LA KEVISIA PARA APREINVER INGLES EDWARD HUGH AUN i AWOMEN'S GAME PIANOS IN THE STREET CANADA BY TRAIN Improve Your EnglishEASY ENGLISH // PROFILE @ ON CD 1 [BYROGER THOMPSON SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANDOSTANOARD AMERICAN ACCENT (NNGUAGE LEVEL: Aa PRE-NTERMEDIATE SNAPCHAT | SPEED SHARING Snapchat es uno de los ultimo: fotos y videos en la red. Su peculiaridat s inventos para compartir las imagenes son visibles durante diez segundos, luego desaparecen. he latest" social network phenomenon is called Snapchat. The name ‘Snapchat’ is a combi- nation of two words ‘snap®, which is a term for a pho- tograph, and ‘chat’, which means to talk. With Snapchat you send photos and videos, and you talk to your friends. THE BIG DIFFERENCE Sending photos and videos to your friends is not a very original idea. You can already do that on Face- book, but Snapchat is different. On Snapchat your friends can only see the photo for 10 seconds. After importante se lama ‘the major mientras quelasotrasson “minors lyamenudo i> Cy that it is automatically cancelled. ‘Why? One of the big problems with social networks is privacy. If you put a photograph on Facebook it can be accessed by anyone. It is effectively public property. Stran- gers? will see it. With Snapchat, in theory, that isn’t a problem. Some Snapchat users send obscene pliv- tos and videos. SILICON VALLEY Like most social networks, Snap- chat was born in Silicon Valley in Northem California. Two years ago Evan Spiegel and Bobby Murphy were students at Stanford Univer- sity. Spiegel was a major* in prod- por ejemplo, solo estudia rmaterias cientiicas relacionadas con la carrera de Quimica, noestan relacionados Spiegel was amajor in product design — Laespecialidad de Spiegel era el Disefio deProducto. En lasuniversidades americanas los estudiantes escogen diferentes materias deestudio: amas con a materia Evizte también. tomejor.Se pu inchemistry. She'sa chemistry major bien She's majoring Universidades briténicas noexisteel concepto dde major porque un estudiantede quimica, principall fel verhn rede decir Degree course - Licenciatura Fn inglés briténicola palabra degree significa licenciatura pero para decir licenciarse’ se emplea el verbo tograduate,yet sustantivo graduate significa ticenciedo’ nas. at pers uct design and he and his friend developed the idea for their degree course’. When Spiegel presented it im his class the other students thought it was ridiculous! “Who wants to send a photo that will dis- appear in 10 seconds?” they asked, DAD In the United States, students leave home in order to go to college. Spiegel came from Los Angeles in Southem Califomia. After he gradu- ated from Stanford, he went back home and set up* Snapchat in the sitting room’ of his father’s house. ‘This is still the company's headquar- ters*today. Snapchat is very popu- lar with young users. In January an 18-year-old girl called Becky told the British newspaper The Financial Times. "We use Snapchat as a reli- gion, We are obsessed with it!"EXERCISES Came teats 1. Put the foiowingtopcsinto the order in wiich they appear in the report. al Abome ofcs | Shapchatis different €] Obsessed with Snapchat 4] project for a course ¢] cancelled photo £1 The problem of privacy 2. choose the word or phrase from the lst that bestfits the gap. snap strangers headquarters sitting room disappear obscene setup property al My friends andi lke to ‘Photos of each other in funny situations. I The company isin California, )They__asmall shop inthe centre oftown, dl Snapchat claims to protect privacy because __cant see your photos. cl The founder's father's isstil the company base ‘Your phate will actualy. after ten seconds. 49] Some people even put up photos. n} Photos that are put on Facebook are actually public. Answers Lbtedac 2.al snap, b headquarters, c) set up, 4) strangers] siting room csappear g) obscene propenly ORE XERESES ONC fos ve LaEST:eLtimo 2SNAM sates toga STRANGER exran, cesconecéo ‘aso: carrera, especiales IrerSpeak Up Explain) DEGREE COURSE: Vcencatura her Speak Up Epis] Sroserur moran undar 2 str room si HEADQUARTERS: ceeEASY ENGLISH // PLACES © ON CD2 1 JONATHAN CAMERON SPCAAES DEREK ALLEN MARK WORDEN ST:NDARO UR TISH ACCENTS LANGUAGELEVEL: A2 PR SPEAKERS’ CORNER SOMETHING TO SAY Speakers’ Corner es un punto famoso de Hyde Park. Un lugar donde uno puede expresarse libremente 0 escuchar discursos politicos, filosdficos 0 religiosos. fyou are in London on a Sun- day and want to enjoy some free English conversation, then there's a areat place to go, It's called Speakers’ Comer and here everyone will be happy totalk toyou! AN INSTITUTION Speakers’ Comer is on the north- east comer of Hyde Park. Here, in theory, any person can express an Speak Up Whose family ~ Cuya familia Whosees un pronombre relativo que se puede usar en una serie de contextos: whose brother {cuyo hermanol, whose sister(cuya hermana Whose parents (cuyos padres), whose problem [Edy problmal et. a pronunciacién esigualata de who's lla abreviatura de who is, quién es). Se emplea también en el interrogativo: Whose iPadis that? (iDe quiénes este iPad”). opinion without risk of prosecu- tion’, This right? was established in 1872, Hyde Park was a popular meeting point for radical political movements in the Victorian era. In 1866 the police blocked entry to the park and there was a riot®. The law* of 1872 was the result of this, AN EXECUTION ‘The best underground station’ for Hyde Park Comer is Marble Arch. ‘This is at the end of Oxford Street. In medieval times Oxford Street was called Tyburn Road and the ‘Ty- bum Tree’ (which is where Marble Arch now stands) was a gallows Big crowds" watched the executions and the victims could speak to the public before they died. This was part ofthe free speech" tradition. GREAT NAMES In more modern times many fa- mous people have spoken at Speakers’ Comer: Karl Marx, Lenin, George Onwell and the Jamaican activist Marcus Garvey. Today things are changing. David, an Englishman who goes to Speakers’ or Diane doesnt econ cas erect eee ee ‘Comer on Sundays, says: “30 years ago there were interesting politi- al discussions: today most of the speakers are religious.” Some are Muslim*, some are Jewish, but most are Christian fundamental- ists. Often the speakers argue" with each other. ECCENTRICITY Some speakers are very eccentric, like the young black Englishman in a Nazi uniform, and Diane, an old white lady who argues with everyone, She argued with David and Ilias, @ teenager from Belgium who spoke perfect English. Ilias,whose“ tamily is trom Morocco, came to Speakers’ Corner to talk about North Korean politics. He said: “Icame here for an intelligent discussion, but some of the speak- ers are really strange!" 11 PROSECUTION: acusacidn sical estacién de metro GALLOWS: patibulo ‘7BIG CROWD: gran multitud BFREESPEECH: libre oxpresién ‘MUSLIMS musuiman JEWISH: jucio ‘AW TOARGUE:discutir “TAWHOSE:cuyo ver Speak Up Explains] qa) Etsy 1 Decide whether the following statements are true or fase. a] Speakers’ Corner isan organised croup discussion in Hyde Park. (TRUEJFALSE} ») twas religious meeting pont inthe Victorian era ITRUEVFALSE) } The nearest underground station is Marble Arch ITRUE/FALSE) 4) People were executed therein medieval times. ITRUEPALSE) el The condemned were unable to speak before they were executed. TRUE/FALSEI 4 Famous people, including Kart Marx and Benite Mussolini have spoken there. URUE/HALSE) 49) Nowadays, its a place for serious politcal discussion. _‘ITRUE/FALSE) 1H]Some of the speakers can be considered eccentric. ITRUEVFALSE) 2. Match the word to its syronym or definition. alright 1. large group of people Biriot 2 ancient religion whose scrptureisthe Torah clerowd— S.ayustelaimto something speech 4, engage inverbalconfct elargue 5. uncontrolled public disorder {discussion 6. the production of spoken words g)Muslim 7, conversation that centres onatope. hlJewish _8.religion based on the teachings ofthe Koran wiles 3. Unscramble the eters to create words used inthe story Thefirstletter ofthe words given tohelp you altimos a Dlipiocta cltresasn dlesarngte ellepac fleapresk a]slangol Bhseow coho mo Answers 1. alFalse, bl False, cl True, d) True, e False, False, g) False, hl Tue 2, }3,015,c) 1,46, 14,17, 918,h12 3 alvin, b) politcal, c strange, d teenager, €l place, f speaker. gallons, hl whoseEASY ENGLISH // THIS MONTH 2 JOHN LANGUAGE LEVEL: A2 PRE- RMI FOOD FROM SCOTLAND SIMPLY DELICIOUS {Conoce la cocina escocesa? Septiembre es un buen mes para saborear sus deliciosas especialidades. Es la época de los festivales gastrondmicos. Todo un placer. hat is Scottish food like"? Do you know any Scot- tish specialities? ‘This month is the perfect time to discover the reality during the annual Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight?. The festival takes place from September 17th to 22nd. There will be more than 200 events* allover Scotland. NATURAL BEAUTY ‘The Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight isa celebration of the country’s fan- tastic produce‘. Scotland is famous tor its beautiful, natural landscapes. It'salso famous for clean air and pure ‘water. Scottish farms invite visitors to sample* their products. There will be food festivals and farmers’ mar- ‘kets, Restaurants and shops will offer tasting* events and special menus. Scotland is also famous for... Thisis the Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight! What do the Scots drink? Well, Scottish farmers produce a billion Litres of milk every year. And Scotland is famous for the quality ofits water. But itis famous for another drink, isn’tit? The Scots callit Visge-Beatha, or ‘Water of Life’. We cal itwhisky. Incredibly, 36 bottles of Scotch whisky*are exported every sevunu. The festival fers whisky tours and tasting events, If you g Find out more about Scottish Food & Drink Fortnight at the official website: warn. scottishfoodanddrinkfortnight.co.uk or email the organisers here: fortnight@scotlandfoodanddrink.org FOOD, GLORIOUS FOOD What are Scotland's specialities? ‘The Scottish like a bow!’ of hot soup! Pethaps that is the result of theircli mate. There is Cock-a-leekie®, This is a chicken and leek’ soup. Curi- ously, they serve it with prunes" Then there is Scotch broth", or Hotchpotch". This soup is tradition: ally made with boiled mutton" and vegetables, such as cabbage" and turnips"’. There are bannocks", or catcakes”. These are biscuits made from barley" or oats. And then there are the delicious scones", which are also popular in England. You can eat them with cream and jam, while you drink your tea. And Scot- tish shortbread” biscuits are world- famous, but be careful: they contain large amounts of butter!J Cock-a-Leekie soup -Sopa tradicional escocesa hecha con puerros. patatas lalaunas Fecetas mencionan arroz), caldo de pollo, mantequilla y ciruelas pasas. Es una sopa tipica de invierno. Eluso det puerto lleekly del caldo de pollo [cack) eso que da el nombre ala sopa. Scotch whisky ~{Whishyo whiskey? ['wsk/.Las dos palabras son correctas. Elorigen de estos vocablos hay que buscarto en el término gaélico irlandés uisce oen el gaélico escocés tuisge que significan ‘agua’ La ortografia diferente nos ayudaa saber de dénde proviene el producto. Whisky, en plural whiskies, se emplea por lo general para indicar aquellos whiskies destilados en Escocia o en Canada, Whiskey, en plural whiskeys, ] son os destiladosen Irianda y FJ enEstados Unidos. El término ‘Scotch whishysolo puede ‘emplearse para aquellos que ‘son producidos en Escocia. FANTASTIC FISH Arbroath Smokies are a type of smoked" haddock”, Of course, Scotland is famous around the world tor its tish, especially salm- on from the rivers Tay and Tweed. There are also fish farms on the west coast, but the quality is not the same. The Highlands offer A6BANNOCK: pan casero venison® and game birds*, such a8 4 wwarisscorTisH FOOD LIKE”: {ATOATCAKE: gallata de avena grouse and partridgo™. icémoes a comida escocesa? TBBARLEY:cebada 2FORTAIGHT: quincena 19SCONE:bollto EVENT acentecimionta 20SHORTEREAD: galletatrascional LAST BUT NOT LEAST... “PRODUCE: productos alimenticios escocesaderraniogula ‘| ; STOSAMPL. probar 1 EMOKED, shurnsdo We mustn't forget Scotland's most grasting; dequstacion Z2HADDOCK: caletina famous dish, haggis. It consists 7BOWLsboL iin BENSON: carne de vrato ‘8COCK-A-LEEKIE: copa tradicional ZLGAMEBIRD: ave decaza of animal organs, oats, spices, Salt sscoceza ver Speak Up Explains) 25GROUSE: lagdpodo escocés and pepper. These ingredients LEEK: overro 2sPARTAIDGE per ; AOPRUNE: cirvela pase 27HAGGIS: embutido escocés are boiled ina sheep's stomach s1grovH:caldo hecho con asaduras de animat for three hours. Haggis is served — 12HoTCHPOTEH: mezcolenze Inormalmente cordero u ovejal 2 ASMUTTON: carne de cordero 28 MASHED NEEPS: pu de nabos with mashed neeps™ (tumips) andy, cagpact, cot 29SCOTCH WHISKY: whisky escocés mashed potatoes. Enjoy! $B TURNIP:nabo iver Speak Up Explains!EASY ENGLISH // WHERE ARE THEY NOW. DYALASTAIR PEEL LANGUAGE LEVEL: A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE PETER ARNETT ON THE FRONTLINE Peter Arnett fue uno de los grandes reporteros de la CNN. Cubri diversos conflictos bélicos, entre ellos la Guerra del Golfo. Hoy sigue ejerciendo como freelance. he name Peter Arnett doesn’t mean very much today, but 20 years ago he was very tamous. He was a re- porter for CNN in Iraq and people all over the world watched his dra- matic broadcasts" from Baghdad. WAR Peter Amett was already a veteran journalist when the First Gulf War deprimirse}, pero cuando va acompa- jtado de las palabras into trouble significa “meterse en un lio’ He got into trouble - Se metié en los. Aqui encontramos un excelente ejemplo del verbo to get ‘que cambia de significado segin el contexto. A menudo ‘se usa para expresar estados de énimos yssentimientos (to get angry, enojerse: toget depressed, When he himself ‘was interviewed ~ Cuando fue entre- vistado. Aqui se emplea el pasivo que es relativamente simple en inglés. Se forma con al verbo tobe mas el participio pasado (past participle) det verbo en cuestién: began in 1990, Peter Gregg Amett was born on November 13th, 1934 in Riverton, New Zealand. He left school at 18 and didn't go to univer- sity. Instead he became a reporter for a local newspaper and wrote about local sport and politics. He wanted to travel and went to South- East Asia. He joined! the Associat- ed Press and covered the Vietnam War. He won a prestigious Pulitzer Prize in 1966 and was one of the eneste caso, to interview. Asi sabemos que Arnett interviewed Sadam (Arnett entrevisté a Sadam| pero Amett was interviewed {fue entrevistado Obsérvese también elampleo dal pronombre reflexivo {himself para subrayar el hecho de que Arnett después de haber entrevistado a varias personas fue, asu vez, entrevistado. ast westeis joumalisis tw leave Sai- gon when the city finally fell? to the North Vietnamese in 1975. CNN Amett worked as a reporter in Af- ghanistan after the Soviet invasion in 1979. In 1981 he joined a new organisation called Cable News Network, or CNN, It was based in Atlanta, Georgia, a regional city, and its founder wasa local tycoon called Ted Turner. It was the first network to offer viewers 24-hour news. When there wasn't much news this wasn't particularly in- teresting, but when there was a war it had a big advantage over other stations. Thisis exactly what happened in Iraq. In the pre-inter- net era 24-hour news was exciting and Peter Amett was a symbol of that excitement. INTERVIEWS Peter Amett has won 57 awards? during his career but, as a jour- nalist, his biggest prizes have been his scoopst, In 1991 he in. terviewed Saddam Hussein in Iraq and in 1997 he interviewed (Osama Bin Laden in Afghanistan, but he got into trouble’ when he himself was interviewed on Iraqi TV. Amett left CNN in 1998 andjoined NBC. He was critical of US. policy’ in the Second Gulf War, under George Bush, Jr., and when he expressed his doubts in an in. terview on Iraqi TV in 2003, NBC fired" him. Today Amett, who is 78, wuiks ay a hevlanice” journal ist. He is also a visiting professor ofjoumalism in China ‘BROADCAST: transmision 2T0J0IN:ingresar STOFALL: caer ‘&TVCO0N: magnate AWARD: premio &8c00P; privicia problemas Iver Speak Up Explains) SHEHIMSELF:& mismo. Iver Speak Up Explains) 9PoLicr: poitica AOTOFIRE: despedir, echar LFREELANCE:autdnomo Iperiodsta que trabaja por cuenta propia. sin estar en planta) {2 VISITING PROFESSOR: profesor invitado er) EN lel coatsceo eee pen any newspaper to- day and, chances are, one of the headlines' will be about the economic crisis. As politicians desperately try to rectify the situ- ation with haroh? auotority meae ures, many people are wondering when it will end. Economist Ed- ward Hugh believes we will never go back to where we were before Instead, he says, we are in a period of transformation. Speak Up asked him about the crisis and why Spain in particular has been hit? so hard. Can you explain very simply how the current economic crisis started in Spain? Edward Hugh (Standard British accent): People thought that house prices would never come down. So they thought they could keep build- ing houses and the prices could keep going up and everybody could get rich. This was made possible by the fact that Spain joined the euro, as it was set up* at the beginning of the century. And the funding was there to make it possible todo all this building and because of the euro area financing possibilities that ex. {sted. This would not have been pos- sible, this boom, in Spain, ifithadn't been for the creation of the euro. About Edward Hugh Edward Hugh is a British independent macroeconomist, who specialises in growl anu productivity theory, with particular ‘emphasis on the economic impacts of ageing populations and other demographic processes like migration flows, Based in Barcelona, Edward is an active member of the Catalan economics ‘community, and a former member a And how was Spain initially affected? Edward Hugh: In the first place, there was a massive development of house building and property de- velopment, generally, properties on the coast, golf courses, new airports, that were finariced with public money. Spain was simply building too many houses and pric- es became so high that ordinary {1 HEADUNE: ‘ular HARSH: duro, severo A TONIT golpearafectar 4 TOSETUPsintreducir ‘5 FUNDING: financiacién of the board ofthe nationalised bank Catalunya Caixa, Described by The New York Timesas the logge guruofthe Euroerisis,heisa Fegular contributor toa number of widely-read™* weblogs, including A Fisthub® of Euros, Roubini Global Economics Moniter® and Demography Matters He also maintains an active and dynamic Facebook community.young people who wanted to form a family and buy a house couldn't afford‘them. They were staying at home longer and longer before leav- ing and eventually it crashed’, How do you see Spain's current situ- ation compared to the rest of Europe? Edward Hugh: Well, everybody's got a problem. There's nobody here that's living as they used to live, not even Germany. But Spain's got a very special problem, because it hasn't got the tools*, the macro- economic tools to correct the prob Jem, simply because it belongs to the euro, It doesn’t have its own central bank, it doesn’thave