1 Wales

2 A good job in TV and media

3 To join his Swedish girlfriend
4 Sweden
5 Two
6 He was wondering where his life was going and what the point of it all was.
7 Take up a hobby and join a group of society which did it
8 A group of unhappy middle-aged men – a meat buyer, an archivist, a train-driver, an
executive, a rock guitarist
9 To find a way out of the stress and boredom of their daily lives
10 Not good; they were middle-aged and some had paunches.
11 Jane is their coach. She said they weren’t very good, and they were sinking rather than
floating.

12 That it was a protest against the meaninglessness of life

13 A sense of belonging

A consider-imagine

B hope-decide-appear

C feel-suggest-realise-worry-discover

D like-begin

1 Dylan Williams 2 It was about the story of the synchronized swimming team from the article,
and their success in the championship.

3 He got a job teaching film studies.

4 She married the rock guitarist.

A admit, avoid, deny, dislike, enjoy, finish, involve, miss, risk

B agree, arrange, attempt, dare, expect, fail, intend, learn, manage, offer, plan, pretend,
promise, refuse, seem, tend, threaten, want

D start

C admit, agree, arrange, deny, expect, intend, learn, plan, pretend, promise, seem, threaten

base jumping
beekeeping
bird watching,
bodybuilding
break dancing
candle making
cheerleading
coin collecting
flower arranging
flower collecting
fossil collecting
fossil hunting,
metal detecting
model making
mountain climbing
plane spotting
rock climbing
rock collecting

stamp collecting

trainspotting