october 02/2019

Teachers’ File
This Teachers’ File (TF) contains a lesson plan and activities based on
the magazine and the CD. The TF, along with the recording scripts, is available
for online users. Registration password: secret.

Activities
Found on the Internet
Mysterious Cleaner
CD Track 6
Listening for Specific Detail
Listen to the CD recording based on the text “Mysterious
Cleaner” in the magazine. Ten words have been replaced
with different ones in the recording. Can you spot them?
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
_____________________________________________________________
Beach Bums and Party Beats
Discovering Perth and Darwin
Warm-up
Teacher’s guidance: Important – do this activity before
mentioning the topic of the article!
Divide the class into pairs and give each pair 2 of
the 6 pictures. The pairs should come up with possible
links between the pictures. Then recombine pairs into
groups of 3, making sure each person in the group has
a different picture. See if the groups can find the one link
between all the pictures. If no one finds the link, create
groups of 4, then 5, then 6. When at least one group has
found the link (Australia), elicit suggestions for how each
picture connects to the topic. Then ask them to open
their magazines to the article about Australia and find
a reference in the article to go with each picture.

What links…?
Your Lying Eyes
The Scary World of Deepfakes
CD Track 7
Listening
Listen to two speakers discussing some new technologies
for creating deepfakes. Answer the questions.

1 What can the new Samsung technology do?

______________________________________________________

2 What does it need to make the videos?

______________________________________________________________

3 Are the videos perfect?

______________________________________________________________

4 What does the other program do – the one that is for

places?
______________________________________________________________

5 What could it be useful for?

______________________________________________________

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Beach Bums and Party Beats
Discovering Perth and Darwin
CD Track 8
Listening
Listen to a recording about an Australian animal called
a quokka and fill in the missing information (1–3 words in
each gap).
The Quokka
1 The quokka was once described as “a kind
of ________________ as big as a common
________________ ”.
2 The name Rattennest (Rottnest) Island means
a ________________ .
3 Quokkas eat ________________ .
4 They are most active at ________________ .
5 Quokkas face danger from European ________________
which were brought to Australia for hunting.
6 In 2012, a person ________________ with a quokka.
7 Tourism brought new ________________ to protect
the quokka.
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Beach Bums and Party Beats
Discovering Perth and Darwin
Reading, Correcting Mistakes
Tom has completed his homework essay on Australia,
but he’s made some mistakes. Can you find and correct
them? There are 5 factual mistakes and 5 grammar
mistakes. You get 1 point for each corrected mistake and
lose 1 point for any “incorrection” (i.e. any correct thing
that you identify as a mistake).
Australia is a very big country. It is in
the southern hemisphere, so the north of
the country is hotter and the south is
cooler. The capital of Northern Australia
is Perth, which is very far from any
other city.
There have been people where Perth is now
during over 50 thousand years. The first
European colonists were the Dutch in
the late 1690s. British prisoners are used to
being sent there to work. Today, Perth is
known for it’s surfer culture.
Darwin is in the north of Australia. Darwin
is like other regional capitals in that it
has a tropical climate. It is a fun city and
has lots of festivals. The city gets tropical
cyclones. Cyclone Tracy, in the 1980s, has
killed more than 70 people and destroyed
most of the city’s houses.
There are dangerous animals there.
The even more dangerous animal is the box
jellyfish. There are crocodiles, sharks,
snakes and spiders too. Mindil Beach has
markets and music. If you want to swim
naked, you can try Casuarina Beach. But
you can only swim in the sea in summer,
between June and September.
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A Complicated Man They Fall Like Tears
Rudyard Kipling, the Poet of Empire Are We Losing the Fight to Save
CD Tracks 9 & 10 the Rainforests?
Vocabulary Practice, Speaking Speaking
Kipling’s poem “If…” is regularly voted Britain’s best-loved poem. Discuss
• How much did you know about tropical
task 1 deforestation before reading the article?
What was new to you? Did anything
Match the phrases from the poem with their definitions.
surprise you? Do you have any further
1 triumph and disaster A a bad person, a villain knowledge to share – and have you checked
that your beliefs are correct?
B an idiot, a person who is easily
2 an impostor tricked • In Europe, we long ago cut down almost
all our forests – it’s one of the things that
3 a knave C someone pretending to be let us develop into being rich. Do we have
someone else a right (or a duty) to stop other countries
from doing the same? Why or why not?
4 a fool D the ability to connect with
ordinary people • To whom do things like the rainforests
5 to keep one’s virtue belong? To the world? To future
E to cope with something, to be able generations? To the countries where they
to handle it are? To people and companies that buy
6 the common touch the land? Or to the people who live and
F to stay honest and good
work in them?
7 to bear something G winning and losing
• How important is it to protect biodiversity
(= different plant, animal etc. species in an
task 2 area)? How do you balance that against, for
example, people’s need to grow food, earn
money and build safe communities? Which
What do you think Kipling meant by the following lines?
animal species might be threatened by
Do you agree that these are good guidelines for life?
deforestation?
If you can dream – and not make dreams your master;
• The president of Brazil, Bolsonaro, refused
If you can think – and not make thoughts your aim.
money from Europe to fight fires in
If you can meet with Triumph and Disaster the Amazon. He said we should stop telling
And treat those two impostors just the same. Brazil what to do and spend the money
reforesting Europe instead. What
If you can bear to hear the truth you’ve spoken do you think?
Twisted by knaves to make a trap for fools.
• Boycotting rainforest products (refusing
If you can talk with crowds and keep your virtue, to buy them) can make change happen
Or walk with Kings – nor lose the common touch. because companies make less money from
destroying the rainforest. On the other
hand, it can also harm people we don’t
want to (such as poor farmers). Should we
boycott? Do you boycott or consume less of
anything (palm oil, meat…) for this reason?

