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Lizzie
Hello, I'm Lizzie. Today's story is a famous legend about a so-called outlaw who likes
to stand up for poor people. He lives deep in Sherwood Forest in England with his
band of 'merry men'. Any ideas who this working-class hero might be? Yes, that's right,
it's Robin Hood.

Robin has a habit of stealing from the rich to give to the poor but the Sheriff – who takes
money from the poor to fund his lavish lifestyle – can't stand him. He thinks of him as a
robber and wants to have him arrested – on his wedding day of all days – just as he is
about to marry the beautiful Maid Marian.

A fight breaks out but the Sheriff's men don't stand a chance against the fit and strong
Robin. He manages to escape and goes into hiding in the vast and dense Sherwood
Forest. The hunt is then on find him.

Robin lives out in the forest and as time passes he meets various people such as Little
John – who's not little at all. He's a good fighter and Robin invites him to join his group
of men who together stand for equality and fairness for everyone. They plan to steal
money from the rich to help those who need it more.

But, oh dear, Robin stands to lose his lovely Maid Marian...

What's going to happen next? You'll have to wait until next time to find out if Robin
finally gets his girl!

Question 1 of 5
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Robin Hood has no respect for poor people and looks down on them.
A True
B False
 Well done! Robin Hood likes to ''stand up for'' - which means defend - poor people.

Question 2 of 5
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The sheriff isn't interested in Robin Hood.
A True
B False
 Well done! The Sheriff "can't stand" - which means hates - Robin Hood.

Question 3 of 5
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Robin Hood is easily able to defeat the Sheriff's men in the fight.
A True
B False
 Well done! The Sheriff's men ''don't stand a chance'' - which means have very little
possibilty of success - against Robin.

Question 4 of 5
Help
Robin and his men believe that everyone should be equal.
A True
B False
 Well done. Robin and his men ''stand for'' - which means 'represent an idea or principle'
- equality and fairness.

Question 5 of 5
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Robin may lose his fiancée.
A True
B False
 Well done! Robin "stands to lose" - which means in a situation where he might lose -
Maid Marian.

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Feedback Summary
Excellent! You scored: 5 / 5
1
Robin Hood has no respect for poor people and looks down on them. False
Well done! Robin Hood likes to ''stand up for'' - which means defend - poor people.
2
The sheriff isn't interested in Robin Hood. False
Well done! The Sheriff "can't stand" - which means hates - Robin Hood.
3
Robin Hood is easily able to defeat the Sheriff's men in the fight. True
Well done! The Sheriff's men ''don't stand a chance'' - which means have very little possibilty of
success - against Robin.
4
Robin and his men believe that everyone should be equal. True
Well done. Robin and his men ''stand for'' - which means 'represent an idea or principle' - equality
and fairness.
5
Robin may lose his fiancée. True
Well done! Robin "stands to lose" - which means in a situation where he might lose - Maid Marian.
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Feedback Summary
Great job! You scored: 5 / 6
1
Your answer: "Lin's cake stood out in the competition; it's obvious that she's a professional baker."
Excellent!
2
Your answer: "The school rugby team doesn't stand a chance this year; they've lost all their best
players."
Well done!
3
Your answer: "I stood up for you when everyone said you were having an affair and now I find out
that you lied to me!"
Well done!
4
Your answer: "I stand to lose thousands if the pound falls any further."
Good job!
5
Your answer: "I can't stand people who drop litter on beaches. Why can't they just take their rubbish
home?!"
Well done!
6
Your answer: "Mr Hughs says he can't stand any more of our nonsense. He says we'll get a
detention next time we misbehave. "
You need a phrase that means 'refuse to accept or allow a situation' - but this isn't it!

