Joan Freeman a psychologist who tested her said she was “outstanding”. Her parents had noticed early in her lie that Georgia was “incredibly quick”. Georgia was crawling at ve months, she was walking at nine months and by eighteen months she was having proper conversations with adults. The IQ test that she received consisted o a orty-ve minute assessment in which she was asked to complete a number o dierent tasks. “One o the most impressive things,” said Joan Freeman, “was her ability to draw a circle. Most two year olds cannot do that, but she drew a perect one”. In another part o the test she was asked to answer questions and Proessor Freeman said “She could answer some questions that other ve or six year olds couldn’t.” Her parents said, “We are just very proud o her.” 30 I www.hotenglishmagazine.com or www.hotenglish.hu

GLOSSARY to award vb to give a prize to a knighthood n a title given to a man by a British king or queen. Aterwards, the person is known as “sir” + his name to anger vb to make angry an egy n a gure that represents someone you hate to hurt someone’s eelings exp to do something that aects someone emotionally and negatively blasphemous adj that is disrespectul to God or a religion in hiding exp a person who is “in hiding” is staying somewhere secret so others can’t catch him/her Mensa n an organisation or very intelligent people astounding adj incredible outstanding adj o a very high quality to crawl vb to move orward on your hands and knees as babies do to be proud o someone exp to eel very pleased about someone’s abilities

Happy anniverSary

September

Events or September 2007

Come and celebrate the month with us in our new series on anniversaries. This month: September, o course. By Mark P ierro. September 1st 1715 Louis XIV o France, the "Sun King", died ater a reign o 72 years, longer than any other French or other major European monarch. Long live the king!

September 2nd 1666 The Great Fire o London. A large re began in London and burned or three days, destroying 10,000 buildings, including St. Paul's Cathedral. Incredibly, only 16 people are known to have died.

September 3rd 301 San Marino, one o the smallest nations in the world, and the world's oldest republic still in existence, was ounded by Saint Marinus.

September 3rd 1976 The American Viking 2 spacecrat landed on Mars and took close-up, colour photos o the planet's surace, possibly in preparation or an invasion.

September 4th 476 Twelve-year-old Romulus Augustus, the last emperor o the Western Roman Empire, was deposed. Poor chap.

September 5th 1972 A Palestinian terrorist group called "Black September" attacked and killed Israeli athletes at the Munich Olympic Games.

September 6th 1522 The rst ship to circumnavigate the globe returned

to Spain with Juan Sebastián Elcano and 17 survivors. They had ormed part o Ferdinand Magellan's 265-man expedition.

September 7th 1986 Desmond Tutu became the rst person o Arican descent to lead the Anglican Church in South Arica.

September 10th 1812 An American eet led by Oliver Hazard Perry wins a battle against British orces in what as known as the Battle o Lake Erie. In June that same year, the United States had declared war against the British because o British military support or Native Americans. Apparently the Indians were trying to deend their tribal lands rom American settlers.

the assignment o domain names and IP addresses on the internet, was established. The internet was born.

September 19th 1893 New Zealand became the rst country to introduce universal surage, ollowing the women's surage movement led by Kate Sheppard. Good on ya, Kate!

September 21st 1937 J. R. R. Tolkien's The Hobbit was rst published.

September 22nd 1980 Iraq launched an invasion o Iran, starting the Iran-Iraq War (with the backing o the United States, we hasten to add).

September 24th 622 September 13th 1993 Ater several rounds o secret negotiations in Norway, PLO leader Yasser Araat and Israeli Prime Minister Yitzhak Rabin ormally signed the Oslo Peace Accords.

September 15th 1835 Charles Darwin reached the Galápagos Islands, where he began to develop his theories o evolution.

Muhammad and his ollowers rom Mecca completed their “hirja” (migration) to Medina. This date marks the rst year o the Islamic calendar.

September 25th 1513 Vasco Núñez de Balboa became the rst European to see the Pacic Ocean, which he named Mar del Sur (The South Sea). At the time, he was standing on a peak in present day Panama.

September 30th 1991 September 18th 1998 The Internet Corporation or Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN), a non-prot organisation that manages

Haitian President Jean-Bertrand Aristide was overthrown in a coup d'état and replaced by General Raoul Cédras. This caused a largescale exodus o boat people.

September5-9th – 21st World Congress or Dance Research in Athens September7th – The 2007 Rugby World Cup begins in France with the host nation playing Argentina in Paris September8-9th – The AsiaPacifc Economic Cooperation will host its annual city meeting in Sydney September9th – The frst Sunday games o the 2007 NFL season are played September10th – The FIFA Women's World Cup 2007 begins September13th – Ramadan begins (Islamic) September22nd –October 7th – The Oktoberest in Munich

Countries celebrating their independence September1st – Uzbekistan September2nd – Vietnam September 3rd – Qatar September6th – Swaziland September8th – Republic o Macedonia September18th – Chile GLOSSARY a reign n when a king or queen “reigns”, he or she rules a country a spacecrat n a rocket or other vehicle that can travel into space to land vb to come to the ground in a controlled manner to be deposed exp to be orced to stop being a ruler/ king/queen, etc a chap n inorm a man a survivor n a person who doesn’t die in an accident or disaster a eet n a group o ships organised to ght, etc universal surage n the right o everyone to vote in an election we hasten to add exp we would like to tell you quickly a peak n the top o a mountain a coup d’état n when there is a “coup d’état”, a group o people attack the government and take power an exodus n i there is an “exodus”, a number o people leave a country because o war, amine, etc boat people n illegal immigrants who arrive in large numbers in boats (oten very crowded boats)


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Learn some useul words and expressions to talk about politics.

type o language you use and try not to oend any group, minority or ethnic association. The opposite is “politically incorrect” (non-pc).

Lobby group – a group who wants to infuence politicians. In America, the gun lobby is one o the most powerul lobbies. They try to persuade politicians to allow ree access to guns. Silent majority – the mass o voters who don’t oten protest or voice their opinions, but who have enormous power. They are oten typical middle class voters. Voter – someone who votes in an election. Polling station – the place (oten a room in a building) where people go to vote during an election. Election day is also known as “polling day”.