• Do you care about protecting

the rainforests? Why or why not? What
is the most important aspect to you
(e.g. climate impact, species loss, economic
gains for the country, food production)?
How high is it on your personal “global
problems priority list”?

• What dangers do forests in your

country face?

CD Both the first verse of “If…” and the whole

poem are on the CD (tracks 9–10).

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Pros & Cons of Anonymity
What’s Your Username?
Speaking
Methodological suggestion
Divide the class into small groups for the first three activities. For the fourth
activity, each student will secretly write a new “username” for themselves on
a piece of paper. Collect them up, shuffle them, then read them out one at
a time. Students should try to guess to whom each username belongs.

task 1 task 3
Look at these usernames. Can you tell anything about the people Work in small groups. Tell each other (some
from their usernames? of) the usernames you use or have used. How
many different tricks did the people in your
A Janine_Mansfield_83 E GlasgowGuy group use to make up your usernames? What
are the advantages and disadvantages of each
B ddoTkcaJ F SportsBetChannel
method?
C iluvariana G ɹǝsᴉǝMɔɹɐW

D Number1SeahawksFan H Sa11y1nNewY0rk task 4

task 2
Can you match one of the usernames from Task 1 to each of
the people below? (There are three names you will not use.)
Without showing anyone else, make up a new
username for yourself and write it down. Give
it to your teacher.

Someone had
already taken my
I made a new name, so I wrote I want to use
Insta account it backwards. my username
when I left to promote my How to Get Things Done
home. business. Simple Tricks To Be More
Productive
CD Track 11
Listening
Eat the Frog!
Listen to a person speaking about
the expression “eat the frog” and its history.
Fill in the missing information.

1 The expression means

_______________________ .

I don’t mind 2 The original version said to eat

using my real a ______________ .
name, but I want
it to look 3 After you experienced that disgusting
different. taste, people you had to speak to
_______________________ .

I used 4 The joke became an idiom in ____________

the name of (language).
my favourite
pop star. 5 Someone tried to guess the meaning but
__________ .

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How to Get Things Done
Simple Tricks To Be More Productive
CD Track 12
Vocabulary Practice: Phrasal Verbs
Can you complete the phrasal verbs in
the following sentences?
1 I can’t go out, I’m afraid – I need to study for a test.
It’s tomorrow, so I can’t put it _________ any longer.
How to Get Things Done
Simple Tricks To Be More Productive
Reading Comprehension
After reading the article, decide if the following
statements are true (T) or false (F).
1 People who are easily distracted may achieve more if
they shut themselves away to work.
T  F 

2 We were well ahead of schedule, but then one 2 The Pomodoro Method recommends alternating
between different tasks in 25-minute blocks as a way
problem after another started popping _________ ,
to achieve a better focus.
and by the time we’d dealt with them we were late.
T  F 
3 My computer has been so slow lately. I need to figure
3 Multitasking increases productivity.
_________ what’s wrong with it.
T  F 
4 The UK is made _________ of England, Scotland,
4 In the Pomodoro Method, you should save looking up
Wales and Northern Ireland. information for your break periods.
5 Could you turn _________ the TV, please? I need to T  F 
study and it’s really distracting.
5 Tips for helping you to focus include disconnecting
from social media, shutting the door of the room
6 I don’t know what this word means. Pass
where you work, avoiding coffee and switching off
the dictionary, please. I need to look it _________ . your phone.
T  F 
7 I’ve been in this job for ten years and I feel burnt out.
It’s time to move _________ to something new. 6 The problem with a to-do list is that we tend to
do the wrong jobs first.
8 The shop is going to be closed for a week. Let’s stock
T  F 
_________ so that we don’t have to travel somewhere
further to buy things. 7 The Pomodoro Method helps people multitask more
efficiently.
9 After several very busy days, I’ve got _________ to
T  F 
trying my new camera. I love it!
8 The benefit of “eating a frog” is that you can then
10 Wait, let me note _________ the phone number take the rest of the day off.
before I forget it. T  F 
11 Can you help me put _________ the poster on 9 You shouldn’t prioritise household chores that take
my wall? more than two minutes.
T  F 
12 I need to free _________ some time this weekend and
finally wash the windows. 10 Nature sounds are better than music to help you to
focus.
T  F 

CD You can listen to the correct

answers on the CD.

