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In this section Dr Fingers identifies and corrects typical errors…

and ensures that they are NEVER, EVER repeated.
DR FINGERS’
DR FINGERS’
ERROR CORRECTION CLINIC
ERROR CORRECTION CLINIC

Hello everybody, and welcome to my “Error Correction” clinic.
You know, just the other day I heard and recorded the following
conversation in one of my classes. María, one of my students,
made a few mistakes. See if you can find them. Today ’s class:
Dr Fingers: Good morning, class. Who threw that? I’ll give you
extra homework, I will. Betrand, put that away. No,
you will not hit Simone, no, I said… right, get out!
FOR & SINCE
OK, class, we’re going to do a little exercise.
Class: Oh, no!
Dr Fingers: Yes, now settle down. Right, María and Jean Paul,
come to the front of the class.
Now, Jean Paul, I want you to ask María these And we use “for” to refer to a period of time, such as “three days”,
questions (he gives them a sheet of paper). “nine weeks”, “six months” or “ten years”. Listen and repeat these
Jean Paul: OK, María, how long have you been at school? sentences:
María: I have been here since three days.
Jean Paul: And how long has Dr Fingers been your teacher? He has been here for three days.
María: Dr Fingers has been my teacher since one year. I have been living in London for twenty years.
Dr Fingers: OK, class… They have known us for six months.
Did you hear the mistakes? María made two mistakes: I disciplined my students privately for a few hours, and I think
“I have been here since three days”, and, they understand the rule now. Let’s listen again:
“Dr Fingers has been my teacher since one year”. Jean Paul: OK, let’s try again, María, how long have you been at
These are very typical mistakes. You have to remember that this school?
“since” is used with a specific time, such as “a day”, “Friday”, María: I have been here for three days.”
a month, “March” or a time, “four o’clock”. Listen and repeat Jean Paul: And how long has Dr Fingers been your teacher?
these sentences, and keep repeating them until the rule is Jean Paul: Dr Fingers has been my teacher for one year.
fixed in your mind: Dr Fingers: Very good. Now go and sit down and don’t let me hear
that mistake again.
I have been here since Friday.
She has been living in New York since 1997. OK, that’s all for today. Bye for now and may you have an error-
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NINE UNUSUAL WORLD RECORDS
1 Pre-reading
Look at the objects below.
What word records involving
these objects do you think have
been broken?
Chillies
T-shirts
Straws
NINE UNUSUAL
Rubik’s Cube
WORLD RECORDS
S
ome people will In 2010, Marco Hort from to a mixture of rain, cow
do anything to be Switzerland managed to put manure, good soil, seaweed
a Guinness World 264 straws in his mouth. and fish emulsion.
Record holder… as these
examples of records will show. In 2001, Ralf Laue solved a Truly amazing!
Flippers Rubik’s Cube in five minutes
In 2006, 28-year-old 42 seconds... while he was GLOSSARY
Anandita Dutta Tamuly from blindfolded! a record n
a “record” is the best result for a sport, etc.
India ate 51 of the world’s spicy adj
“spicy” food is hot and can burn your mouth
spiciest chillies in just two Fan Yang and Deni Yang set a to hold a record exp
if you “hold the record” for something, you
Pumpkin minutes. new Guinness World Record have the best score / result for it
in April 2011 for getting the to immerse yourself exp
if you “immerse yourself” in water (for example),
2 Reading I Linda Wolfe, 68, from the most people inside a soap you put yourself in the water until it covers you
icy adj
Read the article once to USA, holds the record for bubble. They managed to very cold; almost like ice (frozen water)
compare your ideas from being married the most squeeze in 118 people. to beat vb
if you “beat” a previous record, you do better
the pre-reading task. times. She’s currently than that previous record
blindfolded adj
divorced from her 23rd The record for the fastest if you’re “blindfolded”, you have a piece of
3 Reading II husband and would like to mile in flippers is held by cloth covering your eyes so you can’t see
a soap bubble n
Read the article again. Then, marry again. American Ashrita Furman. a large ball of air that you make with soap
(the substance you use for cleaning)
answer the questions. Wh0… He set it in 2010 with a to squeeze in phr vb
1. ...ate 51 chillies? The record number of time of seven minutes and if people “squeeze in” to a small space, they
enter that small space, often by being pushed
2. ...holds the record T-shirts worn at one time is 56 seconds. Ashrita is no flippers n
flat pieces of rubber that you can wear on
for being married the 155. The largest T-shirt was stranger to Guinness World your feet to help you swim more quickly
no stranger to exp
most times? XXXXXXXXXXL! Records as he’s set more if you’re “no stranger to” something, you’ve
3. ...stayed in some cold than 340 of them! done it before
down to exp
water for more than an In January 2008, Wim if A is “down to” B, A happens because of B
manure n
hour? Hof immersed himself in The world’s heaviest animal waste / excrement that is used as a
4. ...put a lot of straws a container of icy water pumpkin weighed 821 kilos fertiliser to make plants grow
soil n
in his mouth? for a record of one hour and was grown by farmer the substance on the surface of the earth in
which plants grow
5. ...ran the fastest mile and 12 minutes. He beat Chris Stevens. The record seaweed n
in flippers? his previous record from was confirmed on 9th green plants that grow in the sea and that
you can eat
6. ...grew the world’s 2004 of one hour and eight October 2010 in Wisconsin, fish emulsion n
a liquid substance made from fish
heaviest pumpkin? minutes. USA. Chris said it was down
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LISTENING DESCRIBING A NEW JOB!

1 Pre-listening Minimal pairs: /ɔ:/ and /ɜː/
LISTENING: DESCRIBING A NEW JOB!
You’re going to listen to a conversation with someone talking

