Magazine for English‑language students A2, A2+ level Published by Bridge 01–02 September–October Volume 01 CZK 19 (30 copies and more) CZK 21 (11–29 copies) CZK 23 (1–10 copies)
the easy way to English!
Inside A poster of Emily Blunt and an illustrated map of the UK
September‑October 2012
Bonus cd
Subject to the conditions on p. 2
Beauty
from the future
An interview with Emily Blunt!
turn it
off!
Technology eats your time.
Special chance to take the SCIO test
Call me, maybe?
Carly Rae Jepsen on the Gate CD!
Take me
to the UK
All you need to know about Great Britain.
Gate
Magazine for English‑language students A2, A2+ level Published by BridgE 01–02 September–October Volume 01
Dear Readers,
CZK 19 (30 copies and more) CZK 21 (11–29 copies) CZK 23 (1–10 copies)
the easy way to english!
We are happy to introduce a brand new magazine for pre-intermediate English‑language students – Gate! Gate is an entryway, a starting point which takes people further. This new magazine from Bridge Publishing House will take its readers further inside the English language. It is designed for students at elementary schools and in the first years of secondary schools, who have reached the A2 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR). This means they have learnt the necessary grammar and vocabulary to understand and enjoy reading in English. The articles written around the A2 level of difficulty cover many topics, like English-speaking countries, fashion, sports, music, and
inside a poster of emily Blunt and an illustrated map of the uK
September‑October 2012
Bonus cd
Subject to the conditions on p. 2
Beauty
Call me,
from the future
an inTerview wiTh emily blunT!
maybe?
turn it
off!
carly rae Jepsen on The gaTe cD!
Technology eaTs your Time.
take me
to the uK
all you neeD To know abouT greaT briTain.
Special chance to take the SCIO test
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Volume 01 Issue 01–02 September–October 2012 Monthly magazine for English‑language students (A2, A2+ level) Bridge Publishing House Ševce Matouše 22 140 00 Praha 4 Registration in the CR MK ČR E 7634 Bank account Banka ČSOB, Praha 4 Account no.: 111790180/0300 Editor-in-chief Zuzana Sklenková sklenkova@bridge‑online.cz Phone: 241 445 735 Senior marketing manager Jan Dosoudil info@bridge-online.cz Phone: 241 444 272 Editors Lennie Bellew, Hana Blažková, Marie Dosoudilová, Tereza Harbichová, Mary Matz, Jo Molloy, Nathaniel Patton, Zuzana Pernicová, Josef Šorm redakce@bridge-online.cz Phone: 241 444 268 Correspondents Pearl Harris, Nigel Haward, Patrick Phillips, Joanna Coleman, Hana Trollman Proofreading Gareth Bowers, Mary Matz Subscriptions Marta Procházková Phone: 241 443 003 Photo Archive, Allphoto, iStockphoto Graphic design Šimon Sedláček, Ondřej Strnad Printing Europrint, a. s. Publication date 15. 10. 2012 The magazine does not accept advertisements.
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WHAT’S INSIDE...
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4 Issue On and Off the Computer
13 Vampires Watch Out! Vampires Are Coming!
24 Superstitions Are You Superstitious?
6 People Are You a Leftie?
14 Language Corner At/In
26 Interview Emily Blunt
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19 Exam Time Listening
28 Music Turn It Up…
10 History Travelling… to the Iron Age
20 Weird News A Whale of a Tale
30 Health Maggie Gets Sick From Travels
11 Story Anna, Can I Ask You on a Date?
21 Puzzles Thinking Time
32 Comic Strip Garfield
12 Halloween One Scary Night
22 Fashion Against the Autumn Blues
A poster of Emily Blunt and + an illustrated map of the UK
In the UK and the USA people like to scare others on Halloween. They dress like monsters, vampires and ghosts.
English-speaking Countries The UK is OK
– text článku na CD
Listen to some cool songs and see if you can understand what they are about.
Fashion ideas to brighten up your autumn wardrobe.
tf – doplňující cvičení v Teachers’ File
→ solutions
p. 11 → Anna, Can I Ask You On a Date?
pp. 4–5 → On and Off the Computer
Positive – beautiful, friendly, intelligent, best, quiet, nice, clever; Negative – ill, said, angry
in, at, in, in
pp. 24–25 → Are You Superstitious
p. 21 → Thinking Time
1E, 2J, 3I, 4A, 5D, 6G, 7B, 8F, 9C, 10H
p. 14 → Language Corner
pp. 8–9 → The UK is OK
1B, 2A, 3C
A1, B10, C20, D15, E5, F24, G18, H16, I6, J9, K7, L13, M25, N3, O11, P12, Q4, R2, S14, T19, U22, V8, W23, X21, Y17; Maple leaf
1. A6, B5, C2, D4, E1, F3; 2B; 3Tower Bridge; 4A; 5English, Welsh, Scottish
p. 13 → Watch Out! Vampires Are Coming!
pp. 22–23 → Against the Autumn Blues
I. T, F, F, T, T; II. 1C, 2C, 3A
I. 1F, 2A, 3C, 4B, 5E, 6D II. 1B, 2C, 3D, 4A
file, keyboard, screen, computer, cursor, folder, mouse, document
p. 10 → Travelling to the Iron Age 1B, 2E, 3A, 4C, 5D
p. 12 → One Scary Night
p. 28 → Turn It Up... B p. 31 → Doctor Talk I. 1 He has a pain in his leg. / His leg hurts. 2 He has a sore throat. 3 He has a stomachache. 4 He has a toothache. II. 1E, 2D, 3A, 4F, 5B, 6C
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Gate Survey 1) How many electronic devices7 do you have? 2) At what age did you learn to use a computer? 3) How much time do you spend in front of the screen? And what do you do? 4) What is your most important piece of technology?