eresa Linde Valenzuela

Mahogani was the most beautiful young woman in the village, and the most handy too.
She stood by her family when they lost their harvest, and she was working very hard in
the new business of clothes, sewing and ironing, instead of going to the school. That’s
was the reason why she stood up for her younger sister, Sheera, when she preferred
studying to working in the small family bussines. But her parents couldn’t stand about
that, because they thought that wasn’t the way to do a good marriage. Sheera wanted
to be a doctor, and she knew that she didn’t stand a chance unless she wouldn’t
obtain the best marks of her promotion at the school, because her family couldn’t afford
to pay the fees of the university nor the subsistence expenses in Nsukka, the city where
the universitiy was, which was located about three hundred kilometres to her home.
Both sisters had looked for information about scholarships, and there was a NGO which
offered a grant to college education for the best academic record in the area. This stood
for equality and development in rural areas through the promotion of high education for
women in the countryside regions of Nigeria.

Mahogani knew that if Sheera went at university, she would stand to lose possibilities

because all the housework and other task would be for herself. But she wouldn’t stand
for her sister had the same future of her: working for their parents and stop it to work for
her husband. She didn’t stand out for her generosity but really she was doing a great
sacrifice for her sister, and finally Sheera obtained the scholarship and went at
university to study medicine.

Today Sheera is the village paediatrician in her town, she works in the ‘Medical Center
Mahogani’, when her older sister receives the patients and gives the doctor’s
appointments. Good actions have spirit which stands and comes back to the people
who did them.

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Bernard
Once upon a time there was a young who stood up for his belief to defend the forest in
his village.

Everyday he could wake up and go round the forest in search for any sign of the forest
destroyer. And whenever he find one he could report them to their region authority no
matter their excuses they offered him, he couldn't stand their forest destruction
behaviour. Because that one day there was an offer of recruiting forest rangers in the
village and he stand out best his village.

But as the days goes by their villages become hungry because of his stands. And one
day they called a meeting which it was to abolish his name in the village's register
names which he couldn't stand a chance to marry in his village and also he stand to
lose his land in the same village. But he still stood for his stand on protecting forest.
And the villagers wouldn't stand for his new job which they deemed as their cultural
barrier. 

Until finally his parents stands by [BBC Learning English says: stood by] him and they
garanteen his land right and it still stands there.

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Serena
My daughter Emily found out that there were three Maths tests in this semester.
She could’t stand it. She says that school should be a learning-is-fun environment, but
not a test-plus-test surrounding. She won’t stand for this kind of teaching strategy,
standing out for debating.

She stands up for students’ right and her classmates stand by her. Together,

they stand for learning-is-fun for students. She wrote a letter to her school principle,
expressing her concerns. She mentioned that students stand to lose their interesting in
learning because of extreme stress and repeating tests in such short period. Last week,
they need stay very late till middle of night to do math assignment, but lots of
them doesn’t [BBC Learning English says: don't] stand a chance to finish. She asked
me to stand up for her. What should I do? Stand for or not stand for is a question.

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Alain, France
Here is my story:

I introduce you my to children : Eleana my daughter, 8 years and Billl my son ; 12 years.
One day, the two childrens decided to make a contest : to climb as speedy as possible
on the montain next for my house. The winner will able to eat a very big icecream. The
way up was easy but it was a steep slope. Obviously, Eleana didn't stand a chance to
win the race but she didn't want stand for. I gave the starting signal. Bill ran very fast
immediatly. The very steep slope surprised Eleana which wasn't abble to run as quickly
as her brother and stood to lose the race. Eleana could not stand this way and was
crying. But a old man was riding towards the summit on his horse and stood up for the
small girl. He put Eleana on his horse. The horse jupped towards the summit and after a
few minutes, it overtooked Bill who was already very tired . The old man stood
for beeing kind with the young people so he stood by Bill and also put him on his
horse. On the summit Eleana, Bill and the old man ate a big ice cream.

BBC Learning English says:

Awwww... We love a happy ending :-) A piece of advice for you Alain: won't stand for -
meaning 'refuse to accept or allow a situation' needs an object. So your phrase 'she
didn't want stand for' would read better as 'she didn't want to stand for it'.

Thanks for your story!