about her job as a pet food saleswoman. What do you think she A
does as part of her job? For example, “She visits clients.” Think Listen and repeat these words with the /ɔ:/sound:
of two other things. door, bored, afford, thought, bought…
2 Listening I And now listen and repeat these words with the /ɜː/sound:
Listen once to compare your ideas from the Pre-listening task. bird, heard, third, dirty, sturdy, murder…
3 Listening II B
Listen again. Then, answer the questions yes or no. Now listen and repeat these sentences that have words with
1. Has Zoe got a new job? the /ɔ:/sound:
2. Does she sell pet food? a) She closed the door.
3. Does she sell it online? b) They were bored.
4. Is she trying to sell a new range of cat food at the c) We can’t afford it.
moment?
And these ones that have words with the /ɜː/sound:
Discussion Ask and answer the questions. d) There was a bird on the table.
What jobs have you had?
e) We heard what they said.
f) You were third on the list.
What were some of your favourite jobs?
What was the first job you ever had? Where was it? C
What did you have to do? Write A for words with the /ɔ:/sound, and B for words with
What was your timetable? the /ɜː/ sound, according to the sounds of the words in bold.
What did you like about it? Then, listen to check your answers.
What didn’t you like about it? 1. I walk to the office.
What would your ideal job be? Why? 2. Do you work near here?
3. How much do they earn?
4. Did they burn it?
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Hello everyone and welcome to my English pronunciation course! OK, let’s get pronouncing! (The answers to the exercise are on page 48)
DR FINGERS’ PRONUNCIATION
Irregular Past Tense Verbs Listen & Repeat with “it” to form “wit”?
This is the second part in our series Now let’s get on with some pronouncing.
on irregular past tense verbs and their Listen and repeat these verbs and their Listen to some more examples. See if you
pronunciation. Due to popular demand, I irregular pasts: can hear how the final letters “t” and “w”
have been persuaded to write another one join together with the vowels to form new
of my famous poems. But this is the very Infinitive Past sounds? We’ve written the sentences in
last one, I promise… unless there is a Mean Meant connected speech too:
national emergency. Right, here goes. This Lean Leant 1. She lent a hundred pounds (She len ta
poem will clearly demonstrate the complete Lend Lent hundred pounds).
lack of logic and sense regarding the Send Sent 2. He drew a picture (he dre wa picture).
pronunciation of irregular past tense verbs Smell Smelt 3. They threw a glass (they thre wa glass).
in English. 4. She flew a hundred miles (she fle wa
Blow Blew hundred miles).
Fly Flew
“Why Oh Why Oh Why Oh Why?” Draw Drew Exercise
Grow Grew Now let’s try an exercise. Listen to the
I’m sure you know there are some verbs, Know Knew following sentences and repeat them with
Whose pasts will not get on your nerves, Throw Threw me. Then, listen again and try to write them
Of “mean” it’s “meant”, and “send” it’s normally, and then in connected speech.
“sent”, Hear Heard We’ve done the first one for you. Good luck!:
And “lose” it’s “lost” and “lean” it’s Hurt Hurt 1. He leant against the wall =
“leant”, Learn Learnt he lean tagainst the wall.
These are the ones I like to hear, Burn Burnt 2. ____________________________
Because they are so nice and clear. 3. ____________________________
Connected Speech 4. ____________________________
“Cost”, “cut” and “shut” are not a pain, Now let’s look at these verbs in connected 5. ____________________________
Because the pasts are just the same, speech. As you can see, some of these 6. ____________________________
But beware of words like “blew” and irregular past tense verbs end with the letter 7. ____________________________
“drew”, “w”, such as “blew”, “threw” and “knew”; 8. ____________________________
That look like “sew” but sound like “you”, and most of the others end with the letter 9. ____________________________
And worst of all, the past tense “heard”, “t”. Well, these letters “w” and “t” often 10. ____________________________
That looks like “beard” but sounds like connect with the vowel sounds of following
GLOSSARY
“bird”. words to form new sounds. For example:
“I meant it”, which is like this in connected to get on your nerves exp
to irritate someone
Now all this thought it drives me wild, speech, “I mean tit”. meek and mild adj
When usually I’m so meek and mild, Can you see how the “t” of “meant” joins quiet, reserved and not aggressive
a pint n
So take a break and drink a pint, with “it” to form “tit”? a measure - it is about half a litre
To calm you down and clear your mind. Here’s another example: to calm you down phr vb
to make you calm and less stressed
“She knew it”, which is like this in to clear your mind exp
By Dr Fingers - copyright, 2004. connected speech, “she kne wit”. to do something so you stop being confused
Can you see how the “w” of “knew” joins
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t o r y t i m e
STORY TIME
S
In this section you can hear two native English speakers telling each other a joke. This authentic
conversation will really help with your listening skills.
says, erm, I’m going to sleep now…
The Note John: … She writes it down…
Nigel: Yeah, yeah, she doesn’t say it obviously, it’s, it’s written
Listen to the conversation and answer these questions: conversation. So, she writes down on a note, “I’m going to
sleep now, wake me at seven o’clock”. She had an important
1. How do the couple communicate with one another? meeting, and she had to, get, go off, you know [OK, OK].
2. Why does the woman have to wake up early the next day? And, so he wrote on a bit, on a bit of paper, “OK” and gave it
3. What is the punch-line? back to her [yeah, yeah]. Next morning [yeah], Jane wakes up
after a lovely long sleep [yeah, yeah], looks at her watch and
John: So, have you, have you heard any good jokes or stories it’s eleven o’clock.
recently? John: What? He didn’t get the note, or something?
Nigel: Actually, no I heard one the other day, it was really good Nigel: No, no, no, no. And, and, and like, she demands an
actually. explanation, written down, of course, and then she notices
John: Yeah? What? How does it go? a message by the side of her bed, saying, “it’s seven o’clock,
Nigel: Well, it’s, basically, it’s like, it’s about, it’s about this couple, wake up”.
you know, and they’re having a bit of a bad time. John: Ahhhh! So, he’d, he had written the note…
John: Oh, that, that sounds like my life [mumbling]. Nigel: … He’d written the note.
Nigel: Yeah, well, exactly, they’re arguing all the time, you know, John: Oh, I see, he’d written it, and he hadn’t said it (yeah). He got
they’ve, they’ve stopped talking to one another. his own back.
John: Yeah, I’ve never actually reached that stage. Nigel: He got his own back, he did.
Nigel: No, [mumbling]. Well, they’ve stopped talking to each other John: Very good, very good, excellent.
and they write everything down.
John: Oh, that’s a good idea, yeah. If you don’t wanna talk to your GLOSSARY
wife or your girlfriend, write, write down a note.
a punch-line n to write down phr vb
Nigel: Exactly, then there’s no confusion, no arguing. Everything’s the end of a joke or story, and the part to write something on a piece of paper -
nice and calm. Oh, it sounds quite good to me. that makes it funny usually a note for yourself
a couple n wanna exp inform
John: Yeah, yeah. two people who are having a want to
Nigel: Anyway, what happened was, erm, basically they were writing relationship erm n
to mumble vb this is the sound that people make when
messages to, to each other (yeah, yeah), and one day the girl to speak in a low voice that is difficult they are thinking about what to say
to hear and understand a watch n
to argue vb a “clock” that you wear on your arm and
to have a violent discussion about that tells you the time
something he got his own back exp
I’ve never actually he got his revenge = he did something
reached that stage exp bad to someone who had done
I have never been in that situation something bad to him
USEFUL VOCABULARY to help you with the story:
a watch a note
a bed a couple
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PRANKS
Toilet Seats
PRANKS
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other people. This is the second part in our two-part series. Have fun!
Cover the toilet seat with transparent cling film. When people go to
Fishing
Take a piece of string and tie it to one end of a colleague’s chair,
the bathroom they’ll get a nasty shock. Alternatively, put butter on and the other end to some objects on the desk. Then, put the
all the toilet seats. But make sure you go to the toilet beforehand! chair under the desk. When your colleague pulls the chair out,
everything will fall to the floor. What a great way to start the day!
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details and give his or her e-mail address. They should start receiving
The Beach thousands of irritating e-mails within days. Be careful though
Empty a colleague’s drawer and fill it with sand. When your because in some cases it’s impossible to get off some mailing lists.
colleague opens the drawer, they’ll think they’re at the beach.
Wanted!
Power Put an ad in a national newspaper for your boss’ job. Write
Disconnect the keyboard from a colleague’s computer. However, something like this:
make it look as if the cable is still connected so it will take them a “Company Manager Needed. Good salary, 9 weeks holiday, pension
while to figure out what’s happened. scheme. Send a resumé to X (put the name of your boss).
Watch as your boss gets increasingly angry, frustrated and worried as
No Arms he or she receives thousands of letters applying for their position.
When a colleague leaves his or her office, go in and take their Now it’s your turn to go and have fun at other people’s expense.
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Exercise occur as a result of readers attempting any of these pranks.
Place a sign on the office lift that says, “Temporarily Out Of
Order”. Watch and laugh as everyone has to walk up the stairs. GLOSSARY
Bears a prank n
a joke or trick you play on someone
to fix and attach with rope, cord or a
cable
Leave a note like this for a new employee: cling film n a newsletter n
thin, plastic that you use to put around a letter that is sent regularly with infor-
“Mr Bear called and needs to speak to you urgently.” food in order to keep the food fresh mation about a company or its products
The contact number should be the telephone number of the local a drawer n a mailing list n
a box in a table for putting things in a database of people who you send a
zoo. Later, have fun as you hear the new employee make the sand n letter or newsletter to
phone call that will probably go something like this: very small pieces of yellow stone that an ad n abbr
are on a beach an advertisement - a piece of publicity
A: “Hello, this is the Brighton Zoo, how can I help you?” a waistcoat n to sell a product
B: “Oh, hello, I got a call from a Mr Bear and I was wondering if I clothing - it is like a jacket with no arms a pension scheme n
a lift n a pension plan - money you pay every
could talk to him.” A: “A ‘Mr Bear’, you say… (ha, ha, ha) an electronic object for taking you from month in order to receive regular income
one floor in a building to another when you stop working
local adj a resumé n
Alternative names to use are: Buffy Lowe (Buffalo), Ellie Font from the area you are referring to a Curriculum, a CV
(Elephant), Jay Raffe (Giraffe), Ty Gere (Tiger), Bob Boon to tie vb
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19 USEFUL
19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS FOR BUSINESS!
PHRASAL VERBS
FOR BUSINESS!
Native English speakers use phrasal verbs all the time. So,
you need to understand their meaning if you want to follow
conversations; and they’ll also make you sound great if
you use them yourself. In this lesson, you’ll learn 19 really
useful phrasal verbs to use in business and at work, or in
general. This is the second part of a new series. Learn these
phrasal verbs, then use them whenever you can.
1 Print out / 2 Chase up 3 Take on 4 Sort out 5 Pull off /

print off If you “chase up” If you “take on” If you “sort out” a bring off
If you “print out” someone, you try work, you agree to problem, you fix it If you “bring off”
a document, you to contact them so do it: “I think I’ve or find a solution something, you’re
make a paper copy they can pay a bill, taken on too much to it: “They had to successful, even
of it, often from a help you, answer work as I just can’t recall their electric though it’s difficult
printer connected to a question, etc.: keep up.” scooters to sort to do: “They said
your computer: “There are several out the exploding they’d complete the
“I printed out a copy clients with unpaid battery problems.” project by Friday.
of the report and bills that we need to Do you think they
gave it to my boss.” chase up.” can pull it off?”
6 Come up 7 Call off 8 Carry out 9 Cash in 10 Cash in on

If a problem, If you “call off” an If you “carry If you “cash in” If you “cash in on”
situation or issue event, you cancel out” a survey, an your shares, bonds, an event, situation
“comes up”, it it: “I’m afraid we’re experiment, or etc., you exchange or development,
appears suddenly going to have to call some research, them for money: you take advantage
and unexpectedly: off our lunchtime you do that thing: “These bonds can of it in order to
“Something has appointment as “They carried out be cashed in at make money: “The
come up and we something really the survey to find any time.” supermarket cashed
won’t be able to urgent has come up.” out which travel in on the popularity
meet the deadline.” destinations were of vegetarianism
the most popular.” by bringing out
their own range of
vegetarian burgers.”
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11 Catch onto 12 Be behind 13 Catch up UNDERSTANDING
If you “catch onto” If you “are behind” at If you “catch up” on your PHRASAL VERBS
something, you finally work, you have a lot work, you do all the work A phrasal verb consists of
a verb and a particle (usually
understand it and realise of work to do, and you that you need to do and a preposition). In some
what’s happening: “If haven’t done the work you that you haven’t had time cases, the verb can help you
small businesses fail to need to do urgently: “I’m to do yet: “I need to catch understand the meaning
19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS FOR BUSINESS!

catch onto the importance really behind at work, so up at the weekend as I’m of the phrasal verb (the
preposition doesn’t really
of social media, they could I won’t be able to go to really behind at work.” change much):
become less competitive.” the party on Saturday.” • They’re working away =
They’re working.
• They sold off many of their
assets = They sold many
of their assets.
Very often, the preposition

only changes the meaning
a little. For example:
• I finished the work.
• I finished up the work.
[I finished all of it.]
Here are some other verbs

and phrasal verbs with very
little difference in meaning:
print-print out, call-call up,
14 Keep up 15 Spell out 16 Step down close-close down, meet-meet up…
If you find it hard to “keep If you “spell something If someone “steps down”,
However, in other cases,
up”, it’s difficult to do out”, you explain it they leave their job or the particle can help you
all the work you need to simple, clear terms: resign from their position: understand the phrasal verb.
do in time for different “During sales meetings, “After reports of the illegal For example, up has the idea
deadlines: “I’m finding it it’s important to spell payments to potential of “going to a higher level”:
• Prices have been going up.
hard to keep up now that out the benefits of the clients was exposed, she
(increasing)
there are only 3 people in product or service to the had to step down.” • We went up the stairs.
the office.” customer, not just the (to a higher floor)
features.”
*BRING FORWARD /
PUT BACK
Native speakers are sometimes
confused about the meaning
of bring forward (which means
to make something happen
earlier than planned). So, the
best thing is to be more precise
and to include a specific time.
For example: “Let’s bring forward
the meeting to 2pm instead of
3pm so we have enough time to
discuss everything!”
The same is true for put
back (which means to make
17 Swallow up 18 Bring forward* 19 Put back* something happen later than
1 If an activity “swallows planned): “Let’s put back the
If you “bring forward” If you “put back” the date meeting to 3pm instead of 2pm so
up” a lot of your time, a deadline, you make of something, you make we have enough time for lunch!”
money or effort, it uses a lot
of those things: “This project it happen at an earlier it happen at a later time:
is swallowing up a lot of time: “Could we bring the “We need to put back GLOSSARY
our time.” meeting forward to 2pm the delivery date to 10th a bill = a piece of paper with information
2 If one company “swallows instead of 3pm, please?” April instead of 5th April about how much you must pay for a
up” another one (often because of the public
product, service, etc.
a survey = a series of questions you ask
a smaller one), it buys it, people to find out information about their
absorbs it, or takes control transport strike.” habits, customs, etc.
cash = money in the form of notes (paper
of it: “The renewable energy money) and coins (metal money)
company was swallowed up shares = if you have “shares” in a company,
by the oil giant.” you own a part of that company
a bond = a loan you make to the
government or a company in return for
interest on the loan and the return of the
money after 1 year, 5 years, 10 years, etc.
a range of = a series of products that are
similar but with small differences: one is
more expensive, another has more features,
another is bigger…
to resign = to leave your job because you’re
65 (the retirement age), or for another
reason
to swallow = if you “swallow” something, it
goes from your mouth to your stomach
an oil giant = a large company that extracts
and refines oil products
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EXERCISES TO HELP YOU REMEMBER
THE WORDS AND EXPRESSIONS!
19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS FOR BUSINESS! EXERCISES
Answers on page 48
1 Gap-fill exercise 2 Sentence completion

