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Contents Exercises to chapters 9–16

9 Read All About It!. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 3 10 Travel. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 14 11 Living Dangerously.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 26 Kopieringsförbud Detta verk är skyddat av upphovsrättslagen. Det är ett engångsmaterial och får därför, vid tillämpning av Bonus Copyright Access skol­kopieringsavtal, överhuvudtaget inte kopieras för undervisningsändamål. Inte ens enstaka sida får kopieras, dock får enstaka fråga/övning kopieras för prov/skrivning. För information om avtalet hänvisas till utbildningsanordnarens huvudman eller Bonus Copyright Access.

12 Health and Fitness. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 39 13 Crime Doesn't Pay.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 52 14 Good News, Bad News. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 63 15 Into the World.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 71 16 The World of Animals.. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 85 The key to the exercises is in the digital material,

Vid utgivning av detta verk som e-bok, är e-boken kopieringsskyddad.

and as photocopiable pages in the Teacher's Guide.

Den som bryter mot lagen om upphovsrätt kan åtalas av allmän åklagare och dömas till böter eller fängelse i upp till två år samt bli skyldig att erlägga ersättning till upphovsman eller rättsinnehavare.

Facit till övningarna finns i det digitala materialet samt som kopieringsunderlag i lärarmaterialet

Studentlitteratur har både digital och traditionell bok­ utgivning. Studentlitteraturs trycksaker är miljöanpassade, både när det gäller papper och tryckprocess.

Formgivning: Catharina Ekström och Kristina Rydälv Kåreby (1a upplaga), Zhenbo Huang (2a upplaga) Illustrationer: Ingrid Fröhlich Fotografier, även omslag: Shutterstock Art.nr 35927 (avser 10-pack) ISBN 978-91-44-11148-3 Upplaga 2:6 © 2011, 2016 Författarna och Studentlitteratur AB Printed by Dimograf, Poland 2019

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9

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Mark the box when you have finished each part.

Introduction

The Front Page (textbook p 84) True, False or Don’t Know?

Sort out the words (workbook p 4) Discuss (workbook p 4) Newspapers (textbook p 86) Do you remember? (workbook p 5) Weird News

What Life is All About (textbook p 88) Read and match up

The most important things in life (workbook p 6)

Find the words (workbook p 7) Here is the News (textbook p 89) Fill in the missing words (workbook p 9) Read the poem out loud (workbook p 9) A Father of Twins (textbook p 90) Ask and answer the questions (workbook p 10)

Self-assessment

Discuss (workbook p 10) Grammar I've just seen... (textbook p 87) I’ve been to London … (workbook p 5) Talk with a partner … (workbook p 5) Fill in the missing verbs

Complete the sentences

Extra Exercises An Interview (workbook p 8) Writing (workbook p 11)

Word Lists (workbook p 12) and test your vocabulary

Check your spellings

Chapter Check

date:

In this chapter I’ve learnt:

I need to work more on:

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9 1 Sort out the words The underlined words are in the wrong sentences. Can you sort out which word goes with which sentence? They’re all found in Read All About It! in the Textbook.

1 Did you see the article about Wayne Rooney on the backside of The Sun this morning?

2 The floods in Pakistan in 2010 brought death and speeding to the area.

3 Have you seen the new comedy series on BBC2?

It’s elderly! I couldn’t stop laughing.

4 Only twelve of the passengers arrested the recent plane crash in India.

5 Some Premier League footballers have a feat of more than £150,000 a week.

6 Gillian’s mother is nearly 80, and now lives in a retirement home for the hilarious.

7 He fell off his horse and landed painfully on his front page.

8 To walk the whole length of the Amazon is quite a salary.

Not many people could do it.

Correct word _______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________

_______________________________ _______________________________

9 The motorist got a £200 fine for destruction.

_______________________________

10 The police survived the burglar as he was leaving the building.

_______________________________

flood översvämning recent nyligen inträffad retirement home äldreboende

2 Discuss Discuss the following in small groups.

1 How often do you read a newspaper? Which newspapers do you read?

2 What was the main news today?

3 Which of these do you use to keep up with the news?

the Internet

TV

radio

any other? _______________________________

mobile phone apps

4 Which news story will you never forget?

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9 Do you remember words to do with newspapers on page 86 in the Textbook?

