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TOP 10 ATTRACTIONS IN LONDON! VIDEO Top 10 attractions in London! (answers on page 50) 4 Language bridge Use the words below to label the pictures. fountain palace double decker bus ferris wheel cathedral pub 1. 2. 1 Pre-viewing 3. 4. You’re going to watch a video about the top 10 tourist attractions 5. 6. 7. in London. Before watching the video, make a list of as many tourist attractions in London as you can. Discussion Ask and answer the questions. 2 First viewing Ask and answer these questions. What buildings are there in your capital city? How old Watch the video once. Were any of the tourist attractions you are they? Which ones have you visited? thought of mentioned? What are the main churches, cathedrals, etc.? When were they built? 3 Second viewing What pubs or bars are there in your capital city? Are any famous or well-known? Why? Watch the video again. Then, choose the correct answers. What statues or fountains are there? Are any of them 1. When was the first church built on the site of St famous? Why? Are there any attractions that people can ride on in your Paul’s Cathedral? city such as a Ferris wheel? What are they? Where are a) the 7th century they? Have you ever been on it or them? What was it b) the 4th century like? 2. What’s at the centre of Trafalgar Square? Are there any famous bridges or in your capital city? a) some restaurants What are they? Why are they famous? b) some fountains Are there any castles or palaces? What are they called? 3. Why should you take a ride in a double-decker Who are they for? Who lives there now? bus? Because… a) …it’s so cheap b) …it’s a great way to tour the city 4. What can you see from a Thames river cruise? a) many of London’s attractions b) the poorest parts of the city 5. What can you find in Covent Garden? a) restaurants, pubs and shops b) mostly fruit and vegetable shops 6. When was the Tower of London built? a) about 500 years ago b) over 900 years ago 4 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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DR FINGERS’ PRONUNCIATION AUDIO DRFINGERS’PRONUNCIATION Hello, everybody, and welcome to my pronunciation course! (The answers to the exercise are on page 50) Irregular Participles Connected Speech Exercise This month we are looking at some past Well, that’s enough of that. Now let’s get Now let’s do an exercise. Listen to the participles that are the same as the past on with some real pronouncing. In the following sentences and repeat them with tense, but different to the infinitive. Listen following exercise we are going to look me. Then, listen again and try to write the and repeat these verbs and their irregular at these past participles in connected sentence normally and in connected speech. pasts and past participles: speech. As you can see, many of these past We’ve done the first one for you. Good luck! participles end with consonants. Now, when Infinitive Past Participle the following word starts with a vowel, 1. We have brought it again = we have To bring Brought Brought these consonant sounds connect with the brought it again. To buy Bought Bought following vowel sound to form a new sound. To catch Caught Caught For example: 2. ________________________________ To fight Fought Fought “I have hung up the clothes”, which is 3. ________________________________ To teach Taught Taught like this if you say it in connected speech, 4. ________________________________ To think Thought Thought “I have hun gup the clothes”. 5. ________________________________ Listen to some more examples: 6. ________________________________ Participles In Context 1. I heard it yesterday = I hear dit 7. ________________________________ 8. ________________________________ Before looking at some of these participles yesterday. 9. ________________________________ in connected speech, I would like to 2. She dreamt about me last night = she 10. ________________________________ perform one of my famous raps. This should help you see these participles in context. dream tabout me last night. OK, that’s all for today. Bye for now, and Once again, I asked my good friend DJ happy talking! Stokes to lay down a drum ‘n’ bass line. I hope you enjoy my little rap, especially as the language focus of my rap is based on the pronunciation of these past participles. Dr Fingers’ Rap - “Why do my students hate me?” It is so strange for me to see, GLOSSARY That my students can’t stand me, I’ve taught them well, and been my students can’t stand me exp through hell, my students hate me But they still don’t know how to spell. (I’ve) been through hell exp this means: I’ve had a really bad experience I’ve lent them money to buy them sweets, to spell vb And found the time to bring them treats, to write words correctly, with the letters in the correct But nothing seems to make them smile, order And they continue to be so vile. a treat n a nice, special thing you give someone if they have Just this week I’ve caught a cold, been good And I’m feeling ever so old, vile adj So I think I’ll go to bed, terrible, horrible And try to rest my weary head. a weary head n if you have a “weary head”, you feel very tired 6 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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AUDIO VOCABULARY VOCABULARY 1 Matching 3 Blog completion Match the words (1 to 10) to the pictures (a-j). Complete the blog with the correct form of to be or have got. 1. Single bed / double bed 2. Mattress Cool People.com 3. Chest of drawers 4. Wardrobe (“closet” in US English) Profiles » » Phoebe » » 5. Bedside table with a bedside light / lamp 6. Curtains Phoebe (1) 29 years old. She (2) 7. Duvet 8. Pillow two sisters and one brother. Her mum (3) 9. Blanket 10.Dirty clothes basket / laundry basket / washing basket Scottish and her dad is American. She (4) a motorbike and two cars. She (5) (not) at work today because it (6) a holiday. ab d c e g Your turn! h f Write a short paragraph about someone you know. 4 At the police station Listen to the conversation (audio script on page 50). Then, complete the table with the information about the missing bag. i Crime report sheet j 1. Name and surname 2. Address 2 Vocabulary 3. Missing object 4. Time lost Complete the vocabulary lists with two more words for 5. Place where lost each group. 6. Description of item 1. Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday... 7. Items inside bag 2. Spring, summer... 8. Contact number 3. January, February, March, April... 4. T-shirt, trousers, socks... Your turn! 5. Cinema, supermarket, park, restaurant... 6. Ship, train, bicycle... Write a short dialogue that takes place in a police station. 7. Mum, dad, brother... 8. Rainy, sunny, snowy... 9. Journalist, salesperson, vet, shop assistant... 10.Back, leg, arm, eye... 8 / 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 Chopper The Name of the Game I know a good joke. Well, there’s this couple who are on holiday in This guy has been married for twenty years. And for the past three Greece. They’ve been there two weeks and they’re bored of the beach years he’s been calling his wife names like “Sugar Lump”, “Kitten”, so they go into town looking for things to do. All of a sudden they “Honey Bunch” and” Poochykins”. One day his friend hears this and see a sign saying, “Helicopter tours 250 dollars”. And the husband goes, “Hey, you know, that’s really cute the way you call your wife all turns to the wife and goes, “250 dollars! That’s a helluva lot of those nice things. It really shows how much you care about her.” money just to look around a helicopter!” And the husband replies, “Well, to tell you the truth, I’ve just forgotten her name.” Misinterpretation This traffic cop suddenly sees a woman doing about 220 kph down the motorway. He pulls her over and asks to see her licence. She shows it to him and he says, “According to your licence, you are supposed to be wearing glasses.” “But officer,” she replies, “I have contacts.” “I don’t care who you know,” the traffic policeman says angrily. “You were speeding and that’s against the law.” Fatty I know one too. This guy is really worried about his weight so he buys some bathroom scales. Every day he stands on them and checks his weight. One day his wife notices him and sees how he’s desperately holding his stomach in, trying to look thinner. “I don’t think that doing that is going to make you weigh less,” says his wife. And the man replies, “I know, but it’s the only way I can read the numbers.” Business GLOSSARY doing about 220 kph exp driving at 220 kph This woman goes to the bank to enquire about funds to start a a chopper n inform to pull over phr vb business. “I’d like to start a small business,” she says to the bank a helicopter if the police “pull you over”, they tell you manager. “How do I go about it?” helluva exp inform to stop driving so they can ask you some “Oh, that’s simple,” the bank manager replies. “You just buy a big “a hell of a” = a lot questions one, then wait a few months.” to look around phr vb a contact n to inspect, to look inside an important person who you know; also, a bathroom scales n shortened term for “contact lenses” (little an object you stand on that tells you how objects you put in your eyes to help you many kilos you weigh see better) to hold your stomach in exp speeding n to attempt to make your stomach appear driving too fast on the motorway (the large less fat than it really is by breathing in road with many lanes) deeply cute adj nice and attractive 10 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Want to do an internship with Hot English? For more information, e-mail [email protected]
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AUDIO A look at some cool places from around the world Amazing World SHARK ATTACK SHARKATTACK More stories about some scary encounters with sharks. A Boating Incident I would swim as fast as I could for about 5 to 10 seconds. Then, I would have to turn around and face him again. He chased me all 35-year-old Sandra Graves had a nasty experience with a shark the way to the shore. Experts told me later that it was a full-grown while she was in a kayak in the harbour waters near San Francisco. bull shark. They can be up to 4 metres long and weigh 250 kilos. “It was Thursday evening and we were near the Marina in the I’ve still got the scars on my legs and arms, and I won’t be going Parramatta River when the shark suddenly hit the boat. I was back into the water again for a while, I can tell you.” immediately thrown into the water by the impact. I grabbed onto the kayak and watched as the fin went round and round me. Then, Divine Justice it suddenly disappeared into the water. It was at this point that I decided to make a mad swim for the shore. I put my head down Susan is a diving instructor who works in the Cayman Islands. She and swam as fast as I could. But after a while I started to get remembers a funny incident with a shark and two of her students. tired. Luckily I noticed a navigational buoy and I climbed onto it. “I’ve got a great job as I get to go out into the water every day Some friends were close by and they saw what happened and went and do what I most love: scuba diving. However, I do occasionally to report the incident; and within half-an-hour a rescue boat came have some difficult students. A couple of years ago, there were to pick me up. I never saw the shark again, but the coast guard two guys, Brad and Jeff, who were doing the basic diving course found the kayak with a large bite mark and part of a tooth in it. with me. Brad was really excited about doing the course, but Jeff I’m glad that wasn’t my arm or leg, that’s all I can say.” was really nervous about going into the water because of all the stories he’d heard about sharks. I managed to reassure him enough What was that? to get him out on his first open-water dive. But just as we were about to get into the water, Brad started joking and saying things 55-year-old Simon was with his friend Chuck Anderson swimming in like, “Look, there’s a shark!”. Of course, poor Jeff got scared again the Gulf of Mexico when they were the victims of a shark attack. and refused to get into the water. “I was swimming in the sea when I suddenly saw this dark shadow The funny thing is that just as we got into the water, an enormous under me, and I felt an unusual current going along my body. ‘That’s nurse shark swam towards us. As soon as Brad saw it, he started strange,’ I thought. Then I realised what it had been: a shark. And screaming hysterically. And I must say, I’ve never seen anyone just at that moment I saw the shark coming right at me. Almost jump out of the water and onto a boat so fast in all my life. But immediately I decided that I wasn’t going to die without a fight. I suppose it served him right. Neither Brad nor Jeff ever went in So, as it came towards me, I hit it really hard on the nose. I thought the water with me again after that, which was a pity because they that might make it go away, but it came at me again and again. never finished the course. And so it went on: I would punch him, he would retreat, and then 12 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
