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The Holy Grail: Searching for the Perfect Accent Psychometric Testing: We Know What You Are Thinking ČASOPIS ZA UČENJE ENGLESKOG JEZIKA magazine June / July 2012 No. 2 price 35 kn ON THE ROAD London Olympics NATIVE VIEW EXPERT VIEW The Holy Grail: Psychometric testing: searching for the we know what you are perfect accent thinking Learn more Educational, fun and interactive headlines Lecture time How to... OPENVIEW TO1 2 EDITORIAL The summer is upon us and what a summer it is set to be! The Queen’s Diamond Jubilee, Euro 2012, the Olympic Games, magazine maybe the comeback of the Greek drachma, and the second is- sue of View Magazine. Let’s be honest though, the most impor- View – časopis za učenje tant event of the summer is your first appearance on the beach engleskog jezika and what to wear, and we have that covered in How To. Mihanovićeva 20, 10000 Zagreb Tel: 01 457 6639 Thank you for all your correspondence following the first issue. Fax: 01 457 6450 We really appreciate your comments and suggestions and take E-mail: [email protected] them seriously; as a result, you will find a section dedicated to Izdavač: music. We hope you enjoy it! Another new feature is the com- Lingua Media izdavaštvo d.o.o. petition page where you can win some great prizes to develop Tisak: your English further. Tiskara Velika Gorica d.o.o. Trg kralja Tomislava 38, 10410 Velika Gorica Developing and improving a language is no easy thing - there is no magic formula, no quick fix. Hard work is usually the key. Direktorica: Ivana Lieli However, reading in any language has been proven one of the [email protected] most effective ways of increasing vocabulary, improving spell- Glavni urednik: ing, and ingraining good grammar practice. This month’s View Conrad Kellett has articles to stimulate and invigorate you. [email protected] Prodaja i oglašavanje: I was recently staying at a hostel in London, and I seemed to be Marijan Karoglan the only native speaker there, but there was a buzz around the [email protected] place and that buzz was in English. The different accents, expe- Grafički dizajn: riences and origins were fascinating. What struck me was that Bambibold – studio vizualnih English wasn’t just England’s language anymore. It is truly the komunikacija [email protected] world’s language. These were not business people or politicians Stručni suradnici using a lingua franca for personal gain; they were young people Benjamin Berković using English to communicate, have fun and connect - the only Janet Berković motives were friendship and broadening horizons. We can’t Elizabeta Ecimović promise you a trip to London, however we can promise if you Igor Jurilj Antonija Kapović read this month’s View, and get to London, you will have lots to Marijan Karoglan talk about. Conrad Kellett Ben McKechnie Silvestar Mileta Antonija Piljac-Bokan Danijela Žura Enjoy, Prijevod i lektura: Conrad Berkovic obrt za prevoditeljske djelatnosti, Lingua Grupa Niti jedan dio časopisa ne smije se umnažati, fotokopirati ni na bilo koji način reproducirati bez nakladnikova pismenog dopuštenja. Issue 2 3 CONTENTS View What’s Inside 6 WHAT’S UP? 32 IN MOTION What’s up, what’s in and what’s just plain Beach volleyball: like it or love it crazy 35 BEN’S VIEW 8 COULD THIS BE Trans-Asia Express: part two YOU? Olympic Dreams: what does it take to 36 INSIDE VIEW become an Olympian? What’s your learning style? 10 HOW TO 39 MUSIC Life’s a beach: look good on the beach this Small country - great festivals summer 40 EXPERT VIEW 12 ON THE ROAD Psychometric testing: we know what you are The Royal Jubilee: what’s the big deal? thinking 16 LECTURE TIME 42 LECTURE TIME BUSINESS Improve your English - words and phrases E-mails - can you write a good one? 18 TOP STORY 44 A POSTCARD FROM Olympic Games: London 2012 - the Dubrovnik: the pearl of the Adriatic lowdown 47 WHAT’S NEW? 22 ENGLISH IN ACTION Mirror mirror - the latest fashion aid So, how good is your English? 