Petr Pilař 16 years old 1) I have a lot of devices. Together with the computer, I have about 15 electronic devices. 2) I learnt to use the computer when I was 5. 3) I usually spend about five or 6 ½ hours on the computer. I do homework and try to do some programming. I also use Facebook. 4) My PC and the Internet connection.
Adéla Fomenková 17 years old 1) I have four electronic devices. 2) I have used a computer since I was 10. 3) I spend four hours per day in front of the screen. I chat with friends, listen to music and watch films. 4) My mobile phone.
Lukáš Maytner 16 years old 1) I have a PC, MP4 player, iPod Touch, iPad, radio and a laptop. 2) Before I started going to school when I was five or six years old. 3) I use the PC every day, at school for about four hours a week and at home about three to four hours daily. I play games, chat with friends and do homework. 4) My iPhone because it is the fastest way to communicate with other people.
Read the students’ answers and decide who uses the computer in the most productive way.
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Gate People
Are You a Leftie? Left-Handers versus Right-Handers
Which hand do you write with? Which hand do you use most often? Your right hand or your left hand?
A right-handed world Lefties know that the world is made for right‑handed people! Scissors are for right-handers. Cameras and many other things are also designed for them. The computer mouse is on the right-hand side of the PC. A table is always set1 for right-handers. People even greet each other by shaking2 hands with their right hands!
Who are the lefties? About 10% of people are left-handed. Scientists are not sure what causes3 left-handedness, but they know it is genetic – you are born with it. The brains4 of lefties work a bit differently. According to5 some studies, lefties are often drawn to6 arts, music, architecture and sports.
Left-handed = evil? In the past7, people thought that left-handers had evil powers. The English word ‘sinister’, which means ‘evil’, or ‘unlucky’, comes from the Latin sinistra, meaning ‘left’. Even in the 20th century, left-handed children were taught to use their right hands.
Proud to be a leftie! Now the modern world is easier for lefties. Many items (= things), such as computer mice and musical instruments are adapted8for them. 6
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Pearl Harris (South Africa)
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Did you know? Very few people are 100% left-handed. For example, many lefties eat with their right hand. Shaking hands with the left hand has been seen as a sign of disrespect9 since the Middle Ages10. Julius Caesar
The US has had eight left-handed presidents (including Barack Obama). Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal, who is right-handed, changed to playing tennis left-handed when he was 12 years old. His coach11 knew it would give him a big advantage. An ambidextrous person is somebody who uses both their left and right hands equally12 well.
Michelangelo
Napoleon Bonaparte
Leonardo da Vinci
David Cameron
Albert Einstein
Angelina Jolie
Oh!
I may be left handed but I'm always right
International Left-Handers’ Day is celebrated every year on August 13.
rafael nadal
Stammering king Have you seen the movie The King’s Speech, about the British King, George VI? George was left‑handed, but his family forced14 him to write with his right hand. This probably caused his stammering. Lefties who were forced to use their right hands sometimes had learning difficulties and psychological problems.
vocabulary 1 set – prostřený 2 greet each other by shaking – se navzájem dokonce zdraví podáním 3 to cause – způsobovat 4 brain – mozek 5 according to [@"kO;dIN] – podle 6 are drawn to [drO;n] – táhne je to k 7 in the past – v minulosti 8 adapted [@"d&ptId] – upravené 9 sign of disrespect [saIn dIsrI"spekt] – projev neúcty 10 Middle Ages ["mId(@)l eIdZIz] – středověk 11 coach [k@UtS] – trenér 12 equally ["i;kw(@)li] – stejně 13 stammering ["st&m@rIN] – koktavý, koktání 14 to force [fO;s] – nutit
language point The word ‘scissors’ is always plural and is followed by a verb in the plural. For example, There are scissors on the table. If you want to count the items, you can say ‘a pair of scissors’, ‘two pairs of scissors’, etc. For example: There is a pair of scissors on the table. There are three pairs of scissors on the table.
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countries
Jo Molloy (UK)
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Hi, my name is Jo and I come from London in England. And where do you come from?
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TLA SCO NORTHERN IRELAND
hen we talk about the United Kingdom, we actually mean the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland. This is the official name of the country. The UK is a short way of saying the full name of the country. The United Kingdom lies in a group of islands called the British Isles2. The British Isles is the name for a group of islands which includes the UK and lots of little islands around it, and the country of The Republic of Ireland.
TASK
Can you match the names A–F with pictures 1–6? A British Isles B The United Kingdom C Wales D Great Britain E Scotland F England → solution on page 3
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So what does Great Britain mean then? Great Britain is the largest island of the British Isles. It includes3 England, Scotland and Wales (but not Northern Ireland). And England, Scotland and Wales make the UK? No, they don’t. The UK consists of4 four countries. These historical parts are called England, Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland. People living in Scotland or Wales get
upset or unhappy if they are called ‘English’ because they are not from England. England is just one part of the country. There is one capital city for the whole of the United Kingdom. It is London.
What does the flag of the UK look like? IRELA N The UnionDFlag is known as the Union Jack. It is theENGLAND national flag of the United Kingdom. It is a mix of the three flags of England, Scotland and Ireland.
But isn’t London also the capital city of England? Yes, it is. And the capital of Wales is Cardiff. Scotland’s capital is Edinburgh and the capital of Northern Ireland is Belfast.
And what about Wales? Poor old Wales was part of England in 1801, when the last design of the flag was made, so the flag of Wales was never part of the Union Jack.
