The number-one magazine for learning and teaching English! WWW.FACEBOOK.COM/LEARNHOTENGLISH WWW.TWITTER.COM/LEARNHOTENGLISH No.167

www.learnhotenglish.com RUDENAMES POSITIVE PHRASES! THE BESTLANGUAGE AIR

IN THE TEACHERSWORLD! RAGE! EYE CONTACT ALIGNMENT ARMS FOLDED BARRIERS How languagebody can help you communicate English!in

HOW MIRRORING SOMEONE TO TO DO PERSUADE SOMETHING! ISSN 15777898 00167 PLUS… phrasal verbs, grammar, idioms, vocabulary, 9 771577 789001 useful expressions… and much, much more.

Trial classY! ONL €5.95 Learn +material!

LEARN ENGLISH English…OVER THE PHONE! …with Hot English Skype-phone classes! Native English teachers.

FREE materials.

Structured classes with clear objectives.

Trial class just €5.95.

Choose your timetable from 7am - 10pm (CET).

But don’t take our word for it, try out a... TRIAL LESSON ...and then choose one of the four courses from below.

1 IMPROVE YOUR 2 LEARN 3 BE SUCCESSFUL 4 PASS SPOKEN ENGLISH BUSINESS ENGLISH AT JOB INTERVIEWS YOUR EXAMS

(00 34) 91 455 0273

® telephone-english ®

® [email protected]

® www.learnhotenglish.com EDITOR’S INTRO Magazine Index How you learn English with Learn Hot English magazine Pre-Intermediate (CEF level: A2) Why are you learning English? To get a better job, to pass an official English exam, to travel, or just to communicate in English? Learn Hot English magazine helps with all this. 3 Editorial 1 Increase your vocabulary. In every issue of Learn Hot 5 English for life! Want to travel to English-speaking 4 Vocabulary: Animals English you’ll learn over 350 English words and expressions! Plus countries? With Learn Hot English you’ll learn the words 5 Animals TRACK 1 you’ll learn lots of idioms, phrasal verbs, grammar and more. and expressions you need for international travel! 6 Snacks TRACK 2

2 Improve your listening. Every magazine has 60 6 English for speaking! How do native English 7 Holidays TRACK 3 minutes of spoken English audio. You’ll learn to understand speakers really talk? Learn with our natural English 8 Grammar Booster: English, plus you can hear lots of different accents! conversations. Also, learn English slang and read about The Future Passive TRACK 4 current events (news, culture, music, films) so you can 3 English for exams! Learn Hot English helps prepare 9 Word Booster: you for official English exams (First Certificate, IELTS, TOEFL, make conversation with native English speakers. etc.). How? Exams test your ability to speak and your range Prepositions of time in, on, at of vocabulary. Hot English improves your communication 7 Want to learn even more? Buy one of our 10 English in Action... Dealing with skills and your knowledge of words and expressions. fantastic books for improving your English. There are books on business English, idioms, phrasal verbs and interruptions TRACK 5 4 English for work! Practical English for the office, for lots, lots more. Visit our shop for more information 11 Natural English: What are you meetings, for talking to clients – it’s all in Hot English. on how we can really help you learn English: www. Plus, read business tips from entrepreneurs. learnhotenglish.com/shop afraid of? TRACK 6 12 Listening activity: Hi, and welcome to another Interrupting TRACK 7 issue of Learn Hot English – Practical English: the fun magazine for 13 learning English. Giving opinions TRACK 8 In this month’s issue, we’re Intermediate (CEF level: B1) looking at how body language can help you communicate in 14 Rude names TRACK 9 English. The information will 15 Ricky Gervais TRACK 10 help you understand your own 16 Positive phrases TRACK 11 body language, as well as helping you identify the meaning behind 17 Listening activity: Putting forward other people’s gestures, movements and actions. an argument TRACK 12 Very useful! 15 18 Travel English: the music Talking about communicating, we’re also looking festival TRACK 13 at polyglots – people who speak more than one 21 Recipe: Devilled eggs / language. They know how to learn languages quickly Film Script: The Hunger Games and effectively, so we’re looking at a few of their 23 Body language top tips. Why not learn from the master language learners? 24 How body language can help you communicate TRACK 14 Of course, that’s not all – we’re also looking at rude names, positive phrases, snacks, holiday complaints, Upper Intermediate (CEF level: B2) Tiger Parents, annoying things and famous pets, to name just a few. And all this will help you improve 26 Tiger Parents TRACK 15 your listening skills, learn lots of new words and 27 Air travel TRACK 16 increase your general level of English. 21 28 Annoying things TRACK 17 Don’t forget to check out the blog on our website: 29 Vocabulary Clinic: Discussing a deal blog.learnhotenglish.com for free lessons and 30 Listening activity: Countering an articles on how to learn English. Or “like” us on argument TRACK 18 Facebook or Twitter (@LearnHotEnglish) so you can keep up with the latest news. 31 Idioms: “People-Food” idioms 32 Music in English: Songs from Happy learning! the ‘70s TRACK 19 See you next month! 33 Cricket

Advanced (CEF level: C1) AUDIO FILES 23 34 The Hand of God Download the MP3 audio files for this issue for FREE from our website: 35 Group Talk: Traditional holidays www.learnhotenglish.com/mp3s TRACK 20 36 Slang Conversation: Don’t forget to check out the blog on our website: In the country TRACK 21 blog.learnhotenglish.com for free lessons and articles 37 Famous pets TRACK 22 on how to learn English. Or “like” us on 38 Persuasion TRACK 23 Facebook or Twitter (@LearnHotEnglish) 39 Polyglots TRACK 24 so you can keep up with our latest news.or visit www.learnhotenglish.com and click on the button 40 Listening activity: Explaining a for “Telephone & Skype classes”. proposal TRACK 25 37 41 Phrasal Verb Themes: ONLINE AND MAGAZINE ADVERTISING (00 34) 91 543 3573 Talking about work 42 Crossword FOLLOW HOT ENGLISH ON FACEBOOK FOLLOW HOT ENGLISH ON TWITTER www.facebook.com/LearnHotEnglish www.twitter.com/LearnHotEnglish 43 Subscriptions 44 Answers All material in this publication is strictly copyright, and all rights are reserved. Reproduction without permission is prohibited. The views expressed 45 Ad in Learn Hot English magazine do not necessarily represent the views of Hot English Publishing SL. However, we do think that Pistol and Boo had a lucky escape, Cock Hill is a rude name for a street and Scatter must have been a bit of a handful. 46 Story Time TRACK 26

For great private language classes, e-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 3 USEFUL VOCABULARY Audio Download the MP3 audio files for this issue for FREE files from our website: www.learnhotenglish.com/mp3s ANIMALS Learn how to identify some typical animals in English. What other animals can you name? By the way, a lot of these animals appear in articles in this issue of Hot English. See if you can find them!

Bear Shark Crocodile Tiger Peacock

Chicken Pig Donkey Goat Wolf

Turkey Horse Cow Ant Snail

Slug Capuchin monkey Chimpanzee Elephant Rooster / cockerel / cock

Raven Kangaroo Lion Anteater Sheep

4 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For fantastic Skype/Telephone classes, e-mail: [email protected] Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it When was the last time you saw a wild animal? Where were you? What are some of your favourite animals? Why do you like them? Which animals are you frightened of? Why? What do you think of zoos? Are they cruel? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as KET and TOEFL. TRACK 1: ENGLISHMAN & SCOTSWOMAN I’LL FIGHT YOU FOR IT!

HOW TO FIGHT A WILD ANIMAL! here may come a time taste for blood and won’t shaking it, punching it and in your life when you stop. So, what can you do? going for its eyes.” Eddie T find yourselfface to In early 2016, surfer Mick escaped with minor cuts to face with a wild animal. Fanning fought off a great his back and hands. Here’s some useful advice white shark by punching it. Answers on page 44 on what to do. His line of defence? Attack! Good luck! Go for the gills or eyes, the 1 Pre-reading A bear experts say. Above all, try GLOSSARY You going to read an article A bear can run at about to make sure you’re facing face to face exp if you’re “face to face” with something, about three animals: a bear, a 50 kph and is an excellent the shark when it swims at it’s in front of you wild adj shark and a crocodile. How do swimmer and climber. So, you. But be careful as some a “wild” animal lives freely in the you think you could win a fight if a bear starts approaching sharks like to come in from mountains, forests, hills, etc. to approach vb against these three creatures? you, your best bet is to act an angle. Once the shark has if someone “approaches” you, they come Make notes. aggressively to show that gone, try to swim to safety, to where you are best bet exp you aren’t afraid (even if but keep looking around as your “best bet” is the best option or 2 choice for you Reading I you are!). You can do this the shark might return. to swing vb Read or listen to the article by shouting at it, throwing if you “swing” something, you move it from side to side in the air once to compare your ideas rocks at it or swinging A crocodile a branch n from the Pre-reading activity. branches in its direction. Crocodiles can run at around a part of a tree that grows from the trunk. “Branches” often have leaves or flowers However, if that doesn’t 13 kph and they’re extremely on them 3 to play dead exp Reading II work and the bear continues good swimmers. So, once if you “play dead”, you act as if you're Read the article again. Then, to get closer, fall on the again, your best means of dead, even though you aren’t to get a taste for exp answer the questions. ground with your face down defence is attack. In 2011, if you “get a taste for” something, you 1. What should you throw and play dead. Lie as flat Eddie Sigai, a 37-year-old start to like it after eating it once to punch vb at a bear if it starts as you can with your arms from Australia, fought off if you “punch” someone, you hit them approaching you? with a closed hand protecting your neck and a three-metre saltwater gills n 2. What should you do if a try not to move. If you think crocodile by punching it the organs on the sides of a fish’s face. Fish breathe through the “gills” bear gets close to you? the bear has gone, wait and gouging its eyes. Eddie, from an angle exp 3. What type of shark did several minutes more before nicknamed Crocky Balboa, if something comes towards you “from an angle”, it comes from the side – not Mick Fanning fight off? checking. If the bear is still had been swimming in a straight towards you from the front saltwater n 4. When did the attack close, it may return if it sees river with his two daughters, water from the sea. A “saltwater” happen? you moving. “I thought to myself, 'this crocodile lives in the sea, usually by the coast 5. How big was the is it – I'm dead', but it's to gouge vb crocodile that Eddie A shark surprising what you can if you “gouge” something, you try to make a hole in it. If A “gouges” out B’s Sigai fought off? Playing dead definitely do when all you can think eyes, A tries to take out B’s eye nicknamed exp 6. What’s his nickname doesn't work with sharks. about is the safety of your if you’re “nicknamed” something, that’s now? They’re extremely fast children. It grabbed my hand your informal name – not your real name to grab vb 7. Where did the crocodile swimmers; and once they and pulled me underwater to take something in your hands cut him? start biting, they’ll get a and all I can remember is suddenly and with force

For company classes or private tuition, contact: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 5 Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it When was the last time you had a snack? What did you have? What sweet snacks do you like? What savoury ones do you like? How often do you eat between meals? At what time during the day are you usually the hungriest? Why? What snacks are the best for killing hunger pangs? Which ones are the unhealthiest? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as KET and TOEFL. TRACK 2: ENGLISH ACCENTS I’M Answers on page 44 HUNGRY! 1 Pre-reading Write the correct name next to each item of food. lemon ham cheese melon yoghurt raisins pineapple noodles avocado nectarine peanut butter strawberries

1 2

3 4

5 6 WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE By Sarah Asch 7 8 SNACK FOOD? hat do you eat If I want a quick snack, I love Pot Noodles – that’s when you need I usually have something my other “go-to” quick eat. Wa snack? We sweet: ice cream, cake, All you have to do is boil the 9 10 asked a few people what biscuits... Then, I end water, pour it in the pot and they have when they need up feeling really guilty stir. Both terribly unhealthy, something fast and filling. afterwards and have to go but delicious! to the gym or for a run. [Calum, England] 11 12 If I’m hungry between [Georgina, Scotland] meals, I usually have some 2 Reading I yogurt with cereal and fruit. I’m trying to lose weight, so GLOSSARY What are some of your favourite [Maria, Chile] if I’m hungry, I’ll have some filling adj if food is “filling”, you stop feeling hungry snacks? Make notes. Then, read water with half a lemon after eating it a slice n or listen to the article once. Were If I want a quick snack, I’ll squeezed in it. If that isn’t a “slice” of bread is a thin piece of bread any of your ideas mentioned? make myself a sandwich. enough, I’ll cut up some to melt vb when food “melts”, it becomes liquid I usually put some cheese fruit like melon, pineapple or to spread vb 3 and ham on a slice of bread, strawberries. if you “spread” butter (for example) on Reading II bread, you put the butter all over the bread Read the article again. Then, then put it in the microwave [Peter, France] hunger pangs exp if you have “hunger pangs”, you feel answer the questions. until the cheese has melted! hungry 1. What does Maria have [Nigel, Bolivia] If I’m hungry and I’m at home, a sugar fix exp if you need a “sugar fix”, you need with her yoghurt? I’ll make a sandwich with tuna something sweet (like sugar) because 2. Where does Nigel cook his When I want something fast, or my favourite, peanut butter. you’re feeling a bit weak guilty adj cheese and ham sandwich? I usually toast some bread I put all sorts of yummy things if you feel “guilty” about something you've done, you feel bad about it because you 3. What does Natascha then spread some avocado on the peanut butter: tomato know it was wrong spread on her bread? on top. If I’m still hungry, I and mayonnaise, jam, to squeeze vb if you “squeeze” half a lemon (for 4. What does David carry cut up some fresh fruit like marmalade... I even have it example), you put pressure on the lemon around with him? apples or nectarines. with Marmite sometimes, so the liquid comes out Marmite n 5. Where does Georgina [Natasha, Australia] which is delicious. I love a type of food that’s made from yeast (a kind of fungus which is used to make end up going after eating peanut butter. bread rise) and salt. You can put Marmite something sweet? I usually carry a bag of nuts [Ruth, Scotland] on bread or toast go-to adj 6. What does Peter and raisins around with me your “go-to” option is the one you usually squeeze into his water? in case I get hungry. I find I usually go to the shop and choose to boil vb 7. What’s Ruth’s favourite it stops any hunger pangs, get a microwaveable burger. to make water reach 100ºC to pour vb type of food? plus it’s healthy. I’ll also It’s horrible, I know, but it’s if you “pour” liquid, you put it from one 8. What does Calum have to have a bit of chocolate too if so easy: you just put it in the container into another to stir vb add to his Pot Noodles I need a bit of a sugar fix. microwave for two minutes if you “stir” food, you move it while it’s so he can eat them? [David, England] and then you’re done. Also, cooking so it doesn’t burn, etc.

6 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Sign up for our newsletter and receive FREE English lessons: www.learnhotenglish.com Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Have you been on holiday lately? Where did you go? What did you see? Have you ever been disappointed by something while on holiday? What was it? Why were you disappointed? Have you ever complained about a holiday? What did you complain about? Who did you complain to? What happened as a result? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as KET and TOEFL. TRACK 3: ENGLISHMAN & ENGLISHWOMAN HORRIBLE HOLIDAY COMPLAINTS hat are some the dock and throw your interesting views of IT’S SO BORING! of the worst money in the water. the park. W things that have happened to you on holiday? Travellers often post their complaints on websites such as TripAdvisor. Here are a few. For some people, it seems The Louvre, Paris The Metropolitan Museum of Art, that nothing is ever good After over 30 years of New York enough. thinking about going, I It just too much boredom in finally decided to give it a one place. If something were try. Not very interesting at to be more boring it would be all. The museum looks like a shut down. Unbelievable how supermarket on a Saturday this could be an attraction afternoon. in New York. Inside you will see a few sculptures The Golden Gate Bridge, San followed by few artefacts Francisco and even some paintings It’s a bridge. It’s covered – double yawn. The only in fog. It’s pointless. Buy a positive thing is that it’s postcard you’ll see more. near 5th Avenue so after a The Great Wall of China few minutes of torture, you It was awful. I couldn’t can treat yourself to some enjoy the scenery because shopping. I was too busy trying not to be trampled on. Besides GLOSSARY that, it was great. Ha ha, fog n Answers on page 44 when there’s “fog”, you can’t see well outside Times Square, New York City just kidding. I hated it. because the clouds are very low in the sky If you want to see what pointless adj something “pointless” has no purpose or 1 Pre-reading it’s like to exist in a herd reason to exist then maybe I’d a herd of cows exp Look at the names of the of cows a large group of cows all living or moving holiday destinations in the recommend it. together packed adj article. What complaints do if you’re “packed” into an area, you’re in an you think people could have small area with many other people a dock n about these places? Make Yosemite National Park, USA an area in a harbour where ships go so people can repair them, load them, unload notes. Mother Nature has nothing them, etc. to do with this place any to trample on exp if someone “tramples on” you, they step on 2 Reading I more. Kids running amok, you with their foot Read or listen to the article The Niagara Falls, USA garbage, drunks. You might to kid vb if you “kid” with someone, you joke with once to compare your ideas The place was packed with as well be in downtown them or say something that isn’t true to run amok exp from the Pre-reading activity. foreigners who kept walking San Francisco for all the if children are “running amok”, they’re into our pictures while we wilderness you’ll find here. behaving very badly (running around and screaming) and no one is in control of them 3 Reading II were taking them. garbage n Read the article again. Then, rubbish – old things you throw away a drunk n write the name of a place next a person who drinks a lot of alcohol and often gets drunk (when someone is to each statement. “drunk”, they can’t speak or move properly 1. It looks like a because they’ve had too much alcohol) wilderness n supermarket. an area of natural land (a mountain, desert, 2. Pictures of it are better The Grand Canyon, USA etc.) where there aren’t any people an artefact n than the real thing. The Statue of Liberty, Seeing the canyon in an object (such as a vase, tool or weapon) It’s covered in fog. that is interesting from a cultural or 3. New York person is about as good historical point of view 4. It’s really boring. Don’t go. It takes hours to as seeing pictures of the a yawn n when there’s a “yawn”, someone opens 5. It takes hours to get to get to the top of the statue canyon. It’s possible the their mouth widely because they’re tired the top. and the view isn’t very good pictures might be better to treat yourself to exp if you “treat yourself to” something, you 6. There were lots of anyway. Wasted a whole since the photographer give yourself something nice or you do drunks there. afternoon there. Just go to only releases the most something nice for yourself

For Skype/Telephone classes with the Hot English Method, contact: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com 7 The Hot English Sign up for FREE material at newsletter www.learnhotenglish.com Idioms Phrasal Verbs Listening files Articles Great content Vocabulary TRACK 4: ENGLISHMAN & US WOMAN GRAMMAR BOOSTER FUTURE PASSIVES WITH “GOING TO” Affirmative Negative Interrogative I’m going to be told. I’m not going to be told Am I going to be told? You’re going to be told. You aren’t going to be told Are you going to be told? He’s going to be told. He isn’t going to be told Is he going to be told? She’s going to be told. She isn’t going to be told Is she going to be told? It’s going to be told It isn’t going to be told Is it going to be told? We’re going to be told We aren’t going to be told Are we going to be told? They’re going to be told. They aren’t going to be told Are they going to be told?

