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The section that makes grammar easy and fun Grammar fun“Make”versus“Do” GRAMMAR FUN W W W This month we are looking at the difference between “Make” versus “Do”. Read over the explanations, then look at the cartoons. Illustrations by Edgardo Carosia Make To make someone an offer To make an effortW To make a mistake Make - constructing things Make is generally used for creating and constructing things. For example: “I made a bed with the wood you gave me.” Here are some other things you can make with “make”: a model, a toy, a cake, etc. Make - To make a complaint business expressions There are many expressions with “make” in the world of business. Here are some of them: To make an appointment: To make arrangements: To make a decision To make enquiries To make money To make a phone call To make a profit To make progress To make a report on To make a speech To make a success of Make – general use To make friends W And of course there are lots more useful expressions with “make”. Here are some of the more important ones: To make the best of something To make certain of something To make a confession To make a difference To make a discovery To make peace with someone To make sure of something To make use of something To make way for someone To make someone welcome To make an escape To make a fool of someone To make fun of someone To make a journey 4 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
WTo do - activityDo GRAMMAR FUN W To do - housework To do - activity Do – general To do - business W expressions To do - business W W We often use “do” in general questions referring to an activity. For example: “What are you doing?” We can also use “do” to ask about someone’s job. For example: A: What do you do? B: I’m a doctor. Do – housework There are many expressions with “do” that describe jobs in the house. Here are a few of them. Do the washing up (cleaning the plates) Do the washing (cleaning clothes) Do the ironing Do the cleaning Do the hoovering/ vacuuming Do the housework Do – more expressions And here are some more general expressions with “do”. Do business with someone Do an exercise (a written exercise) Do exercise (physical exercise) Do someone a favour Do good Do homework Do sport For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 5
AUDIO ERRORTERROR ERROR TERROR Our mini-series on funny signs from English-speaking countries. If you’ve ever been abroad, you’ve probably seen a poorly-written menu full of spelling errors. But it isn’t just foreigners who make mistakes: native English speakers are just as bad. The following is a collection of badly written signs from shop windows and public places in English-speaking countries. See if you can identify the linguistic problem in each sentence. Then check our “Error Analysis” section for a full explanation. 3. The problem with this sign is the incorrect use of the word “non- existent”. Of course, if a book is “non-existent” it has never existed. We think the sign should simply read: ”Rare and out-of-print books.” 1. At a restaurant gas station (West Virginia, USA): 4. The implication here is that there is an invitation to literally “Eat here and get gas.” go to the toilet on the floor. This can be avoided by adding three simple words: 2. In a barbershop (Manchester, England): “This urinal is out of order. Kindly use the toilets on the floor ”During vacation of owner, a competent hair stylist will below. be here.” 3. At a bookstore (London, England): 5. This is an example of unnecessary language: if you are ”Rare, out-of-print and non-existent books.” “trespassing”, you obviously don’t have permission to be on the 4. Notice in a toilet (Wisconsin, USA): grounds. So, the sign could simply read: This urinal is out of order. Kindly use the floor below. “No trespassing.” 5. On the grounds of a private school (Kent, England): 6. The problem with this sign is that “fine for littering” has two “No trespassing without permission.” possible meanings: a) It is fine to litter = which means that it is OK to litter. 6. On a freeway (California, USA): b) There is a fine if you litter = which means you must pay ”Fine for littering.” a financial penalty if you litter. We think the sign would be better like this: 7. In a jewellery store (New Hampshire, USA): “No littering. Maximum penalty: $400.” “Ears pierced while you wait.” 7. The use of “while you wait” is unnecessary. This sign could be Error Analysis reduced to these two simple words: “Ears pierced.” 1. The problem with this sign is that “get gas” could have two GLOSSARY meanings: a) To get some gas (gasoline) for your car. gas station n US a freeway n US b) To produce gas in your body as a result of eating bad a place where you can buy petrol for your a large road with many lanes for lots of cars. food at the restaurant. car. “Petrol station” in British English A “motorway” in British English To avoid any confusion we think they should use the word gas n US to litter vb “gasoline”, and have two separate signs such as these: gasoline. “Petrol” in British English to throw rubbish on the floor or ground and “Get your gasoline here” a urinal n not in a rubbish bin “Food served here” a toilet for men to pierce vb to trespass vb to put a hole in your ear so you can wear 2. The problem with this sign is that it implies that the owner to walk on land that is private and not open an earring is not a “competent stylist”. To avoid any confusion, we to the public think they should add one important word: ”During vacation of owner, an equally competent hair stylist will be here.” idioms These eBooks will guarantee Tap here to buy! you learn and remember over 500 idioms! Try one out for yourself, it’s pure magic! 6 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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DR FINGERS’UK / US WORDS DRFINGERS’UK/USWORDS This is another part in our series on the differences between British and American English. Here are some more objects that are described differently in Britain and the States. US BRITISH US BRITISH Bum/hobo Tramp Hamburger Mince/minced beef meat Garbage/ trash can Rubbish bin Highway Main road / motorway Gas, gasoline Petrol Jello Jelly Gas station Garage Guy Bloke, chap Liquor Alcohol / booze Liquor store Off-licence Exercise Read the text below that is written in American English. There are ten typical American English words. See if you can find them and write the British English equivalent. We have done the first one for you. Answers on page 46. American English I was driving along the highway when I stopped at the gas station to get some gas. When I finished, I went into the liquor store to get some liquor. While I was there, this guy started talking to me. He looked like a bum and he asked if I had any hamburger meat on me. I said no, but I did have a bag of jello, which I gave him. He looked at me in disgust and threw it in the trash can. I just laughed. Exercise 1. Highway = main road / motorway 2. _______________________________________________________ = _______________________________________________________ 3. _______________________________________________________ = _______________________________________________________ 4. _______________________________________________________ = _______________________________________________________ 5. _______________________________________________________ = _______________________________________________________ 6. _______________________________________________________ = _______________________________________________________ 7. _______________________________________________________ = _______________________________________________________ 8. _______________________________________________________ = _______________________________________________________ 8 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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AUDIO DRFINGERS’PRONUNCIATION DR FINGERS’ PRONUNCIATION INTONATION INTONATION This is the third part of our series on the differences in pronunciation between British and American English. This month we are looking at some more sounds. (The answers to the exercise are on page 46) This is the fourth and final part of our mini-series on the 4. The “eI” sound differences in pronunciation between British and American English. This month we are looking at some more sounds that are different. This “ei” sound is different too. 1. The “aI” sound Pain Pain Shade Shade Listen to these words and hear how the “ai” sound is pronounced Dave Dave differently. The first speaker of each group is speaking with a Gave Gave standard British accent, and the second speaker is speaking with a Wait Wait standard American accent. Taste Taste Bait Bait British US Paper Paper Night Fight Night 5. The “r ” sound Right Fight Sight Right Finally, let’s listen to some words with an “r” in them. In British Sight English the “r” sound is not very prominent (unless it is before a 2. The “{” sound vowel, “re-read”). However, in American English the “r” sound is pronounced much more. Listen to the differences. This sound is different too. Man Man Turn Turn Axe Axe Fur Fur Pan Pan Pearl Pearl Sad Sad Worm Worm Bag Bag Warm Warm Brad Brad Word Word Sack Sack Worker Worker Ban Ban Car Car Hat Hat Offer Offer Bar Bar 3. The “Iˆ” sound Star Star Cart Cart Listen to the differences with this sound. Notice how the Americans pronounce the “r” sound much more prominently than the British. Exercise Beer Beer Now see if you can do this little exercise. You have to listen to each Hear Hear sentence and say which one is in British English and which one Steer Steer is American English. Write “Br” next to the numbers below if you Tear Tear think the speaker is speaking with a British English accent; and put Beard Beard “Am” next to the ones with an American English accent. We’ve done Gear Gear the first one for you. 1 _Am_ 2 ____ 3 ____ 4 ____ 5 ____ 6 ____ 7 ____ 8 ____ 9 ____ 10 ____ 11__ 12 ____ 13 ____ 14 ____ 15 ____ 16 ____ 17 ____ 18 ____ 19 ____ 20 ____ GLOSSARY an axe n a gear n a tool for cutting wood. It has a wooden an object used to control the speed of a car. handle and a sharp blade at the end Most cars have five forward gears and one to ban vb reverse gear to prohibit bait n to steer vb food used to attract animals so you can catch to control a car and make it turn in the or kill them direction you want 10 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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STORY TIME AUDIO Jokes, stories and anecdotes as told by native English speakers Story time In this section you can hear native English speakers telling each other jokes. The Religious Parrots its hand. The conductor takes the ticket and moves on. The lawyers see this and agree that it’s a very clever idea. A lady goes to her priest and says, “Father, I have a problem. After the conference, the lawyers decide to copy the engineers on the I have two female talking parrots, but they only know how to say return trip and save some money. So, when they get to the station, one thing.” they buy just one single ticket. But to their astonishment, the “What do they say?” the priest asks. engineers don’t buy a ticket at all. ”They say, ‘Hi, there, big boy. Want to have some fun?’ ” “Hey! How are you going to travel without a ticket?” asks one lawyer. “That’s terrible,” the priest says, “but I have a solution to your “Watch and you’ll see,” says one of the engineers. problem. Bring your two female parrots over to my house. I will put So, all six of them get on the train, and the three lawyers cram into them with my two male talking parrots, who are very religious. I one toilet, and the three engineers cram into another toilet nearby. personally taught them how to pray and read the bible. They will The train departs. But shortly afterwards, one of the engineers leaves stop your parrots from speaking like that; and afterwards, your female his toilet and walks over to the other toilet where the lawyers are parrots will learn how to pray.” hiding. And he knocks on the door and he says, “Tickets, please”. “Oh, thank you!” the woman responds. So, the next day, the woman brings her female parrots to the priest’s house. At that moment, the two male parrots are praying in their cage. Without saying a word, the lady puts her two female parrots in with the male parrots. Of course, the first thing they say is, “Hi, there, big boy. Want to have some fun?” At the sound of the female parrot voices, one male parrot looks up and says, “Quick! Put the beads away. Our prayers have been answered!” GLOSSARY Lawyer Joke a priest n to watch in amazement exp a person who is a member of a religious to look at something that surprises you Three lawyers and three engineers are travelling by train to a order to board vb conference. At the station, the three lawyers each buy their tickets want to… exp abbr to get on a train and watch in amazement as the three engineers buy just one ticket. notice how this is an abbreviated form of to take your seat exp “How are three people going to travel with only one ticket?” asks one “do you want to. This is typical in spoken to sit down of the lawyers. English to cram into a place exp “It’s easy. Just watch,” one of the engineers answers. to pray vb to enter a place where there are a lot of So, all six of them board the train. The lawyers take their seats, to speak to God; to say words to God people and there is very little space but the three engineers cram into a toilet and close the door behind a cage n a ticket inspector n them. a small room with metal bars that is used to a person who checks your tickets on a train Shortly afterwards, the ticket inspector comes around collecting keep animals to come around phr vb tickets. He knocks on the toilet door and says, “Tickets, please”. The to look up phr vb to arrive at the place you are referring to toilet door opens just a bit and a single arm appears with a ticket in literally, to stop looking down and to raise to move on phr vb your head so you can see something to go away from the place you are beads n referring to small, round, plastic or wooden objects. the return trip n They can often be found on rosaries, which the journey back to where you came from Catholics use to pray to their astonishment exp our prayers have been answered exp to their surprise this means: “God has given us what we were to depart vb asking for” to leave 12 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Want to do an internship with Hot English? For more information, e-mail [email protected]
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AUDIO HOT SONG Our monthly song from new artists and bands. This month: Rescue Party HOTSONG This month’s Hot Song is “California” by the British group Rescue Party. Band members Gerald and Gareth have been song-writing and producing together for around 4 years, building up a substantial and varied collection of songs. They work from their studio in the rural wilds of Shropshire, where they spend 3 or 4 days a week developing their music. Both Gerald and Gareth are classically trained (Royal Academy of Music and Leeds University respectively). Gerald studied piano, composition and violin/viola, and Gareth studied piano, clarinet and Advanced Music technology. Feel free to visit their website: www.rescueparty.net “California” by Rescue Party (British group - however, note how they use US English, and how they sing about the US) We bought a re-conned Jeep in Bradley town, Took the highway south and travelled down, The time goes on and on, just like the 101 in California. We watched the sun come up at Morro Bay, Fell in love with life, cos on that day, Was when we realised, the summer never dies in California. Drive-in movies, rag-top cars, GLOSSARY Wild imagination, Hollywood stars, Good time dreamers, Warner cartoons, the rural wilds of Shropshire exp very creative 24/7 radio tunes, we had, the time, the countryside in Shropshire (a county in a good time dreamer n We had the time of our lives in California. England) someone who thinks a lot and dreams classically trained adj 24/7 abbr On Venice Boulevard in ‘69, people who are “classically trained” have this means: “open 24 hours a day, 7 days a Found a ‘Califone’ in the Five-and-Dime, been to music school week” And when the records on, you know that you belong in California. a re-conned Jeep n we had the time of our lives exp a Jeep (type of military vehicle) that has this means: “we had a really good time”; Drive-in movies, rag-top cars, been adapted so civilians can use it “we really enjoyed ourselves” Wild imagination, Hollywood stars, took the highway south exp a five-and-dime n Good time dreamers, Warner cartoons, this means: “drove on the motorway (the a shop that sells cheap goods. A “dime” is 24/7 radio tunes, we had, the time, large road) in a southerly direction” five cents We had the time of our lives in California. time goes on and on exp on exp this means: “time never ends” if a record is “on”, it is playing Late night parties, ocean view, the 101 n a centrefold n Centrefold passion, and “Ingenue”, this is a road in California the photo of an attractive and nude man Dollar-Diners, bars and grills, to come up phr vb or woman that is on the centre pages of a Kiss-and-tell stories, in Beverly Hills, when the sun “comes up”, it appears in the magazine We had, the time, morning a dollar-diner n We had the time of our lives in California. cos abbr a cheap restaurant where you can eat for a because dollar, more or less We’re gonna go out tonight, a drive-in movie n a grill n We’ll have the time of our lives. a film on a large screen in the open air. You a type of restaurant that serves meat, etc (Repeat to fade) watch it from your car kiss-and-tell stories n a rag-top car n stories about who has kissed (or more) who a car with a roof that you can take off to gonna abbr enjoy the sun, etc going to wild imagination n if you have a “wild imagination”, you are Practice English 1,000 words & expressions in Tap here to buy! Conversations 30 typical English conversational situations. Improve your English speaking and skills! LOTS OF FREE CONTENT WHEN YOU FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK! www.facebook.com/LearnHotEnglish For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 15
CRANK CALLS AUDIO Telephone conversations to help improve your listening skills. Crank Calls Here are some more crank calls - those funny telephone calls that are designed to wind people up. Have fun listening to these two. (US English spelling) (answers on page 46) Crank Call II:The Early Morning Call For this call, we put in a classified ad (see advert on this page) offering a cheap car. It didn’t take long before we had a response. Listen to the telephone conversation and answer this question: Why does the ad say “call am”? Crank Call I: The Animal Home Hot: Yeah? Victim: Oh, hi, I was calling about the ad. For this call we phoned up a home for abandoned animals. Listen Hot: What? to the conversation and answer this question: Victim: The ad. You have an ad about a car. Why did we phone the animal home? Hot: It’s two in the morning. Who the hell are you? Victim: Your ad said “call am”. Victim: Harper’s Animal Refuge, how can I help you? Hot: No, it said “Call Amy”. Hot: Oh, hello. Victim: No, man, I got it here. It definitely says “call am”. You Victim Hello? Hot: Yes, hello. Is this the place that takes in abandoned know, like, in the morning. Check it out. Hot: Oh no, I told them to get it right. animals? Victim: Sorry about that. It definitely says “call am”. Victim: Yes, that’s right. We take care of abandoned animals. Hot: Yeah, no problem. Bye. Victim: Bye… hey, what, what about the car? How can I help you? Hot: Car’s going for $450. Hot: Well, I recently purchased a puppy for my son. Victim: That’s cheap. Hot: Yeah, phone back later, and you can speak to Amy. Unfortunately, he’s decided he doesn’t want it any more, and I was wondering whether you could take it off my GLOSSARY hands. Victim: We deal with abandoned animals. to wind someone up phr vb persuasive adj Hot: Yes, I know. You just told me that. So, can I bring the dog to irritate someone and make them angry convincing, manipulative round? to take in phr vb a yelp n Victim: No, you can’t. if an organisation “takes in” an abandoned a cry of pain Hot: Well, I’m going to abandon it anyway. So, I’m just trying animal, it accepts that animal and takes a classified ad n to save you a bit of trouble. responsibility for it some text you put in a newspaper offering Victim: Frankly, I find your attitude appalling. to take care of exp to buy or sell something Hot: Well, how much would it cost me to put the dog to sleep? to look after something; to give food, am n Victim: We’re talking about a living creature here. It’s your warmth, love, etc to something in this case “am” means “a.m.” (between responsibility to educate your son on these matters… a puppy n midnight and midday) Hot: …You don’t know what my son is like. He can be very a young dog the hell exp inform persuasive at times. Anyway, I won’t waste your time any I was wondering whether… exp people use this expression to show they longer, bye… this means: “I wanted to know if…” are angry Victim: Erm… wait… to take something off your hands exp you know exp (sound of a gunshot and a yelp) if someone “takes something off your this is an expression we use in hands”, they take that thing from you conversation to see if people understand so you are no longer responsible for that or are following our conversation. It thing doesn’t really mean anything to bring round phr vb like exp to take something to the place you are a word people use in conversations as they referring to are trying to think what to say appalling adj check it out exp terrible, horrible this means: “look at it” to put a dog to sleep exp going for $450 exp to kill a dog by giving it drugs so it goes if an object is “going for $450”, it costs to sleep permanently $450 16 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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AUDIO DRFINGERS’GRAMMARCLINIC DR FINGERS’GRAMMAR CLINIC Dear Dr Fingers, Today’s class: I was wondering if you could explain the difference between Frightened, Afraid “afraid”, “frightened” and “scared”. Are they the same? Samuel (by e-mail) & Scared Dear Samuel, Thank you very much for your letter. Of course, I would be delighted to help you with your linguistic difficulties; and I sincerely hope that I can resolve any doubts that you may have. OK, let’s get started. Similarities Differences First of all, “afraid”, “frightened” and “scared” are all adjectives Now let’s look at some of the differences. Both “frightened” and that we can use to talk about fear. We can use them with nouns or “scared” can be used as adjectives before a noun. For example: pronouns, and they all mean the same. For example: a) He is a frightened/scared boy. a) I am frightened of the monster. b) It is a frightened/scared cat. b) I am afraid of the monster. However, we cannot put “afraid” before a noun (it would be wrong c) I am scared of the monster. to say, “an afraid boy”). “Frightened” and “scared” can also be used with modifiers such as These words can also be followed by “of” + verb,-ing. For example: “too”, “a bit”, “very”, etc. For example: a) I am frightened of falling. a) I am too frightened/scared to do it. b) I am afraid of falling. b) I am a bit frightened/scared. c) I am scared of falling. c) I am very frightened/scared. It is not common to say things like, “too afraid”. Or a clause with “to”. For example: a) I am frightened to go in the deep end of the pool. Special Differences b) I am afraid to go in the deep end of the pool. c) I am scared to go in the deep end of the pool. Also, both “frighten” and “scare” are verbs; and we can use them (For an explanation on the difference between “frightened to” transitively (with an object). For example: and “frightened of + ,-ing, please see last month’s issue of a) She frightens me. Hot English.) b) She scares me. We can also use these verbs passively. For example: a) I was frightened by her. b) I was scared by her. There is a subtle difference here between “frighten” and “scare” in that “frighten” suggests more sudden fear; and “scare” is a more constant and general fear. Well, I hope my explanations have helped you understand the differences. Yours, Dr Fingers. 