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Forever Trends
What Makes Some Styles Stay Cool?
Warm-up
What looks cool? suggestion for Teachers
Put these people in order from “coolest look” Ask each student to make their ranking individually and very quickly
to “least‑cool look”. It’s up to you what “cool” first, then create an “overall ranking” on the board by finding which
means, but think about the look and not person has the most votes for first place, second place and so on.
the person. What things make them look “cool” Ask a few students to explain their choices, including both people
(or “uncool”)? What stands out? Would you who agreed with the majority and people who did not. Then give
dress like this, or be attracted to someone who the students a couple of minutes to discuss the pictures in small groups.
did? Compare your opinions with those of other
students in your class.

c d

A b

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 Forever Trends
What Makes Some Styles Stay Cool?
Speaking
What is “cool”, anyway? Discuss • What makes something “cool” to
The Monks of Cool, whose tiny and • Do you ever wear any of the four you?
exclusive monastery is hidden in fashion items mentioned in
the article? Do you agree with • Can you think of any other fashion
a really cool and laid-back valley,
the writer that they are cool? items that don’t go out of style?
have a test. You are taken into
a room full of all types of clothing • Do you prefer brands and fashion
• Who are the coolest dressers
and asked: Yo, my child, which of trends or anti-fashion? Why?
you know (personally or from
these is the most stylish thing to
the media)? How do they dress – • What is your favourite piece of
wear? And the correct answer is: Hey,
and do you, or would you, dress clothing? Why do you like it, and
whatever I select.
like them? would you say it is cool?
Terry Pratchett, from the novel Lords
and Ladies

He’s All Right

Nice Guy Tom Walker
Reading, Vocabulary and Grammar Practice
Read the lyrics of Tom’s song “Leave a Light On” and fill
in the correct forms of the missing verbs.

be feel look make refuse

come happen lose (2x) mention search

“Leave a Light On”

The second someone ____________ you were all alone To hide, that’s alright

I could ____________ the trouble coursing through your
veins
Now I know it’s got a hold*
Just a phone call left unanswered, had me sparking up*
These cigarettes won’t stop me wondering where you are
Don’t let go*, keep a hold
But if you carry on abusing*, you’ll be robbed from us
I ____________ to lose another friend to drugs
Just ____________ home, don’t let go
Chorus
And I know you don’t know oh, but I need you to
____________ brave

Chorus: Hiding from the truth ain’t gonna make this all okay

If you ____________ into the distance, there’s a house I’ll see your pain if you don’t feel our grace
upon the hill
And you’ve ____________ your way
Guiding like a lighthouse to a place where you’ll be safe
to feel at grace* I will leave the light on

’cause we’ve all ____________ mistakes Glossary*

hold – (in wrestling) a strong grip that is difficult to escape
If you’ve ____________ your way sparking up – lighting a cigarette
don’t let go – don’t give up on living
I will leave the light on at grace – peaceful, blessed
abusing – using drugs

Tell me what’s been ____________ , what’s been on Scan the Qr code or go to

your mind https://bit.ly/2zNXJiO to listen to
“Leave a Light On” on YouTube.
Lately you’ve been ____________ for a darker place

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He’s All Right
Nice Guy Tom Walker
CD Track 13
Listening
Listen to a short recording about Tom Walker and fill in
the missing information (1–2 words).
Tom was born in a town close to _______________ .
He spent his childhood in a place called _______________ .
The village is so small that Wikipedia lists its pub and
the _______________ as important features.
In Scotland, Tom speaks with a Glaswegian accent,
elsewhere he speaks with a _______________ accent.
Because of that, people think he has a kind of
_______________ .
He’s All Right
Nice Guy Tom Walker
Reading, Gap-fill
Read part of the lyrics of “Just You and I” and put
the words back in the correct places.
thing light step anything
time sun world
And I know, I can tell you _____________
You won’t judge, you’re just listening
‘Cause you’re the best _____________ that ever happened
to me
‘Cause my darling, you and I could take over
the _____________
And one _____________ at a _____________ , just you and I
‘Cause you’re the only one, who brings _____________ just
like the _____________
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Topic Card: A Life Online
CD Track 15
Listening
task 1
Listen to two friends talking about something that
happened at school and discussing whether it would be
a good idea to post a video of the incident online. Which
expressions connected to the internet do they use? What
do the expressions mean?
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
____________________________________________________
task 2
Are the following statements true (T) or false (F)?
1 There was a fight yesterday.
T  F 
2 Both girls hope the video will get posted on Twitter.
T  F 
3 One of the girls is worried about cyberbullying.
T  F 
4 The reason for the fight was connected to
a computer game.
T  F 
5 One of the girls worries about the effects of
the video on the future careers of the participants.
T  F 
6 Finally both girls agree that nobody would recognise
the people in the video.
T  F 
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 LESSON PLAN Rudyard Kipling, the Poet of Empire
Level: B1-B2 Time: 45 minutes
LESSON AIMS
Students will:
• talk about Rudyard Kipling and list and describe his most famous works
• show an awareness of Britain’s colonial past
TOPIC: Literature – Rudyard Kipling
MATERIALS: Article “A Complicated Man – Rudyard Kipling, the Poet of Empire”, Handouts