The full forms are: I’m= I am; you’re = you are; he’s = he is; Dialogue: our marketing materials. That’s she’s = she is; it’s = it is; we’re = we are; they’re = they are. The prize-giving ceremony “Tompkins” with a “p” in it. OK? Negatives: isn’t = is not; aren’t = are not. The town mayor and his A: Got it. assistant are discussing M: Good. Now, drinks are going to We can use be + going to to talk the action is the main focus of a prize-giving ceremony be (4) to guests as about the future. For example: the sentence. For example: that will take place in a few they arrive at 18:30. We need to a) She’s going to leave at 6pm. a) The bed is going to be months. The mayor wants ensure there’s a good supply of b) They’re going to work made by Jack. to make sure everything champagne – about 20 bottles. from home today. b) The photos are going to be goes smoothly as there A: OK. taken by Ben and Holly. were a few problems last M: And the ceremony is going to be We form future passives year. [Listen and complete the officially (5) at 19:00. with be + going to be + a past Notice how the person dialogue with the correct past A: You’re giving a speech aren’t you? participle. For example: who does the action can participles.] M: Yes. The speech will last for about a) The TV is going to be fixed. appear at the end of the M=Mayor A=Assistant 50 minutes. And then the statue is b) The computer systems sentence after the word going to be (6) . are going to be updated. “by”. You don’t have to add M: Right, so listen carefully because A: It’s a statue of you, isn’t it? this information if you don’t I want you to write the schedule M: Yes. Erm, can’t you tell? We form negatives with not need to. For example, “The up later. A: Well, I haven’t seen you on a horse (or the contracted forms bed is going to be made.” A: All right. before; and the man in the statue isn’t or aren’t). For example: M: So, the ceremony is going to be has got a lot more hair than you. a) The TV isn’t going to We use the passive when... (1) in the town hall on M: Right. Anyway, after that, be fixed. a) ...we don’t know who has 16th March... are you taking notes? the Medal of Honour for b) The computer systems performed the action = A: Mental notes. Outstanding Service to the aren’t going to be updated. “The posters are going to M: Write it down, please! Community is going to be be printed.” A: OK. Erm, have you got a pen? (7) , along with the In active sentences, the b) ...it isn’t important M: Here you are. The invitations are cheque for £30,000. person or thing doing the who has performed the going to be (2) by A: Your son is the winner, isn’t he? action is the subject of the action = “The plants are The Floral Company. M: Yes. Now, what are we doing sentence. For example: going to be watered.” A: That’s your mum’s firm, isn’t it? about security? We don’t want any a) Jack is going to make the c) ...it’s obvious who has M: Yes. The catering is going to protesters getting in like last year. bed. = Jack (subject) + is performed the action = be (3) by Tompkins A: Well, three or four security going to make (verb) + the “The patient is going Food Supplies. guards are going to be (8) bed (object) to be operated on.” A: Your wife’s business? at each entrance; b) Ben and Holly are going [Obviously, a surgeon is going M: Yes, erm, have you got the name and there are going to be some to take the photos. = Ben to operate on the patient.] right? It needs to appear in all plain-clothes guards among the and Holly (subjects) + are audience, just in case. going to take (verb) + the M: Perfect! photos (object) A: We’ll be using your brother’s security company for that, won’t we? However, with passives, the M: Yes, now, onto my next point. person or thing “receiving” Have you... ? [fades out]

8 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Improve your English with our fantastic range of material. Visit out shop at: www.learnhotenglish.com Free lessons to improve WORD BOOSTER Learn Hot English your English, and articles Blog! on learning English! blog.learnhotenglish.com PREPOSITIONS OF TIME: IN, ON, AT

This month we’re looking at three important prepositions of time: in, on, at.

In At We use the preposition in for We use at for an exact, precise time: fairly long periods of time such On at 2pm, at midnight, at sunset, at as months, years, centuries: in We use on for days and dates: on lunchtime, at 13:45, at night, at the June, in the winter, in 1985, in the Monday, on Fridays, on 7th July, on weekend, at Christmas, at the same 14th century, in the morning, in the 23rd November 2011, on New Year’s time, at present, at the moment, at evening, in the Middle Ages... Eve, on her birthday... the weekend (also, on the weekend)...

1 1 1 Her birthday is in March. The party is on 14th October. I’ll be there at 9pm.

2 2 2 We’ve got a conference to go to in the morning. We often go to the gym on Fridays. They didn’t do much at the weekend.

3 3 3 It often rains here in the spring. We went to the party on New Year’s Eve. I often read at night.

4 4 4 The queen ruled in the Middle Ages. She took her friend to the theatre on her birthday. The train leaves at 06:43. Comparisons Look at these sentences to see the difference between the three prepositions. a) We met in June. b) We met on 23rd June. c) We met at 6pm on 23rd June. Last, next, every, this, that We don’t use in, on, at with words such as last, next, every, this, that, etc.: a) We go there every Christmas. b) They’re arriving next Sunday. c) I’ll call you this evening. d) I went to Paris last April.

For company classes, Skype/Telephone classes or private tuition, contact: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 9 Free lessons to improve Learn Hot English your English, and articles Blog! on learning English! blog.learnhotenglish.com TRACK 5: ENGLISH ACCENTS ENGLISH IN ACTION... DEALING WITH INTERRUPTIONS Learn how to deal with an interruption.

Answers on page 44

1 Listening I You’re going to listen to six extracts from conversations. Listen once and put the conversation summaries below in the correct order. A conversation about... A Christmas party A TV advertising campaign Finance for a factory NO Sales strategy 1 INTERRUPTIONS, A new office PLEASE! A graph A: And so, onto my final point, our sales strategy. Personally, I think... 2 Listening II B: …just a minute, I think we need to discuss Listen to the extracts again. In each case, does Speaker A accept the interruption finance before we move onto our sales strategy. (write “Accept”), or reject it (write “Reject”)? What expressions do the speakers use A: Oh, right, yes, I think you’re right. Well, erm, so... to accept or not accept the interruption? 1. Accept. He says: “Oh, right, yes, I think you’re right.” A: And then I’ll be telling you all about our plans 2. for the Christmas party... 3. B: …I’m sorry to interrupt but will we get a chance 4. to ask any questions about this? 5. A: As I said before, I’ll be taking questions at the end. 6. A: And then we’ll be able to see exactly how much 3 Useful language the new office will cost us... Look at the list of ways to deal with an interruption. Can you add any more expres- B: …sorry to interrupt, but could you possibly sions to the list? explain item number four in a bit more detail? I mean I didn’t quite understand the relationship Accepting an interruption between that and our current situation. Oh, right, yes, I think you’re right. A: Look, if you don’t mind, I’d just like to go Yes, I think you’ve got something there. through all the points quickly first, and then Good point! As I was about to say... we can go back and discuss anything in more detail once I’ve done that. OK? Polite ways of dealing with an interruption As I said before, I’ll be taking questions at the end. A: Then, we need to think about securing finance I’m sorry but would you mind bringing that up at the end? for our factory in eastern Europe... I’d rather deal with that after we’ve finished this if you don’t mind. B: ...but there’s no way we’ll be able to even contemplate doing that until... More direct ways of dealing with an interruption A: ...if I may just finish what I was saying. If I may just finish what I’m saying, please! Would you mind waiting for your turn to speak, please? A: And if you’ll just turn your attention to the If you don’t mind, I’d just like to go through the points in order... graph on page 20, you’ll see that... We’ve already heard your opinion. It’s my turn now. B: …sorry to interrupt, but when are we going to Hold on! I’m speaking now. get a chance to talk about the office move? Please stop interrupting me! A: Would you mind waiting for your turn to speak, please?

A: And finally, I’d just like to say that in my opinion, there’s very little we can do about the complaints we’ve received about our TV advertising campaign... B: …I’m sorry but weren’t you going to give us the results of the survey first before moving onto point number three? A: If you don’t mind, I would like to finish what I was saying first. We can discuss that later.

10 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Improve your spoken English with our Skype/Telephone classes, e-mail: [email protected] TRACK 6: ENGLISHMAN, IRISHMAN, PUERTO RICAN WOMAN, NATURAL ENGLISH IRISHWOMAN, AMERICAN WOMAN, SCOTTISH WOMAN What are you afraid of? Photos and interviews by Georgie & Danielle

Remember! When people talk informally, they often James Duggan use non-standard Duncan McQueen (Ireland, actor) English. (England, chef)

Well, I used to be afraid of spiders, I’m afraid of illness. I just but I’m not too bad with those now, don’t want to be very ill but snakes still absolutely terrify me. when I’m old and in pain.

Melissa Armstrong Anne Lydon (Puerto Rico, food critic) (Ireland, theatre director)

If I were to say what I’m afraid of, I would say being stagnant and not having new things I’m afraid of rats happen in my life. – they give me No change at all. nightmares. GLOSSARY used to exp if you “used to” be afraid of spiders (for Rayna Taylor Lindsay MacNaughton example), you were afraid of them in the past (USA, marketing (Scotland, translator) stagnant adj executive) if someone has become “stagnant”, they aren’t changing or haven’t progressed a nightmare n a bad dream with monsters, etc. in it to live up to exp if you “live up to” someone’s expectations, you do what they thought you could do, or you become what they wanted you to become, etc. to put faith in exp if you “put your faith in” someone, you trust and believe in that person to trip vb when you “trip”, your foot hits something and you fall busy adj if a place is “busy”, there are lots of people there an escalator n I’m afraid of not living up to my full I have a fear of tripping on a busy a mechanical staircase that you stand on while it takes you up or down to another success because my family puts so escalator, whether I’m riding up level much, erm, faith in me to do well, that or down. I’m also working on to get over phr vb if you “get over” a fear (for example), you if I don’t do well, it’s kind of scary. getting over my fear of dogs. stop being frightened of that thing

For more company classes or private tuition, contact [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 11 Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it When was the last time you had a chat with someone? What were you talking about? What did you say? What did the other person say? Were you interrupted at any point? Why? How did you react? What do people typically say in your country if they want to interrupt someone? What are the direct ways of doing this? Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as KET and TOEFL. TRACK 7: ENGLISH ACCENTS WOULD YOU LIKE TO INTERRUPT ME?

Note! Don’t read the audio script until you’ve completed Answers on page 44 the exercises and activities. 1 Pre-listening How could you interrupt someone? What could you say? Think of as many phrases or expressions as you can.

2 Listening I You’re going to listen to five conversation extracts in which people interrupt one another. Listen once and put the conversation summaries below in the correct order. They’re talking about... The purchase of an office A difficult situation A staff lunch The marketing manager position A graph 1

3 Listening II Listen again and make a note How to interrupt of any expression they use for interrupting. Then, complete the expressions below. someone 1. I’m sorry to Audio script but would A: Well, as you can see from this graph, sales have should all be aware that the price for the property you if I just increased by 20% since last year, and, erm,... is over 30% below the market rate, so it’s actually said something here? B: I’m sorry to interrupt, but would you mind if I just a very good deal. 2. Apologies for said something here? I think it would be really in like this, useful if you could go through the figures from A: And now onto my second point about the staff but, erm, last year too so we can compare them. lunch next week. I think it’s all fairly clear that... you... A: Oh, OK. Good idea. B: I’m sorry, but I don’t see the point of talking about 3. Erm, sorry but this until we’ve had a chance to comment on point I just take A: The fact is that we’re in a difficult situation: we’ve number one. I mean, I think we should all have this to say just lost the contract with Jennings Limited, online a chance to say what we think of it, don’t you? something on... sales are down and... 4. I’m sorry, B: Apologies for jumping in like this, but, erm, could A: I think it’s all a question of finding the right I don’t see the you explain what any of this has to do with the person for the marketing manager position of talking proposed job cuts to cleaning staff? and then... about this until... B: The marketing position? That’s the least of our 5. The marketing position? A: In my opinion, I think we should seriously worries. What about finance for the project? the least of reconsider the purchase of the office as... Without that, we can’t even think about taking on our worries. B: Erm, sorry but could I just take this opportunity any more staff. I think that’s a far more important about... to say something on the cost. I mean, I think we issue, don’t you?

LOTS OF FREE CONTENT WHEN YOU FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! www.twitter.com/LearnHotEnglish

12 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Learn Hot English can help you get a better job! For more information, e-mail: [email protected] Objective: To improve your range of vocabulary and your listening skills. Audio Think about it! files What do you think about corruption in politics? What's your opinion of global warming? How do you feel about animal Download the MP3 audio files for this issue for FREE from our website: rights? What do think about nuclear energy? What's your opinion of private schools? How do you feel about the www.learnhotenglish.com/mp3s privatisation of the public health service? What do you think about legalising marijuana or other such drugs? TRACK 8: ENGLISH ACCENTS PRACTICAL ENGLISH GIVING OPINIONS Learn how to give opinions in English. Answers on page 44 1 Listening I You’re going to listen to five conversation extracts in which people give their opinions. Listen once and put the conversation summaries below in the correct order. A conversation about... The sale of a hotel Moving production overseas Manufacturing some toys SHALL I GIVE Moving to a smaller office 1 YOU MY Printing some books Audio script OPINION? Andy: So, Laura, why don’t you start off and tell 2 Listening II us what you think about the proposals for Listen to the extracts again. Then, write a quick summary of each speaker’s opinion. moving to a smaller office? What do you think about each situation? What would you say? Laura: Well, the way I see it we’ve got two 1. She thinks there are two options. options: either we carry on as we are and 2. risk losing everything or we make some 3. fairly radical changes and try to reverse the situation. 4. 5. Angie: So, Ellis. What’s your opinion on moving production overseas? Asking for opinions Ellis: Well, to be honest, I don’t think it’s as What do you think of this? straightforward as some people are What’s your opinion? making out. I mean, it would obviously How do you see it? be a lot cheaper to manufacture our How do you feel about this? products overseas; however, we’ve got to take into account the effect this could Making suggestions / giving opinions have on sales here in this country. The way I see it... I think that... Fred: Barbara? Any thoughts on printing In my opinion... the books? As I see it… Barbara: Well, it seems to me that we’ve got two It seems to me that… options: we can either renew the contract with Marston & Sons, or we can try to find another company who’d do a better job and, possibly, for a lot less too.

Chloe: Nigel, have you got anything to say about the sale of our waterfront hotel? Nigel: Well, personally I think we should accept their offer for the property. I mean, it’s been on the market for over nine months now and we haven’t had any other offers, time is running out and we’re in danger of being left with nothing.

James: Beth, what do you think about the manufacture of the toys? Beth: In my opinion, there are two possible courses of action: we get the completed products from Stemmings Limited or we manufacture them ourselves in our factory here. The first option would be cheaper, but the second option would allow us to... [fades out]

Do you want to improve your speaking ability and fluency? Sign up for Skype/Telephone classes in our shop at: www.learnhotenglish.com 13 Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Are there any funny names of towns or cities in your country? Why are they funny? Are there any rude names? In what way are they rude? What rude words do you know in English? Where did you learn them? Where have you heard them? Do you ever use rude words in your language? When? How often? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as PET and TOEFL. TRACK 9: ENGLISHMEN HOW RUDE! Answers on page 44 1 Pre-reading Match the words (1 to 8) to the pictures (a-h). Do you know any alternative “rude” meanings for these words? X-rated 1. Knob article! WARNING: 2. Jug some people may 3. Melon find this material 4. Pussy offensive. 5. Ball 6. Beaver 7. Cock (cockerel) 8. Bell RUDE NAMES a b INow many rudeENGLISH! of a man’s reproductive Northamptonshire) – “tits” c d words do you know system. is an informal word to refer Hin English? Funnily to a woman’s breasts; and a enough, many towns, cities Beaver Close (a road “ho” is an abbreviated form e f and places have obscene in Surrey) – a “beaver” of “whore” in US English. names in them. is a lovely, furry animal. However, it’s also an Hooker Road (a street in g h Take the case of Cock Hill, informal word for a woman’s Norwich) – a “hooker” is a an alleyway in London. private parts. prostitute. 2 Reading I “Cock” is a word for a male You’re going to read an article chicken. But it’s also a slang Fanny Avenue (a road in Backside Lane (a road about some rude names for term for a man’s private Derbyshire) – “Fanny” is in Oxfordshire) – your towns, cities or places in the part. Now, to someone an abbreviated form of the “backside” is the part of your UK. Read the article once. with a dirty mind, that’s name Frances. However, in body that you sit on. Which one is the rudest or very funny. Of course, British English, it’s also an funniest? Why? to many others, it isn’t informal word for a woman’s Bell End (a village in amusing at all. private parts; and in US Worcestershire) – as you 3 Reading II English, it’s a slang term for probably know, a “bell” is Read the article again. Then, The same goes for Juggs the part of your body that a metal object that makes write the name of a street next Close, a road in East Sussex. you sit on. a ringing sound when you to each statement. A “jug” as you may or may shake it. But a “bell end” 1. The name of this street not know is a container Nob End (an area near is an informal expression has an abbreviated form for water. However, the Bolton) – a “knob” is the for the end part of a man’s of a word that means plural form (jugs) is also an part of a door that you hold reproductive organ. “prostitute” in it. informal term for a woman’s in your hands when you 2. It’s an avenue with breasts. open it. However, it’s also Next time you hear a a name that means a slang term for a man’s place name with an “bottom” in US English. And then there’s Back private part. “alternative” meaning, 3. Its name has the plural Passage, a street in try not to laugh! form of a container for London. A “passage” is St Mellons (a district in water. a long, narrow street. Cardiff) – a melon is a 4. This road is named after However, a “back passage” delicious, watery fruit, but GLOSSARY obscene adj a lovely furry animal. is an informal expression for the plural form (melons) something “obscene” is about sex or violence 5. It’s a lane whose name a . is also a slang term for a a private part n bottom a sexual organ also means “bottom” in woman’s breasts. an alleyway n a very narrow (thin) street with walls on English. Here are some more both sides 6. It’s a road that contains examples of place names Shitterton (a road in a dirty mind n if someone has a “dirty mind”, they’re a verb that means to go with rude words in them: Dorset) – if you describe always thinking about sex to the toilet. something as “shit”, you’re a breast n a woman’s “breasts” are the two soft things 7. Its name has the plural Balls Green (a street in saying that it’s very bad; and on their chest (the front part of their body) a bottom n form of a watery fruit in it. Kent) – balls are round, the verb “to shit” means to the part of your body that you sit on when 8. Its name is the same inflated objects you can play go to the toilet. you’re sitting down a whore n as an expression for a with. They’re also the two a prostitute – a person who has sex with bottom. circular things that are part Titty Ho (a street in someone for money

14 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Improve your English with our fantastic language course book series: English Unlocked! Visit our shop at: www.learnhotenglish.com Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Have you ever taken a photo of a wild animal? Where were you? What do you think about hunting? What animal rights issues are there? Which ones are the most important? Do you think it’s important to protect animals? Why? Why not? In general, how are animals treated in your country? What could be done to improve the situation? Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as PET and TOEFL. TRACK 10: ENGLISHMAN & US SCOTSWOMAN STOP HURTING ANIMALS!