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The United Kingdom is part of Europe. It is separated from the European continent by the North Sea and the English Channel. The distance between England and France over the English Channel (the French call it La Manche) is 34 kilometres at its shortest point5. People say that wherever6 you are in the UK, you are never more than 120 kilometres from the sea. The United Kingdom is a cosmopolitan country. This means that people from different countries live there. There are more than 62 million people living there now. People living in the UK are called British.
The fastest way to get to Britain is by plane. Many people also go through the Channel Tunnel (a train tunnel under the English Channel). But you can also sail to the islands. When you cross the English Channel on a ferry8, the first thing you will see are the white cliffs9 of Dover. How would you travel to Britain? Why? I would travel by because
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What is the main7 language spoken in the UK?
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The capital and largest city, London, is in the southeast of Britain. It lies on the River Thames. It is a very dynamic and cosmopolitan city and also one of the world’s most visited cities. What is the name of the famous tourist attraction in the photo? Put the letters in the right order to find out.
T R O W E
ORIGINAL UNION FLAG 1606
A Queen Elizabeth II B Queen Victoria C Queen Diana
R E D B I G
1 to mean [mi;n] – mínit 2 isle [aIl] – ostrov (v názvech) 3 to include [In"klu;d] – zahrnovat 4 to consist of [k@n"sIst Qv] – skládat se z 5 point [pOInt] – místo 6 wherever – kdekoli 7 main [meIn] – hlavní 8 ferry ["feri] – trajekt 9 cliff [klIf] – útes 10 constitutional monarchy [kQnstI"tju;S(@)n(@)l "mQn@ki] – konstituční monarchie 11 is run – je řízen, spravován 12 government ["gVv(@)nm(@)nt] – vláda 13 prime minister – premiér
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ENGLAND
Do you know the name of the queen of the United Kingdom?
vocabulary
A Welsh B English C British
History of the Union Jack
The country is a constitutional monarchy10, which means the king or queen is the official head of the state, but he or she doesn’t have any real power. The official head of the United Kingdom is the queen but the country is run11 by a government12, led by the prime minister13. The government sits in Parliament.
IRELAND
UK CELEBRITIES CURRENT UNION FLAG 1801
Fill in the correct words. David Beckham comes from England. He
Flag of Wales
is English. He is an
footballer.
Catherine Zeta Jones was born in Wales. She is Annie Lennox was born in Scotland. She is
. She is a Welsh actress. . She is a Scottish singer.
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Alex Jordan (UK)
Travelling... Travelling... to the Iron age How did Britain look?
Read about Celtic priests – Druids and fill in the gaps with words given below the text.
About 750,000 years ago Britain wasn’t an island, but a part of Europe. Around 6000 BC the Ice Age ended and the ice melted2. The sea level rose3 and Britain became an island.
What did people do?
The Age of Celts (800 BC to 43 AD) People started to use bronze and, a few hundred years later, iron. In Britain the Iron Age is connected with the Celts.
Celtic life We know that Celts lived in clans5. These clans
Celtic head sculpture
Stonehenge is made of big stones and was built around 2800 BC.
made up a tribe6. Their leader was called a king. They lived in round houses made of wattle7, straw8 and mud9. They were farmers but also brave10 fighters. A a B in C many D to E was Some warriors put lime11 in their hair → solution on page 3 (to make it white) and coloured their vocabulary bodies with blue 6 tribe [traIb] – kmen paint. With this 1 Iron Age ["aI@n eIdZ] – doba 7 wattle ["wQt(@)l] – proutí perfect look they železná 8 straw [strO;] – sláma 2 to melt [melt] – tát 9 mud [mVd] – bahno went screaming and 3 to rise [raIs] – stoupat 10 brave [breIv] – odvážný naked into battle. 4 to grow grains [gr@U greInz] – 11 lime [laIm] – vápno It is no wonder the pěstovat obilí 12 predict [prI"dIkt] – Romans were afraid 5 clan [kl&n] – rod, klan předpovídat of them!
I just made some medicine for the king! Now we can look into the future.
The chicken is ready!
the Druid’s' secret Powers © Lucie Lomová
People learnt to farm. They began to grow grains4 and keep animals like pigs and dogs. They were also busy building great monuments. The most famous is Stonehenge.
Celts believed (1) .................. many gods. They thought there (2) .................. a god in every tree, bush and flower. The person who communicated with them was called (3) .................. druid. Druids were religious leaders and medicine men. They performed (4) .................. rituals, made magic drinks and killed animals (5) .................. predict12 the future.
Bring me more mistletoe!
I don’t want to climb the trees again.
mistletoe ["mIs(@)lt@U] – jmelí
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The king will not be happy. War is coming. We will lose many men.
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Mary Matz (USA)
Anna,
Can I Ask You on a Date?
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aty is beautiful, friendly, and intelligent. I don’t know her, but everybody says that. I don’t care about1 Katy and I don’t want to meet her because I like her best friend, Anna. She is quiet, nice, and clever, too. I wanted to ask her to go out on Wednesday. So on Tuesday I called her. “Hi, Anna,” I said. “Do you want to meet me tomorrow after school? We can watch a nice film together.” “No, sorry, Bill,” she said. “I have to go for a walk with Katy.”
DISCUSS
Who is your best friend?
TASK Write out all the adjectives from the story. Decide if they are positive or negative. See the examples.
I was sad. I know everyone loves Katy, but this made me feel bad. I decided to call Anna on Thursday. “Hi, Anna,” I said. “It’s Thursday! Let’s go for a walk.” “No, Bill, sorry,” Anna said. “Katy is a little ill. I want to look after2 her.” “Oh,” I said. Now I was sad and a little angry, too.
“Why are you calling me?” I asked her. Now I was very angry. “Why can’t Katy’s mother help her?” Anna was quiet. Then she started laughing. “Because she lives 200 km away … in a kennel3 !”