Party – a political organisation. In Britain the main parties are the Conservatives (the rightwing party), and the Labour Party (the let-wing party). In America, it’s the Republicans and Democrats respectively.

Ballot box – the box where you place your vote during an election. The voting slip (the paper with your choice o candidate on it) is also known as a “ballot”.

Parliament – the group o people who are elected and who have a seat in the building where parliament sits. In Britain, parliament sits in the Houses o Parliament, in London.

Voting/polling booth – the compartment in a polling station where you can put your vote in the ballot box.

Seat – a place in parliament or people who are elected and have won a “seat”.

Election – i there is an “election”, people vote or candidates rom dierent political parties. Right-wing & let-wing – very generally, right-wing parties or politicians are traditional and support a capitalist economy; let-wing are more socialist in their thinking.

MP – a member o parliament: someone who has been elected and won a seat in parliament. Electorate – the people who have the right to vote in an election. Each individual voter is known as an “elector”. Politically correct (pc) – i you are "politically correct", you are careul with the


To spin – to attempt to change the way the public

sees events and things. This can be done by lying, changing the acts, or simply choosing which acts to mention. Political advisers who “spin” events are known as “spin doctors”. Here’s an example sentence with “spin” in it: “They put some spin on the terrible news so it didn’t appear to be so bad.”

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GLOSSARY tables turned exp i the “tables have turned”, a situation is completely dierent or the opposite rom beore to live in ignorance exp to be in a situation in which you have a lack o knowledge about things providence n God or a orce which is believed to control the things that happen to us shattered lives n lives that have been destroyed and ruined to swap vb i you “swap” something with another person, you give that person one thing and they give you something else in return to marvel at exp to express great surprise, wonder or admiration or something to crave vb to want something very much lust n strong desire or something or someone a shallow grave n a small hole (not very deep) in the ground or a dead body to hold your tongue exp not to speak, even though you want to say something a fring squad n a line o soldiers who execute someone by ring their guns at him/her

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Listen to this dialogue and learn some useul vocabulary and expressions. In this conversation a television journalist is interviewing Gordon Slaped, a spokesperson or Power or the Baldies political party. Listen to the conversation and answer these two questions. 1. Who does Gordon represent? 2. What happens to the interviewer in the end? Answers on page 42.

Interviewer: So, Gordon, rst o all, thank you so much or coming to talk to us. Gordon: My pleasure. Interviewer: Well, my rst question is, what exactly do Power or the Baldies stand or? Gordon: We stand or equal rights and equal opportunities or all bald people, regardless o race, creed or ethnic background. Interviewer: Interesting. Gordon: We represent the millions o ollicallychallenged people around the country who eel it is time to stand up or their rights and demand social justice. Interviewer: And what exactly are you calling or? Gordon: We demand an end to discrimination against baldies, an end to rejection, humiliation and ridicule, and, more specically, a complete ban on all jokes about bald men. It isn’t unny. It isn’t clever. And it isn’t air. Interviewer: And what are you hoping to achieve in this election? Gordon: Our aim is to get enough votes or a couple o seats in parliament. We will then be pressurising the

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government or tax rebates or baldies, ree housing or baldies, and reduced-rate public transport passes or elderly baldies. Interviewer: Now, critics say that your policies are somewhat radical. What do you have to say about that? Gordon: We say, come and join us. Shave o your hair, and become a baldie. Interviewer: Some o your more radical policies include outing closet baldies. Do you really need to go to such extremes? Or is it just a political stunt? Gordon: Absolutely not. We eel that the time has come to say, “I am bald and I am proud.” Throw away that wig, tear o that toupee and knock o that hat. You are bald, Hair today, gone and you tomorrow. should not be ashamed. Now, what about you, Teresa? Don’t you have something you’d like to share with us? Interviewer: What? Gordon: I think you know what I’m talking about. Interviewer: What? What’s going on? Gordon: Come on, admit it, Teresa. You are a baldie too, aren’t you? Interviewer: But… (Gordon pulls o the interviewer’s wig.) Gordon: There. Look, now that wasn’t so painul, was it? Interviewer: Oh, yes. That eels much better. Freedom at last. Thank you very much. Gordon: My pleasure. Now, how about becoming a member o our little club?

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GLOSSARY a baldie n inorm an inormal word or a person with no hair on his/her head to stand or phr vb the ideas that a group “stands or” are the ideas they support a creed n a belie ollically-challenged exp inomr an inormal expression that means “with very little hair”. Literally, a “hair ollicle” is part o the skin rom which hair grows to stand up or something exp to deend something or someone to call or something exp to demand something discrimination n treating one person or group o people less airly than another group ridicule n i someone is the object o “ridicule”, other people laugh at him/her a ban n a prohibition air adj just; being equal to everyone an aim n an objective a seat in parliament n i you get a “seat in parliament”, you are elected to parliament a tax rebate n an amount o money that is paid back to you because you paid too much tax a pass n a monthly or annual ticket that allows you to use the bus, train, etc to shave o phr vb to cut o hair to out vb to inorm the press / the public about the secret lie o a person closet adj i you are a “closet”baldie, or example, you hide the act that you are bald by wearing a wig, etc a political stunt n an action designed to generate publicity or a political party proud adj i you eel “proud” about something you have done, you are pleased with yoursel a wig n a piece o alse hair that covers your head a toupee n a piece o alse hair that covers a part o your head

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Here are some more useul collocations* or you to learn. The images will help you associate the expression with its meaning. This month: success.

Be riding high To be very successul. “With 2 hit singles in the charts, the band are riding high.”

Claw your way back rom something To succeed in improving your situation by making a very determined eort. “The team were losing 6-0, but they managed to claw their way back rom deeat to win 6-9.”