SHARKS SHARK ATTACK Wouldn’t it be exciting to come face to face with a shark in the ocean? Unfortunately, the probability of this happening is very slim. However, you can increase your chances by following our ten-step guide. Just In Time How To Meet A Shark - 10 top tips Rick Reeder was in the water in Hawaii, finishing part of a 1. Always swim alone - never in groups. 12-kilometre race when a great white shark came after him. 2. Swim far from the shore - never near the coast - sharks “I was in a swimming race when the captain of the escort boat suddenly started waving at me. My first thought was that they’re like deep water. waving to encourage me; and I waved back at them. But then I 3. Swim at night or the early morning - these are sharks’ heard someone yell, ‘Get in the boat, now!’ At that point I put my face back down in the water and started to swim to the boat as feeding times. fast as I could. 4. Always enter the water if you are bleeding - the smell As I was swimming I didn’t have much time to think. And as soon as I reached the boat, my buddies grabbed for me, pulling at my of blood is guaranteed to excite sharks. legs and arms and everything. And just as they pulled my feet out 5. Swim with shiny jewellery - this will attract the shark’s of the water, the shark appeared with its mouth open, ready to take a bite. The shark continued to circle the boat for about 15 attention. minutes and I could see the beast. It was a frightening thought 6. Always wear brightly-coloured clothing. to think that I could have been his lunch. Immediately afterwards, 7. Splash around a lot - sharks are often attracted to we tried to tell the other 57 boats about the hungry shark. We eventually got everyone out of the water, and no one was hurt. movement in the water. But I’ll never forget that terrible experience.” 8. If you see a school of fish, try to swim with them - sharks will probably be close by and think you are a big fish. 9. If you see a shark, try to swim close to it and play with it. 10. If the shark is really close, hold on to the fin and ride it. What fun! A Shark Joke Marine biology researchers have developed a new method to fend off shark attacks. If you are diving and are approached by a shark they recommend that you swim towards it aggressively and punch it in the nose as hard as possible. And if this doesn’t work, beat the shark with your stump.” GLOSSARY nasty adj yourself and the broken skin has closed GLOSSARY a school of fish n horrible and bad a diving instructor n a group of fish that are swimming a kayak n a person who teaches you how to “dive” very slim exp together a small boat like a canoe (go under water with oxygen) not very probable a fin n a fin n scuba diving n increase your chances exp sharks have “fins” on their backs. The fin the triangular part of a shark’s back that the sport that consists of going under increase the probability that something is triangular and is often out of the water is out of the water when it is swimming water with oxygen will happen as the shark is swimming a mad swim n to get scared exp feeding times n to fend off n swimming in a panic, and frantically to become frightened the time when sharks are eating and to use your arms and hands to defend the shore n to refuse vb looking for food yourself against someone who is the coast; the area of land next to the sea to say that you will not do something to bleed vb attacking you a navigational buoy n it served him right exp if you are “bleeding”, red liquid is a stump n an orange object that is in the water this expression means: “I am pleased coming out of your body the bit of your arm that remains after a and that ships use to help them navigate that something bad happened to him/ to splash around phr vb shark has eaten part of it (decide a course) her because he/she did something bad to play in the water, making a lot of to pick someone up phr vb before” noise and moving a lot if you “pick someone up” in the water, to wave vb you stop your boat and take that person to move your hand in the air as a way of into your boat saying “hello” to come at someone phr vb to encourage vb to go towards someone with the intention to say nice things to someone in order to of attacking them help them decide to do something to punch vb a buddy n US to hit with a closed hand a friend to chase vb to grab vb to run and try to catch someone to take with your hands and with force a scar n a mark on your body where you have cut For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 13
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. (answers on page 50) Crank Call I - The Prize Crank Call II - The Hairdresser’s For this call we phoned someone to congratulate them for having For this call we phoned a hairdresser’s and made a very special won first prize in a competition. Listen to the conversation and request. Listen to the conversation and answer this question: answer this question: What does the hairdresser try to do at the end of the conversation? In your opinion, what words might describe the woman’s response to the telephone call? Victim: “Scissors Hair Salon”, how can I help you? Hot: Oh, hi, do you do men’s hair? Victim: Hello? Victim: Yes, sir. Hot: Hi, this is Warner TimeShare Productions. You have won Hot: Oh good, I was wondering whether you would be able to first prize in our competition. shine my bald patch. Victim: First prize? What for? I didn’t enter any competition. Victim: I beg your pardon. Hot: Your name was selected. Hot: To shine my bald patch. Victim: Oh, alright. What did I win? Victim: Well, we don’t normally do that kind of thing. Hot: The first prize is three dogs. Hot: But you could this time? A non-reflective bald patch Victim: What? Three dogs? frightens people. Hot: Yes, three dogs. Victim: I guess. But I’m not quite sure what to use. Victim: But I live in the centre in a small apartment - I can’t Hot: Car wax would be fine. When can I come? have three dogs. Victim: Are you sure about that? Hot: What? Hot: Yes, shall I bring my own wax and cloth? Victim: I can’t take the dogs. Victim: Yes, erm, maybe I should pass you on to the manager. Hot: You can’t take them. Hot: No, I don’t want to speak to the manager, bye. Victim: There are two of us living in one room. Victim: Oh, right, bye. Hot: Well, the dogs could sleep in the kitchen. They’re house- trained. GLOSSARY Victim: No, it’s out of the question. Hot: Well, couldn’t you just take them. Then, if you change to wind someone up phr vb to clean something (metal, usually) so it is your mind, you could dump them somewhere. You know, to irritate someone and make them angry bright and shiny Victim: you could take them down to the railway line. house-trained adj a bald patch n Hot: I’m not going to do that. if a dog or cat is “house-trained”, it goes an area on your head that has no hair Victim: Or you could drown them. to the toilet in a special box reserved for non-reflective adj Hot: You’re joking. the animal that does not reflect light Mmm… I don’t suppose you know anybody who likes dog to dump vb I guess exp meat, do you? to leave; to put quickly and casually I think so; I suppose the railway line n car wax n the thin metal lines that the train a substance used to clean the outside of a travels on car to drown vb a cloth n to kill something by putting it in water a piece of material used for cleaning a hairdresser’s n to pass somebody on to another a shop where you can get a haircut. person exp The person is the “hairdresser” on the telephone: to connect someone do you do men’s hair? exp with another person in the same building/ this means: “do you cut men’s hair?” organisation, etc to shine vb 14 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS WORK & BUSINESS! 19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS WORK & BUSINESS! Native English speakers use phrasal verbs all the time. So, you need to understand their meaning if you want to follow conversations. In this lesson, you’ll learn 19 really useful phrasal verbs to use in business and at work. This is the second part of a new series. Learn these phrasal verbs, then use them whenever you can. 1 Talk over 2 Aim for 3 Back up 4 Team up 5 Turn down If you “talk over” a If you “aim for” If you “back up” If you “team up” If you “turn down” problem or issue, something, you data or computer with another person an offer or request, you discuss it and try to have or get files, you make a or group, you work you say that you try to find a solution that thing: “We’re copy of them: “You together to complete don’t want it, or to it: “They talked aiming for a 10% must back up all a project or task: won’t do it: “She over the problem in increase in sales your work at the “The pharmaceutical turned down the the meeting.” this month.” end of the day.” companies teamed job offer because up so they could she had a better develop the new one from another drug.” company.” 6 Bail out of (a deal) 7 Bank on 8 Snowed under 9 Take over 10 Switch over to If you “bail out of” If you “bank If you’re “snowed If you “take over” If you “switch over a deal, you stop on” something under”, you have a something, you take to” a different forming part of it or happening, you need lot of work to do and control of it, or you system, etc., you negotiating with the it to happen, and you not much time to take responsibility stop using the old other party: “They hope it will happen, do it: “I’m snowed for something that one, and start using bailed out of the but it isn’t certain: under all this week. another person the new one: “We deal because they “We’re banking on Can we meet up had before: “She’s decided to switch didn’t think it was a their support in the sometime next taken over a few over to the new good idea.” elections because we week?” [We mostly of the marketing system because it need their votes.” use this verb in the manager’s duties was easier to use.” passive sense: to be as he’s on paternity snowed under.] leave.” 16 / www.learnhotenglishcorp.com/en / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
