LA REVISTA PARA APRENDER INGLES Society LIVING CHEAPLY Notting Hill PORTOBELLO 4 MARKET § Simon's Cat INTERNET SENSATION cvt \SES EXERCISt \mprove Your English . : Hollywood ‘ Superstar BRAD aEASY ENGLISH // PROFILE @ ON CD1 {BY JOHNRIQG SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANOD STANDERD AMERICAN ACCENT SDEAKUPEXP_AINS BY RACHEL ROSERTS LANGUAGE LEVEL: A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE CHRISTINA GLAMOUR BY DESIGN Christina Hendricks es la dinamica Joan Harris en la serie Mad Men, un papel que la ha lanzado a la fama. Su belleza y glamour hacen pensar en otra Marilyn. hnnistina Hendricks is the sensational star of the hit’ TV series Mad Men. Hendricks has changed Hollywood's percep- tion of women. It is ‘out’ with tall thin? supermodels, and ‘in’ with the hourglass’, voluptuous look* ofa real woman. Hendricks is a successful actress, but the media only want to talk about the way she walks. Esquire readers voted her the sexiest woman alive. Oth- ers suggest she is the new ideal of Hollywood glamour, a modem- day Marilyn Monroe. JOAN HARRIS In Mad Men Hendricks plays dy- namic office manager Joan Harris, ‘The series is set! in the early 1960s Women dress as women. The ac- tresses wear period costume’, in- cluding the underwear’, Hendricks says, "You put these clothes on, and they make you stand upright*, and your body naturally moves in a cer- tain way.” The Mad Men look was created by costume designer Jane Bryant. She agrees with Hendricks: “The clothes transform the actors into their characters. They walk dif ferently. They fool differently.” Hendricks’ Background Christina Hendricks was bornin Knoxville, Tennessee in May 1975, Her father was from Birmingham, England, He worked for the United States Forest Service. Her mother was a psychologist. Hendricks isa natural blonde, but has dyed her hair red* since many others, lsu starred. such as La Ct she was 10 years old, She started her career as. model, and then became an actress on TV shows like Kevin Hill, Angel, ERand (20071, South of Pico (2007), Detachment 2011}, and most recently Drive (2012) However, she became an international star through the series Mod Men. The series began in 2007, and this yearis ints fith season. She has two wominations for the USATV Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress® ina Drama Seriesin 2010 and 2011 She has infil ucina HAIR So how can you get the Mad Men glamour look? First of all, you must 0 to the hairdresser’, You need big hair — that means backvomnb- and hairspray". Secondly, you need false eyelashes", lots of foundation cream®, and then more foundation cream, and finally fuch- sia pink lipstick", Next it is under- wear. You need an authentic period girdle", stockings", a slip” and a longline bra". A longline bra in- cludes a corset which holds in your stomach. Itis this longline bra that keeps your body upright. It also stops you from breathing”. Finally, you need a period dress. Look for a floral design or a black pencil skirt dress®, Now you have the look, go out and enjoy the attention. Men will simply adore you! BAD EXAMPLE Some critics suggest Hendricks’ look is bad for modem women. Ibis simply a reflection of an old stere- otype. Of course, this is true. In the Mad Men world misogyny is normal. Secretaries are seduced. The men make sexist jokes about the women. They cheat on™ their wives. Today audiences can watch and laugh®, Everything is very dif- ferent now, isn’t it? Well, women’s underwear certainly is!EXERCISES Listening Questions 1. choose the best option. 2} Christina Hendricks has made the (thin/ voluptuous! look popular again. b} Some have called her the modern-day [Monroe/Manson, Inher rola on Mod Mon, chee af) (secretaryoffice manager. 6) SeLin the [1980s/1960s}, the show is about the advertising industry. cl You needa floral print dress or a black pencil (shirt/skirt to get the Look £) The girdle that women wore makes it sifficlt to (breathe/speah (] Some crits tink Christina's lok {reftects/rejocts) stereotypes. 1 The hourglass shape is associated with that of ala) reat/ideall woman, 2. indicate which word doesn’t belong in the group. al hourglass, voluptuous, thin ) gavel, eoneidorat, mizogynist él longline bra, underpants, stockings )hair, costume, eyelashes } walk, adore, ove Answers {al voluptuous] Monroe cote manager, 19605, skirt breathe, g reflects real 2.l thin, b considerate c] underpants, 6 costume, el wale MORE EXERCISES ON CO ete Renee TMs de éxito 2TH. delgado HOURGLASS.roloj de arena ‘LOOK; aspacto ‘SET: ambientado ‘PERIOD COSTUME: ropa dela épacs ‘TUNDERWEAR: ropa interior ‘ TOSTAND UPRIOHT. mantenerse derecho They cheat on their | To cheat on someone ~ | lengaftar aclguienl. 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Al final de una palabra se pronuncia/t/ Errors dura cone Bouse seeker en ghost /aoust. } 2uReD Hain: oelirojo | Bovreantesoronrwoneme Bl mejor actriz en un papel secundarioEASY ENGLISH // TRAVEL® ON CD2 [BYJOHNRIGG SPEAKER DEREK ALLENSSTANOARD BRITISH ACCENT ‘SPEAR UP EXPLAINS EY RAGHEL ROBERTS LANGUAGE LEVEL: A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE PORTOBELLO MARKET ALONDON CLASSIC Portobello, en el barrio de Notting Hill, es sin duda el mercado mas popular y turistico de Londres, Es muy concurrido, y hay que madrugar para encontrar gangas. ‘ondon’s Portobello Mar- kot is famous around the world and attracts many tourists and antique lov- ers'. The market is locat- ed on Portobello Road, which nuns* from north to south through the el- egant district of Notting Hill. The nearest underground station’ is Not- ting Hill Gate. The market is just a five-minute walk from this station. ANTIQUES Portobello Market is about 950 me- tres long. There is a market every day except Sunday. But be careful! You will find fruit and vegetables every day, but not antiques, The famous antiques market is only on Saturdays. Itis the UK's largest an- tiques market. If you want to find a bargain‘, remember to go early in the moming. You must haggle”! ‘That is, negotiate for the lowest possible price. Portobello Market is very popular, so by 11am it is very crowded! VINTAGE Fridays and Saturdays offer vintage clothes’ stalls and second-hand products. You can find anything and everything. There are also many cafes, pubs and bars along Portobello Road where you can stop for lunch ora rest from the crowds ‘ANTIQUE LovER: arante do las antighedades 2TORUNLextenderse UNDERGROUND STATION: estacién de metro GA FIVE-MINUTEWALK:a cinca minutos andando lver Speak Up Explains} BBECAREFUL, tener cuidade SBAROAIN: gange ‘TTOWAGGLE-r=gatear ‘SCROWDED:concurido ‘VINTAGE CLOTHES: ropa de Segunda mano tostattspuesio, tenderete M1 TATTOO PARLOUR: salén de tatuajes {$2 ISNOLONGER THERE: ya no ests SB CHARITY AUCTION: cubasta benéfica ‘AG IsAPPoINTED: decopcionade IverSpeak Up Explains}Hugh Notting Hill Fans of ther Grantand Jul .ow finda simple k door at 280 Wes‘The market officially closes at 6pm, but many traders"*close down at around 4pm. This is a good time to visit the fruit and vegetable area, especially on Saturdays. The trad- ers generally shout out" "£1 a box! £1 a box!" They are selling the last of their perishable” stock", THAT NAME Portobello Road was once a country Jane in the middle of fields". It con- nected Portobello Farm and Not- five-minutes. closed ~ Asversus, Afive-minute ‘Alos adjetivos Because. As para walk.Second-hand — compuestosseles __explicar el motivo products Compound separacon unguidn ya observado de adjectives. Losadje- _sivanantes det tuna aceién ode una tivos compuestos se forman con dos ‘omés palabras que juntas modifican alsustantivo. Los van siempre en singuler, por eso se dice five-minutey no sustantivo: ‘awell- situa‘ known singer’ pero noes neceserio sivan después: the singer iswelt known’ ting Hill, The farm was named after a famous victory: Admiral Edward ‘Vemnon captured the Spanish town Puerto Bello in Panama in 1739, CONSERVATION The area developed” in the Vic- torian era. Notting Hill became a residential area for the wealthy" It has many elegant houses and beautiful crescents* with terraced housing®. This has given Notting Hill its unique character. Today ‘The Friends of Portobello associa- tion is fighting™ to stop large retail chains® from invading the area. Most English towns have the same shops with the same window displays. Portobello Road remains ‘unique with its collection of small shops and arcades" Fans of the film will be disappointed as most of the shops inthe film have (1 én, Because se emplea cuando elmotivoestaparte | més importante dela trase. qa Listening Qu 1. insert the correct word to complete the Sentence underground crowded bargin traders stalls hagole fields stock 2] Portobello Morte is generally very i Many. close up shop at about dpm, cl It's a good place to