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12 Inthenew s

12.1 The press, politics and crime

A W o rk in smatl groups Ask your partners thcsc quc&tions:

• W here do yuu find OUI about th t ncws: local ncw sp ap cr, T V o r radio?

• D o >(>II t ì n d iht IIC\VN d c p r c s s i n g , i n i e r c s t i n g , a n n o y i n g o r a m u s i n g ?

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ariiclc ụiíorniation néws rcporting

2 l*ve only h.ìd timc to rcad thc ^ in this m o rn in g s papcr

Cí)lurnns headings hcadlirics SCCĨ u »ns

3 A ni;wspaper’s opiniuììs irc givcn UI Its

cn rtoons cditorial reports ritlcs

4 Thk: ptTbtní wlu» rcads the news (»u ì V IS c ìlk d a (íi) ^ >

an n ou n ccr commỢìtattir ịournaỉist ncvvsrcdder * '

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8 On!y a small nutnber ofco u n trics p ^ se ỉis n uclear < > thaiik goodncss

9 Docs rhut nevvspapi-r thc govcrhm ent o r o p p o sc it)

advantagc iìssist encourage snpport

10 ỉ n a c v c r y o n c o v c r a c c r t a m a g c is a l l o w e d f o \ ’o t v

i 1 In s o m c c u u n tn c s It is co m p u lso ry Uì vocc in a(n)

J i u i c c cunstitucncy c k c t io n Nclcction

b i i r c j u c r a c y civil s c r v i c c g o v c r n m c n t S t a t e %

I } In B r i t a i n t h c l e a d c r o i ( h c m a ị o r i t y p a r t y m P a r l í a m c n t IS f h c

Chaiìcellor Prcsidciu Prinie M inister Sc^vercign

14 T h e p o lic t havc thc ưian wh(j is su sp c c tcd ol c o m in irtin g th e n u ư d v r

ccascd libcratcd robbcd stolcn

16 The arrcstcd cnminal adĩìuttcd nothing and yãìá that hc w a n ted to sce his

a c í o u n t a n t advocatc lavvycr s u p c r \is o r

17 T h t burgtâr wa5 setitenc^d to 20 years in

dock goal ịail trial

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• What IS thc a\\ ful thim; that h j s happciìcd in thc last vvcck?

• \ V h u IS t h c ni obr a n u i b i n g t liìiìg t h it h a s h.ì pỊt ciì cd in t h c last w c e k ?

d o yiHi ttiink thc story IS g o i n g to bc a h ( u i t ?

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gendarme

Dereli Browfi in B r u s s e l s

b m g w a s a s h a d a s hís

bingo DesperaU* tu pay off

his gamb!iiig debls, he heid

up híi> ỉoraỉ b a n k a n d m a d e

t t f f w i t h a i u u n d £ 2 , 0 0 0

b e í o r e t u r h i n g Iip f o r w o r k -

as a m e m b e r o f t h e B e l g i a n

gendarnìcric

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his dislinc-tive rccỉ Vauxhall.

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to p a y ofí 20,000 í r a n c s of his

d e b l By t h a t l i m e t h e n e t w u s

i n e v i t a b l y ciosìng in

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a n s w e r c t i I h e m a n a g e í s

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t h e r o b b e t r e d - h a n d e d a i

i c a s t h a d t h e i n í o r m a t i o n t o

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T h e y t r a c e d t h e e a r n u i n -

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u n i t in B r u s s e l s , w h í c h s a i d

he h a d b e e n on d u l y b u l w a s

n o w abscnt A f e w m i n u t e s

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in t hc h a n k hc r o b h c d

in a n o t h c r b a n k

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2 D a v id S a u c e / N wiíc

a) d i s a p p r o v c d ()f his g a m b l i n g

b) trit*d to help him To ^ivc Iip [;am blinỉ;

c) u ĩ K m a r c t h a t h c w a s so h c a v i l y i n d c b t

d) w a s w o r r i c d a b o u t his d c bt s

3 D a v i d S a u c e / uscd

4 T h e prevỉous w eck, D avid S a u ce/ had planncd to rob ihc bank, [nu

a) a s k c d t hc n i t o Icnd h i m s o m e m o n e y

b) a s k c d thcí ĩi w h a t h e s h o u l d d o a b o u t b o r r o v v i n g m o n c y