RUDE NAMES RICKY GERVAIS ON ANIMALS! omedian Ricky shoot a stationary, RICKY GERVAIS IN ENGLISH! Answers on page 44 Gervais is famous for 14 foot peaceful creature his role in The Office. with a high-velocity rifle. Ricky Gervais is an English, C comedian, actor, director, 1 Pre-reading But he’s not just a comedian Very sporting.” producer, writer and What’s your opinion of the – he’s also an animal rights musician. He following issues related to activist. And he regularly [On animal families] was born on uses Twitter to air his views. “These psycho trophy 25th June 1961. animals? He’s famous the ivory trade animal testing Here are a few of his Tweets. hunters always have stuff for being the about their family being co-creator of the blood sports the food industry [On speaking out for animals] everything to them on their hit TV series The Office. livestock farming pets “Animals don’t have a voice, profiles. Elephants love their but I do. A loud one. I’m a family too.” exotic species horse racing big mouth. My voice is for GLOSSARY hunting laboratory animals them. And I’ll never shut up [A suggestion for lion killers] to air your views exp while they suffer.” “I’ll pay for each pride of to say what you think about something; to give your opinion about something 2 Reading I lions to have their own a Tweet n a message sent through the social media Read or listen to the article [On animals in general] designated sniper on their site Twitter once. Which comments by “Animals are not here to do side. Now it’s a sport. a big mouth n someone who talks a lot and says exactly Ricky do you agree with? as we please with. We are Where are you brave what they want Which ones don’t you not their superiors, we are hunters at now?” a prey n an animal’s “prey” is the animal it eats agree with? Why? their equals. We are their a trophy n something you keep (an animal’s head, family. Be kind to them.” [On the ivory trade] in this case) to show that you’ve done 3 Reading II “Elephants could be something “difficult” to sting vb Read the article again. Then, [On the need to kill] extinct by 2030 if the ivory if something (such as shampoo) “stings” answer the questions. “There’s a big difference trade remains the same, your eyes, it hurts your eyes joy n 1. According to Ricky, between the natural need for and for what? For trinkets happiness stationary adj what do some people a species to kill and eat prey for morons to own? if an animal is “stationary”, it isn’t moving shoot animals for? & just shooting an animal That’s mental.” a foot n a unit of measurement. There are more or 2. What stings if you get it simply for a ghastly trophy.” less three “feet” in a metre in your eyes? [On a picture of a hunter lying sporting adj if you act in a “sporting” way, you act 3. What can you put [On animal testing] next to a dead giraffe] in a fair and honest way when you play games, etc. through a giraffe’s neck? “Dear intelligent people "What must’ve happened a profile n 4. What can you shoot a of the world, don’t get to you in your life to make your “profile” is a short description of you and your life 14-foot animal with? shampoo in your eyes. It you want to kill a beautiful a pride of lions exp 5. Where do hunters write really stings. There. Done. animal & then lie next to it a group of lions who live together a sniper n about their families? Now stop torturing animals.” smiling?" someone who shoots at people from a hidden position 6. What does Ricky want ivory n to give each pride of [On what motivates hunters] [On dentist Walter Palmer’s a hard, cream-coloured substance. It comes from elephants’ tusks (the long lions for protection? “You know that feeling of joy killing of Cecil the lion] horns that come out of its face) 7. When could elephants someone gets when they put “It’s not for food. It’s not the a moron n an idiot be extinct by? an arrow through a giraffe’s shooting, or tin cans would that’s mental exp that’s ridiculous! That’s crazy! 8. How does Ricky eye.....No, me neither.” do. It must just be the thrill a tin can n describe the thrill of killing. Mental.” a metal container for drinks a thrill n that some people get [On hunting] if you get a “thrill” from something, that from killing? “Well done. You managed to Go, Ricky! thing makes you feel excited

FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 15 Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it When was the last time you said something nice to someone? What did you say? Who did you say it to? How did they react? When was the last time someone said something nice to you? What did they say? Who said it? How did it make you feel? What are some nice expressions you can say to people in your language? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as PET and TOEFL. TRACK 11: ENGLISHMAN & ENGLISHMAN WE’RE BEING NICE!

HOW TO MAKE PEOPLE LIKE YOU… IN ENGLISH! tudies have shown “You look amazing!” opinion on something that being positive Complimenting someone on shows that we value S can make you the way they look is a sure them and their point of Answers on page 44 more likeable. And saying way to make them feel good view. positive things can have about themselves. 1 Pre-reading a huge impact on others, “Why not?” Think of three phrases or making you fun to be “How can I help?” Show that you’re open to things you could say to around. Improve your Offering to help others new ideas and are willing someone in English that would social and business skills shows that you care about to try out new things. make them happy. Write them by learning and using them and have noticed a This will make others down and compare with a these simple phrases in need. feel more relaxed in your partner. English. company. “You can do it!” 2 Reading I “Thank you!” Inspire others by showing Go on, use your English to Read or listen to the article These two little words that you have faith in their make someone happy! once. Were any of your ideas can make others feel ability to do things. mentioned? that their effort was GLOSSARY worthwhile. “Sorry!” huge adj 3 very big Reading II It’s hard to admit, but an impact n Read the article again. Then, “Happy birthday!” sometimes we mess things if something has an “impact” on you, it affects you write a phrase from the article Remembering someone’s up. And the best way to fix worthwhile adj next to each statement. special day is a great way the damage is to apologise. if something is “worthwhile”, you think it’s good and you recommend that others do it 1. It’s a good way to fix any to show you care. to acknowledge vb if you “acknowledge” something, you damage. “I understand!” accept or receive it, or show you've 2. Remembering this day “Congratulations!” Saying you understand and noticed it to compliment vb shows you care. It’s nice when your friends appreciate what the other if you “compliment” someone, you say 3. It’s show you’re willing congratulate you for person is going through will nice things about them to have faith in exp to try out new things. something you’ve done make them feel validated if you “have faith in” someone, you believe in them and think they're capable of doing 4. It shows you’ve noticed well. and respected. something a need. to mess up phr vb if you “mess up”, you make a mistake or 5. It can show people how “I had a really “I missed you!” do something badly important they are to good time!” Show someone how to apologise vb to say that you're sorry you. Let others know how important they are to you to go through phr vb if you “go through” something, you 6. It’s a way of much you’ve enjoyed by saying how much you experience it or it happens to you complimenting being with them. missed them when they to validate vb if you feel “validated”, you feel respected someone. were away. and accepted 7. These two words “You’re welcome!” to miss vb if you “miss” someone, you feel sad because can make others feel If someone thanks you for “What do you they’re away and you aren’t with them willing adj that their effort was something, don’t forget to think about…?” if you’re “willing” to do something, you’re worthwhile. acknowledge it. Asking someone for their ready to do it

16 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Want to do an internship with Hot English? For more information, e-mail: [email protected] Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it When was the last time you discussed something with friends or at work? What were you talking about? What ideas did they have? What were your ideas or opinions? How passionate were you about the topic? What did you say? What did other people say? How did it all end? What expressions can you use for proposing something? Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as PET and TOEFL. TRACK 12: ENGLISHMAN I WON! NO, I WON! Answers on page 44

Answers on page 44 1 Pre-listening What expressions can you use to put forward an argument? Make notes. For example: I think that... I really believe that... In my opinion... Note! Don’t read the audio script until 2 Listening I you’ve completed You’re going to listen to the exercises and someone putting forward activities. arguments in favour of a tram network in the city centre. What do you think the speaker might say about this? Make notes. Then, listen once to compare your ideas. For Putting forward example: It’ll help us deal with traffic problems. an argument 3 Listening II Audio script Listen again. Then, put the Well, I’m firmly in favour of building the up by as much as 30% as a result of the expressions the speaker uses tram network for a number of reasons. For a introduction of a tram system. For example, in the correct order. start, it’ll help us deal with traffic problems in Dublin, trade increased by over 25% after On top of that, as it’ll increase our public transport capacity. trams were introduced. If this happens, we trams... As you know, trams can transport up to could see a complete regeneration of the In the case of 250 people at a time, compared with a city centre, saving many businesses from Dublin,... maximum of 120 on a bus. Plus, the low- going under. In the case of Dublin, the tram Plus, the low-level level boarding at every stop will make it system led to the creation of new jobs and boarding... easier for disabled people to get on and off. completely transformed the city centre. Most importantly, On top of that, trams run In addition, residential studies... on electricity, so there’ll properties benefit. In many In my opinion,... be less pollution along the cases, house prices beside For example, in routes. Most importantly, tram routes can go up by Dublin... studies have shown that as much as 15%, and rental I’m firmly in favour the introduction of a tram properties by 7%. In my of... 1 system can stimulate the opinion, the reasons for In addition,... local economy. In some going ahead with this For a start, it’ll help... cities, retail sales have gone Dublin tram are clear.

LOTS OF FREE CONTENT WHEN YOU FOLLOW US ON FACEBOOK! www.facebook.com/LearnHotEnglish

FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 17 Travel English Learn over 500 useful words and expressions for travelling abroad. 40 topic areas covering a wide range of typical situations. Over 400 images to help you learn the words and expressions. TRACK 13: ENGLISHMAN & US WOMAN More than 30 dialogues so you can hear the language in action. For more information, visit: www.learnhotenglish.com/shop TRAVEL ENGLISH AT THE MUSIC FESTIVAL Learn over 15 useful words and expressions for when you go to a music festival Useful words Dialogue Sarah has just arrived at a music festival. Complete the dialogue with the correct words. S=Steward G=Guest

Torch (flashlight in Insect spray (bug Wellies (rain boots, Folding chair (camp Sunglasses US English) spray in US English) wellington boots) chair, travel chair)

S: Tickets, please. Sun hat Poncho Wristband Ticket Phone charger G: Here you are. S: OK. Here are your (1) . Keep them on at all times as you may be asked to show them. G: All right. Erm, where’s the (2) , please? Wet wipes (wet Portaloo S: Just over there, to the far right towel, baby wipes) (portable toilet) Tent Camping stove Backpack (rucksack) of the (3) . Lock up your (4) if you can as we’ve had a few reports of robberies. G: OK, thanks. Erm, have you got a (5) map? S: Here you are. Batteries Pocket knife Pirate flag Toilet paper Hoodie G: Erm, can I leave the (6) area at any time? S: Yes, as long as you’ve got your wristband on. If you lose the band, you can’t get back in. G: OK. Where can we park? S: Just follow the road and one of the (7) will show Sleeping bag Roll mat Marquee Ear plugs Barrier you where you can park. G: Is it busy? More words S: Yeah, it’s pretty full already. Steward – a person Mud – a mixture of water a sports match, etc. And I’d find a spot for your who helps at an event and earth. A four-day event (for tent quickly as it’s getting (such as a festival). They Crowd – a large group of example) takes place over crowded. And you won’t want often wear bright yellow people. a period of four days. to pitch your tent too close to jackets. Campsite – an area where Sell out – if something the (8) ! Stage – the raised, high you can put up your tent is “sold out”, all of the G: Oh, yeah, right. Thanks. Oh, area where the band plays. and sleep. tickets have been bought. and have you got a festival Site map – a map that DJ – someone who plays Acts – the bands or (9) , please? shows where things are in and introduces music. groups who play at the S: It’s on the back of the site an area. Cash – money in the form festival. map. There’s a list of all the Festival schedule – a list of coins (metal money) or Live music – music played acts and a timetable. of the times that different notes (paper money) by the artists, musicians, G: Great. Thanks. bands are playing in a An event – something etc. (not from an audio S: Stay safe! festival. that happens: a concert, file, CD, etc.) G: Cheers!

18 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Improve your spoken English with our fantastic Skype/Telephone classes. E-mail: [email protected] Learn over 500 useful words and expressions for travelling abroad. 40 topic areas covering a wide range of typical situations. Over 400 images to help you learn the words and expressions. More than 30 dialogues so you can hear the language in action. For more information, visit: www.learnhotenglish.com/shop Let’s be

friends(if we aren’t already!)

www.facebook.com/LearnHotEnglish If you want to get a better job, travel more, pass exams or speak more fluently, start improving your English with Or for some Learn Hot English NOW! fantastic discounts, contact subscriptions Visit the shop on our website @learnhotenglish.com www.learnhotenglish.com/ shop Learn better English for your future! Magazines, books, classes, online solutions… Learn Hot English has everything you need to improve your English. And there’s so much to choose from:

Learn Hot English English Unlocked! – magazine – reading a four-level course and listening activities with listening, reading, on language, film, pronunciation, culture, music, travel, grammar, speaking the news, business, and vocabulary pronunciation... activities.

Phrasal Verbs and Travel English – all Idioms Booklets – the English you need hundreds of useful for travelling abroad idioms and phrasal with dialogues, verbs with audio files, images, exercises images and sample and vocabulary sentences. activities. Skype-Phone classes – Business English – speaking classes from learn hundreds of the anywhere in the world most useful business with trained native English English words and teachers and free materials! expressions, complete with videos, listening activities and language exercises. Plus, lots, lots more! All our products are available in digital formats too: www.learnhotenglish.com/shop RECIPE By Sarah Asch FILM SCRIPT Real language in action DEVILLED EGGS THE HUNGER GAMES

The Hunger Games is 2012 American science-fiction film directed by Gary Ross. It’s based on the novel of the Learn a quick and same name by Suzanne Collins. The easy way to make film stars Jennifer Lawrence (as Katniss devilled eggs. Everdeen) and Josh Hutcherson (as Peeta Mellark). The story takes place in a post-apocalyptic future in the nation of Panem. Every year, boys and girls between the ages of 12 and 18 (known as tributes) must take part in the Games. As part of this, the children have to fight to the death until there is only one survivor. Katniss’ younger sister is chosen to WHAT A take part, but Katnisss FUN GAME! volunteers to take her place. In the following scene, Caesar Flickerman (played by Stanley Tucci) is presenting the tributes in a parade. The script F=Caesar Flickerman T=Claudius Templesmith P=Peeta F: Over one hundred thousand people craning to get VIDEO a glimpse of this year’s Watch the clip from the TV tributes. And the sponsors series. Search YouTube for get to see the tributes “The Hunger Games Movie Ingredients 1 2 3 for the first time. The Clip: The Tribute Parade”. 1 6 eggs 4 importance of this moment 2 ¼ cup mayonnaise cannot be overstated. GLOSSARY 3 1 tsp mustard (Dijon, for example) T: There they are! There they a post-apocalyptic future exp 4 Paprika are! This year’s tributes! a time in the future after an event that caused mass destruction such as a nuclear war 5 Spring onion F: It looks exciting. a tribute n 6 in ancient times (during the Roman Empire, Relish (optional) T: It just gives you for example), a “tribute” was something 6 5 goosebumps. (money, slaves, etc.) that was given to Rome Steps by conquered cities or countries as a sign of F: Don’t you love how the respect and allegiance. In the film and book, 1. Boil the eggs until they’re stylists, they so clearly are a tribute is someone from one of the 12 VIDEO districts of Panem who must participate in hardboiled. able to reflect the character the Hunger Games 2. Try to remove the shells Search YouTube for “How to of each district? a fight to the death exp Make Easy Delicious Deviled if there’s a “fight to the death”, people try without breaking up the T: Mmm. to kill one another Eggs - I Heart Recipes”. to crane vb eggs. F: Here’s District 4. Yes, the if you “crane” your neck, you stretch it 3. Cut the eggs lengthwise. fishing. I get it. I like it. in a particular direction so you can see something better 4. Take out the egg yolk and GLOSSARY T: That’s very good. a glimpse n relish n if you get a “glimpse” of something, you place it into a large bowl. a sauce (often with little pieces of fruit or F: And behind them, we have see it very quickly and not very well 5. Use a fork to break up vegetable) that you eat with other food in two power plant workers? a sponsor n order to give it more flavour an organisation (or person) that pays for an the egg yolk until it’s like hardboiled adj Right? event in return for publicity breadcrumbs. a “hardboiled” egg is firm and solid in the F: And then... What is that in cannot be overstated exp middle if you say that something “cannot be 6. Add the mayonnaise, the a shell n the background? [Katniss overstated”, you're saying that it's very the outside, hard white part of an egg important mustard and some relish egg yolk n and Peeta appear on their goosebumps n (optional). the inside yellow part of an egg chariot] very little round things that appear on your breadcrumbs n skin when you’re cold, excited, etc. 7. Rinse the egg whites under very small pieces of bread P: [holding Katniss’ hand] a stylist n water then pat them dry. to rinse vb Come on. They’ll love it. a person whose job is to cut and arrange if you “rinse” something, you clean it with people’s hair 8. Place the egg yolk mixture water F: Now, see that! I love that! to reflect vb to pat dry exp if something “reflects” an attitude or into a Ziploc bag and if you “pat something dry”, you remove Two young people, holding situation, it shows what that attitude or squeeze it into the egg the liquid by touching it gently with a cloth, their hands up, saying, situation is paper, etc. a district n whites. You could also use a a Ziploc bag n “I’m proud I come from an area in a country or city. There are 12 fork or spoon to do this. a brand of plastic bag that you can close by District 12. We will not be districts in the nation of Panem pressing one side of the opening against I get it exp 9. Sprinkle some paprika and the other overlooked.” Now I love I understand it to sprinkle vb a power plant n little pieces of chopped if you “sprinkle” onion (for example) over that! a place where electricity is produced spring onion on top. the top of egg (for example) you put a T: People are sure to be to overlook vb small amount of the onion over the egg if you “overlook” something, you don’t to chop vb paying attention to them notice it, or you don’t realise how Enjoy! to cut into very small pieces right now. important it is

Improve your spoken English with our fantastic Skype/Telephone classes. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 21 New! Check out English Unlocked! book II of

English Learn over 500 words and move up a level with the course book English Unlocked! Your complete, self-study English learning pack. Learning guaranteed! Unlocked! Reading, listening, pronunciation, vocabulary, grammar, progress tests, listen-and-repeat and much, much more.