18 For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com /
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AUDIO INTERVIEW HORROR STORIES INTERVIEW HORROR STORIES This is the third part of our mini-series on interviews. This month we have some more funny stories, plus some practical tips for dealing with difficult interview questions. Bad Preparation I arrived at the office on time, but to our mutual horror, both myself and the interviewer were wearing exactly the same grey suit, and Make sure you never go to an interview as badly prepared as white shirt. The only difference was our shoes: I was wearing red 28-year-old Ryan Jones. ones, she was wearing blue ones. Anyway, we sat down and she started off asking me the usual I went for this job interview at a nearby clothing store. I was dressed questions, “Where have you worked? What were you doing? Why did nicely, I arrived on time, and I had my CV with me. When I got there, you leave? Etc, etc, etc. Then, she said, “Oh, and I see you speak they gave me an employment application form, and I filled out fluent Spanish, ‘¿cómo te llamas?’” everything except the addresses and phone numbers of my previous “What?” I said? And she repeated the question even more slowly, employers because I’d invented most of them. “¿Cómo te llamas?” But I still couldn’t get it. A few minutes later, I was taken in to see the shop manager, Mrs “Mmm… ‘proficient in Spanish’ it says here. I think not.” Hanley. And with that she drew a thick black line through a name on a list “Tell me, Ryan, why I should hire you,” Mrs. Hanley said as she sat she had on her desk. And I have no doubt whose name that was. back in her chair. I hadn’t expected this question, and blurted out something like, Mr Sadistic “Oh, er, because I like to talk to people, and… oh, yeah… my friends come into your shop a lot.” 19-year-old Brian Gordon Samuels discovered that there’s Mrs. Hanley’s smile disappeared. “Ryan, we need employees who are nothing worse than a sadistic interviewer. interested in our business,” she said with a serious look on her face. Then, she scanned my CV and her expression turned to a frown. “I I think I was interviewed by the most sadistic interviewer in the see no addresses or phone numbers for your references,” she said. world. I walked into the room and this guy behind a desk just pointed “Do you have them with you?” at a chair in the corner facing the wall. He waved his hand in the “No, but I could look them up and e-mail them to you later today.” direction of the chair and motioned me to sit down on it. “No, don’t worry about it,” she said. “We’ll call you if we need to talk After about five minutes of silence I heard the guy stand up and walk to you again.” And with that she showed me the door. I think I’ll be over to me. “Do you smoke?” he said, and offered me a cigarette. better prepared and more honest for my interview next time. “No, thanks,” I replied. And then there was silence again. Unexpected Attire “What do you think of single-sex education?” he asked. I was just 19 at the time, and I didn’t have a clue what to say, so I 27-year-old Jane Brakes remembers a humiliating interview. just said something like, “er, yeah, it’s OK.” But it was his next question that really did it for me. “Would you be I once went to this interview for a sales consulting job that involved prepared to get down on your knees and beg for this job?” he asked. selling books to the Spanish-speaking market. I’d put on my CV that I And with that I just got up, said “no”, and walked out. I can still see spoke fluent Spanish, but that was a lie. the look of surprise on his face as he watched me leave. 20 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
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LEARN 23 LEGAL WORDS & EXPRESSIONS! LEARN 23 LEGAL WORDS & EXPRESSIONS! Knowing about the basics of law is important for any job. But do you know how to talk about legal matters in English? These words and expressions will help you do just that. First, read over the definitions and examples. Then, see if you can do the exercises on the following page. 1 A contract 2 The terms 3 A party 4 To draw up a contract A legal agreement The “terms” of a contract are A person (or company) If you “draw up” a between two (or more) the conditions in the contract: who is mentioned in contract, you write it or people or companies: how much you have to pay, a contract, or who is create it: “We need to “We’ll need a few days to what you have to do, when part of it: “Both parties draw up a contract that read over the contract.” you have to do it, etc.: “Under agreed to the terms of the covers all these points.” the terms of the contract, contract.” you have to complete the work by next Friday.” 5 To sign a contract 6 A clause 7 A penalty clause 8 A right If you “sign” a contract, A special section in a A clause in a contract that If you have a “right” to you put your name on it to contract (with lines of text) refers to a punishment do something, you can show that you agree with it: that is often numbered or amount of money that do it legally: “We have “They signed the contract (clause 1, 2, 3…) so you can someone has to pay if the every right to be here and last week.” find it easily: “Please refer terms of the contract are there’s nothing you can to clause 16 for information broken: “We need to include do about it.” on that point.” a penalty clause in the contract to cover us if the work isn’t finished in time.” 9 To take someone to court 10 To abide by 11 To comply with If you “take someone to court”, you If you “abide by” a law, agreement or If you “comply with” the terms of the start a legal process against them in contract, you do what it says in the contract, you do what it says in the order to receive compensation: “We’ll contract: “They have to abide by the contract; if someone fails to “comply”, take you to court if you don’t pay terms of the contract.” they don’t do what the contract says: back the money by “If you fail to comply next week.” with the terms of Literally, a “court” is a the contract, we’ll building where legal take legal action matters are decided. against you.” 22 / www.learnhotenglishcorp.com/en / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
12 Legally binding / legally 13 A verbal agreement 14 A breach of contract LEARN 23 LEGAL WORDS & EXPRESSIONS! enforceable Once a contract has been signed If there’s a “verbal agreement” between If there’s a “breach of contract”, someone by all parties, it becomes “legally two parties, they agree to do something breaks the terms of the contract or fails binding”, which means that people orally (by speaking): “The company to do what it says in the contract: “If you have to do what it says in the contract refused to comply with the terms of our don’t deliver the goods by tomorrow, by law: “This contract won’t be legally verbal agreement.” you’ll be in breach of contract.” binding until everyone has signed it.” Also known as a “gentleman’s agreement” The verb is “to breach”: They breached the terms of the contract.” 15 To expire 16 Damages 17 Liable If a contract or agreement “expires”, “Damages” refers to money that If you’re “liable” for something (such as it ends and it isn’t valid anymore: “My someone receives when they win costs), you’re legally responsible for that 4-year work contract expired last week.” a court case against someone, or thing: “The company is liable for all if a claim against another party is costs as the accident took place in their successful: “She won the court case offices.” and was awarded damages.” 18 An agreement 19 A liability (responsibility) 20 Limited liability A decision by two or more parties. Both If you have a “liability” to do If someone has “limited liability”, the terms “agreement” and “contract” are something, you’re responsible for that amount they have to pay is limited to often used interchangeably, but a contract thing, such as paying back a debt, a fixed sum of money: “There was a is signed and legally enforceable, whereas protecting clients, paying a fine…: limited liability clause in the contract an agreement isn’t: “They reached an “Failure to comply with the regulations setting her personal liability at just agreement to produce the satellites could result in legal liability.” $1,000.” together.” 21 A warranty: a written promise that 22 To file a claim for 23 To file a lawsuit says that a company will repair or replace a product free of charge if it breaks, etc.: If you “file a claim for” compensation, If you “file a lawsuit” against someone, “The computer comes with a 12-month you apply for it officially because you you start a legal process against them warranty.” have a right to it according to the in order to get compensation: “She The words “warranty” and “guarantee” law or a contract: “He filed a claim filed a lawsuit against her former are often used interchangeably. However, for compensation for the loss of the employer.” a “warranty” is equipment.” a legally binding document, whereas a “guarantee” is more of a general promise to do something. For great private language classes, e-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 23