11 Weigh up 12 Carve up 13 Work out UNDERSTANDING 19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS WORK & BUSINESS! If you “weigh up” the If you “carve up” PHRASAL VERBS benefits of something, you something, you divide it 1 If you try to “work out” think about the advantages into smaller pieces: “After what’s happening, you try A phrasal verb consists of or disadvantages of it so buying the company, they to discover what people are a verb and a particle (usually you can decide what to do: carved it up and sold off doing: “We need to work out a preposition). In some “I think we need to weigh the parts they didn’t want.” what they’re planning to do, cases, the verb can help you up the cost of switching Literally, if you “carve” so we can make our own understand the meaning over to the accounting meat, you cut it into plans.” of the phrasal verb (the software.” small, thin pieces. 2 If you “work out” the preposition doesn’t really cost of something, you do a change much): 14 Trade in 15 Trade off calculation so you can know • They’re working away = If you “trade in” your If you “trade off” A for the cost: “I need you to work car (for example), you B, you give someone A out the total cost of each air- They’re working. give your old car to a car (which is something you conditioning unit, please.” • They sold off many of their dealership in return for a like or appreciate) so 3 If something “works out”, payment. This payment you can have B (which is it’s good and successful in assets = They sold many is often used to reduce something you want even the end: “The business deal of their assets. the price of a new car you more): “She agreed to worked out well in the end.” want: “You get $1,000 off trade off her work from Very often, the preposition the new car if you trade home flexibility (A) for 16 To pay out only changes the meaning in your old one, provided less work and a lighter a little. For example: that it’s in good working workload (B).” 1 If you “pay out” money, • I finished the work. condition.” you use the money to • I finished up the work. 18 Stand out buy something, or to 17 To pay off 1 If something “stands make a payment: “We’ve [I finished all of it.] 1 If you “pay off” a debt, out”, you can notice it paid out over $40,000 to you return all the money easily: “The yellow letters shareholders this year.” Here are some other verbs you owed: “The company really stand out against 2 If an investment starts and phrasal verbs with very wants to pay off the debt the black background.” “paying out”, you start little difference in meaning: as soon as possible.” 2 If someone “stands receiving money from this print-print out, call-call up, 2 If your work starts to out”, they’re much better investment: “It will be at close-close down, meet-meet up… “pay off”, it starts to be than others in the group: least 8 years before this profitable, or produce “We had lots of good investment starts paying However, in other cases, good results: “All our applicants for the post, out and we begin receiving the particle can help you hard work has finally paid but Paula really stands regular payments.” understand the phrasal verb. off as the new product is out from the rest.” For example, up has the idea selling really well.” 19 Take off of “going to a higher level”: 1 If a product “takes off”, • Prices have been going up. it becomes very popular quickly: “The clothes (increasing) website really took off • We went up the stairs. among teenagers.” 2 If you “take off” time (to a higher floor) from work, you ask for permission to have some GUESS! holiday so you can deal with personal matters: Of course, there are some “She took some time off phrasal verbs that are quite work because she was hard to understand. So, if the moving house.” verb or preposition can’t help, you should try to guess the meaning of the phrasal verb from the context. For example: “They’ve put off the meeting until next week because the president is sick.” In this case, you could probably imagine that “put off” means to delay. GLOSSARY paternity leave = if you are on “paternity leave”, you have permission to be at home for a few weeks-months because you have a newborn baby advantages = the “advantages” of something are the good things about it a car dealership = a shop that sells cars For great private language classes, e-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 17
19 USEFUL PHRASAL VERBS WORK & BUSINESS! EXERCISES TO HELP YOU REMEMBER THE WORDS & EXPRESSIONS! Answers on page 50 1 Gap-fill exercise 6. She tu down the job offer because she Complete the sentences with the words from below. had a better one on the table. talked aiming paid trade back snowed 7. I think we need to we up the cost of banking work switching over to the accounting software. 8. I need you to wo out the total cost of each air-conditioning unit, please. 1. All our hard work has finally off as the 9. All files are ba up to the cloud on a daily new product is selling really well. basis. 2. We need to out our monthly costs. 10.The pharmaceutical companies te up so 3. We’re on their support for the project they could develop the new drug. as we need their votes. 3 Gap-fill exercise 4. They over the problem in the meeting. Complete the sentences with the words from below. 5. Don’t forget to up all your work before paid stand taken trade paying pay you leave tonight. took stands 6. You get $1,000 off the new car if you in your old one. 7. I’m under all this week. Can we meet up sometime next week? 1. She’s over a few of the marketing 8. We’re for a 10% increase in sales this manager’s duties. month. 2. The clothes website really off among 2 Sentence completion teenagers. 3. It will be at least 8 years before this investment starts Complete the sentences with the missing letters. out and we receive regular payments. 1. We decided to swi over to the new 4. We’ve out over $40,000 to system because it was easier to use. shareholders this year. 2. After buying the company, they car it up 5. We had lots of good applicants for the post, but Paula and sold off the parts they didn’t want. really out from the rest. 3. They bai out of the deal because they 6. The company wants to off the debt as didn’t think it was a good idea. soon as possible. 4. The business deal wo out well in the 7. She agreed to off her work from home end. flexibility for a lighter workload. 5. She to some time off work because she 8. The yellow letters really out against the was moving house. black background. 18 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
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CROSSWORD ANSWERS ON PAGE 50 CROSSWORD Across 2: To die because you haven’t eaten: to die of _____________ 5: Angry and sad 1: The energy and feeling between two people 6: To feel bad about something you did in the past. To r_______ 3: Not the legal age for buying alcohol, etc: under_______ 7: To decrease the volume: to turn the volume __________ 4: An American English word that means “friend” 8: If you do this, you put your foot on something: t_______ 8: If a dog or cat is like this, it goes to the toilet in a special 9: To become frightened: to ____ scared 10: To make very, very wet. To s______ box: house- ____________ 12: A mark on your body in the place where you were cut: 9: This expression means, “I suppose so”: I __________ so 11: To move your hand in the air as a way of saying “hello” s_______ 13: The crime of burning things illegally 14: On the telephone: to pass somebody ___ to another person 15: To fall on a surface either accidentally or on purpose 17: The coast; the area of land next to the sea. The s_______ 16: Horrible, disgusting and not nice: n___ 18: A piece of material used for cleaning 20: Stupid: d_____ 19: Disordered and not tidy: m____ 24: Extreme anger 21: At full volume: at full ___________ 26: This expression means “my house”: my ___________ 22: To jump 27: To go towards someone with the intention of attacking them: 23: To take with your hands and with force 25: A person who likes to dominate people and tell them what to to come ________ someone 28: Something that people say when they fall or make a mistake: do: b_____ 26: An area on your head with no hair: a bald p_________ wh______ 28: A small object you carry in your pocket that has your money, 29: If a business does this, it stops working: to go b_______ 30: If you do this, your leg hits something and you fall credit cards, etc in it 33: A period of time in which you work: s_____ 31: To hit with a closed hand - boxers often do it 35: The person responsible for a crime: cu_______ 32: This expression means, “I know”: I am __________ 34: The triangular part of a shark’s back that is out of the water Down when it is swimming 1: The table in a shop where you pay for the goods 20 / 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 have three questions for you. I hope you can help me. “Should”, “it’s time...” 1. Firstly, I saw this sentence and I would like to know what the and “among” meaning of “should” is: “If Tom should call, tell him I’ll be back at 6pm.” 2. Secondly, what is this sentence with the past tense verb “went”? “It’s time you went.” 3. And finally, please explain why the verb “was” is singular. I thought the word “people” was a plural word.” “Among the injured people was a three-year-old child.” Thank you very much. Garfie (by e-mail). Dear Garfie, Thank you very much for your e-mail. Of course, I would be de- lighted to help you with your difficulties. I will deal with each of your problems in the order in which you presented them to me. 1. “If Tom should call, tell him I’ll be back at 6pm.” 2. “It’s time you went.” In English, we can use “should” to introduce an element of We use the past tense with expressions like “it’s time”, even uncertainty. Compare these two sentences, which are both though the meaning is present or future. So, “it’s time you went”, very similar: means something like, “I think it is time for you to go”, or, a) “If Brian arrives early, please tell him to do the work.” “I think you should go”. Here is another example: b) “If Brian should arrive early, please tell him to do the work.” ”It’s time you told me the truth”, which basically means, “I think The main difference between these two sentences is that in it is time for you to tell me the truth”, or, “I think you should tell example “b” (with “should”), the speaker feels that the possibility me the truth”. is smaller. Basically, the use of “should” introduces an element of We often use this expression (it is time + object pronoun + past uncertainty. These days, this expression is slightly antiquated and tense verb) to criticise someone, or to warn them about some- formal. thing. For example: “It’s about time you got up”, which means, “I think you should get up”. 3. “Among the injured people was a three-year-old child.” Yes, you are correct, “people” is plural. However, the following verb “was” is determined by the noun “a three-year-old child”. Here are some more examples: a) Among the wreckage of the ship were three gold coins. b) Among the people in the crowd was an abandoned dog. Bye Well, I hope my explanations have put your troubled mind at rest. Now, I think it’s about time I went for a gin and tonic, otherwise known as a G & T. Yours, Dr Fingers. 22 For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com /
AUDIO BUSINESSDIALOGUES BUSINESS DIALOGUES THEBUILDERS In this dialogue, Susan, a building contractor, is discussing Exercise progress at a building site with John. There are a few problems. Listen to the dialogue and answer these questions: Now listen to some extracts from the conversation again. You will notice there are some missing words and a beeping 1. What is the main problem? sound. See if you can write the missing word. Answers on 2. What excuses does John have? page 50. 1. Hi, I just came down to check __________ on what’s Susan: Hi, I just came down to check up on what’s been going on. John: Well, as you can see, we’ve been making good progress. been going on. 2. I was referring __________ the tiling. Have you seen what I’ve done in the bathroom? 3. Do you think things are ________ schedule? Susan: I’d rather not look. 4. Will you get the job done __________ time? John: I was referring to the tiling. I think it’s turned out 5. You’re supposed to have this all wrapped ________ by pretty good. the end of next month. Susan: OK, I’ll have a look later. What about the floor? Have you 6. Right now we’re more concerned ___________ got all the floorboards down in the upstairs bedrooms? deadlines. John: We’ve laid down the concrete… Susan: I hope there are no dead bodies. GLOSSARY John: Very funny! Susan: Good. Right, now to the difficult part. Do you think things to check up on phr vb on time; according to plan to investigate manpower n are on schedule? Will you get the job done on time? tiling n workers John: Look, this is a big job and we just don’t have the a “tile” is a square ceramic object that to wrap up phr vb we use to cover the walls in bathrooms to conclude, to finish manpower at the moment. and kitchens to go flat out exp Susan: Well, you’re supposed to have this all wrapped up by the to turn out phr vb to work very hard if something “turns out” a certain way, it paintwork n end of next month. happens that way the covering of paint on the walls John: Impossible. Without more people we can’t do it. pretty good exp a deadline n Susan: Couldn’t you get your guys working a bit harder. quite good a time when a job must be finished John: We’re going flat out, and besides, they’re professionals floorboards n gonna abbr long pieces of wood that are on the floor going to doing a top quality job. Here, just look at the paintwork in houses to get back to the drawing board exp on these doors. to lay down concrete n this expression means: to start something Susan: Yes, it’s very impressive, but right now we’re more to put the concrete (cement) on the floor again concerned about deadlines. on schedule exp John: You’re not gonna get a better job than this. Just feel these walls, solid as a rock, and so smooth to the touch… (Susan touches the wall and there’s a loud crashing sound as the wall falls down on top of John) Susan: What the… Are you alright down there? John: Yes, I think so, although the wall is a bit heavy. What did you do? Susan: I didn’t do anything… So what are you going to do about your rock solid walls now? John: I think we’d better get back to the drawing board. Oh, and could you call an ambulance, please? Susan: Very well. FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 23