Complete the sentences with the words from below. Complete the sentences with the missing letters.
1. They ca out the survey to find out which
forward printed step catch spell travel destinations were the most popular.
keep cashed swallowing behind 2. I think I’ve ta on too much work as I just
can’t keep up.
1. After reports of the illegal payments to potential 3. I need to ca up at the weekend as I’m
clients was exposed, she had to down. really behind at work.
2. This project is up a lot of our time. 4. I’m afraid we’re going to have to c
3. I’m finding it hard to up now that there off the meeting as something really urgent has
are only 3 people in the office. come up.
4. I’m really at work, so I won’t be able to 5. There are several clients with unpaid bills that we
go to the party on Saturday. need to ch up.
5. During sales meetings, it’s important to 6. They said they’d complete the project by Friday.
out the benefits of the product or service to the Do you think they can p it off?
customer. 7. They had to recall their electric scooters to
6. Could we bring the meeting to 2pm s out the exploding battery problems.
instead of 3pm, please? 8. Something has co up and we won’t be
7. The supermarket in on the popularity able to meet the deadline.
of vegetarianism by bringing out their own range of 9. We need to put ba the delivery date
meat-free burgers. to 10th April instead of 5th April because of the
8. If small businesses fail to onto the transport strike.
importance of social media, they could become less 10. These bonds can be cas in at any time.
competitive.
9. I out a copy of the report and gave it to
my boss.
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PLAYING JOKES
A guide to some essentia

l kes
equipment for playing jo
If you like playing jokes on people, this article will really help you complete your objectives. It is a
comprehensive guide on all the jokes available for really irritating your friends, family and work
colleagues. Learn the tools of the trade and prepare yourself for combat. OK, let’s roll!
The remote control fart machine: this Joke Cards

machine will reproduce a rude sound Send a fake card like the one below to a colleague at work. The
at a distance… and without the smell. card will really embarrass your co-worker. Leave it in a public place
Place it under the table at formal dinners so everybody else in the office can see what kind of product your
and embarrass one of your guests. It is victim is buying.
particularly effective with the elderly.
The fake turd: this is a false piece of doggie excrement. Put it on

the floor in a house of office and enquire innocently if anyone has
seen your dog.
The stink bomb: these little bombs produce a revolting smell.

Break one in an enclosed space and watch how your victims
suffocate. Remember to take your gas mask with you.
The electrical buzzer for handshakes: this is an electronic device

that gives little electrical shocks. Place it in the palm of your hand
and watch how your colleague gets a shock.
The two-headed coin: this unusual coin has two heads. Use it to
resolve disputes - you’ll always win!
GLOSSARY
The well-endowed pig: this is a toy pig with a very large “you-
know-what”. Keep him on your desk at work to remind you not to the tools of the trade n money) have two sides: heads (usually
the objects you need to do a job with a picture of a king, queen or
take life too seriously. the remote control n president), and tails (with a design)
the electronic object that controls well-endowed adj
the television, or any other electronic with large genitalia
A fake parking ticket: this is a parking ticket device, from a distance a you-know-what n
a fart n people use this word when they don’t
that is designed to look exactly like the real gas that comes out of your body want to mention a specific word,
thing. Put one of these on your friend’s car - fake adj usually because it is rude
not real a parking ticket n
it’s the perfect wind-up. a turd n inform offens the piece of paper they put on your car
a piece of excrement telling you to pay money because your
a doggie n inform car is parked illegally
The exploding pen: this explodes when you try to use it. Leave it a dog a wind-up n inform
in the office and watch how the ink ruins a nice clean shirt. a stink n a joke, a trick designed to make you
a very bad smell angry
revolting adj ink n
The whoopee cushion: this is the classic horrible, terrible - usually in reference a chemical substance in pens - usually
to a smell black, blue or red
prankster joke. Like the fart machine, it a gas mask n whoopee exp
reproduces a resonant sound identical to an object you put over your face to pro- people shout this when they are
tect you from bad chemicals or smells excited or happy
the sound of gas being forced out of a a buzzer n a cushion n
an electronic device that is used to a small, soft piece of material that you
small space. Put one on the president’s make a “buzzing” sound - usually to put on a sofa to make the sofa more
chair before a top-level meeting. Then, call someone’s attention comfortable
a handshake n a prankster n
watch his or her face of embarrassment as they sit down. the action you do when you meet so- someone who likes playing jokes on
meone: you put your right hand in their other people
right hand and move it up and down to drop vb
The vibrating pen: this pen vibrates as you try to write with it. two-headed adj if you “drop” something, that thing
Kindly offer one to colleagues, then watch how they drop it with two heads. Coins (metal pieces of accidentally falls from your hands
in shock.

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Trivia
TRIVIA INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS
INTERNATIONAL
CUSTOMS
Every country and culture has its own way of doing things. In some countries talking about death
is acceptable; in others, it’s taboo. In some countries touching the person who you’re talking to is
permitted; in others it’s not. Of course, no country has a “monopoly” on what is, or is not, correct; and
the fact that we all do things differently is part of the rich variety of life and humanity. Here are a few
customs which are all examples of those international differences that exist between us.
This is the second part of a mini-series.
In ancient times, any Japanese person who tried to leave the

country was executed.
In Norway, it is common for guests to take their shoes off when

entering someone’s house.
In Britain it is customary to say “please” and “thank you” for

absolutely everything, even if you aren’t particularly pleased or
grateful; in the rest of the world people communicate more directly
and less superficially.
Until just a few years ago, the penalty for medical malpractice
in some Asian countries was to cut off the doctor’s hands. In the In Britain, it is seen as a sign of weakness and morally wrong to
western world, doctors get sued, pay enormous fines and lose their show your emotions in public, especially if you are a man. In most
jobs… but not their hands. other countries in the world this is acceptable.
In Thailand, touching someone’s head is considered very offensive. In some Arabic countries it is common to see men walking down the
road holding hands as a sign of friendship.
In some Arabic countries it is acceptable to burp after a meal as a
sign of appreciation for the food. In many countries, two fingers in a “V” sign are used to
communicate the word “victory”. However, in Britain, if you show
In Japan people bow when they are introduced to another person; someone two fingers, with the back of your hand towards that
in Britain, the Queen is the only person to receive this privilege. person, it is an insult.
TRIVIA INTERNATIONAL CUSTOMS
threw a plate with a piece of the wedding cake out of the window.
If the plate broke, the bride would enjoy a happy future with her
husband. If the plate remained intact, there would be problems.
In Britain it is still legal to hunt and kill foxes for fun; but it is a
criminal offence to physically abuse any other animal.
In Britain, horses are regarded as noble beasts and are generally

loved and adored; in France, they eat horses.
In Britain urinating in the street is generally ignored; in some Asian

countries this is a criminal offence.
In India, holding your ear is a sign that you feel sorry about
something.
In Britain, the general attitude towards children is that they should

be “seen and not heard”. In other countries people have a more
“benign” attitude towards the “little people”.
In ancient Scotland, during a leap year, a woman could ask a man

to be her husband. If he refused, and didn’t have a good excuse,
he had to pay one pound (which was a lot of money in those days).
France had a similar law.
More next month!
In many Asian countries the left hand is considered unclean, so you

should not eat with it.
In Paraguay duelling is legal as long as both people are registered

blood donors.
Standing in a bar with your trousers down would be considered a

sign of insanity in most countries around the world. However, this is
perfectly normal for rugby players who do it for fun after games.
GLOSSARY
In Britain, you have to do ten days community service if you are
caught writing graffiti on public property; in Singapore they give medical malpractice n eager adj
a situation when a doctor does an if you are “eager” to do something, you
you 30 strokes of the cane. operation badly or does things that are really want to do that thing
morally wrong for a doctor to dare vb
to cut off phr vb if you “dare” do something, you have
In Sweden, when leaving someone’s home, you must wait until you if you “cut off” a hand, you cut the the courage to do it even though it is
are outside before putting on your coat. To do so earlier suggests hand so it separates from the arm dangerous
to sue vb sweet corn n
you are eager to leave and is considered rude. to start a legal process against someone food that is small, round and yellow
in order to get compen-sation a topping n
a fine n food that you put on top of pizza
Pointing with one finger is offensive in many Asian countries and is money you have to pay because you a wedding cake n
only done to animals or your enemies. have committed a crime a cake that is made especially for a
to burp vb wedding
to force air out of your mouth making a a bride n
loud and rude noise the woman who is getting married in a
In many countries around the world the press would never dare to bow vb wedding
write critical articles about the royal family; in Britain it is perfectly to move your body down and forwards to hunt vb
as a sign of respect to find and kill something
acceptable to write about the sex life of the royal family, including duelling n a fox n
as many details as possible. fighting with swords (long metal objects an animal that looks like a dog but has
with sharp points) red fur (hair)
a blood donor n a leap year n
In Britain and America sweet corn is commonly used in salads; in a person who gives blood to hospitals a year with 366 days
a stroke of the cane n to refuse vb
South Korea, it is advertised as a topping for ice cream. the cane is a stick that teachers use to if you “refuse” to do something, you do
hit students. One “stroke” is one hit not do that thing
In medieval England, one of the guests at a wedding traditionally
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Here is some useful vocabulary related to TRAINS.
VOCABULARY THE TRAIN
Train ticket - this Information desk