Test yourself. Your teacher will give you more information.

4 I’ve been to London but I’ve never ridden a horse A Mark with a cross (X) any of the following things that you have done.

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3 Newspaper words - do you remember?

I’ve… eaten surströmming or lutfisk.

done a bungee jump.

been to London or Paris.

swum in a lake.

ridden a horse.

been late for work.

played ice hockey.

downloaded music or films.

made a cake or bread.

sang karaoke.

played a Super Mario game.

spoken French.

made a speech.

gone skiing.

had a nightmare.

felt really scared.

slept in a tent.

drunk mango juice.

mended a puncture.

cooked a meal for more than four people.

lake sjö download ladda ner make a speech hålla tal go skiing åka skidor nightmare mardröm tent tält mend laga puncture punktering

B Now find a partner. Take turns to talk about yourself like this.

I’ve ridden a horse, but I’ve never drunk mango juice.

Find a new partner. See if you can remember what your first partner said.

Tell your new partner.

(Juan) has been to London, but he’s never swum in a lake.

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9 5 The most important things in life A Here’s a list of things that are important to most people. But how important are they to you? Choose five and arrange them in order 1–5. (Number 1 = the most important) I think it’s important to… be able to travel

____________

be fit and healthy

____________

be religious

____________

have a good education

____________

have a career

____________

have a nice car

____________

have a nice home

____________

have a partner (husband, wife, etc.)

____________

have children

____________

have enough money

____________

have good friends

____________

have lots of hobbies and interests

____________

have nice clothes

____________

live in a democratic country

____________

be able to kunna fit and healthy frisk (och kry)

other (write below)

______________________________________________________

____________

B Now form small groups. Compare and discuss your answers. See if the group can agree to the five most important things in life. They don’t have to be in order 1–5.

But you may have to compromise to get a list of five things! Compare your lists in class. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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9 The vowels (a, e, i, o and u) are missing from the words on the left. See if you can work out what the original words are and fill them in the gaps in each sentence.

They’re all found in the text What Life Is All About.

1 ptnt

My grandmother was a __________________________________________ at Singleton hospital for nearly a month when she was ill last year.

2

“How’s your new car?” “It’s great! I’m really __________________________________________ with it.”

plsd

3 cmtry

The old man visited the __________________________________________ every week to put flowers on his wife’s grave.

4

My grandfather is nearly 95 years old, but he still has a very

mmry

good __________________________________________.

5 bqt

Josef bought his wife a beautiful __________________________________________ of flowers on her birthday.

6 rckng chr

The old lady was sitting in a __________________________________________ her veranda. (2 words)

7

mbrrssd

My sister felt very __________________________________________ when she fell over on the dance floor.

8

ffrs

My aunty always __________________________________________ me tea and cakes whenever I visit her.

__________________________________________

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6 Find the words

on

9 ccptd

Geraldine has just __________________________________________ a job with the BBC as a news presenter.

10 strytllr

He was a marvellous __________________________________________. The children would listen to him for hours.

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9 7 An interview with the woman who wouldn’t play ball You’re going to listen to a radio interview with sixty-three-year-old Sheila Jackson.

Mrs Jackson might go to jail for not giving a ball back that came into her garden from next door. As you listen, mark the sentences true (T) or false (F). Before you start, read through the sentences and check the words in the wordlist.

1

Sheila Jackson is 63 years old.

____________

2

She might have to go to jail for murder soon.

____________

3

She didn’t give a ball back when it came into her garden.

____________

4

The girl next door is five years old.

____________

5

The balls have been coming into her garden for nearly a year.

____________

6

She’s spent thousands of pounds on her garden.

____________

7

More than 40 balls have come into her garden.

____________

8

She usually throws the balls into the dustbin or into the field behind her house.

9

She was very surprised when the boy’s mother called the police.

____________

10

The police officer who arrested her was very polite.