ANIMAL MATCHING Animal Matching Exercise See if you can do this matching exercise. Look at the list of things (1 to 12), and the photos ( A - K ). Write a letter next to the name of each thing in the list below. Answers also on page 50 1. Ant 2. Cat 3. Rat 4. Mouse 5. Pig 6. Frog B 7. Cockroach 8. Woodpecker 9. Lobster A 10. Mite 11. Reptile 12. Bees G C DE K F J HI L 24 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
AUDIO ANIMAL TRIVIA Animal Trivia Here are some more interesting and fascinating facts about animals. Worker ants can live for up to seven years (unless you tread on only one purpose: to help the babies break the egg and enter the them); and the queen ant may live as long as 15 years. world. Incidentally, egg teeth fall off a few hours after birth. A queen bee lays thousands of eggs, but only one of them will survive. The first, strong queen bee that emerges eats all the others, and thereafter she can reign alone. Certain frogs are very special and can be frozen and then thawed and then come back to life again. Please don’t try this at home. One of Korea’s most popular items on summertime menus is “poshintang”, which is basically dog meat soup. The soup is believed to improve male virility, and improve women’s complexions. Watch out, Fido! When ants find food, they lay down a chemical trail so that other The largest cockroach on record measured ten centimetres in length. ants can find their way from the nest to the delicious plate of food. By the way, a cockroach can live for about three days without its How kind! head; and then it dies of starvation. When the Black Death swept across England many people thought A cow gives nearly 200,000 glasses of milk in her lifetime. that cats were responsible. As a result, thousands of the innocent Incidentally, no two cows have exactly the same pattern of spots. felines were killed. Ironically, those people who kept their cats were less affected by the plague because the cats ate all the real A woodpecker can peck twenty times a second, which is a lot of culprits: rats. pecking! Carnivorous animals won’t eat another animal that has been struck An adult male ostrich, the world’s largest bird, can weigh up to 170 by lightning. How fussy! kilos, which is the equivalent of one Azerbaijani weight-lifter. The most common mammal in the US is the mouse. There are pink elephants in some regions of India. They get their colour from the red soil as they spray dust over their bodies to protect themselves from insects. In an emergency, a large kangaroo can jump more than 10 metres. It takes a lobster approximately seven years to grow to be two kilos. Incidentally, a young kangaroo is called a “joey”. A typical bed has more than 6 billion mites in it. So now you know: you are never alone at night. GLOSSARY The largest pig on record was a Poland-China called Big Bill. He to tread vb out of its body weighed about 1,000 kilos, which is a lot of bacon. if you “tread” on something, you put your to reign vb foot on that thing to rule The last member of the famous Bonaparte family, Jerome Napoleon a chemical trail n to thaw vb Bonaparte, had a very unfortunate death: he died in 1945 after a route created by a chemical substance if something frozen (with ice) “thaws”, it tripping over his dog’s leash. How spectacular! that comes out of the ant returns to the temperature in the room or a nest n air and the ice disappears Many scientists believe that birds evolved from reptiles. Both a house that birds build for living in to come back to life again exp species lay eggs, and they both have special “egg teeth” that serve to sweep across phr vb to become alive again after having “died” to move across an area very quickly. virility n Literally, to “sweep” is to clean the floor with all the traditional qualities of strength with a brush and sexuality a culprit n to die of starvation n the person who is responsible for a crime to die because you have not eaten struck by lightning exp a pattern of spots n killed by lightning (a bright flash in the sky the shapes and forms produced by all the that happens during a storm) coloured circles (spots) on the cow’s body fussy adj to peck vb difficult to please or make happy ; someone if a bird “pecks” at something, it hits that who demands a lot thing with its beak (its nose) to trip vb a weight-lifter n if you “trip”, your leg hits something and a person who lifts heavy weights as a sport you fall soil n a dog’s leash n the earth a piece of leather, plastic or rope that is a mite n tied to a dog so you can control the dog a tiny insect that lives on plants, animals to lay an egg exp or humans if an animal “lays an egg”, an egg comes For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 25
CAT IDIOMS CATIDIOMS Has the cat got your tongue? Here are some more cat idioms. Illustrations by www.carosia.com This is a question To be like a we ask people cat on hot who won’t talk. bricks / on a It is often asked hot tin roof jokingly to children who are too shy to To be very talk, or who refuse nervous and to talk. unable to keep “Come on! I’m still: waiting for an “What’s the explanation. What’s matter with wrong? Has the cat you? You are got your tongue?” like a cat on hot bricks.” To fight like cat and dog To argue violently all the time: “As kids we fought like cat and dog.” Not to have a cat in hell’s chance People use this expression to say that something is impossible, and will never happen: “They think they can go over the mountain in this terrible weather. They haven’t got a cat in hell’s chance.” To let the cat out of the bag Like the cat that got the cream / To tell people a secret. To tell people information, like the cat that often without intending to: ate the canary “I was trying to keep his surprise birthday party a secret, but unfortunately I let the cat out of the bag.” To appear to be 26 For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / very content, satisfied and happy in a way that is annoying for other people: “Sam got the best results in the exam and now he looks like the cat that got the cream.”
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VOCABULARY SHOES VOCABULARYSHOES Sole - this is the base of the Here is some useful vocabulary related to shoes. shoe and the part that touches the ground. Flat, smooth soles Boots - these are the large shoes are excellent for skating on wet ground. Buy innersoles to keep that go above your ankles. They your feet fresh. The innersole may come in many shapes and sizes, also be used as a handkerchief in from small, ankle-high ones, to an emergency. long, thigh-high ones that are commonly worn by “professional Shoe horn - this object is ladies” and male members of parliament, particularly from the used to help you put on your Conservative party. shoe. They are found in shoe shops… and nowhere else. Sandals - these are the shoes you wear to keep your feet cool and to give you that Jesus look. Slippers - these are the Shoe lace - these are the comfortable shoes that you wear pieces of cord or string that you at home. Disguise your slippers as use to “close” your shoes. They real shoes and wear them in the have an irritating tendency to street for extra comfort. break in the morning if you have to get somewhere quickly. Clogs - these are heavy, wooden Shoe Sizes - Finding the right shoes only worn by the Dutch and the insane. sized shoes is difficult; but even more difficult if you go abroad Trainers (“sneakers” in the US) - because almost every country in the world has its own system of these are the sports shoes you wear measuring feet and shoes. For to play tennis, to go running, etc. example, if you are size 40 in Wear trainers with formal clothes Europe, you are size 7 in Britain to give you an alternative and if you are a man, size 6 and a half trendy look. if you are a woman, size 25 and a half in Japan if you are a man, Heels - this is the back part size 25 if you are a woman, and size 7 and a half in the US if you of the shoe on the bottom of the are a man, and size 9 if you are a shoe. Heels come in all shapes and woman. What a mess! sizes from very flat ones, to high ones with a sharp point, otherwise GLOSSARY known as stilettos. Improve your sense of balance by wearing high an ankle n streets with lots of square-shaped stones heels and walking along cobbled the joint between your foot and your leg on them streets. Guaranteed results. ankle-high n a biker n that goes up as far as your ankle a person who rides a motorbike and is a Toes - these are the front ends a thigh n member of a gang (a group of bikers) the top part of your leg on the sides a bricklayer n of the shoe, and they also come in a member of parliament n a person who builds houses, putting the many shapes and sizes. Boots with a person who has been elected and who bricks (stones) in place steel toes are traditionally worn by works in the parliament to skate vb the three “Bs”: builders, bikers and a look n to move smoothly and quickly over the bricklayers. the way you dress, and your general ground appearance an innersole n to disguise vb a piece of material that goes inside a in this case: to change your slippers so shoe. It is designed to make the shoe they appear to be shoes more comfortable trendy adj handkerchief n fashionable a piece of material that you can use to cobbled streets n clean your nose or mouth 28 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Want to do an internship with Hot English? For more information, e-mail [email protected]
AUDIO TYPICALDIALOGUES ANSWERS ON PAGE 50 TYPICAL DIALOGUES THESHOESHOP Here’s a typical dialogue with lots of useful vocabulary and Mr Pie: No, no, they’re perfect. (sounds of pain). How much are they? expressions to use when you’re buying shoes. In this scene, Shop: Forty three pounds. Mr Pie is trying to choose the right shoes. Listen to the Mr Pie: Excellent! I’ll take them. dialogue and answer this question: Shop: Look, sir. I’m aware that you know what you want, and, Why does the man want the shoes? erm, the customer is always right, and all that, but it’s plain to see that those shoes are far too small for you. Mr Pie: Good afternoon. I’d like these shoes here. Couldn’t I interest you in a bigger pair? Shop: Which ones, sir? Mr Pie: No, no. I really want these small shoes. Mr Pie: The ones with laces, high heels and pointed toes. Shop: But why? Shop: Very well, what size are you? Mr Pie: OK, I’ll tell you why. This last week has been a disaster: Mr Pie: I’m size 8. my business went bust, my wife decided to leave me Shop: Size 8? for a gym instructor, my daughter was thrown out of Mr Pie: Yes, that’s right, size 8. university and my son was arrested for drug-smuggling. Shop: Yes, certainly sir. Size 8. Mmm… What colour would you Now, the only pleasure I will have in life is getting home at night and taking off these shoes. like them in? Shop: Oh, now I understand. How would you like to pay? Cash? Mr Pie: I’d like to try them in black… no, brown, dark brown, Or credit card? Mr Pie: Cash, please. please. Shop: Very well. Just walk this way… if you can. (crash) Shop: Very well. Please take a seat and I’ll be with you in a GLOSSARY minute. (five minutes later) Shop: Here you are, sir. laces n make a mistake Mr Pie: Excellent. I’ll just try them on. pieces of string that you use to tie your I’m aware exp Shop: Here, sir. Can I help you? shoes I know Mr Pie: Yes, they are a bit tight. high heels n to go bust exp Shop: Push, sir. Mmm… here try this shoe horn - it should help. the “heel” is the back part of the shoe on if a business “goes bust”, it fails and stops Mr Pie: No, still won’t go on. the bottom. “High heels” are shoes that are functioning Shop: They seem to be a bit small. high at the back to leave someone for another person exp Mr Pie: No, no, I like them. If I just push a bit more. Ah, that’s it! pointed toes n if you “leave someone for another person”, Shop: Well done, sir. Congratulations! the “toes” are the ends of the shoes. Shoes you stop the relationship you have and start Mr Pie: Yes, I made it. Now, I’ll just try walking around a bit. with “pointed toes” are sharp at the end another relationship with another person tight adj to throw out phr vb (Mr Pie falls) Whoops! I fell down. clothes that are “tight” are too small for you to tell someone to leave an organisation, Shop: Yes, you did, sir. Now wouldn’t you prefer a larger size. a shoe horn n job, school, etc an object you use to help you put the shoes drug-smuggling n We’ve got them in size 9… or, erm, 11, if you prefer. on the crime of bringing drugs into a country whoops excl illegally something that people say when they fall or FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 29
