The night-walkers of Uganda

 
building
6 Vocabulary development 2:
 
 
Pronunciation
Shock of the new
Shock of the new - GM Mosquitoes
Level 1
Elementary
noun
adjective
1
danger
dangerous
2
science
scientific
3
nature
natural
4
care
careful
5
south
southern
6
aggression
aggressive
7
destruction
destructive
8
effect
effective
dangerous
mos
quitoes
parasite
ma
laria
scientists
im
portance
habitat
ex
plorers
accident
ex
tinction
predators
ag
gressive
hemisphere
des
tructive
multiplied
ex
pensive
occupies
ef
fective
e
xample
o
pinion
396

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Russia turns to tradition for Yeltsin farewell
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. widow
2. chaos
3. bury
4. funeral
5. coffin
6. cemetery
7. farewell
8. sympathy
9. mourner
10. generous
2 Find the information
1. 76
2. 1894
3. Seven and a half years
4. 1994
5. Near the Kremlin Wall
6. Two
3 Comprehension check
1. d
2. f
3. b
4. e
5. c
6. a
4 Vocabulary 1: Words and definitions
1. d
2. e 
3. f
4. a
5. g
6. h
7. b
8. c
5 Vocabulary 2: Prepositions
1. at
2. from
3. of
4. from
5. in
6. by
7. in
8. on
6 Vocabulary 3: Opposites
1. rich
2. negative
3. enormous
4. complicated
5. drunk
6. strong
7. kind
8. senior
KEY
397

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Fearful rich keep poor at bay in Buenos Aires
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. polarized
2. beggar
3. shanty town
4. suburb
5. savings
6. investment
7. estate
8. recovers
9. kidnap
2 Find the information
1. More than 400
2. 40%
3. December 2001
4. 2003
5. 40
6. 160
3 Comprehension check
1. f
2. c
3. e
4. b
5. d
6. a
4 Vocabulary 1: Noun + noun collocations
1. f
2. h
3. b
4. e
5. c
6. g
7. a
8. d
5 Vocabulary 2: Prepositions
1. of
2. in
3. by
4. at
5. from
6. at
7. with
8. out of
6 Vocabulary 3: Adjective + noun
 
collocations
1. e
2. h
3. d
4. b
5. g
6. c
7. a
8. f
KEY
398

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Online fraudster
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. fraudster
2. spending spree
3. mortgage
4. bouquet 
5. prosecute
6. conviction
7. victim
8. scam
2 What do you think?
2. An interview shows that many people think it’s 
easy to steal money online.
3 Comprehension check
1. F
2. T
3. T
4. T 
5. F 
6. F 
7. T 
8. F
4 Vocabulary 1: Money words
1. expensive b)
2. bank a)
3. cash d)
4. loan e)
5. refund c) 
6. account f)
5 Vocabulary 2: Compound nouns
key symbol
prison sentence
credit card
university schedule
video shop
bank loan
cash machine
KEY
399

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KEY
1 Key words
1. A substance that has a negative effect of
the environment.
2. An action or statement telling people there is danger.
3. The act of putting someone or something in danger.
4. To stay away from something.
5. A high point of pollution.
6. To breathe in.
7. The edge of the pavement.
8. To move fresh air around a room.
2 What do you know?
3, 8, and 9 are not mentioned in the article.
3 Comprehension check
1. a
2. c 
3. b 
4. c 
5. a 
6. b 
7. a 
8. b
4 Vocabulary 1: Opposites
less / more
urban / rural
clean / dirty
indoors / outdoors
reduce / increase
near / far
high / low
5 Vocabulary 2: City words
1. citizen
2. urban 
3. skyscraper
4. suburb
5. street
6. traffic 
6 Grammar: Comparatives and
 
superlatives
1. In the spring pollution levels are at their lowest.
2. Most office workers go outside during the hottest
part of a summer’s day.
3. The rain brings fresher air with it.
4. Walking in the rain is better than walking in the hot
sun.
5. If you don’t clean a face mask, it can make the air
you breathe dirtier rather than cleaner. 
6. Children are smaller than adults and are closer to
the pavement.
7. Cycling or jogging is three times more dangerous
than walking in terms of air pollution.
8. Indoor pollution can actually be more serious than
outdoor pollution.
9. Living in an airtight home makes the situation worse.
10. Living in the suburbs, away from major roads,
seems the best way to avoid urban air pollution. 
Shock of the new
Breathing lessons
Level 1
Elementary
400

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Blair to stand down on June 27
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. unique
2. MP
3. enormous
4. remind
5. vacancy
6. praise
7. globalization
8. announce
9. give up
10. criticism
2 Find the information
1. 10 years
2. 13 years
3. May 1997
4. 54
5. three
6. Gordon Brown
3 Comprehension check
1. c
2. f
3. e
4. d
5. a
6. b
4 Vocabulary 1: Opposites
1. optimist
2. strong
3. success
4. forget
5. right
6. senior
7. negative
8. enormous
5 Vocabulary 2: Collocations
1. d
2. f
3. b
4. e
5. c
6. a
6 Vocabulary 3: Word stress
A
future; climate; leader; senior; normal; crisis
B
success; mistake; Iraq; defeat; unique; believe
KEY
401