1 WARM-UP 4 The British Empire

Handout A Handouts D and E
3 mins Speaking Whole Class 5–8 min Listening, Speaking
Write “Rudyard Kipling” on the board. Ask if anyone recognises Small Groups
the name and can tell you anything about him. Distribute Put students into small groups. Check that
HANDOUT A – Kipling’s Most Famous Books (covers). Find out if the literal meaning of the phrase “the sun
students know any of them. Ask them to look closely at the covers sets” is clear. Introduce the class to the saying
and think about the book titles, and then to offer guesses at what “The sun never sets on the British Empire.”
they might be about. Read out the possible meanings below and
ask them to identify the correct one:

2 Kipling’s Most Famous Books – Matching A The British bring the light of civilization
Activity to the world, so where the British go, it is
Handout B never dark.

5–8 min Reading, Speaking Pair Work B The British Empire will last forever.
Put students into pairs and distribute HANDOUT B – Kipling’s C The British have territories all
Most Famous Books (descriptions). Ask students to match each over the world, so there is always
description to the right book and write the titles on their handouts. a British‑owned country where it is
Go through the “Which book…?” questions (the answers to these daytime.
are not explicitly stated in the descriptions, but anyone who has
read and understood the texts should find them easy). D God watches over the British everywhere.

(The correct answer is C.)

3 The Writer of Empire Next, distribute HANDOUT D – Age of Empires
Handout C  Magazine (1). Groups should discuss what they know of
10+ min Reading, Speaking Whole Class, Individual Work the British Empire and try to mark the British
Empire as it was in 1922 (in Kipling’s time). Now
Distribute HANDOUT C – Reading Questions. Go through the questions
distribute HANDOUT E – Age of Empires (2) (or,
first as a class and elicit guesses about the answers, then ask
if you have the facilities, display it for the class
students to open their magazines and allow 5 minutes (or as long
using a projector or smart board).
as necessary) for students to read the article on Kipling and answer
all the questions. Go through the answers together, congratulating
anyone who knew/guessed correctly the answers at the start.

SOLUTIONS
Warm-up: Example speculations on
Kipling: English, lived in India, went to
a posh school, from a posh family, had
children, interested in Englishness,
lived around the turn of the 19th and
20th centuries.
Kipling’s Most Famous Books: 1&D Puck
of Pook’s Hill, 2&A Kim, 3&B Stalky &
co, 4&C, Just So Stories, 5&E The Jungle
Book
Reading Questions: 1 The tiger in
The Jungle Book, 2 The Nobel Prize
for Literature (won by Kipling in 1907),
3 (over) 25%, 4 Colonel Reginald Dyer;
he ordered the shooting of hundreds
of Indians in the Jallianwala Bagh
massacre, 5 Natives, 6 Public school,
7 The colonies/India, 8 “The White Man’s
Burden”, 9 The indigenous Filipinos,
10 Stay calm and in control of yourself
Age of Empires See HANDOUT E. Note:
This was the Empire’s largest extent, not
all the countries that were ever colonies.
The 13 colonies in the west of what is
now the US, for example, were held at
a point when the Empire was smaller
than in 1922. Not all borders correspond
with modern borders.
The British Empire Fact Sheet: A was
based, B were shipped/taken, C were
taken/shipped, D were exchanged,
E was used, F was banned, G were
freed, H were lost, I was founded, J was
controlled, K are located
The Life of Rudyard Kipling: 1 novelist
(example), children, childhood, 2 brutal,
disliked, abandonment, 3 visitor, better,
editor, 4 colonial, Suffering, successful,
5 publisher, friendship, children,
6 sickness, tragically, finally, 7 famous,
nationalist/nationalistic, illness

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 5 Follow up / Homework
Handouts F and G
10 min Grammar, Writing Individual Work
Two follow-up activities are provided. You can HANDOUT F – The British Empire Fact Sheet provides a short outline
use one or both of them, and either in class or as of the phases of the Empire and the roles of slavery and private
homework. Both are primarily intended to help commerce in building the Empire, while also practising passives.
students master useful information for exams.
HANDOUT G – The Life of Rudyard Kipling gives a full outline of
Kipling’s life while also providing practice in word classes.