Go rom strength to strength

Pass with ying colours

To become better and better or more and more successul. “Since she took over as president, the company has gone rom strength to strength.”

To complete a dicult activity very successully; to pass an exam with a very high score. “The course was very dicult, but she passed with fying colours.”

Win something hands down

To be better and more successul than all the people who are competing against you. “The British scientic team lead the eld in nano technology development.”

To win easily. “I challenged her to a game o chess, but she beat me hands down.”

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Make or break something To make something a success or a ailure. “This new, expensive but innovative product will either make or break the company.”

Sink or swim To ail or to succeed. “The new sales team were given absolutely no training. They were let to either sink or swim.”

A collocation is a sequence o two or more words that go together to orm xed expressions (“heavy rain”, or example). Learning lots o collocations will improve your level o English, and help you with exams such as GLOSSARY First Certicate, a hit single n a song that is very popular Advanced and the charts n Prociency, the ocial list that shows which are the most popular which test your songs to claw back phr vb to get something that you had knowledge o previously lost. Literally, a “claw” o these things. an animal or bird are the thin, hard, curved nails to challenge vb to invite someone to ght or compete with you to sink vb i a ship “sinks”, it goes under the water


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Here’s another part o our series on embarrassing moments. Lit Down I had my most embarrassing moment in an elevator . We were staying in a hotel. One day, I was going down in the elevator when another person, who I didn’t know, started talking to me. He asked, “So, how are you?” and I answered, “Fine”, somewhat surprised that he was talking to me so enthusiastically. He then asked me, “What else are you up to?” and I replied, “Nothing much”.

mome nt s really muddy. So, I went into a toilet in a department store to get some toilet paper so I could clean them. So, there I was, standing next to the sink with a piece o very dirtylooking toilet paper in my hand

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when this man walks in. He takes one look at me and walks out, muttering “disgusting” under his breath. Bob, Brighton.

At this point, he turned to me and said, “Do you mind, I’m on the phone.” It was then that I realised he was talking on his mobile. Jena, Boston.

Wardrobe Wonder I was in a hotel in Japan once. Some lm was jammed in my camera and I wanted to get it out. However, I needed to do it in a dark room to protect the pictures I’d already taken. So, I got into the wardrobe and careully removed the lm and wound it up. However, while I was in the wardrobe, a maid came into the room. Imagine her surprise as she saw me coming out o the wardrobe or no apparent reason. How embarrassing! Sam, Tokyo.

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Shower Singing My brother really embarrassed me in ront o my riends. I was in the shower once and, as usual, I was singing away. Without realising it, my brother was recording me with a little MP3 recorder. I was singing a terribly bad version o Macho Man by the Village People . Anyway, a ew months later, I was at a party when I suddenly heard this terrible version o Macho Man coming rom the stereo system. And, yes, you guessed it, it was me singing. All my riends thought it was hilarious, but I was just so embarrassed. Sally, Birmingham.

Toilet Terror I was in a public toilet once when I had an embarrassing experience. I’d been walking in the park and my shoes were


I once went skiing with a group o riends. It was the rst time we’d been skiing together. For years, I’d been telling everyone what a great skier I was. Anyway, on our rst day on the slopes, we were all waiting by the ski lit when I suddenly lost my balance and skied right into a plastic

ence. My skis got stuck in the holes in the ence and three ski monitors had to come and help me get out. I was so embarrassed. Sven, Sweden.

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New Zealand couple are having some problems registering their new baby’s name. Paul and Sally Cheeka wanted to name their baby son “4real*”. However, they were told that “4real*” can't be used on a birth certicate because numerals are not allowed. The government oce has opened negotiations with the parents. This is because o a law that says that all unusual names must be given case-by-case consideration. A government spokesperson said, “The name has not at this stage been rejected. We are currently in discussions with the parents to clariy the situation.” Under New Zealand law, all children must be registered within two months o birth. The baby will be registered as “Real” i no compromise is reached.

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goler who hit a bad shot started a 20-acre re. Jim Palo knocked his ball into the grass outside a gol course in New Mexico. However, when he tried to hit the ball back onto the course, his club struck a stone that created a spark that started the re. Ater a ew minutes trying to put out the re, Jim gave up and called the re service. “He was totally honest about it,” a re chie told journalists. Within hours, about 50 re ghters and re engines were in the area and spent hours putting out the blaze. “We had a lot o equipment out there,” the spokesperson said. “Eventually, we got the re under control.”

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* 4 Real The expression “or real” has a number o meanings in colloquial, slang English. For example:

A: Sam is a really bad ma. B: Fr real. (Yes, I k.)

A: I just  the lttery. B: Fr real? (Really?)

GLOSSARY to reject vb i you "reject" something, you do not accept it in discussions exp i you are “in discussions”, you are talking and negotiating with someone to clariy a situation exp to make a situation clear to reach a compromise exp to come to an agreement with someone to strike (struck) vb to hit a spark n a very small piece o burning material to put out phr vb to extinguish (a re) a blaze n a very big and powerul re the fre brigade n the organisation that deals with res and tries to put them out to point to phr vb to use your nger to indicate something an axe n a large tool with a wooden handle and a piece o sharp metal at the end – oten used or cutting trees a roo n the top part o a house outside the house an insurance company n a company that pays you money i you have an accident, etc to make up phr vb to invent (a story)


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This month Rob and Airic are talking about saggy trousers.

This month Jackie and Mary are talking about exitime.

