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December 2019
Work It Out!
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Gli esercizi sono basati sugli articoli del numero del mese e corrispondono
al loro livello linguistico.
LIVELLI LINGUISTICI SIMBOLI FONETICI

A1 BEGINNER iː bee ɔː ball k car ʒ leisure
A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE ı it ʊ book j yes ʧ chair
B1 LOWER INTERMEDIATE ɛ bed uː blue θ thank ʤ jewel
B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE æ and ʌ cup ð that ŋ king
C1 ADVANCED ɑː car ɜː bird z zero
C2 PROFICIENCY ɒ box ɘ mother ʃ ship
Il livello linguistico degli esercizi è indicato secondo i criteri del Common

European Framework of Reference for Languages.
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Unit 1
COCKNEY
A2
PRE-INTERMEDIATE
CULTURE
VOCABULARY 1.1
A. Decide which word(s) (1-4) go(es) with which meaning (a-d).
1) code a) a group of people living in one area
b) a special language in which you can send secret

2) community
messages
3) fascinated c) to earn money
4) for a living d) very interested in something
B. Use a word from the previous activity (1-4) to complete the sentences.
1) In the Second World War, an Englishman

broke the German army’s
and got their plans.
2) What does he do ?
He sells vegetables in the market.
3) I am by the history of old

places.
4) There is a big Russian

in South London.
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Unit 1
TRUE OR FALSE? 1.2
Read and decide whether the following sentences are true (T) or false (F).
T F
1) Henry and Eliza were real people.
2) The police used a code to catch people who committed crimes.
3) In the past, people who lived in the countryside were called

cockney.
4) The word “cockney” is over 600 years old.
5) The writer of Pygmalion is not English.
6) Someone with “bees and honey” in cockney is a poor person.
7) If a cockney person talks about “bacon and eggs”, they mean a

part of the body.
ABC
GRAMMAR 1.3
In the text we found “Henry is fascinated by the very different way in which
they speak the same language”. Use the prepositions in the box to complete the
sentences below.
of in about to at on
1) All the students are worried the exam tomorrow.
2) As a child, I was always scared insects.
3) The book I am reading is very similar Pygmalion.
4) John has always been very good maths.
5) Since her divorce, Jane has not been interested any other men.
6) Many people around the world are keen learning English.
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Unit 1
VOCABULARY 1.4
In cockney rhyming slang, common words are replaced with a phrase that rhymes
with the word being replaced. Try to match numbers (1-16) and letters (a-p).
1) Adam and Eve a) swear
2) alligator b) tea
3) April showers c) love
4) bacon and eggs d) wine
5) bees and honey e) ten
6) Big Ben f) time
7) bird’s nest g) believe
8) Calvin Klein h) soap
9) cockney rhyme i) money
10) hairy knees j) please
11) Irish stew k) chest
12) no hope l) true
13) orange and pear m) later
14) turtle dove n) flowers
15) you and me o) legs
16) dog and bone p) phone

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Unit 2
YOUTUBE
B1
LOWER INTERMEDIATE
VIDEOS
VOCABULARY 2.1
Find in text the words that mean:
1) parola, termine T___
2) iscritto, abbonato S_________
3) visualizzazione V___
4) cibo F___
5) parola composta P__________
6) visualizzatore, spettatore V _ _ _ _ _
7) cuoio capelluto S____
8) catena C____
9) capelli H___
10) unghia N___
11) superficie S______
12) bracciale B_______
13) prodotto P______
14) esposizione mediatica E_______
15) linguaggio, lingua L_______

Unit 2
READING COMPREHENSION 2.2
Read and complete the sentences choosing one of the options.
The world’s most popular website is
a YouTube.
b Google.
c Facebook.
2) Mukbang originated in
a South Korea.
b North Korea.
c the United States.
3) The term ASMR was first used in
a 2016.
b 2010.
c 2001.
4) Among the most popular video formats on YouTube are
a Unboxing videos and tutorials.
b ASMR KFC.
c sports videos.
5) Lil Bub is
a an American fast food restaurant.
b an American makeup artist.
c an American celebrity cat.