HANDOUTS
HANDOUT A

Kipling’s Most Famous

Books (covers)
Here are the covers of five of
Kipling’s most famous books. Do you
know any of them? Look closely at
the covers and think about the book
titles. Based both on your own
knowledge and on the covers, what
do you think they are about?

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HANDOUT B
Kipling’s Most Famous Books (descriptions)
Now read the descriptions and match each one with its book, then
match each again to one of the “Which book…?” statements.
1 TITLE: _________________________________________________________
In this children’s novel, published in 1906, two kids meet one
of the fairies that Shakespeare wrote about in A Midsummer
Night’s Dream. The fairy brings people from the past to meet
and talk to the children. The stories they tell are partly history
and partly stories of magic and myth.
2 TITLE: _________________________________________________________
This 1900 spy adventure is set in British-occupied India around
the 1880s. It is about an Irish orphan boy in India. He lives in
the streets and not many people realise he is a white child.
The book is famous for its detailed descriptions of Indian
culture at the time.
3 TITLE: _________________________________________________________
This fun book for teens, published in 1899, is about three
brilliant but rebellious schoolboys in an expensive English
public school. They have a series of conflicts with their
schoolmates and teachers, and they use cleverness to win
every time.
4 TITLE: _________________________________________________________
This 1903 children’s book contains 13 stories, mostly about how
different animals came to be as they are. “The Sing-Song of
Old Man Kangaroo”, for example, is about how the kangaroo
got its long legs and tail. The writing style is rhythmic because
the stories are designed to be read aloud.
5 TITLE: _________________________________________________________
First published in 1894, this is Kipling’s most famous work. It
contains several stories, many of them about a boy who is left
in the rainforest and adopted by a pack of wolves. The Mowgli
stories have been made into movies many times, but there are
other stories in the book too (about a seal, about a boy and an
elephant and more).
Which book…
A … shows the richness and variety of India in the 19th century?
B … gives an idea of what posh schools like Eton and Rugby used
to be like?
C … includes an explanation of why cats are so different
from dogs?
D … has a personal account of what it was like to be a Roman
soldier in Britain?
E … is best known today as a Disney animated musical?
What do you know and what can you guess about the author’s life?
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HANDOUT c
Reading Questions
Read the article in the magazine and find
the answers to the following questions:
1 Who or what is “Shere Khan”?
2 What links Kipling with Sully Prudhomme
(FR, 1901), Theodor Mommsen (GER, 1902),
Bjørnstjerne Bjørnson (NOR, 1903), Frédéric
Mistral and José Echegaray (FR, SP, 1904),
Henryk Sienkiewicz (PL, 1905) and Giosuè
Carducci (IT, 1906)?
3 What percentage of the world’s population
was ruled by the British at the peak of
the Empire?
4 Whom did Kipling call “the man who saved
India”, and why does this anger many
Indians?
5 What term did people of Kipling’s
generation use for indigenous populations?
6 In Britain, what is the term for an
expensive private school that is mainly for
the children of the upper classes?
7 Where does Stalky, the hero of Kipling’s
children’s book Stalky & Co, end up
achieving military success?
8 What Kipling poem said that America
had a moral responsibility to rule
the Philippines?
9 Whom did Kipling describe as “half devil
and half child”?
10 In the line “If you can keep your head
when all about you / Are losing theirs and
blaming it on you”, what does “keep your
head” mean?
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HANDOUT D

Age of Empires (1)

The British Empire was its biggest in 1922. Where did the British rule?
With a partner, discuss what you know of the countries of the Empire.
(Hint: Some famous colonies were no longer British in 1922!) Colour
the countries you think were British in 1922.

HANDOUT e

Age of Empires (2)

Compare your map with the real one. Did you get the size and extent right?
What was different from your expectations?