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AUDIO BUSINESSTALK BUSINESS TALK THEPROMOTIONALOFFER In this phone call, Brian, the head of marketing, is phoning Exercise Paula, the managing director. He wants to discuss ways of increasing sales of the company’s personal stereo Now listen to some extracts from the conversation again. system, which hasn’t been selling very well. Listen to the You will notice there are some missing words and a beeping conversation and answer these two questions: sound. See if you can write the missing word. Answers on page 50. 1. What do they suggest doing to help increase sales? 1. You must _______ joking! 2. In your opinion, why doesn’t Paula want a bottle of the 2. We’ve got a bit of a problem _________ our personal perfume? stereo systems. 3. We’d better think _________ something fast. Brian: Brian here. Is that Paula? 4. We paid good money _________ them. Paula: Speaking. 5. Just bundle the stereos __________ the aftershave. Brian: I’ve been trying to catch you all week. 6. Would you like a box of “Shirkers” perfume sent Paula: You’ve got my mobile, haven’t you? Brian: Yeah, but I couldn’t get through. __________ to your office? Paula: Did you try leaving a message? Brian: Oh, yes. I hadn’t thought of that. Anyway, as you may GLOSSARY goods and things that companies can sell to give away phr vb already know, we’ve got a bit of a problem with our to catch someone exp informif you to give someone something for free personal stereo systems. are trying to catch someone, you to bundle with phr vb Paula: What exactly is the problem? phone someone many times, trying to if you “bundle one thing with another Brian: Well, there are thousands of them sitting in the communicate with them thing”, you put those two things together warehouse with nowhere to go. We just can’t seem to to get through phr vb that should do the trick exp shift them. to contact someone and talk to them this means: “that is a good solution” Paula: What about the advertising campaign? a warehouse n bright ideas n Brian: It didn’t seem to make much difference. So we’d better a large building used for keeping goods good ideas think of something fast because retailers are refusing to to shift something exp inform I’ll get on to it exp take any more supplies from us. I suppose we could give in this case: to sell something this means: “I will start doing it them away. a retailer n immediately” Paula: We can’t do that! We paid good money for them. What a person who sells goods in his/her shop stuff n about promotional gifts? Have we got anything we can to refuse vb things offer with the stereos? to say that you will not do something Brian: There are about sixty thousand bottles of “Shirkers” supplies n aftershave and perfume sitting in one of the warehouses. Paula: OK, that’s it then, just bundle the stereos with the aftershave. That should do the trick. Brian: That’s a massive job. Paula: I know, but have you got any other bright ideas? Brian: No, I’ll get on to it. By the way, would you like a box of “Shirkers” perfume sent up to your office? Paula: You must be joking! I’ve tried that stuff. Brian: Right. I know what you mean. For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 31
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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 50. TRAIL GLADLY SAIL DISMANTLE SLAVERY SNOWBALL BOUNTY RIDE WATERFRONT WARN CRUISE DUMP, HAND SHINE MATCHING See if you can match the two columns. Answers on page 50. A: A trail 1. A street or area of land that is next to a river or the sea B: To sail out 2. If you do this, you separate something into different parts C: Slavery 3. To leave; to put something somewhere quickly and casually D: A bounty hunter 4. A journey on a horse or bike E: The waterfront 5. To clean something (metal, usually) so it is bright and shiny F: A cruise 6. If a ship does this, it leaves a port and goes out to sea G: To hand out 7. A person who is paid to catch criminals H: Gladly 8. To tell someone about a danger I: To dismantle 9. To give J: A snowball 10. A route through a town, city, mountain, etc K: A ride 11. Happily L: To warn 12. A ball made of snow that is used to throw at other people M: To dump 13. A journey in a ship N: To shine 14. The system which permits people to possess other people 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
Living Abroad BOSTON, USA BOSTON,USA Every month we interview someone who has lived in or visited a foreign country. This month we are talking to Frederica, from Italy, about her time in Boston, America. Frederica, why did you go to Boston? Where did you stay? I went to Boston to study at the university. I was studying English I stayed with a family. There were four of them: Michael, June and literature in Italy at the time, and I had to study in an English- their two kids, Robert and Mark. They lived on Commonwealth speaking country for one year as part of the course. I was offered a Avenue, which is one of the busiest streets in Boston. It was chance to go to Boston University and I took it. great to be there as Boston University is spread out along Commonwealth Avenue. The metro in Boston, which is called the What were your first impressions? “T”, comes above ground right by the university campus and runs all the way down Commonwealth Avenue. The only bad thing As soon as I saw Boston, I fell in love with it. I study in a small is that it’s a bit busy. One of my friends had to wear a cast for city, and I’ve always wanted to live in a big city. Boston was months after being hit by a car trying to cross Commonwealth exactly what I needed for my first time away from home. Boston is Avenue - Boston is famous for its horrible drivers. a big city but not big enough to make you feel overwhelmed. The weather is also great and you get to enjoy all four seasons in true New England style, with hot summers and very cold winters, which is good if you like skiing (there are ski resorts just half-an-hour away from Boston). 34 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
What’s the best thing about Boston? catch a show at the Paradise Rock Club. For smaller, local bands BOSTON, USA you should head towards Harvard and check out T.T. & The Bear’s Boston is a great place to live as a college student. There are lots Place and the Middle East. The big name bands usually play at the of universities in Boston and its surrounding suburbs, including Fleet Center, Boston’s huge multi-purpose arena. Boston University, Harvard, Northeastern, Boston College, the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and Berklee College of What’s the worst thing about Boston? Music. College students make up twenty percent of Boston’s population, and in total there are about 250,000 of them. This For me, the worse part about Boston is that everything closes at adds to the energy of the city, making it a vibrant and fun-loving 2am. It’s very different from European cities, or New York City. place to live and study. And because it’s a large city, it’s kind of expensive to live there, If you like nature, you can always take a stroll near the Charles especially paying rent. Overall, Boston is a beautiful and culturally River, or have a picnic in Boston Commons, which is a large park rich city. You never run out of things to do and once you’re there, where you can go skating on Frog Pond in the winter. Boston is you’ll never want to leave. also the cultural center of New England, and it has museums, an entire theatre district, ballets, orchestras, Shakespearian theatre And finally, would you go back? groups who perform in the park, an aquarium and lots, lots more. Oh yes, definitely, it’s a great town and I had a fantastic time. Well, that was really interesting Frederica, thanks very much. Did you work while you were there? GLOSSARY Although I went to Boston as a student, I also did lots of jobs to feel overwhelmed exp the jobs listings n while I was there. I worked as a babysitter, bartender, shop to be affected strongly a section in a newspaper with job offers assistant and chef. There are many job opportunities in Boston. a season n a mall n In the Boston Globe, one of Boston’s main newspapers, there is a summer, winter, spring, etc a large building with many shops section called “Boston Works”, which has all the jobs listings. ski resorts a last resort n an area in the mountains where you can a desperate solution to a problem Where did you like to go out? ski rude adj a kid n disrespectful When I wanted to go shopping, I used to go to Newbury Street or a child to make fun of someone exp the little shops in Quincy Market. There are also many malls in the a busy street n to laugh at someone in a bad way Boston area including Copley Place and Cambridgeside Galleria. (superlative: busiest) whipped cream n There are lots of good places to eat such as the Fire & Ice, the a street with many cars and people cream that is light and fluffy Cheesecake Factory, the California Pizza Kitchen and any Italian a university campus n a sitcom n restaurant in the North End. the area around university colleges that a comedy series on television about a If you want a unique dining experience, you should try Dick’s Last is part of the university: sports fields, group of people Resort. At Dick’s the waiters and waitresses are deliberately rude. residential houses, etc fancy adj They make fun of you, throw your food down on the table and if a cast n (comparative: fancier) it’s your birthday, they cover you in whipped cream. if you break your leg, they often put sophisticated If you’re a fan of the American sitcom, Cheers, you should visit your leg in a cast (a white case made of trendy adj the Bullfinch Club on Beacon Hill, which is the pub they used as plaster) to protect it fashionable inspiration for the show. And for a fancier occasion, the Top Of a suburb n a live band n The Hub is supposed to have one of the best views in Boston. an area outside a city where people live a band that plays in a bar/club, etc I also enjoy going to clubs, concerts, and bars. Some bars I to make up phr vb to chill vb recommend are Modern, which is a trendy bar with low lighting to be members of something to relax and expensive drinks; The Cask and Flagon, which is the most to take a stroll exp to catch a show exp popular bar to go to after a baseball game; and Kinvara, which is a to go for a casual and gentle walk to watch a show college bar, complete with live bands, and an outdoor patio. skating n huge adj If you prefer chilling and listening to some live music, you can a sport that consists of running on ice very big with skates (special shoes with a blade on kind of exp the bottom) more or less a bartender n a person who serves customers in a bar For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 35