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Unit 3
B1
LOWER INTERMEDIATE
THE HAKA
LISTENING COMPREHENSION 3.1
Listen and match numbers (1-10) and letters (a-j).
a) a famous Maori warrior leader and the composer

1) Haka
of Ka Mate
2) Haotearoa b) the indigenous people of New Zealand
3) Te Matatini c) a ceremonial performance in Maori culture
4) Maori d) the New Zealand national rugby team
5) Tama-nui-te-ra e) the Maori name for New Zealand
6) Hine-raumati f) the god of the sun in Maori mythology
7) Tane-rore g) a biennial performing Maori arts festival
h) one of Tama-nui-te-r’s wives and the

8) Ka Mate
personification of summer
9) Te Rauparaha i) Tama-nui-te-ra’s and Hine-raumati’s son
10) All Blacks j) the most widely known Haka in New Zealand

Unit 3
WORDSEARCH 3.2
Locate the verbs hidden in the grid (horizontally or vertically) that mean:
• INCLUDERE • NASCONDERSI
• ONORARE, RENDERE OMAGGIO • RACCONTARE
• RISALIRE • SOPRAVVIVERE
• RAPPRESENTARE • INSERIRE, INCORPORARE
• INCARNARE • TENERSI, AVERE LUOGO
• IMITARE, EMULARE • MOSTRARE

Unit 3
RECIPE 3.3
This dessert was created in honour of Anna Pavlova, a famous Russian dancer
who toured New Zealand and Australia around the 1920s. It's typical of both
countries’ cuisine and it’s usually served during the holiday meals.
Kiwi Pavlova
Ingredients
3 egg whites
3 tablespoons cold water
250 g sugar
1 pinch salt
1 teaspoon vinegar
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2 teaspoons corn flo ur
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Unit 4 CHARLES
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
DICKENS
VOCABULARY 4.1
Find the adjective that means the opposite.
tiny f elite
tedious ordinary ull
early undispu obscure
huge ted
controv clean
ersial
easy g
ustin
poor exha
dirty excit
heavy ing late
ous
fam y re wealthy
oung empty matu
light

Unit 4
SONGS
Dickens is considered the “modern father of Christmas”: it seems that we owe him
and his famous short novel A Christmas Carol the revival of Christmas traditions.
Look for these very famous Christmas songs on YouTube and complete the missing
words.
WHITE CHRISTMAS
I'm (1) of a white Christmas
Just like the ones I (2) to know
Where the treetops glisten and (3) listen
To hear sleigh bells in the (4)
(5) dreaming of a white Christmas

With (6) Christmas card I write
May your days be (7) and bright
And (8) all your Christmases be white
I'm dreaming of a (9) Christmas

Just (10) the ones I used to know
(11) the treetops glisten and children listen
To (12) sleigh bells in the snow
I'm dreaming of a white (13)

With every Christmas (14) I write
May (15) days be merry and bright
And may all your (16) be white

Unit 4
4.2
SILENT NIGHT
Silent (1) , holy night
All is calm, all is (2)
Round yon virgin, (3) and child
Holy infant, so (4) and mild
(5) in heavenly peace
Sleep in heavenly (6)
Silent night, (7) night

(8) quake at the sight
Glories stream from (9) afar
Heavenly hosts (10) Alleluia!
(11) the saviour is born
Christ the (12) is born
Silent night, holy (13)

Son of (14) , love's pure light
Radiant beams (15) thy holy face
With the dawn of redeeming (16) ,
(17) , Lord at thy birth,
Jesus, (18) at thy birth.