____________

jail fängelse murder mord garden trädgård dustbin soptunna field fält, område surprised förvånad polite artig theft stöld broken (break) the law brutit (bryta) mot lagen crime brott

____________

damage skada be fed up ha fått nog ruined fördärvad, förstörd rude oförskämd, ohyfsad act one’s age visa att man är vuxen refuse vägra charge anklaga property egendom court domstol judge domare

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9 A Fill in the missing words in the poem Here is the News, but don’t look back in the Textbook yet. Choose from these.

BEATEN CATCHING

DIVORCE EARTHQUAKE

LEAST NO

READ REFUGEES

TURN OFF VISIT

CRASH

HOARSE

PROBLEMS

RISING

WORK

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8 Here is the News!

Here is the News _________________________

ALL ABOUT IT!

HERE IS THE NEWS. CHELSEA’S _________________________ ARSENAL. COME ON, YOU BLUES! _________________________

FACING CHINA.

FILM STARS _________________________ CANNES. FIRES IN CALIFORNIA AN _________________________ IN JAPAN. A PLANE _________________________ IN KARACHI. A CRISIS IN PERU. THE OIL PRICE KEEPS ON _________________________.

MILLIONS _________________________ 'FLU. SO MANY OUT OF _________________________ NOW. BAD FOOTBALL REFEREES. THE MIDDLE EAST HAS PROBLEMS. THE STRUGGLE OF _________________________.

ANOTHER SHOWBIZ MARRIAGE HAS ENDED IN _________________________.

IN POLITICS, MORE SCANDALS. ED SHEERAN'S VOICE IS _________________________!

I’M AFRAID _________________________ NEWS IS GOOD NEWS, AT _________________________ THAT’S WHAT THEY SAY. SO _________________________ ALL YOUR TV SETS AND HAVE A LOVELY DAY!

B Work in groups of four. You’re going to read the poem out loud.

Your teacher will give you more information.

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9 9 Ask and answer the questions Read A Father of Twins – at 71! on page 90 of the Textbook, and take turns to ask and answer the questions.

1 How old is Richard Roden and where does he live?

2 Who are Ruby and Emily? What does this make Richard?

3 Who is Lisa and how old is she?

4 Are Ruby and Emily Richard’s first children?

5 Has Richard been married before?

6 Richard is very happy and says that he wouldn’t swap them – not even for what?

7 What did Richard do like an expert when the twins were born?

8 How old are the twins now?

9 What does Lisa sometimes worry about?

10 Richard has a garden. What does he grow in it?

11 According to Lisa, Richard seems – what?

12 What does Richard’s granddaughter think about her granddad having twins at the age of 71?

10 Discuss Discuss the following in small groups.

1 How many children do you have between you in the group?

2 Do you know any couples with a wide age gap?

3 What’s the best age to have children?

4 What do you think about a 71-year-old man having children? What about women over 50 having babies?

5 Richard is 71 and his wife, Lisa, is only 25. Do you think the age gap is too wide?

How would you react if Richard was 25 and Lisa was 71?

age gap åldersskillnad

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9 Find a short article in a Swedish (or other foreign language) newspaper and translate it into English. Make up your own heading. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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11 Writing

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9 Word Lists english your language svenska tiny

squeeze

pressa sig

trap

fastna, komma i kläm

accompany

ha sällskap med

survive

överleva

journey

resa

feat

bragd, bedrift

destruction

förstörelse, ödeläggelse

simply

helt enkelt

according to

enligt

depend on

bero på

speed

hastighet

be in charge of

ha ansvaret för

view

åsikt

elderly

äldre, ganska gammal

offer

bjuda på

antecknade(anteckna)

memory

minne

on one’s lap

i knät

silently

i tysthet

embarrassed

generad

accept

acceptera

pleased

nöjd, glad

trouble

oro, problem

crisis

kris

out of work

arbetslös

proud

stolt

previous

tidigare

took notes (take notes)

mycket liten

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tiring

tröttsam

pleasure

glädje

swap

byta /ut/

amazing

häpnadsväckande, fantastisk

brilliant

strålande, fantastisk

continue

fortsätta

ridiculous

löjlig

embarrassing

genant, pinsam

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english your language svenska

Check the meaning in your language in Lexin Online or a dictionary.

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