Increase your range of vocabulary! “Best money I ever spent on an English course. My English is so Improve your listening skills! much better now because of this Perfect your pronunciation! English Unlocked. Thanks Hot Develop your reading skills! English!” - Daniel K (Cologne, Germany)

English Unlocked! will give you the English you need for travel, work, exams (FCE, IELTS, TOEFL…) and life!

4 levels to choose from! More than 50 hours of learning material! Over 100 pages divided into 8 units! 3 hours of listening material! Videos with exercises! A variety of English accents!

Read and listen to this product on an iPad, iPhone, smartphone, tablet computer, PC, Mac…TOEFL…) and life!

Start learning English NOW, visit: www.learnhotenglish.com/shop New! Poetryin Check out our Poetry in English English book! Learn lots of English with these fantastic poems.

Learn over 150 useful words and expressions! Improve your listening skills! Increase your range of vocabulary! Perfect your pronunciation and spoken English! THIS BOOK IS PERFECT FOR LEARNERS OF ALL AGES, PARENTS OF CHILDREN LEARNING ENGLISH & TEACHERS OF ENGLISH! IT INCLUDES: A selection of poems by George Szirtes. Activities to increase your range of vocabulary. Audio files to improve your listening skills. A wide variety of topics and themes related to English-language culture. Comprehension exercises so you can check your understanding. Pronunciation activities to perfect your speaking skills. Glossaries in English so you can learn the meaning of new words.

This book for intermediate- to advanced-level students will really improve your English! Visit our website for a FREE sample: products.learnhotenglish.com/poetry-in-english

www.learnhotenglish.com BODY LANGUAGE: SOCIALISING Body language* is important when you’re socialising or chatting to people in English. It can help you transmit the right messages, and also allow you to understand what other people are saying or thinking.

Answers on page 44 1 2 3 1 Body language descriptions Write a description from below next to each example of body language (1 to 9). interested, confident listening carefully confusion, displeasure boredom, tiredness showing interest coldness, distance Arms folded Yawning Smiling and laughing coldness, distance nervousness relaxed, positive 4 5 6 questioning something, surprise

*BODY LANGUAGE Body language is a non-verbal form of communication. It involves communicating what you’re feeling or thinking through your body. Different types of body language include movement (changes Tilting your head to the position of your eyes, Maintaining eye contact Raising your eyebrows to one side hands, legs, etc.), facial expressions (happiness, sadness, fear, disgust, etc.), posture (how you stand 7 8 9 or sit) and gestures (the movement of your hands). Some experts include the pitch, intonation, volume and tone of your voice. Studies have shown that when you’re talking to someone, your words can count for as little as 7% of the meaning of your message; however, body language can account for up to 80% of the meaning! So, Biting your nails Frowning Leaning forward it’s extremely important!

FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 23 TRACK 14: ENGLISHMAN & SCOTSWOMAN HOW BODY LANGUAGE CAN IMPROVE YOUR COMMUNICATION SKILLS! Learn how to read other people’s body language. And understand what you’re doing with your body so you can communicate more effectively.

Answers on page 44 Greetings interested, or they want to leave. When greeting 1 Pre-reading someone, smile, look Gaze Look at the paragraph titles and them in the eye and In social situations, pictures. What do you think the introduce yourself focus your gaze writer is going to say about the in a confident voice. on the triangular topic of each paragraph? Make Also, remember area between your notes. that in most listener’s eyes and western countries mouth. This is 2 Reading I (the UK, the USA, known as the “social Read or listen to the article Australia, Canada, gaze”. It’ll make you once to compare your ideas etc.), a firm handshake is seen as a sign of appear friendly and from the Pre-reading task confidence andtrust ; and a limp handshake confident. Avoid could make you appear weak, submissive or dropping your gaze below the mouth as this 3 Reading II disinterested. could be misinterpreted as something more Read the article again. Then, than just friendly interest! answer the questions. Eye contact 1. What is a firm It’s important to hold Facial handshake a sign of? the correct amount expressions 2. How long should you of eye contact. If Try to keep a maintain eye contact you stare, the other positive look on for? person might feel your face so it 3. What could it mean if uncomfortable; and looks like you’re someone turns their if you don’t maintain interested. In order shoulders away from enough eye contact, to avoid a blank you? they could think look, keep listening 4. What’s the name of you lack confidence carefully to what the gaze that focuses or aren’t interested. In general, you should the other person is on the triangular area maintain eye contact between 70 and 80% of saying, and comment on the information or between the eyes and the time. ask questions. the mouth? 5. At what distance do Alignment Personal good friends stand Make sure your body body space from one another in the is aligned with the Be careful not to US? person you’re talking stand too close to the 6. What could dilated to. This means that person you’re talking pupils mean? your body should be to. People from 7. Why should you try to facing them, with certain countries keep your feet, hands your feet pointing expect more personal and legs under control? towards them and body space than 8. What could a quick your shoulders others. For example, touch to the nose when angled at them. in the US, experts someone answers a This shows you’re interested and focused on have calculated that good friends usually stand question be a sign of? them. On the other hand, if the person you’re between 45cm and 120cm from one another; 9. What are the potential talking to turns any part of their body away but for acquaintances or business colleagues, advantages of mirroring from you (their eyes, knees, feet, shoulders, it’s between 120cm and 350cm. These figures someone's movements etc.), it could mean that they aren’t may vary from country to country. or actions? 24 For our fantastic course book series English Unlocked, visit: www.learnhotenglish.com Barriers quick touch to the A bag, papers, an mouth, eye, ear or arm or a drink held nose as someone in front of your body answers a direct acts like a barrier question could be to others and can a sign that they’re make you appear lying. So, if you cold, protective and notice the other distant. Keep objects person touch their away from the front nose, ear or neck of your body to when you ask them a GLOSSARY project a more positive image and to appear question, they might not be telling the truth. firm adj more open. if your handshake is “firm”, you use a bit of pressure (but not too much) Mirroring trust n Dilated pupils (mimicking) if there’s a feeling of “trust”, there’s an open feeling of honesty According to Mirroring involves limp adj body language copying what the if someone’s handshake is “limp”, they don’t use any pressure and it appears to experts, when other person is be weak to stare vb we’re interested doing. For example, if you “stare” at someone, you look at in something or if the person you’re them continuously to align vb someone, our pupils talking to folds if you’re “aligned” with something, you’re involuntarily dilate their arms, you do facing it with your body directly in front of it (become bigger). too. Or, if they lean to point towards exp if your feet are “pointing towards” The opposite can forward, you do the someone, your feet are in the direction of happen when we’re same. We tend to mirror people involuntarily that person gaze n disinterested (our pupils contract– become when we trust or like them. And research someone’s “gaze” is the way they look at smaller). If you notice someone’s pupils has shown that subconsciously we think that another person misinterpret vb dilate, it could be a sign that they like you. people who mirror our movements are more if you “misinterpret” something, you understand it wrongly persuasive and honest than those who don’t. a blank look n Fidgeting So, if you notice the other person is copying if someone has a “blank look”, their face shows no emotion – it just looks If you’re sitting down, the way you sit, move or talk, it could mean empty try to keep your that they trust and like you. On the other personal body space n the personal distance we keep from other feet, hands and legs hand, you could use mirroring to show the people. In some cultures, it’s common to stand very close to the person you’re under control. This other person that you’re trustworthy. So, if talking to. In other cultures, this isn’t so will make you appear the other person leans forward, you could common to project vb calm and confident. lean forward too. If they place their hands if you “project” any particular feelings, Avoid shifting about on their , you might do the same. you show those feelings through your thighs behaviour, words, actions, etc. too much, drumming However, don’t make this too obvious. And involuntarily adv if you do something “involuntarily”, you your fingers or be careful – people who know about this do it without knowing that you’re doing it bouncing a foot up could notice you doing it. Also, the other to shift vb to move and down as they’re all signs of boredom, person might be deliberately mirroring you in to drum vb discomfort or nervousness. an attempt to make you think that they like or if you “drum” your fingers, you use your fingers to create a rhythm trust you. Watch out! to bounce vb if your foot is “bouncing” up and down, Touching it’s moving up and down Involuntarily touching a part of the body Communication is complex. But an research n scientific investigation (particularly the face) is often a sign that understanding of body language can make it a thigh n someone is under stress or nervous. And a easier! the top part of your leg – the upper half

FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 25 Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it What were your parents like? How strict were they? How did they punish you? What are some of your best memories of growing up? What kind of parent are you or would you like to be? What are some of the difficult things about being a parent? What are some of the rewards? TRACK 15: ENGLISHMAN Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as FCE, IELTS and TOEFL. & ENGLISHWOMAN STUDY, STUDY, STUDY, STUDY! ARE TIGER PARENTS THE BEST? hat’s the best So, is this method of died tomorrow, I would die kind of parent to child-rearing effective? feeling I’ve lived my whole W be: strict, relaxed, According to the website life at 110 percent. And for demanding, authoritarian, Aha! Parenting, children that, Tiger Mom, thank you.” easy-going? Some think under a controlling parent that Tiger Parents are the may develop psychiatric RRRAAAHHH! most effective. problems such as anxiety, low self-esteem and AMY CHUA QUOTES The term, Tiger Parent, was depression. Also, children “Nothing is fun until you’re coined by Yale law professor from authoritarian families good at it.” “Every day that you don’t Amy Chua in her book Battle may find it more difficult practise is a day you’re getting Hymn of the Tiger Mother to fend for themselves and worse.” (2011). In her memoir, she make friends. Adrienne “My goal as a parent is to describes how she brought Burgess of the Fatherhood prepare you for the future, up her daughters, Lulu and Institute has said, “Intensive not to make you like me.” Sophia. As she explains in parenting is a high-risk Answers on page 44 the book, she prohibited strategy. There’s no GLOSSARY TV after school, wouldn’t warmth, only negativity. authoritarian adj 1 let them have sleepovers A ’good’ child may knuckle someone who is “authoritarian” likes to Pre-reading control everything Use your imagination to think with their schoolmates down, but another child easy-going adj someone who is “easy going” is relaxed about the typical things a strict and filled up their free time won’t.” and doesn’t get annoyed easily parent would do. What kind of with tutorial classes and to coin vb if you “coin” a word or a phrase, you’re the punishments would they give extracurricular activities, In her defence, Amy has first person to say it their kids? What would they do including three hours of said, “Western parents try a memoir n a person's “memoir” is a book about the to ensure their kids did well at music practice a day. to respect their children’s people they have known and things they can remember school? Make notes. individuality, encouraging to bring up phr vb One incident from the book them to pursue their true if you “bring up” children, you educate and care for them 2 Reading I is particularly controversial. passions, supporting their a sleepover n Read or listen to the article In the book, Amy describes choices, and providing if a child has a “sleepover”, he/she stays at a friend’s house for the night once. Were any of your ideas how she gets her daughter to positive reinforcement and a tutorial class n a private class with a teacher. The class is mentioned? learn a piano piece called The a nurturing environment. By often at the student’s house Little White Donkey. However, contrast, the Chinese believe extracurricular activities n things a child does after school: tennis 3 Reading II it isn’t easy, and her daughter that the best way to protect club, chess club, drama club, etc. Read the article again. Then, is having a few problems. their children is by preparing a dollhouse n a little house that children play with answer the questions. Amy tells her daughter that them for the future, letting the Salvation Army n a Christian organisation that helps poor 1. What term did Amy if she doesn’t have the piece them see what they’re people, etc. Chua coin and where? perfect by the following day, capable of, and arming them self-indulgent adj a “self-indulgent” person does things they 2. What did Amy’s kids do she’ll donate her dollhouse with skills, work habits and like or enjoy in their free time? to the Salvation Army. She inner confidence that no one child-rearing n educating and taking care of a child at home 3. What did Amy threaten also threatens her with can ever take away.” self-esteem n your “self-esteem” is how you feel about to do to her daughter’s no lunch, no dinner, no yourself. If you have high “self-esteem”, dollhouse? Christmas presents and So, what do the children of you feel good about yourself to fend for yourself exp 4. According to Aha! no birthday parties for four Tiger Parents think about it? if you can “fend for yourself”, you can look Parenting, what could years. “When she still kept On 17th January 2011, Amy’s after yourself to knuckle down phr vb happen to children playing it wrong, I told her eldest daughter, Sophia, when someone “knuckles down”, they start working or studying very hard under controlling to stop being lazy, cowardly, posted an open letter to her to pursue vb parents? self-indulgent and pathetic,” mother that was published if you “pursue” a dream, you do what you dream about 5. According to Amy, Amy explained. In an attempt in the New York Post. She a nurturing environment n what is the best way to to learn it, they work right said that many of the a warm, caring, loving environment to arm vb protect your children? through dinner and her incidents from the book had if you “arm” someone with something, you give them that thing so they can defend 6. What does Amy’s eldest daughter isn’t allowed to been taken out of context themselves child seem to think get up for water or the and weren’t as bad as they an open letter n a “open letter” is addressed to someone, of the way she was bathroom. Eventually, she sounded. And she ended but it’s published in a newspaper, etc. so brought up? learns the piece. the letter by saying, “If I everyone can read it

26 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Love the magazine? Why not subscribe or get the interactive version from the App Store or Google Play? Objective To improve your listening and reading skills. Audio Think about it When was the last time you went somewhere by plane? How was the trip? Did anything happen during the flight files that made you feel angry? What was it? Have you heard any stories of people geting angry on planes? What happened? Why did they get so angry? Why do you think air rage is such a common phenomenon? Does it happen very often in your country? Download the MP3 audio files for this issue for FREE from our website: www.learnhotenglish.com/mp3s Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as FCE, IELTS and TOEFL. TRACK 16: ENGLISHMAN & US WOMAN I’M SO ANGRY! WHEN THINGS GO WRONG ON A PLANE! hat is it about while we sat at the gate, The case triggered a huge planes that can not moving.” public backlash, which the Wturn a normal, judge said had “damaged the well-adjusted traveller into Christmas dignity of the country”. Cho a complete maniac? Is it A man resigned from all her posts the cramped conditions? on an and publicly apologised for The altitude? The alcohol? American her behaviour. Her father Sometimes, the stupidest Airlines called her “foolish” and said things can become a major flight that he regretted that he incident. threw a fit hadn’t raised her better. after staff Answers on page 44 Saggy wished him Keep calm! trousers a Merry Christmas. The first 1 Pre-reading Green Day greeting by cabin crew was GLOSSARY How do you think the singer on his arrival at the airport a maniac n following things could get Billie Joe gate. The passenger, who a crazy, insane person cramped adj someone into trouble on a Armstrong was travelling from Dallas if conditions are “cramped”, there are flight, or make them angry? was banned to New York, responded by many people in a very small space to ban vb saggy trousers from a shouting at the gate agent, to prohibit. To say that people can’t do Southwest him for using a something telling off to sag vb an online game Airlines flight because his greeting when “not everyone if your trousers “sag”, they hang down trousers were sagging too celebrates Christmas”. The lower around your hips a Christmas greeting to refuse to comply exp low. An employee of the situation got worse on board if you “refuse to comply”, you don’t do what someone tells you to do a bag of nuts airline reportedly asked the the flight. A second cheery to lead off exp star to pull his trousers up, if someone is “led off” a plane (for “Merry Christmas” from example), they are taken off, often with 2 Reading I but he refused to comply, cabin crew caused the man to someone holding onto them to kick off phr vb Read or listen to the article Eventually, Armstrong was fly into a violent rage. He was if you “kick someone off” a plane (for once to compare your ideas led off the flight. He later later removed from the flight. example), you force them to leave the plane from the Pre-reading activity. tweeted, “Just got kicked off As he was being led off, the pants n US a Southwest flight because an American English word for “trousers” – other passengers reportedly clothing you wear over your legs 3 Reading II my pants sagged too low!” clapped and cheered. take-off n the moment when the plane leaves the Read the article again. Then, The airline later apologised ground and goes up into the air write the name of a person and offered to book him on Nuts to escort off phr vb if you “escort someone off” a plane (for (Billie, Alec, man on AA flight, another flight. A Korean example), you take them off the plane to ream out phr vb informal Cho) next to each statement. Air if you “ream someone out”, you get angry He/She… Words executive with them and shout at them or tell them what they should or shouldn't do 1. …refused to stop with was given the gate n playing a game. Friends a one-year a place where passengers leave the airport and get onto their plane 2. …hit a member of the In 2011, prison to throw a fit exp cabin crew. actor Alec if someone “throws a fit”, they become sentence extremely angry and out of control 3. …was asked to pull up Baldwin for an to tell off phr vb if you “tell someone off”, you get angry his trousers. was thrown incident on board a flight. with them and tell them what they should 4. …was sent to prison off an Cho Hyun-ah had a tantrum or shouldn’t do to fly into a violent rage exp as a result of her American after she was served some if someone “flies into a violent rage”, they behaviour. Airlines plane after he Macadamia nuts in a bag. become extremely angry and out of control a tantrum n 5. …was travelling to New refused to stop playing the She was reportedly furious if someone has a “tantrum”, they get angry the CEO abbr York. game Words with Friends. because the crew had failed the Chief Executive Officer – the most 6. …was offered a seat on The star reportedly started to follow airline procedures by important person in an organisation to kneel down phr vb another flight. screaming and shouting not serving the nuts in a dish. to go onto your knees – the joint in the 7. …was removed from after being told to turn the middle of your legs Cho, whose father is CEO of to taxi vb the flight, which game off duringtake-off . the airline, then forced the when a plane is “taxiing”, it’s moving on the ground seemed to please the He was eventually escorted chief flight attendant, Park to trigger vb other passengers. off the flight at Los Angeles. Chang-jin, to kneel down and if A “triggers” B, A causes B to happen a backlash n 8. …posted a Tweet about He later tweeted, “Flight hit him with a service manual. if there’s a “backlash”, there’s a reaction the incident which attendant on American against something She then ordered him off to regret vb included abbreviated [Airlines] reamed me out 4 the flight, forcing the taxiing if you “regret” something you did in the forms of words. playing WORDS W FRIENDS plane to return to the gate. past, you feel bad about that thing

For company classes or private tuition, contact: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 27 Objective To improve your listening skills. Think about it When was the last time something annoying or embarrassing happened to you? What was it? Where were you? Why was it so annoying or embarrassing? Have you ever been mistaken for someone else? Who? When? Where? Have you ever walked into a toilet that was occupied? What happened? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as FCE, IELTS and TOEFL TRACK 17: ENGLISHMAN & ENGLISHWOMAN DO YOU LIKE MY PANTS?

