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angleščina MATURITETNE TEME Besedila, naloge in nasveti za pripravo na maturo Monica Caltran, Saša Hiti in Brigita Peklaj

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angleščina MATURITETNE TEME BESEDILA, NALOGE IN NASVETI ZA PRIPRAVO NA MATURO Monica Caltran, Saša Hiti, Brigita Peklaj

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To read or not to read . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 8 Moving pictures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 12 The sound of music . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 16 Home, sweet home . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 20 We don’t need no education . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 24 Life in the future . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 28 Hi-tech world . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 32 The final frontier . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 36 Living with differences . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 40 New superpowers . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 44 You are what you eat . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 48 Message in a bottle . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 An apple a day keeps the doctor away . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 56 You’re only as old as you feel . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 60 Blood is thicker than water . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 64 That’s what friends are for . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 68 For better for worse . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 72 Faster, higher, stronger . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 76 When in Rome, do as the Romans do . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 80 Have we lost it? . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 84 Seize the day . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 88 No play makes Jack a dull boy . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 92 On the brink of extinction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 96 Urban invaders . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 100 Fierce creatures . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 104 On the move . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 108 Climate change . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 112 Energy crisis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 116 Road to hell . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 120 The future is online . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 124 Fifteen minutes of fame . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 128 57 channels and nothing on. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 132 Throwaway society . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 136 The haves and have-nots . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 140 Krajši vodeni spis (pismo) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 144 Daljši pisni sestavek (esej) . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 148 Ustno sporočanje . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 152

KAZALO

One world, one language . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 5

One world, one language ... warm up 1. Which foreign languages can you speak?

2. Which ones would you like to learn? Why?

Speaking languages will open up your future

By Dan Poole © The Independent, 29 September 2006

Passport? Check. Plane tickets?

Check. Toothbrush? Check.

Foreign language? Pardon?

When you’re packing travel essentials for a visit abroad, being able to speak the language of the country you’re visiting isn’t necessarily first on the list. You might assume that you’ll manage by speaking English, but in fact 75 per cent of the world’s population won’t be able to understand you. Even if they do, you’ll be missing out, because being able to speak to people in their own language opens up all sorts of possibilities. You will learn a lot more about a country’s culture and, because you are making the effort, you will invariably have the goodwill of the people you talk to. They are more likely to want to help you and, crucially, you’ll understand what they’re telling you when they do!

Vicky Wright, director of the centre for language study at

the University of Southampton, says: “Students tell me that learning a language means finding out more about yourself by learning about others. Those who have been on a year abroad come back saying that they look at their lives in the UK through new eyes.”

Studying a language isn’t just about learning how to read, write and speak it; skills such as negotiating, analysing and presenting are transferable skills for many careers. Leyla Berksoy, 20, is in her first year of studying Turkish at the School of Oriental and African Studies (SOAS) in London.

She has enjoyed the different subjects she’s covering in her degree: “I studied Turkish culture and advanced translation from English to Turkish this year, and next year I’ll be doing literature and hopefully some history too. There are students from all types of different backgrounds so it’s interesting to hear their views about Turkey, and we have some interesting discussions.”

What’s more, learning a language is good for your brainpower. Researchers at University College London found that learning a language alters grey matter - the part of your brain responsible for processing information - in the same way that physical exercise builds up your muscles. Scientists have already shown that the brain

can change its structure as a result of stimulation and learning languages is a way of developing this.

Learning a language is a smart move when it comes to your career prospects too. UK graduates in modern languages have been to shown to have one of the lowest unemployment rates, and that’s because over 60 per cent of UK trade is with non-English speaking countries but only 1 in 10 UK workers can speak a foreign language. Michael Hutt, dean of languages at SOAS, says: “If the career market is full of people with a BA in economics, then somebody with a BA in economics and Hindi will stand out. It shows the ability to think beyond your immediate cultural and linguistic assumptions.”

Above all, learning a language is fun, and you shouldn’t be daunted by the idea that you have to understand it inside out and back-to-front. “We have something in our psyche that says if we’re speaking a foreign language we have to speak it perfectly,” says Isabella Moore, director of the National Centre for Languages (CILT). “But you don’t! You can get by with communicating in a foreign country by just having a basic knowledge. Of course there are different levels of competence but it’s about having the confidence to come out of your comfort zone.” A one-way ticket out of the comfort zone it is then!

1. What is the first possibility opened up by being able to speak to people in their own language?

2. What does Vicky Wright say about the students’ response to learning a language?

3. Why is learning a language good for your brainpower?

4. Why is learning a language positive when it comes to your career prospects?

5. What generally hinders language learners?

... discussion 1. How do you learn a language? What are the best ways?

2. What causes most problems when you are trying to learn a foreign language: grammar, vocabulary, pronunciation, or spelling?

3. What do you aim for when you communicate in a foreign language?

4. How can people communicate when they don’t speak the same language?

What can you say without using words?

5. How important is non-verbal communication (body language)? What can you communicate with gestures, facial expressions and tone of voice?

6. How can English be a threat to other languages? In which areas of life does it predominate?

7. Why are some other languages disappearing? What is lost when a language dies out?

8. Should we all aim to use the national standard or should local accents and dialects be preserved? Why? Explain your point of view.

9. Why hasn’t Esperanto become a worldwide language?

... speaking activities Group work: Which are the best foreign language learning methods? What are the advantages and disadvantages of each?

travelling abroad

reading books

attending a language course

watching TV

chatting on the Internet

learning from textbooks

reading newspapers and magazines

... writing activities Write an essay: In the future everyone will speak the same language.

How far do you agree or disagree? Give reasons for your answer.

One world, one language

... comprehension