hunt fora aT Atone time, the market was just some ‘eT inthe evening, the sellers get rid of their perishable fiThe station forthe market is Noting Wil Gate, glifyouare ready to_____—_you can get a better price hl There are. for everything fram clothes to food. 2. choose the best option. al you want bargain, goto Portobello Marketin te [afternoon/earty morning) }Youcan get ruitandvegetables/intage clothes for one pound per box. cl There is market ever day xcopt for (Tuesdy/Sundoy, Al The Portobello Farm was namedaftera {Spanish town/mushroom). el The famous antiques market is eld rey [Saturday/Wednesde iFriends of Portobello want to stop other ‘markets/chain stores from coming Notting Hi area 4) Youn spend a rainy Londen afternoon inthe smal theatres/arcades). Answers: 1 al erondedb) waders, bargin elds, soe, underground, ol gale, Nsalls 2a) eaty moring, bl rut and veg, ) Sunday, €) parish town, e) Saturday chain sores, al arcades MORE ExERESES ON CO SS TRADER: puastero $6 TaSHOUT OUT. grtar 17 PERISHABLE: perecedero 18STOCK:enctencias 19FIELD campo 20 TODEYELOP: urbanizar 2A WEALTHY: adinerado 22 CRESCENT. calle en forma de media lune 2S TERRACED HOUSING: casas edosodas 24 TOFIGHT:luchar 25RETAILCHAIN, cadena de iondas 26 ARCADE: galeria comercialLANGUAGE LEVEL: A2 PRI INTERMEDIATE EASY ENGLISH // WHERE ARE THEY NOW? MONICA LEWINSKY THE PRESIDENT’S SECRET En los noventa, termin6 con la carrera del presidente Clinton y acaparé portadas de periddicos de todo el mundo. Hoy Monica Lewinsky huye de cualquier tipo de publicidad. or a brief period in the 1990s, Monica Lewinsky was one of the most fa- mous people in the world, This was because of her relationship with President Bill Clinton. Today Monica Lewinsky avoids" publicity. INTERN Monica Lewinsky was an intem* at the White House. An intern is a young person who works for free. This is so that they can get work experience. Some foreigners think that this is called a ‘stage” in English, but in this case the word ‘stage’ is French ‘Monica Lewinsky was born in San Francisco on July 23rd, 1973 She grew up in Los Angeles and attended! the famous Beverly Hills High School, Her family was Jewish. Her father was an oncologist and the son of Holocaust survivors, Monica Lewinsky’s parents divorced when she wasa teenager, MR PRESIDENT She became an intern at the White House in the summer of 1995. She began a relationship with Presi- dent Clinton. Apparently, they had nine “sexual encounters”. Some in- volved oral sex, another involved a cigar. The problem was that Mon- ica Lewinsky told her colleague Linda Tripp and Linda Tripp taped their conversations, IMPEACHMENT ‘The other problem was that Presi- dent Clinton was under investiga- tion by “special prosecutor” Ken- neth Starr. In 1998 Clinton denied having a relationship with Monica 2 MARK WORDEN SPEAKUPEXPLANS 5 RACHEL ROBERTS Lewinsky. Unfortunately, this was not true. Clinton lied” under oath® and for this reason the US House of Representatives voted to impeach? him. ‘Ihe US Senate also voted put, fortunately for Clinton, the senators voted in his favour. TODAY ‘The scandal was a financial trauma for Monica Lewinsky because she had many legal bills" to pay. For this reason she frequently appeared on television and created a line of hand- bags", Later she moved to England and studied at the London School of Economics. Today her life is quiet On the tenth anniversary of the scan- dal Time magazine tried to interview hher, but she said "No, thankyou.” Stage Recordemos que la palabra stagees francesa yque sise quiere expresar este concepto en inalés debemos decir internship. Impeachment -es una acusacién formulada contra Uunalto.cargo por delitos cometidos en el desemperio de sus funciones, que puede conllevar la destitucién de la persona que los ha cometido. tToAvoID. evar INTERN: estudiante en précticas ‘STAGE: periodode practicas, iverSpoak Up Exptainsl A TOATTEND: ssistir: ‘STOTAPE:grabar 6 TODENY:negar ToL: ment ‘BUNDER OATH bajjuramerto 190 IMPEACH: imputer ver Explains] S0BILL, minute ‘IHANDBAG:bolsoEASY ENGLISH // THIS MONTH yJOHNRIGD SPEAKUPOXPLANS BY RACHEL ROBERTS CANGUAGE LEVEL: A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE PLAYING CONKERS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS La madre naturaleza ha creado el castajio de Indias; y los britanicos, un colorido y divertido campeonato en torno al fruto de este arbol, curiosamente no comestible. he Bntish love then tra- ditions. October is the month for collecting? horse chestnuts*. Horse chestnuts are shiny? nuts, commonly known as ‘conk- ers’. They are inediblet. So why do people love collecting them every year? The answer is a popular game: conkers. The Ashton Conker Club organises the annual World Conker Championships at New Lodge Fields, near Oundle, North- Info and Details amptonshire. ‘his year's event takes place on October 14th. THE GAME First of all, don’t confuse horse chestnuts with sweet chestnuts* Sweet chestnuts are edible, while conkers are not. Conkers are bit- ter‘, They are given to animals, for example, horses, but only af- ter boiling or similar processes So what do you do with a conker? You make a hole? through the mid- Competitors must go to the Ashton Conker Club's website: womworldconkerchampionships.com There they will find information on the Location and rutes* of the championship. There isalso an on-line entry form. This must be completed online, printed and posted” to the club with the £10 entrance fee. Other Uses ‘An old tradition suggests we puta ‘conker in our pockets. This can prevent rheumatism and haemorrhoids. Another tradition tells us to put a conker ineach corner of aroom. This practice repels spiders”. dle of the nut. You thread? a string? through the hole, and tie a knot** at the end of the string. Then you challenge" a friend to smash" your conker with his conker. ORIGINS ‘The game began in the 19th century. twas called ‘Obli-onker’, or simply ‘conkers’, There was also a special thyme: ‘Obli obli onker! My first. con- quer!’ ‘Conquer’ here means ‘vic- tory’. This may be the origin of the name ‘conker’. Another theory says ‘conker’ is derived from 'conch™. ‘The original game used snail shells (orconches), not conkers. IN APUB... How did a children’s game become an international event? It all began on @ wet" weekend in an English village pub in 1965. A group of friends at the Chequered Skipper in Ashton cancelled their fishing expedition. Instead they organised a conker competition. The compe- tition became an annual event,‘Today the World Conker Cham- pionship is a big occasion. There is. live music’. Local artisans set up” stalls, And there's a traditional vil- lage raffle". Profits go to the Royal National Institute for the Blind. ASECRET Competitors arrive from alll over the world. Last year there were over 50 overseas competitors from coun- tries like Canada, Austria, Mexico and Spain. Is there a secret win- ning technique? 2010 winner, Ray Kellock, says, "It depends where ‘and how you strike® the conker. Buthe wouldn't give us any details. THE RULES How do you play conkers? It's a simple game. There are two play- ers. A toss" of a coin decides who will start. Both players wrap* their conker siring twice around their hand. One player hangs" his conker from his hand. The distance from the hand to conker must be at least** 25 centimetres. And the player mustn't move. The other player holds his conker high, then swings it down*, He must hit and smash the other player's conker. The winner is the survivor. Children have invented many tricks”. They soak* their conkers in vinegar. They bake them in the oven. The intention is to make their conkers invincible, These tricks are prohibited at the World Champi- onships. The Ashton Conker Club provides all the conkers. And new conkers are used for each battle. éemplea para indicar una obligacién en el presente o eel futuro [con un adverbio de tiempol. Enel negativo significa que una cosa no se | | | ! F yprohibicién. Mustse i i ! permite, que esté prohibida | | Must y mustn’t~ Obligacién | | | | i rey 1 rocoLLecr.recoger 2HORSE CHESTNUT: caste de Indias SHINY: Lstrosa ZINEDIBLE: no comesible SSWeE! CHESINUTEcaStaN0 aulce ‘STOTHREAD: pasar {9STRING: cucrda 1OTOTIEARNOT: hacer unrudo {11TOCHALLENGE: desafiar te TOSMASHechocar.golpear 13.CONCH: caracola de mar MSNAILSHELL: coparazin de caracol 15 Wer: livioso A6LIVE MUSIC: misica en directo Y7TOSETUP: mentar twsTaLLstenierete T9RAFFLE: sorteo 20TOSTRIKE: golpear 24 T0SSelanzamniento Z2TOWRAP: envolver 2ATORANG: colgar ‘2 MUST vor Soe Up Explains 25ATLEAST: por lo mencs, camo misima 26 SWINOSIT DOWN: a lenze hacia abajo BITRICK: truco 28TOSOAK: comojor 29 TO PROVIDE: suminictrar BORULES: reclamento 1 TOPOST: enviar por correo ‘32SPIDER:aranaINTERVIEW // © ON CD3 BYMARK WORDEN SPESKER MARK WORDEN STANOARO