LEARN 23 LEGAL WORDS & EXPRESSIONS! EXERCISES TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS & EXPRESSIONS! Answers on page 46 1 Gap-fill exercise 2 Sentence completion Complete the sentences with the words from below. Complete the sentences with the missing letters. agreement terms liable abide parties breach 1. A legal agreement between two (or more) people or liability penalty right companies is a…. c 2. If you do this, you write or create a contract = to dr up a contract 1. Under the of the contract, you have to 3. If you do this, you put your name on a contract to complete the work by next Friday. show that you agree with it = to si a 2. Both agreed to the terms of the contract contract. 4. A special section in a contract that is often numbered 3. We need to include a clause in the a cl contract to cover us if the work isn’t finished in time. 5. To start a legal process against someone in 4. We have every to be here and there’s order to receive compensation = to take someone to nothing you can do about it. co 5. They have to by the terms of the 6. If someone fails to do this, they don’t do what it says contract. in the contract = to fail to co with the 6. The company refused to comply with the terms of our terms of the contract verbal . 7. Once a contract has been signed by all parties, it 7. If you don’t deliver the goods by tomorrow, you’ll be becomes legally bi in of contract. 8. If a contract or agreement ends, it ex 8. The company is for all costs as the 9. Money that someone receives when they win a court accident took place in their offices. case against someone = da 9. Failure to comply with the regulations could result in 10.A decision by two or more parties to do something legal . together = an ag 11. If someone has this, the amount of money they have to pay is limited to a fixed sum = limited lia 12. A written promise that says that a company will repair a product free of charge if it breaks = a wa 13. If you do this, you apply for compensation because you have a right to it = to file a cl for something 14. If you do this, you start a legal process against someone in order to get compensation = to file a la against someone 24 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
CROSSWORD ANSWERS ON PAGE 46 CROSSWORD Across 24: A free glass of champagne = 7: To feel as if you are about to vomit = a __________ glass of champagne to feel ________ 3: A member of the nobility. A b________ 6: Two babies who are born at the same 26: To complete a form = to _______ out a form 10: To leave = to d________ 29: If a ship does this, it goes to the 11: To move from one place to another very time and to the same mother 8: A person who attends passengers on an bottom of the ocean quickly = to _____ around 30: If figures are _______ , they have decreased 14: Things you put in your ears so you can airplane. A flight ________ 31: A thick piece of material to keep you 9: A little room with metal bars for animals listen to music/the radio, etc 12: To register your bags before you get on warm in a plane 16: I suppose = I _________ 32: To sit down = to ________ your seat 18: To open a seat belt = to un_________ a plane. To ________ your bags in 33: A word to describe all the staff in a 13: To leave later than planned = to leave a seat belt plane = the cabin _________ 19: Three babies who are born at the same later than s____________ 34: To vomit = to _________ up 15: To give something to someone = to time and to the same mother Down 23: To lose a lot of money = to lose a __________ h___________ something to someone 25: A child who is travelling unaccompanied 17: I didn’t understand anything = I didn’t 1: I’m getting used to this = I’m getting the _______ of this on a plane = an unaccompanied ________ have a ________ 27: If a plane does this, it comes to the 20: The area in a plane where a pilot sits 2: What are you thinking of? = what have 21: To watch someone carefully = to keep you got in _________ ground in a controlled manner 28: To say words to God an ______ on someone 4: To say who is responsible for 29: To keep using something = to 22: To turn something off = to _____ something = to name ___________ s________ with something something off 5: A person who checks your ticket on a 31: An object you use to keep you safe and 23: The movement of money into and out of plane = the ticket __________ secure in your seat = a seat ___________ a business = cash _______ FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 25
TRIVIA MATCHING Body Matching Exercise See if you can do this matching exercise. Look at the list of things (1 to 12), and the photos ( A - L ). Write a letter next to the name of each thing in the list below. Answers also on page 46 1. A beardless male 2. A man snoring 3. A man about to sneeze ZZ ZZ 4. A heart attack 5. Triplets 6. A fertility-enhancing drug 7. An intestine A 8. A man laughing 9. A brain C 10. Blood types 11. A left-handed person 12. A nudist F E G B K D J I L H 26 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
AUDIO WEIRD TRIVIA Body Trivia Here are some interesting facts and figures all about human beings and their bodies. The average person falls asleep in seven minutes. Every human being has: The average person is about half-a-centimetre taller at night. • Enough iron to make a 9 cm nail; Increase your recorded height by only allowing yourself to be • Enough sulphur to kill 6,000 fleas; measured while you are asleep. • Enough carbon to make 900 pencils; • Enough potassium to fire a toy In your lifetime you will walk the equivalent of twice around the world. cannon; During his lifetime, the average beardless male will spend 2,965 • Enough phosphorous to make hours shaving. 2,200 match heads; More people are killed annually by donkeys than die in air crashes. So, next time avoid those innocent-looking donkeys. • And enough water to fill a Do you know what most people write when you offer them a new 50-litre tank. pen to try? A study showed that 97% write their own name. How egocentric! Our brain is about 85% water. By the way, did you know that our ancestors, In 1900 the average age at death in the US was 47; these days the Neanderthals, had brains that it’s 87. were far bigger than ours? During your life you will drink more than 72,000 litres of water. The shortest president of the US was James Madison who measured just 158 cm tall; and the tallest was Abraham Lincoln, who was 192 cm tall. The most common blood type in the world is Type O; and the rarest is type A-H, which has been found in less than a dozen people since it was discovered. An average person uses the bathroom 6 times a day. In 1960 there were about 4,000 people in the US who were over 100 years old. However, by 1995 the number had jumped to 55,000. Every time you lick a stamp, you’re consuming 1/10 of a calorie. Perhaps this explains why postal workers are in such good shape. The Chinese love to give their children western names. The three most popular names are: Jesus Christ, Richard Nixon, and Elvis 12% of the population snores at night. So, you have a 1 in 8 Presley. Now, which one would you choose? chance of marrying or going out with a snorer. About 10% of the world’s population is left-handed. Left-handed You share your birthday with at least nine million other people presidents include George Bush and Bill Clinton. What a pair! around the world. Thirty eight percent of American’s admit to reading whilst on the All humans lose an average of 40 to 100 strands of hair a day, toilet; and 66 % of them say that their preferred reading material is except members of the Hot English management team who lose the Reader’s Digest. three times this amount every day! In 1929, Harvey Brassneck founded America’s first nudist A sneeze can exceed the speed of 160 kph, which is faster than the organisation. Apparently, he used to practise his new pastime in speed limit for cars in all European countries, apart from Germany. the living room. According to German researchers, the risk of a heart attack is higher GLOSSARY on Monday than any other day of the week. an average person n to strengthen vb The number of triplets born in the US in 1994 (4,594) was more an ordinary person to make stronger than three times the number born in 1971 (1,034). Experts say that to be measured exp an immune system n this increase is due to the older age of the mothers and the use of if you are “measured”, someone checks to see the internal system that helps defend us fertility-enhancing drugs and techniques. how tall you are against disease to shave vb a sad bunch of people n The largest internal organ in your body is, curiously, the small to cut the hair from your face a pathetic group of people intestine. An average one is 7 metres long. the average age at death n a nail n the most common age when people die a long, thin metal object used for holding Scientists have proved that laughter lowers our levels of stress and to lick vb two pieces of wood together strengthens our immune system. Incidentally, six-year-olds laugh to move your tongue over a surface a flea n an average of 300 times a day; whereas adults on average only to be in good shape exp a small insect with no wings. Fleas often live laugh 15 times a day. What a sad bunch of people we are! to be physically strong on dogs to snore vb a match head n to make a noise through your nose or mouth the top of a match (a thin piece of wood used as you are sleeping for starting fires) a 1 in 8 chance exp a dozen n a 12% probability that something will happen twelve of something a strand of hair n a pastime n an individual piece of hair a hobby For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 27
IN THE NEWS AUDIO In The News... GLOSSARY Muck and Brass a hiding place n a place where you can secretly put An Indian merchant thought he’d found the perfect hiding place for his diamonds. It all started things that other people won’t find when Mr Rajphul left a bag of 1,722 diamonds in a haystack as a way of hiding them from thieves. a haystack n However, when he went to check the bag the next day, he found that it was missing. At first he a large mass of hay (dried grass that is feared the worst and imagined that someone had taken them. But just then he noticed how his used as food for animals) cow Ghodup seemed to be in some kind of pain. It was then that to fear the worst exp he realised what must have happened: the hungry cow had to think that something really terrible eaten the bag and its entire contents. In an attempt has happened to retrieve the diamonds, Raiphul gave the cow a laxative n some powerful laxatives. One hour later, 310 medicine that is used to make gems reappeared. The following day another someone go to the toilet 245 turned up. Mr Rajphul is patiently a gem n waiting for the rest to show up. a valuable stone to turn up phr vb You Score! I Shoot! to appear to show up phr vb A recent football match in a South American country ended tragically. The game was tense as it to appear was between two teams with a fierce rivalry. During play, the ref had to stop the game six times a fierce rivalry n because of fighting between the players. With seconds to go, the scores were still level; but if two teams have “fierce rivalry”, they suddenly, key striker El Rupo scored both really hate one another the winning goal. With roars a ref n abbr of delight from the crowd, the the referee: the person who controls a exuberant player ran around the game of football pitch dancing and jumping in the air. But his joy the scores were still level exp was short-lived as an opposition player pulled out a this means: “their scores were the revolver and shot El Rupo in the left leg. El Rupo is currently same” in hospital recovering from his wound. The opposition player is being a key striker n held by police and will be charged with attempted murder. the football player who scores the most goals Unexpected Death to score vb to kick or head the ball so it goes into Have you checked the pulse of that quiet man in the office corner lately? A Finnish tax official the goal died at his desk on Tuesday; but none of his 30 colleagues noticed until the following Thursday! the winning goal n During a press conference, an office spokesperson said: the goal that gives one team the “It’s terrible. Pim was such a quiet bloke that we just thought he was silently getting on with his victory work. We had no idea that he had actually kicked the bucket. We’ll be keeping a careful eye on a roar of delight n everyone from now on.” a loud noise made by many people 59-year-old Pim was buried in a private ceremony last week. who are celebrating a victory exuberant adj 28 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great private language classes, e-mail [email protected] really happy and excited to run around the pitch exp to run from one end of the pitch (the area of grass where you play football) to the other short-lived adj that doesn’t last very long a revolver n a pistol a wound n an injury; a cut on your body a pulse n a rhythm in the body created by the movement of blood a tax official n a person who investigates tax (the money you pay to the government for services) a desk n a table at work a bloke n inform a man to get on with your work exp to continue doing your work silently to kick the bucket exp inform to die to keep an eye on someone exp to watch someone carefully to bury vb to put a dead body in the ground