Who is Katy?
On Thursday night, the telephone rang. It was Anna. “Oh, Bill!” she said. “Can you please help me? I think Katy is very ill!”
Dog is man’s best friend. Do you agree with this?
Have you got a dog? If so, does he or she live in a kennel?
Positive
Negative
beautiful
sad
vocabulary 1 to care about [ke@ @"baUt] – záležet někomu (na někom, na něčem) 2 to look after [lUk "A;ft@] – starat se o někoho, pečovat o někoho 3 kennel ["ken(@)l] – psí bouda
language point
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I don’t care. – Je mi to jedno.
→ solution on page 3
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One Scary Night Jo Molloy (UK)
Trick or treat? If you live in America or Great Britain, you will probably hear kids shouting1 this on October 31. It’s Halloween, a special night when everyone dresses up2 as their favourite ghost or monster. Children go around their neighbourhood3 and get sweets or candy, ‘a treat’. Or if they don’t get any, they may play ‘a trick’. Normally the trick is something ‘fun’ (like throwing an egg at the house). A lot of people have bonfires4 or parties, and carve5 scary6 faces on
Hotel Transylvania
pumpkins called Jack-O’-lanterns. Some pumpkins are really like works of art8 and there are even special competitions for the best designs. Halloween began thousands of years ago in Ireland and England as a Celtic9 celebration called Samhain. It was the time when summer ended. People believed that on the night of October 31 the souls10 of the dead visited the world. They built fires and dressed like witches and ghosts to scare away the evil spirits. In the 7th century, Christians introduced All Saints11’ Day, or All Hallows’ Day to celebrate the saints. But the scary Celtic festival survived and started to be called Halloween. 7
What do you know about some of these famous monsters?
2) I look like I am covered up in bandages7 and I come from Egypt. 3) I have sharp teeth and claws8. I run fast on all fours and I like howling9 at the moon. 12
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Welcome to Hotel Transylvania, Count Dracula’s hotel for monsters only – No humans allowed1! Dracula built this luxurious hotel for his friends and to protect2 his daughter Mavis from humans. Famous monsters like Frankenstein, The Mummy3, The Invisible4 Man, Werewolf5 and many others come to celebrate the opening of the hotel and Mavis’s 118th birthday (which is like her 18th birthday). Mavis is bored with her dad’s friends, so she is happy when a cool backpacker6 named Jonathan arrives. But shock, horror! He is a human! And Mavis falls in love with him! Everything is in chaos and Dracula has to decide what to do.
Do you celebrate Halloween?
Match the description with the picture. 1) I can sometimes fly, but I sometimes look human. A I have very sharp teeth and like drinking blood.
October Film Tiþ
What would you dress up as and why?
vocabulary Trick or treat? 1 to shout [SaUt] – křičet 2 to dress up – převlékat se 3 neighbourhood ["neIb@hUd] – část města, čtvrt 4 bonfire ["bQnfaI@] – oheň venku 5 to carve [kA;v] – vydlabat, vyřezat 6 scary ["ske@ri] – strašidelný 7 pumpkin ["pVm(p)kIn] – dýně 8 works of art – umělecká díla 9 Celtic [keltIk, "s-] – keltský 10 soul [s@Ul] – duše 11 saint [seInt] – svatý Hotel Transylvania
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Why don’t skeletons like parties? Because they have no body to dance with!
1 no humans allowed – lidem není vstup povolen 2 to protect – chránit 3 mummy ["mVmi] – mumie 4 invisible [In"vIzIb(@)l] – neviditelný 5 werewolf ["we@wUlf] – vlkodlak 6 backpacker – batůžkář 7 bandage ["b&ndIdZ] – obvaz 8 claws [klO;z] – drápy 9 to howl [haUl] – výt
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Watch out!
Jo Molloy (UK)
Vampires are coming!
I
t’s midnight. There is a creaking sound – a white hand opens a coffin. A dark figure with sharp teeth comes through the fog. It’s a vampire looking for blood!
showed them as horrible creatures. The British writer Bram Stoker changed this idea in his novel Dracula. His vampire, Dracula, was a count9. He was rich, clever, educated and charming10. In the end he was killed by a vampire hunter, Van Helsing. Dracula is like an evil superhero of Transylvania (in Romania).
Vampires are creatures that come out at night. They live by drinking the blood of humans and animals. According to legend, they were once humans who were bitten4 by another vampire. They have sharp teeth called fangs5, long nails, and can sometimes fly. They don’t like garlic6, sunlight and crosses7. And they can only be killed by putting a wooden stick8 through their heart!
Bloody pop culture
A vampire with blue blood There have always been stories about demons and monsters. Early legends
The story of Dracula is still so popular today that Transylvania is now a famous place for tourists. There are even special vampire tours!
There are hundreds of movies and television shows about vampires. The Twilight book series by Stephenie Meyer is very popular with teenagers. The books have been made into very successful films. Young adults also love TV shows like Buffy the Vampire Slayer, The Vampire Diaries and True Blood. Why do we love vampires? Is it because we like to be scared? And what do you think about them? Could they be real after all?
1 The signs of a vampire
Tick the ones that are true.
They have white skin. They drink tomato juice for breakfast. They love sunbathing. They hate garlic. They are afraid of crosses.