REALLY ANNOYING THINGS as anything didn’t say anything and just end. I must have been in annoying happened smiled. Creepy! [Bob, 25] there for about 10 minutes, H to you lately? splashing her perfume What was it? We asked a I hate it when you fall down around and just wishing the few people to tell us about in public. I was leaving my world would swallow me their experiences. Do you apartment the other day and up. Eventually, I conjured recognise any of these had a pair of white jeans up enough courage to open situations? on. It had been raining the door and I shuffled out and I slipped and fell just sheepishly. She was very Answers on page 44 I hate it when you go to give near the entrance to the nice about it and didn’t someone a hug and they building where I live. The say anything, but it was so 1 Pre-reading just hold out their hand; wet ground left a big brown embarrassing. [Gordon, 42] What annoying or or when you say hello to mark on my backside. It was embarrassing things can someone you think you so embarrassing as there GLOSSARY happen in the following places: know and they don’t say was a group of boys sitting a hug n the street, a home, a shop, anything back. [Ben, 27] just outside. I was in a rush if you give someone a “hug”, you put your work, a hotel, a train, etc.? so there was no time to go arms around them and hold them tightly to get the wrong end of the stick exp It’s really annoying when back to change. They asked if you “get the wrong end of the stick”, you 2 don’t understand a situation properly Reading I people get the wrong end if I was all right, but I could to peer in phr vb Read or listen to the article of the stick and don’t give hear them laughing as I left. if you “peer in” to a room (for example), you look into it once. Were any of your ideas you a chance to explain [Jessica, 26] a mother-in-law n mentioned? yourself. I was looking out the mother of your wife or husband creepy adj of my bedroom window the I hate it when you need to something “creepy” makes you feel nervous 3 or frightened Reading II other day to see what the go to the toilet at a really to slip vb Read the article again. Then, weather was like when this awkward time. I was at a if you “slip”, you fall – often because you’ve stepped on something such as ice answer the questions. guy in the house in front girlfriend’s house once. a backside n 1. Who ignored Ben when suddenly noticed, and pulled We’d only been out a the part of your body that you sit on in a rush exp he greeted them? shut his bedroom curtains. couple of times and I didn’t if you’re “in a rush”, you need to go somewhere quickly 2. What was Bridget He probably thought I was know her very well, but I keen adj worried that the man trying to peer in as he was was definitely interested. if you’re “keen” on something, you like that thing very much would think? getting changed. I saw him Anyway, we were chatting a tap n 3. Who did someone on the street later and said in the living room when I a metal object you turn or press so that water comes out mistake Bob’s mother- hello, but he just ignored got this terrible pain in my to flush vb if you “flush” a toilet, you press a button so in-law for? me. [Bridget, 28] stomach – it must have water goes into a toilet to clean it 4. What did the man who been something I’d eaten. a rear end n your “rear end” is your bottom – the part of was sitting on the toilet I was in a clothes shop with I was really keen to avoid your body that you sit on do when Bob opened my mother-in-law and the going to the toilet as the to swallow you up exp if you want the world to “swallow you up”, the door? kids the other day when bathroom was right next to you want to disappear because you’re embarrassed. Literally, if you “swallow” 5. Why was Jessica so someone asked us how long the living room, and it was something, it goes from your mouth to embarrassed when she we’d been married. Grrr! only separated by a very your stomach to conjure up phr vb fell down? Oh, and I hate it when you thin wall. But in the end, I if you “conjure up” enough courage to do 6. Why didn’t Gordon go to the toilet and open the just had to go. Once inside, something, you find the courage to do it to shuffle vb want to go to the door and there’s someone I turned on the tap and if you “shuffle” somewhere, you walk there without lifting your feet properly off the toilet in his girlfriend’s there. That happened to me flushed the toilet several ground house? a few days ago. I opened the times but nothing could sheepishly adv if you do something “sheepishly”, you 7. What did he do to try door and there was a man cover the explosive sounds appear to be embarrassed because you’ve to mask the sounds? sitting there. Curiously, he that came out of my rear done something silly, etc.

28 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Love the magazine? Why not subscribe at our shop (www.learnhotenglish.com), Google Play or the App Store and enjoy some big discounts! VOCABULARY CLINIC Here are some useful words and expressions for negotiating DISCUSSING A DEAL or discussing a business deal.

Ultimatum To compromise Mutual

If you give someone an “ultimatum”, you tell them that something bad If something could happen if If you “compromise” on is of “mutual” they don't do what something, you accept a lower benefit, both you want. price or accept something sides gain “They gave us an of a lower standard than you something ultimatum: either originally wanted. positive from it. we agree to their “We were willing to compromise on “The agreement demands, or they'll price if they could agree to a 5-year was to our mutual withdraw their offer. guarantee for the products.” benefit.”

Unrealistic Deal Leverage

Something “unrealistic” isn't If you’ve got a lot of “leverage”, you possible, workable or practical. have a lot of power. “It’s unrealistic to think that they’ll agree to A business agreement. “We don’t have much leverage, so we should all our demands.” “We finally managed to reach a deal.” probably just accept what they’re offering.”

Finer details Give in / yield Discount

If you “give in” to someone’s demands, The small, minor you agree to details. them. “We need to go over “They refused A reduction in the price. the proposal so we're to give in to our familiar with all the demands for a “They finally agreed to give us a discount finer details.” lower price.” after months of negotiating.”

Estimate Supplier

An approximate calculation of the cost of something. A person or company that provides a “Could you send us service, or that sells you goods, etc. through the estimate by the end of the week, “We'll have to find a new supplier as our current one please?” is just too expensive.”

FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 29 Objective To improve your listening skills. Audio files Think about it When was the last time you had an argument with someone? What were you arguing about? Why were you arguing about it? What was your point of view? Who were you arguing with? How heated did the Download the MP3 audio files for argument get? What did you say? What did other person/people say? What happened in the end? this issue for FREE from our website: www.learnhotenglish.com/mp3s Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as FCE, IELTS and TOEFL. TRACK 18: ENGLISHMAN COMMENT HERE

COFFEE GOOD BREAK? IDEA!

Answers on page 44 1 Pre-listening What expressions can you use to counter an argument? Note! Don’t read the Make notes. For example: audio script until I don’t think... you’ve completed I don’t believe that... the exercises and Audio script activities. 2 Listening I You’re going to listen to someone putting forward arguments against the introduction of a tram network How to counter in the city centre. What do you think the speaker might say about this? Make notes. Then, listen once to compare your an argument ideas. For example: I’m firmly against plans to build a tram and roads. In fact, with the tram network, It’s going to be very network in the city centre. Not only will there’ll be less space for road traffic, expensive. this put a severe strain on our financial so whatever gains we make on the one situation, there’s also little evidence that side will be cancelled out by the reduced 3 Listening II it’ll bring in any benefits. For example, number of vehicles coming into the city. On Listen again. Then, put the the tram lobbyists claim that it could top of that, trams are potentially dangerous expressions the speaker uses regenerate the city centre. That may be the for cyclists, and this could have an effect in the correct order. case in some cities, but studies in other on our efforts to promote cycling and build They also claim cities have shown that the opposite can more cycle lanes. Finally, at a time when that... happen. They also claim that we’ll be able we’re supposed to be cutting back, we can’t For example,... to recover our investment costs within 10 really justify spending this much money That may be the years. I’m afraid that simply isn’t true. The on a scheme with very few case in... fact is it all depends on how much private benefits. In fact, with the... investment we secure. So far, there has Unless we can find I’m afraid that... been little interest in the scheme from some way of funding Finally,... private investors; and unless we get at least this with 100% I’m firmly against... 1 75% of the investment money from private private capital, On top of that,... firms, we won’t be able to build it. However, I’d say However, my biggest my biggest concern is whether we actually it’s out concern is... need a tram network. We already have an of the Not only... also... excellent transport system with our buses question. Tram

LOTS OF FREE CONTENT WHEN YOU FOLLOW US ON TWITTER! www.twitter.com/LearnHotEnglish

30 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Want to do an internship with Hot English? For more information, e-mail: [email protected] Put on ice

Over 150 useful idioms + audio files. For more information, USEFUL IDIOMS Learn more! Get an idioms booklet! visit: products.learnhotenglish.com/idioms-booklet-2 FOOD-PEOPLE IDIOMS

Here are some more food-related idioms that are used to describe people.

Bad apple / rotten apple Small fry

The one bad person among a group of people who are mostly good. “There’s always the Someone who isn’t important. occasional rotten apple in “So far, the police have only arrested every organisation.” the small fry. The leaders are still free.”

Couch potato As nice as pie

If someone is “as nice as pie”, they appear to be very nice and charming. “She can be A lazy person who spends most of their free time on the as nice as pie, sofa, watching TV, playing videogames, etc. but I wouldn’t “He’s turned into a bit of a couch potato since he passed his exams.” trust her!”

Like chalk and cheese Like two peas in a pod

If two people are like “chalk and cheese”, they’re completely different. “I can’t understand how they’ve managed to stay If two people are like “two peas together for so in a pod”, they’re very similar. long – they’re like “They were like two peas in a pod – chalk and cheese.” they liked exactly the same things.”

Egghead Play gooseberry

If you “play gooseberry”, you A person who go with two other studies a lot and people who are in who isn’t often good a relationship. So, in social situations. you’re like the third, “People thought of him unwanted person. as a bit of an egghead “I don’t really want to because he spent most go to the pub with them of his free time reading – I’d just feel I was or studying.” playing gooseberry.”

Learn more! Get an idioms booklet! 300 useful idioms + audio files. For more information, visit:www.learnhotenglish.com / 31 MUSIC… IN ENGLISH TRACK 19: Songs ENGLISHMAN & from the US WOMAN

‘70s By Sarah Asch here were lots of hit songs in the meanings T 1970s. Here are a few of them. In a tree by the brook, there’s a songbird who sings Sometimes all of our thoughts are misgiven. American Pie by Don McLean Sweet Home Alabama Don McLean (born 2nd by Lynyrd Skynyrd October 1945) is an Lynyrd Skynyrd were a American folk rock singer- Southern Rock band. songwriter. His song They played a mixture American Pie is about a fatal plane crash of rock and roll, country that caused the deaths of three famous and blues. Tragically, three members of musicians: Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and the band died in an airplane crash in 1977. the Big Bopper. Sweet Home Alabama has a number of references to political figures and events, Song extract: including “Watergate” – a scandal involving But I knew I was out of luck, the day the music died, President Richard Nixon. I started singing, bye, bye, Miss American Pie, Drove my Chevy to the Levy but the Levy was dry, Song extract: Them good old boys were drinking whisky and rye, In Birmingham they love the Governor GLOSSARY Singing this will be the day that I die, (boo, boo, boo), fatal adj This will be the day that I die. Now we all did what we could do, a “fatal” accident involves the death of someone Now Watergate does not bother me, Miss American Pie exp Staying Alive Does your conscience bother you? some people think this is referring to the “American dream” – so it’s saying by the Bee Gees Tell the truth. goodbye to the American dream The Bee Gees were an a chevy n a type of American car – a Chevrolet English band formed in Play That Funky a levee n (written Levy in the song) an area of raised ground next to a river. 1958 by three brothers: Music by Wild Cherry It’s designed to stop the water coming Barry, Robin and Maurice Wild Cherry was an out to kick around phr vb Gibb. Stayin’ Alive was written for the 1977 American funk rock band. if something is “kicking around”, it’s lying film Saturday Night Fever, which starred Lead singer Rob Parissi in an area or on the floor to look the other way exp John Travolta. was raised in the town of if you “look the other way” when something is happening, you ignore that thing Mingo Junction, Ohio. The band’s name the devil n Song extract: “Wild Cherry” was apparently taken from the evil person with a red face and horns who lives in hell Well, you can tell by the way I use my walk, a brand of cough medicine that Rob took a brook n I’m a woman’s man: no time to talk, when he was sick once. a small river a songbird n Music loud and women warm, a bird that sings misgiven adj I’ve been kicked around since I was born, Song extract: if something is “misgiven”, it makes you And now it’s all right, it’s okay, Yeah, once I was a boogie singer, feel suspicious or concerned Southern Rock n And you may look the other way, Playin’ in a rock and roll band, a type of music from the southern states We can try to understand, I never had no problems, yeah, of the United States. It’s a mixture of rock and roll, blues, country, etc. The New York Times’ effect on man. Burning down the one-night stands, Watergate n a political scandal that involved spying on And everything around me, yeah, the Democratic Party headquarters Stairway to Heaven Got to stop to feeling so low. to bother vb if something “bothers” you, it annoys you by Led Zeppelin or makes you feel angry Led Zeppelin were an a conscience n September your “conscience” is the part of your mind English rock band formed by Earth Wind and Fire that tells you if what you’re doing is right or wrong in London in 1968. The Earth, Wind & Fire are a cough n group consisted of guitarist an American band. Their if you’ve got a “cough”, your throat (the part of your body that goes from your Jimmy Page, singer Robert Plant, bassist and musical influences include mouth to your stomach) hurts keyboardist John Paul Jones and drummer R&B, soul, funk, jazz, boogie n when you “boogie”, you dance to fast pop John Bonham. Their fourth album, Led disco, pop, rock, Latin and African music. music to burn down phr vb Zeppelin IV (1971), features the track The band was founded in 1969 in Chicago if you “burn something down”, you destroy Stairway to Heaven, which is one of the most by Maurice White, who died in February it with fire. In this case, it probably means to do something with passion famous rock songs ever written. There are 2016. One of their most famous songs is a one-night stand n rumours that if you play the song backwards, September, which was released in 1971. if you have a “one-night stand”, you have sexual relations with someone but only you can hear a message from the devil. for one night a pretender n Song extract: a “pretender” to a position is someone Song extract: Do you remember the 21st night of September? who claims the right to that position to chase away phr vb There’s a sign on the wall but she wants to be sure Love was changing the minds of pretenders, if you “chase someone away”, you make ’Cause you know sometimes words have two While chasing the clouds away. them leave a place quickly

32 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Looking for a quality English-language course abroad? Contact: [email protected] WHAT AN EXCITING GAME! Answers on page 44 1 Equipment Match each object with its corresponding picture. 1. Cricket bat How 2. Ball 3. Team to play 4. Field 5. Bails 6. Stumps 7. Wicket 8. Batsman 9. Fielder ricket is England’s Both the stumps and the then the player from team summer sport. bails are known as the B must run from one end cricket!CThe rules are very wicket. OK so far? of the pitch to the other. complicated, but obviously Each time he or she does a not so complicated that an Once the game starts, the this it’s called a “run”. English person can’t learn two teams take turns to them. Basically, there are bat. Batting consists of Meanwhile, the players in two teams of eleven trying to hit the ball with the field must try to catch b c players each. the bat (logically). While the ball or stop the other one team is batting, the player from running The game is played on other team is fielding, from one end of the pitch a grass field. At the centre which consists of standing to the other. The team that of the field, there is an area in the field trying to catch scores the most runs wins. d e of very flat grass called the the ball. Simple! Now try it for pitch, which is about 20 yourself. metres long and 3 metres So, what happens during wide. a game? Basically, a Game of cricket, anyone? player from team A bowls f g At one end of the pitch (throws) the ball to a player GLOSSARY there are three wooden from team B. The player grass n a green plant that grows on the ground sticks called stumps. And from team B, with a bat in to swing vb to move something from one side to on the top of these three his/her hand, swings the another in a smooth movement stumps there are two small bat and attempts to hit the to attempt vb h i pieces of wood called bails. ball. If the ball goes far, to try Skype / telephone English courses Really improve your English speaking, confidence and comprehension! Learn when and where you want! Native English teachers! Fantastic material! Classes from only €9 + materials! www.telephone-english.com

Improve your spoken English with our fantastic Skype/Telephone classes. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 33 LOOK, NO HANDS.

MARADONA Diego Armando Maradona was born on 30th October 1960 in Villa Fiorito, Argentina. He played in four World Cups and received the FIFA award for Player of the Century (people’s choice) after an international internet poll. He has also played for Boca Juniors, Barcelona and Napoli over the course of his career. Maradona was suspended for 15 months in 1991 after failing a dope test for cocaine.