Living Abroad THE BOSTON TEA PARTY THEBOSTONTEAPARTY These days Americans speak with an American accent, play baseball and drink coffee. But things could have been so different: they could be speaking with British accents, playing cricket and drinking tea. However, luckily (or unluckily, depending on where you come from) something important happened in 1773 that changed the course of American history forever: the “Boston Tea Party”. A Tea Party Carolina and Georgia - otherwise known as British colonies. Each colony was separately established and they each had a It all took place one cold, dark night in November 1773. A group separate relationship with the British Empire - the age-old British of one hundred and fifty men disguised as Mohawk Indians and tradition of divide and rule**. None of the colonies had the led by Samuel Adams* made their way to Boston harbour, where power to pass laws on tax. This didn’t pose any problems at first, there were three British ships. but then things changed. Quickly, the group divided into three lots of 50 men. Each group chose a ship and climbed aboard. They forced the English captains A cup of tea, sir? and the crew below deck, and then started to destroy the cargo, which consisted of boxes of tea. They broke open the boxes, pulled At that time Britain had out the contents and threw all the tea into the water. What fun! been at war with the French. This act of protest achieved two important things: firstly, it made The British and French were the world’s largest cup of iced tea in the harbour; secondly it fighting over the control of started the American War of Independence. What did these men North America (mostly in what have against this tea? And how did this provoke a war? is now known as Canada). It was a vicious war and both sides lost lots of men. You might like to see the film “Last Of The Mohicans” (Daniel Day Lewis) to get an idea about what it was all about. In the end the British won, but it left them bankrupt. What were they going to do? The answer was simple. They passed a law known as the Tea Act of 1773. This law said that a company called the British East India Company could sell tea in the American colonies (the 13 states), and that the company did not have to pay any taxes. With this privilege, the company soon gained a monopoly on the tea trade. Now the company could sell cheap tea to the Americans. The British were happy, but the Americans weren’t. Good old British democracy Angry Americans At the time of the Tea Party, America wasn’t America. Let me For many American companies this new law meant disaster; and explain. “America” just consisted of thirteen states: New York, many of them went out of business as a result. But what really Maine, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Connecticut, Pennsylvania, made the Americans angry was the arrogance of the British. In New Jersey, Rhode Island, Delaware, Virginia, North Carolina, South effect, the British were passing laws without any consultation, especially concerning tea, which was a very popular drink at the time. 36 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
The colonists didn’t take long to react. They started organising Samuel Adams THE BOSTON TEA PARTY meetings and protests and refused to drink tea. This protest helped to unify the colonies and all of them joined the protest. Samuel Adams, 1722 to 1803, was the son of a businessman Colonial women were particularly important as they were the (a brewer: someone who makes beer). He went to Harvard principal consumers of tea. Many of them became the leaders University, and became active in colonial politics. He led of the boycott. many protests against the British control of the colonies. He founded the Sons of Liberty, a secret organization dedicated No Tea to the resistance of British laws. He also organized the Boston Tea Party. These days his name survives because one Those who opposed the British became known as Patriots, of the best beers in the world is named after him. and they yelled things such as, “no taxation without representation”, and “the power to tax is the power to destroy”. Divide & Rule They also tried to prevent ships with tea from entering the ports. As a result, many British ships had to return to England. This is the policy of dividing the different peoples in a nation However, in November 1773, three of them did manage to get in order to dominate that nation. The British were experts through. They were full of tea, waiting to be unloaded and sold to at this, and did it effectively in India (with the Hindus and the Bostonians. And these were the three ships that the Bostonians Muslims), in South Africa (with the Zulus and the Afrikaners), attacked in what became known as the “Boston Tea Party”. and in Iraq (with the Kurds, Sunnis and Shiites). In America, the British did it by treating each colony separately instead Angry Brits of allowing them to join together, which would have made them too powerful. When the British heard about the Tea Party they were furious. They demanded compensation for all the lost tea, and the British king (King George III) decided to punish the state (colony) of Massachusetts (whose capital is Boston). He passed a law in 1774 known as the Coercive Acts, which closed the port of Boston and reduced the powers of the Boston Congress. He also sent more soldiers to intimidate the Bostonians. The plan was to starve Boston into submission. But it didn’t work. War In fact, the measures served to make the Americans even angrier. Other colonies sent food to Boston, and together, a militia was created. They also formed the first Continental Congress, which was a kind of illegal parliament where they talked about how much they hated the British. Things got gradually worse, the British sent more troops and before long there was a war: the American War of Independence. In the end the Americans won, as you already know, and they became independent from Britain, which explains why they speak with American accents (and not posh British ones), why they play baseball and why they don’t drink tea anymore, except the iced version. God Bless America! GLOSSARY FOR CARTOON GLOSSARY a chap n Women wear them these days disguised adj to be in a position of dominance in a a man pantaloons n with clothes that make you look different particular market one exp clothing that covered the top half of your to who you really are the tea trade n this word can be used instead of “you” legs. They were worn by men in the 18th lots of exp the import and export of the drink tea as a way of talking generally. It is very century groups of to go out of business exp formal and old-fashioned a jerk n inform to climb aboard exp to stop functioning as a business the hell exp inform an idiot. This word is often used to insult to go on a ship to refuse vb this expression is used to show surprise, another person below deck exp to say that you are not going to do anger, etc crap exp inform the “deck” of a ship is the area outside something a limey n inform this word is used to refer negatively to with a floor where you can walk. “Below” a boycott n an informal way of referring things in general deck is the area under the “deck” an organised protest against a country or disrespectfully to an English person to kneel before someone exp a cargo n organisation. During the boycott, people to yap on about something exp literally, to go down on your knees (the goods that are sent by ship don’t buy services or produce from that to talk endlessly about something joint in the middle of your leg) as a way iced tea n country or organisation to strike vb of showing respect to someone Americans drink iced-tea, which is cold to yell vb to hit stuck-up adj tea served with ice to shout to powder vb someone who is “stuck-up” acts in an tax n to get through phr vb to put “powder” (a fine, white dust) on arrogant and superior way money you pay the government to finance to enter something services such as education, policing, etc to starve a place a wig n bankrupt adj into submission exp a piece of false hair if a business is “bankrupt”, it has no to force a town to stop resisting by tights n money stopping all supplies of food from entering clothing that is worn over your legs. to gain a monopoly exp For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 37
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BOSTON, BEANTOWN AUDIO A look at some cool places from around the world Amazing World BOSTON,BEANTOWN Boston is unique in many ways. For a start it’s one of the few cities in the States where you can walk around the center (in most other places you need a car). Boston also has a lot of history and interesting architecture, and a great nightlife. Amy is here to tell us more. by Amy Napier (American English spelling) Freedom Massachusetts is famous for being the first state to declare slavery illegal in 1783. There’s another trail around the city, this time with The best way to get to know Boston is to follow the Freedom Trail. sites connected to slavery. Many slaves escaped from the southern This is a special route that goes around the city. There is a line states of the US and came to live in Boston. The trail starts in of red bricks on the sidewalk that marks the route. It begins on Joy Street at the Abiel Smith School, which has the Museum of Boston Common, the city’s main park, at the Visitor Information Afro-American History. The trail also includes the Lewis & Harriet Center, but you can start anywhere you like. Hayden House, which was a stop on the famous “Underground Railway”. This was the route that escaped slaves took in order to Ships, Slaves & Hills get to the north. Slaves often hid in this house to escape from the bounty hunters. Another interesting place to visit is Quincy Market. There are lots of shops and restaurants here. In the harbor at Charlestown Navy The Waterfront Yard you can see the USS Constitution, which is an old warship that is still active. It was launched in Boston in 1797, and every Another great area to visit in Boston is the waterfront. This is a July 4th it sails out, fires a canon then sails back to port. nice area to sit and relax. You can also go on the Boston harbour cruise from Long Wharf, or visit the New England Aquarium, which has sharks, giant turtles and lots of other tropical marine life. Further along, you can see the Boston Tea Party ship. There’s a museum right next to it explaining what happened during the “Tea Party” when the Bostonians attacked the British ships (for more information see our article on page 50). Fun One of the best times to visit Boston is when there’s a big sporting event going on. When the Red Sox (a baseball team) play the New York Yankees, their biggest rivals, the whole city goes wild. Everyone wears their “Yankees Suck” shirts. Last Year there was even a parade around the stadium with people in their underwear carrying anti-Yankee flags. 40 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
And during the Boston Marathon, college students hand out beers built in 1712, and it was here that they read the Declaration BOSTON, BEANTOWN to the runners who are in last place. Some marathon runners wear of Independence from the balcony on 18th July 1776. Shortly funny clothes such as Greek Togas or Uncle Sam costumes. afterwards, the British left, and American became a republic. Incidentally, exactly 200 years later, Queen Elizabeth II of England Unusual Signs appeared on that very same balcony, although this time they treated the British monarch as a friend. One of the most unusual sights in Boston is the “Citgo” sign. Outside there’s the site of the Boston Massacre, where on 5th March This is a large board with the words Citgo on it. It was built in 1770, British soldiers fired on a crowd. Apparently the Bostonians 1940 and it’s one of the largest signs in New England, measuring were throwing snowballs (admittedly filled with stones) at the 20 meters by 20 meters. The computer controlled neon sign has soldiers. Five people from Boston were killed. Inside the building survived five hurricanes, and one attempt by the Citgo company there’s a museum of Boston history. to dismantle it in 1983. It can be seen on TV when a baseball player hits a home run at Fenway Park (a baseball stadium). Patriots & Monarchists And it’s really useful too: whenever a tourist asks a Bostonian for directions to Kenmore Square or Fenway Park, the easiest answer The Paul Revere House is Boston’s last surviving seventeenth- is, “Follow the Citgo sign”. century house. Paul Revere was a Patriot and father of sixteen children. He went on the famous ride in 1775 to warn the Patriots of a British attack at the start of the American Revolution. Finally, there’s the Bunker Hill Monument. This was the site of a battle between the Patriots and the British in June 1775. The British won the battle, but they knew from then on that they couldn’t hope to win the war. There’s a small museum which has exhibits and information on the battle. So, now you know what to do in Boston. Food & Going Out GLOSSARY to suck vb inform US if you say that something “sucks”, you Boston’s got some great places for eating or dancing. We a trail n think that thing is very bad recommend a nice breakfast in the cafés of Beacon Hill, lunch in a route you can walk on. This particular