2 Answer the following questions: 1) Who wrote the book Dracula? A) Buffy the Vampire Slayer B) Stephenie Meyer C) Bram Stoker 2) In the book, in what part of the world did the famous vampire live? A) rural England B) Paris in France C) Transylvania in Romania 3) What strong-smelling food keeps vampires away? A) garlic B) tuna fish C) smelly cheese
vocabulary 1 creaking ["kri;kIN] – skřípavý 2 coffin ["kQfIn] – rakev 3 fog – mlha 4 to be bitten ["bIt(@)n] – být kousnut, pokousán 5 fangs [f&Nz] – tesáky 6 garlic ["gA;lIk] – česnek 7 cross – kříž 8 stick [stIk] – klacek 9 count [kaUnt] – hrabě 10 charming ["tSA;mIN] – okouzlující
Solutions on page 3
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When do I use “at” and when do i use “in” when I talk about a place?
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Reader:
Mary: It’s easy. We use “at” when we are talking about what we think of as a large place, or the main idea1 (not really a place). So we say:
→ at the airport I have to be at the airport at 3 o’clock. The main idea: I don’t want to miss the
plane!
Mary: And we use “in” (or “inside”) when we really mean inside a place. So we say:
→ in the airport I lost my keys in/inside the airport.
The main idea: I’m sure it was around Gate 8.
Should I say:
→ in the cinema
I arrived in Prague or I arrived at Prague?
Don’t wait for me outside, I might be late. Let’s meet in/inside the cinema.
The main idea: Let’s meet inside the
→ at the cinema
buliding.
I met my boyfriend at the cinema. The main idea: I didn’t meet him at church, or at school.
Mary: I arrived in Prague is correct.
→ at the office Just now I have a lot of problems at the office. The main idea: I have problems at work, not at school or my home.
You use “in” before cities, e.g. you arrive in New York or in London. (Cities are big places.)
→ in the office
We can’t smoke in/inside the office. The main idea: We have to stand outside on
the sidewalk3.
But I arrived at the Prague airport, Ruzyně. (at the airport)
So now you know: “in” and “at” – easy!
→ in the school Let’s eat lunch in the park. It’s too nice today to stay in/inside the school.
→ at school Next year we have to take swimming lessons at school. The main idea: There is not a swimming
pool in the school building, but the swimming lessons, as well as math or English, are a part of schooling2.
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Complete the gaps with either “in” or “at”. Lisbon yesterday. I asked my
friend to meet me waiting
the airport, but I was
the arrival hall and he was sitting a café waiting for me. We didn’t meet. → solution on page 3
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vocabulary
The main idea: Let’s get out of the
main idea – hlavní myšlenka schooling – výuka 3 sidewalk – chodník 4 cafeteria – jídelna
BRITISH British
AMeRICAN ENGLISH American
cinema movies maths math pavement sidewalk
Exam time
Part Two
Part One You will hear four short dialogues. To answer the questions for each dialogue (1–4), choose the correct picture: A, B or C.
Where is the library?
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Listening | A2 level test
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You will hear Alexander talking about a holiday in the Czech Republic. What did he do each day? Listen to the recording and choose one activity (A–F) for each day (5–9). There is one extra activity you will not use. You will hear the recording twice.
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went canoeing
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5 Tuesday 6 Wednesday YOU ARE HERE
YOU ARE HERE
YOU ARE HERE
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How is the girl going to travel to school?
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visited some castles C
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visited some museums E
went swimming
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went for a walk
Part Three
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You will hear a teacher talking to students at a summer language school. First, read the notes. There are seven gaps in the notes. Listen to the dialogue and complete the sentences 10–16. There are two examples (0) at the beginning. You will hear it twice.
Where is the chocolate? B
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summer language school
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10 We have 11 Lessons are from
is the director of the school.
lessons every day. am to 1:00 pm every day.
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When is the next bus coming? B
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floor. and the study room are on
the third floor. 14 The internet room is
the bookshop.
15 We will go for a walk in the city at
o’clock. 16 There is a
at school starting at 5:30 pm. → scripts and solutions in teachers' file
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Mary Matz (USA)
AP
the United Kingdom
A land washed by four seas, coastline with beaches or wild waves hitting cliffs – welcome to the United Kingdom. The country has lots of islands, lakes, rivers, highlands and lowlands. Monumental cathedrals and castles and small, pretty villages with sheep on meadows – all this and much more can be found there. Gate has prepared this map with some tips for places you shouldn’t miss when visiting the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland.
UK
Emily Blunt
“I’d love to be exciting and say that I was the rebel at school, but sadly I wasn’t.”
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Weird New Mary Matz (USA)
A whale
of a tale! Did you know that a “fish tale” or a “whale of a story” is a big story that no one believes? But Toakai Teitoi can tell you about one crazy fish tale that really happened to him.
The Pacific policeman
Toakai Teitoi, aged 41, lives on a small island called Maiana in the Pacific Ocean. He wanted to be a policeman, so he flew to the capital city to sign up2. On the way home he decided to go by boat with his brother-in-law3 Lelu. The journey normally takes only two hours, but they wanted to catch some fish, so they stopped and spent the night on the waves.
Home alone at sea
When they woke up the next morning, they saw they were out on the open sea, far away from any land. Soon they used up4 all their petrol and they were just floating5 in the middle of the ocean, in a 15‑foot wooden boat. Just like in an adventure movie! “We had food, but the problem was
Do you think the shark attacked the man? What happened? The following words will help you understand the ending of the story. TASK
to bump [bVmp] – narážet crew [kru;] – posádka pulled him onto – vytáhli ho na to promise ["prQmIs] – slíbit → solution in tf recording script
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we had nothing to drink,” Toakai Teitoi said. Unfortunately, Lelu got sick and died and Teitoi buried6 his brother-in-law at sea.
Clouds with a silver lining
Soon after Lelu’s death, there was a terrible storm. It rained for days. But this was a good thing, because Teitoi filled two five‑gallon containers (=bottles) with fresh water. “There were two choices in my mind7 at the time, either8 someone would find me, or I would follow my brother‑in‑law.”