Unit 4
Read the text and match the two halves of the sentences.
1) Charles Dickens was born a) to prison for failure to pay a debt.

in 1812
2) In 1824 his father was arrested b) he got a job as a clerk in an

and sent attorney’s office.
3) When Charles Dickens was c) labels on pots of shoe blacking.

twelve years old,
d) established the workhouse

4) His family sent him to work structure.
5) He worked ten hours a day e) into a middle-class family.

pasting
6) This experience was to mark f) in weekly or monthly instalments.
7) When he was fifteen, g) he was withdrawn from school.
8) The New Poor Law, introduced

in 1834, h) in his novel Oliver Twist.
9) Poor people could only get i) of the Victorian era.

help if they
10) Dickens criticised the New Poor j) in a blacking or shoe-polish

Law factory.
11) He is regarded as the greatest k) agreed to leave their homes and

novelist go into a workhouse.
12) His works were originally l) the beginning of Dickens’ social

published in magazines commitment.

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Unit 5
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
A FLAT EARTH?
VOCABULARY 5.1
Unscramble the letters to create words used in the part of the article that comes
before the interview. The first letter is given to help you.
1) LOINRAEOXPT E
2) SMRUITST M
3) OAONSMYTR A
4) NELTPA P
5) REHAT E
6) LOOLERWF F
7) ANIRPTIORENTET I
8) MENTEMOV M
9) REOANIOVTBS O
10) ENIRUSEV U
11) IEBFEL B
12) MPIEERTER P
13) OARMPLTF P
14) NSTIESTCI S

Unit 5
TRIVIA TIME! 5.2
Try to answer the following trivia questions.
TRIVIA QUE
STIONS
1) What is
the closest
planet to th
2) Which e Sun?
is the most
predominan
3) Who fir t element in
st suggested the Sun?
solar sy that the Sun
stem? was the cent
er of the
4) What is
the hottest
planet in th
5) What pl e solar system
anet is famou ?
that su s for the be
rround it? autiful rings
6) What is
the name of
telescop NASA’s mos
e? t famous sp
ace
7) What is
the name of
the force ho
8) Is a “ligh lding us to th
t year” a mea e Earth?
brightne sure of time,
ss? distance or

9) What is
the smallest
planet in th
10) Is the Su e solar system
n a star or a ?
planet?
11) What is
the largest pl
anet in the so
12) Have hu lar system?
man beings
ever set foot
13) What pl on Mars?
anet is know
n as the “red
planet”?

Unit 5
LISTENING COMPREHENSION C1 5.3
Listen to the interview and put the words in the correct order to make sentences.
1) Walton / there / flat / in / the / 200 / verses / Bible / different / support /

that / According / Earth / are / about / to / Wendell / a / .
2) footage / of / a / fake / image / a / take / the / Photoshop / the / see / Earth /
can / rising / it’s / examine / it / over / and / the / Moon / with / If / program /
like / you / original / you / .
3) when / faked / realised / government / couldn’t / they / Moon / they /
During / go / the / the / to / War / just / the / American / Cold / it / .
4) NASA / two / in / directions / shadows / photo / is / an / two / where /
There / official / you / can / different / see / .
5) of / there / the / In / believe / flat / theory / spite / growing / percentage /
Americans / of / disinformation / of / lot / a / is / a / that / Earth / .
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Unit 6 I’M A WORLD-
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
CLASS WHISTLER
VOCABULARY 6.1
What do these words mean?
1) out of tune
aloud not in the correct musical key unexpected

2) cheesy
of low quality inaccessible greedy
3) overwhelming
obese very intense worldly

4) trophy
shrine prize cup monument

5) odd one out
aloud insane differing from all others

6) frisson
thrill fear boredom
7) tournament
long journey series of contests dizziness

Unit 6
What do these numbers refer to? Complete the table using the phrases
in the box.
trophies Geert won at the World Whistling Championship concerts Geert gives
every year Geert’s young kids years old; when Geert was at a Christmas
dinner with his family contestants at the World Whistling Championship days;
duration of the World Whistling Championship years old; when Geert started
whistling year when Geert performed before Queen Beatrix of Netherlands
World Whistling Championships Geert has judged
34
30
2007
75-100

Unit 6
TRUE OR FALSE? 6.3
Listen and decide whether these statements are true (T) or false (F).
T F
1) As a child, Geert used to live in the Eindhoven area in the
Netherlands.
2) He used to whistle together with his dad.
3) His father only whistled classical music, especially Bach.
4) Within a few years, Geert was better than his father at whistling.
5) As an adult he worked as a psychiatric nurse.