underwear n the food plazas of Quincy Market and dinner in one of the seafood one goes through the city clothing you wear under your trousers/ restaurants overlooking the harbor. Some great bars and places a brick n skirt, etc to go out at night are Avalon, the Black Rose and the Bull & a red stone object that is rectangular in to hand out phr vb Finch Pub - the original setting for the TV show, Cheers. For some shape. It is used to build houses to give great seafood, you should try Legal Sea Foods which is a chain of a sidewalk n US to dismantle vb seafood restaurants that are well worth a visit. the side of the road where people walk. if you “dismantle” something, you separa- Other good places to visit are Harvard University, Salem (just 30 “Pavement” in British English te it into different parts minutes outside Boston, and the place where the famous witch to sail out phr vb to hit a home run exp trials took place), George’s Island (which is a great place for if a ship “sails out”, it leaves a port; and in baseball this means to hit the ball very picnics, plus there are some revolutionary forts there), and the if it “sails back”, it returns far so you get a run, which is equivalent North End (which is the Italian quarter, and which is where you slavery n to points. Well, it’s a lot more complicated can see Mafiosi sitting on terrace bars drinking coffee). the system which permits people to than that, but we’ll tell you more about possess other people baseball in a later issue History a bounty hunter n a Patriot n US a person who is paid to catch criminals/ a person who was fighting against the If you’re interested in history, there are lots of interesting places slaves, etc British monarchy in the 18th century to see in Boston. For a start, there’s the Old South Meeting House, the waterfront n a snowball n which was where Samuel Adams addressed the Patriots about to a street or area of land that is next to a a ball made of snow that people throw for carry out the Boston Tea Party in December 1773 (see our article river or the sea sport in What a Weird World for more information on that). a cruise n a ride n The Old State House is another interesting building. It was a journey in a ship a journey on a horse the Boston Tea Party n to warn vb an attack on some British ships (see our to tell someone about a danger article in What a Weird World) to go wild exp to become crazy; to do insane things For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 41
HARLEY-DAVIDSON HARLEY-DAVIDSON THEAMERICANDREAM You’ve probably heard of the motorbike Harley-Davidson. The bike has appeared in lots of films, including Terminator III, Easy Rider, The Wild One and Tomb Raider. And there are Harley clubs all over the world. For many people the Harley-Davidson symbolizes the free- spirited rebel who lives life on the open road. But what is the truth? And who rides these bikes? By Laura Warrell (American English spelling) Easy Riders motorcycle manufacturer in the world, and ARTHUR their bikes were the favorites of American DAVIDSON When most people think of Harley-Davidson riders, they imagine a big guy with long hair, a beard and a leather jacket and pants. police officers and soldiers. Since then, However, the truth is that Harleys are so ridiculously expensive that only rich playboys or elderly executives can afford them. In fact, they’ve dominated the world of custom the bike company recently did a survey and found that the average rider was a 50-year-old professional earning more than $100,000 a motorcycles, particularly through the year. Of course, there are some riders who fit the traditional image, but they are definitely in the minority. So when did it all start? network of clubs. However, they aren’t necessarily the best bikes in the world in terms of technology, and Japanese bikes are way ahead now. This probably explains why most Harley riders spend so much of their time tinkering with The Birth Of A Bike the machines on a Sunday afternoon. The first Harley-Davidsons appeared at the turn of the century. Four young American friends were experimenting with engines in Big Clubs a wooden shed. They managed to burn the shed, but they also The Harley Owners Group (H.O.G.) started in 1983, and now it has more than 500,000 members. They are united by a common managed to build a motorcycle that ran over 100,000 miles. In passion: to make the Harley-Davidson dream a way of life, to admire one another’s machines and to get drunk on cheap beer. WILLIAMS.HARLEY 1903, William S. Harley and H.O.G. plans events, traveling museums and riders’ courses for Arthur Davidson sold the beginners or pros. They like to think of themselves, “from the top corporate officer to the newest Harley owner and rider”, as one big first line of Harley-Davidson happy family. Every year, club members meet for “Bike Week”. One of the biggest motorcycles. Six years Bike Weeks takes place in Laconia, New Hampshire. During this afterwards, they introduced the V-twin engine. Eleven years later, Harley- Davidson was the largest 42 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact [email protected]
photos of Hollywood legends Rita Hayworth and Clark Gable (on HARLEY-DAVIDSON Harleys). The menu includes lots of beer and typical American food, like potato skins stuffed with melted cheese, sour cream and chilli. Drinks have names like the Flat Trucker, Spark Plug, and of course, the V-Twin. In many ways, the Harley is a typical example of the power of marketing. And of course, not everybody likes it. “When I saw all that crap on the wall, I just wanted to trash the place,” said veteran Harley rider, Billy Bog. week, riders participate in activities like “the Hill Climb,” where GLOSSARY they try to ride their bikes up steep hills, the “Ride to the Sky,” where they ride to the top of the region’s highest mountain, or leather n a steep hill n “Flat Track Races,” where they… race. A proposal to include a skin from animals such as cows that is a small mountain that increases in height “Jane Austen Discussion Hour” was rejected the previous year. used to make clothing very quickly One of the most popular activities during Bike Week is to whistle pants n US to whistle vb at every woman who passes by. These days there are female bike clothing you wear to cover your legs to produce a high note by blowing air out riders too. They often look like their male counterparts (trousers in British English) of your mouth to afford vb hardcore adj The Future to have enough money to buy something dedicated and enthusiastic a survey n trendy adj Hardcore Harley riders fear that the brand is getting too trendy. questions asked in order to receive fashionable And all the marketing is driving them mad. These days, anyone information about a product, etc to drive someone mad exp can buy Harley shirts, jackets, guitars, lighters and hats online a shed n to make someone really angry or in stores. There’s even a Harley-Davidson Eau de Toilette spray, a wooden house with just one room that a lighter vb and Harley-Davidson cafés in Las Vegas and New York. The Harley is in the garden and that is used for a small object that makes fire for lighting restaurant has bike memorabilia all over the walls, including keeping plants, tools, etc cigarettes a line n potato skin n a type of specific product that a company the outside part of a potato makes and sells stuffed adj way ahead exp filled with superior crap n inform to tinker with phr vb this word is used to refer to something to make small changes to something in an you consider to be bad and of poor quality attempt to improve it to trash a place exp a hog n to completely destroy a building or other literally, a large pig place BusinessEnglish Learn over 500 useful business words and expressions! Over 30 articles on up-to-date business topics! Over 100 useful business idioms & phrasal verbs! Tap here to buy! Business videos and audio files to improve your listening skills! For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 43
HARLEY BIKERS HARLEY BIKERS LEARNHOWTOBECOMEAHARLEY-DAVIDSONBIKER Would you like to become a Harley-Davidson biker? It’s not enough to just buy the bike, you need to know how to act, dress and sing. The following information will help you become a true biker. Harley Films The first thing you should do is rent two videos: The Wild One, and Easy Rider. These two films are all about Harley bikers, and they should give you a good introduction to the subject. Let’s look at each of them. The Wild One Biker Image Before Marlon Brando became an over-paid actor in films such as OK, so now you know something about Harley biker attitudes, The Godfather, he had the leading part in the 1953 film The Wild you’re going to need to get some clothes and accessories. Some One. In the film, Brando leads a gang of 40 motorcyclists (called of the most important things include a long beard, very long hair, the Black Rebels) into a small town in the US. Brando himself rides a leather jacket, and a tattoo of a demon, skull or snake. You are a Harley and plays a tough guy with a soft heart. The pretty girl also going to need an ex-German army helmet, an American flag he’s trying to score with asks Brando’s character, “What’re you and a large industrial chain to wrap around your neck. You are rebelling against, Johnny?” And Brando answers, “Whaddya got?” also going to have to learn to ride a bike with one hand on the Very cool! handlebars and the other on a can of beer; and to learn the lyrics The Wild One was a smash, and it came at a time when youth to the song “Born to be Wild” by the group Steppenwolf. Here they rebellion was fashionable, with other films such as James Dean’s are so you can practice singing them in the shower. Good luck! Rebel Without a Cause. As you’ll see, in those days being in a biker gang was all about smoking cigarettes, riding Harleys and having GLOSSARY knife fights. Of course these days it’s all changed and the knives have been replaced by AK-47s. to lead vb this means: “this is a hell of a good to control and direct country”. We use “hell of” as a way of The Easy Rider a gang n emphasising what we are saying a group of people, usually young people, a skull n The classic road movie Easy Rider hit theaters in 1969. This was who cause trouble the bone inside your head a time when the idealism of the 1950s had turned to cynicism as a tough guy n a motor n inform Americans lived through Vietnam and the Civil Rights Movement. a hard, cold man a motorbike The tagline to the film was, “A man went looking for America and to score with someone exp if you “score to head out phr vb couldn’t find it anywhere!” with someone”, you start a relationship to go to In the film, two long-haired bikers, one of whom is actor Peter with that person gonna abbr Fonda, go on a trip on Harleys from Los Angeles to New Orleans whaddya got? abbr going to and meet several strange characters on the way. this means: “what have you got?” a love embrace n One character says, “This used to be a helluva good country. a smash n if you give someone a “love embrace”, I can’t understand what’s gone wrong with it.” a very successful film you hold them tightly and emotionally. In Easy Rider, Harley-Davidson meant ultimate freedom without to hit vb Another more common word is “hug” responsibilities. It also symbolized 60s drug culture, anti- if a film “hits” theatres and cinemas, it is lightning n establishment sentiment and, in some ways, apathy. You can learn shown there and you can go and see it a bright flash in the sky during a storm a lot from it. the tagline n (violent weather) the text that describes the film in just one thunder n sentence or phrase a loud bang in the sky during a storm a helluva good country exp inform 44 / 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 She only has one A friend is about to do opportunity to succeed She’s only got one chance this; she’s only got one a really important exam, She’s only got one shot at throw of the dice which could decide her He never knows what future. If she fails the he’s doing or when he’s He is really absent-minded He’s got his head in the exam, she cannot repeat it: supposed to be doing it clouds; he’s really dopey; That’s a great stereo he doesn’t know if he’s You are commenting on a I really like your portable system coming or going friend who always forgets music system things: That’s a cool ghetto Please say positive blaster; cool sounds, man You are admiring a things about me friend’s new stereo Speak highly of me Talk me up recorder: She consumed that food at a very fast rate She ate that really fast She wolfed that down; A friend is going to meet she scoffed the lot; she the president. You ask pigged it down; it didn’t your friend to say good touch the sides things about you: A friend ate some food very quickly: A friend’s marriage is Their marriage is going Their marriage is not Their marriage is on the about to collapse: through a number of looking good rocks; their marriage is difficulties looking a bit shaky You had an informal We conversed on an We had a chat We had a good old chin conversation with a informal basis wag; we were shooting friend: the breeze; we were having a natter GLOSSARY Please note that the words in this glossary box are literal translations of parts of idiomatic expressions. to fail vb a poor, isolated area of a city usually with one ethnic or to wag vb the opposite of “to pass”; not to succeed; to do something badly religious group living there when a dog is happy, it “wags” its tail from side to side dopey adj blaster n to shoot vb sleepy, tired and also stupid. In English the word “dope” a “blast” is a big, loud explosion to fire a gun so a bullet comes out refers to the drug marijuana a chin n a breeze n a ghetto n the part of your face under your mouth a light, soft wind For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 45