is what you buy from - there’s one of these in
the ticket office. Have most stations, and the
you noticed how tickets friendly staff here will
mysteriously disappear answer all your questions.
when the inspector comes Of course, there’s usually
to check them? a long, long queue and
by the time you get the
Platform - this is where information you want, your
the train should leave train has already left.
from. Finding your platform
when you’re in a rush is Ticket vendor -
impossible. these are the people who
sell you the ticket. One
Track - these are the lines question: why do they
that the train goes on. A work behind glass screens?
common excuse in Britain for Are they afraid of us?
cancelling trains is that there
are “too many leaves on the Porter - these are the
track”. Have you ever heard people who kindly offer to
such a pathetic excuse? help you carry your bags…
and charge you a bomb to
Waiting room - do it.
this is supposedly the
warm place where you can A ticket machine -
wait in comfort. However, these electronic machines
British waiting rooms are are supposed to save time,
always cold. but they rarely work, and
they often have a sign
A return ticket - this on them that says, “no
ticket allows you to travel change given”.
to your destination and
back again. Don’t lose it! A monthly pass -
these are designed to save
A one-way ticket - the frequent traveller lots
this ticket allows you of money… and they do.
to travel to your Miracles can happen!
destination… and not back
again. In Britain, it’s often A cheap day return -
cheaper to get a return this ticket allows you
ticket, even if you’re just to travel on the train very
going one way. cheaply to and from a
place… but only at the
Lost-luggage office most inconvenient times -
- in theory, this is where you usually between 11am
go if you lose your bag or and 3pm.
any other object. In practice,
if you lose something, you
can be guaranteed that you’ll
never see it again. GLOSSARY
in a rush exp
Left-luggage office - if you are “in a rush”, you need to get somewhere very quickly
a leaf n (plural: leaves)
this is where you can pay leaves grow on trees
to leave your bags so you to charge you a bomb exp
to charge you a lot of money
don’t have to carry them change n
with you when you go metal coins that you use in machines
around the town.
AUDIO
TYPICALDIALOGUES
TYPICAL DIALOGUES
THE TRAIN STATION
Here’s a typical dialogue with lots of useful vocabulary and just means there are less trains, and they’re more
expressions to use when you’re in a train station. In this crowded.
scene Mrs Jones is trying to buy a ticket. She’s having a few Mrs Jones: Well, when is the next train?
problems. Ticket vendor: The next train is at 16:47.
Mrs Jones: But it’s only eleven o’clock.
Mrs Jones: Oh hi, I’d like a ticket to Wolverhampton, please. Ticket vendor: There’s a lovely café in the hall.
Ticket vendor: Single or return? Mrs Jones: Is the train direct?
Mrs Jones: Oh, a single, please. Erm… wait a minute, I Ticket vendor: No, you have to change at Barking, then again at
think I’m coming back tomorrow. Can I get a Petersborough, and then once more at Sheffield.
return ticket? It gets in at midnight.
Ticket vendor: Yes, but it’s the same price. Mrs Jones: Midnight! I’m only going to Wolverhampton.
Mrs Jones: Oh, OK then, I’ll have a single to Wolverhampton, Which platform does it go from?
please. I’m quite excited actually because I Ticket vendor: I’m sorry, but you’ll have to ask one of the
haven’t been on a train in Britain for 15 years. “platform information officers”. You’ll find them in
I’ve been living in France. the station hall - they’ve got yellow jackets on.
Ticket vendor: Oh, you’ll find that things have changed a bit Mrs Jones: This is ridiculous. On second thoughts I think
since then. That’ll be forty two pounds and I’ll rent a car.
eighty pence, please. Ticket vendor: Good idea madam. Here are some information
Mrs Jones: FORTY TWO POUNDS! That’s a bit expensive, leaflets on the nearest car rental firm.
isn’t it? Personally I would recommend AVIS - they’ve got
Ticket vendor: Standard price, madam. How are you paying? a great range of… (fades out)
Cash or credit card?
GLOSSARY
Mrs Jones: VISA, please. Here’s my card. (thirty seconds
later) a single n you something
a ticket that just takes you to your des- to sign vb
Ticket vendor: Here you are. Just sign here please. tination and not back again to put your name on a formal document
Mrs Jones: Erm… when’s the next train for Wolverhampton, a return n to miss vb
a ticket that just takes you to your des- if you “miss” a train, you do not catch it
please. tination and back to the original place crowded adj
Ticket vendor: The next one will be leaving at… oh, sorry, erm/er exp with many people
this is the sound that people make while a platform n
you’ve just missed it. And it looks like the next they are thinking what to say in a train station this is an area next to
one is cancelled. a pound n the track where you wait for the train to
the money in England. One pound is about come
Mrs Jones: Cancelled? 1.4 euros on second thoughts exp
Ticket vendor: Yes, that’s right. “Technical reasons” it says here. pence n people say this when they decide to do
one pound has 100 pennies. something differently to the original plan
Mrs Jones: What does that mean? These pennies are also known as pence or idea
Ticket vendor: Well, it usually means there’s been an accident… the standard price n to rent vb
the normal price to pay money to use something for a
Or it could mean they’ve just cancelled the train cash or credit card? exp would you like limited period of time
to save money. to pay with cash (paper money) or credit a car rental firm n
card? a company or business where you can pay
Mrs Jones: What do you mean, to save money? here you are exp money to use a car for a limited period of
this is what people say when they give time
Ticket vendor: It’s all about making the train service more
efficient - well, that’s the theory. In practice it
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Across Down
3: To be with your friends and to stay with them in a place 1: A story
doing nothing in particular. To ____________ out with 2: If an insect does this to you, it bites you and puts
them poison in you
4: If you this happens, liquid falls out of a container: to 5: With many, many people: jam-_____________
sp___________ 6: The final part of a joke that is the funny part.
8: To wash your hands with water. To ___________ your hands The punch- __________
10: If a ball does this, it hits the ground and then goes up in 7: To go to a place. To __________ to.
the air 9: To increase very quickly. To __________ up
12: A person who travels to work on public transport 11: ASAP: as soon as _____________
13: If something does this, it enters a place comfortably. 13: To really want something. To ________ for that thing
To f________ 14: To speak in a low voice that is
15: To discover the answer to something. To fig_________ out difficult to understand. To m______________
17: To go home very quickly. To _____ home 16: To telephone many people, or to call all your friends.
19: To discover the answer to something. To find o________ To ring ______________
20: Asked many, many questions: b____________ with questions 18: Frightening
21: To shout
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1.
2.
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A small piece of paper used for cleaning your mouth or nose
C: A knee 3. A joke or trick
D: A cabin 4. A small, metal cylinder for drinks
E: A sin 5. If you have this, you are always angry or get angry very easily
F: A dish 6. A small building in the country with just one room
G: A can 7. To say hello to someone and to welcome them to a place
H: Glue 8. Complements for your clothing
I: To seek 9. A long, rectangular container that animals drink out of
J: A tissue 10. The joint in the middle of your leg
K: A hairdryer 11. A crime against God
L: A trough 12. To look for
M: A hoax 13. A substance used for sticking things
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DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC
DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC
Today ’s class:
Dear Dr Fingers,
I’m a teacher working in a secondary school in Spain and I have a
grammar-related problem. I recently saw this sentence:
“I gave my brother a bicycle”
Is it possible to change the order and write the sentence like this?: DIRECT &
TS
“I gave a bicycle to my brother.”
Is this correct? And if it is correct, why do we have to use the INDIRECT OBJEC
preposition “to”? Please help me Dr Fingers. All the best,
Puri (by e-mail).
Dear Purificación (I do like to use full names - it is so much more Indirect Objects
civilised), OK, now sometimes you may also want to include an indirect
Thank you very much for your interesting question. I will try to object. In many cases, the indirect object is a person. The
answer it for you. indirect object usually comes first in the sentence. Let’s see some
This question is really complicated, so if you’re feeling a bit tired, examples:
I suggest you come back later. “I gave my brother a bicycle.”
Right, are you ready? OK, let’s get started. Well, as I’m sure you In this sentence, the indirect object is “my brother” (and the
know, there are many verbs in English that can be followed by direct object is “bicycle”). Here are some more examples of
two objects. Some of these verbs include, “give”, “buy”, “send”, indirect objects:
“bring” and “write”. For example: “She brought me some food.”
“Tom sent me a letter.” “They wrote Steven a letter.”
In this case, the objects are “me” and “a letter”. Here’s another
example:
“Joan wrote him a card.”
And in this case, the objects are “him” and “a card”.
Direct Objects
Now, let’s look at these objects in detail. The immediate
complement of the verb is called the direct object. Sorry if this
sounds complicated, but don’t worry because it isn’t. Here’s an
example:
“I bought a car.”
In this sentence, the “car” is the complement of the verb “buy”.
This kind of object is known as the direct object because it is
“directly” connected to the verb.
Here’s another example:
“I sent a letter.” Objects & Prepositions
In this sentence, the direct object is the “letter”. As I mentioned before, we usually put the indirect object (the
person) first in the sentence followed by the direct object.
However, it is also possible to change this order and put the direct
object first. For example:
“She sent a letter to Paul.”
Now, when we put the indirect object at the end of the sentence,
we have to add a preposition (usually to or for). In this case, the
preposition is “to”:
“She sent a letter to Paul.”
Here are some more examples:
“They brought some food for me.”
“They bought a house for her.”
“They wrote a letter to Steven.”
So, now you can see that your sentence, “I gave a bicycle to
my brother”, is correct, and that we have to use a preposition
because we have changed the order of the sentence.
Well, I hope that has answered your question, and I sincerely
hope it wasn’t too complicated - I do so hate to make things
complicated. Anyway, that’s enough from me. See you all next
month and happy talking,
Dr Fingers.