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Jackie: Hey, what’s up? How’s it going? Mary: Hi, how are you? You’re a bit late tonight. Jackie: I know. My gosh. My day’s been crazy. All day I’ve been running late. I got to work late today too. Mary: Did you? Jackie: Yeah, but, you know, I think it’s crazy. I don’t think we should have to come in at a certain time every day. I think we should have more fexibility. Mary: Did you get into trouble because you arrived so late? Jackie: Well, no but just, you know, I got one o those stares where I could eel that it wasn’t right that I got there late. And, you know, things happen. You know, er, my dog got, ran out and I couldn’t nd him. And I was so worried, and, you know, lie happens sometimes. You can’t always get there at the same exact time. Mary: Yeah, you need fexibility. But, I have fexitime where I can come in at any time and then make up the hours, but I don’t actually like it because it doesn’t give me any motivation to get up in the morning and get going. Jackie: Really? You don’t like it? Mary: No, I’d preer to have a xed schedule: 9 to 5 and get out o there. Jackie: Well, I would love the fexi schedule. Mary: Is that why you’re late tonight? Did you have to make up your hours? Jackie: Erm, well, yeah, I just, you know, I had more work to get done. I got there late, and I, I still wasn’t done by the time that I had to leave. So, I had to stay later, yeah.

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Hey, Airic, how are you going? Hi, Rob, how are you? Good. Really good. Good to see you again. Yeah, likewise. Hey, listen, have you heard what’s going on in Madrid? You know these, erm, saggy trousers, the trousers that kind o all down by the ankles. They’re trying to ban them. What? Yeah, I know it’s ridiculous. I mean, I think they’re, well, they’re, they’re all right. I think, I haven’t got any problems with them. Well, God, well, I think it’s a great idea to ban them personally. I’m sick o walking behind people on the metro and having to look at some 15-year-old’s stripy boxers. Well, as long as they’ve got boxers on, I mean, it could be worse i they were going commando. Yes, that’s true, I suppose. Well, I don’t know, I think it’s a good idea to ban them anyway. It’s a ridiculous trend. Well, I don’t know. I disagree. Whilst I’m not a particular an o them, I think, you know, people have the right to wear whatever they like. Freedom o expression and all that. I think this is dangerous ground or the government to be on, to be honest. Mmm… that’s air enough, I suppose. But what about the, er, indecent exposure? Well, like I say, as long as they’re wearing underwear. They’re not really exposing themselves, are they? Mmm… I don’t know, I think you have to draw the line somewhere. Mmm… draw the line at the visible panty line.

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GLOSSARY saggy trousers n trousers that hang down very low on the body likewise exp the same an ankle n the joint between your oot and your leg to ban vb to prohibit I mean exp people oten use this word or emphasis in a conversation to be sick o something exp to be tired o something stripy adj with lines o colour that are dierent rom the area o colour next to them boxers n clothing you wear under your trousers. They are like mini shorts to go commando exp inorm to wear nothing under your trousers; to wear no underwear a trend n a ashion dangerous ground exp i you are on "dangerous ground”, you are doing something potentially illegal that's air enough exp that's OK; that's all right indecent exposure n showing private parts o your body as long as exp provided that underwear n clothing you wear under your trousers to draw the line exp to set limits a visible panty line n the line created by women’s underwear (panties) that can be seen under trousers or a skirt exitime n i a company has a policy o “fexitime”, you can come into work when you like and do your hours when you like my gosh exp an exclamation o surprise or shock a stare n i someone gives you “a stare”, they look at you continuously to make up phr vb to invent

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Michael Moore. You either love him or hate him. He wins flm awards, he has lots o ans. At the same time, there are also numerous anti-Michael Moore blogs. However, just recently, Moore managed to outmanoeuvre one o his greatest opponents. Find out how. Desperate Jim Keneck has spent years attacking Michael Moore. Keneck’s work consists o tr ying to expose Moore’s “deceptions and haltruths ”. He does this through the website www.moorewatch.com with the objective o “Watching Michael Moore's every move”. But now Mr Keneck has ound himsel in a dicult situation. The story began in 2006, when Mr Keneck was struggling to pay or healthcare or his wie. She was recovering rom a neurological disorder and had no medical insurance. In desperation, Mr Keneck, whose site is one o the most popular anti-Moore blogs, posted a note on the homepage. “I you can help, I will be in your debt or all o time,” it said.

Help On 1st May, Mr Keneck received a cheque rom an anonymous individual. The 12,000 dollars was the equivalent to a year's medical ees or his wie. It was enough to ease the crisis and ensure the continuation o the website. So, Mr Keneck banked

the cheque and put up a thank-you note to the Michael Moore person he called his “guardian angel”. Michael Moore For a while, Keneck had no idea who the was born in Flint, mystery person was. But eventually, someone Michigan April 23 let a message on Mr Keneck's answer 1954. He studied machine. “I am the donor,” he said, adding, journalism at “I wish you my best.” And the mystery man's the University o name was? Yes, you guessed it: Michael Moore. Michigan-Flint. His rst lm was Roger Later Mr Keneck explained why he accepted & Me (1989). His rst the cheque. “I was led to believe this was a private individual that wanted big hit was Bowling or Columbine (2002), to remain anonymous who just which was an attack wanted to help me. What kind o on the gun lobby in moron turns down a ree 12 the States and the grand?” NRA (the National Rife Association), Oh, dear and the even bigger Mr Keneck's rst reaction was hit Fahrenheit 9/11 anger. “Nice try, dude. But (2004), which made I'm not going to play your un o President Bush. game. My accepting that donation has absolutely GLOSSARY no bearing on the larger to outmanoeuvre someone exp gain an advantage over your debate about healthcare to opponent in a clever way in America.” deception n the act o tricking someone or lying But Mr Keneck to them a hal-truth n has since sotened a lie his attitude. In to struggle vb to try desperately to do something an interview with healthcare n Newsweek, he said medical assistance provided by the government he had no issue with to post a note exp to put a message (on a website) Moore as a human. in someone’s debt exp “Mike's not the devil or i you are “in someone’s debt”, that person has done you a big, big anything. It's not like Joe avour and you owe them a avour Stalin made me an oer.” in return to bank a cheque exp Yeah, right. to take a cheque to the bank and to