c) paid somc nioney inio his account there

d) d i d n ' t d a r c ti) go ms i dc

5 T h e police knevv abo ii r t h e r o b b c r y becaiise

a) D a v i d Sauccz a d m i i t c d his guilt

b) D a v id S auccz h a d p a r k c d his c.ir o i i t s i J c tlìc b a n k

d) lỈH* b a n k m a n a g c r m a d c a n a b r m call

6 D a v i d S a u c c / arnvccl late for dury b e c a u s r hc

a) s t o p p c d t o pav b a c k s o m c o f rhc m o n e y he ()wcd

b) vvas a íra id ti) rc p o rt for duty

c) w a s g o i n g t o r o b t h e b a n k

d) vvas t r v i n g t o e s c ap c

D W o r k in sm.ìll g r o u p s Ask, y o u r p a r t n c r s th e sc qii cstions:

• If y o u h.i d bc c n D a v i d S a u c c z , w h a t w o u l d y ou h a ve d o n c d i í í c r t n i l y ?

• lf y u u h a d b e c n his wi f e, w hat w o i i l d y o u h a v c d o n e r

• lf y o u w c r e in d e b i , h o w c o u l d y o u a v o i d g c t t i n g i nv o l v c d in crimc?

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■ Yõt i íve//ỉ‘/ g e ỉ K /r/í I

1 2 3 V V o r d o r d e r G r a m m a r

1 o o k a t t h e s e c x i m p l e s , s h ovvi ng w h c r c t h e a d v e r b s a r e n o r m a l l y p l a c c d in

ihe sentcnce:

Unexpcctedly, hc was H c \vaĩ* u n c x p e c t e d ỉ y H e vvas a r r e s t e d

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He was arrestcd by thc poỉice

B N o t i c c i h c f ( ) l l o w i n g p o i n t s :

• W c d o n ' t n o r m a l l y s a y o r VvTÌre:

biii w c f AN say o r vvritc:

certainly was arrestcd Hc never vvas arrestcd He rccenrlỵ was arrcsted

• N oticc \vhcrc thcsc advcrbs are ptaceđ w hen thcrc !S a niod al vcrb in the scntence

H e Will c c r t a i n l y b e arr es cc d H e wiH n c v e r hc a rr c s t e d.

• Norm ally, an advcrb is not placed betw een a verb iind a direcr obỊCct:

sciucnccs:

Thcy didn*t arrivc on time

We kncvv that the work woiild be vcry diffìcult

o bv i ou sl y o í t c n o n e d n y OII P r i d a y p e r h a p s p o s s i b l y p r o b a b l y

rcally still usually ycsrerday

D IMace the advcrbs in suitable positions in these s e n t e n c c s :

2 You read aboiit my couniry in thc newspapers

3 It was a hard task ihat took a long timc lo íìnish

4 Hcwaỉkcd into the room and clapped his hands

5 Thcy did the work on their own

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s Wc' l i s ĩr n ĩ<) ílu' fi-nì^z IK■^^ ■' ^i' tì;'' r.uln).

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COMRANỸ LTO

■ Yes, h u f t s í h e r e íìfỉv n t ’ H ’S o f t ì i r ĩ c e Ì H n Ị ' ^ '

12.4 What happened?

As the Composition paper is the onc th a t causes mosi candtdates most

diííicultics, rhcre nrc tw o composition sections in rhis unit

A Work in pairs

1 Look at thesc photographs nnd dccide whar's hnppcning in cach onc

w h a t happcned beíore and w hal is iikely to happen ncxt?