BRIS ACCENT SPEAKUP EXPLAINS BY RACHEL ROBERTS LANGUAGE LEVEL: C1 ADVANCED GAYLE CHONG KWAN THE ART OF SCOTLAND La britanica Gayle Chong Kwan describe en sus obras todo el misterio y belleza de su Escocia natal. Explora la memoria colectiva e individual, el presente y los mitos e historias del pasado. Su ultimo trabajo: La isla obsidiana. a nation’s character reflected in its art? Scottish artist Gayle Chong Kwan certainly thinks so. And even though she is now based in London, she has used Scottish history, both real and im- agined, as the inspiration for her project, The Obsidian Islo. The isle is fictitious but it is home to a number of real Scottish places that no longer exist, such as abandoned Highland villages and Glasgow buildings that were bombed in the ‘war. She also found inspiration in the work of James Macpherson, an 18th century poet who claimed to have discovered Ossian, a blind*— and fictitious - Scottish poet of the third century. When Gayle Chong Kwan pre sented The Obsidian Isle, we asked her about Scotland’s romantic yet desolate landscape: Gayle Chong Kwan (Standard Bri- tish/mild Scottish accent}: The different places that are kind of included in The Obsidian Isle al- most sort of start with the Highland Clearances? in a way, which was a time when large parts of the High- lands were kind of really decimated of the population, and sheep farm- ing* was sort of put in their place because it was more profitable. And the Highlands have got quite particular connection with Ossian because, really, the way in which wo now think of almost the sort of romantic landscape, or romantic nature, as being something quite barron’, quite dramatic, desolate’, Tugged!, that sort of idea that typi- fies the Scottish landscape actually was really first sort of expressed in the works of Ossian. But, really, that came out of very brutal kind of part of Scotland's history that you can still see as you travel through the Highlands, the kind of remains of some of the villages from the Clear- ances and you do get this sense of it” being a kind of cleared terrain”. BLIND: ciego 2FICTITIOS:ficticio. CLEARANCE: expulsién iver Speak Up Explsins) TODECIMATE: dlezmar S SHEEP FARMING: ria Ce ovejas BARREN estEri ‘7 DESOLATE: desierto ‘RUGGED: acidentada 9 YOU DOGET THis SENSE OF IT realmentate levas esta sencacién ‘OCLEAREDTERRAIN: lerrena despejadenor aos a egee ctor eteHUMILITY Gayle Chong Kwan is not a very Scottish-sounding name. Gayle Chong Kwan's father was a Chinese Mauritian who went to Edinburgh University, where he met his Scot- tish wife, And he seems to have un- derstood the Scottish character: Gayle Chong Kwan: I remem- ber my Dad used to articulate this when I was young. He used to say, “You know, the Scots are so humble", “compared to the English in some way, and there's a kind of Jack" of "Showyoffness!” So the fact that Scotland would almost find a sort of delicious beauty and rarefied- temigracién masiva de escoceses hacia Estados Unidos, Canad, Australiay Nueva Zelanda The Hightand Clearances~Se trata Showyoftness ~ He aqui un hermoso ejemplo dela flexibilidad deta lengua inglesa: de tun phrasal verb|(o show of, ‘presumir, dela expulsién que sulrieron algunas poblaciones de las Highlands escocesas entos siglos XVilly XIX, llevada a cabo porlosterratenientes alardear', elartista que querian dedicar lastlerrasa lacria de ovejas. Estas expulsiones, a menudo brutales, tuvieron como consecuencie una inventa un sustantivo ad noc anadiéndole el sufijo -ness. People stilldo help each other [..Jand if projector needs ness'*in a barren landscape that had come about" through a sort of act of political horror and clearances, re- ally, of a landscape. It’s sort of quite fitting, It's saying, “OK, this has happened to us, and this has hap- pened, but actually not to celebrate it, but just to sort of say, "Yes, we're going toown this”.” Ang Scottish humility is also evident inthe art world: Gayle Chong Kwan: Having worked Up in, particularly in Glasgow quite a lot, one of the things that's really reffeshing there is it's a kind of can do attitude" where people still do help each other and, if there'sa talk” ‘going on and a projector needs to be found, it will be found. It'sa very dif- ferent setting to working in London where the competition is incredibly fierce and a lot of artists say that actually in Scotland, because it is slightly more concentrated... anda smaller environment to work in, in some way you can get known" and people can know each other much better. In London there are thou- sands upon thousands of artists just in Shoreditch, in kind of one area. tobe found, itwilt, be found, El énfasis. Observemos el empleo del auxiliar doen una frase afirmativay el will enlasiguiente. Esto se utilize cuando se quiere subrayar algo. Enel tenguaje oral esto es mucho més evidente que en ellenguaje escrito puesto que se cambia también el tono de la voz: Las personas todavia se ayudan nasa otras 1V.s1 hace falta encontrar tun proyector, seguro que lo encontraran AAA 1. Match the words te their synonyms or 4efinitions. al barren 1. appropriate Uificticious 2 angryshostle Gierreh— inertle rugged discussion elnumble 5. rough; untouched Aig 4 not proud afer land Ata 8. unceal 2. choose the wed from thelist that best fits the gop. rariied competitive refreshing pies landscape decimated. blind a Osian sa ftitious, third century poet The Seatish l Amelanchol, dark lace the Scottish landscape. Fhe Highland learonces —___partsofthe highands a The Seotsh rational character i quite and not tal stu. tsa atmosphere atop the majestic Rs al Lordon'sartcts canbe showyoty” and extremely is very romentic. 3. insert vowels to create words that appear inthe report Example: Sctind +0 + a=Scotand alehretr lst blows fAvllgs climes lity dirtctt bl cmpttn Answers 1-a)5,018,17,d)5 016,11, 912, m4 2 al bln bl landscape, tyes, dl decimated, | relreshng, fl rarfed competitive 3.al character, b works, cl clearances, 4 articulate, e arts, vlages, hut, 1 competition Se eee ‘WHUMBLE:humilde ratacksausencia 48 TO SHOW OFF: presumirjactarse Iver Speak Up Explains] {UG RAREFIEDNESS: sensacién de rareza ASTOCOME ABOUT. surair AGFITTING. apropiad {17 WE'RE GOING TO OWN THIS: esto sera parte de nuestra historia [TO OWN: tener, poseer] 18 CANDo" ATTITUDE: ‘mentalidad de todo es factible $9 TALKecharla 20FIERCE: feroz 2 TOGET KNOWN: carse.a conacerNEWS // CITY LIGHTS LANCGE LEVEL: 1 INTERMEDIATE SY ALEK PHILLIPS Notes . AllLOut _~ For Oats* Forres patel hin iemace th peed wlevanecs Brosaber tierce fei tnceompete ord orge - - Making Gampioshin ove Passion for Trains _ tcienseinecsy, imglaneprtacan FOR 150 YEARS modei railways" have empassioned the English-speaking world. Detailed scale models, including locomotives, tracks* and signalling?, plus environmental fea- tures such as roads, streams and canyons arestill supplied by Orr pioneering companies, UK-based Homby (founded in 1901) CE or Bachmann (founded in the USA in 1833, the company is pha are ope gait ear esa eg now Chinese). Cambridgeshire's National Festival of Railway 2TRACK v8 ‘Modelling (October 20-21) exhibits the latest high-quality lay- iS SSMLEING ‘sefalizacén 2TOSOAK: outs* and supplies. www.model-railways-live.co..k STREAM: rachuelo ——_dejaren remojo‘SPECIAL, DyeDNORGLEESON AMERICAN ELECTIONS DOWN T0 THE LINE En noviembre EE UU celebra elecciones. Dos candidatos se disputan la presidencia: el demdcrata Obamay el republicano Romney. Est en juego no solo el futuro de los estadounidenses, sino también del resto del mundo n Tuesday, November 6th, millions of North Americans will go to the polls" to decide who will be the most powerful man in the world for the next four years, Barack Obama, the current holder, is the first black president in a country which only abolished officially-sanctioned racism after the Second World War. ‘Obama took office in 2008, with the country fighting against both a financial and economic tsunami. He had the world’s hopes and good ‘wishes behind him, and seemed to be proof that the American dream ‘was alive and well, Four years on, however, those hopes have beon only partly fulfillec?, and Obama’s chances of winning a second term depend on an electoral race that may well go right down to the linet OBAMA'S RECORD In the last four years, Obama has repaired much of the damage done to America’s image abroad by the presidency of George W Bush. Dis- appointments* remain, however ~ Guantanamo is still open. Athome, De tad Obama saved the banking industry from collapse with a $700 billion bailout", but his financial reforms are considered by many to be too timid. He introduced important changes to the American health system, but some critics said he had been too cautious while oth- 18 said he had gone too far. He cer- tainly saved the dying car industry and was praised” by