The night-walkers of Uganda

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Hilton puts her fame to good use
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. diary
2. spotlight
3. celebrity
4. role model 
5. claustrophobia
6. heiress
7. raise
8. cause
9. meditate
10. nightmare
2 Find the information
1. 23 days
2. California
3. 23 hours
4. one hour
5. nothing
6. a Bible
3 Comprehension check
1. d
2. f
3. c
4. e
5. a
6. b
4 Vocabulary 1: Comparative adjectives
1. more religious
2. more important
3. better
4. more serious
5. harder
6. stronger
5 Vocabulary 2: Collocations
1. c
2. d
3. e
4. f
5. a
6. b
6 Word stress
KEY
A 0 o
B o 0
prison
disease
programme
survive
model
alone
nightmare
before
failure
include
business
mistake
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Growing cities face catastrophe
Level 1
Elementary
2 Keyword word search
1. urban
2. rural
3. slums
4. pollution
5. poverty
6. significant
7. defeat
8. demand
9. energy
10. smog
11. destructive
3 Vocabulary: Words for describing trends
4 Comprehension
1. The urban population of Africa and Asia will 
double
in one generation.
2. Each week the number of people living in cities
grows by nearly a million.
3. Large-scale population 
growth will take place in the
cities of Asia, Africa and Latin America.
4. In Asia the number of people living in cities will
almost 
double to 2.6 billion in 2030.
5. Rural populations are expected to 
decrease
worldwide.
6. There could be a 
rise in migration away from
poor regions.
7. Extra greenhouse gas emissions could 
raise
temperatures in urban areas by 2-6°C.
8. The climate changes will 
reduce agricultural
production and 
increase health risks.
KEY
D S
I
G N
I
F
I
C A N T
M E Z M B Q N B B Y P S
D N S T
A E F E D G O Q
X N N T N S P C E R L V
K T A A R O L K R E
L N
R E B M V U Y U H N U C
E R R E E F C Y M E T R
U Z R Z
A D X T M S
I
X
D T R U R A
L S
I
C O P
Y R R
J
V
L
J M L V N G
J
C X Z W Y P O L B E X
O J
J
V
I
Q T G K V R N
upward trend
h
downward trend
i
grow 
more 
double 
growth 
increase
 
rise 
raise
fall 
decrease 
less 
fewer 
halve 
sink 
reduce
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Cologne and antiseptic: Russia’s killer drinks
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. household products
2. diet
3. tragedy
4. birth rate
5. lifestyle
6. life expectancy
7. death rate
8. aftershave
9. compare
10. suicide
2 Find the information
1. 72%
2. 42%
3. 15.2 litres
4. 95%
5. 59
6. 72
3 Comprehension check
1. c
2. f
3. d
4. b
5. e
6. a
4 Vocabulary 1: Chunks
1. men of working age
2. as a result of alcohol
3. more than anybody else in the world
4. out of work
5. a national tragedy
6. freeze to death in the snow
7. a large number of men
8. an important factor
5 Vocabulary 2: Word stress
6 Vocabulary 3
KEY
0 o
o 0
perfume
contain
product
effect
birth-rate
disease
factor
increase
lifestyle
compare
record
produce
past simple
1. grow
grew
2. find
found
3. choose
chose
4. fall
fell
5. lose
lost
6. drink
drank
7. try
tried
8. lead
led
A
B
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1 Musicians, pop artists and bands 
2 Numbers and facts
a. two billion viewers worldwide
b. eighty thousand spectators at Wembley
Stadium in London
c. seven continents
d. one hundred and twenty television networks
e. twenty-four hour concert
f. five thousand six hundred tonnes of greenhouse
gasses generated by the spectators in London and
New Jersey
g. 440 tonnes of carbon dioxide
h. four months – the amount of time it took one artist
to produce 440 tonnes of CO
2
i. one hundred and fifty acts
3 Comprehension check
The aim of the recent Live Earth concerts was to raise 
awareness about global warming.
The concerts were held over a 24-hour period in all 
seven continents of the world.
It was watched by over two billion viewers worldwide, 
either at the concerts, on the Internet, or on TV.
It was the biggest media event in history.
The campaign was led by Al Gore.
Cynicism came from Bob Geldof who said we already 
know about global warming.
Many famous international artists performed for free.
Others refused to perform as they thought it would be 
hypocritical.
Touring pop stars are some of the biggest producers of 
greenhouse gasses.
Some environmentalists say that offsetting your carbon 
footprint only stops you feeling guilty.
An increasing amount of US voters think Al Gore should 
be their next president.
4 Vocabulary: Synonyms
a. performers = acts 
b. audience = viewers and spectators 
c. size / strength = intensity 
d. series / row = sequence 
e. concert = gig 
f. makes / produces = manufactures 
g. promising = pledging 
h. convincing = persuading 
i. initiator / founder = instigator 
j. gets rid of = eliminate 
k. reason / way to understand = interpretation 
Live Earth – an inconvenient truth?
