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A Your Inspiration For Learning More English Kjell Ljungberg Helena Wallberg Matthew Ward

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Your Inspiration For Learning More English

FEATURE: MUHAMMAD YUNUS Nobel Prize Winner

SECRET SAFARI I was a teenage gun runner

I FEAR MY GIRLFRIEND will bed a holiday hunk The true story of

Pocahontas DO YOU HAVE A GREEN HOME ?

Stop global warming

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Contents

“I have always known there was something different there because I was dealing with happy people” Utopia – a place where Aborigines live long and prosper

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Everybody’s Changing, song Deportation at Breakfast School food, Everyday Food Fast Food . . . , Federal Case, poem World banker to the poor Keen to Change?

The power of our dreams Do you have a green home?

A Simple Plan Taxi drivers’ brains ‘grow’ on the job

World banker to the poor

Lett Letter to the Editor – is punctuality old-fashioned?

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Warning, W Warning, poem I only nlyy had h one choice – a Makeover What’s hat’s wrong with Ernie?

Life-changing experiences I used to love him, song Rani & Sukh Smile Manners UK The Captain and the Princess

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“ NO I did not. I did not.

I DID NOT. I did not say those things, and I did not plan those things.

Won’t anyone believe me? ”

The Pocahontas myth World’s tallest man looking for love Intimates, poem The science of . . .

“I want to be a teen mum” “I fear she’ll bed a holiday hunk” A good other half?

Internet profiles

Big Mouth and Ugly Girl

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Sure, poem The Dogs Quest Entertainment Strong Culture, song Black or White?

The N-word looking for jj “My seven-year-old daughter is already stage-struck” Utopia – a place where Aborigines live long and prosper London Attractions Comic is sent abroad to joke about the veil Incredible rise of India The Cord, poem The Wrong Guy

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101 Goths actually on the bright side of life

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Goths actually on the bright side of life Get to know the bulldozers of the African savanna Is Sweden the most boring country in the world?

Animals around the English-speaking world Flags Shall I compare thee . . . ?, sonnet Horoscopes The Power of Equality, song King Arthur Big Mouth and Ugly Girl Northern Ireland

“ . . . they’d nailed up a big sign saying SMILE, just above the kitchen door . . . ”

Secret Safari Explosive Clash between Gator & Python Powering the Earth – the alternatives to fossil fuel energy Robots and inventions Will you make a good leader?

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Introduction to Poetry, poem

Smile

The Sick Rose, poem Lucy B’s blog Body Language Reality on the Box Vocabulary

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Profile

‘World banker to the poor’ Muhammad Yunus is often referred to as “the world’s banker to the poor”. His life’s work has been to prove that the poor are creditworthy.

Muhammad Yunus and the Grameen Bank are 2006’s Nobel Peace prize winners. Mr Yunus responded to the news with delight.

“I’m very, very happy. It’s a great honour for us and for Bangladesh. It’s recognition of our work. As a Bangladeshi, I’m proud that we have given something to the world. Our work has now been recognised by the whole world.”

The Grameen Bank has been giving loans to the poor, who normally wouldn’t be offered loans by regular banks, since 1983. The bank has now given out loans totalling around $ 6.0 billion to over 7 million poor people.

It all began in 1974 when Professor Yunus took some of his university students on a field trip. They interviewed a woman who made bamboo furniture. She relied on a local money-lender because they didn’t have the collateral to apply for a loan from a more traditional institution. The high interest rate meant that they made hardly enough to survive.

The first loan was handed out from his own pocket: $27 to 42 furniture makers in the village of Jobra. After this came the realisation that it was possible for the poor to lift themselves out of poverty with just a tiny loan such

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Past Nobel Peace Prize winners 2007 IPCC (Intergovernmental Panel of Climate Change) and Al Gore Jr. 2006 Muhammad Yunus and Grameen Bank 2005 International Atomic Energy Agency and Mohamed ElBaradei 2004 Wangari Maathai 2003 Shirin Ebadi 2002 Jimmy Carter 2001 United Nations and Kofi Annan 2000 Kim Dae-Jung 1999 Médecins Sans Frontières 1998 John Hume and David Trimble 1997 International Campaign to Ban Landmines and Jody Williams

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THE GREEN PAGE

Do you have a green home ?