the right-wing magazine The Economist for doing so! He pumped $800 billion into® the economy, with the country then suffering an unemployment rate of 7.7 pex cent, and is considered by Dulue Wy lave saved Autti {uuu a recession similar to that of the 1930s. Others, however, consider his economic policies to be a fail- ure- the unemployment rate is now around 8.2 percent, All this time, Obama was fight- ing against a Republican Party moving more and more to the right, influenced by the radically anti- government Tea Party movement, He was often acoused of not being even an American, and millions ot Kepublicans actually despise him. Some Democrats think that the Republican Party intentionally locked some of Obama's econom- ic measures in order to make the country worse off and reduce the president's popularity. OBAMA'S CHANCES If Obama is to be re-elected, his basic likeability’ will play an im- portant role. Many people trust him on social issues, and he is very popular with black and Hispanic voters, More relevant, however, is the economy. Obama started his term with a sick economy, but some critics say his measureshave been insufficient, while America has also been affected by the Eu- ropean crisis. His rival, Mitt Rom- ney, hopes to attract people by his ability “to get things done” — his yuu 1 te routs: acuaira las urnas ZPROOF: prucbs TO FULFIL: realizor,curplir {£7060., THELINE estar reid hasta el final SDISAPFOINTMENT. decapcién BAILOUT, rescate ‘TTOPRAISE: elogiar BTOPUMPINTO: invertir-en LIKEABILITY: simpatissuccessful background in busi- ness may persuade people to vote for him in these very difficult economic times. PRESIDENT ROMNEY? Romney's business background, however, may also work against him. There are accusations that he made his wealth through his in- vestment company by exporting American jobs abroad, and that part of his $200 million fortune is in tax havens®, His Mormon religion is a factor too - Romney would be the first-ever Mormon president, and some voters consider this a negative factor. Romney also has to satisfy the growing right-wing faction of his party, which is why he chose Paul Ryan as his vice- presidential nominee". This may attract dissatisfied hard-core* vot- ers but put off* moderate Republi- can votets and also those still un- decided how to vote, ‘The 2012 American Presidential race is one of the most unpredicta- ble of recent decades, and reflects the highly divided state of both the American public and the political scene. Many factors will influence the result, including, believe it or not, the number of people who are actually able to vote - no less than 19 states have made the reg- istration process to vote harder this year, to the likely prejudice of black and poor voters. Election day will see millions of Americans, as usual, choosing their leader for the next four years — if they can vote, of course, AO TAXHAVEN paraicafceal TINOMINEE: cand data ‘2HARD-CORE:inconicionat 1s To PuTOFFedesaleniar Me TONERD: arrear a8c0AT:cabra AGANCESTRY: accendencia 17 TOGET...1RACK volver al buen caring ABWELFARE. benestar TWLANDSUDE:apiastante ‘20 ELIGIBLE BACHELOR: buen partido ‘24 MANAGEMENT CONSULTANCY: ‘asesoria de gestisn de empresas 22TO RUNFOR. presentarse come candidato a 2B INCUMBENT: titular 26 TOTAKEOVER: tomar el mando 25 FUNDRAISER: recaidacor de fondos 26 TOHOSE DOWN: lavarcon mangers TANGUAGE LEVEL. B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE Barack Obama ‘America’s first black president was born on August 4, 1961, in Honolulu, Hawaii. His Kenyan father, who had herded" goats" asa child, won a ‘scholarship to Hawaii, where he met Obama's future mother, an American ‘of mostly English ancestry". The couple were divorced in 1964, and Obama's father returned to Kenya, visiting his son only once before his death ina car accident in 1982. ‘After Obama's mother married an Indonesian and moved abroad to ‘work, the future president was brought upby his maternal grandparents. ALIFE CHANGE Hurtby the absence ofhis father, the teenage ‘Barry took refuge in alcohol, marijuana and cocaine. Yet he got himself back on track”. After studying political science at Columbia University in New York, he spent three years.as.a community worker before doing law at Harvard Law School. He edited the Harvard Mitt Romney Born in March 1947 in Detroit, Mitt Romney, ifelected, would be the richest presidentin American history, worth about $200 million. Married to Anna Davies since 1989, by whom he has five sons, She was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1998, Son of Michigan Governor George Romney, the Republican presidential candidate studied at Harvard Law School and Harvard Business School, during which time he was named one of the US's most eligible bachelors®. A member of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints {the Mormons], while serving asa missionaryin France, he was injured trying to defend two female missionaries from the attention of a group of local rugby players. BUSINESS WHIZZ Romney began his business career inmanagement consultancy" before founding the investment firm Bain Capital in 1984, Romney has been criticised for his business style as the head ofthis company. He ran for theLaw Review and became its first- ever black president. He also, at this time, met his future wife, Michelle Robinson, who has become one of the ‘most popular, respected First Ladies inrecent history. After directing a project toregister 150,000 of 400,000 Unregistered African Americansin |Winois, he joined & Chicago law firm specialising in civil rights litigation in 1993. RISING STAR Elected to the Illinois Senate in 19%, Obama helped reform health care and welfare™ laws. He was re-elected in 1998 and 2002, during which time his two daughters were born. He entered the US Senate in 2004 in an unexpected landslide" victory. His 2008 presidential campaign reveated his skill as an orator and baptised the internet asa fundamental political tool Amould-breakeras the first black president, Obama has often erphasised the iver sity of his uwn family -"It'slike alittle mini-United Nations.” He has never forgotten his father's poor roots, however, annually giving large amounts to charity Massachusetts Senate in 1994, but ‘was defeated by the incurnbent®, Ted Kennedy. few years later, he took ‘over**the Salt Lake City Organising Committee, then in chaos, and helped “organise a successful 2002 Winter Olympic Games. Elected Governor of Massachusetts in 2003, he reduced a three-billion-dollar deficit and introduced health care reform giving residents almost universat health coverage. He made erun for the Republican presidential nomination in 2008, spending $45 million of his own money, but lost to John McCain. INTERESTING PERSONALITY Anexcellent fundraiser and organiser, Romney has been criticised forhis introverted personality and poor social skills - in one speech, he described trees as “the right height and grass as “the right colour’ Famousty eccentric, he only let his children to yo to the toilet on tony Gat journeys at petrol stops. He once tied a family dog o the car roof on a 12-hour drive ~ after the dog dirtied the roof, Romney stopped the car, hosed down? the dog and car and carried on.BRAD PITT BYALEXPHILLIPS LANGUAGE LEVEL: B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE. | BEAUTY i Guapo, atractivo y gran actor, el mediatico Brad Pitt empezé en television, pero pronto los grandes del cine se fijaron en sus cualidades interpretativas. Esta involucrado en causas sociales junto a Angelina Jolie. rad Pitt, whowasborn in ating, however, Pitt left town! He 1963, has the All-Amer- travelled to Los Angeles, where he ican looks, the charm — signed up* for acting lessons ! and the brains that have ‘His training brought Pitt into con- established him as one tact with television producers. He of Hollywood's most employable, began by playing small parts in TV charismatic and internationally _ series, including Growing Pains and admired movie stars. 