“HAND OF GOD” TRIVIA During a televised interview with Maradona in 2006, Lineker said (in reference to The the goal), “Personally, I blame the referee and the linesman, not you.” England’s victory against Argentina in the 2002 World Cup was celebrated with T-shirts of displaying the result and the God phrase “Look, no hands!” ForHand many English people, it is one of the most shameful incidents in the history of football. There’s a bar in Scotland For Argentinian supporters, it is seen as one of their greatest moments. So, what happened? called The Hand of God Sports Bar in tribute to Maradona. he incident in question has become scored (Gary Lineker) in the 81st minute, but Scotland and England are known as the “Hand of God goal”. It Argentina won the match 2–1. well known for their football all happened during a quarter-final, rivalry. Bar staff wear T Argentina football strips, and World-Cup match in Mexico City between Immediately after the game, Maradona the bar has pictures of the goal England and Argentina in 1986. Argentina claimed that the goal was a combination on the walls. eventually won the game 2–1, but the match of his head and “la mano de Dios” (God’s was full of controversy. hand), creating one of the most famous In Argentina, Maradona’s “Goal of the Century” is quotes in sport. But video and photographic known as “The Cosmic Kite”. At the time, tensions between England evidence demonstrated that he had and Argentina were high because of the hit the ball with his hand. Later, in his Falklands War (La Guerra de las Malvinas), autobiography, Maradona admitted that the GLOSSARY which had taken place just four years earlier. ball came off his hand. “Now I feel I am shameful adj if you describe someone’s behaviour as Six minutes into the second half of the able to say what I couldn’t then. At the time “shameful”, you think it's very bad game, the score between the two teams I called it ‘the hand of God’. What hand of a lobbed ball n a ball that has been thrown high into the was 0–0. Suddenly, Argentinian Diego God? It was the hand of Diego!” air handball n Maradona chased a lobbed ball into the touching the ball with your hand, which penalty area. Once there, he was confronted Over the years, Diego Maradona has often is “illegal” in football (unless you’re the goal keeper) by England goalkeeper Peter Shilton. Shilton taunted England over his “hand of God” to allow a goal exp had a considerable height advantage (he's goal. In 2007, during a television show to permit a goal; to say that a goal is legal to taunt vb 185 cm tall), and he was a clear favourite to hosted by Venezuela’s president Hugo to say unkind or insulting things to someone in order to make them angry beat Maradona (who is only 165cm tall) to Chávez, Maradona admitted that he had to cheat vb the ball. However, Maradona reached cheated in the 1986 World to do “illegal” things in a game so you can win that game for the ball with his left hand, and Cup quarter final. “The to grab vb it went into the goal. The referee goalkeeper had the advantage to take suddenly and quickly with your hands (Tunisian Ali Bin Nasser) didn’t of grabbing with his hands. to stick out phr vb if you “stick your hand out”, you extend see the handball and allowed the It was too high for me your hand so it is far from your body goal. The Argentine players and so I stuck out my fist,” a fist n a closed hand fans celebrated. The English Maradona said. a dope test n players protested. a test to see if you have been consuming drugs During the show, Chávez to blame vb to say that someone is responsible for Two minutes later, Maradona welcomed the footballer as something bad scored another goal, running Argentina’s “golden boy” rivalry n if there is a lot of “rivalry” between past five English players, and an ally in the fight against two countries (for example), those two including the goalkeeper, Shilton. “imperialism”. countries are in competition a strip n This goal was later voted as the a shirt and shorts with the colours that Goal of the Century. England Go, Diego, go! represent a country’s football team

34 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great private language classes, e-mail: [email protected] Objective To improve your advanced listening skills by listening to several speakers chatting in an informal setting. Think about it What are some of your favourite traditional holidays or festivals? When was the last time you celebrated a traditional holiday? What was it? What did you do? Who were you with? What did you eat? What are some of the typical holidays in your country? When are they celebrated? What do people typically eat during these holidays? TRACK 20: ENGLISH ACCENTS WHICH HOLIDAY ARE WE CELEBRATING?

GROUP TALK WHAT’S YOUR FAVOURITE HOLIDAY OR FESTIVAL? Answers on page 44 Audio script 1 Listening I Mary: So yeah, Easter’s coming Mary: Yes. On Easter Sunday. Chris: Yeah, it’s delicious. You’re going to listen to up. This is one of my Fantastic. Lynn: I think we should have that some people talking about definitely favorite holidays. Chris: I think it’s nice when, yeah, all year. I don’t know why their favourite traditional Chris: Oh, really? Where are you in holidays when you do we can only have it in the, holidays. Look at the list going for Easter? stuff together, isn’t it? Like in the fall because it’s so of holidays below. What Mary: Erm, well, erm yeah I’m sure at Christmas when you good. do you know about them? I’ll go to Poland again. make decorations or you Chris: Do you have that with What happens in them? Chris: Oh, have you got family do the cards, the Christmas cream or ice cream or What type of food is typically there? cards and then send them. something? eaten? etc. Make notes. Mary: Yeah, my hometown. And Mary: Yes. Yes, yes, yes, definitely, Lynn: I like to have it with ice Then, listen once. Which I love the tradition of definitely. But for me, yeah, cream, erm, cos then you holidays are mentioned in painting eggs. Easter, Easter tradition is have apple pie as well the conversation? Chris: Ah! the best. which it all goes well with Mary: We sit down at a table with Lynn: I think my favourite holiday vanilla ice cream, so… Diwali Christmas our whole family and we transition in the US is for Chris: Do you eat the pumpkin Easter New Year take a hardboiled egg, we Thanksgiving. I don’t even pie… is that warm? Or is it take some paints, and we know if it’s a tans… trad… cold? Chinese New Year start, you know, letting our sorry. I don’t even know it’s a Lynn: Erm, I think it kind of Thanksgiving Hannukah imagination go wild and we tradition that everybody has, depends. You can eat it just paint our eggs. but in my family my sisters warm but by the time you Eid St Valentine’s Day Chris: Oh, nice. So you actually… and I we all set the table get to dessert, it’s probably the egg’s actually inside with leaves and [oh, that’s been in the fridge for quite 2 Listening II it? Because I think some nice] other fall…because it’s a while. Listen again. Then, answer people take the egg out. like a fall holiday – it’s at the Chris: Yeah, yeah. the questions. Mary: No, no, they are hard end of November so, like Mary: And what about sweet 1. What does one of the boiled eggs, so we paint orange things. potato pie? Is that quite speakers like about them on the outside. We Mary: Like on the side of a popular? Easter? paint the shells. napkin, pretty much right? Lynn: Yeah, that actually usually in 2. What does another Chris: Oh, that’s nice. Lynn: Yeah. my family we eat that with one of the speakers Mary: Oh, it’s fantastic. Mary: Like a decoration. dinner. It’s not, even though like about Christmas? Chris: And what sort of… can you Chris: What do you… What do you it is sweet, it’s not, like, a 3. What does one of the do any sort of pattern you eat? dessert food. Because you speakers like to do at want? Lynn: Turkey. My mum hates it have the yams mashed with Thanksgiving? Mary: You can do whatever because she thinks it’s too marshmallows on top. So, 4. Why doesn’t her mum you like. Whatever your dry but I like it. You have it is, it is quite sweet, but it like the traditional imagination tells you. And turkey and gravy and you goes with dinner. turkey dinner? then, of course, they have have mashed potatoes and Mary: OK, that’s different. 5. What’s Lynn's to dry and then we eat erm cranberry sauce, and Chris: I’m hungry. favourite food for this them the next day. then of course my personal Mary: Yeah, yeah let’s eat now. holiday? What does Chris: Oh, you eat them as well? favourite is pumpkin pie. [fades out] she eat it with? 6. What other type of pie Top tip: how to listen do they eat? Do they The most important thing to remember when listening to a conversation is that you won’t understand every word. So, you should only listen out for the key words – the most important words in the conversation: the have it as a dessert or nouns, verbs, adjectives, etc. Then, you can use your intuition to guess what the people are saying – just as with the main meal? you do in your own language. Knowing the context and topic of the conversation will help with this.

Learn more! Get an idioms booklet! 300 useful idioms + audio files. For more information, visit:www.learnhotenglish.com / 35 Objective To improve your listening and reading skills. Think about it When was the last time you went to the countryside? Where did you go? Who did you go with? What did you see there? What was the weather like? What do you like about the countryside? What do you dislike about it? Would you like to live in the country Why? Why not? What do you like about the city? What don't you like about the city? TRACK 21: ENGLISH ACCENTS

Free lessons to improve SLANG CONVERSATION Learn Hot English your English, and articles Blog! on learning English! blog.learnhotenglish.com IN THE COUNTRY Teacher Peter Reeve has taken a group of inner-city teenagers on a first trip to the countryside. One of the teenagers, Stan, is having problems. Listen once. What does Stan hate about the countryside? What does Peter like about it? Then, listen again and try to guess the meaning of the following slang expressions Warning Many of the words and (also marked in bold in the text). Write out a version of them in more Standard English: expressions from this section are used in informal HOLY situations. So, be careful COW! how you use them yourself!

Dialogue Stan: Can we have a rest? I’m knackered. Peter: [pointing to a hill] Come on, we need to get to the top of that hill. Stan: Bloody hell! That’s well far, innit? Peter: The walk will do you good! Stan: I’m starving. Is there a McDonald’s round here or something? Peter: I’ve got an apple if you want. Stan: An apple? Can’t I have one of those sarnies you packed? [suddenly noticing a cow] Bloody hell! What's that? Peter: A cow. Slang expression Translation Stan: For real? I ain’t never seen one of them. It’s well big. Oh, gross, it’s pissing on the grass. 1 Knackered Peter: That’s where you get the meat for your McDonald’s 2 Bloody hell hamburgers from, and the milk you drink. Stan: Milk comes in cartons, innit? 3 Innit? Peter: No, it comes from a cow. Stan: That’s disgusting. I ain’t never drinkin’ milk again. 4 I’m starving Hey, my iPhone ain’t working. 5 A sarnie Peter: There isn’t any coverage up here. It’s nice to have a day without any electronic devices. 6 I ain’t Stan: That’s well lame. I need to see what me mates are up to? The countryside is crap: no McDonald’s, 7 Gross no mates, no phone coverage... 8 To piss (rude) Peter: But there’s lots of fresh air. Stan: It smells like shit to me. 9 That’s well lame Peter: And it’s nice and quiet. Stan: Those birds are making a bloody racket. Hey, 10 A mate I’m busting for the loo. Where are the toilets? 11 Crap (rude) Peter: There’s a tree over there. Stan: I need to do a number two. 12 Shit (rude) Peter: You’ll have to dig a hole. I’ve got a shovel. Stan: This is well crap. What about toilet paper? 13 A racket Peter: Use some leaves, or grass. 14 I’m busting for the loo (also, Stan: You’ve got to be kidding. I wanna go home! bursting) Peter: Well, you can’t. Come on, you wimp. I’m going. 15 You’ve got to be kidding Let’s get to the top of that hill, then have lunch. Stan: Hey, don’t leave me here. That cow’s giving me funny 16 You wimp looks. Hey, wait for me. Help! Help! Help! [moo]

36 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great private language classes, e-mail: [email protected] Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it What pets did you have as a child? What pets have you had in life? What pets would you like to have? What are the pros and cons of having a pet? Do you think it’s cruel to have a pet? Why? Why not?

Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as CAE, IELTS and TOEFL. TRACK 22: ENGLISHMAN & SCOTSWOMAN WHO’S A LUCKY BOY, THEN? FAMOUS PEOPLE AND THEIR PETS! ogs. Cats. Rabbits. rooster and several dogs. the clock striking twelve, he Hamsters. Almost When he was serving in the appeared slightly agitated, D everyone’s had a army, stationed in Germany, but soon recovered, walking pet at some time in their he kept a poodle called twice or thrice along the lives. But what about famous "Champagne”. Later on, his coach-house, stopped to people? What type of pet collection at Graceland bark, staggered, exclaimed Answers on page 44 pets do they have? Here are included spider monkeys, ‘Halloa old girl’ (his favourite three well-known people chickens, pigs, donkeys, expression) and died,” 1 Pre-reading and their pets. goats, turkeys, horses and Dickens explained. “He Write the name of an animal a Great Pyrenees dog called behaved throughout with a from below next to each Johnny "Muffin”. For a while, he decent fortitude, equanimity famous person (1 to 8) Depp even had a peacock, but the and self-possession, according to the pets they had. Johnny bird damaged visitors’ cars, which cannot be too much Depp so he gave it away. He also admired... The children seem pot bellied pig chimpanzee owns two owned Mynah birds, one rather glad of it. He bit their Capuchin monkey tiger Yorkshire of which could say, "Elvis! ankles. But that was play.” terriers called Pistol and Go to hell!”However, his wolf-dog hybrid anteater Boo. Incredibly, they were most famous pet was a How cute! Yorkshire terrier raven once sentenced to death. In chimpanzee called "Scatter”. 2015, Johnny Depp was in Elvis would carry Scatter on GLOSSARY 1. Elvis Presley Australia filming a Pirates his shoulder and often took to sentence to death exp if someone is “sentenced to death”, they 2. Johnny Depp of the Caribbean movie. him to Hollywood when he will be executed (killed) by the state quarantine n 3. Charles Dickens Days earlier, he’d arrived by was filming movies there in if an animal is in “quarantine”, it's kept 4. George Clooney private jet accompanied by the 1960s. Scatter liked to separate from other animals to check that it doesn’t have a disease 5. Mike Tyson his partner, Amber Heard, wear clothes, drink whiskey customs n 6. Salvador Dali and the two dogs. Australia and tear up rooms. He also the place in an airport (for example) where you declare what goods you’ve 7. Kristen Stewart has strict quarantine laws, enjoyed pulling up women's brought with you. Sometimes, you have to open your bag for customs officials 8. Justin Bieber and Johnny hadn’t declared dresses – something he a pet grooming parlour n the dogs at customs. They might have learnt from a place where dogs have their hair cut, etc. to euthanise vb 2 Reading I were discovered when a his master! if an animal is “euthanised”, it is killed Read the article once. Which picture was posted on to bugger off phr vb vulgar if you tell someone to “bugger off”, you're of the three paragraphs is your Facebook of the dogs at Charles telling them to go away tough-talking adj favourite? Why? a pet grooming parlour. Dickens a “tough-talking” person speaks in a The Australian Minister of British confident, strong way to station vb 3 Reading II Agriculture, Barnaby Joyce, author if a soldier is “stationed” somewhere, they’re Read the article again. Then, threatened to euthanise the Charles sent there as part of their job in the army Graceland n answer the questions. animals if they weren’t taken Dickens the large house in Memphis (Tennessee) where Elvis lived from his early 20s until 1. Why were Johnny out of the country within had a pet raven called Grip. his death in 1977 Depp’s dogs sentenced 50 hours. “It’s time that The bird appeared as a a Mynah bird n a type of black bird from Asia that’s good to death? Pistol and Boo buggered character in the author’s at copying the way people speak 2. How were they off to the United States,” fifth novel, Barnaby Rudge, to tear up phr vb if you “tear something up”, you break it or discovered? the tough-talking minister and is also said to have destroy it heartbroken adj 3. Why did Elvis get rid of said. Fortunately, Johnny been the inspiration for if you’re “heartbroken”, you’re very sad his pet peacock? was able to get them out in Edgar Allan Poe’s poem The agitated adj nervous 4. What could one of Elvis’ time. Joyce celebrated the Raven (which was published thrice adj Old English birds say? news with a two-word Tweet, in 1845). The bird also three times a coach-house n 5. What were some of “Dogs gone!” appeared in a painting by a small building originally used for a coach (a vehicle with four wheels which Scatter’s favourite French artist Paul Gauguin was pulled by horses) pastimes? Elvis called Nevermore. Dickens to stagger vb if you “stagger”, you walk very unsteadily, 6. Which works of art Presley was heartbroken when Grip often because you’re sick, ill or drunk was Dickens’ pet the American died in February 1841. He fortitude n someone who shows “fortitude” is brave, inspiration for? singer Elvis believed it could have been calm and strong equanimity n 7. What did Dickens’ pet Presley a result of the bird having someone with “equanimity” is calm and bird die of? had a drunk some paint. Dickens doesn’t become angry or upset self-possession n 8. Why didn’t Dickens’ number of pets during his wrote a letter to a friend someone with “self-possession” is calm children like the raven? life. As a child he had a pet about the raven’s death, “On and confident

FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 37 Objective To improve your reading and listening skills. Think about it Have you persuaded someone to do something lately? What was it? Has anyone persuaded you to do anything lately? What was it? What are some of your tricks for persuading people to do things? Have you ever been persuaded to do something that turned out to be a disaster? What was it? How did you feel about it? TRACK 23: ENGLISHMAN Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as CAE, IELTS and TOEFL. & ENGLISHWOMAN