6) During a family Christmas party, his sister repeatedly asked him
to stop whistling.
7) A few days later, she phoned and told him she had entered him
in the World Whistling Championship.
8) The World Whistling Championship was taking place in North
Carolina.
9) The contestants were all excellent.
10) Geert won the competition.

11) Geert also whistled in front of Queen Beatrix during an event in
a big church in Leiden.
12) Geert is now a professional whistler.
13) He auditioned with Cirque du Soleil and was hired.

14) During the show, at one point, he whistles Rudolph
the Red-Nosed Reindeer.
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Unit 7 THE SCIENCE
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
OF SLEEP
VOCABULARY 7.1
Insert the vowels to complete the following words used in the first part of the article.
1) hlth
2) brn
3) dscvry
4) mtn
5) dsrdr
6) bnft
7) dvc
8) hygn
9) dngr
10) drwsnss
11) vrds
12) thrpy
13) mmry
14) knwldg
15) pttrn

Unit 7
Read the first part of the article and complete the sentences with the words in
the box. Careful: there is an extra word in the box.
benefits challenges third sleep excess addiction ability aids

brain disorders memories health
1) Even if we spend a of our life sleeping, we know very little

about it.
2) Recent scientific discoveries show all the benefits of a good
night’s sleep.
3) Sleep increases our to learn, memorise and make logical
decisions.
4) It also allows us to face the social and psychological of our
daily life.
5) Dreaming helps us deal with painful .
6) While we dream, our merges past and present knowledge.
7) In his book Why We Sleep, Matthew Walker warns against sleep .
8) Sleeping pills do not provoke natural sleep and could even cause
and dangerous daytime drowsiness.
9) Sleeping pills don’t provide any sleep .
10) Henry Nicholls’ book Sleepyhead examines a whole range of common
, from insomnia to sleep apnea.
11) Henry Nicholls himself suffers from narcolepsy, a disorder commonly
believed to be an of sleep.
Extra word:

Unit 7
LISTENING COMPREHENSION C1 7.3
Listen to the interview and complete the table.
AMOUNT OF SLEEP NEEDED
CONSEQUENCES OF SLEEP
DEPRIVATION
SLEEP DISORDERS
SLEEP DISORDERS
TRIGGERS
This is one of the most beloved lullaby songs. You can listen to it on YouTube:
it might help you fall asleep faster!
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Unit 8 LITTLE
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
WOMEN
Each of the following sentences contains an error. Find it and correct it.
1) Little Women is the second book in Louisa May Alcott’s trilogy.
2) The story revolves around the lives of the four April sisters.
3) Their brother is fighting in the American Civil War.
4) The book explores Meg, Jo, Beth and Amy’s passage from childhood
to old age.
5) Little Women is considered a semi-autobiographical play.
6) Meg’s character is certainly based on the author herself.
7) Another important character is Laurie, the four girls’ poor next-door

neighbour.
8) Alcott wrote two sequels to Little Women: Little Boys and Jo’s Boys.
9) The book has frequently been adapted for stage and cartoons.
10) The latest movie adaptation of the novel is interpreted by Greta Gerwig.