its own money, itcan't devalue, so there are a whole set of constraints? on what Spain as a country can do. Whereas, in tha United States, for example, the Federal Reserve does exactly what it wants to do, Spain would very much like the European Central Bank to be able to act like the Federal Reserve, but the Germans don't agree. And this creates quite a lot of tension and a big problem, so that the conse- quence of this is that Spain's got a massive level now of unemploy- ment ~ 26 per cent unemployment rate and still rising — the economy's, entering in 2013 another year of quite a substantial recession and ‘we don't know when it’s going tore- ally start to even grow" in the most minimal of senses, Why is this depression so persistent? Edward Hugh: Well, you see, here ‘we come toanother level ofthe prob- lem. In the developed economies generally, and this involves coun- tries from the United States to Ja- pan, as well as the European Union, the populations are getting older. And they're getting older at really a historically unprecedented rate, Ageing" workforces", the evi- dence tends to show, are less pro- ductive than younger ones. On top of that, as people get older, they have more health problems or they want to retire and they need a pen- sion. And this places special pres: sures on public finances. At the same time, of course, the younger countries, many of these so-called poor countries, are start- ing to get richer. This means they are becoming quite competitive. ‘And China is just the first nudge" to let us know whet's happening that they're getting more competi tive with the increasingly elderly developed economies, which can’t just sit back on their laurels" and assume that things are going to stay the way they were forever. So what's the future for the euro? Edward Hugh: Really, it would have been better that the euro had never been created. But the thing s, it was created. It's like a mar- riage which has had children. You can't go back and pretend the chil- dren don’t exist. The children in the case of the euro are the mutual obligations relating to debt, Some countries lent" money, other coun- tries owe” money and you can't simply cancel this situation We've got a lot of to-ing and fro ing’, a huge tug-of-war”, between Germany in particular and the Southern European countries about how the ‘debt restructuring’ or ‘bankrecapitelisation’ or whatever you ‘wantto callit, is going to take place. Well, s0, hows this going to end? Nobody knows, but it’s very, very likely thet the tensions between the Southern European countries and Germany in particular will grow. And it’s not excluded that one country at some point, be it Greece, be it Portugal, be it Italy, decides to leave, If this happens, this could cause the whole thing to unwind” Do you see any signs of economic recovery? Edward Hugh: Recovery as Eu- rope's political leaders talk about it, I don’t think is coming and I don’t think we're going back to where we were before. Our soci- ety’s got another set of problems today. So I think it's very cruel to hold out to people in Spain the idea that two or three years’ more sacri- fice and then we're back up at 3 or 4% annual growth rates. They're not going to see this again. Andiit's far better for people to learn to live with the life that they have, rather than to dream about a life that they don’t have but would like to have think we need to adapt to the ‘world we have. And I don't think it need be a disaster for us. We could even be happier. Maybe we were liv- ing artificially, consuming far more than we needed. Imean, [remember going into restaurants here in Bar- celona before the thing burst" and being offered a water list to go with the wine list. You know? Ithink can Jearn to live without a water ist. {STOAFFORD: permite ‘TTOCRASH desplomarse 8 TOOL: herramienta CONSTRAINT: restriccién 10 To GROW. crecer AITOAGE:envejacer s2WORKFORCE: poblaci6n activa BNUDGE: codaz0, empujén {4 TOSIT BACK ON THEIRLAURELS: dormirse lit. sentarse] en los laureles 15DEBT: deuda 7 TOOWE:ceber 48 T0-ING ANDFRO-ING: tira yafloja 19 TU6-0F-WAR: lucha 20TOUNWIND: deshacerse 21TOBURST explotar,estalar 22 FLOW:lLjo| 22 BLOGGER: bloguero 24 CONTRIBUTOR: colaborador 25 WIDELY-READ: muy Lido, de ampiadifusién 26 FISTFUL: punato 27 MONITOR: supervisor, vga EXERCISES Eun Westen Choose the best ending foreach sentence, a] Edward Hugh's opinion of our future isthat 1.the economy will never recover. 2. the crisis is over. 4.e will nat go back tothe boom years wwe had 1) The key to Spanish boom was 1. properties financed with public money 2. the introduction of he eur, 3. both the above. cl Spain and Germany disagree on {allowing bailouts for economies in ube 2 sing the European Central Bank asa central bark 3. creating economic constraints. 4 Spain's workforces 1. getting older and less competitive. 2. getting younger and less competitive. 23. both the above «) He recommends we 1. spend more money to stimulate the economy, 2. ry to enjoy the life we have. 5. worry and pay. 2. choose the word from thelist that best its the gap. rectly funding afford boom tools unwind burst artificially 4} Spain doesn't have the economic to pllitelf out ofthe recession 8} The economic situation could if one impoverished member decides to leave the EU, |Germany and Spain ae trying to ‘the problem, but in the wrong way, <4) Many golf courses, houses and resorts ‘were bil with public «} People had better stop doing things that they cannct. to, fi Betorethebubble we were consuming irresponsitly g}Sucha was created by fart poedation i iving iswhat caused these problems Answers 1.a13,b)3.c12,¢) 1.012 2.al tools, b) unwind, l rectify, funding, el afford burst, g} boom, h arttcaly MORE BERCSESON COCINEMA BYALEXPHILUPS LANGUAGE LEVEL: B2UI LEONARDO DICAPRIO POWERFUL PORTRAYALS | Tras su papel en Titanicde James Cameron, DiCaprio no ha dejado de cosechar éxitos, convirtigndose en uno de los mejores y més influyentes actores de Hollywood Django desencadenadoy El gran Gatsbylo avalan hild actor, teenage heart- throb’, and leading man of choice? for the most acclaimed directors in Hollywood, Leonardo DiCaprio has had an impressive ca reer. The phenomenal success of James Cameron's Titanic ensured that the 38-year-old actor enjoys a unusual degree of power in Hol- lywood over which roles he plays. Bom in Los Anceles, DiCaprio is, the son of a German legal secretary and an underground comic book art- ist with Geman, Italian and Russian Django Unchained ‘Quentin Tarantino directs Jamie Foxx, Christoph Waltz, Leonardo DiCaprio, Kerry Washington and Samuel L Jackson in a slick and shocking movie, that will leave no viewer indifferent! Set in the American Southin 1858, Ojango Unchained (2012) tells the story of slave Django who becomes a bounty hunter in exchange for his freedom. His aim is t find and rescue his wife, Broomhilda, held on a plantation by its brutal owner, Calvin Candie. ancestry*, With his cute* face, sandy* hair and Californian tan’, little Di- Capriowasan instanthiton thesmall screen, appearingin TV commercials and playing small roles in soaps? in- cluding the iconic Santa Barbara, FAST TRACK T0 FAME ‘Two films in the early 1990s were to set DiCaprio on the path to inter- national stardom. In 1992 he was chosen by Robert de Niro to plav a teenager with a troubled family life in This Boy's Life. This ed to another challenging role in What's Rating Gilbert Grape, in which he played the mentally-challenged? brother to Johnny Depp's lead. DiCaprio was not ust picked" for his looks". In fact, Swedish filmmaker Lasse Hallstrom was initially reluctant™ to take on” such a handsome lad for the role. Di- Caprio’s dedication won him over"* and Gilbert Grape was hailed" as Cone of the most original films of 1993, DiCaptio's ability to play complex roles led to The Basketball Diaries (1996), a harrowing" drama about a young sporting her who hacames hooked” on drugs, The following year, he was cast in the extraordi- nary Romeo + Juliet, a modemized ion of William Shakespeare's play, directed by the Australian Baz Luhrmann. DiCaprio was to work with Luhrmann again in the recent ‘Tho Great Gatsby (2013). But it wasJames Cameron's visually spectacu- lar and unapologetically" sentimen- tallove story seton the doomed” ship Titanic that made DiCaprio a star (One of the highest-grossing” mov- ies of alltime, it also introduced Di- Caprio to Kate Winslet, with whom he would star in another story, Revolutionary Road (2008), love THE DIRECTORS’ CUT ‘The success of Titanic gave rio considerable clout in Hollywood and directors Steven Spielberg, Christopher Nolan and Clint East- ‘wood all worked with him. His clos- t collaboration was with Martin Scorcese. After the director cast him in Gangs of New York (2002), DiCap- io convinced him to direct the biopic ‘The Aviator (2004), a hugely suc- cessful film that focused on the film- iCap- maker and aviator Howard Hughes ‘Scorcese's crime thriller The Depart: ed (2006) and the psychological dr ‘ma Shutter Island (2010) followed. 