21 Jump Street, Later he attracted attention for his roles in TV movies, played a minor part, that of small- DETERMINATION notably, 1990's Too Young To Die?, time’ criminal, butthe enormous suc- | Pitt was raised in Springfield, Mis- in which he played asleazydrug ad- cess of the film and, specifically, an souri by a high school counsellor, dict, YetforyearsPittfounditdifficult energetic love scene in it, established anda truck" company owner. While _ to push his career forwards* Pittas an intemational sex symbol Brad was sporty? at school, he then ‘This was to change, when Pitt chose to major’ in journalism in uni- was cast in Ridley Scott's road mov- CHALLENGED ! versity. Two wooks before gradu- ie Thelma & Louise (1991). In ithe Despite the fame, Brad Pitt re- mained true" to his humble origins, Rather than selecting stereotypi- ra 5s [3 cal roles as a cowboy-hatted hunk’ Hitting a Winner he began challenging himseli™ by Brad Pitt plays Billy Beane, the general working with immensely talented i mayor ot ee a ' directors, such as Robert Redford in jaseball team, in Moneybal 2 : Oakland Athletics face the loss of major : 1008.4 River Rune Tone fe ene | players after a series of bad results. > actors, such as Anthony Hopkins in | This leads to conflict between Beane Legends of the Fall (1995). ! and manager Art Howe (Philip Seymour Pitt compared these experiences Hoffman) over howto assemble” a is | ‘competitive team. Can Beane turn swith competing in sport: jwhen you, Oakland's fortunes around"? Jonah play with somebody better than you, Hillalso stars in this gripping” sports fi your game gets better’, he said, And | drama, directed by Bennett Miller. ; E his hard work paid off". In 1996, he i = landed a leading role in atmospheric 2 SeeAKUPcrime thriller Seven, in which Kevin Spacey and Morgan Freeman also stanted. The film was highly ac- claimed and Pitt's portrayal” of a headstrong" cop was called “screen acting at its best” (Variety). Pitt then starred in two cult clas: sics: Teny Gilliam's disturbing" sci- once-fiction 22 Monkeys (1998), for which he won. Golden Globe, and, a couple of years (anda few films) later, in the equally imaginative Fight Club (1999), a film adaptation of Chuck Palahniuk’s punchy" novel. Brad took lessons in boxing and taekwon- do for the role, and even had pieces of his front teoth removed, and only restored when filming ended! BONDING Inthe 2000s, two relationships domi- nated Brad Pitt's life and career. One - purely platonic! - with George with whom Pitt starred Eleven (2001), Ocean's 2004), Ocean's Thirteen (2007) and the Coen Brothers’ Bum After Reading (2008). CNN's Paul Giinton called their on-screen chem- istry “the best male chemistry since Paul Newman and Robert Redford.” ‘The other high-profile relationship, 's with his present partner, Angeline Jolie, who he met on the set of Mr. & Mrs. Smith (2006) Brad continues to star in films .ct considerable interest yr unique themes, style and These include Babel (2006), 1us Case of Benjamin But- ton (2008), and Quentin Tarantino's Inglorious Basterds (2009). He also played a role in Terrence Malick's experimental epic The Tree of Life, which won the Palme d'Or prize at the 2011 Cannes Film Festival BE ‘TRUCK: camién 2 SPORTY: deportista 3 TOMAIOR: especializarse { TostewuP, matricularse 5 SLEAZY, con mala int 6 TOPUSHFORWAROS: impulsar, avanzar 17 SMALL-TIME: de poca monte 8 TRUE: fel 9 HUNK: tia bueno 10 TOCHALLENGE ONESELF: desatiarse a une mismo {11 TOPAY OFF: valor la pena 12 PORTRAYAL Fetrato, 19 HEADSTRONG: testarudo 14 DISTURBING: inquietance {1 PUNCHY: incisivo 16 FINANCIALLY-STRICKEN apuros econémicas {7 TOASSEMBLE: montar 18 TOTURN AROUND: encorrlar 19 GRIPPING: apasionanteLy SRN (LANGUAGE LEVEL: DARK ROMANCE INTERMEDIATE GOTHIC WHITBY Dos veces al ano, la pequefa Localidad inglesa de Whitby se transforma completamente. Sus calles se llenan de vampiros y personajes vestidos al mas puro estilo gotico. Celebran el Gothic Weekend Festival. hitby is an Eng- lish seaside’ re- sort with a differ- ence. Every Hal- loween the town changes from a picturesque port to a dark, mysterious place. The smell of fish and chips in the air is swallowed? by a thick fog? rolling* in from the North Sea. Emerging from the gloom* are thousands of figures dressed in black. Welcome to Gothic Whitby. A monastery was built here on the north-east coast of England — about 75km from York — in the 7th century. It was destroyed by the Vikings, and it was rebuilt from 1220 in the Early English Gothic style. Today, the majestic abbey* on the cliffs? dominates the area, and twice a year thousands of goths" from around the world de- scend on the town for the Whitby Gothic Weekend festival. POST-PUNK The goth subculture developed in the late 1970s from the punk mu- sic scene in Britain, It is associ. ated with gothic rock, industrial music and horror films. Victorian Gothic literature is also important, and Bram Stoker stayed in Whitby while he was writing his famous novel Dracula. He was so inspired by the atmosphere of the town and the abbey's romantic ruins that he set three chapters of the book here.SEASIDE: costero 2TOSWALLOW: eng lilt: tragar) STHICKFOG: niebla espesa ‘TOROLL: deslizarse ‘LOOM: penumira, oscuridad ABBEY. cbadin ‘7euFF,acantilado BooTHE gic [it gos) ‘GRAVEYARD: comentario Oe nity a 10 TO RUN AGROUND: encallar STORM: 5 Teche: TOMISSING: 17TOJUMP ASHORE: lanzarse hacia orilla 1BTOKICK TODEATH: matara patadas The Dracula Connection Whitby inspired many writers, but it is most famous for Bram Stoker's Dracula. Stoker stayed in the Royal Hotel, from where he had views of the East Cliff, with its 199 steps leading to St Mary's Church and graveyard”, with the abbey beyond. In the novel ‘Russian ship, the Demeter, runs aground’ inWhitby harbour during storm", with the crew"* missing? and the captain's body tied tn the helm"®. Ahuge" dog jumps ashore" and disappears into the darkness. tis known that vampires can take the form ofa dog Count Dracula has arrivedin England. The Sophie Lancaster Foundation Notall towns are as tolerant as Whitby when it comes to Goths. In2007 a Goth girt, called Sophie Loncoster was attacked and kicked to death'* bya gang in Bacup, Lancashire, purely because of her outfit. Since then her mother has founded the Sophie Lancaster Foundation. For more information, vist: ww. sophielancaster foundation.com Whitby Jet Whitby is also famous for its shiny blackjet-a semi- recious stone formed from ssilised wood. thas been used as jewellery for thousands ofyears, but became very fashionable during Victorian times. There ae stil several jet shops in the town.Festivals ‘The Whitby Goth Weekends are held twice a year, usually inApritand October. This autumn, just before Halloween (25-28 October] there is the Bram Stoker International Film Festival- the UK's biggest horror festival — alongside the Goth Weekend Fringe Festival, while the official festival takes place from31 October-5 November. For more information: wuw.whitbygothweekend. co.ukand wimw.bramstoker filmfestival.com Visiting Info Whitby is on the north-east coast of England, on the edge of the beautiful North York Moors National Park. The nearest airports are Durham/ Tees Valley Airport (70krn} Newcastle Airport (130km} and Leeds/Bradford [135kmn) ? orto burgh Whitby Fashion is also very impor- tant to goths — at Whitby Gothic Weekend you will see Victo- tian dresses, black lace", rubber suits® and chains", People catch up with” the latest styles at one of Whitby's goth shops or the Bi- zarre Bazaar goth market. In the evening the town's Spa Pavilion plays host® to the biggest and darkest names in gothic music. THE BIG MATCH Even if there is a dark atmosphere and mystery, Whitby's Gothic Weekends are also great fun. It is a very tolerant place, and the goths and locals mix happily. This can lead to some strange sights# — there is even a football match between the goths and the local newspaper! As the saying here goes, “Only in Whitby!” GLOSSARY] 191408: eres, until 2ORUBBERSUIT:trje de goms 2A CHAIN: cadens. 22 TOCATEH UP WITH: ponerse al cia 2STOPLAY HOST TO: ver Speak Up Explains 2ESTRANOESSIONT: espectaculo extrano 25SUITOF ARMOUR: armadura (ver Speak Up Explains) 26 TOWANDEROFFr lej2rce (verSpeak Up Explains! 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As she explains, the local community is very tolerant: Elaine Horton (Standard British accent): There's so many different things go on: there's different festivals all through the year, and everyone takes part in all those different festivals, so you've got so many different types of people, and you can almost do anything. For instance, we were invited to a friend's birthday party a few years ago, and she asked my partner if he would wear his suit of armour, So he put that on and ‘we wandered off*to the party”, and nobody really looked twice, ‘cause it's “Only in Whitby!” We then asked her to explain Gothic fashion: Elaine Horton: Probably the most kind of thing. But you've also ‘stornpy" goth”, which is well-known would be the Victorian got, then, the cybergoths, who like the ones that wear the sort look, the sort ofhigher-necked the Liiyhiter volours, neon wuluuis of tine bayyie! Ui uses” with dressesMand allthe blacklace and hairin bunches™. 