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HORSE IDIOMS HORSEIDIOMS Here are some useful horse idioms. Illustrations by www.carosia.com A dark horse We often describe someone as a “dark horse”, when we suddenly discover that they have a secret talent or ability. “I didn’t know you’d written a book. You’re a bit of a dark horse, aren’t you?” Come/get down off your high horse To stop being arrogant about something; to stop acting in a proud and superior way. “It’s time you came down off your high horse and admitted you might have made a mistake.” To flog a dead horse Straight from the horse’s mouth To repeat the same argument over and over again; to waste Information received time trying to do something from someone that will not succeed. involved in a “You’re flogging a dead horse situation, or from trying to persuade him to an authority in that go to the States with you: situation, etc. he hates flying and there’s A: Are you sure the nothing you can do about it.” company is about to go bust? B: Yes, I got it straight from the horse’s mouth To eat like a horse To get/climb up on your high GLOSSARY horse To eat a lot of food. to flog vb “How do you manage to To become angry about something and to hit something many times with a whip stay so thin when you eat to act as if you were superior. (a long piece of leather or rope) like a horse?” It’s no good getting up on your high to go bust exp horse about all this rubbish on the if a company “goes bust”, it stops ground. You can’t force me to be tidy. working and closes tidy adj someone who is “tidy” always puts things where they should go, and never leaves things on the floor/ground 30 For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com /
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AUDIO BUSINESSCHAT ANSWERS ON PAGE 46 BUSINESS CHAT BUDGETAIRLINES Hi, and welcome to Business Chat. Today we’ll be talking about low-cost airlines with Jeff Dett, the editor of Aviation Weekly. Jeff, in the past couple of years, more than 20 low-budget airlines And have any of the major companies been able to, erm, react in any way? have gone out of business. Why is this? Yeah, well they’ve been forced to lower their prices too, just to try Well, a lot of low-cost airlines are being squeezed out by the and attract, kind of, casual travellers. But I suppose they’ll hope to price-war, and the increases in aviation fuel. be able to increase those prices later on in the future. And who’s responsible for this price war? Right. So the message really is to enjoy these low fares while we can. Well, mostly companies like easyJet and Ryanair and, erm, well, the, That’s it. That’s it. Yeah. the thing responsible for the increase in the cost of aviation fuel is probably the Iraq war. And the fact that a lot of these companies So, thank you, Jeff. That was very interesting. have been reducing their prices even, you know, all through the year, Thank you. and not only in peak months like, er, February or November. So, you’ll be flying back to Dublin tonight then, will you? Right, well, surely this is affecting easyJet and Ryannair as well, isn’t it? Yeah, that’s right. Yeah. Yeah, well their share price has been, has plunged by about 15% but, erm, basically they’ve got healthy balance sheets so they’ve been I suppose you’ll be going on one of the low-budget airlines then, that able to, erm, hold out while other companies are falling. you’re always writing about and telling us all about? Oh, no. First class in a British Airways jumbo jet for me. Well, so how can they afford to do it? Complimentary champagne, lobster thermidor, and the personal Well, basically they’ve been sacrificing short-term shareholder attention of a beautiful air hostess. Can’t beat it! value for longer term benefits. They’ve managed to convince their shareholders that it’s worth making life difficult for other That must cost a fortune! companies while they can try and survive. Yeah, I suppose it does. But I’m not paying. Firm pays. So, who has been affected in the short term? Yeah, right. to suspend operations exp Well, just recently this company called JetGreen. They were doing to stop functioning as a business; to stop doing flights from Dublin to Rome and Nice and Alicante. Er, they had to GLOSSARY business for a limited period suspend their operations. They’d been trying to market themselves finest adj as the finest, most stylish low-fare low-cost airline. But they just a low-cost airline n the best couldn’t afford to stay in the field. an airline that sells cheap plane tickets most stylish adj to go out of business exp most fashionable Right, OK. So what is situation at the moment? to stop functioning as a business; to close to stay in the field exp Well, there’s lots of companies just ready to jump in where those, er, to squeeze someone out exp to remain in the market; to continue doing business you know, where the other companies have gone bust. to force someone to leave a particular market to jump in phr vb a price-war n to enter a market quickly Really? a situation between companies in which they all try to go bust exp Yeah, and there’s lots of, erm, people prepared to put up capital for to offer the lowest prices to close these new companies. And, yeah, there’s basically a lot of people who a peak month n to put up capital exp think the market is still quite open for new business. a month when there is a lot of business and activity to offer finance in a particular business sector to keep going exp Right. And how do you see the future developing? to plunge vb to continue working; to continue functioning Well, at the moment there are about 50 airlines operating in Europe, to fall quickly; to decrease quickly at those rates exp charging low fares. And, erm, frankly, many of these companies just a healthy balance sheet n at those prices won’t be able to survive. They’re, they’re charging too little, and it’s if a company has a “healthy balance sheet”, the to lower your price exp just impossible to keep going at those rates. relationship between cost and profit is very good to decrease your price to hold out phr vb lobster thermidor n to survive a way of cooking lobster (an animal with a red shell to sacrifice vb that lives in the sea) with béchamel sauce and if you “sacrifice” something, you eliminate that parmesan cheese thing, or stop using it can’t beat it! exp short-term adj this means: “there is nothing better” immediate; in the near future a firm n shareholder value n a company the money given to shareholders for having shares (legal bonds) in a company a shareholder n a person who has shares (legal bonds) in a company to make life difficult for someone exp to do things that causes problems for another person 32 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Want to do an internship with Hot English? For more information, e-mail [email protected]
WORDSEARCH See if you can identify the word below. Then, try to find these words (here on the right) in the Wordsearch. WORDSEARCH Good luck! Answers on page 46. DROP SURCHARGE CATCH THICK FOOL ACCENT HIRE POUR BLURT DOWN LOOK, HUSTLE INFORMATION LOSE DEPARTURE ALTITUDE GATE BOARD FIRE PLANE ENGINE MATCHING See if you can match the two columns. Answers on page 46. A: A drop 1. An idiot B: To catch on 2. To get on a plane C: A fool 3. To start going down towards the earth D: To hire someone 4. A strong, heavy accent E: To blurt something out 5. To become popular F: To look up information 6. To force someone to move quickly G: The departure gate 7. A vehicle with a water tank in it H: To board a plane 8. To pay someone money for a service I: A surcharge 9. A fall; a decrease J: A thick accent 10. The area you go to just before getting on the plane K: To pour down 11. To say something quickly and without thinking L: To hustle someone 12. Extra money you pay for a service M: To lose altitude 13. To look for information on the internet or in an encyclopaedia N: A fire engine 14. To rain very heavily Practice English 1,000 words & expressions in Tap here to buy! Conversations 30 typical English conversational situations. Improve your English speaking and skills! For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 33
AUDIO PLANE STORIES PLANESTORIES When was the last time you went on a plane? Did you have a good journey? Or did you have a bad one? Here is a collection of stories about people’s experiences on aeroplanes. This is the first part of a mini-series. That Sinking Feeling When it was time to board, they hustled us onto the plane, closed the doors, and then told us that they had “just been informed” that John Wilkins found out that internal flights in some we couldn’t take off because of the weather. east European countries can be more expensive than We sat there for 45 long minutes until clearance was given for take-off. intercontinental ones. No sooner were we in the air, than the passenger area filled with smoke. Everyone started coughing and choking. Luckily the oxygen I once had to take an internal flight in a country in east Europe. I masks dropped and we were able to breathe normally. won’t name names, partly because I have to return there every now Seconds later, the plane made a number of sickening turns and and then, and partly because I don’t think they deserve a really bad steadily lost altitude. Next thing, I remember looking out of the name. Anyway, I checked in all right and I went to the departure window and seeing all these fire engines on the runway. When we gate. But before boarding, there was another check point. The landed, we had to slide down the emergency chute. The thing that captain of the plane was there and he was talking to the passengers. made everyone really angry was that at no point did the crew say At first I thought he was just greeting the passengers. Then, it was anything to us. And our attempts to speak to the captain were all in my turn and I realised how wrong I had been. vain as he was nowhere to be seen. “You need to pay a 40% surcharge,” the captain told me in a thick east European accent. “What!” I exclaimed. “But I’ve already paid for Not Enough Bags my ticket.” “Yes, you have paid for the ticket, but this does not give you the Emile Saunders had one of the most disgusting flights of his right to a seat. You pay the 40% surcharge or you stand.” life on his way to Melbourne. I was so furious that I just said, “OK, I stand.” And with that I boarded the plane, and I stood the whole way. Luckily it wasn’t a A few months ago, I was on a business trip to Melbourne. The flight long flight. was quite full, and included a party of unaccompanied minors. The flight attendants had gathered all the children together and sat White Knuckle Ride them on three rows next to each other… just across from where I was sitting. I guess the flight attendants thought this would make Sandra had a really scary flight from St. Louis to Indianapolis their job easier as they could keep an eye on the eight children last August. without much trouble. But they were wrong. Shortly after take-off, one of the youngsters rang the buzzer. The night I took the flight to Indianapolis was just three days after “I feel sick,” the little girl told the flight attendant. a major plane crash. As a result, everyone was a bit nervous. Just to The attendant quickly handed the child an airsick bag, then went to make matters worse, there was a big storm, with rain pouring down get some water. But just as she got back, the girl threw up. and lightning flashing in the sky. 34 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Want to do an internship with Hot English? For more information, e-mail [email protected]