Shark!
One morning he heard a strange sound. He looked overboard9 and saw a six‑foot shark. Listen to the ending of the story on the Gate CD.
Calculate 1 How long was the boat (in metres)? 2 How many litres of water did he have after the storm? 3 How long was the shark (in metres)?
Language Alarm Don’t forget about the irregular plural: 1 foot but many feet
Culture Points
gallon – about 4.5 litres, used for measuring how much liquid we have; there is also the American gallon, about 3.8 litres 1 foot – 30.48 centimetres, used for measuring how long something is. Imagine you don’t have a tape measure (= krejčovský metr) so you use your foot to measure something.
vocabulary 1 whale [weIl] – velryba 2 to sign up [saIn] – přihlásit se 3 brother-in-law – švagr 4 to use up – použít, spotřebovat 5 to float [fl@Ut] – plout 6 to bury ["beri] – pohřbít 7 there were two choices in my mind [tSOIsIz maInd] – zvažoval jsem dvě možnosti 8 either – buď 9 overboard [@Uv@"bO;d] – přes palubu
LANGUAGE POINT
every cloud has a silver lining – there is something good about every bad situation
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Can you draw this famous symbol of autumn? Number the letters answering the little maths problems and then connect the dots (•). One plus one minus one is ..... . How many fingers do people have? C Nine plus eleven is ..... . D You get your ID cards at this age. E Ten divided by two is ..... . F There are ..... hours in a day. G Adults are people over ..... years old. H Fifteen fish plus one fish equals ..... fish. I Intuition is the .....th sense. J Seventeen minus eight is ..... . K Snow-white and the ..... dwarves. L Friday the .....th is an unlucky day. M A quarter (1/4) is .....%. N It sounds similar to ‘tree’ or ‘free’. A B
The number of football players on a team is ..... . P Noon is at ..... o’clock. Q There were …... Beatles. R A pair or a couple are ..... . S Twenty-eight divided by two is ..... . T The number between eighteen and twenty. U Eleven times two is ..... . V Two sheep or four chickens have ..... legs. W Three plus twenty is ..... . X Three times seven is ..... . Y ..... is the last age in your life when you are not adult. O
Maths symbols
+ Plus [plVs] - Minus ["maIn@s] = Equals ["i;kw(@)lz] x Multiplied by ["mVltIplaId] : Divided by [dI"vaIdId]
→ solution on page 3
Tongue Twisters
Jokes Learn to laugh in every class
Physics and Chemistry
Two atoms go for a run. They start warming up when one of them stops suddenly. “What is wrong?” asks his friend. “I think that one of my electrons is missing,” he answers. “Are you sure?” “I am positive!” Biology
“Do you know what is ‘illegal’, Tom?” asked the teacher. “Sure, miss. That is a sick bird,” said Tom. (An ‘ill eagle’.)
Try to read these tongue twisters five times in a row. It’s not easy, is it? You can also listen to them on the Gate CD.
She sells seashells on the seashore. Peter Piper picked a pack of pickled peppers. Six thick thistle sticks. Six thick thistles stick. The instinct of an extinct insect stinks. Three free throws. A proper copper coffee pot.
grammar POINT
Sometimes we need to be careful with plural noun forms. There are a few nouns (= podstatná jména) that have the same singular and plural form. For example fish and sheep. One fish, two fish, many fish… One sheep, two sheep, many sheep…
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autumn BrE x fall AmE football BrE x soccer AmE
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Fashion
Against
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of Karolina Look at the two photos th tags using and label the photos wi x. the words from the bo TASK 1
Get Dressed for Chilly Days In autumn the days get shorter and darker. People mostly wear jeans and sweaters. All you can see is black and grey walking down the streets. Are you tired of the same old looks? To show you some clothing alternatives, Gate visited fashion designer Dana Hapalová in her studio in Prague.
I always do it my way
Originally, a graphic designer in an IT company, Dana Hapalová started designing her own clothes because she couldn’t find what she wanted in the shops. She runs a fashion studio3 SWEET666DESIGN in Prague. Her latest collection was inspired by the book Alice in Wonderland and includes a lot of jackets, coats and romantic dresses.
Create your own outfit!
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A) dress B) checkered (AmE) / checked (BrE) coat C) wedge shoes (with a heel under the foot) D) tight jeans E) sneakers (sports shoes) F) Tights
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With Dana Hapalová
Use a lot of accessories4:
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gloves hats
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It looks good if you layer clothes. For example, you can combine a vest with a long‑sleeved6 shirt.
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Look for interesting colours and patterns7. It’s always good to have some impressive8 detail like jewellery or a nice scarf.
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DISCUSS
Which outfit do you like better? And why? I like the coat, but I don’t like the checkered pattern / I prefer no patterns. The dress is my style. / I wouldn’t be caught dead in that! (I really hate it!) What do you usually wear in autumn? I wear warm clothes / sweaters / coats. I don’t wear skirts or dresses because I get cold.
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Match each material with the piece of clothing, Karolina is wearing.
1 Fleece (flís)
A) Bag
2 Cotton (bavlna)
B) Hat
3 Wool (vlna) 4 Leather (kůže)
In the fashion studio
C) T-Shirt D) Coat
Speak!
Gina: Oh my, where did you take me? Look at these dresses! Lola: You have to try this one on! Blue, that’s your favourite colour. G: Hey, don’t you know that I’m not into9 blue anymore? L: Come on! Blue suits10 you!!! Try it on! G: OK, I will. L: I will try the red one with stripes11 on. Do you care if I have the same dress as you? G: That’s fine. I could wear it with my jacket and you with your new top.