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BUSINESSDIALOGUES
BUSINESS DIALOGUES
THE UNIFORM PART I
This is the first part of a two-part mini-series called “The
Uniform”. In the first part, Mr Cook, the head of a chain of Exercise
restaurants in London, is meeting with the branch managers. Now let’s try another
Linda is the branch managers’ spokesperson. Listen to the activity. Listen to the
dialogue and answer these two questions: sentences from the previous
dialogue. In each one there
1. What is Mr Cook worried about? is a missing word and a
2. What is Linda worried about? beeping sound. Write down what you think the word is.
(The answers are on the CD, and on page 48).
Mr Cook: Good morning everybody. I’ve called this meeting to
talk about our latest business initiative. 1. I’ve called this meeting to talk ____ our latest business
Managers: Morning. initiative.
Mr Cook: As you know, things haven’t been going well recently: 2. We’ve been losing customers ____ rival restaurants in
the number of customers is down, and we’ve been the area.
losing customers to rival restaurants in the area. In 3. We’ve developed a new strategy that will help
order to reverse this alarming trend, we’ve developed differentiate us _________ our competitors.
a new strategy that will help differentiate us from our 4. I’d like to show you what our design department has
competitors. come _____ with.
Linda: Mr Cook, we understand perfectly well the situation the 5. The survival of our company is ________ stake.
company is in. What my colleagues are interested in
knowing is will there be any lay-offs or redundancies.
Mr Cook: We’ll talk about that later. As I was saying, we have to GLOSSARY
find a niche for ourselves in the market, and a way of a chain of restaurants n a redundancy n
developing our brand image… a group of restaurants that all belong to if there are “redundancies”, a company
the same company tells some employees to leave
Linda: Will we be out of a job or not? a branch manager n a niche n
Mr Cook: … and we have to do our utmost to satisfy customer a person in charge of a “branch”. A if you find a “niche” in the market,
“branch” of a company is an office that you find a hole in the market and an
demand. belongs to that company opportunity to sell something new
Linda: Can you guarantee our position within the company? a spokesperson n a brand image n
a person who represents a group of a special look and image for your product
Mr Cook: If you’ll just bear with me for one minute, I’d like people (your brand) that helps define your
to show you what our design department has come a business initiative n product in the market
a business plan or idea out of a job exp
up with… And here it is, our latest range of staff to be down exp with no job
uniforms… (Mr Cook pulls out an example of the new to have decreased to do your utmost exp
to reverse vb to make a big effort to do something
staff uniform) to change if you’ll just bear with me
an alarming trend n exp
Managers: Oh my God. a bad and constant development please wait until I finish
Linda: Mr Cook, you cannot be serious. to differentiate vb deadly serious adj
if you “differentiate” yourself from the very serious
Mr Cook: Oh, yes, I am deadly serious… the survival of our competition, you show customers how at stake exp
company is at stake, and you can never underestimate you are different if something is “at stake”, it is in danger
a lay-off n and something bad could happen to it
my determination to… (to be continued) if an employee is “laid-off”, he or she is
told to leave a company
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BUSINESSDIALOGUES
BUSINESS DIALOGUES
THE UNIFORM - PART II
Mr Cook has just introduced the idea of a new staff uniform to Mr Cook: Oh, I’ve done my bit, carefully preparing it all. I think
his branch managers. In this dialogue you will hear the staff that’s sufficient.
reactions to Mr Cook’s new initiative. Listen and answer these two Linda: And will you be wearing the new uniform and singing
questions: with us?
Mr Cook: You must be joking. I’ve got a reputation to maintain.
1. Why don’t the branch managers like the uniform? Linda: Well I think that says it all. To hell with your company
2. What will the branch managers have to do every hour on initiative - we’re not participating.
the hour? Mr Cook: But…
Mr Cook: I can guarantee that these new uniforms will improve OK, did you hear the answers?
the image of the company and increase our brand
image. And look, they have a number of very nifty
features, such as this button… Exercise
Linda: What does that do? Now let’s try another activity. Listen to the sentences from
Mr Cook: Just listen to this. It’s state-of-the-art. You just press the previous dialogue. In each one there is a missing word
this button on your chest and, voilá, listen, (robotic and a beeping sound. Write down what you think the word
voice), “Hello, can I take your order?” is. (The answers are on page 48.)
Linda: This is truly awful. 1. Just listen _________ this.
Mr Cook: Look if we don’t do things like this, the competition 2. Bright green sends _________ a message of reassurance
will. to our customers.
Linda: Well I think we can live with that. I mean, look, that 3. I think I can safely speak _________ behalf of my
cap is humiliating. colleagues.
Mr Cook: I think bright green sends out a message of 4. I think you’d better get used _________ it.
reassurance to our customers. 5. You’ll be singing it every hour _________ the hour from
Linda: I wasn’t referring to the colour, I meant the big ear now on.
flaps on each side - they’re degrading.
Mr Cook: They’ll keep you warm. Bye!
Linda: Keeping warm is the least of our concerns - it’s 25º C
outside, and next to the kitchens it’s boiling hot - I
don’t need to keep warm. I think I can safely speak on GLOSSARY
behalf of my colleagues and say that we’re not wearing
nifty adj inform a hat that cover your ears and make
that. if you describe an object as “nifty”, them warm
Mr Cook: We’ve got to move with the times. And, now listen, you think that object is clever, degrading adj
interesting and special humiliating - something that makes
this is the best part. You’re going to love this. (Mr Cook a feature n you feel bad about yourself
takes out a CD recorder) We’ve come up with a new an interesting or important part of boiling hot exp
something very hot
company jingle: state-of-the-art adj on behalf of exp
“Happy, happy, happy, we are all so happy, eating, the most modern example of if you speak “on behalf of someone”,
something you speak for them because they can’t
eating, eating, at Jolly Sal’s Café”. voilá exp French be there to speak for themselves
some people use this French to move with the times exp
Linda: That is possibly the worst jingle I’ve ever heard in my to adapt and change as things change
expression - more or less it means
life. “here, look at this” a jingle n
the competition n a short melody that is used to promote
Mr Cook: Well, I think you’d better get used to it because you’ll other companies who are competing a company, business or product
be singing it every hour on the hour from now on. with your company to get used to something exp
a cap n to become accustomed to something
Linda: What? What are you trying to do? Turn these a hat that baseball players wear to hell with (your company
restaurants into a circus? reassurance n initiative) exp inform
confidence we use “to hell with” in front of a
Mr Cook: Mmm… it’ll help attract customers. an ear flap n noun (or noun group) to show we are
Linda: And what about you, Mr Cook? What are you doing to two pieces of material on the side of angry with something
support this ‘marvellous’ initiative?
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This month we are looking at some more idioms related to various colours.
COLOURS IDIOMS
Illustrations by Jorge Tarruella
Every cloud has a silver lining

There is something good in everything - even in a bad situation:
“I was really looking forwards to going on that cruise, but in the
end I couldn’t go because of work obligations. However, that
meant I could go to the football match on Saturday so I guess
To be born with a silver spoon in your every cloud has a silver lining.”
mouth
To be born into a life of privilege:
“Since she was a child, she has had maids, ser- To hand
vants, horses and a room full of toys - she was something to
born with a silver spoon in her mouth.” someone on a
silver platter
To let someone get
something very
easily, without
having to do any
work for it:
“She sold her share
of the house to her
brother at a very low
price - she handed
it to him on a silver
platter.
To have blue blood GLOSSARY

To be from the Please note that some of
aristocracy and the the words in this glossary
box are literal translations
highest social class; to of parts of idiomatic
be related to royalty: The grass isn’t always greener expressions.
“He dresses badly, but on the other side

a spoon n
apparently he has blue Things aren’t better in another place; a metal object you use for
things aren’t always better in other eating. You can use a spoon
blood.” to eat soup
places; the things other people have a cloud n
aren’t always better: when it rains, there are many
dark clouds in the sky full of
A: “If we moved away from the city water
a lining n
and went to live in the country, the a layer of material in the in-
children would be able to play outside side of a jacket (for example)
to make it warmer
safely.” to guess vb
B: “Yes, but we’d be away from our to think, to imagine
a platter n
friends - the grass isn’t always greener a special, large plate
on the other side.” blood n
the red liquid inside your body
grass n
the green plant that covers the
ground

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POP IDOLS
POP IDOLS
What do you think the following artists have in common? Britney Spears, Christina Aguilera, Pink,
Shakira, N’Sync, the Backstreet Boys, Blue Mirror and Justin Timberlake. Well, they’re all teen idols. So,
“what is a teen idol?”, you may well ask. Well, they are basically singers or artists that were created
artificially by the music industry. This “teen pop” business is worth billions and has been around for
more than five decades; and these days there are lots of teen idols around, especially because of TV
shows like “Popstars”. How does the industry work? And when did it start?
By Laura Warrell (US English spelling) Illustrations by Sonia Beduya
Sex, Drugs & Rock ‘n Roll Monkeys & Beatles

The formula for creating a teen pop idol is simple: you take a kid, The Monkees were the first and most successful teen pop band.
surround them with managers, stylists and media trainers and in The four members of the Monkees were chosen from auditions.
just a short time they have a record contract, a television series None of them knew anything about music or played instruments
and lots of money, fame and sex. After a few years they usually (at least, they didn’t play them well). But that didn’t matter and
disappear and no one cares about them anymore because they soon afterwards the marketing department created a line of
get old, or end up in drug rehabilitation centers, prison or Monkees products, including T-shirts, posters and lunch
hardcore porn films. So where did it all start? boxes. They looked and acted just like the Beatles, and
they also had their own show, called the Monkees. Of
Wild Boys course, true music lovers hated this manufactured
The first teen idols were created during the 1950s. band; and real musicians resented them because
At the time, American teenagers just wanted to the Monkees were so successful. However, when
have a good time; and Rock n’ Roll was the answer. their show finished, none of the Monkees had
In 1955, Bill Haley’s “Rock Around the Clock,” any friends and the group went their separate
introduced them to this new music, which had its ways.
roots in Rhythm ‘n’ Blues, a mostly black style of
music. Elvis Presley and Jerry Lee Lewis were Old Men & Pain Killers
the white boys who played “black music”. This 1970s teen idols were completely
scared American parents because they feared sex different. They had long hair and lots of
and the influence this music was having on their chest hair.
kids. One of the most famous 1970s teen idols was
In response to this, the music industry created teen David Cassidy, star of the TV series,
idols. These first versions of teen idols played gentle The Partridge Family. This TV show was all about a
pop songs with no sexual or political content. The girl pop family of musicians, and was really popular.
stars dressed like nuns and sang innocent songs about David was a short, mildly attractive guy who
being in love with school boys. The boys, like Fabian and once said:
Frankie Avalon, had bouffant haircuts, no facial hair and “Fame is difficult because one day it will end. Until
sang in whiny voices. The music industry made millions; then, I’m going to enjoy the traveling, the girls
and teenage girls fell in love with the idols and regularly and the music. So, the day I wake up as an old man
cried and passed out at concerts. Teenage boys imitated working as an auto mechanic addicted to painkillers,
the idols hoping to snog teenage girls. I won’t have any regrets.”