IN THE NEWS AUDIO In The News... What Idiots! Just recently, 28-year-old Jane Symonds was working in a late night store when two criminals walked in. “I was just finishing my shift when this guy came up to the counter with six cans of beer in his hand. He looked underage to me, so I asked to see his ID. Then, as he was taking out his wallet I noticed that he had a gun. Without thinking I just grabbed the pistol; and almost immediately, the two men ran out of the store, taking the beer with them. Incredibly, half-an-hour later one of them telephoned the store and asked if he could come back for his gun. I said ‘sure, come right now’. Of course, I immediately phoned the police, who arrested the two guys. They must be the dumbest robbers I’ve ever met in my life” Man beats horse, at last GLOSSARY Every year one of the top sporting events in Wales a late night store n US takes place: the man-versus-horse race. And for the a shop that is open either until late, first time in 25 years a man has won (hooray for or all night man!). The race covers a 22-mile course through the a shift n hills and mountains of the Welsh countryside. For this a period of time in which you work. year’s race there were 40 horses and riders against You can say morning shift, evening nearly 500 people. Runner Hugh Lobb completed the shift, etc course in just two hours, five minutes and nineteen to come up to exp seconds. The 27-year-old was presented with 25,000 to go close to pounds prize money (approximately 37,000 euros). the counter n The first horse to come in got nothing. the table in a shop where you pay for the goods that you buy Unfortunate accidents underage adj less than the legal age for buying Getting angry can be dangerous, as 27-year-old Gordon Rage recently found out. Rage was driving alcohol, etc along the freeway when he was hit by another car. He was so upset that he got out and kicked ID abbr the offending vehicle. However, he kicked it so hard that he broke his leg. identification. A card that says who In a similar incident, 42-year-old Tony Lines was taken to hospital after a violent argument you are, etc with his neighbour. Lines was in his apartment trying to get some sleep but found it impossible a wallet n because of the loud music coming from downstairs. He banged on the floor to get his neighbour a small object you carry in your pocket to turn it down but was unsuccessful. Then, in a fit of rage, Lines leapt off his bed with the that has your money, credit cards, intention of making a loud banging noise on the floor. Unfortunately, he jumped so high, and etc in it landed so hard, that he broke both his legs. He was taken to hospital shortly afterwards. to grab vb to take with force 46 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great private language classes, e-mail [email protected] sure exp of course; yes, of course dumb adj (superlative: dumbest) stupid hooray excl an exclamation of happiness a freeway n US a large road with many lanes for traffic (a “motorway” in British English) upset adj angry and sad to turn down phr vb to decrease the volume a fit of rage exp if you do something in a “fit of rage”, you do something while you are very angry to leap off phr vb to jump off to land vb to hit a surface
PHRASALVERBSGET PHRASALVERBS The verb “to get” has many different uses. Generally, we use this verb to refer to receiving something or obtaining things. For example: “He got good marks in his exams.” Now let’s see some phrasal verbs with the verb “to get”. To get away = to escape, to leave a place Yes, yes. Mmm... very interest- ing. Yes, we know your home is on fire. Yes. Well, I’m sorry but we’re extremely busy right now. Don’t worry, we’ll get back to you just as soon as we can. Now that the police To get back to are hot on our trail, someone = to phone I think we should get someone later away from here for a few days. To get back into an activity = to start being involved in an activity again after a period of rest; to return to work To get away with something = to do something bad and and routine after a period of rest not get punished for it Three robberies and four million That six-week holiday on the beach really dollars - I can’t believe we got away affected Jane, and now she’s having with it. problems getting back into this job. To get (an idea) across = to successfully communicate an idea I can’t believe it! I only To get behind = to went away for three days, accumulate a lot of and look how much I’ve work; not to make got behind! progress because you have too much I had a word with the work to do other wild animals, and I got it across to them that we are the bosses here. For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 47
DR FINGERS’VOCABULARY CLINIC DRFINGERS’VOCABULARYCLINIC USEFULEXPRESSIONS Fans of the good doctor will be pleased to know that he has decided it’s time to expand your vocabulary. So, here is the first of a new series of expressions for you to learn. The expressions have all been illustrated by Dr Fingers to help you make an association between the image and the meaning of the expression. This should help you remember the expressions. The answers are on page 50. Exercise To work yourself into a state of Now look at the sentences below. See if you can choose the correct anxiety: option (a, b, c or d). To become very nervous and anxious about 1. I hated the film Moulin Rouge so much I left halfway _______ . something. a) Across b) Down To make full use of something: c) Through (100%) d) Along 2. From the west coast of England you can sometimes see Ireland on To take full advantage of something, and to the _____________. use that thing 100%. a) Distance b) Background To know your limits: c) Outskirts d) Horizon To understand yourself and to know what your 3. Sometimes Venus can be seen inching its __________ across the sky. reaction is going to be in a difficult situation. a) Path b) Way To never bother to do something: c) Course d) Route To never do something because you are too 4. With water in its engine, a car can __________ to a sudden halt. lazy or tired, and you don’t want to do that a) Come thing. b) Fall c) Pull In the interests of safety: d) Go 5. Unfortunately, Edwina and John never _____________ to keep in touch. If you do something “in the interests of a) Minded safety”, you do that thing whilst thinking b) Concerned about the possible dangers involved, and how c) Worried to avoid them. d) Bothered 6. You shouldn’t work yourself into a ________ of anxiety before exams. To leave halfway through a film: Who cares if you fail? a) State To leave a cinema before the end of a film - b) Condition usually because you don’t like the film. c) Feeling d) Case 7. When you are in a dangerous situation, you have to know your ___________. To inch your way across a surface: a) Limits To move over a surface very, very slowly - just b) Ends like a snail. c) Frontiers d) Borders On the horizon: 8. In order to ___________ full use of your English, it’s best to work in a multinational environment. If you can see a ship “on the horizon”, you a) Be can see it on the line that exists where the b) Have sky and the sea join together. c) Make d) Get To come to a sudden halt: 9. You need fire extinguishers in the _________ of safety. a) Interests To suddenly stop. b) Needs c) Purposes d) Regards 48 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Contact us for fantastic online classes for your company, wherever you are: [email protected]
Authentic conversations by native American speakers US BAR CHAT AUDIO US bar chat East Coast - West Coast Sally: But there’s also a lot more culture in the east coast. There’s... You have museums, you have monuments, you have This month we are going to listen to two young Americans, Sally and Broadway. Valerie, who are talking about the differences between the east coast of the United States and the west coast. Listen to the conversation Valerie: Yeah, they’d like to say that the history of the country is all and answer these questions: in the east coast. But, you know, we have history too, the west coasters. Exercise Sally: Yeah, but not as much as east coasters. 1. What do they say about the east coast and the people there? Valerie: Well, basically, I think probably the west coasters make the 2. What do they say about the west coast and the people there? east coasters live better. Sally: I could never live in the east coast. People there are so GLOSSARY to take things as they come exp fast-paced. to be very calm about things and to accept fast-paced adj things calmly Valerie: Yeah, I know. The west coast people are chilled, calm, tense and stressed laid-back adj easy-going. chilled adj relaxed and calm relaxed snobby adj Sally: Yeah, and, erm, people from the east coast are like easy-going adj with the idea that you are superior to workaholics. And all they do is, like, work everyday. relaxed and calm everyone else like exp hurried adj Valerie: Yeah, I think the west coasters kind of have a slower pace people use this word to fill space in a con- nervous, stressed and quick of life. They take things as they come. It’s a lot more versation - it doesn’t really mean anything laid-back. workaholics n people who are obsessed with work Sally: Yeah, and people in the, in the east coast are, all they’re a slower pace of life exp worried about is wealth, prestige, how they look. a slower rhythm of life Valerie: Yeah, it’s all a bit superficial, wouldn’t you say? Sally: Yes, I think so. I mean, people can be snobby, an think they’re better than everybody, and then they come to the west coast and think it’s the same down there. Valerie: The west coast has so much, so much of a slower pace of life, and not so hurried like in the east coast, wouldn’t you agree? Sally: Yeah, I agree. Valerie: And then, then, I mean in the west coast we have, the restaurants are by the sea. There’s beaches, Hollywood. What more can you ask for? For fantastic Video-Phone classes, e-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 49
Answers & scripts Hot Staff ANSWERS TOP 10 ATTRACTIONS IN LONDON! 9. We have kept it = we have CROSSWORD Directors 1a 2b 3b 4a 5a 6b kep tit. Language BUSINESS DIALOGUES Managing Director 1. cathedral; 10. They have lent us some = 1. The main problem is that Thorley Russell (00 34 91 543 3573) 2. fountain; they have len tus some. [email protected] 3. double decker bus; things aren’t on schedule. 4. pub; VOCABULARY 2. John says that it’s a big job and Editorial Director 5. bridge; 1 1j 2d 3f 4a 5h 6b 7g 8e 9i 10c Andy Coney (00 34 91 543 3573) 6. palace; there aren’t enough people [email protected] 7. Ferris wheel 3 1. is; 2. has got; 3. is; 4. has working on it. got; 5. isn’t; 6. is ANIMAL MATCHING Finance Video script 1E 2K 3F 4A 5I 6J 7G 8D 9H Hey, this is your host, Naomi. I’d like 4 Listening 10C 11L 12B Financial Director to show you the top 10 attractions of 1. Name and surname TYPICAL DIALOGUES Leigh Dante (00 34 91 549 8523) London. 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