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TRACK 42 Unit 38 exercise 6 1 We’ve got enough cheese, but we’re running out of eggs. We also need some olive oil. 2 I was doing well at university in the first year, anyway two years later I dropped out and set up my own business. It is the best choice I’ve ever made. 3 She called on me this morning. It was such a great surprise. I hadn’t heard from her for a while, so it was really nice to talk to her again. 4 It took us six months to do up the house before we could actually move in, but I’d say it was worth it. It looks as if it was new. 5 Too bad the party’s been put off to Friday. I’ll be in France then. I always miss the best things about school. 6 I’ve no idea how Ruth came into such a fortune. She kept complaining that she couldn’t live on her salary, Now I guess the problem’s over. TRACK 43 Unit 39 exercise 4 1 ...And I went to see it with my friend Alice.Well, to tell you the truth, the film let me down a bit. After all it won four Oscars. I definitely liked the acting and the montage was great, though. 2 ...So I just bumped into Sally while I was on my way to the shops last Saturday. I hadn’t seen her for ages so we arranged to meet for a coffee tomorrow: I guess we’ll spend hours talking about what we’ve been doing in the past few years. 3 Did you hear about Alice’s husband? He’s been arrested for stealing lots of things from the supermarket he worked in. Apparently he’d been doing it for a while, but I didn’t expect Alice to turn him in. 4 I used to be very different back then. As a teenager I tended to keep to myself and I felt awkward with the other kids my age. Grace was the one that changed it all. She helped me to build up my confidence and enjoy being with other people. 5 I studied German when I was at university. My boyfriend was from Berlin so I had a chance to speak it whenever I felt like. Unfortunately I’ve never had to use it for work so I guess it’ll take some time to revise it before I move to Munich. TRACK 44 Unit 40 exercise 4 1 if something or someone is loathsome, it means that they fill you with disgust. 2 a cowardly person is someone who is afraid and lacks courage. 3 if you feel sheepish you feel embarrassment about something. 4 An orderly person is someone who likes keeping things neat or well-arranged. 5 an affluent person is very wealthy and can afford to pay large sums of money. 6 a whimsical person behaves in a playful erratic way that isn’t easy to predict. TRACK 45 Unit 41 exercise 7 The Pegasus Aircraft Company based in Auckland has revealed details of its latest jetpack prototype. The company’s CEO,
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Mark Welsh, said that the new prototype was a key improvement over the previous one. “Changing the position of the jetpack’s ducts has resulted in a big step forward in performance, especially in terms of its maneuverability,” said Mr Welsh. He also added that the company has full certification from the Civil Aviation Authority for manned flight and has recently made great headway in increasing the flight time of the aircraft. The company’s present focus is on further improving the characteristics of the jetpack through some engine refinements in order to make it suitable for commercial sale. The company has appointed Henry Stuart to take on the role of Chief Finance Officer with a particular emphasis on assisting it in the preparation of the launch of the jetpack onto the market. “The jetpack continues to attract interest from potential customers and investors worldwide,” said Mr Coker. “We are still concentrating on its development as an unmanned air vehicle”. The company is also working on a jetpack simulator that will be available for sale in the next few months. TRACK 46 Unit 42 exercise 5 1 pre’sent (verb) 2 live (adverb) 3 ‘record (noun) 4 de’sert (verb) 5 ‘export (noun) 6 ob’ject (verb) 7 ‘rebel (noun) 8 ‘suspect (noun) 9 pro’test (verb) 10 in’crease (verb) TRACK 47 Unit 43 exercise 5 During the whole of a dull, dark, and soundless day in the autumn of the year, when the clouds hung oppressively low in the heavens, I had been passing alone, on horseback, through a singularly dreary tract of country; and at length found myself, as the shades of the evening drew on, within view of the melancholy House of Usher. I know not how it was—but, with the first glimpse of the building, a sense of insufferable gloom pervaded my spirit. [...] What was it—I paused to think— what was it that so unnerved me in the contemplation of the House of Usher? It was a mystery all insoluble; nor could I grapple with the shadowy fancies that crowded upon me as I pondered. I was forced to fall back upon the unsatisfactory conclusion, that while, beyond doubt, there are combinations of very simple natural objects which have the power of thus affecting us, still the analysis of this power lies among considerations beyond our depth. [...] I reined my horse to the precipitous brink of a black and lurid tarn that lay in unruffled lustre by the dwelling, and gazed down—but with a shudder even more thrilling than before—upon the remodelled and inverted images of the gray sedge, and the ghastly treestems, and the vacant and eye-like windows.