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No trip here is complete without seeing the old Spanish mission of San Antonio de Valero, better known as The Alamo. ‘This historic site is where, 176 years ago, a small band? of Texans resist- ed the Mexican army for 19 daye. ‘The Texans were defeated?, but the deaths of the Alamo defenders have come to symbolize the ultimate ect of American heroism, TEXAS LIBERTY Each year 2.5 million people visit the monument, church and mu- seum of The Alamo in downtownt San Antonio. What does the site represent to all these visitors? "Lib- erty,” says Steve Ort man, historical interpreter at The Alauwo. “We vall it the Shrine of Texas Liberty be- cause they were fighting for liberty, for their rights. They were willing to die for their independence and people who visit here can appreci- ate the sacrifice that was made.” THE MEXICANS in North American his- the Spanish established If you go... reare regular flights and ak train connections to San. rt distance from the famous River Admission is free although £ wards*, By the time Mexico gained independence from Spain in 1821 the ‘Spanish mission had also changed: it was fitst abanconed and then tumed. into’ a fort with a new name, The ‘Alamo. It was now in the border® re- gion of newly independent Mexico “Mexico needed a way to bring ool- onists, emigrants, settlers, into this wild, dangerous frontier called Tejas, Bray. TRIP viaje RAND: grupo ATODEFEAT. vencer, darrotar ‘DOWNTOWN: contra [dela ciudad) EWRINE, tora STOBEWILLING: estar dispuesto ‘TSEFTLER: colon EASTWARDS: Nac el esto 9TOTURNINTO:convertiren {oBORDER. Tronterize san lonsare requested; vwvw.thealariu.ory San Antonio's historic Mission Trail links together the four other .nps.gov/saan and Wii nish missions: San José, Concepcién, San Juan and Espade; nw.vsitsanantonio.comWisiters/plan/ ‘ed-Stories/sant-antonio-missions sPeaKuan sein arate| John Wayne When itcomes to American history, Hollywood has had a strong influence on popular imagination and The Alamo is no exception. Today Americans see that battle as a glorious event ‘and this is partly due to the 1962 movie which starred the great John Wayne [1907-79] as Davy Crockett. Wayne also directed the film, while the cast included Richard Widmark as Jim Bowie and Laurence Harvey as William Travis. John Wayne (real name Marion Morrison! is considered the ultimate hero, both in war movies and westerns. Thisis given that he didn’t like or Texas,” explains Ortman. “And what attracted Americans and Europeans here was land.” With the Mexican government offering Jand much more cheaply than in the United States, the region's de- mogtaphics® changed fast: by the early 1830s there were 10 Anglo- European colonists in Texas for eve- ry Tejano, or native-born Mexican citizen. When General Santa Anna began moving Mexico towards a centralist form of government, the ‘Texas sotilers and colonists weren't happy. Conflict was inevitable. NO QUARTER In 1835, the Texas Revolution be- gan as Texan rebels pushed Mexi- can troops out” of the region. A ‘small force of Texan colonists and horses and he never served inthe military. Most actors at his generation fought in World War Two, but John Wayne stayed at home. Did you know...? The word Texas derives {from the native Amarican ‘tejas’, meaning ‘friends’ Texan leaders signed a declaration of independence oon 2nd March 1836, forming the Republic of Texas In 1845, Texas became the 28th state to join the Union of, the United States of America, volunteers took possession of The Alamo. For most Americans today, they were freedom fighters strug- Gling" for liberty and independ- ence. At the time, however, Santa Anna saw them as colonists lead- ing an illegal uprising™ against ‘their host country" and its legiti mate government. He led 1,500 ‘Mexican troops to surround the fort and demanded the immediate sur- render of The Alamo. “He raised” aed flag of no quarter’," says Ort- man, "meaning thet, if the Texans started a battle with him, he would spare" no one; everybody in the garrison® would be killed." THE ULTIMATE SACRIFICE ‘There was no surrender. The first shots of the Battle of The Alamo rang out® on February 23rd, 1896. 13 days later more than 200 Ala- mo defenders lay dead, with some 400-600 Mexican soldiers killed or wounded, The heroics of the outnumbered® Alamo defenders inspired the continuing rebellion, and eventually it led to an inde- pendent Texas. Few Americans are as proud of their history as Texans. But how crucial is The Alamo to modern- day San Antonio and Texas? “It has certainly helped shape the character of Texans and their spirit of independence,” says Ortman. “They were willing to die for their freedom, rather than be governed by somebody they didn't elect. Ul- timately®, Texas helped to shape the course of North America.”1. choose the best answer fr each question. a] Why i the Aare farnous? 1. Mescans resisted the American ary there 2. Tevans resisted the Mexican army there. 4L Americans resisted the Texan raiders there b} What does the Alamo symbolize for many North Americans? 1. American expansion. 2. 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Example; mama: + -+u-+e= monument al sm elrghis bi hstre cllbiy Dirbint Ce Answers stun: tier reno uaRTER: in cuartel 1.9)2,013.0)1 91213 doen i ssrosranes 2 alhercism, liberty, dl turbutent compesicin dernagrfica 2OGARRISCN: = ae ae ‘atopusnouTeechor 2iToRNGOUT . ‘WTosTRUGGLE:uchar 22WOUNDED:» bi suroune ‘BUPRISING:lovantarionte 23TOOUTNUMBER: ‘sénost coUNTRY: pats anfitrién 26T0 SHAPE: s7ToRAIsE:alzar 25uLtMaTELy: uperar en numeroCULTURE// BEYOND LANGUAGE BYRACHEL ROBERTS LANGUAGELEVEL: UPPERINTERMEDIATE DISPLAYS OF EMOTION COLD OR PASSIONATE Las emociones son comunesa todas las personas, pero la forma de manifestarlas puede diferir bastante. Aunque no esuna reglainfalible, britanicos y europeos del norte suelen ser mas comedidos que los europeos del sur. t is a common conception that British and other northern Eu- ropean people tend to be cold and unfeeling’, whereas south- er Europeans are emotional and even excitable, Although it’s tme that there are some cultural tendencies, we shouldn't pay too much attention to the old stereo- type of stiff-upper-lipped® Brits and passionate Latins. The real differ- ence lies not in the emotions that are actually‘ felt by people of dif- ferent cultures, but in how much emotion they display* FEELINGS These two different types of cul- ture have been described as “af- fective", where people openly ex- press their emotions, both verbally and by using gestures, and “neu- tral”, where people tend to keep their feelings hidden‘, Members of affective cultures use a lot of phys- ical contact, and will often greet each other loudly’ and enthusiasti- cally when they moot. Members of neutral cultures often feel uncom- fortable with too much physical contact in public. Of course, this depends on con- text — football players from around the globe will embrace each other passionately after their team has scored a goal* — but in general there are big differences about what is acceptable behaviour. Consider politicians on television, In Britain politicians from oppos- ing parties usually argue’ polite- ly", taking turns" to express their views®. In countries like Spain or Italy, they often interrupt each oth- er quite aggressively. MAD MEN ‘Similarly, in southern Europe it's not unusual to see someone shout- ing and waving their arms about in public while having a heated" telephone conversation using an earphone", In northern Europe, or other neutral cultures, such ‘mad’ behaviour is avoided. In these cultures, exaggerated displays of emotion, or ‘histrionics’, are disap- proved of. People who indulge in such behaviour are seen as exces- sively excitable, or simply rather stupid. Japan's neutral culture is reflected in many of its proverbs, such es: “Only a dead fish has an open mouth". Similar expressions can be found in English, such as “Still waters run deep™ THE WAR In 1939, at the start of the Second World War, the British goverment produced a propaganda poster with the words "Keep Calm and Carry On". The poster, which was intended to raise the morale” of the British public, had an extremely limited distribution at the time, but was rediscovered in 2000 and can now be found on the walls of many offices and workplaces in the UK. Keeping calm and carrying on, can have serious side effects, how- ever. Speaking on television last year, Michael Douglas blamed® his wife, Catherine Zeta-Jones's, nervous breakdown* on her Brit- ish ‘stiff upper lip’ attimide towards his throat cancer, saying “She just bottled it all up.” To ‘bottle it up" means to keep strong emotions in- side, where they may ferment and explode ata later date, SUICIDAL More tragically, recent figures™ have revealed thet the single big- gest killer of men under 36 in the UK is suicide. According to thecharity CALM (Campaign Against Living Miserably] established in 2006, young men are three times more at risk of suicide than young women, specifically because of their inability to express emotion and their tendency to bottle it up, ‘Americans, like Michael Doug- las, usually