And that seemed to have a domino effect, and all of the kids started vomiting, one after the other. All the attendants were running around the plane, trying to get as many sick bags as they could. Eventually they ran out. I must say it was quite funny, although it did put me off my lunch. How Nice! Greg remembers a very pleasant experience on an south- east Asian flight to Nepal. I was on a flight from Hong Kong to Kathmandu which was delayed. BEGINNER’S The official excuse was the weather, but I saw a group of technicians ENGLISH! inspecting the plane on the runway. Eventually, we began to board the plane at 11:30 pm, more than THE BEGINNER BOOK ten hours later than scheduled. While the plane taxied across the IS PERFECT FOR A1-LEVEL runway, our flight attendants began to give emergency instructions. STUDENTS OF ENGLISH. “In the case of an emergency,” one of them said, “lights in the aisle IT WILL HELP YOU... will guide you to the exits.” And just at that moment the main lights went out, and the emergency lights came on. In a panic, the flight ✔ Speak in English! attendants scrambled for places to sit. They all found a seat except ✔ Understand English! one, who was trapped in the middle of the plane. So, do you know ✔ Learn the words and expressions you need! what she did? Well, she just reached down to the nearest man, me, unbuckled my seat belt, and sat on my lap, belting herself in as THIS BOOK FEATURES OVER... the plane lifted off the ground. I must say, that was one of the most pleasant take-offs I’ve ever had. ✔ 120 minutes of audio material! ✔ 80 hours of quality learning activities! GLOSSARY ✔ 100 pages divided into 34 units! to name names exp I guess exp Take your first steps in to say who is responsible this means: “I suppose” English with our Beginner Book! to check in phr vb to keep an eye on someone exp to register your bags at the airport before to watch someone and see if they are OK Learn Hot English: English for getting on the plane to ring the buzzer exp work, life, exams & speaking! the departure gate n to press a button so a flight attendant can the area you go to just before getting on the come to you www.learnhotenglish.com plane I feel sick exp to board vb this means: “I think I am going to vomit” Tap here to buy! to get on a plane to hand vb to greet vb to give to say hello to someone to throw up phr vb a surcharge n to vomit extra money you pay for a service to have a domino effect exp a thick accent n to cause everyone to start acting in the same a strong, heavy accent way a storm n to run around phr vb violent weather to go from one place to another very quickly to pour down phr vb and in a panic to rain very heavily to run out phr vb lightning n if you “run out” of something, you have no bright flashes in the sky more of that thing to hustle someone exp to put you off your lunch exp to force someone to move quickly if something “puts you off” your food, you see clearance was given for take-off exp something disgusting and then you don’t want permission was given so the plane could leave to eat anything to cough & to choke vb to delay vb if there is a lot of smoke, you may start to if the weather “delays” a plane, the plane leaves cough and choke (to force air out of your late because the weather is so bad mouth) because you cannot breathe properly later than scheduled adj a sickening turn n later than planned a quick and sudden turn in the air that makes to taxi n you want to vomit if a plane “taxies”, it moves slowly along the to steadily lose altitude exp runway to start going down towards the earth an aisle n a fire engine n the corridor in an airplane a vehicle with a water tank in it. Fire fighters to go out phr vb drive this large vehicle to buildings on fire to turn off a runway n to scramble for a place to sit exp a long road. Planes go along it and then take off to desperately try to find somewhere to sit to slide down phr vb to reach down phr vb to move down an object smoothly to take something with your hands that is at a an emergency chute n lower level than you are a narrow plastic object filled with air that you to unbuckle a seat belt exp slide down in order to leave the plane in an to open a seat belt emergency a lap n were all in vain exp the flat area of your body between your stomach this means: “didn’t help” and your knees that is formed when you sit an unaccompanied minor n down a child who is alone on a plane to belt yourself in exp a flight attendant n to close the seat belt a person who works on a plane taking care of to lift off the ground exp the passengers if a plane “lifts off the ground”, it goes up into a row n the sky a line of seats in an airplane FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 35
AIR PLANE FUN AIRPLANEFUN Annoying Passengers • Try to open the toilet doors, and fail to understand that “OCCUPIED” When was the last time you went on a plane? Did you have means that you are sitting on the toilet. a good flight? And what were the other passengers like? Perhaps you’ll recognise some of the things that passengers • Smile as their irritating children kick the back of your seat, or scream do in the list below. all during the flight. Don’t you just hate passengers who: • Shout at the flight attendants and other personnel about weather delays. • Act innocently after jumping in the queue as people are waiting to • Talk to you while you’re working, reading a great novel, or using a check their bags in. personal electronic device. • Bring massive carry-on bags that block up the overhead locker. • Try to read your newspaper, or watch the film on your computer. • Complain if you move their bag in the overhead locker. If they don’t • Fall asleep and dribble on your arm. want it touched, why didn’t they just check it in? • Pretend that they are experts on air travel and explain in boring detail • Ask you (ever so kindly) to move to another seat so they can sit next everything that is happening. to their friend/husband/wife/child, etc, etc. • Stand up before the seat belt sign goes off in an attempt to get off the • Stand in front of the movie screen while you’re trying to watch plane quicker. the film. GLOSSARY • Speak very loudly behind you during the flight. to jump in the queue exp to move your chair backwards to go to the front or middle of a line of to hog something exp • Grab the back of your seat as they get up or down, disturbing you people, without waiting at the back to try to take something all for yourself; to check in your bags exp not to share something while you’re enjoying a nap, reading a book, or drinking a cup of hot to register your bags at the airport before an arm rest n coffee. going on the plane the area between two seats where you can a carry-on bag n put your arm • Lean really far back in the seat in front of you, leaving you with even a bag you take with you on the airplane a weather delay n an overhead locker n if there is a “weather delay”, the plane less space than you had before. the area above the airplane seats where leaves later than planned because of the you can leave your carry-on bag weather • Hog the arm rests, and sometimes occupy a part of your seat as well. a movie screen n to dribble vb the flat area on which a film is projected if you “dribble”, liquid comes out of your • Play their walkman/disman/MP3 player so loud that you can feel the to grab vb mouth as you are sleeping to suddenly take with your hands to pretend vb drum and bass rhythm without hearing the words to the song. to disturb someone exp to act as if something is true even if it to annoy or irritate someone isn’t really true a nap n to go off phr vb a short sleep during the day if a sign “goes off”, it stops being to lean far back exp illuminated 36 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
AUDIO BUSINESS DIALOGUES BUSINESSDIALOGUES ANSWERS ON PAGE 46 THEEXOTIC RESTAURANT In this dialogue, June and Frank, two partners who own an Frank: Who? Who are you talking about? exotic restaurant, are discussing falling sales, and ways of June: YOU! You fool! resolving the crisis. June has an interesting idea. Listen to Frank: But I can’t dance. the dialogue and answer these two questions. June: Yes, you can. Look, it’s easy (June puts on some music). 1. Why are they in trouble? That’s it. Now move your body up and down, up and down... 2. What is June’s solution to the problem? Frank: Hey, I think I’m getting the hang of this. It’s really good June: Things are looking bad. We’ve had a drop in the number fun. of clients this past month, and sales are really down. Plus, June: Great! Now, just start slowly taking your clothes off… our expenses are far too high. We’ve got to do something Frank: What? about it. (music fades out) Frank: It’s all my fault. I mean, paying top models to dance all night in our exotic restaurant is costing us too much. Part II - exercise Admittedly, it does attract some extra customers… Now listen to some extracts from the conversation again. June: Yeah, a few dirty old men, who order a bowl of soup and You will notice there are some missing words and a beeping then sit there for two hours watching our dancers. sound. See if you can write the missing word. The answers are on page 46. Frank: And I suppose offering all customers a complimentary 1. We’ve had a drop ______ the number of clients. glass of champagne doesn’t help with the cash flow either. 2. We’ve got to do something ______ it. 3. I do think we should stick ________ the dancing models. June: Certainly not. We are losing a fortune with that 4. I don’t think this idea will ever catch ________ . promotional idea of yours. 