48 FOOD FOR THOUGHT 24 ON THE SCREEN CLUB 27: people are just dying to get in What you should be watching and why 49 FUN PAGE 26 EUROPEAN VIEW Jokes, a word search, puzzles, and more Bloomsday 51 COMPETITIONS 28 NATIVE VIEW WIN WIN WIN - a chance to win some prizes The Holy Grail: the search for a perfect in our new competition accent 30 BUSINESS WISE Business jargon and clichés 4 CONTENTS 5 WHAT’S UP What’s up, what’s in and what’s just plain crazy © Gunther von Hagens, Institute for Plastination, Heidelberg / Germany von Hagens, Institute for Plastination, © Gunther www.bodyworlds.com WARNING - do not read over breakfast I’ve got you under my skin ave you ever looked at an ani- reveal what goes on under the skin. I want to stress at this point none of the mal running effortlessly over the The exhibition brings together nearly animals were killed; they all died of natu- Hground, a bird soaring high above 100 plastinate and capillary specimens ral causes prior to being plastinated. in full flight, or a fish swimming grace- to guide visitors on a safari journey fully at breath-taking speed? If you have, through nature’s anatomy. From goats The process of plastination is a method you may have pondered: how they can to giraffes and octopuses to ostriches, of preservation that prevents decay and do that? What allows them to do stuff I visitors will see the body make up of allows different parts of specimens to can’t? What goes on under their skin? some of the world’s most impressive be seen in amazing detail. It is the same animals. Highlights of the Animal In- process as is used to plastinate the hu- An exhibition at the National History side Out exhibition include standing man bodies featured in other BODY Museum in London may not be able to face to face with an adult gorilla, peer- WORLDS exhibitions. answer all those questions, ing up at an entire Asian elephant and but it can witnessing a shark outlined entirely in Gunther von Hagens invented the pro- its dense network of blood vessels. cess at Heidelberg University in 1977. He Understanding anatomy is crucial to owns a number of patents relating to the discovering more about the evolu- techniques and has been continually re- tion of animals and the natural world. fining the method ever since. There are, This is a unique chance to explore however, always new challenges, such as the intricate biology and physiology the elephant, the largest specimen ever of some of the world’s most spec- plastinated and one of the stars of Animal tacular creatures. Animal Inside Inside Out. Out is from the same team behind Gunther von Hagens’ famous The result is that when viewing the ex- BODY WORLDS shows. It goes hibition you are not sure if you are in an more than skin deep, stripping art gallery, on the set of a sci-fi movie or away nature’s flesh to her bare in the Natural History Museum. Animals bones. with their skin stripped away to reveal their inner workings ought to make you All the animals in this exhibi- squirm, but somehow they don’t. The tion have been plastinated by animals with nothing left but their capil- the BODY WORLDS team at laries, such as the ostrich and the shark, the Institute for Plastination. are truly stunning. • ©Natural History Museum, London 6 WHAT’S UP Free Hyde Park Concert On the same night as the opening of the Olympic Games, a free concert will be held in Hyde Park, Lon- don to celebrate the Games. Each of the four nations of the UK will be represented by a band: Duran Duran, England; Paolo Nutini, Scotland; Snow Patrol, North- ern Ireland; and Stereophonics, Wales. There are, of course, many bands which could have been chosen to represent the four nations, but with the four bands billed, anyone attending the gig can be assured of an avalanche of hits. Check out the BBC I Radio Player nearer the time; there is a good chance they will be broadcasting the gig on one of their stations. • © Gunther von Hagens, Institute for Plastination, Heidelberg / Germany von Hagens, Institute for Plastination, © Gunther www.bodyworlds.com Basketball is Hip Hop The NBHHCM (National Basketball & Hip-Hop Culture Month) Foundation has announced that this year’s celebrations will take place in July. Yao Ming has become a Global Ambassador for the game. The expansion of the fusion between hoops and hip hop is most likely to come from Asian countries promoting the original “Four Elements” of hip hop (DJ-ing, rap(MC-ing), break dance, and graffiti art). Yao Ming is a global star and his presence can only fuel enthusiasm throughout the Asia re- You are never too old to gion. The hoops and hip hop culture trend that began in the U.S. during the early 1980s is entering its 4th decade with an learn English even wider audience. Internet and satellite feeds of basketball games, news, and hip hop music connect the world more Jirouemon Kimura of Japan turned 115 on April 19th. Born in than ever. A global study estimated that 11% of the population 1897, he is the oldest verified man alive in the world. Kimura plays basketball- an amazing 450 million people world-wide. still walks with the aid of a walker, eats three meals a day Most players are in the age range between 12 and 24. This age and reads a daily newspaper.
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