Sicko Michael Moore’s latest lm is Sicko (which premiered at Cannes on the day that Moore admitted to being Keneck’s “guardian angel”). Sicko is directed by Moore and is a documentary about the highly-protable American health care industry. The lm investigates the US healthcare system with a ocus on the behaviour o large health insurance companies. Its main message is that the present US health-care system is designed to maximise prot by minimising the care delivered to patients. The stories include those o people who died because the insurance company reused treatment, or others who had to pay large bills ater receiving treatment. One scene shows a clip o Dr Linda Peeno, a ormer medical reviewer or a health insurer, saying that her job was to save money or the company by denying necessary operations. Also during the lm, the American system is compared to those in Canada, Britain and France, which have ree and ull coverage or their citizens.

put the amount into your account a guardian angel n a person who protects you an answer machine n a machine that is part o a telephone or voice messages. Also known as an “answering machine” led to believe something exp tricked into believing something a moron n inorm an idiot a grand n inorm one thousand dude n inorm US riend no bearing on exp no relation to; no connection with to soten your attitude exp to become less critical an insurance company n a company that pays you money i you have an accident, etc a hit n a very successul lm, song, etc


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Here are some more crazy laws rom the US. (US English spelling)

a maximum ne o ten dollars per day. (Indiana) One-armed piano players must perorm or ree. (Iowa) Kisses may last or no more than ve minutes. (Iowa)

No one may throw an old computer across the street at their neighbor. (Indiana)

The re department is required to practice re ghting or teen minutes beore attending a re. (Iowa) Horses are orbidden to eat fre hydrants. (Iowa)

It is illegal or barbers to threaten to cut o kid’s ears. (Indiana) Within our hours o eating garlic, a

The state game rule prohibits the use o mules to hunt ducks. (Kansas) Hitting a vending machine that stole your money is illegal. (Kansas)

Hotel sheets must be exactly 99 inches long and 81 inches wide. (Indiana) It is orbidden to eat watermelon in the park. (Indiana)

Rabbits may not be shot rom motorboats. (Kansas)

Anyone 14 or older who proanely curses, damns or swears by the name o God, Jesus Christ or the Holy Ghost, shall be ned one to three dollars or each oense, with

All cars entering the city limits must rst sound their horn to warn the horses o their arrival. (Kansas) No one may wear a bee in their hat. GLOSSARY

One must obtain written permission rom the City Council beore throwing bricks into a highway. (Iowa) Within the city limits, a man may not wink at any woman he does not know. (Iowa)


Riding an animal down any road is against the law. (Kansas)

an inch n a measurement – about 3 cm to threaten vb to promise to do something bad to someone i they don’t do what you want a streetcar n US a type o electric train or carrying people in a city. A “tram” in British English proanely adv showing disrespect or someone’s religion to curse / damn / swear vb to use rude or oensive language to perorm vb to act/sing/dance, etc in ront o an audience to attend vb to go to a fre hydrant n a pipe in the street rom which re ghters can get water a brick n a rectangular piece o baked clay (oten orange in colour) used or building houses to wink vb to close and open one o your eyes as a way o communicating with someone a mule n an animal that is hal horse and hal donkey a vending machine n a machine that sells tobacco, chocolate, crisps, drinks, etc a horn n an object on a car that makes a sound when you press it. It is used as a way o communicating with other drivers a bee n a black and yellow insect that makes honey

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A riend earns one thousand euros a week.

She receives one thousand euros every week in compensation or her labour.

She gets a thousand a week.

You went to see a psychiatrist.

I underwent a session on the couch with a psychiatrist.

I went to see a psychiatrist.

I saw a shrink.

A riend is acting in a silly and irritating way.

Stop acting in an immature and juvenile manner.

Stop messing around.

Stop goong around.

She’s pulling in a grand a week.

I’m your shrink.

What a flick!

You suggest going to the cinema.

Would you like to spend a pleasurable hour observing a cinematographic production?

Would you like to go to the cinema?

Fancy seeing a fick? Fancy going to the movies?

It’s a freebie.

You went to Paris or the weekend and the company paid.

I didn’t have to contribute in any way to the sojourn to Paris.

The company paid or the trip to Paris.

GLOSSARY

The trip to Paris was a reebie.

Please note that some o the words in this glossary box are literal translations o parts o idiomatic expressions. a couch n a soa ancy seeing… ? exp would you like to see?

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You don’t understand what someone is saying.

I’m sorry but I ail to grasp your meaning.

I don’t understand what you’re saying.

I don’t get it.

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This month we are looking at some Animal idioms.

Like a bear with a sore head

To be in a bad mood which causes you to complain a lot and to treat other people badly. “I he doesn’t eat when he’s hungry, he’s like a bear with a sore head.”

As cunning as a ox

Very clever and good at appearing to be nice, but always getting what you want. “He seems to be really nice and riendly, but be careul because he’s as cunning as a ox.”

Run with the hare and hunt with the hounds

To support two competing sides in an argument. “You’ve got to decide where you stand on this issue. You can’t run with the hare and hunt with the hounds.”

GLOSSARY in a bad mood exp angry a sore head n i your head is “sore”, it hurts you cunning adj with an ability to get things in a clever way, oten by tricking people a hare n a type o large rabbit a hound n a dog

A leopard can’t/doesn’t change its spots

A person’s character (especially a bad character) will never change, even i they pretend that it has. “I doubt that becoming religious will have changed her very much. A leopard can’t change its spots.”

Be a scapegoat

I you are a “scapegoat”, you are punished or the sins or crimes o others, or you are blamed or something bad. “I don’t think I deserve to be the scapegoat or the poor sales results.”

Kill the atted cal

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This is the second part o our series on scams. Learn rom the pros. The Beijing tea scam This is a amous scam in and around Beijing, China. The con artists (usually emale and working in pairs) will approach tourists and try to make riends. Ater chatting, they will suggest a trip to see a Chinese tea ceremony, claiming that they have never seen one beore. Once they are in the tearoom (which is usually a house or restaurant that belongs to accomplices o the other con artists), the victim is served a cup o very cheap tea by someone dressed in a traditional Chinese costume. Ater the ceremony, the victim is presented with a bill, charging upwards o 50 euros per head. The con artists will then hand over their money, and the tourist is obliged to do the same.