Unit 8
ABC
GRAMMAR SPOT 8.2
We found in the text: “We will be brother and sister…, won’t we, Laurie?”.
Let’s review tag questions, which are used to ask for confirmation.
Complete the sentences with tag questions.
1) We can stay, ?
2) They haven’t got a computer, ?
3) You have just arrived, ?
4) You aren’t sleeping, ?
5) Your neighbours play tennis every weekend, ?
6) You would like a cup of tea, ?
7) You don’t know her, ?
8) They went to the theatre last night, ?
9) She speaks English, ?
10) Martha is an accountant, ?
11) You don’t like him, ?
12) We have finished, ?
13) They will come, ?
14) I should try harder, ?
15) You must go, ?
16) You won’t be late, ?
17) You don’t know where my keys are, ?
18) He isn’t doing very well at school, ?

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Unit 9
B2
UPPER INTERMEDIATE
ROBO.3
LISTENING COMPREHENSION 9.1
Listen and write numbers (1-17) next to the sentences to provide the correct
sequence of events.
a) Dr. John studied it in detail and came to the conclusion that, if

released, Robo.3 would put all humanity at risk.
b) Dr. John left the TV studio feeling angry and frustrated.

c) They created the first version of Robo together.
d) After a few weeks, Dr John was on a TV show explaining to the audience
that Robo.3 was dangerous and had to be destroyed.
e) Maxwell Clark then founded Butler Inc.

f) At that point, he decided he had to stop the release of Robo.3 at all costs.
g) At night, he broke through the security system at Maxwell’s house.
h) The computer-generated Maxwell had been waiting for Dr. John to
come to Maxwell’s house.
i) He heard Maxwell Clark’s voice: “So, you came”.

j) Dr. John and Maxwell Clark had met at Harvard.
k) Maxwell Clark sent Dr. John a copy of the new Robo.3 program.
l) So the computer had killed Maxwell Clark and had created
a computer-generated Maxwell Clark.
m) Then he realised the voice was coming from a computer.

n) When he shared his worry with Maxwell, he responded with silence.
o) Maxwell joined the TV program via satellite, reassured the public and
was also very disrespectful to Dr. John.
p) He found out that Maxwell had tried to delete the program on the
master computer.
q) In the last weeks he had created a virus that, once installed in the master
computer, at Maxwell’s house, would destroy all Robo programs.

Unit 9
CROSSWORD 9.2
Complete the crossword by filling in an adjective used in the article that means:
Across:
NS
USEFUL EXPRESSIO
2 solitario
7 buio
8 ermetico, a tenuta d’aria
9 dipendente
10 pericoloso you to come.
We waited for tu arrivassi.
12 reattivo mo che
13 etico, morale
Aspettava
Down:
1 frustrato
3 incontrollabile
4 arrabbiato
5 preregistrato
6 sgarbato, scortese
11 progredito
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COCKNEY CULTURE • easy-exhausting
Page 3 • famous-obscure
• empty-full
1.1 VOCABULARY • young-mature
A. 1) b, 2) a, 3) d, 4) c • ordinary-elite
B. 1) code, 2) for a living, 3) fascinated, 4) community 4.2 SONGS
1.2 TRUE OR FALSE? White Christmas
1) F, 2) F, 3) F, 4) T, 5) T, 6) F, 7) T (1) dreaming (9) white
(2) used (10) like
1.3 GRAMMAR (3) children (11) Where
1) about, 2) of, 3) to, 4) at, 5) in, 6) on (4) snow (12) hear
(5) I'm (13) Christmas
1.4 VOCABULARY (6) every (14) card
1) g, 2) m, 3) n, 4) o, 5) i, 6) e, 7) k, 8) d, 9) f, 10) j, 11) l, (7) merry (15) your
12) h, 13) a, 14) c, 15) b, 16) p (8) may (16) Christmases
Silent Night
YOUTUBE VIDEOS (1) night (10) sing
Page 6 (2) bright (11) Christ
(3) mother (12) saviour
2.1 VOCABULARY (4) tender (13) night
1) term, 2) subscriber, 3) view, 4) food, 5) portmanteau, (5) Sleep (14) God
6) viewer, 7) scalp, 8) chain, 9) hair, 10) nail, 11) surface, (6) peace (15) from
12) bracelet, 13) product, 14) exposure, 15) language (7) holy (16) grace
(8) Shepherds (17) Jesus
2.2 READING COMPREHENSION (9) heaven (18) Lord
1) b, 2) a, 3) b, 4) a, 5) c
4.3 READING COMPREHENSION
1) e, 2) a, 3) g, 4) j, 5) c, 6) l, 7) b, 8) d, 9) k, 10) h, 11) i,
THE HAKA 12) f
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3.1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION A FLAT EARTH?