2 Work out a story which includcs at Icast T H R I>: of ĩhesc cvcnis Nviihin

the samc story The pcoplc involved couKI incliidc yoursclvcs and/or

í r i e n d s oỉyours

Composition

B in 45 minutcs, vvithout usmg a dKiHj!K»r\, \sn re rhe stui V m 1 20 j s o \vnrds

• M ak c notes b tío r e yoii start

• Chcck your w ork an d correct anv mistakcs IIÌ spclling and ị^r.uĩìnìar

( R c m e m b c r t o ch cck v c r h í o r m s and c n d i n ị Ị s , p r c p o s i t u n i N a i u l i r t K l c s - /

• In thc exam , thc cx am in cr will bc looking at:

h o w w e l l y o u h a v c c o r n m u n i c a r e d , h o w a c c u r a t c y o u r \ v r i t ! n g Is, a i ì ù t h c

variety o f structurcs and vocahulary you havc u^cd

But rem em ber th a t shorl scntcnccs and S ỉ m p l c v ocabulary lỉiay ÌH- int)rc

c í í e c t i v c t h a n w r o n g l y - u s f d c o m p l i c a t c d s c n t c n c c s o r l ìì is us ct i ìclvaiici-d*

vocabulary ~ It may be bctler to kccp ycnir ĩ»cniciKcs shtirt

alternatives an d íill the gaps, according to the in ío rm a tio n í;ivt*n in thè talk

1 A c c o r d i n g t o t h c s p c a k c r , (>f cr ime> a r c a g a i n s i p r o p c r t y , n o t a g a i n s t peopic

8 0 % 85% 9 0 % 9 5 %

2 A rccent survcy sh o w ed th a t í)f hom cs d o not havc \vịndnvv Ittcks

6 % 16% 6 0 % 6 6 %

3 of al! burglars gct in th ro u g h u indovvs

o n e t h ừ d o n c h a l í t w o t h i r d s thrcc q u a r t tr s

4 T o incrcase the security o f your hom e, yuu slìould niakt' sure thai

a) you havc o n all vvindovvs.

b) there is a lock on ihc th a t can only bc opciìcd an d c!í)scJ vv Ith ì

c) y o u h a v c a on th e íro n t d o o r

d) yourpropcrty i s

5 In Britain o v c r cars arc b ro k en into o r stí)U*n each ycar

6 A c c o r d i n g t o t he s p e ak cr , if y o u regularly park yoiir Cvìr m 1 citv Street, there is a

c h a n c e ìt w i U K e m o l e n o r b r o k e n i n u >

W h en you Icave y o u r car yuu sh ould a lw jy s

b) take y our w ith you o r lock thcm in thc

c) cỊoiic thc com plctety

d) m a k c s u r e you park in a Street a t nighĩ

8 W hcn ỵoii Icavc your bicyclc d o n 't use a com bination luck bccausc

a) you may

b) a n d it only takes a thieí TTimurcs t o o p c n o n e

B W o rk in smiíll groups* Ask your p artn crs rhcse questions;

• W h at advice d o you th in k the speakcr gnve tlic audicncc on p crsonal saíeiẶ'?

• Suppose you vvanied to rcassure an oJd lady w ho IS aíraìLỈ I)f beinị;

attack ed w hen she goes out W h a t advicc \\ you g n c hcr?

• W h a t are the c o m m o n c s t c TÌ me s th a t a r e c o m m i t t e d i n y o u r cit y:

th eít, robbery, m u rd er, m ugging, shop-liítm g, ctc.r>

12.6 Opposites

A Fifst, surĩic revision W rite d o w n the oppositcế o í thcbc w ords T he

íĩrsỉ rvvo ;irc d o t i e n s e x a m p l e s :

ciccurate *-*• trtaccurate painíul ^ painless

.Kairotc painíu! ngrce app ro v e co m ío rta b lc harm ỉess huncst

8 N(»\v wrirc d o w n rhc o p p o s i t c s ot i h e s c vvords T h e íirst t w o arc d o n e

.ÌN t * x a i n p l c s ;

diítíctilr bright a rro g a n ĩ bcautihi! chcap c r u d deíeat íail

ínliovv írecze hate ìlỉ losc noisy rudc stale tight wide aw ake

c The oppositcs of somc of thesc w o id s a re ío rm ed by a d d m g a sữííìx or

prchx, whi ỉc othtTs arr differcnt vvords In s o m e cas es thcre m a y be m o r c

íhan ont' possi bi hty, ỉ o o k at thc e x a m p l c s first:

ash.ifm*d «-> p r o u d l í kc tií s li k e , h a tc

ashamcd like cookecl dongeroiis diíícren t íìction hollow

marure necessary op p osc personal plcasant polite rough truc

★ Whcn ytìu’rc \v n ting 1 com posituìn and you can't th in k of the right

'*\ord t x p r e s s yt>iir i d c a , t r v t h i n k i n g <ìf t h c O P P OS I T E - it may hetp y o u

to rcmembcr the n gh r w ord It noiy ItMvc a g ap iiì your com p o sition and

comt* Kack to It later.