5. We would get rid _________ all those sad old men. 6. I’m getting the hang _________ this. Frank: However, I do think we should stick with the dancing models. Perhaps we should just try to find some less falling sales n acceptable” expensive ones. Your mother dances, doesn’t she? sales that are decreasing to catch on phr vb a drop n if something “catches on”, it becomes June: You leave my mother out of this! a fall; a decrease popular Frank: I’ve got a friend who once did aerobics. She might do. an overall concept n June: No, seriously, I don’t think this combination of traditional Gto LbeOdowSn SexpA R Y the general idea what have you got in mind? exp British food and exotic dancing will ever catch on. The if sales “are down”, they are low and have this means: “what are thinking of?” public don’t seem to understand it. We’ve got to change decreased to get rid of exp the overall concept. a dirty old man n if you “get rid of” something, you throw Frank: So, what have you got in mind? a word that is used to describe a man that thing away June: Well, I was thinking that instead of having female dancers, with unnatural interests in sex sad adj we could have some male dancers. a complimentary glass of champagne n pathetic Frank: Mmm… Why? a free glass of champagne is not standing a million miles from June: Well, for a start we’d get rid of all those sad old men. cash flow n here exp And secondly, we’d attract lots of female customers for the movement of money in and out of a this is a sarcastic way of saying: “is very male dancers. company close/near” Frank: Oh, yeah. That’s a good idea. But who are you going to to lose a fortune exp a fool n use? Do you know any men who can dance? to lose a lot of money an idiot June: Well, the person I had in mind is not standing a million to stick with phr vb I’m getting the hang of this exp miles from here. if you “stick with” something, you this means: “I’m getting accustomed to continue to use that thing this” she might do exp this means: “she will possibly be FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 37
DR FINGERS’VOCABULARY CLINIC DRFINGERS’VOCABULARYCLINIC USEFULEXPRESSIONS Here are some more useful expressions for you to learn. The illustrations should help you remember the expressions as you make an association between the image and the meaning of the expression. The answers to the exercise are on page 46. To have your hands “above the board” Exercise backs to the wall: (table) where everyone can see what they are See if you can complete each sentence with To be in a very desperate doing; this is opposed to the correct expression. situation. the more common practice of doing the trick “under 1. Everything in this contract seems to be To save your the table (below the _____________. own bacon: board), where their hands are hidden. 2. Just because he passed all his exams he To only think about thinks he’s a real yourself and not to care A baker’s dozen: _______________. about anyone else in a dangerous or desperate Thirteen of something 3. I went back to my old situation. Normally, a “dozen” is __________________ the other day. In this case, “bacon” is twelve of something, I studied there from the ages of six to used as an alternative and but a baker’s dozen is fifteen. slang word for skin. thirteen. This expression comes 4. The banks are demanding that we return A smart alec: from the times when bakers could be fined the loan, and we’ve just Someone who thinks he/ for giving customers too she is really clever and little bread. To avoid lost another contract. We’ve really got our intelligent (but in fact he/ getting prosecuted, bakers she isn’t). used to give customers __________ to the wall. The expression “smart extra bread; and this is alec” (also spelled “smart why a “baker’s dozen” 5. I asked for twelve apples and she gave me aleck” or “smart alick”) is thirteen, instead of comes from a 19th-century twelve. a ___________ dozen, robber and fraudster from New York City called A bobby: so I didn’t complain. Aleck Hoag. After being captured, he bribed the A police officer. 6. As the boat was sinking, I just thought police to let him escape, This word is an about saving my own but he never paid the alternative way of ____________. money. The police got referring to a police angry and arrested him officer. It comes from 7. As she was writing some graffiti on the again; and afterwards, Sir Robert Peel, the they referred to him British man who created wall, a _________ on a horse sarcastically as “smart the first police force Alec”. The expression has in London in about appeared out of nowhere and arrested her. survived to this day. 1830. “Bobby” is an abbreviation of his first GLOSSARY To be above board: name, “Robert”. This word is now considered smart adj If a deal or agreement is old-fashioned. intelligent “above board”, everything a fraudster n in it is legal and honest. An alma mater: a person who gets money by tricking people The expression “above- to bribe vb board” comes from the Your old school if you “bribe” someone (usually an official or police world of magic. Expert “Alma mater comes from officer), you pay that person money so they permit you to magicians are supposed to the Latin, meaning do something (usually illegal) have the ability to prepare “foster mother”. a board n their tricks with their a flat, thin rectangular piece of wood that can be used as a table to fine vb if you are “fined”, you must pay money to the government because you have committed a crime to avoid vb if you “avoid” doing something, you try not to do that thing, a foster mother n a woman who takes care of a child for a long period of time without becoming the “legal” mother. There can be a “foster father” and both of them are referred to as “foster parents”. 38 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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STRANGE BUT TRUE True stories from around the world that are hard to believe! AUDIO Strange BUT True Probability Zero Here are some more stories of unusual coincidences. Following the Script The Name Game This story is a classic case of life imitating art. Early in 1938, In 1746 a young Frenchman called Jean Marie Dubarry went out to an English playwright, A. J. Talbot, published a one-act comedy get drunk. He was depressed because he had been responsible for called Chez Boguskovksy (At Boguskovksy’s Place). It was all losing the family business an important contract. When he got home, about a man called Bruno Boguskovksy who steals a painting he argued violently with his father about it; and in a fit of rage, from the Louvre Museum in Paris and gets away with it. Jean threw a chair at the old man, hitting him on the head and Just one year later, on 15th August 1939, a painting was killing him instantly. It was actually stolen from the Louvre. Months later an unknown art an accident, but the courts thief was arrested. What was his name? Yes, you guessed it: found Jean guilty of murder Bruno Boguskovksy. and the young Frenchman was executed on 13th February 1746. Precisely 100 years later, another Frenchman, also named Jean Marie Dubarry, was executed on 13th February 1846… for the murder of his father. Baby Boom That Sinking Feeling Something very strange happened in 1906. The German ship A series of tragic deaths took place in Ireland between the 17th and “Der Grosse Kurfurst” (the Big Baron) set sail from the German 19th centuries. On 5th December 1664, a boat sank while crossing the port of Bremen on its way to New York. Halfway across the north Menai Strait in the Irish Sea. There were 82 passengers on board and Atlantic six babies were born: one in first class, twins in second all of them died except one man called Hugh Williams. class, and triplets in third class. On 5th December 1785 another boat sank in exactly the same place. This time there were 96 passengers on board, and once again they all died except one man named Hugh Williams. Finally, on 5th August 1820 another ship sank in exactly the same place. This time there were 25 passengers on board. They all died except one man. And, yes, you guessed it, his name was Hugh Williams. So, if you ever travel this route, make sure you change your name to Hugh Williams. GLOSSARY and from the same mother to argue vb a one-act comedy n to have a verbal fight with someone a short theatre play that is funny in a fit of rage exp to get away with something exp if you do something “in a fit of rage”, you to do something bad and not be punished do it when you are very angry for it a court n a baron n a building where legal processes take place a member of the nobility to sink vb twins n if a ship “sinks”, it goes to the bottom of two babies who are born at the same time the ocean and from the same mother triplets n three babies who are born at the same time 40 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
AUDIO DICTIONARY OF SLANG Dictionary of slang Here we’ve got some examples of how to say things in different situations. > Situation Formal Relaxed Informal It is very late at night Let’s finish work for Let’s stop for let’s call it a day; that’s and you are still working. today today enough for now; I’m You decide it’s time to Let’s knock it dead, it’s time to shoot; stop. on the head; I’m outta here An anonymous caller There must be something I’m not sure What’s the catch? This is informs you that you have more to this than meets about this one a bit fishy; I smell a rat just won 20,000 euros. the eye Look at that dog! You are a bit suspicious: Look at that mutt! Look at that mongrel! I’m free tonight You see a street dog. I don’t really have It’s an ordinary dog and I have no pressing He’s a bit weird anything major to do isn’t a special breed or engagements tonight tonight; I’m free; I’m pedigree. available for selection; I’m up for it; I’ve got A friend wants to go to nothing on the cinema, and asks you if you are busy tonight. He gives me the willies; You say that you aren’t he gives me the creeps; busy. he gives me the heebege- ebees; he’s a bit of a You are talking about I feel emotionally nutter; he’s a pyscho a colleague who is a uncomfortable near him bit strange, and who frightens you. You went out to lunch I paid 50 euros and I lost 50 I’m 50 euros out of with a friend and you received no counter euros; I’m pocket, I’m short 50 paid for both of you. Your payment owed 50 euros; that’s 50 euros friend offered to pay you euros down the drain back, but six weeks later I have been most he still hasn’t paid you. fortunate these past six I’ve been lucky for six I’m on a roll; I’ve got the You are angry. weeks. weeks Midas touch; everything I touch turns to gold; I’m going You have had a lot of through a purple patch; just luck for the past six call me goldenballs weeks. You describe this situation to a friend. GLOSSARY Please note that the words in this glossary box are literal translations of parts of idiomatic expressions. to shoot vb a breed / pedigree n to fire a gun a special type of dog or cat outta exp inform the drain n this is an abbreviated form of “out of” a tube that carries dirty water out of the house a caller n a patch n someone who telephones an area For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 41