HOW TO PERSUADE SOMEONE TO DO SOMETHING! hat’s the best instead of air conditioning, and doorknob studies way to persuade but they gave different has said, “People don't Wsomeone to do reasons for doing so. Some recognise how powerful something? Simple! Just tell residents learned they the pull of the crowd them that everyone else is could save $54 a month is on them… However, doing it. At least that’s what on their utility bill. Others, we can move people to scientists and psychologists that they could prevent environmentally friendly seem to have found out in the release of about 120 behaviour by simply telling Answers on page 44 these three experiments. kilos of greenhouse gases them what those around per month. A third group them are doing.” 1 Pre-reading Hotel towels was told it was the socially How would you persuade One study involved trying responsible thing to do. Very clever! someone to do the following to get hotel guests to reuse And a fourth group was things? Make notes. their towels. Two different informed that 77% of their YES!: 50 SCIENTIFICALLY To reuse their hotel placards were left in hotel neighbors already used fans PROVEN WAYS TO BE towel. bathrooms over a three- instead of air conditioning. PERSUASIVE To use a fan instead of month period. Some hotel Later, data showed that For more information on air conditioning. rooms had the following those people who had persuasion techniques, read To pay their taxes before message on them, “Help received the "everyone's Yes!: 50 the deadline. save the environment doing it" message reduced Scientifically – show your respect for their energy consumption by Proven Ways 2 Reading I nature by reusing towels.” 10%, while no other group to Be Persuasive by Noah J. Read or listen to the article once Others read, "Join your reduced energy use by more Goldstein Ph.D, to compare your ideas from the fellow guests in helping than 3%. Steve J. Martin Pre-reading activity. to save the environment – and Robert B. please reuse your towel.” Tax Cialdini. 3 Reading II The results showed that In an attempt to get people Read the article again. Then, those who had the second to pay their tax bills in time, answer the questions. placard were 25% more HMRC (the British tax GLOSSARY 1. Of the two messages in likely to reuse their towels. authority) sent out different to reuse vb to use again the hotel room, which A follow-up study found that letters to customers. Some a placard n an object made of paper, metal, wood, etc. one produced the best by tweaking the wording so of the letters threatened legal with a mesage or a sign on it results? it was specific to the guest's action, others reminded to tweak vb if you “tweak” something, you change it 2. What effect did tweaking room was even more people that it was the right a little bit the wording to this effective. In this case, the thing to do, and some urged the wording n the words on a notice, etc. message have? message read, “Nearly 75% people to be supportive and a doorknob n the little, round metal object you turn in 3. How much did people of guests who stayed here show solidarity. However, your hands in order to open a door who received the in room (331) reused their the most effective letters to urge vb if you “urge” someone to do something, “everybody’s doing it” towels.” were those that included you try to convince them to do it message reduce their the phrase, “Nine out of 10 a fan n an electrical object with blades that go energy consumption by? Utility bills people in the UK pay their round and round. It keeps a room cool greenhouse gases n 4. In what way was this Another study was aimed tax on time”, or “The great gases that contribute to global warming. figure significant? at getting people to reduce majority of people in [your The main greenhouse gas is carbon dioxide 5. What were the three their energy consumption. local area] pay their tax on HMRC abbr HMRC messages that As part of the research, time.” Her Majesty's Revenue and Customs – the government department that collects tax weren’t very successful? different messages were solidarity n if you show “solidarity”, you show support 6. What expression hung on doorknobs in As Robert Cialdini, a for other people meaning “peer pressure” homes in San Marcos, psychologist at Arizona the pull of the crowd exp the way that we often do things just did Robert Cialdini use in California. All the messages State University and because other people (the crowd) are doing the quote by him? urged residents to use fans co-author of both the hotel it. In this context, “pull” means “attraction”

38 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Improve your spoken English with our fantastic Skype/Telephone classes. E-mail: [email protected] Objective To improve your listening and reading skills. Think about it How many languages can you speak? How many languages would you like to speak? Do you know anyone who can speak more than two languages? What languages can he/she speak? How do you think some people learn languages so quickly? Do you think some people have a special ability or could anyone become a polyglot? Why? Why not? Exams This reading and listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as CAE, IELTS and TOEFL. TRACK 24: ENGLISHMAN & SCOTSWOMAN LET'S LEARN A NEW LANGUAGE!

CAN A POLYGLOT HELP YOU LEARN A LANGUAGE? olyglots are people day after dinner. “By the age in the Background Trick”. who speak several of 15, I was fluent in French. This involves having the radio P different languages. A few hours of television (or any other form of audio) So, why not learn a few tricks a day did more than the playing in the background Answers on page 45 from them? Here are some previous three years in while you’re studying. It’s top tips from the world’s school.” a form of subconscious 1 Pre-reading language learning experts. Another one of his top tips learning, but it’s not entirely What are your top tips for the is to analyse conversations passive. As he explains, following things? Olly Richards in detail. His method “I keep the radio on all day How to learn more (www.iwillteachyoualanguage.com) consists of the following: while I’m working, tuned in vocabulary. Englishman Olly Richards 1 Listen to the audio to a station that’s broadcast How to improve your speaks eight languages, material; 2 Practise in the language I’m listening skills. including Portuguese and pronouncing the words studying. Throughout the How to improve your Cantonese. One of his tricks and speaking the dialogue; day, something will catch speaking skills. is the “No English For 1 3 Read the materials with my attention. Maybe it’s a Hour Rule.” It means that audio, and then without clearly spoken commercial. 2 Reading I for a period of 60 minutes, audio; 4 Repeat numbers Or it’s a song I like. I’ll Read or listen to the article he can’t speak his native 1-3 several times over stop and listen and try to once to compare your ideas language (English), which several days; 5 Translate the understand it. I don’t treat from the Pre-reading activity. forces him to think in the dialogues into your native this like it’s studying. I’m target language. Another language; 6 Translate your usually curious about what’s 3 Reading II one of his tips is to plan your native translations back into being said and I want to Read the article again. Then, speaking practice carefully. the target language. hear what’s going on.” answer the questions. So, before class, Olly decides “By translating your 1. What does Olly Richards’ on a topic of conversation, translation back into So, which top tip are you “No English for 1 hour and then writes down all the the target language,” he going to use? rule” consist of? words and phrases he wants explains, “you notice how the 2. How does Olly prepare to use in class. He keeps two languages interact. This GLOSSARY a native language n for his speaking this list of words in front results in a kind of learning the language you’ve learnt and spoken classes? of him while he’s speaking that has more substance since you were born a target language n 3. What really helped Luca and refers to it during the and impact than a mere the language you want to learn Lampariello become lesson. This helps him memorisation of grammar C2 level n an Advanced level of language – almost fluent in French? learn the words much more rules and vocabulary.” native to flourish vb 4. What’s the advantage thoroughly. if something “flourishes”, it’s successful, of translating your Ron active or common, and developing quickly subconscious learning n translation back into the Luca Lampariello (www.languagesurfer.com) learning that happens when you aren’t target language? (www.thepolyglotdream.com) Ron is another polyglot who concentrating, studying or trying to learn, passive adj 5. What does Ron’s “Radio Italian Luca speaks several thinks that listening is the key a “passive” activity involves watching, looking at, or listening to things rather in the Background Trick” languages at C2 level. For to language learning. Why? than doing things consist of? Luca, listening is the key. He “Because developing a good to tune in phr vb if you “tune in” to a radio station, you 6. What type of material began learning French at the listening comprehension find that radio station on the radio and on the radio might age of 11, but when he was ability opens the door for listen to it a commercial n catch his attention 14, he started watching two other skills to flourish.” One an advert for a product that is shown on during the day? hours of TV in French every of his top tips is the “Radio TV or played on the radio

For fantastic Skype/Telephone classes, e-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 39 Objective To improve your listening skills. Think about it Have you proposed anything lately? What was it? Why did you propose it? Who did you propose it to? What were the arguments in favour of your proposal? What did other people say about it? How successful were you in getting people to agree to your proposal? What could you have done better? Exams This listening activity will help prepare you for English exams such as CAE, IELTS and TOEFL. TRACK 25: ENGLISHMAN WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?

Note! Don’t read the Answers on page 45 audio script until you’ve completed 1 Pre-listening the exercises and What problems can there activities. be with websites? What makes a website bad? Make notes. For example: The links don’t work. Audio script It’s hard to navigate. The information is out-of-date. Explaining a proposal 2 Listening I You’re going to listen to As you all know, we’ve been having a mid- and long-term benefits are potentially someone putting forward number of problems with the website. enormous. a proposal for changing a It’s been running slowly, the design is website. Listen once. Did the outdated and a lot of the information For example, with a fully-functioning shop, speaker mention any of the is either irrelevant or simply incorrect. we’ll sell more products online. We’ll also things you thought of for the Nothing is getting updated and many of be able to engage with our customers Pre-listening activity? the links don’t work. We’ve also had some more easily, and attract more potential serious issues with the online shop, and clients through our improved image and 3 Listening II have lost a number of sales as a result. messaging. Most importantly, we’ll be able Listen again. Then, answer the to carry out some proper SEO* (search questions. So, what’s the solution? As far as I can see, engine optimisation) work to increase our 1. Why have they lost a there are a number of options. One would client base, attract more customers and number of sales? be to pay for someone to resolve all these increase sales. 2. What does the speaker issues. We could, for example, hire a web say a web manager manager to make sure the site gets updated We’ll also be able to design a site that could do to help the regularly and to fix any of the broken links. reflects our image much more clearly, situation? Or we could try to do it in-house. But we’re bringing it in line with all the recent 3. What’s the problem all pretty busy here and I can’t see that marketing initiatives and design changes, with doing this work anyone has the time to take on any extra including updating the colour scheme in-house? work. And besides, that would be just a which is completely wrong at the moment. 4. What does the speaker temporary solution. propose to resolve this On top of that, with an improved, up-to-date issue? So, what’s the answer? Well, I firmly website, there are lots of features we could 5. How does the speaker believe the real issue lies with the website add on, such as a blog where we could post say they could increase itself and the way it’s been set up. And the articles on topics of interest. This would give their client base, attract main problem is that the us an opportunity to reinforce more customers and programming is outdated *SEO any important benefits to our increase sales? and incompatible with more products, drive home any 6. What are the or less everything else on SEO (search engine sales or marketing messages optimisation) refers to the advantages of having a the internet these days. So, I things you do to a website in and, hopefully, allow us to blog? propose paying a company to order to increase the number become a go-to source for 7. What’s the ultimate redesign the website, starting of visitors, and to get a high- issues within the industry. goal of having a blog? from scratch. Now, this may ranking position on search engines such as Google. mean an initial cost, but the What do you think?

40 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great private language classes, e-mail: [email protected] PHRASAL VERBS Audio Download the MP3 audio files for this issue for FREE files from our website: www.learnhotenglish.com/mp3s

TALKING ABOUT WORK Answers on page 45

Complete the sentences (1 to 8) with the words from below. help client deadlines morning toys manager person end

1 2

Write up If you “write up” a Phone up / call up report (for example), If you “phone someone you write the report up”, you call them so using notes you made you can speak to them. earlier. “If she isn’t responding to “Could you write up that our e-mails, call her up or go report for me by Monday round to her office to speak , please?” to her in .”

3 4 Copy in If you “copy someone in” on an e-mail, you include their e-mail address in the list of people who will receive the e-mail. Back up “Don’t forget to copy If you “back up” material, you me in on all those make a copy of it. e-mails you send the “Don’t forget to back up your work every .” day at the of the day.”

5 6

Take over If you “take over” control of something, you become the person who controls it.” Get down “Jennifer took over as project If something is “getting you down”, from Mark as things it’s making you feel depressed. weren’t going too well “All these really tight are under him.” starting to get me down.”

7 8

Build up / pile up Step up If work is starting to “build up” (or “pile up”), the If you “step up” production (for example), amount you have to do is increasing. you increase it or do it more quickly. “The number of documents we have to deal with is really “We need to step up production if we want to get building up. I think we need some outside .” all these made on time.

FREE subscription if you recommend Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 41 CROSSWORD Answers on page 45

Learn lots of useful “travel” words and expressions by doing this crossword.Improve your vocabulary by doing this crossword on “job interview” THE JOB INTERVIEW words and expressions.

Across 2. A formal meeting to find out whether someone is suitable for a job = a job . 5. A general term to refer to things such as names, telephone numbers, etc. = information 7. An object you use when it rains to stop you getting wet. It opens out and covers your head and body. Down 10. A portable computer. 1. A substance you chew but don’t swallow = 11. Previous employers who can give information about chewing . you = ref______3. The person who is being interviewed. 12. The things you have to do as part of your job = 4. A plan of a particular area such as a city, res______a country, etc. to show you where things are. 14. An object you use for writing with ink. 6. Thin soft pieces of paper that you can use to clean 15. Clothing that consists of a jacket and trousers your nose, mouth, etc. (or jacket and skirt) made from the same fabric. 8. A form you sometimes need to fill out when you’re 16. An American English word for a mobile phone = applying for a job = an form. a phone. 9. Special benefits for people who have a particular 18. Information on how to get to a place = dir______job = pe_ _ _ 21. A letter you send when applying for a job, explaining 13. A narrow piece of cloth worn round the neck under why you want the job, etc. = a letter (also, a shirt collar. “cover”). 16. Someone who applies for a job = a ca______23. A machine that sells coffee, tea, hot chocolate, etc. = 17. A type of little book with blank pages. a machine. 19. Money in the form of coins (metal money) to use 25. An announcement in a newspaper, etc. with for the bus, taxi, etc. = ch_ _ _ _ information about a job = a job . 20. The days when you don’t need to go to work = 27. Extra work you do outside your normal hours = ho______ov______22. Objects you wear on your feet over your socks, etc. 29. An American English word for a curriculum vitae 24. The amount you earn = your sa_ _ _ _ (a CV) = a re_ _ _ _ 26. A portable telephone = a phone. 30. A position in a company = a p_ _ _ 28. Sweets with a peppermint flavour to make your 31. A portable computer with a touch screen interface. breath smell fresh = mi_ _ _

42 / www.learnhotenglish.com / Learn more! Get a phrasal verbs booklet! 300 useful phrasal verbs + audio files. For more information, visit: www.learnhotenglish.com SUBSCRIPTIONS! SUBSCRIBE (00 34) 91 549 85 23 App NOW! versions [email protected] available for hotenglishgroup 12 months Paseo de Extremadura, a year! 21, Oficina 1A, 28011 GET Madrid, Spain THE www.learnhotenglish.com HOT Suscripciones desde España (Spain only) FREE Audio files! ENGLISH Download the MP3 audio Opción 1: Hot English para Estudiantes. APP files for this month’s 12 revistas* Hot English + audio MP3s + 1 Libro English Unlocked para estudiantes magazine from here: (100 páginas, 4 niveles: Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate / Upper Intermediate / www.learnhotenglish. com/mp3s Advanced): €78 Indica el nivel que desea (incluye 1 libro en el precio): Opción 2: Hot English para Profesores.

12 revistas* Hot English + audio MP3s + 1 Libro English Unlocked para profesores ✃ Subscriptions from Europe / Rest of the World (ROW) (NOT including Spain) (110 páginas, 4 niveles: Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate / Upper Intermediate / Advanced): €78 Indica el nivel que desea (incluye 1 libro en el precio): Option 1: Hot English for Students. Includes: 12 Hot English magazines* + audio MP3s + 1 English Unlocked Book. Opción 3: Estandar. 12 revistas* + audio MP3s = €64,50 (100 pages, 4 levels: Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate / Upper Intermediate / Advanced): Europe €92.70 / ROW €108.90 Indicate the English Unlocked level you require (one book included in price): Opción 4: Web School. Videos, lecturas, grabaciones, ejercicios online. 4 niveles: Option 2: Hot English for Teachers. Includes: Indica el nivel que desea: Pre-Intermediate; Intermediate; Upper 12 Hot English magazines* + audio MP3s + 1 Teacher’s English Unlocked Intermediate; Advanced. Duración del código por nivel: un año = €24,99 Acceso a todos los niveles: un año = €59,97 Book. (110 pages, 4 levels: Pre-Intermediate / Intermediate / Upper Intermediate / Advanced): Europe €92.70 / ROW €108.90 Indicate the English Unlocked level you require (one book included in price): English Unlocked. La solución definitiva al aprendizaje del inglés en casa. Incluye audios en formato MP3. Niveles disponibles: Pre-Intermediate; Option 3: Standard. Includes: Intermediate; Upper Intermediate; Advanced = €16,50 12 magazines* + audio MP3s = Europe €79.70 / ROW €95.40 para estudiante o para profesor Todos los niveles (descuento 10%) = €59,10 Option 4: Web School. Videos, readings, listenings, online exercises. 4 levels. Phrasal verbs / Idioms. Libros con 150 phrasal verbs o idioms + Indicate the level you require: Pre-Intermediate; Intermediate; Upper imágenes + audios MP3. Intermediate; Advanced. Code is valid for one level and one year = €24.99 Phrasal verbs I Phrasal verbs II Idioms I Idioms II Por libro = €15,99 Los cuatro libros (descuento 10%) = €58,50 Access to all levels: one year = €59.97 Con el objeto de cumplir con los requisitos mínimos de aplicación del copyright, English Unlocked. Your complete self-study solution for learning English aquellas academias, institutos y escuelas oficiales de idiomas que fotocopien la at home. With audio MP3s and video MP4s! Choose from 4 levels: Pre- revista Hot English para uso colectivo en sus clases, cualquiera que sea su ubicación, Intermediate; Intermediate; Upper Intermediate; Advanced. deberán abonar obligatoriamente una comisión de 50€ adicional a su suscripción. Student or Teacher Student’s / Teacher’s Book: Europe = €18.95 / ROW €19.95 All four levels (10% discount) Europe €73.80 / ROW €90 Mis datos personales son: (Por favor, escribe de una manera clara y en mayúsculas) Phrasal verbs / Idioms. Booklets with 150 phrasal verbs or idioms + Nombre: Apellido: images + MP3 audio files.Phrasal verbs I Phrasal verbs II Idioms I Idioms II Dirección: Europe per book= €17.95 / ROW per book €18.95 Código Postal: Población: All four books (10% discount) Europe €66.25 / ROW €74.50 Número de teléfono: Academies, institutes, official language schools, etc. photocopying Hot English E-mail: magazine for use in their classes wherever they are located are obliged to pay Edad: DNI/NIF: a €50 surchage on top of their subscription in order to meet minimal copyright Por favor, marca esta casilla si no deseas recibir nuestro newsletter semanal gratuito. requirements. Formas de Pago 1. Tarjeta de crédito My personal details are: (Please, write in capital letters and clearly) Visa/Mastercard _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ ® ® Name: Surname: Fecha de Caducidad __ __ / __ ___ ® ® Address: Para el pago con tarjeta, se cobra un cargo adicional correspondiente al 1% del precio total. Post code: Town: Phone number: 2. Domiciliación bancaria (Sólo España) E-mail: Número de cuenta _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ / _ _ / ______Age: Banco: Sucursal: Dirección : Please tick this box if you do not want to receive our weekly free Newsletter. Código Postal: Form of payment: ® ®