POP IDOLS
The two big questions concerning the show were: God & Old Women
Would David Cassidy ever kiss his pretty female co-star?; and, What So what happens to teen idols when their commercial value comes
kid would ever want to be in a band with mom? to an end? Once they get old, and the fame, money, fans and cheap
sex disappear, many of them become drug addicts… and some even
Nose Jobs die of drug abuse or kill themselves. Others become ridiculous “has-
The big teen group of the 1980s was an American group called beens” who play concerts in Las Vegas to old women who still think
“The New Kids on the Block”. The five boys from Boston were it’s 1962. And a small minority “find God” and start recording really
chosen by a producer called Maurice Starr, bad gospel music.
who wrote their music and brought in
GLOSSARY
dance teachers to turn them into a
white version of the Jackson Five. a kid n a little box that children take to school
a child - it has their food in it
The formula worked. When the to end up phr vb to resent vb
group finally broke up, none of if you “end up” in a place, you arrive to have strong feelings of hatred
in that place eventually usually towards people who are more
them found success again and one the roots n successful than you
of them had a nervous breakdown. the origins chest hair n
gentle adj hair on your chest (the front part of
Two famous teen pop princesses not aggressive, soft your body)
of the time were Debbie Gibson a nun n a painkiller n
a woman who dedicates her life to reli- medicine that you take to eliminate
and Tiffany. Debbie Gibson wrote gion and works for a church or charity pain
songs with names like “Electric a bouffant haircut n a regret n
hair that is styled so it is high and full a feeling of sadness for something you
Youth,” and danced in frilly skirts a whiny voice n did in the past
and denim jackets; and unlike any of a high voice that sounds sad and not mom n inform
pleasant mother
her predecessors, she actually played an to pass out phr vb to break up phr vb
to lose consciousness to separate
instrument and knew how to write music. to snog vb inform a shopping mall n
Tiffany was discovered in a shopping to kiss passionately with tongues a large area with many shops
an audition n a nose job n
mall. Her dancing consisted mostly of if an actor does an “audition”, he or an operation to change the shape of
shaking her shoulders. Some say her she acts in front of a director so the your nose
director can choose someone for a film a has-been n inform
career didn’t last long because she had or play, etc a person who was once successful and
zero musical talent. As an adult, she a line n popular but who is forgotten now
a group of products all related to the gospel music n
got a nose job and posed for Playboy same subject religious pop/rock music, often sung by
magazine. This did nothing to save her a lunch box n groups of African-American singers
career.

honestyQUOTES
HONESTYQUOTES
Here are some quotes on the subject of honesty. Use them if you ever
find yourself in a difficult situation. Next month: dishonesty.
“The most difficult thing in the world is being honest.” Comtesse Diane.
“The last thing people want in films is the truth.” Sylvester Stallone.
“Truth is the safest lie.” Jewish proverb.

“Death is the only inevitable truth.” James Dean.
“My way of joking is to tell the truth;

it’s the funniest joke in the world.”
George Bernard Shaw. Anglo-Irish writer.
“If you always told the truth, you would never

have to remember anything.” Mark Twain.
“Anger cannot be dishonest.” George R. Bach.

“All
good actors work the same way.
They just stand there and tell the truth.” James Woods.
“The truth is the one thing that nobody will believe.” George Bernard Shaw.
“Being entirely honest with oneself

is a good exercise.” Sigmund Freud.
GRAMMAR REMINDER
“If you always told the truth, you would never have to Notice how it is possible to start the sentence with the “if”
remember anything.” clause or the “would” clause:
In this grammar reminder we will be looking at the second “If I had lots of money, I would buy a new house.”
conditional. “I would buy a new house, if I had lots of money.”
We use this structure to talk about imaginary situations in Also notice how you can use the contraction “ ‘d” instead of
the future, and things that will probably not happen. “would”:
Look at the following two sentences: “I’d buy a new house if I had lots of money.”
a) “If I have lots of money, I will buy a new house.” “She’d be really happy if you bought that for her.”
b) “If I had lots of money, I would buy a new house.” And finally, notice how you can use “were” instead of “was”
The difference between “if I have”, and “if I had”, is not a with “I/he/she/it”. According to some grammar books this
question of time. The main difference is that sentence “b” isn’t correct, but it is very common in spoken English:
is referring to a less probable situation. In both cases the “If I were you, I would leave early.” “If I was you, I would
speaker is talking about an imaginary situation. leave early.”
This structure is formed like this: if + past tense verb, would “If he were bigger, he’d hit you.” “If he was bigger, he’d hit
+ infinitive. Let’s look at some more examples: you.”
“I would go with you if I had the time.” “She’d help you if she were here.” “She’d help you if she
“She would tell you the answer if she knew it.” was here.”

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GIANNI VERSACE
GIANNI VERSACE
The Company
This month we are looking at another Italian fashion designer, Gianni Versace.
Who was he? And what were his clothes like?
The Versace business has been tremendously successful. In the

collections for some of Italy’s top fashion houses.
In 1978, with the help of his brother Santo, he set up his own
first year (1978), sales were approximately $15million. But by company. Later the same year his first collection for women was shown
1996 sales were in excess of $1billion - an increase of more than in Milan. His first shop opened later the same year, also in Milan.
7000% in less than 20 years. Versace quickly won acclaim around the world and in 1982 he won
At the time of his murder, Versace had an empire that included his first industry award for his collection of women’s clothing.
accessories, fragrances, make-up and home furnishings as well The collection included a dress made from metal, which became
as clothing. He’s best known for his women’s clothes, but he a trademark of his designs. Versace continued to receive awards
also made a lot of men’s clothes. In addition, Versace designed throughout his career, for example in 1988 he was named “the
costumes for the theatre and ballet. most innovative and creative designer in the world”.
Versace Style Business First

Versace had a unique fashion style, which since his murder has As well as being a highly original designer, Versace was also
been continued by his sister Donatella. Versace was known for a very astute businessman. He was one of the first designers
vibrant colours, unconventional materials and daring cuts. The to work with famous photographers in his advertising; and his
designs were very sexy, with low-cut tops and high splits in the collaboration with the American photographer Richard Avedon
skirts. Some people called them vulgar; others loved them. helped him to become one of the world’s elite designers. He also
Versace has often been called “the rock-and-roll designer”. His used top fashion models in all his advertising (quite rare at the
male customers included musicians Phil Collins, Bruce Springsteen, time), and he used unusual lighting effects in his fashion shows
George Michael, Eric Clapton and Elton John. His most famous that were much more flattering than the conventional overhead
female clients were Diana, Princess of Wales and Princess Caroline lighting of the time.
of Monaco. Tragically, Gianni Versace was shot dead outside his home in
Miami, Florida in July 1997. The prime suspect for the murder
Career History (thought to be a crazy stalker) committed suicide two weeks later.
So how did it all start? Designing clothes was in his blood and After his death his brother Santo took over as CEO of the company;
he always considered himself a tailor, rather than a designer. and his sister Donatella (who was already working as a designer for
His mother ran a small dressmaking business, where he served the company) became chief designer. Her designs have proved to
as an apprentice. He then moved to Milan and started working be as popular as those of her brother, and the company continues
as a freelance designer. By the age of 25 he was designing to do well.

GIANNI VERSACE & CARTOON
THE UNOFFICIAL
HOLIDAY
VITAL STATISTICS
Nationality: Italian
Born: 2 December 1946 -
Reggio, Calabria, Italy.
Died: Murdered on 15 July 1997 - Miami,
Florida, USA.
Best known for: Fashionable clothing and bright colours.
Style: Bold and colourful.
Star Rating: ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐
GLOSSARY
accessories n a person whose job is to make clothes
things that accompany your clothing to run vb
such as belts, ties, jewellery, etc to control and do the adminis-tration
fragrances n for a company
perfume and after-shave a dressmaking business n a company
make-up n that makes clothes
paint you put on your face to decorate an apprentice n
yourself a person who works in a company and
home-furnishings n who is learning how to do things
furniture, carpets, curtains, etc a freelance designer n
vibrant colours n a designer who does jobs for compa-
bright colours nies without being em-ployed by the
daring adj company
not conventional - different to set up phr vb
a cut n to establish and start
the way the clothes are cut and made to win acclaim exp
low-cut adj if you “win acclaim”, the critics are
a dress that is low at the top and positive about you
shows part of a woman’s chest a trademark n
a top n a symbol; something represen-tative
clothing that you wear on the top half astute adj
of your body clever and intelligent
a high split n crazy adj
a cut near the top of the dress that mad, insane, with mental problems
shows more of your leg a stalker n
a skirt n a person who has an obsession with a
clothing women wear to cover their celebrity and who follows this star
legs a CEO abbr
was in his blood exp a Chief Executive Officer; an important
was something his family always did person in a company
a tailor n