try not to let their emo- tions cloud their judaement™, for example, when making business decisions or during meetings, but they tend to talk about their feelings quite freely. ronically, British people often laugh at what they consider to be the American love of psycho- fact the Brits themselves he same need, intended ironically. pretation can have dangerous consequences. After a minor road accident in France or Spain, the drivers often shout and gosticulate at each other. Rather than an explosion of real anger, the loud verbal display may sim- ply be an attempt for each driver 10 express nis or ner point of view first. In the UK, however, people only shout and gesticulate if they are really furious and perhaps close to violence. A Spanish tourist screaming at a British driver after an accident may well find himself faced with an aggressive response. DANGEROUS In relationships between these two cultures, whether formal or informal, extreme caution should be used before interpreting be- haviour. ‘Affectives’ dealing with ‘neutrals’ should remember that lack of visible emotion does not mean lack of feeling. On the other hand ‘neutrals’ dealing with ‘af- foctives’ should remember that shouting doesn’t mean they are about to” starta fight. ‘UNFEELING:-s2sie 2EXCITABLE ASTIFF-UPPER-LIPPED: estirado, engretdo GacTuaLLys 2 iaviewpunis Toro WAVEoN's Aaus asoUT: ear con ‘ewearen ‘eeamPvone: >>> o Tero nuccein 19 sti wareas aun DEEP Uasaparienss terocanay ok ante pronaise Tie woRALsnvntarelanimo 2OTOaLANE, ZINERVOUS BrEAKOOWN zaman Zanoune: 24 LOUD THEIR JUDGEMENT. embrollar3ujuico de escape 2BSAFETY VALVES 2 ‘26UNDERSTATEMENT, ‘comadimy ZITOBE ABOUT TO:SOCIETY //@ ON CDS [BYMARTIN SIMMONDS SPEAKER DEREK ALLENSTANDARD ERIS ACCENT SPERKUPEX?LANS GY RACHEL ROBERTS LANGUAGE LEVEL: C1 ADVANCED ALTERNATIVE SOCIETY LIVING CHEAPLY 4Afectados por la crisis? Una pareja de britanicos decidié vivir con 2,50 euros diarios durante un ano. 4Cémo lo consiguieron? Imaginacién, intercambios, solidaridad y una vida basada en las relaciones humanas. n the current economic crisis, the story of Ruth and Toby Phil- lipsis extremely relevant. A few years ago they borrowed" some money from their relatives in order to make the down payment? on a house. They needed to pay the money back quickly and so they decided to try and live on £2 (or €2.60) a day each for one year. ‘They excluded some things from their budget, such as bills’, their car and their mortgage payments, but they allowed one pound each fot food, and one pound each for everything else. tener tantas cosas atu favor} puede significar estar enuna posicién In order to survive they foraged for fruit and berries, they often ate ‘roadkill”, in other words ani- mals that had been killed by cars, and they bartered* and exchanged goods and services with other peo- ple. As Toby Phillips says, they soon learnt to be self-sufficient: Toby Phillips (Standard British ac cent): Self-sufficiency is more like “Hey, I've got chickens, you don't, Thave surplus eggs, I'm able to for- age for things because [live in the countryside’ and you don't, so we can swap* things there,” and bar- alot going for her. [Es bella, intetigente yrica, Tiene una situacién envidiable.) privilegiada, tener We've got an awful lot going for us ~ {estamos en. tuna posicién increfblemente privilegiada) La expresién to have a lot going for you Uliteralmente: muchas ventajas [como la gente que vive en Occidente, segiin Toby Phillips), como tener muchos atributos, por ejemplo: She's beautiful, intelligent andrrich, She's got Going round someone’shouse - He aqui una frase que se empleamuchisimo eneldiaadiayque hay que aprender sin falta Roundno significa “dando weltas’ sino’e! liracasa de alguien). tering of services as well as goods, Su yuiuy Lud suineune’s house" and helping them build® a ward- robe" could get you a few beers. It’s a different way of thinking, but it’s actually, emotionally, very, very nice to doit that way. And everyone thinks they're gaining, whereas spending money, you think you're giving something away, whereas bartering you feel you're both re- ceiving, and it’s a strange way of looking at things. CONSUMER SOCIETY We asked Ruth what was the most important thing that she had learnt over the course of the year: Ruth Phillips (Standard British ac~ cent}: There was something about it and it's very hard to put into ‘words, but it was a richness of life that, when you're on the consumer treadinill", you don’t feel that, in quite the same way. I think when you try to live on what our society deems" to be almost nothing, you realise just how rich you are. ‘Toby agrees that people in western society are pretty lucky: Toby Phillips: We've got an awful lot going for us”, you know. Yes, we want bricks and mortar”, yes, we want cars, yes, we want a TV, but also we want to be part of human- ity, which I think sometimes con- sumerism takes that away from you and actually puts you into a state that you can't be part of human- ity unless you spend something, where in actual fact, by not spend- ing something, you become more part of humanity.4 Grow Your Own- Ruth and Toby's biggest gardening success was the courgettes™ = they also kept chickens, so courgette omelette became a favourite meal! 2 Pick Your Own - Late summer and autumnis a good time to find blackberries™, hazelnuts, chestnuts, apples and wild mushrooms. ‘3 Eat Roadkill ~ It might sound disgusting, but roadkill meat ‘was an important part of Toby and Ruth's diet, They ate rabbits’, pheasants and even the ‘occasional deer”. 4 Bartering Ifyou can’tafford something, try bartering for it, Twice during the year, Ruth bartered cake for a haircut 5 Swapping ~ Now clothes are expensive, but swappingis free and fun. At clothes swap parties, people bring the clothes they no -ecycle = This an ‘twork of groups ted goods are passed Look for your city on leorg reviewer- or mystery m promoters organise eonings™, where it's 32a free movie in riting a short review. den holidays -Why not ‘nthe back of the car and the country staying gardens? ie" presents 12 presents are special ople appreciate the ‘ort put into** them, involved in the community ‘realise how many free joing on around you EXERCISES Weenies 1. Write the word that best fits the gap. The first letter of the word anda definition are siven in parentheses to help you. a People who want peaceful ives often preferto lve out inthe f|____fruratareas! | We always hadto I lexchangel our capersto corect exams. €) The couple were so poor that they had to 0. Isearch) fr their food, Al Inanattemptto tim the tol {expense limit the {government raised taxes, which caused unrest. The present () (called) the bailout’ friendly loan to the Banks. {1 Their houseguest was completely ‘s) (autonomous), cooking and washing up for herself 4 Stories about the deb crisis are fa Ipertinent|in an agein which one wants to take responsibilty Answers 1. a) countryside, b) swap, c] forage, d) budget, ‘} deemed fl self-sufficient, l relevant Woe BERCISES ONO ea eee ErEsiy ‘To BoRROW ped pr 200WN PAYMENT: en Baiusiacture ‘MORTGAGE PAYMENT: ‘STOFORAGE FOR FRUIT buscar rutos lel bosque! ‘BERRY: baya ‘TROADKILL: animales 2tropellados ‘eta carretera BTOBARTER: cambiar. permutar {9 COUNTRYSIDE: cor; de a hipoteca 11 TO GOROUND SOMEONE'S HOUSE: iracasa de alguien ver Speak Up Explains | s2TOBUILD: mortar 3 WAROROBE:2r2r0 ,TOPUTINTO WORDS: expresar con palabras ASTREADMILL: rtin= 16 TODEEM: jazo2r,considerer {Y7WEVE GOT AN AWFUL LOT GOING FORUS: ver Speak Up Explains HeBRICK:ladrilo PMORTAR: mertero 2OCOURGETTE: calabacin 21 BLACKBERRY: mora Z22HAZELNUT;avellana ZACHESTNUT:casiana 2aMUSHROUME disefiador grafico. 