The undercover cop For this scam, the con artist pretends to be an undercover police ocer. The con artist will stop a car on a motorway and show a ake badge. He may ask to see the victim’s wallet in order to “check or countereit notes”. The con artist then gets into the ake police car and drives away with the victim’s money. Other variations include taking the victim’s luggage to the police car, and then driving away.

The worthless prize scam This involves cold calling potential victims and oering them a chance to enter a antastic competition. The winning prize is something o great value such as a top-o-the-range car

or even a house. Other prizes are o a lesser value. However, in order to enter the competition, the victims must rst pay a sum o money. O course, the victims never win the big prize, and i they do win, it is always a prize o a lower value than the amount o money they have paid.

The conusing change ruse This scam has been eatured in a number o lms (including The Griters and Paper Moon). It’s quite complicated. The con artist buys something in a shop that costs, or example, $4.20. He pays with a 20dollar bill and gets $15.80 change. He leaves, but then comes back a ew minutes later with 20 cents saying, “Hey, could you give me a 20-dollarnote because I don’t want to carry so much change around with me.” Usually, the shopkeeper is so conused that he/she will give the con artist another twenty-dollar bill. In the end, the victim gives change twice.

The rabid dog scam For this scam, the con artist is in the park and waits or a dog to come along. When the owner isn’t looking, the con artist screams and pretends that the dog has


bitten him, spreading a bit o ake blood over his arm or leg. He then threatens to go to the police unless the victim pays a lot o money. Most victims pay because they are araid o having their dog put down.

The bricks in the box scam The con artist oers a topo-the-range TV or DVD player or a very low price. The victim buys it and is given a box that supposedly contains the TV or DVD player. O course, when the victim takes it home, he discovers that the box is ull o bricks. GLOSSARY a scam n a trick designed to make money dishonestly/illegally an accomplice n someone who helps another person commit a crime a bill n a piece o paper inorming you how much you must pay per head exp or each person to pretend vb to act as i something is true even though it isn’t an undercover police ocer n a police ocer who wears ordinary clothes or work on a secret operation ake adj not real; a copy a badge n a small piece o metal that shows that you belong to a particular organisation a wallet n an object men use to carry money, credit cards, etc countereit notes n paper money that is not real but that appears to be real to cold call exp to telephone a person rom a list o unknown people in order to sell them something a top-o-the-range car n the most exclusive car in a series o cars o the same make to spread vb to put a substance all over a surace so there is a thin layer to put down phr vb to kill humanely and in a controlled manner (in reerence to an animal) a brick n a rectangular piece o baked clay used or building houses

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pHraSal verb tHemeS: DrivinG This month we are looking at some more phrasal verbs related to driving. Run out of petrol To have no more petrol in the petrol tank.

a garage n a place where your car can be repaired or xed a seat belt n a strap that is astened across your body or protection and saety in a seat a tyre n a thick piece o rubber that is tted onto the wheels o a car a valve n a device that controls the fow o air

Write off a car To completely destroy a car so that it cannot be used any longer.

“Oh, no. We’ve run out of petrol. I told you to stop at that garage back there.”

Drop someone off To let someone get out of a car.

“He had a crash and completely wrote off the car.”

Set off on a journey To start a journey.

“Just drop me off at the train station, if that’s OK with you.”

“If we set off now, we should get there by 6pm.”

Turn off To leave a motorway or road as you are driving.

“You need to turn off at junction 36. Then, you need to take the first turning on the right.”

Caught up in traffic To be trapped on a road with lots of cars which are moving very slowly.

“I’m sorry I’m late. I was caught up in traffic.”

Do up a seat belt To fasten a seat belt so it is fixed around your body.

“Even though you’re sitting in the back, you still have to do up your seat belt.”

Let down tyres To open a tyre valve and to let the air come out of the tyre.

“he was so angry that he let Her tyres down.”


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A new study claims that US workers are spending too much time at work. Employees across the US have ar ewer holiday days than their European equivalents and the survey suggests that this could have a negative impact on their quality o lie. The report said that US culture should change and suggested that Americans “take more time to relax, kick back and de-stress”. Currently, people in the US work, on average, twenty days a year more than Europeans.

Some children in China are being treated or addiction to the internet. Children in Beijing can now attend a clinic or periods o two weeks or one month. The internet has arrived with orce in China and many young males are becoming severely hooked, usually in internet chat rooms or on on-line games. One teenager Wang Yiming said “I used to go without ood and sleep; I just couldn’t leave it alone”.

The potential or yoga to be used to treat lower back pain is being investigated by researchers. Millions o people suer rom chronic back pain, and existing treatments have only a limited eect. A team o academics, yoga teachers and practitioners have joined orces to nd out i a 12-week course o yoga can make a dierence. Recent, small studies in the US have shown that yoga can be helpul or back pain suerers.

It once belonged to Elvis Presley. And now it’s been sold or $28,800. A prescription drug bottle, which had previously contained the antihistamine drug Naldecon, was sold at a US auction. “We’d planned to sell the bottle with the pills, but the Los Angeles Police Department told us it would be a ederal crime to do it, so, sad to say, we had to remove the pills,” a spokesperson or the auction house said. Other items were also sold at the auction, including Alred Hitchcock's passport, which sold or $19,200.

GLOSSARY a European equivalent n someone in Europe who is in the same situation a survey n i you carry out a “survey”, you ask people questions in order to get their opinions on something to kick back phr vb inorm to relax to be hooked on something exp to be addicted to something to go without ood exp to live with no ood a researcher n an investigator to make a dierence exp to have an eect on something a prescription drug n a drug that the doctor gives you permission to take an auction n a public sale to remove vb to take away


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Here are some techniques or surviving in the ofce.