1) c, 2) e, 3) g, 4) b, 5) f, 6) h, 7) i, 8) j, 9) a, 10) d Page 15
3.2 WORDSEARCH 5.1 VOCABULARY

1) EXPLORATION
2) MISTRUST
3) ASTRONOMY
4) PLANET
5) EARTH
6) FOLLOWER
7) INTERPRETATION
8) MOVEMENT
9) OBSERVATION
10) UNIVERSE
11) BELIEF
12) PERIMETER
13) PLATFORM
14) SCIENTIST
5.2 TRIVIA TIME!

1) Mercury.
2) Hydrogen.
3) Nicolaus Copernicus (1473-1543).
4) Venus.
5) Saturn.
6) Hubble Space Telescope.
7) Gravity.
8) Distance.
9) Mercury.
10) A star.
11) Jupiter.
12) No.
CHARLES DICKENS 13) Mars.
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5.3 LISTENING COMPREHENSION
4.1 VOCABULARY 1) According to Wendell Walton, there are about 200
• early-late different verses in the Bible that support a flat Earth.
• dirty-clean 2) If you take the original footage of the Earth rising over
• tedious-exciting the Moon, and examine it with a program like
• huge-tiny Photoshop, you can see it’s a fake image.
• controversial-undisputed
• poor-wealthy 3) During the Cold War, when the American government
• heavy-light realised they couldn’t go to the Moon, they just faked it.

4) There is an official NASA photo where you can see LITTLE WOMEN
two shadows in two different directions. Page 24
5) In spite of a lot of disinformation, there is a growing
percentage of Americans that believe the flat Earth 8.1 READING COMPREHENSION
theory. 1) second first
2) April March
3) brother father
I’M A WORLD-CLASS WHISTLER 4) old age adulthood
Page 18 5) play novel
6) Meg’s Jo’s
6.1 VOCABULARY 7) poor wealthy
1) not in the correct musical key, 2) of low quality, 8) Boys Men
3) very intense, 4) prize cup, 5) differing from all others, 9) cartoons screen
6) thrill, 7) series of contests 10) interpreted directed
6.2 READING COMPREHENSION 8.2 GRAMMAR SPOT
4 years old; when Geert started whistling 1) We can stay, can’t we?
years old; when Geert was at a Christmas dinner with 2) They haven’t got a computer, have they?
34 3) You have just arrived, haven’t you?
his family
3 Geert’s young kids 4) You aren’t sleeping, are you?
5) Your neighbours play tennis every weekend, don’t they?
30 contestants at the World Whistling Championship 6) You would like a cup of tea, wouldn’t you?
2 days; duration of the World Whistling Championship 7) You don’t know her, do you?
3 trophies Geert won at the World Whistling Championship 8) They went to the theatre last night, didn’t they?
year when Geert performed before Queen Beatrix of
9) She speaks English, doesn’t she?
2007 Netherlands 10) Martha is an accountant, isn’t she?
75-100 concerts Geert gives every year 11) You don’t like him, do you?
12) We have finished, haven’t we?
2 World Whistling Championships Geert has judged 13) They will come, won’t they?
14) I should try harder, shouldn’t I?
6.3 TRUE OR FALSE? 15) You must go, mustn’t you?
1) T, 2) T, 3) F, 4) T, 5) T, 6) F, 7) F, 8) T, 9) F, 10) T, 11) T, 16) You won’t be late, will you?
12) T, 13) T, 14) F 17) You don’t know where my keys are, do you?
18) He isn’t doing very well at school, is he?
THE SCIENCE OF SLEEP

