The night-walkers of Uganda

KEY
1 Key Words
1. hut
2. shelter
3. rebel
4. warden
5. capture
6. patrol
7. bush
8. aid agency
9. slave
10. pregnant
2 Find the information
1. (northern) Uganda
2. 14
3. the Lord’s Resistance Army / a rebel group
4. 40,000
5. 1.5 million
3 Comprehension check
1. c; 2. e; 3.a; 4. d; 5. b; 6. f
4 Vocabulary 1 Collocations
1. e; 2. h; 3. a; 4. f; 5. c; 6. d; 7. b; 8. g
5 Vocabulary 2 Prepositions
1. in
2. over
3. for
4. by
5. at
6. away
7. of
8. with
6 Vocabulary 3 Verbs related to wars
1. captured
2. escaped
3. attacked
4. killed
5. destroyed
6

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The night-walkers of Uganda
Level 1 
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Elementary
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Key
1. Pre-reading 1
The text is mainly about the fact that the workers are 
badly paid, though it’s also stated that they aren’t
allowed to eat the strawberries (see paragraph 9).
2. Pre-reading 2 Key Words 
1. a contract
2. to cheer
3. a migrant
4. to clap
5. to afford
6. a yellow card
7. leisure facilities
3. Reading for information 
1. 5,000
2. £200
3. £150
4. £35 a week
5. 4
6. £30
(£ is the symbol for British pounds – also, GBP.)
4. Vocabulary 1 Collocation 
1 white bread
2 full-time work
3 football pitch
4 country village
5 internet café
6 strawberry farm
7 eastern Europe
8 badly paid
9 Czech Republic
10 extra money
5. Vocabulary 2 Word Building
1. (a grower)
2. a manager
3. a picker
4. a worker
5. (a buyer)
6. a farmer
7. a prisoner
8. a smoker
9. a cleaner
10.a drinker
No strawberries and cream for fruit pickers 
Level 1 
l
Elementary
367

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KEY
1 Key vocabulary
1. grenade
2. crew
3. armed
4. chaos
5. cargo
6. safe
7. pirate
8. navy
9. cabin
10. target
2 Find the information
1. the South China Sea
2. 3,583
3. 340
4. the 17th century 
5. 90%
6. $20,000
3 Comprehension check
1. d
2. f 
3. a
4. e
5. b
6. c
4 Sequence of events
1. b
2. g
3. e
4. a
5. d
6. f
7. c
5 Vocabulary – ships
1. vessel
2. ship
3. vessel 
4. tanker 
5. vessel 
6. ship 
7. ship
8. liner
6 Vocabulary – prepositions
1. across 
2. by
3. on
4. on
5. on
6. on 
7. by
8. off
. 
Modern pirates
Level 1 
l
Elementary
368

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Key:
1. Before you read 1 Key words
1. slum
2. threaten
3. asylum seekers
4. refugee status
5. militia
6. appeal
7. deport
8.vouchers
2. Before you read 2 Scanning
No. He has permission to stay and ask for asylum,
but he hasn’t got refugee status, so he can’t get a job.
3. Reading for detail
1. Manchester, Liverpool, Glasgow, East Anglia 
2. Friends’ floors, an empty factory, the bus station,
two different hostels. 
3. He was afraid they would report him to the
government.
4. Three brothers and three sisters.
5. Because the government destroyed her house.
4. Vocabulary development 1 
terrified
frightened
afraid
scared
nervous
5. Vocabulary development 2 Past tenses
No going back to Mugabe
Level 1 
l
Elementary
VERB
PAST SIMPLE
come
came
leave
left
be
was, were
sleep
slept
won’t
wouldn’t
go
went
can’t
couldn’t
send
sent
give
gave
have
had
make
made
take
took
spend
spent
let
let
will
would
win
won
hear
heard
beat
beat
meet
met
become
became
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KEY
1 Key Words
1. widower;
2. wedding;
3. cleric;
4. arranged marriage;
5. cousin;
6. bride;
7. bridegroom;
8. conflict;
9. divorce;
10. common
2 Find the information
1. 22; 
2. she’s a cook; 
3. he’s a farmer; 
4. central Java (Indonesia); 
5. Jakarta; 6. 15
3 Comprehension Check 1
d; a; e; b; f; c
4 Comprehension Check 2
1. e;
2. c;
3. a;
4. f;
5. b;
6. d
5 Vocabulary – Opposites
1. nervous;
2. quiet;
3. common;
4. happy/pleased;
5. pleasant;
6. modern;
7. harder; 
8. impossible
6 Vocabulary – Women and men
2. bride;
3. wife;
4. aunt;
5. daughter;
6. girlfriend;
7. cousin;
8. sister
9. aggressive
6
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Marriage Indonesian-style
Level 1 
l
Elementary
370