Weird World
WAR OF THE WORLDS
WAR OF THE WORLDS

Do you believe in aliens? According to a recent survey, 40% of Americans think there’s life out there, somewhere.
And it’s understandable if you think about it, because we can’t be the only life form, can we? Well, back in 1938, millions
of Americans were convinced they were under attack by Martians. Some ran. Some took their guns. And others hid in their
homes in fear. What was going on?
Start bread”. Other people hid in cellars, hoping that the poisonous gas
On 30th October 1938 thousands of Americans were happily wouldn’t affect them. One college student drove forty-five miles in
listening to a music programme on CBS Radio when a reporter an attempt to save his girlfriend.
interrupted the music to deliver an important announcement.
Apparently, astronomers had just seen enormous blue flames Panic
coming off the surface of Mars. The broadcast returned to the Mrs Thomas remembers the night very well:
music, but soon afterwards it was interrupted again with more “We were petrified. Someone was banging on our front door. It
news: now a strange meteor had fallen to earth, crashing on a was our neighbour from across the street. She had put her seven
farm near the town of Grover’s Mill in New Jersey. A reporter was kids in their car and she kept yelling, ‘come on. Let’s get out of
soon there to describe the scene. here!’.”
Thirteen-year-old Henry Sears was doing his homework when
Alien Attack he heard the news report of the invasion. He took the radio
According to the news report, the meteor was some kind of downstairs and listened with a group of friends. Some of them
spaceship. It was inside a crater and the reporter watched as a said they were going to get their guns and join in the defence at
strange creature with tentacles came out and blasted the on- Grover’s Mill.
lookers with a heat-ray. Minutes later, the machine went back People even panicked in New York City. One Bronx resident
into the crater, but came out again soon afterwards quickly killing describes the scene:
7,000 soldiers who were surrounding it. Then, it began walking “I lived in an apartment house. Everyone ran out and looked at the
across the land, joined by other machines. The machines killed sky to see if the Martians were coming. Can you imagine all those
people with their heat-rays, and released a poisonous black gas. people coming out of their apartment houses?”
It didn’t take long for people to start panicking. At the police headquarters there was chaos too. “Between 8:30pm
and 10pm we received numerous phone
Reactions calls, with people asking about the
Many people rang friends and family meteors, the number of people killed, the
to find out what was going on. Others gas attack and what the military was doing
began shouting that the end of the world about it,” said one police officer.
had begun and soon the panic began to
spread. Some people put supplies in their A Radio Play
cars and fled the Martian invaders. One So what was really going on? Well, it turns
mother in New England reportedly packed out that the whole thing was a big joke.
her babies and lots of bread into a car, The radio programme was a version of a
figuring that “if everything is burning, story by the writer HG Wells called the
you can’t eat money, but you can eat “War of the Worlds”. It was read by the

WAR OF THE WORLDS
INFORMATION BOX - ORSON WELLES
actor Orson Wells, who worked for a radio station called Mercury Orson Welles was born in Kenosha, Wisconsin on 6th May 1915. At the age of
Theatre. The broadcast reached a huge audience, and experts 13, he travelled alone to France, Italy, England and Germany; and a year later
believe that approximately six million people heard it; and out of he went to Shanghai. Back in the US he went to the Chicago Art Institute, and
tried to get work as an actor. Then, at the age of 16 he went to Ireland, where
this number almost one million people panicked. So why did so
he worked at the Gate Theatre; and a year later he went to Spain to write.
many people fall for the trick? He eventually returned to Illinois and started recording plays for the radio.
Soon he was earning $1000 a week, and he was only 20-years-old! In 1937,
Radio: Welles and Houseman founded the Mercury Theater, a production company that
The first thing is that at the time, the radio was the number one staged radio plays, including, of course, The War Of The Worlds.
In 1939 Welles went to Hollywood, where he made the classic film, Citizen
form of communication. These days when we want to find out
Kane. After this, he went to Europe where he worked in theatre. He died on 10th
about something we have television, the internet and our mobile October 1985 in Los Angeles. His ashes are buried in Malaga, Spain, where he
phones. But back in the 1930s there was only the radio. spent his summer at the age of 18.
War
Another reason why so many people panicked was because of the
global situation at the time. There was a lot of tension in Europe,
and it had been very common during the previous three months
for radio broadcasts to be interrupted by reporters with ominous
news from Europe. Many who panicked later said that they had
thought that the Martian invasion was actually an attack by
German soldiers.
Authentic
And finally, the way in which the play was read gave it all an air WAR OF THE WORLDS - THE INTERNATIONAL VERSIONS
of reality. There were a series of news flashes with real place
In November 1944 the “War of
names and institutions such as the “Secretary Of The Interior” and the Worlds” was broadcast in
the “State Militia”. Apparently, there was an announcement at Santiago, Chile; and in February
the beginning of the broadcast saying that the “news” was just a 1949 it was performed by a
story. But most people had tuned in when the “play” had already radio station in Quito, Ecuador.
An angry group of people
started, so they didn’t hear the warning.
surrounded the radio station and
burned it when they found out it
After Effects was all just a joke.
The next day, Orson Welles appeared before the press to apologise
for what he had done. He claimed that he had no idea that
everyone was going to really think it was true. However, many GLOSSARY
say that Welles knew exactly what he was doing. At the time, the
under attack exp from a place
Mercury theatre (created by Welles and John Houseman) was in if you are “under attack”, an enemy is to hide vb (past: hid)
financial trouble. Both Welles and Houseman needed a sensation fighting you to go to a secret place where no one
a Martian n can find you
and some really good publicity to save the business... and the “War a “person” from the planet Mars a cellar n
of the Worlds” really helped. The morning after the broadcast the a flame n the room in a house that is under the
long bits of orange and blue fire that ground
name of Orson Welles was headline news all over America… and come off a fire to bang vb
the Mercury theatre was saved. a broadcast n if you “bang” on a door, you hit the
a programme on the radio or television door
In 1955 during a BBC television radio interview, Welles actually a spaceship n to yell vb
took credit for the trick. a rocket that you use to travel through to shout
space to turn out phr vb
to blast vb if something “turns out” a particular
to shoot a gun and kill people or way, it happens in that way in the end
GLOSSARY FOR CARTOON destroy buildings huge adj
on-lookers n very big
a kid n a cellar n people who are watching something to fall for a trick exp
a child a room under a house a heat-ray n to believe something that was just
to settle down phr vb ain’t abbr inform a very hot line of fire that can kill or a trick
to calm down - to stop being excited is not destroy ominous news n
a broadcast n to tan a backside exp to release vb bad news about disastrous things
a programme on the radio or television to hit a person on their “backside” if a gas is “released”, the gas comes a news flash n
to land vb (the part of your body that you sit on). out a piece of important news that
if a plane “lands”, it comes to the ground This expression comes from the process to spread vb interrupts a radio or television
in a controlled way of turning animal skin into leather - if panic starts to “spread”, more and programme
mum/mom n inform otherwise known as “tanning” more people start to panic to tune in phr vb
mother I told you so exp supplies n if you “tune in” to a radio programme,
on second thoughts exp an expression people say when it food that you keep so you can use it you start to listen to it
an expression you say when you decide becomes clear that what they said before in the future headline news n
to do something different to the thing was correct to flee vb (past: fled) very important news that is on the
you planned to do to run away from a place; to escape front page of a newspaper

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True stories from around the world that are hard to believe!
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Strange B U T Tr u e
STRANGE BUT TRUE

Hang ‘Em High
All about a criminal, some lawyers and a sick sense of humour
Justice? another with plaques decorated with nooses when they win a case
If you ever have to go to court, you will expect it to be a quiet, like this. It’s just sick!”
solemn, dignified place. In most cases this is true. However, one court
in Alabama, in the south of the US, was somewhat different. And one Understandable?
poor man, John Brent, had an unforgettable experience there. Days later the Supreme Court passed a law prohibiting the wearing
of nooses. A spokesperson for the justice department said:
Murder? “We have to say that this kind of behaviour is appalling.”
Mr Brent had been arrested four years before and charged with Mr Brent was later released and declared innocent of all charges.
murder. The facts were never clear and there was no real evidence At a press conference he said:
against him: an elderly man had been found dead in an apartment, “I feel that justice has been done. And I would like to see an end
and a witness claimed to have seen Mr Brent near the scene of the to these practices. Court cases should be solemn events, and death
crime. Mr Brent claimed that he was innocent, and his lawyers and should not be treated as a joke, I think.”
family supported him all the way. As the trial-date got closer
and closer, Mr Brent was more and more convinced that he was GLOSSARY
going to win. But nothing could have prepared him for what he a court n this expression is used to introduce
saw when he walked into court that morning. a building where there are legal some important information
processes against people accused of a scythe n
crimes a long piece of wood with a curved
Appropriate? somewhat exp
we use “somewhat” to say that
sharp bit at the end. It is used to cut
grass
“I walked into that courtroom expecting to see a bunch of guys something is more or less true the Grim Reaper n
an unforgettable experience n an imaginary character who looks like a
looking suitably serious,” Mr Brent later explained to journalists.
an experience that is hard to forget skeleton and who represents death
“But what I saw made me feel sick: the two prosecuting lawyers a witness n mad adj US
a person who sees a crime really angry. “Mad” means insane in
had these very unusual ties on. At first I couldn’t see what was to support someone all the way exp British English
different about them, but as I got closer I saw that they were to support someone completely a judge n
a trial-date n the person in control of a legal process
wearing nooses. Yes, nooses that they use to hang people. I gotta a “trial” is a legal process against a dude n US
say that made me worried. I mean, it was like they were laughing at someone. A “trial-date” is the day and a man
time that the trial happens to bring a separate
me and the fact that they were going to execute me. a bunch of guys n informal case against someone exp
Then, later on, I saw that one of them had a scythe, just like the a group of people to start a separate legal process
suitably adv against someone during a trial
Grim Reaper. I couldn’t decide whether to laugh or cry. And what appropriately to waste court time exp
really made me mad was the fact that the judge didn’t do or say a prosecuting lawyer n to do things that interfere with the
a legal representative who works trial and irritate the judge
anything. Perhaps he thought it was funny too! But that wasn’t all.” against the accused to go on phr vb
a tie n to happen
a long, thin piece of clothing that men sentences that involve capital
Funny? wear around their necks and on their punishment n
shirts sentences in which the criminal is
“All through the trial those dudes were making jokes and laughing.
a noose n executed
For instance, one of the prosecutors kept referring to me as ‘the a piece of rope or string with a circle a plaque n
that goes around someone’s neck. It is a piece of wood or metal with text
criminal’, instead of ‘the accused’; and another one suggested used to execute criminals about a person or event
bringing a separate case against me for wasting court time. It to hang vb it’s just sick exp
to kill someone by putting a rope I think it is horrible/terrible/really bad
was incredible. I spoke to my lawyers and we decided to propose around their neck and pushing them appalling adj
abandoning the trial. off a high place terrible
gotta abbr a press conference n
Later on, I found out that this kind of thing goes on all the time. have got to a meeting between someone famous
Apparently, the lawyers even have parties to celebrate sentences I mean exp and the press
that involve capital punishment; and lawyers often present one