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UNAPOLOGETICALLY: 49 D00MED: malogrado 20 HIGHEST-GROSSING: mas taquiler 24 CLOUT: influencialay Me, I'm Yours is an interactive project that involves placing' pianos in cities for people to play. It’s the creation of Brit ish artist Luke Jerram, who came up with the idea in 2008. Luke, who lives in Bristol, hoped thet some- thing unusual, like a street piano, could work as a catalyst for sation between strangers. INTERNATIONAL After the launch in Biuninghau the project travelled to London, where it generated a wave? of me- dia interest from countries around the world, Since then 750 pianos have been installed in strategic positions in 36 cities across the globe. The pianos are bought sec- ond-hand from companies or from people who want to get nid of them and they are often decorated by lo- cal artists before being positioned in busy places like train stations, parks, or public squares* AWARM WELCOME People who know how to play — but also beginners and learners — have enjoyed using the free pianos. The pianos have also attracted crowds curious to hear impromptu perfor mances. They are particularly wel- come in South America, where the cost of a piano can be the equiva- lent ofa year's salary. Of the 750 pianos used so far’, only five have been damaged or a TopLAcE:colocar 2WAVE:oleads STOGETRIDOF: deshacerse de ‘SQUARE: plaza CROWD: multitud, muchagente IMPROMPTU: espontdneo ‘TSOFAR: hasta ahoramanactually LANGUAGE LEVEL: ¢1 ADV/ playing the piano Talk to Me! Underneath the plastic tarpaulin’® | Pianosare appearing onthe streets inthe rain. So ofcities in Britain and around the thatwas very world. They are part of aproject nice to see. called Play Me, 'm Yours, which began in Birmingham in 2008. It BRAZIL, BRAZIL! was the brainchild'of a dynamic But the most moving story comes artist called Luke Jerram, who from Brazil: hoped that people would play the pianos, butalsotalk toeach other: Luke Jerram: In Sao Paulowe ut pianoin a train station and Luke Jerram:I'minterested in cameacross""a mother anda getting strangers*talking to one daughter. Anditturns out™ the another, and another reason why _motherhad worked as a cleaner thisart project came into being _forfouryears, tobe ableto send was that lwas visiting my local har daughter ta piana lecsons.on laundrette? and 'd noticed I'd the other side of he city. 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And the train station engaging witht one another,so._Loved the project so much they've Ithought by putting piano into _—_—keptthat piano there, i's been i rayne | that location, it would act as a ‘there now for four years, and CAS Buc AT catalyst for conversation, toget_ _they've decided to buy pianos cea | peopletalking tooneancther.So for allthe other train stations | one of myaims?istogetstrangers in Sao Paulo, t ‘engaging and talking to one i stolen’. In every city people have volunteered to look after’ the pi- anos, making sure they are locked up"at night or covered with a plas- ticsheet" when it rains. The pianos stay in each location for about two weeks, to give people enough time to find out about the project and to enjoy it. At the end of that period another and breaking down some peepee of those social barriers that we EE witness? in cities, as 1 Braet invents 2 STRANGER ceoconocido APIANOIN THE PARK fer Speak Uo Explains| ‘ter Birmingham, thenextcity to 3LAUNDRETT: avaera sign up"®for the project was Sydney 4TONOTICE: darse cuenta in Australia. Yet Luke Jerram says _(verSpeak Up Explains] that the media really began to take S UNDERWEAR: ropa interior interest in Play Me,{'m Yours To EvenoE wr relacionarse, When itmoved to London, Today Stabler comversacin | there are 750 pianos in 35 cities Roe quem around the world STORREMKDON error Sg, ff the Pianos are doneted to commu- i 40 TOSIGN UP: apuntarse J nity groups and schoolsin the area, 41 TOCHECK ON: comprobar some lovely stories.So| put a piano 12 COVEREDOVER: cubert, ina park this was in Sydney-andit _fepadopor encima was ust starting torain one evening 1 SUREENOUGH de hecho and wanted to go and check on" ALOVELY TUNE.. 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Bocause travelling by rail is far more romantic than by plane. It's hypnotic to watch the scenery! go by past your window. Going by train slows you dowrt, allows you to discover this big country gradu- ally. It's a flexible way to travel as well. You can stop off and visit dif- ferent places on the way. HALIFAX TO MONTREAL (21 HOURS) Halifax, the capital of Nova Sco- tia, was the first piece of Canada immigrants would see when they artived. Before boarding the train, take advantage of the sights this historic city has to offer, incinding the Citadel’, fascinating muse- ums and maritime heritage’. Hali- fax also has more pubs per capita than any other city. The train has hardly left the station when you can see the Titanic’s graveyard? out of the window, We stop at Moncton to stretch cour legs. In 2002 Moncton became Canada's first officially bilingual city. We hear about Moncton’s history from one of the guides (see interview) in the Dome Car. This spacious carriage has a glass'roo?” and sides", so you can see the scenery, a tranquil landscape of forest and lakes, It is difficult to get bored aboard: there are games and quiz- zos, and a lot of jokes. It is easy to make new friends. There are wine tastings" too. Why not try a red wine made by former ice hockey star Wayne Gretzky? At night, the thythmic roll" of the train's move- menthelps us go to sleep. a MONTREAL TO TORONTO {4.5 HOURS) There are great views of Mon- treal's skyline as the train enters the beautiful station, which is linked" to the world’s largest un- derground city. Spend a couple of days in Montreal - or ‘Montréal’, as the Franch-spaaking Canad ans call it. This vibrant city is the best place to experience Canada’s bilingual heritage first hand. And you'll have to try one of Canada's national dishes, ‘poutine’: fries with gravy"*and curd cheese®. The service between Mon- teal and Toronto is the busiest in Canada, running alongeide tho St Lawrence River into Ontario. This province covers a million square kilometres, with innumerable lakes. 1 SCENERY: paisaje 2TOSLOW DOWN: desacelerar ‘3 TOSTOP OFF: interrumpir elvis, hacer una parada ¢steuresmentmentes, es emblematicos SCITADEL: ciudadela HERITAGE: patrimonio ‘TORAVEYARD: cermenterio GLASS: cristal ‘ROOF: Iejado sosioe: lado {WINE TASTING: cata de vinas sRROLL:vaivén $8 TOLINK: uni, comur sworavys salsa de car {BCURD CHEESE, requosén‘Ontario’ is a First Nation word" meaning ‘Shining Waters’, and the province has a quarter of the world's freshwater” reserves. Its capital is Toronto. Peter Ustinov felt Toronto was “a kind of New York run by the Swiss", but multicultural dynamic Toronto is worth" getting off” the =a yithout ~Sin. EL acento canadiense MJ) esbastante parecido alacentoestado- Universe, pero hey ciertas palabras en las quela diferencia de pronunciacién se hace mas evidente, por ejemplo out ltueral y without (sin}. Zachariah Wells dice “withoot mientras que un estadounidense diria “without”. Esta queno son nimestizos _pronunciacién puede que se deba algran nlimero de escoceses que migrarona Canadé en el pasado. Nations~Las primeras naciones ‘onaciones indigenas canadienses. Este término, mas ultilizado en plural que en singular, es et nombre que reciben H] tosdistintos pueblos indigenas en Canada nlinuit, Actualmente hay mas de 630 gobiernos y tribus de las primeras naciones reconocidos en el pais, ‘aproximadamente Lo’ lamitad estén en as Columbia Britanica, Larga distancia, corta F] provincias de Ontarioy distancia. La palabra ‘haul significa, entre train for a few days. Climb™ the CN Tower and look down on the city from nearly half a kilometre up. Ca- nadians of Italian descent are the city's second-largest ethnic group after the Butish! While you'le here, take a detour" to Niagara Falls - it’s only a two-hour train ride. otras cosas, ‘trayecto (ong hauly short haut ‘se emplean para indicar viajes largos y corto on tren (pera rno en coche]. Se ‘emplea también en sentido figurado: He's nit for the long haul, es decir: “tiene intencién de quedarse por mucho tiempo". ar-Vagn con cUpula. Los trenes turisticos de Estadus Unidos y Canada suelen tener coches 0 vagones con una cupula 0 béveda. Desde los asientos que hay en la cupula, los pasajeros pueden contemplar el paisaje desde todos los ngulos del tren. TORONTO TO WINNIPEG {3 DAYS} From Toronto the train now grad- ually heads into the vast prairies* that make up so much of Canada. ‘One night two other passengers and myself black out® all light sources* and look out the win- dows at some flickering™ North- em Lights™ on the horizon. They are very faint”, but still... Travel- ling like this creates bonds” and gives you time to think. Crossing Canada by train is a historic voy- age tou. Iu the 19th century, bofore air travel, the railway played an important role in uniting this vast country. Next stop: Winnipeg! 