Credit Card ® ® 3. Cheque a Hot English Publishing S.L. (Sólo España) Visa/Mastercard _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ /_ _ _ _ Expiry Date __ __ / __ ___ 4. Transferencia bancaria a HOT ENGLISH PUBLISHING SL (sólo España): There is an additional charge of 1% of the total amount for credit card purchases. 0081 5229 71 0001111813 Please allow four to six weeks for delivery of your package. El paquete puede tardar entre cuatro y seis semanas en llegar. * The magazines you will receive are from our Back Catalogue. * Las revistas que recibirás son de nuestro Back Catalogue. For lots more material, visit www.learnhotenglish.com/shop The Hot English Sign up for FREE material at newsletter www.learnhotenglish.com Idioms Phrasal Verbs Listening files ANSWERS Articles Great content Vocabulary

ANIMALS (PAGE 5) take this opportunity to say TRAVEL ENGLISH (PAGE 18) Slang expression Standard version 3 Reading II something on... 1. wristbands; 2. campsite; 1 Knackered Very tired 1. rocks; 2. play dead; 3. a great 4. I’m sorry, but I don’t see the 3. stage; 4. tent; 5. site; white; 4. in early 2016; 5. it was point of talking about this until... 6. festival; 7. stewards; 2 Bloody hell (a bit rude) An exclamation of surprise or anger three metres long; 5. The marketing position? 8. toilets; 9. guide 6. Crocky Balboa; 7. on his back That’s the least of our worries. 3 Innit? Isn’t it? and hands What about... BODY LANGUAGE (PAGE 23) 4 I’m starving I’m very hungry 1. coldness, distance; 2. SNACKS (PAGE 6) PRACTICAL ENGLISH (PAGE 13) boredom, tiredness; 3. relaxed, 5 A sarnie A sandwich 1 Pre-reading 1 Listening I positive; 4. interested, confident; 6 I ain’t I am not 1. pineapple; 2. melon; The sale of a hotel 4 5. questioning something, 3. strawberries; 4. peanut butter; Moving production overseas 2 surprise; 6. listening carefully; 7 Gross Disgusting 5. noodles; 6. lemon; 7. raisins; Manufacturing some toys 5 7. nervousness; To go to the toilet (when liquid 8. nectarine; 9. avocado; Moving to a smaller office1 8. confusion, displeasure; 8 To piss (rude) comes out) 10. cheese; 11. yoghurt; 12. ham Printing some books 3 9. showing interest 3 Reading II 9 That’s well lame That is ridiculous / That is pathetic 2 Listening II 1. cereal and fruit; 2. in the BODY LANGUAGE (PAGES 24-25) 10 A mate A friend microwave; 3. avocado; 4. a bag 1. She thinks there are two 3 Reading II of nuts and raisins; 5. to the gym; options. 1. A firm handshake is a sign of 11 Crap (a bit rude) Stupid or silly 6. half a lemon; 7. peanut butter; 2. He doesn’t think it’s as confidence and trust. The waste matter from an animal or 8. boiling water straightforward as some people 2. Between 70 and 80% of the 12 Shit (rude) person when they go to the toilet are saying it is. time. HOLIDAYS (PAGE 7) 3. She thinks they’ve got two 3. That they aren’t interested any 13 A racket A terrible noise 3 Reading II choices. more, or that they want to leave. 14 I’m busting for the loo I really need to go to the toilet 1. The Louvre; 2. The Grand 4. He thinks they should accept 4. The social gaze. Canyon; 3. The Golden Gate the offer for the property. 5. Between 45 and 120cm. 15 You’ve got to be kidding You are joking, surely Bridge; 4. The Metropolitan 5. She thinks there are two 6. That someone is interested in 16 You wimp You weak, pathetic person Museum of Art; 5. The Statue possible courses of action. us or that they like us. of Liberty; 6. Yosemite National 7. So you appear to be calm and (PAGE 30) 2. He likes making decorations Park RUDE NAMES (PAGE 14) confident. CONVERSATION 2 Listening I or Christmas cards. 1 Pre-reading 8. It could be a sign that GRAMMAR BOOSTER (PAGE 8) 1g 2f 3c 4b 5h 6a 7e 8d someone is lying. It’ll put a severe strain on their 3. She likes to decorate the table 1. held; 2. designed; 3. provided; 3 Reading II 9. It could make them like or financial situation. with leaves and orange things. 4. served; 5. opened; 6. unveiled; 1. Titty Ho; 2. Fanny Avenue; trust you more. There’s little evidence it’ll bring 4. Because she thinks the meat 7. presented; 8. placed 3. Juggs Close; 4. Beaver Close; in any benefits. is too dry. 5. Backside Lane / Back Passage; TIGER PARENTS (PAGE 26) Studies in some cities have 5. Pumpkin pie with ice cream.

ENGLISH IN ACTION (PAGE 10) 6. Shitterton; 7. St Mellons; 8. 3 Reading II shown it can damage city 6. Sweet potato pie. Even 1 Listening I Back Passage / Backside Lane 1. She coined the phrase Tiger centres. though it’s sweet, they have A Christmas party 2 Parent in her book. They won’t be able to recover it with the main meal. A TV advertising campaign 6 RICKY GERVAIS (PAGE 15) 2. Tutorial classes and their investment costs within Finance for a factory 4 3 Reading II extracurricular activities. 10 years. SLANG CONVERSATION Sales strategy 1 1. for ghastly trophies; 2. 3. She threatened to donate it to There has been little interest (PAGE 36) A new office3 shampoo; 3. an arrow; 4. a high- the Salvation Army. in the scheme from private First listening: Stan hates the A graph 5 velocity rifle5. on their profiles;6. 4. They could develop problems investors. countryside because there are a sniper; 7. 2030; 8. as “mental” such as anxiety, low self-esteem Unless they get at least 75% no McDonald’s restaurants, 2 Listening II and depression. of the investment money from there’s no coverage for his 1. Accept. He says: “Oh, right, POSITIVE PHRASES (PAGE 16) 5. By letting them see what private firms, they won’t be mobile phone, his friends aren’t yes, I think you’re right.” 3 Reading II they’re capable of, and arming able to build it. with him, the birds are making 2. Reject. She says: “As I said 1. Sorry!; 2. Happy birthday!; them with skills, work habits and They don’t really need a tram a noise, it smells bad, there are before, I’ll be taking questions 3. Why not?; 4. How can I help?; inner confidence. network. no toilets and there are some at the end.” 5. I missed you!; 6. You look 6. She seems to be very positive They already have an excellent strange animals. Peter likes it 3. Reject. He says: Look, if you amazing!; 7. Thank you! about it. transport system. because there’s fresh air and don’t mind, I’d just like to go There’ll be less space for road it’s nice and quiet. through all the points quickly CONVERSATION (PAGE 17) AIR TRAVEL (PAGE 27) traffic. first.” 2 Listening I 3 Reading II It’ll be dangerous for cyclists. FAMOUS PETS (PAGE 37) 4. Reject. She says: “...if I may It’ll help us deal with traffic 1. Alec; 2. Cho; 3. Billie; 3 Listening II 1 Pre-reading just finish what I was saying.” problems. 4. Cho; 5. man on AA flight; They also claim that... 5 1. chimpanzee; 2. Yorkshire 5. Reject. He says: “Would you Trams can transport up to 250 6. Billie; 7. man on AA flight; For example,... 3 terrier; 3. raven; 4. pot bellied pig; mind waiting for your turn to people at a time. 8. Alec That may be the case in... 4 5. tiger; 6. anteater; 7. wolf-dog speak, please?” The low-level boarding is good In fact, with the... 8 hybrid; 8. Capuchin monkey 6. Reject: She says: “If you don’t for disabled people. ANNOYING THINGS (PAGE 28) I’m afraid that... 6 3 Reading II mind, I would like to finish what Trams run on electricity. 3 Reading II Finally,... 10 1. Because they’d been brought I was saying first.” Trams can stimulate the local 1. Someone he thought he I’m firmly against...1 into Australia illegally. economy. knew. On top of that,... 9 2. A picture of them at a pet CONVERSATIONS (PAGE 12) They could regenerate the city 2. She was worried that he would However, my biggest grooming parlour was uploaded 2 Listening I centre and save businesses. think she was trying to watch as concern is... 7 to Facebook. The purchase of an office3 House prices beside tram he got changed. Not only... also... 2 3. Because it damaged visitors’ A difficult situation2 routes increase. 3. Someone mistook his cars at Graceland. A staff lunch4 3 Listening II mother-in-law for his wife. CRICKET (PAGE 33) 4. “Elvis! Go to hell!” The marketing manager On top of that, trams... 4 4. He said nothing and just 1 Pre-reading 5. Wearing clothes, drinking position 5 In the case of Dublin,... 7 smiled. 1d 2e 3f 4c 5h 6a 7i 8b 9g whiskey, tearing up rooms and A graph 1 Plus, the low-level 5. Because there was a group of pulling up women’s dresses. 3 Listening II boarding... 3 boys there watching it all. GROUP TALK (PAGE 35) 6. Edgar Allan Poe’s poem The 1. I’m sorry to interrupt but Most importantly, studies... 5 6. Because it was right next to 1 Listening I Raven and Paul Gauguin’s would you mind if I just said In my opinion,... 9 the living room and the walls They mention Easter, Christmas painting Nevermore. something here? For example, in Dublin... 6 were very thin. and Thanksgiving. 7. Charles Dickens thought the bird 2. Apologies for jumping in like I’m firmly in favour of...1 7. He turned on the tap and 2 Listening II died because it drank some paint. this, but, erm, could you... In addition,... 8 flushed the toilet, several 1. She likes painting hardboiled 8. Because he would bite their 3. Erm, sorry but could I just For a start, it’ll help... 2 times. eggs. ankles for fun.

44 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great private language classes, e-mail: [email protected] Learn Hot English Free lessons to improve your English, and articles Blog! on learning English! blog.learnhotenglish.com ANSWERS

PERSUASION (PAGE 38) expressions he wants to 5. By doing some proper 3 Reading II use in class. SEO (search engine 1. “Join your fellow guests 3. Watching two hours of optimisation) work. in helping to save the TV in French every day. 6. They can post articles environment.” 4. You notice how the on topics of interest. 2. It resulted in a 25% two languages interact, They could reinforce any increase in the number of and this is better than benefits of their products, people who reused their memorising grammar and drive home sales and towels. rules. marketing messages. 3. They reduced it by 10%. 5. Having the radio playing 7. The speaker says it could 4. No other group reduced in the background, and help them become a go-to their energy by more occasionally trying to work source for issues within than 3%. out what they’re saying. the industry. 5. a) A message 6. A commercial or a song. threatening legal action; PHRASAL VERBS (PAGE 41) b) A message saying it was CONVERSATION (PAGE 40) 1. morning; 2. person; 3. the right thing to do; 3 Listening II client; 4. end; 5. manager; c) A message urging 1. Because their online 6. deadlines; 7. help; 8. toys people to be supportive. shop hasn’t been working 6. The pull of the crowd. properly. CROSSWORD (PAGE 42) 2. He/She could make sure POLYGLOTS (PAGE 39) the site gets updated and 3 Reading II fix the broken links. 1. For one hour, he can’t 3. Everyone is pretty speak his native language busy, and it’d only be a (English). temporary solution. 2. He decides on a topic of 4. Paying a company to conversation and makes redesign the website from a list of the words and scratch. Missing a few copies of Hot English magazine? For some great deals on back issues, contact us directly on: (0034) 91 549 8523, [email protected] hotenglishgroup

BusinessEnglish Learn over 500 useful business words and expressions!

Over 30 articles on up-to-date business topics! Over 100 useful business idioms & phrasal verbs! Business videos and audio files to improve your listening skills! Get your Business English books NOW, visit: www.learnhotenglish.com/shop Idioms booklets Learn hundreds of idioms, really improve your Get your Idioms booklets from... English and speak like a native English speaker! Now available Booklets come with images and audio files. online! Get your Idioms books from... www.learnhotenglish.com/shop

For fantastic Skype/Telephone classes, e-mail: [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 45 Next Hot Staff Directors Managing Director Thorley Russell (00 34 91 543 3573) Next month in [email protected] TRACK 26: ENGLISHMAN & US WOMAN Learn Hot English: Editorial Director famous siblings, swear words, Andy Coney (00 34 91 543 3573) pronunciation: connected speech, [email protected] staff toilets, how to sound fluent, Airbnb stories, mysterious monuments, Finance STORY TIME Financial Director funny book titles, phrasal verbs, Leigh Dante (00 34 91 549 8523) idioms, grammar fun, jokes, [email protected] Jokes, anecdotes and fun stories... and lots, stories as told by native lots more! Classes Department (00 34 91 455 0273) English speakers. [email protected] I’M A CLEVER DINOSAUR! Director of Studies Rocío Herrero [email protected] Accounts manager Rocío Herrero [email protected] Administration Department Subscriptions (9:30-13:00) Subscriptions & office manager Jose Lobo (tel / fax) (00 34 91 549 8523) Skype: hotenglishgroup [email protected] [email protected] Credit control and administration 9:00 - 2pm (by e-mail thereafter) Office hours 10am to 6pm (Spanish time) Barcelona office (Hot English) [email protected] Seville office (Hot English) [email protected] Editorial Department Spencer Stone assistant editor Dinosaur joke Thirteen! Philip McIvor designer A: I say, I say, I say, A man is walking past a Mary Jones writer GLOSSARY Steve Brown what do you call a high wooden fence around writer an extensive range of exp Christine Saunders writer dinosaur with an a lunatic asylum when a lot of. If you’ve got an “extensive range Lorna Booth writer of” vocabulary (for example), you know a extensive range of he hears some people on lot of words Contributors vocabulary? the other side shouting, a snail n Blanca San Roman translation B: I don’t know, what do “Thirteen! Thirteen! a little animal that moves slowly and that Magnus Coney proofreading has a shell on its back Sean Haughton proofreading you call a dinosaur Thirteen!” He continues vicious adj aggressive and violent Natalia T. Piekarowicz proofreading with an extensive range walking along, but can’t a slug n Laurent Guiard French depart. a little animal like a snail but with no shell Jamie Broadway proofreading of vocabulary? help wondering why they’re on its back Heidi Mostafa interm A: A thesaurus. yelling “thirteen” over and to beat up phr vb Sarah Asch intern if A “beats up” B, A hits B many times Simona Gheorghita intern over again. Is it a drinking dazed adj Vanessa Simmonds writer The snail game? Are they hitting an if you’re “dazed”, you’re confused and unable to think properly Petra Bates writer A snail goes for a inmate? Are they counting a fence n Slim Pickens special intern Nick Hargreaves writer walk in the woods. the number of patients a type of barrier made of stone, metal, wood, etc. to stop people entering an area Printing All of a sudden, he’s who jump off the roof? a lunatic asylum n a home for people with mental or Printerman attacked by a gang of Finally, he decides to have psychological problems. A more vicious slugs who beat a look for himself. So, he appropriate term is “psychiatric hospital” Audio Production to yell vb him up. Dazed and searches for a hole in the to shout, scream or say something loudly HEP a roof n CD Production confused, the poor fence. Eventually, he finds the top part of a building little snail goes to the one and bends down to look to search vb HEP if you “search” for something, you look for police station to report inside. But just as he peers it and try to find it ISSN 1577-7898 the crime. “So, can into the hole, someone to bend down phr vb Depósito Legal M.14277.2001 if you “bend down”, you move your body April 2016 you describe these pokes him in the eye with down to a lower position to peer into phr vb individuals?” the police a stick. And immediately, to look into Published by Hot English Publishing, S.L. officer asks. “Oh, no,” everyone behind the fence to poke vb Paseo de Extremadura, 21, Oficina 1A, if someone “pokes” you in the eye, they put Madrid 28011, Spain the snail replies. “It all starts shouting, “Fourteen! their finger (or something else) in your eye Phone: (00 34) 91 549 8523 happened so fast.” Fourteen! Fourteen!” Fax: (00 34) 672 317 912 [email protected] www.learnhotenglish.com What is LearnHot English magazine? Skype: hotenglishgroup www.facebook.com/LearnHotEnglish A monthly magazine for improving your English. Real English in genuine contexts. www.twitter.com/learnhotenglish Slang. British English. Practical language. US English. Fun and easy-to-read. Helpful glossaries. Useful expressions. Readers from 16 to 105 years old. From pre-intermediate French material by Hot English: to advanced (CEF levels A2-C1). Ready-to-use lessons. Over 60 minutes of audio material www.lekiosquenumerique.com for you to listen to. Part of the Learn Hot English Method. Great website with free material: www.learnhotenglish.com. All the English you’ll ever need! Magazine images:

46 / www.learnhotenglish.com / For great private language classes, e-mail: [email protected] Learn English!

Get the Hot English App! iPad + iPad mini + iPhone + iPod Touch + Android FREE 16-page sample issue!

Read + listen + watch videos from Hot English magazine

Single issues & subscriptions available English Attention all Human Resource managers in Europe! Hot English Language Services offers language training programmes that Classes are guaranteed to improve ...for your employees! your employees’of English! level Hot English Language Services, a leader within the English company class training sector as well as an internationally-recognised publisher, has been offering language training solutions to many of the world's leading companies since 2001. A course with Hot English ensures:

Motivated students thanks to our dynamic learning materials. Clear, measured progress through a structured system and monthly reports. Improvement in levels of English across the board. COURSES OFFERED: Dynamic telephone classes though our dedicated platform. Europe-wide courses through our extensive network. In-company groups and one-to-one classes. Practical business English classes and intensives. Specific industry courses: Finance, Medicine, Marketing, Human resources... (among many others) Online learning through our Web School. Residential immersion courses & courses abroad.

OUR MULTI-LINGUAL PROFESSIONAL TEAM PROVIDES “The classes we’ve A QUALITY SERVICE FOR YOUR HR DEPARTMENT: had with Hot English have been really effective. Regular client reporting and examining will demonstrate progress and With their innovative learning system, our justify budgets. students have both A structured method ensures continuity of service in multiple cities. progressedthemselves.” and enjoyed Motivating materials that will inspire your staff and maintain high levels David - Financial Director. of attendance and learning. CambridgePress. UniversityIberia Wherever your company is based, we can help. Contact us NOW and put us to the test! (00 34) 91 543 3573 Learn hot English [email protected] FREE subscription if you recommend www.learnhotenglish.com Hot English Language Services to your company. E-mail [email protected] / www.learnhotenglish.com / 48