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KEY
1 Key Vocabulary 
1. sporty; 
2. archive; 
3. dictator; 
4. gradually; 
5. informer; 
6. secret police; 
7. recruit; 
8. spy; 
9. blackmail; 
10. complex
2 Find the Information
1. Nicolae Ceausescu; 
2. December 1989; 
3. He was shot; 
4. The Securitate; 
5. Sibiu; 
6. 170
3 Comprehension Check
1. c; 
2. f; 
3. e; 
4. a; 
5. d; 
6. b; 
7. h; 
8. g
4 Vocabulary Collocations – Verbs + Nouns
1. e; 
2. f; 
3. b; 
4. c; 
5. a; 
6. d
5 Vocabulary Prepositions
1. for; 
2. to; 
3. on; 
4. with; 
5. about; 
6. in; 
7. for; 
8. about
6 Vocabulary Word Stress
A process, secret, agent, complex, blackmail, punish;
B support, police, except, recruit, about, believe
Ceausescu’s child spies
Level 1 
l
Elementary
371

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KEY
2. Pre-Reading 2 Key Words
1. Male chauvinism
2. the left
3. Social inequalities
4. unemployed 
5. riots 
6. a trade union
7. provinces
8. a clique
3. General comprehension
1. f
2. h
3. e
4. g
5. a 
6. b
7. c
8. d
4. Vocabulary development 1
Find the word
1. brutally
2. poverty
3. suburbs
4. vines
5. vaguely
6. genetically modified
5. Vocabulary development 2
Political Anagrams
1. government
2. socialists
3. ministries
4. policies
5. diplomatic
6. society
6. Prepositions practice
1. in
2. of
3. against
4. for
5. against
6. in
7. for
8. of.
Madame la Présidente? 
Level 1 
l
Elementary
372

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KEY
1 Key words
1. Apartheid
2. A regime
3. A race
4. A murderer
5. A folk hero
6. evidence
7. Revenge
8. support
9. A sin
10.Human rights
2 Find the information
Possible answers:
1. South Africa’s most famous murderer
2. the author of a book about Van Schoor and his
family
3. Louis Van Schoor’s daughter 
3 Comprehension check
1. True
2. False
3. False
4. False
5. True
6. True
7. False
8. True
4 Vocabulary 1 – Synonyms
killer, murderer
jail, prison 
freed, released
convicted, found guilty 
apologise, say you are sorry 
prisoner, convict
5 Vocabulary 2 – Crime
1. convicted
2. guilty
3. trial
4. released
5. sentence, convicts
6. freed
7. jail
8. prison
9. prisoners
10. evidence
6 Vocabulary 3 – Words related to
apartheid
1. regime, white, black
2. Blacks, whites
3. Human rights, racial
4. mixed-race
5. racist
6. races
The colour of crime in South Africa
Level 1 
l
Elementary
373

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KEY
1 Key words
1 cracker 
2 decorations 
3 container 
4 port
5 goods
6 waste
7 export 
8 import 
9 gift
10 cargo
2 Find the information
1 A boat 
2 China 
3 Britain and Europe
4 Christmas gifts, decorations and other goods
5 Not everyone – some think it’s bad for the
environment and the economy.
3 Comprehension check
1 e
2 g
3 d
4 f
5 b
6 a
7 e
4 Vocabulary: Noun+noun collocations
poker tables
Christmas decorations
leather sofa
catfood
dogfood
container ship
waste plastic
5 Vocabulary: Phrases
1 on the way
2 in history
3 as well as
4 more and more
5 in the past
6 Vocabulary: Globalisation Puzzle
1 export 
2 import 
3 trade
4 capital 
5 goods 
6 labour 
7 market
Christmas is coming - all the way from China 
Level 1 
l
Elementary
374

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KEY
1 Key Words
1. emigrate
2. pacifist
3. faith
4. insult
5. tragedy
6. comfort
7. buggy
8. van
9. expel
10. gadget
2 Find the information
1. Pennsylvania, USA
2. five
3. Lancaster county
4. 80km
5. in the 1730s
6. 80%
3 Comprehension Check
1. d
2. f
3. c
4. a
5. e
6. h
7. b
8. g
4 Vocabulary: Noun + Noun Collocations
1. g
2. h
3. f
4. a
5. d
6. b
7. c
8. e
5 Vocabulary:Word Building
1. successful
2. shocking
3. angry
4. religion
5. worried
6. dramatic
7. violence
8. freedom
6 Vocabulary: Opposites
normal/unusual
better/worse
complicated/simple
easy/difficult
old-fashioned/modern
dead/living
Another country
Level 1 
l
Elementary
375

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KEY
1 Key Words
1. illegal
2. legitimate
3. rare
4. conflict
5. civil war
6. jeweller
7. rebel
8. victim
9. resources
10. benefit
2 Find the information
1. Leonardo DiCaprio
2. 75,000
3. $15m
4. 25%
5. the government
6. $2.3bn
3 Comprehension Check
1. c
2. f
3. d
4. b
5. e
6. a
4 Vocabulary: Collocations
industry
company
mining
trade
mines
smuggling
5 Vocabulary: Definitions
1. d
2. f
3. h
4. a
5. g
6. b
7. e
8. c 
6 Vocabulary: Word Bbuilding
1. dangerous
2. natural
3. worried
4. careful
5. peaceful
6. weak
7. professional
8. true (truthful)
Hollywood caught in gem warfare
Level 1 
l
Elementary
376

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KEY
1 Key Words
1. suburb
2. controversial
3. urban
4. population
5. slightly
6. myth
7. immigrant
8. census
9. environment
10. dramatically
2 Find the information
1. 300 million
2. 200 million
3. around 2070
4. in 37 years time (2043)
5. 25%
6. 80%