1 ey kd {1G FIRSTNATION WORD: palabra {que provienede a lengua delos indigenas originarios de Canad Iver Speak Up Explains) {YT RESHWATER: gu Jule {18 TOBEWORTH: yaler la pena 49 TOOETOFF:bajarse, spearse zoTocuMB:subr 24 TOTAKEADETOUR: desviarse 22 PRAIRIE: pradera 23 TO BLACKOUT: 2pager tanar 2éLIGHTSOURCE:(Uente de uz 28 TOFLICKER: parpadear 26 NORTHERN LIOHTS: ‘Aurora Boreal 2 FAINT: apenas visible 28 BOND: 220, vinculoON CDS sreaxen cwucK Rovanoo stan Aen AMERICAN ACCENT The Birth of a Nation ‘Travelling by train is an increas- ingly popular form the case of Canada it's a great way to.enjoy the varied landscape of this vast country. One person who knows a lot about thisis Zachariah Wells. Zachariah, or Zach’, ica writer and poet, but he also works asa Dome Car host™ and guide for Via Rail, the national railroad" company. As he explains, trains played avitalrale in Canada’s development: Zachariah Wells (Canadian accent]: Without™ the railroad there would be no such thing as the Canadian nation. It's a country of quite distinct regions and those regions, prior to the construction of the railroad, were quite isolated regions: it was easier to get from Winnipeg to Chicago than it was to get from Winnipeg to Toronto. And the raitroad was the condition ‘on which several® ofthe provinces agreed*to jain Confederation Without t,ittiterally would not have happened. As ahistorical Link between the different ‘geographies and ethnicities and different groupsin Canada, you can't, Idon't think, overstate™ its importance. FAMOUS FOR 15 MINUTES... Zachariah Wells accompanies rail travellers on the long journey between Halifax in Nova Scotiaand Montreal in Quebec. His favourite partis the Tantramar Marshes. ‘These are near the Bay of Fundy ‘on the Isthmus of Chignecto, which connects the provinces of Nova Scotia and New Brunswick: Zachariah Wells: It's a beautiful place. thas ecological significance too because its a flyway for migrating birds and yousee the Bay of Fundy tidewaters” there, the highest tides in the world, soit’s just...’ this really rich 15 minutes of travel through this landscape. ECONOMICS ‘And Zachariah Wells admits that, inmany ways, itis tourism thatis keeping Canada’s railroad alive: Zachariah Wells: I's impossible for araliroad service insucna sparsely populated, expansive country as Canada to make money. Itjust can’t be done®. The lines between the major cities, and Toronto, Montreal, et., do fairly well, short-haul" Services, between dense populations, butthe long-haul service couldn't ever hope tomake a profit, butit serves a very important role almost as.acultural ambassador for people tobe able to come from another country, and see Canada onthe rails is, think, an experience that you can't puta price tag on, Youcan't look tit in terms of profit and say, Well islosing money, sowe'd better cutit” because youlose an awfullot more by doing that than justdollars and cents, 1. choose the word from the Uist that best fits the aap. distinct ralad overstate flyway tide landscape dense al Canada isa country with regions, b]We cannot the importance of investment ininfrastructure, clYou can see the old shipwreck when the ‘goes out, 4) The path that birds use to migrate is calleda | The Canadian lacks funding, flltis easier for acountry with a population to maintain __ syste railway lines. 4 love going by train as can take inthe beautiful 2. Unscramble the letters to create words sed in the story. The fist letter ofthe Word is given to help you. al yaersips blluha cloiror dllwfau lta Aras gliaesdtrmte lyba Answers 1 al distinct, bl overstate, lide, yway, el railroad. fl dense, gl landscape 2. sparsely, bl aut cl rit al ew, lvl, frais, ol idewates, hl bay MORE BIERCSESONCO ines Cat 27D0MECAR:vag6n con cdpula iver Speak Up Explains) 20HOST anfitriin 1 RAILROAD: ferrocarril, 2 WITHOUTe sin fer Speak Up Explains] SaseVERAL arise 34TOAOREE:aceptar BS TOOVERSTATE: exagorar bFLYWAYscula migrstoria TTIDEWATER: mares 81T JUST CANT BEDONE: sencillamenteesimposible ‘9 LONG-HAUL/ SHORT-HAUL:largay corta distancia er Speak Up Explains) 40 Y0U... PRICE TAGOX rotien preci (tag: etiquetal ‘ALYOULOSE... DOING THAT. asise pierde muchisimo misLLANDDEW . TIAN ECE anemic Eas BRITAIN HOW WELSH BECAME COOL Gales es parte del Reino Unido pero, al igual que el Pais Vasco o Catalunya, tiene una identidad propia. Una parte de esta identidad es su lengua: el galés. Los jévenes cada vez lo usan mas en la musica, Ithough Wales is part of the UK, it has a strong identity of its own, And an important part ofthat ‘identity is the language. ‘While itis estimated that around the world one language dies out every 14 days, Welsh is thniving’, and it is Internet y redes sociales. young people who are embracing their ancient? mother tongue. Welsh is the oldest language in the UK, dating back up to 4,000 years. But by the twentieth cen- tury the number of Welsh speal- ers was in decline. It appeared that Welsh might become another dead language. In recent decades this trend? has, however, been reversed and over half a million people now speak the language. ‘There are several reasons for this, ‘The National Eisteddfod, a Welsh festival of song, poetry and perfor- mance, has helped to keep the lan- ‘guage alive through the years; since 2000, all schoolchildren in Wales have learned Welsh up to the age of 16; and there is now a Welsh-lan- guage'TV station. DUFFY Most importantly, young people have reclaimed the language and ithas become cool‘ again. Itis now the language of social networks*, blogs and music. Acts‘ such as Duffy, Catatonia and Super Furry Animals have all released songs in Welsh, alongside young bands from hip-hop to heavy metal. And with this come new words, slang and a sense of humour. For instance, when the microwave be-came popular, Welsh people start- ed calling it popty-ping?, meaning ‘an oven that goco ping’, while the mobile phone became y fon mobil. Then there is ‘Wenglish’ a sort of hy- brid of Welsh and English. So Welsh is very much a living language. But don’t wonry, if you're visiting Wales you won't need a phrase book - eve- rybody here speaks English as well! 1 TOTHRIVE: prosperar, llorecer ANCIENT: antiguo TREND: tendencia co0L: uay, de moda NETWORK: rec act: grupo musical, intérprete TPOPTY-PING: microonsas ver Speak Up Explains) RELATED: parionte 9 SETTLER: colon 10 TO Salk: zarpar 4 | | | I , | | Welsh for Beginners Welsh is a Celtic language, related*to Gaelic, Cornish and Breton In the 6th century Welsh was spoken across ‘much of Britain. twas one of the earliest pear written languages in Europe. be rae Common Welsh place names begin with Bryn [hilll, Caer fort), Lian (church) and Pont (bridge) Welsh spelling is regular and phonetic, soit is easier to learnthan English! (err) Welcome USEFUL PHRASES Bore da~Good morning Prynhawn da ~ Good evening Nos da ~ Good night Sut mae? ~How are you Os gwetwch yn dda ~ Please Diotch= Thank you Diolch yn fawr ~ Thank you very much lechydda!~ Cheers! Bendigedig - Great You might be surprised tohear Welsh in South America, but far away fromthe valleys and mountains of Wales there is a Welsh-speaking enclave onthe plains of Patagonia. In 1850, a group of 150 settlers” sailed” to Argentina. The community they established still survives today, with upto 5,000 people speaking Welsh with a Spanish accent!LANGUAGE LEVEL: C1 ADVANCED Do you speak Wenglish? Walesis a beautiful country with a beautiful language but, as Rob Lewis Jones of Visit Wales explains, rotallofits three million inhabitants actually* speak Welsh: Rob Lewis Jones: Cities ike Cardiff and Swansea etc, you will not hear itas much because the normhas. always been, North Wales has been typicaly Welsh first Language, coming o the South Wales aiid the south valleys, ou will not hear the Welsh language. Everybody'svery patriotic in being Welsh, but in terms ofthe language, it's been about 20 percent spoke fluent Welsh and 80 percent were sort of, either they didn't speak Welsh, or they could saya few words ofit, but 20 per cent were fluent in Welsh and that ‘would be more prominent®in the north of Wales But now, 'm happy to say, that percentage is rising, Ine Welsh tanguage bears no turning arounc# relation® whatsoever to English, but Welsh speakers, who are all ‘Speak Upasked Rob Lewis Jones _ bilingual, often borrow! words fora fevi examples of the Welsh from English. As Rob Lewis Jones language explains, this mixture of Welsh and English is called Wenglish’ Rob Lewis Jones: If youwere in Wales in the morning you would Rob Lewis Jones: It's quite say bere da— good morning, or interesting when something new prynhawn da -is good afternoon, has been invented, you obviously, hosda-isgoadnight. andtheone _-youhave tothink of a Welsh word Which is very popular would be for that, you know, like when the diolch, which is thank you, and, if microwave came out, well, oh my youwant...toextenditfurther you gosh, what are you going to call ‘would say diolch yn fawr,whichis microwave in Welsh? Well, we thank you very much. just say popty-ping, but i you south, Peroen Gales {yenGran Bretariaon general) cuando se dice the valeysse entiende que se std hablando de Gales south valleys ~ septentrional, ellugar Losvalles del sur. En donde estaban las minas realidad seriamds correcto _ decarbén. Allino se habla decir The southern valleys demasiado el galés porque | Ulosvalles septentrionales) _enta épocaindustrial bien Thevalleysinthe _egaron muchos mineros. ingleses en busca de trabajo yalinglés paca seria lengua de comunicacién entre los locales los inmigrantes. Esta aumentando, cam- biando. Elphrasal verb toturn aroundsignifica literalmente ‘girarse’ translate that puply-ping, it's ‘an coven that goes ping’, which makes sense, whereas a microwave’ sounds very space age sort of thing?! ‘ACTUALLY: realmente 2 VALLEY; vale ver Speak Up Explains ‘3 PROMINENT: notable {TOTURN AROUND: cambiar rer Speak Up Explaine! SEARS NORELATION: ‘no guarda ninguna relacién STOBORROM: omar prestado 1 SPACE AGE SORT OF THING: de a era espacial, por asi deci darse la vuelta’ pero seemplea también en sentido figurado para indicar un cambio. Po Microondas. Esta palabra es onomato- péyica. Los galeses han ecidido lamar el microon- das popty-ping porque hace ese sonido: ping.NEWS // STYLE WATCH JASE LEVEL: 61 TERMEDIATE ‘ALEX PHILLIPS za ° = oO wn @ AQuict Moment ‘The London department store Selfridges has set aside"a space calleda‘Silence Room’, in which the publiccan enjoya moment of peace before continuing with their shopaing, Designed by Alex Cochrane, itisintended" to aid “mental detox". Smartphones must be ett atthe doer. } r | Hands | | in Pants | 4 Handerpants’ | 8% | areunderpants® | @ | foryourhands! Me _| Designedto uestion o ance: Serr: your partner", family oreven WOULD YOU splash out! on an expensive prize-winning bottle of visitors! Order your pairat www. ‘wine? A recent report