Authentic conversations by native British speakers
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Britis h b a r c h a t
BRITISH BAR CHAT
The Simpsons
This month Philip and Martin are talking about the Simpsons. Listen
to their conversation and answer these questions. Remember, you
don’t have to understand every word in order to answer the questions.
Just listen for the key words (the most important words in the
conversation):
Exercise
1. What does one of the speakers like about the Simpsons?
2. What does the other speaker NOT like about the Simpsons?
Phillip: Oh, I found myself watching an episode of the Simpson’s

last night. What a load of crap!
Martin: The Simpsons, it’s brilliant. That’s the, the best, the best
thing on TV, the Simpsons.
Philip: It’s trivial. It’s not funny, it’s full of stereotypes. programmes you can watch in a foreign language. Cos
Martin: Not funny, not funny, my ass. Oh, no, that is the funniest it’s, like, it’s a cartoon, and so it doesn’t matter that it’s
programme on TV. It’s such a cool reflection of real life. dubbed. It’s not like watching a film.
Philip: Real life! It just takes a real life problem and trivialises it. Philip: Yeah, you can say that about any cartoon. I mean, you
Martin: No, it, it raises issues. Really, it takes, it takes any kind of can’t, you know, I don’t think that’s a point in it’s favour.
issues that, you know, in the whole series they deal with Besides, the drawing’s terrible, I mean, who...
absolutely everything. They deal with sexism and racism and Martin: No, the, but the drawings make a point, don’t they? You
absolutely everything. It’s brilliant. don’t, it doesn’t need to be a work of art. It’s a, it’s a
Philip: Yeah, they deal with it in a superficial way with these cartoon, you get into the character, you know, you don’t
characters that no one can believe and are not convincing really care what they look like, or the art.
and… Philip: Mmm… Hey! Have you seen? The Simpson’s are on now,
Martin: Oh, the characters [mumbling], I mean, they’re yeah.
exaggerated obviously, you know, cos it’s, like, it’s a Martin: Oh no, not again. I see it every bloody day. Let’s put on a
cartoon, isn’t it? But, but, you know, they make real points, video.
they’re really valid. And anyway, it’s like one of the few
GLOSSARY
what a load of crap exp offens to mumble vb
this expression can be used to say that to speak in a very low and soft voice
you think something is very bad that is difficult to understand
brilliant adj I mean exp
excellent, very good this is often used to introduce something
my ass exp offens US important that you want to say
this expression can be used to say that cos abbr
you think someone is not telling the because
truth, or is saying stupid things like exp
a reflection of true life exp people often use this word when they are
if something is a “reflection of true life”, thinking about what to say next. It is
it is similar to what happens in real life used to fill space in a conversation and
to trivialise vb it doesn’t mean anything
to make something seem less important to dub vb
than it is if a film is “dubbed”, different sound is
to raise issues exp added with actors speaking a translation
to discuss important subjects such as of the dialogue
racism, sexism, etc to be on exp
you know? exp if something is “on” the television, you
people often say this to check that the can watch that thing on the television
other person is understanding bloody exp offens
to deal with exp people use this expression when they are
if you “deal with” a subject, you talk angry, frustrated or surprised
about that subject
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Dictionary of slang
DICTIONARY OF SLANG
Here we’ve got some examples of how to say things in different situations.
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Situation Formal Relaxed Informal
You are going to leave a I am departing I’m going I’m off; I’m out of here,
place: I’m shooting off, I’m
gonna run
People have been They have been They’ve been talking They’ve been having a
speaking badly about tarnishing my name behind my back go at me; they’ve been
you: slagging me off; they’ve
been bad-mouthing me;
they’ve been putting in
the boot
You tell someone to look I’d like you to inspect Take a look at this Get a load of this; have a
at something: this butcher’s at this; get an
eyeful of this
You were talking about We were engaged in We were having a chat We were nattering away;
something with someone: conversation we were having a chin
wag, we were chewing
the fat; we were shooting
the breeze (US)
You are happy with the This is very good indeed This is great Excellent!; nice one!;
result of something: cool!; wicked!
You have just finished That job is terminated It’s all done It’s all wrapped up;
a job: sorted; done and dusted
Someone complains to Accept it if you wish Take it or leave it Like it or lump it

you about a job you have
done for them. They want
you to do it again. You
refuse:
Please note that the words in this glossary box are literal translations of parts of idiomatic expressions.
GLOSSARY
to shoot vb to wag vb
to fire a gun so a bullet comes out if a dog “wags” its tail, it moves its tail from side to
gonna abbr side
going to to chew vb
a slag n offens if you “chew” food, you use your teeth to break the
an insulting word to refer to someone (usually a food and move it from side to side
woman) you think has sex with too many people a breeze n
a boot n a light wind
a large shoe wicked adj
a load n evil and bad
a lot to dust vb
a butcher’s n to clean a surface and take off the dust (little pieces
a shop that sells meat of dirt)
a chin n a lump n
the area of your face that is below your mouth a solid piece of something

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In The News...
IN THE NEWS
James Bond, Dracula & Tarzan

It seems that some actors can’t distinguish
between fiction and reality. Roger Moore, the
British actor who played James Bond 007, was
in Poland recently to receive an award. During
the ceremony he asked if he could “transmit a
secret message”. It appears that he was under
the impression that Poland was still a Soviet
Bloc country, and that he was working for “His GLOSSARY
Majesty’s Secret Service”.
Apparently, this is nothing new and there an award n
a prize or object they give you
have been a number of similar cases. Johnny because you have done something
well
Weissmuller, the swimming champion who to sign vb
played Tarzan during the 40s, was admitted to to put your name on a formal
document
a psychiatric ward in 1979. As he was signing to bang vb
the papers he reportedly banged his fists on his to hit
a fist n
chest and shouted, “Ahhhhhhh!” with his best a closed hand - usually used for
Tarzan voice. hitting
a chest n
Bela Lugosi, who was famous for his role as Dracula, slept in a coffin during the day; and when he the area on your upper body at
died in 1956 he was buried wearing his cape. the front
a coffin n
Daniel Day Lewis, the star of “Last of the Mohicans”, once played Shakespeare’s Hamlet. During one a box in which they put dead
of the performances Mr Lewis ran off stage, claiming that he had seen a vision of his dead father - bodies
to bury vb
just like Hamlet, who is visited by his dead father. to put something in a hole in the
And Hollywood actor Michael Douglas was admitted to a hospital clinic because of an “addiction to ground
a cape n
sex”. Truth really is stranger than fiction. a jacket (usually black) with no
arms that you wear over your
shoulders
a performance n
each time a theatre play is acted in
Brushed Off front of an audience

truth (really) is stranger than
fiction exp
Dr John Tempa, a dentist from Milwaukee, decided enough was enough an expression that means:
after a 3-metre toothbrush went missing from his front lawn. In a fit of sometimes things in real life are
even more unusual than things in
rage he smashed his neighbour’s car with a baseball bat and is now facing books, films, etc
a charge for criminal damage. to decide that
enough is enough exp
“It’s the fifth time my toothbrush has been taken,” explained to decide that a situation cannot
Dr Tempa, who uses the brush for publicity for his dental clinic. continue
a front lawn n
“Last month some guy called and said he was looking for a toothbrush for the area of garden in front of a
his pet elephant; and last year my brush disappeared on New Year’s Eve. house
a fit of rage n
It eventually turned up painted blue. I know who did it, but I didn’t have the proof,” Dr Tampa said if you are in a “fit of rage”, you are
really angry
The 47-year-old dentist accuses a family of six who live just opposite him, which is why he smashed to smash vb
their car. Dr Tampa faces a large fine. Meanwhile, the toothbrush thief is still at large. to hit and destroy something -
usually glass
a pet n
an animal that lives with you in
your house
Below The Wheel to turn up phr vb

if something “turns up” at a place,
it eventually arrives at that place
Two children, aged 7 and 12, drove 124 miles in their mum’s proof n
car before being stopped by police. The children, from Essen evidence of a crime
to face vb
in Germany, said they wanted to visit their dad who was in if you “face” the possibility of
Denmark. During the journey, the children even stopped to fill something, that thing will probably
happen to you
up the car with petrol. at large exp
A passing driver, Magda Kreish, noticed the mysterious car if a criminal or animal is “at large”,
it is still not in prison or in a cage
racing along the motorway: mum n inform
mother
”I couldn’t see the driver very well because he was so small. to fill up phr vb
But I could see the boy in the passenger seat who was helping to fill completely
to race along phr vb
to steer the car. I immediately alerted the police.” to move along a place very quickly
Thomas Albrauto from the traffic police said the 12-year-old to steer vb
to control the direction the car
was driving “quite professionally”. goes
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Generally speaking, if you “carry” something, you put it in your hands and take it somewhere: “She
PHRASALVERBS
carried my bags up to the second floor.” Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with the verb “to carry”.
Carry away (to get carried away) Carry off

To become very enthusiastic and excited about something. If you “carry something off”, you succeed in doing something
This often causes you to behave in a silly way: difficult:
It was a
difficult bank robbery,
but we carried it off
really well.
Nice
house!
Yes, Frank
designed it, but I
think he got a bit carried
away with the idea of an
Egyptian theme.
Carry on Carry out (a job)

To continue doing something: To do (a job)
Hello? Mr
Rabbit? I’m carrying
out a survey on eating
habits and I was wondering
if I could talk to you for
a minute or two.
Carry on walking.
There’s not much further
to go - just about 20
kilometres.
Carry back Carry up

If something “carries you back”, it reminds you of the past: To physically take someone to a place that is higher than the
one you are at:
The sight of all

those bananas carries
me back to my days in
the jungle.
It was so romantic
- Mr Beast took me in his
arms, carried me up to the
bedroom and…
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D: So, where are you going at the 1. step; 2. swallowing; 3. keep; are humiliating. Patrick Dempster writer
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Z: Well, I’m visiting a few shops. 7. cashed; 8. catch; 9. printed staff have to sing every hour Christine Saunders writer
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range of fish food. It’s called 1. carried; 2. taken; 3. catch; Exercise: Contributors
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diet food for fish. I’m trying to 8. come; 9. back; 10. cashed Magnus Jones proof reading
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