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 HANDOUT f
The British Empire Fact Sheet
Use the correct form of the verbs in the box to
complete the information sheet. Use each verb
exactly once.
ban free take
control base found
exchange ship locate
lose use
The British Empire went through two big phases.
The first phase (A) ____________ on colonies
in the Americas (including the West Indies).
Britain was a major slave-trade nation during
this time, but most British people did not
see slaves because they (B) ____________ to
the Americas, not usually to Britain.
First, trade goods and weapons (C) ___________
to Africa. These (D) ____________ for slaves
to work on the plantations of America and
the West Indies. And the money from selling
the slaves (E) ____________ to buy sugar,
tobacco, cotton and other goods for Europe.
This is the slave triangle. (Three trading
destinations, so three points of the triangle.)
The buying and selling of slaves (F) ___________
in the Empire in 1807, and all slaves
(G) ____________ in 1833 (more than 30 years
before the Americans did the same).
After the American colonies (H) ____________
in the American Revolutionary War, British
attention shifted to India and Africa. Important
goods from these countries included tea,
spices, opium, silk, cotton and gold.
“The empire where the sun never sets”
(I) ____________ by private companies. In
the early 19th century, for example, much of
India (J) ____________ by the East India Company
and its private army of 260,000 soldiers.
The company’s cruelty was so bad that
the British government took over in the 1850s.
Even now, the UK still owns 14 sovereign
territories, called the British Overseas Territories.
Most are very, very tiny (the Pitcairn Islands,
for example, have a population of 50), but they
(K) ________ all around the world – so technically
the sun has still not set on the British Empire.
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HANDOUT g
The Life of Rudyard Kipling
Use the correct forms of the words supplied to complete
the following short biography of Kipling. Use only one word in
each gap. There is one example.
novelist Joseph Rudyard Kipling was
1 The poet, journalist and ____________
born in 1865 in Bombay (now called Mumbai), India. He had one
younger sister. The Kipling _____________ had a native Indian “ayah”,
or nanny, and they spent their early _____________ years closely
connected with the country and its culture, including learning
the local language.
novel, child, child
2 At the age of 6, Kipling’s parents sent him to school in England.
He lived with a family named the Holloways. Mrs. Holloway was
a _____________ woman who _____________ Rudyard and often
beat him. The feeling of _____________ Rudyard felt was one of
the themes in his later writing (particularly The Jungle Book).
brute, like, abandon
3 When he was 11, a _____________ to the Holloway house noticed
that Rudyard was very unhappy and told his mother. She took him
away and he started a new school. This was much _____________
for the boy, who started writing and became _____________ of
the school newspaper.
visit, good, edit
4 In 1882, Kipling moved to Lahore (then part of India, now the capital
of Pakistan). He became a man of two worlds, accepted by both
the _____________ British and the native population. _____________
from insomnia, he explored the city at night. He wrote his first
book, Plain Tales from the Hills, which was very _____________ .
colony, suffer, succeed
5 Seven years later, he went back to England. He met an American
_____________ , Wolcott Balestier, developed a _____________ with
Balestier’s sister, Carrie. After Balestier died of typhoid fever,
Kipling and Carrie got married. They moved to America and had
three _____________ . This was when Kipling wrote The Jungle Book.
publish, friend, child
6 After a big fight with Carrie’s brother, the Kiplings went back to
England. During a visit to Carrie’s family in 1899, however, both
Kipling and his eldest daughter developed a serious _____________ .
_____________ , the young girl died, and the family _____________
left America forever.
sick, tragic, final
7 Kipling became more and more _____________ . He also became
increasingly _____________ , and when the first world war began,
he told his son John to join the army. John was killed in the first
year of the war. Kipling continued to write for the rest of his life,
but never again wrote the kind of fun adventures that made him
a celebrity. He died after a long _____________ in 1936.
fame, nation, ill
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 The Great Big Crossword of the Issue
Use the clues to solve the puzzle.

The basics Across Down

Answers go across (left to right) or 2. Person who lives in a certain 1. (Of a building) knock down,
down (top to bottom), starting in place (8) destroy completely (8)
the numbered square for that clue. 4. The romantic partner for 3. Native to a place (10)
The numbers in brackets tell you the main character in a work of 5. Made for testing (12)
how many letters are in the answer. fiction (4, 8)
(3, 3) means the answer is two 7. Required clothing for a particular
6. Insults, violence, cruelty, bad job or role (7)
3-letter words, (2-3) means it is two
treatment, etc. (5)
hyphenated words. Use one letter 10. Bad guy (7)
per square. Do NOT use any spaces or 8. Digitally altered with an image
12. Wild, mad, insane (5)
hyphens in the answers (for example, editing program (12)
13. The false belief that you do not
“tip-top shape” would be written 9. Harvesting forest wood (7)
deserve your status (8, 8)
“tiptopshape”). 11. This cosmetic change just isn’t
14. Personal space, freedom from
doing the job! (8, 2, 1, 3)
curious eyes (7)
17. Short work of non-fiction prose
15. Trying but (so far) unsuccessful
Hints and tips (5)
(7)
Every answer in this puzzle is in 18. An edible (= you can eat it) fat
16. Sportsperson, someone who is
the October 2019 issue of Bridge, in from the fruit of certain tropical
very physically fit (7)
one of these articles: trees (4, 3)
20. The writing on the wall (8)
19. American flat (9)
Found on the Internet 22. Nike logo (6)
21. Not the monsoon – expect fires
Stardom and Anxiety (3, 6) 23. Money-making (10)
They Fall Like Tears 24. Copy actions, gestures, voice, etc.
25. The range of species (animals,
Forever Trends (5)
plants, fungi, etc.) in an area (12)
Your Lying Eyes 27. Always fresh, always feels new (9)
26. Something to eat that is
The clues often contain a hint about extremely healthy (9) 28. Not believing something without
where in the magazine you might 29. Be widely shared online (2, 5) evidence (BrE spelling) (9)
find the answer. If you get stuck, your 30. An arc of all the colours of light
31. Very strange (5)
teacher can tell you which article you (7)
need to be searching. 32. Generously financed (of a movie
etc.) (3, 6) 34. A maker of clothes, especially by
Read through all the clues before you hand (6)
33. All dead, every last one (7)
start. Some are easier than others. 36. Get smaller, e.g. after getting wet
35. Of value; good enough (10)
Try working as a team. You have (6)
almost 40 answers to find and five 37. React, reply, answer (8)
articles to hunt through, so working 38. Chronic worry and concern (7)
together is probably the best way to
do it.