in newspaper The Guardian cites the research fanderpants.corn, of Robert Hodgson, the owner of a small Californian winery? Hodg- son asked four prestigious critics to taste a selection of wines, only Maney ‘some of those wines were actually repeated glasses of exactly the ‘big look forthe same bottle, The results have shocked the industry. Apparently, only new season bids" 10% of critics were consistent in the grades they awarded?, Hodgson gee concluded that, in a contest! where a few points make all the diffor ‘ni Bold prints. Designers such, ence, chance can decide which wine wins! as Mary Katrantzou take their inspiration from unexpected ‘contemporary concerns, suchas postage stamps and banknotes! ‘This gives new meaning to the Formal ‘expression ‘dressed for success’. = Fridays — SILICONE VALLEY, a base for ERTS none ct Ge) eee a reputation for hard work yet {rosruastour irer # moneeLe casual dressing. Thishas reached Ae are eco tis thepetethathecancontof Bymysoegn "” 1OTOSETASON: ‘dress-down® Friday’, introduced ‘CONTES! “41 To BE INTENDED: in the 1990s to give employees ‘concurso estar concebido a day off* formal wear, has been ‘5 DRESS-DOWN: 12 UNDERPANTS: reversed”! Now, sharp suits® and vestir ropa informal _calzoncillos Teens Siaromcdatoe Bas fone Tete ass Sra Aemss OLED Ubu lePLACES [BYJULIANEARWAKER AYLSHAM, UK LIVING IN A SLOW TOWN Primero fue el movimiento Slow Foody luego llegaron las Slow Towns. Aylsham es una de ellas. Aqui se vive con una filosofia diferente, se busca calidad de viday preservar la cultura y la idiosincrasia propias del lugar. ou can see the tower! of Aylsham church above the buildings of its town square. Shop- pers stop to inspect the products in the local stalls*. In the town there is a market that offers visitors a selection of home bak- ing®, crafts* and garden produce Outside, the traffic moves slowly on its way between the city of Nor- wich to the sonth and the seaside town of Cromerto the north. About A Slow Movement Cittastow was launched in October 1999 by Slow Food founder Carlo Petrini, He was supported by the mayors ofthe Italian towns Bra, Greve, Chianti, Positana and Orvieto. There are currently 147 Cittastow townsin 24 countries, including New Zealand, China, Turkey and South Korea, Cittaslow USA was launched in 2010 and so far has three ‘Slow Towns’ [allin California) challenging the 6,000 people live in the Norfolk market town of Aylsham, but life here appears, well, a little slow. This is no surprise - Aylsham is a ‘Slow Town! ITALIAN STYLE The ‘Slow Town’ (or Cittaslow) movement started in Bra, Italy, in 1999. This was the same town. where the global Slow Food move- ‘ment was founded by Carlo Petrint in 1986. Slow Food was a reaction supremacy of McDonald's, Kentucky Fried Chicken and ‘This year the Aylsham Food Festival will take place from Friday 4th to Sunday 6th October. www.stowfood.com wunw.citastow.org http://aylshamtc.norfolkparishes. gov.uk/category/cittastow/ against fast food, fast life and the loss* of local food traditions, ‘The Slow Town movement offers small towns the chance to think end act for the benefit of local people, heritage’, producers, and the envi- ronment. Cittaslow fights the world of global branding* and the damage to local trade and traditions. GOING LOCAL “When we started Cittaslow in 2003 we knew that many of Aylsham’s local businesses were small, fam- ily-based for two, three, four gen- erations,” explains Liz Jones, chair- ‘man’ of Cittaslow Aylsham and Cit- taslow UK. “Many were in the food industry, and we found out about Slow Food, we found out things like reducing food miles", sourcing lo- cally", which is what Aylsham has done forhundreds of years.” TOWER: torre 2sTALLitenderete 2 WOME BAKING. 2 GORAFTS:artesani 5 GARDEN PRODUCE: productos frescos del huerta GLOSS: pérdica TWERITAGE: patrimonio ‘GLOBAL BRANDING: expansién mundial de marcas ‘CHAIRMAN: presidente AOFOODMILES: distancia que recorre un producto alimentana desde donde se produce hasta donde se consume 41 SOURCING LOCALLY: sbastecimiento localMindfut~ Consciente. Mindful literalmente ‘mente llena, significa ‘ser consciente de algo’, tener presente’ Suaniénimo es mindless, literalmente ‘sin mente’, que quiere decir ‘tonto’ 0 ‘despistado’ ‘cuando se refiere a una persona, o sin sentido’ o’sin ‘motivo’ cuando se refiere a una actividad, Mindless se emplea mas bien para escribir una actividad, més que a una persona, Por ejemplo, para muchos padres videogames are ‘mindless: los videojuegos son estupidos... ouna actividad sin sentido, Posh Lapalabra snob (esnob segunta Real ‘Academial nonecesita una explicacién porque es una palabra internacionaly ‘ademés, de rigen latino (snobse usaba para indicar ‘sine nobilitate (sin noblezal. Poshse parecea snobperoes una palabra sin connotaciones peyoratvas. Las personas pueden ser posh, es decir pueden tener mucha clase perosin que por ello tratenalos demés.con condescendencia (ques o que hace una persona esnob) Enla poce del imperio Briténico, cuando los viajes en barco desde Gran Bretafiahastala India eran habituales, los camarotes més caros estaban del lado donde daba el sol, tantoala ida comoala vuelta Estos billetes levaban as siglas POSH, que significaba Port Out, Starboard Home, o sea, ‘babor para la ida, estribor parala vuelta’ Wetailoredittothe hechoa medida, lo hemos adaptado ala comunidad, Elsustantvo tailorsignitica ‘sastre’ mientras el verbo regular to tailor significa el trabajo que hace elsastre, es decir, ‘cosera medida’, ‘confeccionar’. Igual que ten castellano, este verbo también se empleaen sentido figurade,THE FAMOUS FIVE Aylsham became a Slow Town member in 2004. As one of only five UK Slow Towns (the other four are Berwick-upon-Tweed, Diss, Mold and Perth), there were a lot of criteria Aylsham had to meet: develop the distinctive character of the town, support tradition and local trade, organise community events, promote local products, offer high standards of hospitality In the Heart of Norfolk The Slow Food movomentwas __away¥fram that posh" gourmet and increase the quality of life to founded by Italian Carlo Petrini dining, we knew that that was not help the environment. in 1986. Since thenithas gone Aylsham, we knew that we would ‘worldwide, But how isthe get nowhere trying todo that. We movement doing in Britain, a failored™itto the community and ECOSYSTEMS Country thatdoesn't enjoy sucha we very successfully tailoredit to Cittaslow is much more than a lo- great culinaryreputation? Ithas _the community and, out of various res nae oy Caught on, ashas the Cittaslow, events that we put on, we actually eee ania or'SlowTown,,maverent.The came up with?" the idea of having ments in the envitonment near market town of Aylsham, inthe the Aylsham Food Festival Aylsham. In May 2008 the town pretty English county of Norfolk became Norfolk's first plastic bag- Ta A Nea Rem Vore a e problois With sl free town. Its car club provides a the Slow Food movement. Liz Food UK is that, when it comes: green solution to transport needs. Jones fabovel, whoishead ofboth _to describing people, the word ‘Aylsham has decided to install Gitasiow AyshamandCitasiow ‘slow innglishcanalsabea LED street lighting and has spe- Se hibaie eur problery ether sey cial eco-friendly public toilets Liz Jones: Slow Food Aylsham people think that the Slow Food has gone on to do quitea lot of movementis opposed to modern local events, but we're always technology: very mindful that, in the UK, ‘#2 oHN alumbrado Slow Food hasanimageof being __Liz Jones: thinktthere’s this ‘9 TocATEH oN, ganar popularidad very snobby""and gourmet™, thought that some peopl. Se Sonate Which isa bitsad,really, because _sortof think, “Oh, slow, oh, SNOBBY snob, pretencioss Slow Food, internationally, is you don’t want to know (about) 4s0URMET. ba‘ notlike that. t's about, purely anything modern.” Andit’s not 17 WHATEVER... HAPPENS TOBE: Sea cual sea and simply, people promoting that at all, We don't want to go 1BTOCOME AWAY: alejarse theirlocal food, whatever their back in time, we're very much 49 ost pjo (ver Speak Up Explains) localfoodhappensto be", atjust inthe 21st century. Somebody 20 TOTAILOR: odoptor ordinary people’slevel, btthis actually coined the phrase within (ver Speak Up Explains 21 WE CAME UPWITH: se nos ocurrié 22/7 SNOTTHATATALL: nese tratade esa ni mucho menos isjust how it’s being perceived Cittastow UK: “A Cittaslow town is inthe UK. We wanted tocome a place where the living is good.LANGUAGE LEVEL: B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE. WHAT'S RIGHT? Ethical Advice cEs correcto 0 aconsejable llevar un piercingal trabajo? éTiene derecho un hijo a conocer quién es su padre? Nuestra experta Ariel Kaminer responde y aconseja. NO PIERCING ON THE JOB Inthe high-class home- furnishings' showroom? own, we eliminated a great sales candidate? because she had piercings in her nose and tongue‘. Even though | believe in Personal freedom, | thought that our clients would prejudge her - and our showroom, Was | wrong to.eliminate her for thisreason? Anne Aziz, Toronto When it comes to physical ap- pearance, nobody is objective. If you're hiring for a modeling job, looks are important. If you're hir- ing for an information technology Job, they're not. They should play no role inyour decision, The more diffi- cult cases are those jobs for which beauty is not essential, but it can be advan- tageous. Sales is a good example of this. Fortu- nately, the question you present is not so compli- cated, because it's not about fundamental physical attrib- utes; it’s about accessories. Your business sells visual style. It's reasonable to ask salespeople to project that