Small changes can make a big difference – what you can do around the home and everyday life to stop global warming.

The kitchen •

Don’t waste water or energy! One common example of this kind of waste is when you overfill the kettle.

Don’t waste food! In England, one in six people waste more than 10% of their weekly grocery shopping, with salad and vegetables the likely victims.

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The bedroom •

Be kind to your fridge!

Only put food in when it has cooled down, keep the door open for as short a time as possible. When broken dispose in a suitable place.

Buy local! Local produce doesn’t need to be transported.

Recycle! Buy recycled products and recycle as much waste as possible.

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Replace ordinary light bulbs with energy efficient ones.

Turn the lights off when you leave a room.

It’s not hard – if we all did this it would make such a difference.

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Don’t throw away old clothes. Give away anything reusable, both clothing and other things around the house, to charity or second-hand shops.

The garden •

Bury dog mess. Clean up your pet’s poo by burying it or chucking it away.

Don’t use chemicals. Fertilizers and pesticides often contain dangerous chemicals which all go into the ground – find an alternative.

Don’t use electric lights outside.

If you want to keep insects away, use citronella candles.

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The garage and the car •

Get a smaller car!

Environmental consultant Dr Jan Kooijman says that downgrading to a family saloon from a 4 x 4 equals the same environmental effect as a whole family recycling all their glass bottles for 400 years.

Have your car checked out as often as possible! The better condition the car is in, the less fuel it will use.

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Pump up those tyres!

If your tyres are not filled up to their recommended pressure, you could be using up to 8 % more fuel.

Turn off when in a jam!

If you are stuck in traffic for more than a couple of minutes, turn off the engine.

Use alternatives where possible! If you can walk, take a bike or use public transport, then do it! And what about car pooling?

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The living room •

Unsubscribe if you are not reading! If you subscribe to a magazine or newspaper, but never have the time to read them, then cancel.

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No stand-bys! Electrical items on stand-by are using energy needlessly. Turn them off instead.

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT Working with a friend, take turns retelling each piece of advice in your own words.

WHAT ABOUT YOU ?

1. What do you do to protect the environment?

2. Which of the suggestions in the text would be the easiest to follow? Why ?

3. Which of the suggestions in the text would be the hardest to follow? Why? 4. What would you consider doing in the future to help prevent global warming?

5. How worried are you about the environment on a scale from 1 to 10, where 1 is not worried at all and 10 is extremely worried?

The bathroom • Don’t run the tap when you brush your teeth.

• Put a water-saving device in your toilet.

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1 st March 2007. From today, using the word ‘nigger’ is banned in New York.

The N-word 1

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New York ‘nigger’ ban 1 st March 2007. From today, using the word ‘nigger’ is banned in New York. This unanimous decision sends the message that it is not acceptable to use the word casually, as a term of endearment or as a substitute for the word ‘black’. It is a word that carries a stigma of slavery and segregation.

The word, one of the most controversial and offensive words of the

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English language, is today used commonly by some of the cities’ youth and rap artists.

The ban is largely symbolic however, as those that use the word and ignore the decision will not be punished.

When asked about the move, comedian Chris Rock mocked, “What, is there a fine?

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Am I going to get a ticket?

Do judges say, ‘10 years, nigger!’

Enough real bad things happen in this city to worry about how I am going to use the word.”

Even if not punishable by law, city councillors, who see it as a word of hate, hope that New Yorkers will stop and reflect on the small word with a big legacy.

History of the word The word ‘nigger’ originates from the Latin word niger, which means black.

The word became a derogatory term gradually over time.

