Memories READING 1 Read the text below. Then look at the pictures and tick the one which best matches the description of the teacher, Use a dictionary where necessary. ‘We called them masters in those days, not teachers, and at St Peter's the one I feared most of all, apart from the Headmaster, was Captain Hardcastle. 5 This man was slim and wiry and he played football. On the football field he wore white running shorts and white gymshoes and short white socks. His legs were as hard and thin as rat's legs ard the skin around his calves was almost exactly the colour of mutton fat. The hair on his head was not ginger. It was brilliant dark vermilion, like a ripe orange, and it was plastered back with immense quantities of brilliantine in the same fashion 15 as the Heacmaster’s, The parting in his hair was a white line straight down the middle of the sealp, so straight it could only have been, made with a ruler. On either side of the parting you could see the comb tracks 2) running back through the greasy orange hair like little tramtines Captain Hardcastle sporteda moustachethat wwas the same colour as his hair, and oh what a ‘moustache it was! A truly terrifying sight, a | 25 thick orange hedge that sprouted and flourished between his nose and upper lip and. ran clear across his face from the middle of one cheek to the middle of the other. But this was not one of those nailbrush moustaches, all 30 short and clipped and bristly. Nor was it long and droopy in the walrus style. Instead it was curled most splendidly upwardsall the way | alongasthough it had had a permanent wave put intoit. Behind the moustache there lived 55. an inflamed and savage face with a deeply cormugated brow that indicated a very limited intelligence. ‘Lifeisapuzzlement, the corrugated brow seemed tobe saying, ‘and the world is a dangerous place. All men are enemies and small boys are insects that will turn and bite you if you don't get them first and squash them hard, | 10 so Captain Hardcastle was never still. His orange head twitched and jerked perpetually from side to side in the most alarming fashion, and tach ‘twitch was accompanied by & little grunt that camo out of his nostrils. He had been a soldier in the army in the Great War and that, of course, was how he had received his title. But even small insects like us knew that ‘Captain’ was not a very exalted rani and only a man with little else to boast about would hang on to it in civilian life For a reason that I could never properly understand Captain Hardcastle had it in for me from my very first day at St Peter's, Perhaps it was because he taught Latin and I ‘was no good at it. Perhaps it was because already, at the age of nine, I was very nearly as tall as he was, or even more likely, it was because I took an instant distil to his giant orange moustache and he often caught me staring at it with what was probably a little sneer under the nose. ee sean, Bln Faker of Childbonel ly Roald Dall Glossary Donifiantiae an oily ovsture to make men s hur shine and stay in place ramiines metal vacks along which buses even bby ‘electncny can twalhas an was sh his tWo Long Feeth whieh han ‘down the Cnt War the World War which took place trem Toute ‘acamgated brow eyebrows which were always yard ogather ina frown2 Underline the correct alternatives. a) Hardeastle had red / black / mddish-orange hair. b) His hair was dry/otly, ) His hair was tidy / untidy. sas bushy / cut short / wavy. ©) His face seemed kind /eruel /clever. 1) He was ovenewight /strong / quite thin / d) His moustache very tall. 3 Write T(for True) or F for False) next to the following statements according to the text. a) Hardcastle liked children. 1b) He trusted other people t00 much, ¢) He wasn't a relaxed person. _ @) He had an imponant title ¢) Hardcastle disliked the writer. f) The writer liked Hardeastle’s appearance. PRONUNCIATION Words from the text 1 The following list gives the phonemic transcription of some words from the text. Write down the words, using the pronunciation chart ‘on page 149 of the Students’ Book to help you a) /stren/ straight _ 1b) /insekt/ ©) /koum/ @) /dgaronv/ e) /boust/ 1) /mastar/ 2 Mark where the stress falls in the following words, Then use the dictionary to check your answers. a) head'master bon ©) football ©) gymshoes 1) dangerous &) perpetually rush d) moustache Coit GRAMMAR Form and function Match the communicative functions (i to the meaning expressed in the sentences in the dialogue below. In some cases there is more than one possibility, a) ability bb) asking about obligation ©) offer / promise ) suggestion ©) prediction h) agreement i) asking for confirmation T can't ski very well’ (1) Neither can 1! (2) Let's go for lessons on a dry ski slope before the holiday’ (3) ‘Do we have to wes special clothes? (4) Well, if | were you I'd wear Waterproofs, (5 —) otherwise you'll probably get soaking wet. (6) . ‘Tm not allowed out in the evening while these exams are on (7 __). It have to be weekends. ‘OK. I'll book a lesson for next weekend, then, (8 —) shall P (9 Functional English Write what you would say in these situations. 8) You are late for dinner at someone's house: Apologise and give a reason, b) A friend of yours is unhappy in her job Give advice. ©) Invite somebody you like to go out for a drink. d) Ask your boss for permission to leave early. ©) Ask a stranger in the street if they can tell you where the bank is. ©) You can't go to your friend’s party. Apologise and make an excuse.Unit | Verb forms and time 1 Write the name of the verb form given in italics. a) We're leaving at six, Present Continuous }) When she arrives we'll go —_____ ©) Have you finished yet? d) I used to live in Rome. ©) IFT had time Pd do it 1D After he'd fole! me I haul to sit down, g) She may phone later, — h) [ve heen living here for two years. 2 Match each verb form from Exercise 1 with the relevant heading below, depending on the time it refers 10, Example: We're leaving refers to future time soa) goes. under Future. 1 Present —_ 2 Past seen from the present ____ 3 Past 4 Past seen from the past —_ 5 Future slips Revision grammar Look at the following sentences in which the grammatical errory have been underlined, Correct the errors. a) Lam the most young in my family and 1 like very much to have older brothers and sistes b) When { will leave school I would like ‘going (o university for to study business ©) I didn't know whose book was it. Then | realised it was her so I have retumed it to she. ) I haven't got no luggages but | have much, books to carry. ©) My money stole while I travelling on the bus VOCABULARY Plurals Write down the plurals of the following words. a)child children house b) baby h) tooth © potato 1) foot lady wife Osheep bus 1) mouse D furniture _ Describing people 1 Ona separate sheet of paper, copy the network below. Put the words from the box in the appropriate places on the network. auburn oval vivacious curly twinkling plump. shoulder-length elderly teenager —_broad-shouldered placid shy well-built long-lashed + wide middle-aged glasses freckles skinny — toddler 2 = Make another copy of the network with the sume headings, Put vocabulary from the reacting text about Captain Hardcastle in the appropriate places. Example: hair — ginger WRITING Personal description On a separate sheet of paper, write a description ‘of somebody who was important to you in your childhood, e.g. a teacher, a relative, a first love. Include in your description information about: = their physical appearance. = their personality. = the place they had in your life.