Level 1 
Elementary
KEY
a
X
Madonna
Red Hot Chili Peppers
Beastie Boys
Duran Duran
James Blunt
Snow Patrol
Genesis
Paul McCartney
Arctic Monkeys
Bob Geldof
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Putin hits back at UK by expelling diplomats
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. bam
2. co-operate
3. poison
4. expel
5. reduce
6. spokesman
7. agent
8. analyst
9. trial
10. unjustified
2 Find the information
1. Four
2. Four
3. Alexander Litvinenko
4. Andrei Lugovoi
5. The British foreign secretary
6. The Russian deputy foreign minister
3 Comprehension check
1. d
2. a
3. f
4. c
5. b
6. e
4 Vocabulary 1: Words and expressions
1. g
2. c
3. f
4. h
5. d
6. a
7. e
8. b
5 Vocabulary 2: Prepositions
1. on
2. with
3. between
4. in
5. in
6. in
6 Vocabulary 3: Word building
KEY
verb
noun
1.
co-operate
co-operation
2.
reduce
reduction
3.
involve
involvement
4. govern
government
5.
discuss
discussion
6. respond
response
7.
announce
announcement
8. decide
decision
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YouTube at centre of 2008 presidential campaign
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. election
2. environment
3. welfare
4. survive
5. debate
6. candidate
7. campaign
8. frontrunner
9. emotional
10. powerful
2 Find the information
1. 2,300
2. 1960
3. 25–30
4. 2008
5. More than 2.5 million
6. More than 500,000
3 Comprehension check
1. d
2. f
3. b
4. e
5. a
6. c
4 Vocabulary 1: Collocations
1. f
2. h
3. d
4. c
5. g
6. b
7. a
8. e
5 Vocabulary 2: Word building
verb
noun
1. treat
treatment
2. insure
insurance
3. connect
connection
4. elect
election
5. organize
(person)
organizer
6. surround
(plural) 
surroundings
7. broadcast
broadcast
8. fight
fight
6 Vocabulary 3: Word stress
KEY
A 0 o
B o 0
question
debate
mobile
campaign
angry
disease
college
event
welfare
guitar
second
support
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Going under
Level 1
Elementary
2 Pre-reading B: Key words
1. drainage 
2. floods
3. disaster
4. sewers
5. results
6. absorb
7. run-off 
8. ploughs
3 Scanning for information
1. the Victorians
2. 5pm Friday
3. eight people
4. Adrian Saul
5. 48 hours
6. 121.2mm
7. Nicola Savage
8. June 25
9. five metres
10. four times
4 Vocabulary development
1. trapped
2. design
3. handle
4. nappies
5. paving
6. flush
5 Language development: Prepostions 
1. over the weekend
2. in the south
3. on June 25
4. raining for weeks
5. plan for possible dangers
6. Especially in London
7. designed for
8. things like babies’ nappies
6. Pronunciation: Syllable stress
KEY
0 o o
o 0 o 
businesses
management
terrible 
possible 
nowadays 
carefully 
scientists 
rainwater 
disaster
professor 
protected 
encourage 
extending 
unusual
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Texas defies federal court with execution plan
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. court
2. guilty
3. constitution
4. mercy
5. imprisonment
6. evidence
7. parole board
8. appeal
9. attorney
10. execute
2 Find the information
1. August 14 1996
2. San Antonio
3. 30
4. Last year
5. 1974
6. 398
3 Comprehension check
1. c
2. h
3. a
4. f
5. b
6. e
7. g
8. d
4 Vocabulary 1: Collocations
1. e
2. h
3. a
4. f
5. b
6. g
7. d
8. c
5 Vocabulary 2: Verbs in phrases
1. get
2. try
3. find
4. care
5. commit
6. appear
7. make
8. appeal
6 Vocabulary 3: Word building
KEY
verb
noun
1. execute
execution
2. argue
argument
3.
fail
failure
4.
agree
agreement
5.
recommend
recommendation
6. imprison
imprisonment
7. punish
punishment
8. rob
robbery
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1 Music quiz
2 Key words
1. audience
2. battle 
3. debut 
4. performance 
5. venue 
6. reputation 
7. tribute 
8. gift 
3 Comprehension check
1. True
2. True
3. False (Carreras)
4. False (1990)
5. True
6. True
7. False (in a hotel suite in Edinburgh)
8. True
9. False
10. True
4 Vocabulary: Synonyms
1. Pavarotti’s voice 
2. Pavarotti
3. The applause at the Royal Opera House
4. Pavarotti’s battle against cancer
KEY
artist
genre
nationality died in 
(year)
aged
Luciano Pavarotti 
Elvis Presley 
Bob Marley 
Edith Piaf 
John Lennon 
Johnny Cash 
Ibrahim Ferrer 
Billie Holiday 
Frank Sinatra 
Kurt Cobain
opera 
rock and roll 
reggae 
chanson 
pop 
country 
son 
jazz 
swing 
grunge
Italian 
American 
Jamaican 
French 
English 
American 
Cuban 
American 
American 
American
2007 
1977 
1981 
1963 
1980 
2003 
2005 
1959 
1998 
1994
71 
42 
36 
47 
40 
71 
78 
44 
82 
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