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Seize the day
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. flannel
2. mug
3. foil
4. tap
5. environment
6. pollution
7. detergent
8. colleague
9. waste
10. packaging
2 Find the information
1. June 5th.
2. Up to 24 litres a minute.
3. Up to 5 litres a minute.
4. Over 200.
5. As little as 10 litres.
6. As much as 150 litres a day.
3 Comprehension check 
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. b
4 Vocabulary 1: Verb + noun collocations
1. d
2. f
3. a
4. b
5. c
6. e
5 Vocabulary 2: Prepositions
1. after
2. to
3. at
4. after
5. by
6. with
7. at
8. at
6 Vocabulary 3: Opposites
switch off
switch on 
turn off
turn on
on
off
log off
log on
go out
stay 
KEY
402

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New citizens, good citizens
Level 1 
Elementary
KEY
1 Key words
1. migrant 
2. citizen 
3. proposal 
4. feature 
5. volunteer 
6. current 
7. newcomer 
8. diversity 
9. suspicious 
10. trend 
2 What do you think?
national, vote, report, community, points, 
democracy, neighbour, extremism, 
differences, workplace, integration
3 Comprehension check
1. F
2. F
3. T
4. T
5. F
6. F
7. T
8. T
9. T
4 Vocabulary 1: Odd word out
newcomer, workplace, media
5 Vocabulary 2: Collocations
a. civic duty 
b. student loan
jury service
provide information
settlement policy
pass tests
points system
criminal behaviour
1. settlement policy
2. civic duty
3. jury service
4. points system
5. provide information
6. student loan
7. criminal behaviour
8. pass tests
403

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The new passage to India, business class
Level 1
Elementary
1 Key words
1. skill
2. experience
3. lifestyle
4. salary
5. retail
6. expat
7. booming
8. chain
9. rare
10. average
2 Find the information
1. 28
2. 155
3. 50%
4. £100,000
5. 3 million
6. 14%
3 Comprehension check 
1. b
2. b
3. a
4. a
5. b
6. a
7. a
8. b
4 Vocabulary 1: Types of shop
1. c
2. a
3. d
4. b
5 Vocabulary 2: Opposites
senior/junior
best/worst
cheap/expensive
slow/rapid
skilled/unskilled
easy/difficult
private/public
6 Vocabulary 3: Word building
1. skilled
2. experienced
3. qualified
4. powerful
5. improvement
6. management/manager
7. increase
8. invitation
KEY
404

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Facebook challenges MySpace
Level 1
Elementary
1 Popular websites and online services
1.
A social networking website – a virtual place 
where you can meet friends, chat, exchange 
information, see photos and read diaries.
An auction house – the person who promises 
to pay the highest amount of money can win an item
A search engine – helps you find whatever you 
need on the Internet
The news – information about something that has 
recently happened.
An online shop – you can buy goods electronically 
and have them delivered to your home or office.
Video clips website – you can watch and listen 
to short films.
2.
Yahoo! and Google - search engine
BBC & CNN - news
eBay - auction house
Amazon - online shop
YouTube - video clips
Facebook and MySpace - social networking
2 Keyword crossword
Across
6. sociologist
7. co-founder
8. drop-out
9. expert
Down
1. reporter
2. investor
3. analyst
4. vice president
5. mogul
3 Comprehension check 
1. True
2. False – anyone can join Facebok
3. False – MySpace is still the top social 
networking website
4. False - Mark Zuckerberg the founder of Facebook 
5. True
6. False – Yahoo! made an offer to buy Facebook. 
7. False - Murdoch wants to swap MySpace for a 25%
stake in Yahoo! 
8. True
9. True
10 True
4 Numbers and figures
1.
One billion - 1,000,000,000
Twenty-seven million - 27,000,000
One hundred thousand - 100,000
2.
a) $900 million
b) $580 million
c) 100,000
d) 27 million
e) 60 million
f) $1 billion
g) $73 billion
KEY
405

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Facebook challenges MySpace
Level 1
Elementary
Further information
Hitwise UK - Top 20 Websites - May, 2007
This list features the most popular websites based on UK Internet usage for May, 2007, 
ranked by market share of visits across all Hitwise industries.
KEY
Rank
Website
Market Share 
1.
www.google.co.uk
8.2%
2.
www.ebay.co.uk
2.7%
3.
www.hotmail.com
2.64%
4.
www.google.com
2.44%
5.
uk.msn.com
1.54%
6.
www.bebo.com
1.52%
7.
www.orange.co.uk
1.47%
8.
www.myspace.com
1.36%
9.
uk.mail.yahoo.com
1.24%
10.
uk.yahoo.com
0.91%
11.
news.bbc.co.uk
0.82%
12.
www.bbc.co.uk
0.81%
13
www.youtube.com
0.75%
14.
uk.search.yahoo.com
0.69%
15.
www.amazon.co.uk
0.64%
16.
www.msn.com
0.61%
17.
images.google.co.uk
0.60%
18.
www.facebook.com
0.57%
19.
www.microsoft.com
0.54% 
20.
mail.myspace.com
0.53%