W ord stud y

'Look, r d sit down if / were you

H aveyou goi a drink? Now, it’s nothing to worry aboui, realiy it

ừ n t

12.7 Hurricane Gilbert Reacỉir

A K l k Ì tht* n c u s p ì p c r a r ti cl c .ìHti ms\vcT thc' qu c st u> n s (MI t h e i u - \ t pag^'

Texas prepares for the vvorst

Mlchael White in WMhington

ON n t ’ t w o r k t p Ị c v i s i o n yes-

a soulh Texas

properlv (Ìcvelopfỉ sloo<ỉ on

ìhe stỉíl tranquỉi St'a frnnt al

Corpus Chnsli and brusht‘d 1

íiSíde the ilarm of cily dweil-

crs in the tempcrate noiih

rtb»Hii the onslau^ht of liurri-

tant* Gilbert

■ I d rathei bt* sUndin^

hí-Te th.in silting ori d ừee-

way i n Los A n g e l e s i h a ỉ c o u l d 2

be destrnved by an earlh-

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1 Acccrdmg to ĩhc persòn intervievved on TV in South Texas,

a) Los Angelcs iS a Icss dangerous place than T tx a s

b) Texas ís a less dangcrous place than Los Anpeies

c) thc hurricane will destroy thc city

d) hurricancs are not dangerous

2 In the USA, extrcme weathcr conđitions arc cxpcrienced in

a) all p a m o f thc country c) fcw p a m o f thc country

3 Amcrican citizcỉi5 in a better posirion than Jarnaicans bccause thcy have

a) bcttcr roads and stí urv- l.ouscs

b) bcncr w eather

c) íaster cars

d) transport and moncy to escĩkọt írom a sĩorm

4 Thobe Amcrìcans w ho d o n 't cscâpe írom the siorm arc

a) insured against the dangcr c) ụnaw are o f the dangc-r

b) m a d e a w a r e o f t h c d a n g c r d) protected from thc danger

5 According ỈO the report, Hurricanc Gilbert wiỉl reach the coast at around

a) 8 a,m today c) 12 noon today

6 A to rn a d o usuaily

a) causcs Icss dam age than a hurricanc c) travcls íasĩcr than a hurricahc

h) cauies m orc dam age than a hurricane d) ĩravels m ore s!owly th an a h ư m canc

^ Whcn a h urrícaac strikes, iiM)st damagc IS caưscd bv

a) h ighw iuds b) íalling trecs and biiildin^s c) ram d) rhcsca

8 fn thc past hurricancs have kiỉlcd

a) ícvver peoplc on C aribhcnn islands rhan m thc USA

b) morc peopỉc on C aribbean islands th an in the USA

c) the samc num ber of pcoplc on Caribbean islands as in the USA

d) vcry ícvv pcople Oĩi C u ib b tan ìsiands atìd m thc USA

^ In 1980, Hurricanc Ailcn turncd our to bc

a} as scrious as expccted in the USA

b) Icss scrious than trxpeucd in the USA

c) nn>rc rhíìn <‘xpp«tr<i in t h e \ ỈS ^

d) luicxpectcdỉy seríous in thc USA

ií The totnl num ber of iivcs ỉost in Hurricane Ciìbcrt {up to the date of

this repurt) is about

a) 9 b) 25 c) 50 d) 200

B Fi n đ t h e vvords o r p h r a s c s III t h c a r n c l c th.íT h a v c t h e f o l l o w i n g

meanings The num bers show vvhich paragraph you should look at The

first isdonc for ỵou as an example:

rcíuscd to take scrioiisly (1) rcach the coast (1 1 )

ử Rcmcmbcr that vvhen you re rcading á passage vvithout a dicnonary,

cherc arc sure to be some words you don*t undcrstnnd Alway*; try to W(>rk

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