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Hot English is proud to present the Whitechapel Trouser Snatcher – a six-part Victorian murder mystery. In last week’s episode our heroes Inspector Nottingham Forest and Hamilton the Academical went to the orensic laboratory to nd urther evidence as to the identity o the Trouser Snatcher’s victim. While they were doing this they were molested several times by a conused, womanising proessor. In this episode, our heroes visit the wie o the deceased and get womanised by a conusing doctor. Where do they get these dreadul scripts rom?

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with documents in their hands look like hardworking employees heading or important meetings. computers to look busy. Any • Use time you use a computer, it looks like work to the casual obser ver. In reality, you can send and receive personal e-mail, calculate your nances and generally have a blast without doing anything remotely related to work. management can get away • Top with a clean desk. For the rest o us, it looks like we're not working hard enough. Build huge piles o documents around your workspace and give your desk that special, busy, messy look. have anything to hand. I you know somebody • Never is coming to your oce to pick something up, bury the

document under a pile o papers and spend time looking or it. answer your phone i • Never you have voicemail. People don't call you just because they want to give you something – they call because they want YOU to do something or THEM. Screen all your calls through voicemail.

There must be some humour here somewhere.

somebody leaves a voice• Imail message or you and it

GLOSSARY to molest vb to do things o a sexual nature to someone against their will womanising adj a man who has relationships with many dierent women a proessor n a senior teacher in a university the deceased n the person who has died dreadul adj terrible; very bad a script n the text or a lm or play

sounds like impending work , respond during the lunch hour and leave your own message, “Hi, I got your message, just calling you back.” That way, you put the ball back in their court, and you give the impression o a hardworking and conscientious employee. I you are lucky, they’ll soon give up or look or a solution that doesn't involve you.

GLOSSARY to head or phr vb to go to to have a blast exp inorm to have a really good time to get away with something exp to do something illegal and to escape the negative consequences a pile n i there is a “pile” o papers, there are many papers with one on top o the other messy adj with things on the foor and not ordered to have something to hand exp to have something close to you so you can use it to bury vb to put in a hole in the ground; to hide something voicemail n a machine in your phone that records oral messages to screen calls exp to check who is telephoning you beore answering the call impending work n work that must be done to put the ball back in someone’s court exp i the “ball is in someone’s court”, that person must do something beore things can progress; to give the responsibility o deciding what to do back to someone


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She was a glamorous model. She mixed with the smart set . And she led a Bohemian liestyle. She was the model who represented the chic drink o the 1970s, Martini. But her lie took a turn or the worse; and just recently she died a poor, elderly woman in Liverpool. What happened? Martini ads

none other than John Lennon and Yoko Ono. The fight was eventually diverted to Rome. Later on, Wills developed an addiction to Valium which led to claustrophobia, and which, in turn, orced her to retire rom fying. She started modelling ater she was “spotted” in a lit in a shop in Edinburgh by Jean Shrimpton (a top model o the day). As a result o becoming the world-amous Martini model, Wills moved in glamorous circles, including holidaying with Tom Jones and lunching with ootballer George Best. But in 1972, a year ater the amous Martini photo was taken, she suddenly disappeared without trace. Where had she gone?

These days, George Clooney is the ambassador or the most stylish drink in the world: Martini. In the Martini ads, he plays the part o the guy who won’t give up his bottles o Martini or anything in the world, not even a stunningly attractive woman. But back in the 1970s, it was a beautiul model who represented the drink with the suggestive catch-phrase “any time, any place, any where”. She appeared on a photo next to a pool, and helped to treble sales o the drink (assisted, o course, by that other amous Martini drinker: James Bond). So, who was the Martini girl?

Without trace The model in question was Erica Wills, a 22-year-old ormer air-hostess. Wills was born in 1949. She was christened Deborah, and was the daughter o Jayne, an underwear model, and John, a proessional soldier. Ater an education at St Anne's College or Young Ladies, she trained as stewardess or British Airways. On her debut ight as a senior stewardess in rst class, she was asked to investigate a young couple who appeared to be making love under an airline blanket. The couple in question turned out to be

Drugs and dances Actually, Wills had emigrated to Beirut. And she soon ound hersel in trouble. She had originally gone to help a riend. However, ater a night in a bar, Wills woke up to discover that her passport had been stolen, and that she'd signed a contract orcing her to work as a dancer at the bar, which was a kind o upmarket brothel. Several months later, she met Elie Ayache, a Lebanese playboy and son o one o the country's wealthiest and most politically-connected amilies (they owned the Ferrari

ranchise or the Middle East). Ayache ell in love with Wills on the spot, and negotiated to “buy” her or $5,000. They married in 1975, and remained together or teen years. Later on, Wills worked with another model on a risqué dance act, which they took to audiences across the Middle East. She also gave birth to two daughters. When the Lebanese civil war broke out, they were living in Muslim West Beirut. During the war, they were orced to live in a basement or six months, with little ood, water or electricity.

Escape Later that year, Wills and her daughters escaped Lebanon on a hydrooil driven by Dutch mercenaries. They went to live near Wills’ mother in St Andrews, Scotland, leaving Ayache behind; they were later divorced, and he died in 2004. In Scotland, Wills met and married a local publican called Robert Alexander. They split just over a decade later ater Wills met Neil Jackson, a proessor o architecture. Deborah Jackson, as she became, spent the rest o her lie in York and Liverpool. On 18th May, she died ollowing a stroke, aged 57. And so ended the remarkable lie o the original Martini Girl.