Use a pencil so you can correct

any mistakes. If two answers don’t
fit together, one of them must be
wrong.

SOLUTIONS
ACROSS 2. resident (FOTI), 4. love interest (SA),
6. abuse (SA), 8. photoshopped (LE), 9. logging (TFLT),
11. lipstick on a pig (TFLT), 17. essay (SA), 18. palm
oil (TFLT), 19. apartment (SA), 21. dry season (TFLT),
25. biodiversity (TFLT), 26. superfood (FOTI),
29. go viral (LE), 31. weird (LE), 32. big budget (LE),
33. extinct (TFLT), 35. worthwhile (SA),
37. respond (LE), 38. anxiety (SA)
DOWN 1. demolish (FOTI), 3. indigenous (TFLT), ARTICLE KEY FOTI = Found on the Internet,
5. experimental (FT), 7. uniform (FT), SA = Stardom and Anxiety, TFLT = They Fall Like Tears,
10. villain (SA), 12. crazy (FOTI), 13. impostor FT = Forever Trends, LE = Your Lying Eyes
syndrome (SA), 14. privacy (FT), 15. wannabe (FOTI), BONUS JOKE: He never made scents (= perfume/sense).
16. athlete (FT), 20. graffiti (FOTI), 22. swoosh (FT),
23. profitable (FOTI), 24. mimic (LE), 27. evergreen (FT),
28. sceptical (LE), 30. rainbow (FOTI), 34. tailor (FT),
36. shrink (FT)

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Bonus Riddle!
Fill in the letters in the grey squares to find the punchline to the joke.

Q: Why did the illogical perfume-maker go out of business?