Pair work Write a similar conversation. Act it out.
vocabulary 1 chilly – chladný 2 are you tired of – nudí vás 3 to run a fashion studio – provozovat módní studio 4 accessories [@k"ses(@)ri:z] – doplňky 5 to layer ["leI@] – vrstvit 6 long‑sleeved [sli;vd] – s dlouhým rukávem
7 pattern ["p&t(@)n] – vzor 8 impressive [Im"presIv] – výrazný 9 I am not into – nejsem na něco, nemám ráda 10 to suit – slušet 11 stripes [straIps] – pruhy
LANGUAGE POINTs
Wear and try on
Wear/Wore/Worn wear – to have clothes on “Today I’m wearing a T-shirt and skirt.” try on – to see if clothes look good and fit “Can I try this jacket on in size S?”
outfit – the total combined look of what you are wearing “I love her outfit, she always has such great style.” blues – in against the autumn blues – blue can mean the colour and when it is used as “blues”, it means feeling sad
→ solutions on page 3
Gate magazine would like to thank Dana Hapalová for kindly lending us her clothes, and model Karolina Rathová for posing in this issue. Gate | September–October | 2012
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Are You
Pearl Harris (South Africa)
Superstitious?
What Brings You Good Luck and Bad Luck
Are you afraid of a black cat crossing a road in front of you? Are you scared on Friday the 13th? Do you make a wish when you see a star falling? If so, then you are superstitious.
Here are some common English superstitions. Match them with the correct pictures.
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If you find a fourleafed clover, you will have good luck.
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If you make a wish when you see a falling star, good luck will follow you.
If you break a mirror, you will have seven years’ bad luck.
If you want something to turn out3 well, you cross your fingers for good luck.
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If you open an umbrella indoors, you will have bad luck.
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For every falling leaf you catch in autumn, you will have one month of good luck.
If you make a wish when blowing out the candles on your birthday cake, and you blow them all out at once4, your wish will come true5.
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language point Look at this sentence:
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If you walk under a ladder, it will bring you bad luck. What tenses can you find? This is the first conditional. We use this type of sentence to describe something that is likely to happen (= will probably happen), or is possible. The ‘if’ part of the sentence is always in the present simple, and the second (result) part is in the future tense.
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INTERVIEW / CELEBRITY
Emily Blunt is known for her role as the ambitious assistant to the very evil Meryl Streep in the film The Devil Wears Prada (Ďábel nosí Pradu). This 29-year‑old British actress is now in Toronto promoting her action/sci-fi movie, Looper, in which she stars with Bruce Willis (Šestý smysl) and Joseph Gordon Levitt (Černý rytíř povstal). In this interview, Emily talks about her roles in action films, her fear of technology and love of pizza.
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No more
Emily Blunt on her new movie, Looper Sian Edwards (UK) The Interview People
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junk food E M I L Y How was it to use a gun in Looper? Pretty cool. If someone gave you a gun, you would say ‘Uh yeah, this is awesome2!’. In Looper, the future looks very contemporary3. How do you look at the future? Well, this film gives us a very pessimistic perspective of the future. But I don’t know. I’m someone who gets frightened that technology will get control of us4. I probably sound like a Neanderthal talking like this, because a lot of people are so into technologies that they miss everything, they’re texting and using information like money, instead of actually enjoying themselves. I went to a Bruce Springsteen concert and I looked at the audience5 and it was just a sea of iPhones. It’s not even faces. You are so old-fashioned. I am. I am somebody who doesn’t know how to work any kind of machine, and I panic if I cannot turn it on with the power button. Do you think that there are enough female leading roles6 in action movies? No. Would you like to make an action movie? I’m going to make a movie with Tom Cruise (All You Need Is Kill), where I play a very brave soldier. So this is why you are looking so fit at the moment? That’s why I look like a mess7. What sports are you doing? Krav maga – it’s a martial art8 – and gymnastics.
No more eating your favourite fries and junk food9. No, that’s over for now.
Blunt is happily married to actor John Krasinski. She married him at Lake Como at George Clooney’s house two years ago. She was formerly engaged12 to Canadian singer, Michael Bublé.
What do you miss the most? Pizza, pizza. I dream about it. Have you already met Tom Cruise? Yeah, yeah. We’re training together and learning some of the fights. It’s cool.
BYL NÁJEMNÝM ZABIJÁKEM...
You’re training together with Tom? We had one workout10 where I was trying to keep up with him11, and I was like, ‘Wow, this guy is like a machine.’
SCÉNÁŘ A REŽIE RIAN JOHNSON
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Do you get a lot of offers to play nice characters? Well, for some time after The Devil Wears Prada, I got every arrogant British role. (She played a very unpleasant character in this film.) You made many films this year. When are you going to have a break? Well, I didn’t make them all at once. And I take a lot of breaks. (The interview was simplified for A2 level by the Bridge staff.)
vocabulary 1 ambitious [&m"bIS@s] – ambiciózní 2 awesome [ "O;s(@)m] – úžasný 3 contemporary [k@n"temp(@)r(@r)i] – současný 4 to get control of sb – ovládnout 5 audience ["O;dI@ns] – publikum 6 leading role – hlavní role 7 I look like a mess – vypadám příšerně 8 martial art [mA;S(@)l] – bojové umění 9 junk food [dZVNk fu;d] – nezdravé jídlo 10 workout ["wO:kaUt] – cvičení 11 to try to keep up with him – pokoušet se s ním udržet tempo 12 engaged [ In"geIdZd] - zasnoubená 13 to get rid of someone – někoho se zbavit
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L O O P E R Looper is an action/sci-fi movie about time travel and lots of shooting. When future gangsters want to get rid of someone13, they send him to the past and Joe (Joseph Gordon-Levitt) gets rid of them. The trouble starts when Joe is supposed to kill his future self…
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MUSIC Jo Molloy (UK)
Turn It Up... ... and see if you can understand some of the lyrics (= words in a song), or get a feeling for what the artist is singing about.