It is not known when the word became a slur. The first written form appeared in 1786, a word used by white masters to talk about black slaves. By the end of the nineteenth century, the word had become a well known insult. It was used, for example, by white adults when disciplining their children: don’t be as “ignorant as niggers”, behave or go and sit with “niggers”.

The word was used all over the US up until the 1960’s, when the Civil Rights movement gathered strength. ‘Black’ has

The N-Word in Use • Dave Chappelle’s show, which started in 2003, became notorious in its approach to race issues, with the comedian casually using the word ‘nigger’.

• Harper Lee’s 1960 novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, demonstrates the widespread use of nigger in the 1930’s.

• Hip hop group Niggaz With Attitude released their album Straight Outta Compton in 1988. Since then the word has been used a lot in hip hop music and culture.

• In the novel The Commitments, an Irish fan of soul music characterises the Irish as “the niggers of Europe”.

• In the 1998 film Rush Hour, Jackie Chan’s character hears the character played by Chris Tucker greet a group of black people with “whaassup, mah nigger?”. Later in the film, the former addresses a black barman with the same phrase – which starts a bustup in the bar.

• Mark Twain‘s novel The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn (1885), a common text in American schools, has always been a point of controversy with its repeated use of the word.

• In Amerikkka’s Most Wanted, Ice Cube says “Payback’s a muthafuckin’ NIGGER”.

So nigger can also mean bad or negative?

been the more accepted term since this time.

Nigger has been seen in a different light during the past 15 years. The use of the word has exploded since the rise of rap music and culture and many black people say they are simply “re-claiming” the word.

Today, the word is used in a number of different ways. Between black men, it can mean ‘friendly, pal, buddy’. Between younger people, it can be a word of respect – between both white children and children of different races. If an older white adult said the word to a black person, it would probably have a strong racist connotation.

Comment The BBC’s Kari Browne speaks about the ‘N-word’. She, a daughter of an African-American mother and white father, used it at school in San Francisco ‘without thinking’.

Students of all races used the word; it was even used as a term of respect among white kids.

“I actually am a reformed N-word user. Indeed it’s become a part of our language, and sadly I don’t remember feeling ashamed of using the word. Actually, that’s not entirely true. I would never have said it around my parents or family. And perhaps that’s the key.”

UNDERSTANDING THE TEXT 1. What is a ‘unanimous decision’?

2. Why is the N-word banned? What is the punishment for those that use the word?

3. How was the N-word used in the 19th and 20th centuries?

4. How is it used today?

WHAT ABOUT YOU? 1. How do you interpret Kari Brown’s comment? Is she for or against the use of the word?

2. Do you use the N-word? If you do: When? How? Why? 3. How do you feel when using the N-word – cool, ashamed, neutral, funny etc?

4. What do you think of the decision to ban the word?

5. Are there any Swedish words that should be banned?

Give examples and justify your answer.

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A Your Inspiration For Learning More English Kjell Ljungberg Helena Wallberg Matthew Ward

Quest A är ett spännande, roligt, intressant och färgstarkt läromedel i engelska fÜr dig som läser A-kursen pü gymnasiet. Här hittar du massor av olika sorters texter: skÜnlitteratur, faktatexter, tidningsartiklar, dikter, självtest mm. Titta pü bilderna – de väcker münga tankar och funderingar! Med textboken fÜljer en cd (mp3) med inspelningar av texterna. Läs, lyssna och njut!

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Quest A bestür av: • textbok med elev-cd (mp3) • Üvningsbok – Skills and Exercises • lärar-cd (audio) med texter, sünger och hÜrÜvningar • lärarhandledning • webbÜvningar

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Your Inspiration For Learning More English

FEATURE: MUHAMMAD YUNUS Nobel Prize Winner

SECRET SAFARI I was a teenage gun runner

I FEAR MY GIRLFRIEND will bed a holiday hunk The true story of

Pocahontas DO YOU HAVE A GREEN HOME ?

Stop global warming

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