2 millones de visitas en Internety de élya se han hecho \'cros, dvd, llaveros y un largo etc. Hablamos con el autor imon Tofield is a free- lancet graphic artist who shares* a house with his four cats. His life was not particularly remark- able until 2007, when he decided to make a 98-second animation feature called Cat Man Do. It was a YouTube sensation and ‘Simon's Cat’ was born. Since then Simon Tofield has made many more ani- ‘mation features? and he has written four Simon's Cat books, And, when he's not creating cartoons, he runs ‘a company that specialises in Si- mon's Cat merchandise‘, When he dibujos animados. met tell ak Upwe asked him to ing story: Sir ce eld (Standard Briti 4 the film as a test, ‘psite, to sort -ng in America *, and they pho It’s crashed ou: INTERNET // © ON CD7 WORDEN SPEAKER MARK WORDEN STAN SESKUPEXPLAR twice, this film! We've had 30,000 hits in two days and our server's gone down twice. So you have to do something with this character!” And then I realised that Thad a hit ‘on my hands? and this little cartoon cat was obviously... people liked him a lot, you see SELF-IMPROVEMENT So far Cat Man Do has had 25 mil- lion hits on YouTube. And Simon ‘Tofield admits that he made the film because, as a graphic art- ist working mainly in advertising, he was concerned* about his own technical limitations: Simon Tofield: I'm an old style animator. | learnt to animate us- ing pencil and paper on a lightbox, ‘where you flick’ the pages and draw “LFREELANCE: ‘FEATURE: policu ‘MERCHANDISE, der por cuenta propia tenia un prosigio ent ‘8 TOBE CONCERNED: 9TOFLICK: pasar sreaKUPD?Simon Says... Simon Tofield had more to ‘say about his Hirst tim s viral success’ ‘Simon Tofield: After the experience with the American ‘company website Iwas thinking, ‘What can | do with this film?” ‘And then a friend phoned me and told me that it had been put onto YouTube over 50 times: because people had seen it on this website and copied it and pasted it onto YouTube. But it was called lots of different names, because my film didn’thhave a name, itwas justa test film with no music. And ‘nec it got onto YouTube, it went global. So| thought, “The only way Ican really claim this back is if] makea second film. lcalled it Simon's Cat and put my name on itat the end.” And he had more to say about colour prejudice in the feline world: Simon Tofietd: | work for the Black Cat Awareness scheme, with the Cats Protection League, ‘and I did some artwork for them, Talso tell everyone that black cats are actually really nice, My two black cats, Hugh and Teddy, are lovely. Kitfen Chaosis actually about Teddy, and his relationship with Hugh. They tove each other, which is nice, because normally cats have their own territory and they can be quite solitary, soit's nice when you get two separate cats from different litters® that really bond" and play. Of course, | have to ga round and pick up* big clumps# of black hair that they've pulled out of each other when they've been fighting, but that's all part of being a cat owner, really! one picture and then you put an- other sheet of paper on top. And | got to a point where I could just see computers changing the industry overnight” and it just seemed so fast that I realised that I had to get intocomputers somehow and that's why the test film came around be- cause | realised I had to give my- self a project to do, and luckily that moming my little kitten” Hugh had been all over me®, trying to wake me up and so that was my idea for a test film, but I could see how com- puters were changing everything, overnight it seemed. And I have to say, with YouTube, I mean, I ‘wouldn't be sitting here if it wasn’t for YouTube, really, because people ‘wouldn't actually see my work, 80 1 ‘would have been slaving away" do- ing adverts" as normal, and people ‘would never have seen the cat, if it wasn't for YouTube. COLOUR PREJUDICE In the assorted books and films Si- mon's Cat is white but, as Tofield says, the inspiration for the char. acter is a cat called Hugh, who is in fact black. And in Britain at least that can be a problem: Simon Tofield: I have two black cats and I'm a patron" of a rescue charity" in England and a lot of the cats we have left in the shelter” are all black because, even to this day,EXERCISES LE EENcciavTaten ele} 1 write the correct word inthe gap ‘provided. The ist eter ofthe word and ‘a definition are given in parentheses to help you. al The Simon's Cat’ video was so popular it tc. {overioaces) the server. 8) The company wanted to itltake ton loan) and use ton their website cl The server received 20,000 a thl____Ipeople watching Books and Films panel The easiest place tofind They ove the ‘Simon's Cat videos, books and [sketched, animated! cat, merchandise is theofficial e) Before this, Simon had worked on they won't take them on. 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El pasado queda lejos, o al menos eso es lo que piensa | ade checked her appear- | ‘ance in the mirror as the lift took her up to the top floor. Earlier she had been to the hairdresser and now expensive golden’ highlights* enhanced? her hair. In her new designer suit and high-heeled black shoes, she knew she looked the part® for this job that she had desired for solong. | "Old Four Eyes" — that's what they used to call her back at school, thanks to her enormous National Health Service! specta- cles? and frumpy* hairstyle, cut by her equally myopic mother. Cortective laser surgery to give her 20/20 vision had been Seen “ u luckun: na es sd herself as Jade, the beautiful and successful swan. the best thing she had ever spent money on. The name change, from dull? Jane Smith to ex- otic Jade Huntingdon-Smith (Huntingdon being her mother's maiden name"), quickly followed. Substituting the ‘n’in Jane with a 'd! was a small change, butithad made all the difference, ‘No more nasty" nicknames. No more feeling as though" she Italian silkscarf ——_wouldse emplean (unhermoso y para expresar antiguo pafuelo azul hechos habituales deseda italiana). _acontecidosenel Hayquerecordar pasado. Mientras Expensivegolden que en inglés que used tose hightights. New el sustantivo va ‘emplea tanto para as designer suit-En después deladjetivo _acciones como para inglés existe un [oadjetivosly ésteva_ los estados ['tenian ‘orden muy preciso siempreen singular. a costumbre de para escribir los Uamarta asi), would fadjetivos: opinién, That’swhatthey solo se emplea para edad, color, origen, usedtocallher. _lasacciones: ‘Nicole material, estilo.A Nicole would int siempre le tomaba beautiful old blue Jade ~ Used toy el peloa Jade’. didn’t belong. Jane Smith - or "Old Four Eyes” ~had reinvented herself. The ugly duckling" had tumed into a beautiful swan, Bing! She had reached the top. With shoulders back and head held high, Jade walked out of the lift, and shook hands with Beth, the woman who would soon be her boss. This second interview was just a formality, Beth had reas- sured her on the phone yester- day. It was so they could finalise some details, The two women chatted away’ in Beth's office as if they were sisters. Jade had rarely met someone she felt so relaxed with immediately. She was cer- tain they wore going to be good frionds —as well as colleagues. ‘The floor-to-ceiling windows looked out over the City of Lon- don’s skyscrapers". They spar- led" in the bright sunlight and spoke of money and power. Jade allowed herself a brief moment of arrogance, "If they could see me now," she thought. Especial- ly that idiot, Nicole, the school bully. "At least they cover up most of your face,” Nicole would taunt Jade about her ugly spec- tacles. Jade hoped Nicole had got her comeuppance” and was.now cleaning lavatories some- where, She deserved it, “Now, [want you to meet the team,” Beth said, “Don't wony - they're fantastic.” “I'm a great believer in team- wort,” Jade replied, in what she hoped wasa genuine toneofvoice. “I know. That's one reason ‘why I selected you. I want every- ‘one here to feo! as if they're part of ono big, happy family. We often go away on bonding weekends = paintballing®, walking on hot ccoals®, that sortof thing," “Great!” said Jade, although she thought they sounded like a nightmare™. She gave Beth the ‘winning smile she had practised in her bathroom mirror. “OK let's go and meet the oth- ers!" Beth said, excitedly. ‘They walked along the cor- ridor to the open-plan* section where Jade would sit. Soon she would be one of them. A valu- able employee. It was so easy, she thought. Like stepping into a wamn bath. ‘Then, froma distance, she saw ‘good-looking blonde woman. “Let me introduce you to eve- ryone....." Beth said, as they ap- proached. “No pressure if you can'tremember all the names." Both started reading the list of names, but Jade could barely concentrate. A black cloud had fallen over the s’yscrapers oppo- site and suddenly the tall build- ings seemed threatening rather than imposing. “That's Alex, Matt at the back there, Ruth in the blue dress, and last, but not least. the lovely Nicole.” Nicole and Jade stared at one another. Close up, Jade noticed Nicole's dark roots and her hard expression. There was a mali- cious twinkle” in her eyes. “If it isn't™ Old Four Eyes!” Nicole exclaimed. "Jane Smith!" A Ce) tening Questions 1. Write the correct wor in the gap provided. The first letter ofthe word and ‘definition are given in parentheses to helpyou. al Nicole had dark l__thair near the scalp] which showed she dyed her hair. |The nickname ‘Old Four Eyes’ wos especially [nl mean} cl Jane changed her name to'Jade' and used her mother’s (ml (unmarried) name, dl The city’s {very ‘all buildings] became an imposing presence. €] Once ridiculed for her glasses, Jade had (r {completely renewed) herself. Al Her ugly (sl (glasses) ‘came from the National Health Service, ) Many contemporary offices are fo a large space with no interior walls Answers 1.2 roots, bl nasty.) maiden dl skyscrapers,

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