GLOSSARY the smart set n the ashionable, amous people chic adj ashionable to take a turn or the worse exp to become even worse to give up phr vb to stop doing something stunningly attractive exp very, very attractive/beautiul suggestive adj that causes you to think about sex to treble sales exp to sell three times more than beore underwear n clothing you wear under your trousers, skirt, etc a debut ight n the rst time you fy in a plane a blanket n a large piece o material (oten made o wool) used to keep you warm to turn out to be exp to be something eventually to lead to phr vb i A leads to B, A causes B claustrophobia n eelings o anxiety and stress when you are in a closed space to disappear without trace exp i someone does this, they disappear and no one knows what has happened to them upmarket adj expensive and o a good quality a brothel n a house where prostitutes work risqué adj a bit rude because it reers to sex a hydrooil n a boat which can travel on the surace o the water a publican n a person who manages a pub to split vb to separate a stroke n i someone has a “stroke”, a blood vessel in their brain bursts (explodes) or gets blocked and they may die or become paralysed

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The increasing number o icebergs that are breaking o rom Antarctica and driting away into the ocean have become interesting new habitats a recent report has said. A group o American scientists say these icebergs hold important nutrients which slowly drit into the sea and attract a large number o dierent species o sh and seabirds. These micro habitats can exist or up to two miles in any direction

around a large iceberg the report has said. The researchers studied 1,000 dierent icebergs across 4,300 square miles o the southern oceans as they were perorming their research. They ound that many rare species o seabird were also using the icebergs as “mobile homes” and that they were a good base rom which to hunt the large number o sh. A urther interesting part o the study says that the increased

levels o phytoplankton, which also live around the icebergs, increase the absorption o CO2 gasses in the environment, meaning that the icebergs could have a positive eect on the problems caused by global warming. One o the lead researchers, Ken Smith, said, “This is a new and very interesting area or scientists to study.” These icebergs are said to increase the productivity o an ecological area by up to 40%.

Floating Ecosystems Icebergs create new ecological areas.

Religious Conversion Tony Blair set to meet the pope.

The ex-Prime Minister o Britain, Tony Blair, visited the pope to complete his conversion to Roman Catholicism. This news has come rom a source close to the politician who has said that Blair “regards this as a very important part o his lie”. Tony Blair’s wie Cherie and their our children are all practising Roman Catholics, but Blair himsel has never been an ocial member o the church. There has never been a Catholic prime minister and it is clear that Blair has waited until the end o his period o oce to make the ocial

conversion. He has, however, been taking mass in many dierent Roman Catholic churches or many years. Father Michael Steed, the ocial chaplain or members o the British Houses o Parliament has apparently become very close to Blair during the last ew years, and was a regular visitor to Blair’s ocial residence in Downing Street. It is still normal or members o the British aristocracy to be members o the Roman Catholic Church. However, all kings and queens o England are required to be members o the Church o England.

I Hope you aren’t after my job.

GLOSSARY to break o phr vb to separate to drit vb when something “drits”, it is carried by the wind or water to hold vb to contain research n investigation to hunt vb to look or something in order to catch or kill it to mean vb i A “means” B, then A leads to B or causes B a source n a person who has inormation close to someone exp good riends with someone or in regular contact with them a practising Roman Catholic exp a person who perorms the rites and rituals associated with Catholicism a period o oce n the time that a person is president, manager, etc a conversion n a change rom one religion to another to take mass phr vb to accept the bread and blood (wine) o Christ a chaplain n a member o the Christian clergy who works in a hospital, school, prison or in the army


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Ever elt the urge to invent a new word? With all the rapid changes taking place in society, new words are cropping up all the time. Just recently, Collins, one o the world's biggest dictionary publishers, launched a website called the Collins Word Exchange. Anyone rom around the world can send in their suggestions or new words. Here are some o them, along with a ew o our own. This is the frst o a new series. More next month. Tween

Blunkettism

this word was recently coined in the US. It reers to a child between the ages o eight and thirteen. Sam, Minnesota.

somebody like a vegetarian who sometimes eats meat or a reason (i.e. it’s Thanksgiving Day). Or a nonsmoker who has a cigarette ater a meal sometimes. Bob, Texas.

Drunch a meal that you eat combining lunch and dinner. Similar to “brunch” (which is a combination o breakast and lunch). Greg, New York City.

Funner everybody uses it, but it still hasn't become a real word. Can they just make “unner” a word? Well, they should.

Mary, Boston.

Uncoldable

I would add this word, which is an expression o bewilderment.

my young son came up with a new word to describe why he didn't need to wear a coat to school: he explained that he was “uncoldable” (i.e. he couldn’t get cold).

Steve, Canada.

Mark, Dubai.

Paula, England.

Flexitarian

Sally, Wisconsin.

blaming the world or one's own selimposed problems. This word comes rom the name o the ormer government minister David Blunkett.

the dictionary that President Bush has made up, including “misunderestimate”.

Whoa

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Gay

Guesstimate

give us back the word “gay” in its original meaning and not in reerence to a sexual preerence.

the combination o “to guess” and “to estimate”. Wonderul. GLOSSARY

Steve, Canada.

Smirting

Margery, Poland.

Widget I’m a an o using the word “widget” to describe the USB memory keys/sticks that have stealthily become completely indispensable. Alyson, Paris.

Misunderestimate I believe there are many words that need to be added to

an urge to do something exp a strong desire to do something to crop up phr vb to appear suddenly and unexpectedly unner n inorm more un. Remember, this isn’t an fnancially-sound adj accepted English term David Blunkett n i a business is “nancially-sound”, it is earning a blind government more moneyminister than it spends who scaleorced n was to resign because o a size number o scandals fnancial backing bewilderment n n money a eeling toostart conusion a business; gay adj investment money a fnancial liability n it meant homosexual; originally, something which is costing more happy stealthily adj than it is making a move n secretly and steadily indispensable adj an action a orecast nthat is “indispensable” is something a prediction dicult to live without to be make in line up phr withvbexp to be invent the same as fnancial standingvb misunderstimate n inorm the a word nancial that has condition been invented o a company andGeorge by how much Bushmoney that isita has a risk assessment n mixture o “misunderstand” and an investigation into a company to “underestimate” to seeirt howvbsae it is or investing in a start-up n that shows you are to act in a way a new company sexually attracted that to is someone about to start

as you know, many countries have banned smoking in pubs. As a result, those who can’t resist the urge to light up are obliged to stand outside. This has led to a new phenomenon known as “smirting”, which is basically a combination o “smoking” and “irting”. Many do it, so it should be in the dictionary. Rory, Dublin.

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