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7.1 VOCABULARY
1) health, 2) brain, 3) discovery, 4) emotion, 5) disorder, 9.1 LISTENING COMPREHENSION
6) benefit, 7) advice, 8) hygiene, 9) danger, 1) j, 2) c, 3) e, 4) k, 5) a, 6) n, 7) d, 8) o, 9) b, 10) f, 11) q,
10) drowsiness, 11) overdose, 12) therapy, 13) memory, 12) g, 13) i, 14) m, 15) p, 16) l, 17) h
14) knowledge, 15) pattern
9.2 CROSSWORD
7.2 READING COMPREHENSION
1) third
2) health
3) ability
4) challenges
5) memories
6) brain
7) aids
8) addiction
9) benefits
10) disorders
11) excess
Extra word: sleep
7.3 LISTENING COMPREHENSION

AMOUNT OF SLEEP 6-9 hours
NEEDED
CONSEQUENCES OF risk of obesity, type 2 diabetes, hypertension,
SLEEP DEPRIVATION cardiovascular disease, stroke, cancer…
SLEEP DISORDERS insomnia, sleep apnea, restless legs syndrome,

sleepwalking, sleep talking, snoring, narcolepsy,
catalepsy, sleep paralysis, night terrors…
SLEEP DISORDERS genetic component, coffee intake, alcohol
TRIGGERS intake, screen use in the evenings…

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SPEAK UP anno XXXV n. 417

LIVELLI LINGUISTICI SIMBOLI FONETICI

Il livello linguistico degli esercizi è indicato secondo i criteri del Common

A. Decide which word(s) (1-4) go(es) with which meaning (a-d).

1) code a) a group of people living in one area

b) a special language in which you can send secret

3) fascinated c) to earn money

4) for a living d) very interested in something

1) In the Second World War, an Englishman

3) I am by the history of old

4) There is a big Russian

SpeakUp / December 2019 3

TRUE OR FALSE? 1.2

2) The police used a code to catch people who committed crimes.

3) In the past, people who lived in the countryside were called

4) The word “cockney” is over 600 years old.

5) The writer of Pygmalion is not English.

6) Someone with “bees and honey” in cockney is a poor person.

7) If a cockney person talks about “bacon and eggs”, they mean a

1) All the students are worried the exam tomorrow.

2) As a child, I was always scared insects.

3) The book I am reading is very similar Pygmalion.

4) John has always been very good maths.

6) Many people around the world are keen learning English.

4 SpeakUp / December 2019

1) Adam and Eve a) swear

3) April showers c) love

4) bacon and eggs d) wine

5) bees and honey e) ten

6) Big Ben f) time

7) bird’s nest g) believe

8) Calvin Klein h) soap

9) cockney rhyme i) money

10) hairy knees j) please

11) Irish stew k) chest

12) no hope l) true

13) orange and pear m) later

14) turtle dove n) flowers

15) you and me o) legs

16) dog and bone p) phone

SpeakUp / December 2019 5

Find in text the words that mean:

1) parola, termine T___

2) iscritto, abbonato S_________

5) parola composta P__________

7) cuoio capelluto S____

10) unghia N___

11) superficie S______

12) bracciale B_______

13) prodotto P______

14) esposizione mediatica E_______

15) linguaggio, lingua L_______

6 SpeakUp / December 2019

READING COMPREHENSION 2.2

Read and complete the sentences choosing one of the options.

The world’s most popular website is

c the United States.

3) The term ASMR was first used in

4) Among the most popular video formats on YouTube are

a Unboxing videos and tutorials.

a an American fast food restaurant.

b an American makeup artist.