We Are Young “Tonight... we are young / So let’s set the world on fire / We can burn brighter than the sun.” This song is about being young and living life to the full2. It is sung by an American indie pop band from New York, called “fun.”. They started as a college band•. They have been very successful: the song reached number one in America and they have been nominated for three MTV Europe awards3. They describe their music as a mix of hip hop and electronica with theatrical pop (influenced by 1970s bands like Queen or the Electric Light Orchestra).
“Why would you live anywhere else?”
The band chose the symbol of California, the brown bear, for their CD cover.
“let’s set the world on fire.”
The band write their name with a lower-case4 “f” and with a full stop5 (fun.) because there is already a Swedish band called Fun.
The Only Place Where is the best place to be? For American indie rock duo Best Coast there’s only one answer and it’s California! They sing about the sun, the sea and having fun in the happy song “The Only Place” (2012). “We’ve got the ocean, got the babes / Got the sun, we’ve got the waves / This is the only place for me.” The band’s singer Bethany Cosentino is from Los Angeles (LA) and went to study in New York. She hated it and came back to California. This song is her love letter to the place she came from. Bethany says, “I like visiting London and New York. But LA is the only place where I want to live, which is why I called the record ‘The Only Place’.” TASK In the song “The Only Place”, what does singer mean by “babes” in “we’ve got the ocean, got the babes”? A) small children B) attractive women → solution on page 3
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Call Me Maybe
“I’ve been in love with music since I can remember.”
Canadian singer-songwriter Carly Rae Jepsen just met a good‑looking guy. And she really wants him to call her. Will he call her? Maybe... Carly, now 26 years old, was first discovered on the TV show Canadian Idol in 2007 (a singing talent show a bit like Superstar). Then she made a song “Call Me Maybe” and it became a big hit. More than 260 million people have watched the video. It also helped that Justin Bieber made a YouTube video of the song with his friends. It is a very catchy song (= you like it quickly) about liking someone so much that you can’t stop thinking about him. The girl in the song was brave6 and gave the guy her number. “Hey, I just met you “Call Me Maybe” was the number 1 / And this is crazy / best‑selling single in America for nine weeks and it was also But here’s my number / successful around the world. So call me, maybe?” If the boy calls or texts (= sends an SMS), it means that he’s interested in her. If you watch the video there is a nice twist (= change), which shows that Carly has a sense of humour. Will the boy call her? Or will he call someone else?
Teenager in Love This romantic song is about a teenager in love, afraid that his girlfriend could break his heart. It sounds funny when old rockers from the Red Hot Chili Peppers sing “Why must I be a teenager in love?”. But it is a very old song from the 1950s. There are many different versions of the song. The Chili’s version is close to the original and they recorded it when they entered the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame• this year. They chose six songs for their Rock & Roll Hall of Fame Covers EP• (2012) from bands who were also in the Hall of Fame and who had influenced7 them musically.
Culture Points A college band is an American phrase which means a band that plays at universities or colleges. The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame and Museum is a museum of the most important musicians and performers who work in the music industry. It is situated in Cleveland, Ohio in the US. Each year groups or artists are nominated to enter the hall of fame.
EP (extended play) is a record that has more music than a single, but not enough for a full studio album or LP.
vocabulary 1 turn it up – zesilte si (hudbu) 2 to live life to the full – žít život naplno 3 award [@"wO;d] – ocenění 4 lower-case – malé (písmeno) 5 full stop – tečka 6 brave [breIv] – statečná 7 to influence ["InflU@ns] – ovlivnit
“One day I feel so happy Next day I feel so sad...”
The Red Hot Chili Peppers were a very popular stadium band in the 1980–90s. They had a revival (= came back) in 2006 and are still going strong.
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Maggie went on holiday to kenya. Mosquitos were everywhere and she got bitten many times. she feels sick and is going to see a doctor.
what’s wrong, Maggie?
… and a headache.
i have diarrhoea …
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Doctor
If you are tired and don’t feel well, you are probably ill or sick. Time to see a doctor! Here is a short article to help you talk about your symptoms.
talk Sore Throat and Sore Eyes
Ache or Pain? The word pain is used when some part of your body feels bad. You can use it with have + a/an, so you can say I have a pain in my side/my leg or shoulder.
Another word which means painful is sore. It’s connected with the throat and eyes. So you can say I have a sore throat or sore eyes.
So why does Maggie say she has a headache, and not a head pain?
It hurts… For the rest of the body, you can use the verb hurt. If some part of you hurts, it is painful. You can say my legs hurt, my hands hurt, my arms hurt, etc.
In English some parts of the body take on the word ache to describe a constant (= non-stop) pain in that area.
I. TASK 1
II. TASK
You can have: a stomachache an earache a toothache a backache…
Look at the people and describe what is wrong with them.
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And – if something hurts, feels sore and is very painful – there’s one more word that might be useful: OUCH!
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Look at the words below and match the vocabulary from the comic strip “Maggie gets sick from travels” with their Czech translations. 1 got (was) bitten many times 2 diarrhoea [daI@"rI@] 3 to sweat 4 biting insects 5 lab (laboratory) technician [tek"nIS(@)n] 6 to examine [Ig"z&mIn]
A potit se B laborant C vyšetřit, prohlédnout D průjem E F
byla mnohokrát poštípaná bodavý hmyz
vocabulary to take on – přibírat, přidávat
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