style. (After all, a sportswear store wouldn't want its staff wearing ‘expensive suits) You could ask the candidate to remove her accessories before roaming to work. She would be free to put them back at the end ofher working day. SECRET HISTORY I didn’t find out for years, but Thad a child with a woman in my neighbourhood” who was, and stillis, married to another man. Neither the girl nor the husband knows about any of this. At the mother's request, | have had nothing to do with the girl. Does she have aright to know her true father when she reaches adulthood"? Sooner? Over the objection’ of the mother? Who can make these decisions and when? Name withheld, New York ‘That is a complex problem, but it does not begin with your ques- tions. The full picture starts with your sexual encounter and the de- ception"* it generated, the circum- stances that led to the pregnancy, SOCIETY BYARIEL KAMINER the absence of a solid agreement about your role (or lack of one) in the girl's life, the choice to let the husband think the child was his and so on. Telling the girl, or not, is justone step on a long and com- plicated road. According to Adam Pertman, a famous advocate for openness in adoption, “the right to know who you are and where you come from is basic.” I don't assume that". Informing some- one is a choice with consequenc- es that could be devastating for the girl, whose entire family could ‘come apart as a result. It could be positive, as it might give her access to another caring pres- ence in the world, but in most cases, only a parent responsible for roaringa child can make this decision; overruling'the mother and informing the girl yourself is out of the question. Even when the girl becomes an adult, a uni- lateral disclosure would still be a destructive approach. If you feel strongly thatthe girl should know, talk to her mother and try to reach a consensus thal would eventu- ally have to include the woman's husband as well ‘1 HOME FURNISHINGS: mobiirio para el hogar ‘2SHOWROOM: sala de exposiciiny vents ‘SALES CANDIDATE: cardidato para un trabajo de dependiente/vendedar TONGUE: lengua SS MODELING JU: trabajo de mocelo SPORTSWEAR: ropa deportva 1 sintener en cuenta la oposicén DECEPTION: engario ‘WIDONTASSUME THAT: No estoy de acuerdo con eso 12TOCOME APART: omperse ASTOREAR:criar GTOOVERRULE: desautorizar ABEVENTUALLY. al finalSPORT BY TALITHALINEHAN PHOTOS 8 IL SIMPSON LANGUAGE LEVEL: B1 IN USSOCCER ITSA WOMAN’S GAME En Estados Unidos el futbol es un deporte femenino. En la escuela se alienta a las nifas a jugary el equipo nacional es uno de los mejores del mundo. Mia Hamm la jugadora mas famosa con un récord de 158 goles. jhe USis home toa soccer’ revolution. All over the country, women get to- gether to play the world's most popular sport. At the end of the last century, more than 250 million people in moro than 200 countries played soccer, and almost all of them were men, Since the 1990s soccer has, however, become increasing- ly? popular as a women’s sport in the US. This is largely due to? the success of the women's national soccer team, which, since 1996, has won the Women’s World Cup twice, four Olympic gold medals and eight Algarve Cups. ACT LOCAL, THINK GLOBAL ‘Today many female children and teenagers start playing soccer at school and many adults are getting involved in local soccer leagues The country's most famous team is the US Women’s Nation- al Soccer Team (USWNT), It won the first ever Women's World Cup in 1991, and is ranked first in the world by FIFA Women’s World Rankings. Christie Ramponeis the captain of USWNT and one of the team's best players. ‘The most famous women’s soccer player in US history is Mia Hamm (pictured left). Hemm scored 158 international goals’, which is more goals than any oth- er male or female player ever. She won the World Cup twice and won two Olympic gold medals before retiring from the sport in 2004. 1 soccer: fdibot 2 INCREASINGLY: cada vez més BDUETO: debido 2 ‘LEAGUE: iga| 5 TORANK: clasificar eToscoRE:marcar 7B0AL: golUS Soccer Leagues Today the US h: 's soccer leagui The Women's Premier Soccer League [WPSLI ich : he| Yougetahigh off B ofit=Esunsubidén J Eninglés el sustantivo highindica un estado de euforia (que proviene de ta expresién to get high, drogarse,colocarsel Esinteresante observarel uso tipicamente americano de a doble preposicién offof Los britnicos en cambiodirian 1 | § simplemente offi, bien fromit. {don't know why ish ldid—Nosé por qué. Ojalé to supiera, Elauniliar dose ‘emplea para formar elnegativo don't Like red meatly el interrogativo (Lo you Like red meat | pero ‘aquise emplea para evitar (a repeticién, Se podria decir don't know why. wish ‘knew why pero es mas fécildecir: Jdon't know why. wish [dal Those chicks —Esas pollitas(chavalas) La palabra chicksignitica literalmente ‘polite Polltaestanifia que empieza a dejar su infancia para convertirse ‘enmujer. Tiempo atrés esta expresion era considerada machista perohoy dia tas, mujeres también la san entre ellas. Amiltion bucks ~ Un millén de délares. Bucksesunsinénimo muy usadoy muy ccoloquial de ‘délares’ LANGUAGE LEVEL: C1 ADVANCED We are the Champions Women’s soccer first became an Olympic event in 1996. The USA team won the gold medal and hey have won the gold medal in every other edition except for one: that wasin 2000, when they won the silver. The USA women’s soccer teams the best in the world, somewhatin contrast’ to its male counterpart?, Women allover the United States are taking up the game. Joyanna Livingstonisa typical example. She plays forthe Gremlins, a team inthe B Division of the Glendale Women’s Soccer Leaaue [GWSL) in southern California, In addition to the Olympic Games, 1996 was also the year that the expression ‘soccer mom’ first became popularin the USA. We asked Joyanna Livingston to deine it Joyanna Livingston (Standard ‘American accent): in my world, there's two kinds of soccer moms. There's the soccer mom that you're probably talking about, which is the mom that has a kid that plays soccer. And she shaws up? ane she's gat the orange slices and she's got the cooler*full of Gatorade and, you know, and water, andall the moms meet and then they support their kids. And they pass out! snacks’, you know, that's ‘soccer mom, atypical American socce mom, Buton this league, we have soccer moms that are moms who play soccer. Sol like both! ‘We then asked Joyanna Livingston why slie enjoyed playing soccer: Joyanna Livingston: Ifyou get some {good triangles and you get people just passing really well andit all works together, you just get a high off of it t's not even about scoring. | mean, scoring a goals great and it happens so rarely that it feels like a million bucks? But ‘when you get good passes going" and ‘you're just talking to each other and the ball'sjust moving up the field ike it’s 2 total adrenalin rush”. totaly TENNIS, ANYONE? But in spite ofthe success of the national ‘team, women’s soccer has yetto becom: a spectator sport in the United States: Joyanna Livingston: I'm trying to think ‘of any sport where people actually@ ON CD6 sPearcr enveK ROLAND STANDARD AMERICAN A gravitate to women more than men, and the only sport can think ofis tennis. That's one of the ones where it seems tobe pretty equal. But other than that, Imean, alot of times, it’s not. I think people just think men are more exciting towatch for some reason. | don’t know why! wish Idid® |wish I did. | mean, | think about the women’s NBA". Those chicks", they don't make anywhere rnear the kind of money"*and that's because they don't draw the same kind of crowds. I's the same thing: you don’t make the money ‘cause you don't draw™ the crowds, ‘And might this be a form of sexism? Joyanna Livingston: Absolutely, absolutely! | think there's sexism in, ‘so many places, in so many realms of today’s society. |was just thinking about this the other day. The comedy ‘world, like, [do] you ever notice how like people just think that men are funnier than women? | don’t get that at all”. | don’t know what that is. 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The women’s soccer team won the (sh [precious metal medal {She was (abit upset at the outcome ofthe game. Many more people(gl__lare drawn) to watching soccer with friends, than playit (piece) of cake 3. pecide which word doesn't belong in the group. al chicks, ladies, women blappear, show up look for clequalty, difference, balance al strange, comical, weird €] spectator. player, participant Answers 1, al counterpart, b) 1990s, cl watches, Al fel great, smal, crowds, 4] sexism hi tennis 2.alrealm, bl slice, cl bucks, d} rush, el silver, fl somewhat, gl gravitate 3.alchicks, book for, cl diflerence, comical, el spectatorLITERATURE // © ON CD7 [BYLOUISE JOHNSON ESKER RACHEL ROBERTS STANDARD BRITISH At (ANGUAGELEVEL: 82 UPPERINTERMEDIATE FICTION The Deal La sefiora Morris quiere comprar un apartamento, pero ninguno le satisface. Al final, Raquel, la joven de la inmobiliaria, descubrira el secreto de su clienta. ‘m afraid Ijust can'timagine | | J} myselfliving here," Vera said, standing by the living room's floor-to-ceiling windows". “In the summer it would be too hot andin the winter too cold.” Rachel closed her eyes and counted to 10. Most clients she hhad brought to see this apartment said the amount of light was fan- tastic, but not Vera Monts. “OK, Mrs Mortis, I'll see what else I have available. Shall we | meetagain, same timenext week?" Vera agreed and, after one quick last look “just in case,” they left. Honestly, Rachel thought, Vera seemed like a nice woman, but she had to be the mest difficult cli- entshe had ever encountered. Even when the property? was