A: __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __ __

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 SOLUTIONS to the activities
Found on the Internet
72-year-old > 75-year-old, shed > house, mad > crazy,
nuts > chocolate, box > dustbin, month > week, crazy >
strange, 2:30 > 4:30, metal > artificial, busy > happy
The Scary World of Deepfakes
sample answers: 1 make paintings come to life / turn
paintings and photos into videos, 2 only one picture
(a photo or a painting), 3 sometimes yes, sometimes
the faces change shape, 4 fills in missing parts of
a picture of a place, 5 movies, embarrassing photos of
politicians
Discovering Perth and Darwin: Warm-Up
The pictures show:
19th century leg irons (chains) used for convicts
transported to Australia
a quokka, a native Australian animal
gold from an Australian gold mine
indigenous Australian rock art
a warning sign from an Australian river
a box jellyfish, found on many Australian beaches
Discovering Perth and Darwin: Listening
1 rat, cat, 2 rat nest, 3 plants, 4 night, 5 red foxes,
6 took a selfie, 7 money
Discovering Perth and Darwin: Reading
Factual errors (some variation in wording may be
possible):
1 The capital of Western Australia is Perth.
2 The first European arrivals/visitors were
the Dutch in the late 1690s, OR The first
European colonists were the British in the early
19th century.
3 Darwin is unlike/different from other regional
capitals in that it has a tropical climate.
4 Cyclone Tracy, in the 1970s/1974….
5 But you can only swim in the sea in winter,
between June and September (note that
June‑September is summer only in the northern
hemisphere!)
Language errors:
1 There have been people where Perth is now for
over 50 thousand years (not “during”).
2 British prisoners used to be sent there to work
(not “are used to being”). Note: Do not accept
“were used to being” as a correct answer.
3 Today, Perth is known for its surfer culture
(not “it’s”).
4 Cyclone Tracy, in 1974, killed more than 70 people
(not “has killed”).
5 The most dangerous animal is the box jellyfish
(not “even more dangerous”).
Rudyard Kipling, the Poet of Empire: “If…”
Task 1: 1G, 2C, 3A, 4B, 5F, 6D, 7E
Task 2 (sample answers):
Have an imagination and be able to think about
complex ideas but always stay grounded in reality (for
example, don’t let theories stop you from seeing and
accepting the world as it really is).
Don’t let yourself be changed too much by either
success or failure, because you’ll experience both and
life just keeps on going.
Don’t get upset when liars twist your words to mean
things you didn’t want to (for example, in an online
discussion with a troll).
Get on with all kinds of people (with different beliefs
and behaviours, for example) without changing
yourself to be more like them.
Bridge october 02/2019
SOLUTIONS
FROM THE MAGAZINE
What’s Your Username?
Task 1 (sample answers): Found on the Internet
A real name and age (year of birth 1983)
I. A few people started to visit. Few animals are more
B real name “Jack Todd” terrifying than the great white shark.
C an Ariana Grande fan (“I Love Ariana”) II. a little sugar, little time
D American football fan from Seattle (Seattle
Seahawks)
B1 Reading: Halloween
E male from Glasgow
F has a YouTube channel offering sports betting
1D, 2A, 3C
tips
G real name (“Marc Weiser”) B1 Reading: Antisocial Media
H first name, city (Sally, New York)
Task 2
1B/b, 2A/c, 3A/d, 4B/b, 5B/e, 6B/c
I made a new Insta account when I left home. =
Sa11y1nNewY0rk
B1 Language in Use: A Visit from
Someone had already taken my name, so I wrote it
backwards. = ddoTkcaJ (“Jack Todd” backwards)
the Other Side
I want to use my username to promote my business. =
SportsBetChannel
01 from, 02 did, 03 this, 04 together, 05 has, 06 part,
I used the name of my favourite pop star. = iluvariana
07 called, 08 they, 09 still, 10 the
I don’t mind using my real name, but I want it to look
different. = ɹǝsᴉǝMɔɹɐW (“Marc Weiser”) B2 Language in Use: Including the Unique
Task 3 (various answers possible):
advantages and disadvantages could include things
like easy/hard to remember, reveals personal 01 unpleasant, 02 interaction, 03 denied, 04 natural,
information, keeps identity hidden, shows whether 05 independent, 06 diversity, 07 evaluating,
you’re open or secretive, biases people against you, 08 including, 09 responsibility, 10 purposeful
easy/hard to find with a Google search
Mind Benders
How to Get Things Done: Eat the Frog! hand-band-bald-ball-bell-well
1 to do the worst job first, 2 toad, 3 wouldn’t seem so 1 He’s completely bald; 2 Not well; 3 caught a ball;
bad, 4 French, 5 got it wrong 4 He held John’s hand; 5 The alarm bell didn’t ring;
6 go see your favorite band
How to Get Things Done: Phrasal Verbs
1 off, 2 up, 3 out, 4 up, 5 off/down, 6 up, 7 on, 8 up, Strange World
9 around/round, 10 down, 11 up, 12 up human eye
How to Get Things Done: Reading FCE
Comprehension
Reading and Use of English
1T, 2F (you do tasks one at a time in 25‑minute blocks),
Part 1: 1B, 2A, 3D, 4B, 5A, 6C, 7D, 8A
3F (multitasking usually decreases productivity), 4T,
5F (avoiding coffee is not mentioned), 6T, 7F (it helps Part 2: 9 to, 10 not, 11 with/about, 12 of, 13 order,
you avoid multitasking), 8F (it means you feel more 14 their, 15 take, 16 few
positive about the day’s work), 9T, 10F (different Part 3: 17 violence, 18 reality, 19 latest, 20 frequently,
people benefit from different sounds, music, etc.) 21 socialise/socialize, 22 isolation, 23 solution,
24 excessively
He’s All Right: “Leave a Light On” Part 4: 25 had better do, 26 did she know,
mentioned, feel, look, made, lost, happening, 27 borrowed some money from me, 28 (in order) to
searching, refuse, come, be, lost avoid being, 29 is likely to need, 30 high time we called
Nice Guy Tom Walker: Listening Part 5: 31C, 32B, 33B, 34A, 35D, 36A
Part 6: 37A, 38G, 39E, 40F, 41B, 42D
Glasgow, Chelford, post office, Manchester, split
personality Part 7: 43D, 44A, 45B, 46D, 47B, 48C, 49D, 50A, 51C,
52A
He’s All Right: “Just You and I” Listening
anything, thing, world, step, time, light, sun Part 1: 1C, 2B, 3B, 4C, 5A, 6C, 7C, 8C
Topic Card: A Life Online Part 2: 9 (the) guitar, 10 sense of rhythm,
11 40/ forty, 12 classical, 13 keyboard player, 14 larger,
Task 1
15 100/a hundred, 16 hamburger, 17 (recording) studio,
OMG (oh my God), Twitter (a social network), 18 grandma
cyberbullying (online bullying), BFFs (best friends
Part 3: 19E, 20F, 21G, 22C, 23B
forever), to drag (to humiliate someone publicly),
Fortnite (a computer game), to post (to upload Part 4: 24B, 25C, 26C, 27C, 28A, 29B, 30C
something online), to google (to search for someone
with the help of the search engine Google), to tag
(to add a link to someone’s profile from a photo
or comment on a website such as Instagram or
Facebook), to retweet (to share a tweet posted by
someone else on Twitter), to dox (to publicly reveal
someone’s personal information)
Task 2
1F, 2F, 3T, 4T, 5T, 6F
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