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English File Advanced 4 edition, unit 1 p. 6 LISTENING 1.2

EXERCISE 1 Match the expressions in the left columns with their definitions in the right ones.

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 Imprison[ed]  Gossip
 Assassination  Completely and finally proved wrong
 Rumours  A person who pretends to be someone else to deceive others
 Impostor  Put in prison, incarcerate[d]
 Fuel  Intensify sth, make sth stronger
 Conclusively disproved  The act of killing somebody famous

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 Intensified  Unlucky, often ending in death

 Assassinated  killed
 Ill-fated [family]  emphasized

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 A damning description  a very negative, critical description

 a truthful description

PHOTO 4

 Subsequent  appear in someone’s mind a lot, worry sb.

 Haunt sb [about thoughts, memories]  emotional closeness
 Attachment  following; happening next

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 In the dead of night  in the middle of the night

 at dawn

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 Resemble  a sudden appearance of sth (usually negative)

 Outbreak  look like sb
 Seek refuge  try to find a place where you can be safe
EXERCISE 2. Fill the gaps with words from exercise 1

1. Anna takes after her mother, they look very alike. = Anna resembles
r……………… her mother.

2. The system started to operate in late 1914, a few months after the beginning of war in Europe.
utbreak of war in Europe.
= The system started to operate in late 1914, a few months after the o…………

un
3. The gossip of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt getting back together have been proved wrong.
isproved
umour/s of Jennifer Aniston and Brad Pitt getting back together have been d…………………..
= The r…………..

4. The rapid promotion of the director's son has intensified resentment within the company
ueled
= The rapid promotion of the director's son has f……………… resentment within the company.

5. It is impossible to prove without any doubt that the factory is responsible for the pollution.
onclusivelythat the factory is responsible for the pollution.
= It is impossible to prove c…………..

6. mposter .
It was not the real Dr Frazer but a cheater. = It was not the real Dr Frazer but an i………….

7. President Kennedy was killed in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.

ssassinated in Dallas, Texas, in 1963.
= President Kennedy was a………………..

ll fatedaircraft later crashed into the hillside.

8. The unlucky aircraft later crashed into the hillside. = The i….-……..

9. There's been a sudden appearance of food poisoning at the hotel.

utbreak of food poisoning at the hotel.
There's been an o……………

10. Hundreds of dissidents are looking for refuge in the US embassy.

eekingrefuge in the US embassy.
= Hundreds of dissidents are s………..

ead of night.
11. The fire broke out in the middle of the night. = The fire broke out in the d………..

12. The book discusses his illness and following resignation from politics.
ubsequent resignation from politics.
= The book discusses his illness and s……………

13. His experiences in Vietnam still appear in his memory.

aunt
= His experiences in Vietnam still h…………… him.

mprisoned in 1965 for attempted murder.

14. He was incarcerated in 1965 for attempted murder. = He was i………………

15. He made some fairly pejorative remarks about the government's refusal to deal with the problem.
amning remarks about the government's refusal to deal with the problem.
= He made some fairly d…………..