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Antonio
I can not stand for any futher such misbehave as the country is falling down in its on
misery, I wish I could stand for politicians nonethelss it's cleary impossibel to stand
by them once they are involved in scams along with plots.

I hope one day many of us might be able to stand out new politicians and the whole
country shall take advantage of it.
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Huey, Malaysia
I've started learning Japanese language two years ago. The reason I wanted to learn
this language was because of a Japanese anime. I'm a slow learner so it took me ages
to pick up the language. Sometimes people laughed at me because of silly mistakes I
made. I couldn't stand them. I was always hoping that I could go to Japan. There were
a lot of summer programmes to study in Japan. Unfortunately, the cost was too high
and I couldn't afford any of them.

When the result of level 3 of Japanese Language was announced, I couldn't believe that
I got the highest score. I knew I would never stand a chance of getting the highest
score. Anyway, I was on cloud nine. And what happened next was something I would
never ever expected.

One morning when I was getting ready for school, I received a call from my Japanese
language teacher. She told me that I was chosen to participate a programme in Japan
and it was sponsored. It was the greatest news in my life! I told my friends about that.
They all were happy for me.

However, some students in Japanese class weren't happy about that. They said my
Japanese didn't stand out and I shouldn't go. A guy said his Japanese was better than
mine and he wouldn't stand for it. So he asked my teacher to let him participate the
programme instead of me. But my teacher didn't let him go.

That was what happened before I went to Japan. Anyway, I still had a great time in
Japan. After one month, I came back to my country. Part of my heart remain stands
there.

That's my story. BBC, thank you so much.

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Anastasia, Russia
‘We will stand tall, And face it all together. At Skyfall.’  I can`t stand her singing! No, I
don`t mean Adele, she is great, but my school friend who turned up out of the blue last
week. It`s half past six, Saturday morning, my day-off. Yesterday I was out for the count
and I still desperately want to sleep. So desperately as she wants to sing. Even as a
schoolgirl she stood out from the rest. She is tone deaf, has a loud shrill voice and she
can't carry a tune to save her life. And she has always had an enormous passion for
singing, I suppose, ever since she was a baby. She sang everywhere our objections
notwithstanding.  Although I usually stood up for her at school, I must admit that
she stands to lose my friendship. Meanwhile I stand to gain a terrible headache. Only
her parents always stand by her. They are really hospitable people, once they invited
me to visit them in their summer house. I guess, the invitation still stands. I stand
for law against morning singing at weekends. I won`t stand for these awful  noises any
more. I should get up and make a breakfast. Nobody can`t sing while eating.
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Taras, Ukraine
All the people face the same problem as finding work or employment. You need to
remember to follow some rules to find a good job otherwise you might not stand a
chance. First of all you have to get your relatives stand up for you. It might calm you
down and make you feel confident.

It is important to make the right CV.  Avoid its ready-made writing. You have to stand
out among others. Be detailed to write their experiences which are interesting for
particular employer. No need to highlight other aspects of your experience.

Focus on the job market and expertly assess their knowledge and skills to work. And
finally excessive self-confidence can also be your enemy. So won't stand for it to
master you.

Good luck in your job search!

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Next
That's the end of Session 4. In session 5, Tim from the Learning English team is back
with the latest episode of our new pronunciation series. Don't miss it!
Feedback Summary
Great job! You scored: 5 / 6
1
Your answer: "Lin's cake stood out in the competition; it's obvious that she's a professional baker."
Excellent!
2
Your answer: "The school rugby team doesn't stand a chance this year; they've lost all their best
players."
Well done!
3
Your answer: "I stood up for you when everyone said you were having an affair and now I find out
that you lied to me!"
Well done!
4
Your answer: "I stand to lose thousands if the pound falls any further."
Good job!
5
Your answer: "I can't stand people who drop litter on beaches. Why can't they just take their rubbish
home?!"
Well done!
6
Your answer: "Mr Hughs says he can't stand any more of our nonsense. He says we'll get a
detention next time we misbehave. "
You need a phrase that means 'refuse to accept or allow a situation' - but this isn't it!
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