BRITISH BAR CHAT Authentic conversations by native British speakers AUDIO British bar chat Bad Television This month two British men, Hamish and Travis, are talking about television. 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): 1. What does one of the speakers say against television? 2. What does the other speaker say in favour of television? Travis: So I, I’ve just been looking at the TV Guide. There’s no… Hamish: Nah, TV’s, TV’s there for entertainment. If you want an there’s just nothing on. It’s just ridiculous. education, you go to university or college, or something, don’t you? Hamish: What? What do you mean, nothing on? Look at all those channels, there’s loads of stuff… Travis: No. Hey, hey what’s the time? Hamish: Well, it’s nine o’ clock. Travis: But there’s nothing decent to watch. It’s... TV these days, Travis: Oh great! We’ve got the nominations for Big Brother. Quick, British TV... turn on the TV. Hamish: Nothing decent? Have you looked at the BBC’s listings? There’s tons of stuff. GLOSSARY Travis: It’s all game shows and these stupid reality shows. It’s, there’s just nothing on exp of introducing something extra that they there’s just nothing to watch anymore. this means: “there are no good programmes want to add. This is usually something the on television” speaker feels is important Hamish: No, there’s loads. I mean the BBC, for example, I mean, loads of stuff n you know exp there’s loads of channels, but the BBC, I mean it’s got this means: “lots of things” people often say this expression to check the best news programmes in the world. The drama, it’s the listings n that the other person is understanding fantastic. the list of programmes that you can watch how do they get on? exp on television this means: “what kind of relationship do Travis: They’ve reduced the, the number of news programmes, and a game show n they have?” the number of documentaries, all been reduced and it’s a television programme with a competition a bit of this and a bit of that exp been replaced by these ridiculous reality shows, you know. or game some of this and some of that I mean exp nah exp inform Hamish: Well… people often use this expression as a way no Travis: …people living in a house, how do they get on? People get eliminated. It’s… Hamish: …people want to watch that kind of thing. It’s good, but you know, as long as there’s a balance, there’s a bit of this a bit of that, a bit of sport… Travis: Should, should we be giving people what they want to watch, or should we be, you know, trying to educate them and give them… PRACTISE ENGLISH C O N V E R S AT I O N S ! This practical book for intermediate to advanced- level students will: Improve your ability to socialise in English! Help you get a better job! Teach you 1,000 words to help your spoken English! Tap here to buy! 42 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
PHRASALVERBSTOHAVE The verb “to have” has many different uses. Generally, we use this verb to describe possession. PHRASALVERBS For example, “I have three houses.” Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with the verb “to have”. Have (got) it in for someone Have (got) something To really hate someone, and to want against someone to hurt and destroy that person To hate someone for a particular reason They have What is it with you Oh no, it’s nothing sent me on six personal. I’m just hungry. business trips, foxes? Do you have and moved something against us? my office desk three times this I’m not touching month for no that cheese. apparent reason. I think they’re They really have having me on. it in for me. The doctor said I should have a few days off because I’m sick. Have someone on To play a trick on someone; to try to trick someone in order to get something from that person, or to humiliate them Have off (days from work) Have it out with To take a holiday from work someone either for personal reasons, or To resolve a because you are sick problem by talking “I’m sorry honey but dinner tonight is out of the question. I have too much on. Next week, perhaps. to someone Have (got) a lot on This is just too much. V.C. To be very busy Last week baby Gary took V.C. my Barbie doll, and now he’s taken my Action Man. I’m going to have it out with him. For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 43
J.M. BARRIE THEMANWHOCOULDN’TGROWUP The fascinating story of J.M. Barrie, the author of the internationally famous book Peter Pan. The film Finding Neverland, starring actor Johnny Depp, is all This idea of everlasting childhood stayed with Barrie for the rest of about the life of J.M. Barrie. It’s an incredible story of the his life. It also became the inspiration for his most famous play, Peter success, love and tragedy of the man who couldn’t grow up. Pan. However, it would be another 33 years before that inspiration emerged in the shape of the play and novel. A Tragic Death The Lost Boys J.M. Barrie was born on 9th May 1860 in the Scottish village of Kirriemuir. Barrie was the ninth of ten children, and he grew up with Later on, Barrie moved to London, where he became a popular writer. stories of pirates and adventure. When Barrie was six, something He knew all the great literary figures of the time, including Sir Arthur happened that would affect him for the rest of his life: his brother Conan Doyle (author of the Sherlock Holmes books) and H.G. Wells; David, who was 14 at the time, died in a skating accident. and he often surprised them with his remarks. He once said to Wells, As a result, Barrie’s mother fell into a depression as David had been her favourite “It is all very well to be able to write child. Barrie was only six at the time, but books, but can you waggle your ears?” he was overwhelmed by his mother’s grief. In 1897, Barrie began a relationship with He later wrote about his desire to “become a group of boys that was to dominate so like David that even my mother should much of his life. One day, in Kensington not know the difference”. For a week, Barrie Gardens in London, Barrie watched three practised David’s way of whistling; and little boys (five-year-old George, four- then, one morning, he dressed in his dead year-old Jack, and baby brother Peter) who brother’s clothing and did his best to bring were playing in the park with their nanny. David back to life. And in his attempt to Barrie befriended them, and together they be loved and replace David, Barrie virtually talked about cricket, pirates, and fairies. became David. He amazed them by the way he could waggle his ears; and before long, Barrie was Young Forever meeting them on a regular basis. All of this had a profound effect on Meeting the Mother Barrie; and it actually stunted his own development. When Barrie reached the age That same year, Barrie met the boys’ mother of 14 (the same age at which his brother (Sylvia Llewelyn Davies) by chance during had died), he literally stopped growing (he a New Year’s Eve party. Sylvia later invited was only 160 cm tall), and never grew any Barrie to visit them at home, which Barrie taller. promptly did. Soon, Barrie was going there all the time. 44 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
The Llewelyn Davies boys would be the inspiration for much of The End J.M. BARRIE Barrie’s later work. Barrie’s novel The Little White Bird (1902) is based upon Barrie’s relationship with George. In the story, a man A few years before his death, Barrie had commissioned a called Captain W. meets a little boy called Peter in Kensington statue of Peter Pan that is now in Hyde Park (London). Barrie Gardens. And the rest of the book is about the captain’s attempts to said that he hoped it would allow Peter to be remembered long win the affections of both the boy and his beautiful mother. after the play was forgotten. But these days Peter Pan is just as In 1900, Sylvia gave birth to Michael (he would become Barrie’s popular as ever; and many children still dream of flying off with favourite); and in 1903, she became pregnant with Nicholas (called Peter to Never Land, where they’ll never bathe, or eat broccoli, Nico), her fifth and final child. The day before Nico’s birth, Barrie or (the worst fate of all) have to grow up. started work on the theatre play Peter Pan. Unlike baby Peter in The Little White Bird, this Peter would be an older boy who lived in distant Never Land (called “Neverland” or “Never-never Land” in some editions), where he had adventures just like the ones that Barrie had so often play-acted with Sylvia’s children. Barrie set the first scene of the book in the Darling’s house in a shabby street in Bloomsbury. The beautiful Mrs Darling was modelled on Sylvia, and the angry Mr Darling, rather unfairly, on Arthur, her husband. The Story of Pan Grows Eventually the play was ready. The opening night was on 27th December 1904. Sylvia and the boys came into town to accompany the nervous Barrie to the theatre. Back in New York, producer Charles Frohman waited to learn if he had a hit or a disaster. Finally a cable came: Peter Pan was an overwhelming success. The critics were impressed, and an audience full of children had been enthralled. In fact, many of them ran out of the theatre screaming because they were so frightened by Captain Hook, who was played by Gerald du Maurier (Sylvia’s brother). Disaster GLOSSARY Things seemed to be perfect, but then, in 1906, disaster struck. overwhelmed adj the opening night n Arthur (the boys’ father) died of cancer; and Sylvia died shortly very, very sad the night when a play is first shown to afterwards. Barrie took care of the boys, and paid for their education grief n the public and everything. They became Barrie’s “lost boys”. sadness a hit n Meanwhile, the Peter Pan story continued to develop. The tale of to whistle vb a success Peter Pan as a baby, originally published in The Little White Bird, to make music by blowing out air a cable n was now available in a separate children’s book edition, called Peter through your mouth a telegram Pan in Kensington Gardens, with illustrations by Arthur Rackham. to bring someone back to life exp an overwhelming The script of the play was published under the title Peter Pan, the to make a dead person alive again success n Boy Who Wouldn’t Grow Up; and eventually Barrie wrote a novel to stunt your own development exp a big success about the story in a book called Peter and Wendy. He ended this to stop your growth enthralled adj volume with a new scene in which Peter comes back to Wendy’s everlasting adj really impressed window years later, and discovers she is all grown up. that lasts forever the script of the play n to waggle your ears exp the text of a play More Tragedy to make your ears move to sink vb a nanny n if a boat “sinks”, it goes to the bottom But once again tragedy struck. In March 1916, George was killed in a woman who looks after young of the ocean World War I. Gerald (Sylvia’s brother who played Captain Hook) also children in a rich person’s house the Luisitania n died. Charles Frohman drowned shortly afterwards in the sinking of to befriend vb a famous American passenger ship that sank the Luisitania. And, worst of all, Michael died on his 21st birthday, to make friends with someone during WWI before America was in the war drowned in a boating accident. a fairy n a will n Barrie never fully recovered from Michael’s loss and almost lost the an imaginary little person who knows a legal document that says who will will to live. Barrie eventually died in 1937, with Peter and Nico at magic receive your money when you die his bedside. “To die will be an awfully big adventure,” Barrie once by chance exp a royalty n wrote in the voice of Peter Pan. 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