perfect, like today’s, Vera still criticised it. The atmosphere wasn't right in this one, she would say, or there was # funny smell‘ in another. Rachel was starting to despair of ever finding Vera somewhere to live, Back at the office, Rachel browsed! their website late into the night. She didn't mind; her | own home had felt very quiet | Rachel had shown Vera countless apartments that were for rent, but Vera didn’t like any of them. Why was she so difficult? since the death of her mother a few months earlier. Finally, she came across‘ a flat that had only recently come up for sale?, Vera was a retired? widow? who had told Rachel she was on a budget". How would she respond if Rachel took her to view this place? “As you can see, this penthouse flat" faces south” and has its own spacious roof garden”," Rachel said. “It's lovely, but can I afford it?” Vera asked, nervously. “The owner will negotiate —he wants aquicksale.” Foronce, Rachel was happy her client was computerilliterateand thus unable to check the flat's real Price. “But it's so big, I'd worry about all the cleaning.” | "A.cleaner would come in daily ‘at no extra cost,” Rachel replied. “What about the garden?” “A gardener's there when you need him." “I think I'll have to go away and sleep on it,” Vera said. “Does the owner have a family, inci- dentally"2" “No, he's married tohis work, so there's no time for that.” “Oh, what a shame"...” Why was Vera always so in- terested in the vendors’ domes- tic arrangements”? What did the names of their children have to do with whether she liked an apartment, or not? And why did Vera spend ages" looking at family photos? Rachel couldn't understand it. Downstairs, Rachel and Vera arranged to see more properties the following wee and then they said goodbye, Vera walked home and Rachel followed. Rachel watched Vera enter a modern block of flats. Then she approached and pressed the bell which said 'warden"”. Did Vera live in accommodation” for the elderly"? Awoman appeared who intro- duced herself as Mavis, the war- den. “You're here to see Mrs Mor- ric? Oh, she will be pleased. Sho doesn’t get many visitors." Vera looked shocked when Rachel knocked on her door, “Mrs Morris, Thave to ask you something ~ are you a serious buyer?” “Come in, dear, and I'll ex- plain..."Vera led Rachel intoa pleasant room with a plump? sofa ‘and lots of books, A smell of baking®came from the kitchen, “My husband and Ididn'thave children — we couldn't,” Vera ex- plained. "There wasn't infertil- ity treatment in our day. I visit other people's homes for a peep* into their lives, then I piece it all together™ when I’m back here alone. A good book helps, but it’s not quite the same,” Rachel couldn't be angry with \Vera—she knew what it was like to be home alone. “I'm sorry to waste your time, Rachel. You've been very kind.” Rachel tried Vera's cake. It was fresh from the oven and nothing like the cakes Rachel usually bought at the shops due to time constraints™, She leant her head back” and relaxed ~ it ‘was nice to be mothered™ again. “Just between the two of us,” Rachel said, “I'll show you a property when we're not busy but in return®, can I visit you oc- casionally for tea and cake?” “With pleasure, dear. Why don't we puta date in our diaries?” It seemed a perfect arrange- ment. Both Vera — and Rachel - acquired a surtogate™ family. “Let's shake hands,” Rachel said, “Ithinkwehaveadeal"." ‘1FLOOR-To-CEILING WINDOWS: ventanas que ocupan toda is pared lit det sueto hasta el techal ‘AVAILABLE: disponible ‘3 PROPERTY: propiedad inmobiliaria FUNNY SMELL: olor raro| BTOBROWSE: char Unvistazo STOCOME ACROSS: encontrar ‘TTOCOME UP FOR SALE: ponerse ala venta BRETIRED:jubilado ‘swipow:viuda| 10 TOBE ON ABUDGET: disponer de poco dinero 114 PENTHOUSEFLAT: 5tico ‘2TOFACE SOUTH: estar orientad al sur ‘18 ROOF GARDEN: terraza oazoteaajardinada GCOMPUTERILLITERATE: no saber utilizar oLordenador itera EXERCISES Soamenelsss 1. 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Answers 1,13, bI1, 6d) 4,el 2,917,918, h)5, 2. a} rejects, bl criticise, c} widow, d] family, -e) spacious, f residence, g] mother figure, A ondship woREDERCIESON CO {BINCIDENTALLY:2 propésito ‘TGWHATASHAME: qué pena {V7 DOMESTIC ARRANGEMENTS: situactén familar $BAGES: argo rato S9WARDEN: uardiin, encargado 20ACCOMMODATION:alojamiento DU ELOERLY,anciano 22PLUMP: mullido 23 TOBAKE: cacer, hornear 24 PEEP: vista70 ‘25 TOPIECEIT ALL TOOETHER: ‘encajar todas las piezas 26TIME CONSTRAINTS: alta de tiempo 27 SHE LEANTHER HEAD BACK: incliné la cabeza hacia atrés 20 TOBEMOTHERED: ser cuidado por tu madre 29 NRETURN: cambio. 30 SURROGATE: susttuto ‘31 DEAL: rateThe Real Thing BEST-SELLING band Placebo rose to fame’ in the 1990s, the age* of Britpop, Their unusual’ brand! of altemative rock and their explore tion of androgynous themes have impressed big- name performers’, among* them David Bowie, who asked them to open’ for him on a number of concerts. 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Do you remember our very first sound, the /h/, for instance? We leamt how to make it soft, like when you breathe on a mirror to wipe it clean: /h. Example: Henry, hil Helen! How are you? Have a seat. I'm so happy you're here! Next are: /sp/ and /st/. The thing to remember here isnot to say an /e/before them. Example: Spain, sports, spring, street, student, star and not/e/Spain, /e/spaxt,/e/spring, fe/street and so on. How about this one: /idg /? I's there in words like message, village, cottage, advantage, language, im- age, package. And finally the /i/ and /i/? Ship and sheep, hit and heat, live and leave, mill and meal sound different. ‘The //in ship sounds flatter and shorter than the /i/ in sheep, which is brighter and longer. ‘Now that we've done our revision, let's soe how we pronounce the /1/ sound in English. SPOTTING THE PROBLEM Turcoy truco, Rodtigoy Rosario, un rollo, o un carro que corre, Spanish has got crispy? rolling?/1/ sounds, but in English, the /1/ is not usually rolled this way. Listen: ring, write, cary, fee, rabbit, instead of ring, free or rabbit ‘There are cases in standard British English where the /r/ is practically omitted: for example, in Peter, | power, flower, star, perfect, perfume. Spanish stu- | dents often say flower, star, or perfect. When the /r/ is pronounced together with /t/, many native speakers say the two consonants al most like /tfi/ true, actress, tree, triangle, interest- ing, but never tree, triangle or interesting. Listen to the sound alone: /r/. Does it sound like a dog's bark“? Or maybe just a poor imitation? Never mind, The point is, softening your /r/ sounds is an- other step towards eliminating your foreign accent. CORRECTING THE PROBLEM ‘The dog's bark idea is a good ome lu keep in wind, ‘when practising this sound with words. So, first ex- periment with the /r/ only. Your neighbours may think you've got a dog in your house, but that’s a reason- able sacrifice to make for getting your /t/ sound right. PRACTICE Now listen to me saying some words first, then re- peat them after the beep. Make sure you dont roll the /r/. Ifyou are still doing so, stop the CD, practise the non-rolling /r/ sound on its own, and then con- tinue with the words. ting right cross* shower perhaps — travel relax write grow younger shepherd translate Now let's continue with some common collocations ‘with /r/in them. crepy coreale_/ private pennerty / Frenchiries rawmaterials?/ greengracer /- Prime Mirister MEMORIZE ‘As always, we will end our lesson by leaming some | sentences by heart. This way they are there for you any ‘time you want to remember the sound. 1) Ruth, are you ready? We're in a hurry! I'm drying my hair, Ididn't hear you, sony! 2)Moming! What's for breakfast? I'm really hungry. 8) Real rock and rolls louder! ‘And finally, a nonsense tongue-twister: Rare fury* red herrings’ spring really rapidly. Have fun. See you next month. 2 TOROLL:arrastrar 7 RAWMATERIAL: Ee namctocnd mata pina FOWIPECLEAN:gulir 5 CROSS:cruz FURRY: peludo 2CRISPY:crujente 6 SHEPHERD: pastor HERRING: arenque@@ BRITISH COUNCIL Languages Los briténicos no destacan por su aprendizaje de idiomas. Seguin una encuesta de la Comision Europea, solo un 38 por ciento sabe otra lengua. f you're reading, or listening to, this, then you're probably studying English. Maybe you speak a couple of other languages too, but what are the British like' when it comes to* learning languages? DISASTROUS! According to a survey‘ published by the European Commission, the British are officially the worst® language leamers in Europe — 62 per cent of them can’t speak any other language apart from their own! While 38 per cent of Britons speak at least one for- eicm language. only 18 percent can speak twa Ac- cording to the EU, 56 per cent of Europeans speak at least one foreign language and 28 per cent speak at least two. Moreover’, 51 per cent of EU citizens can have a conversation in English. THE PROBLEM Leaming a foreign language is not a popular option at school in Britain; children start studying a foroign langnage at the age of 11 and many give up" com pletely at 14. So why don't young people continue with languages at school? Research suggests that, students think that it is more difficult to get good grades’ in languages than in other subjects, such as soience or history. SOLUTIONS The government is now looking at different ways to improvo® language learning. One idea is to start much younger and introduce foreign languages from the age of five. Another plan is to give schoolchil- dren more choice and expand the range of languages taught to include Arabic, Mandarin and Urdu. 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