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Editorial
Hyphen Hysterics
Asking for help
TrACk 1
Headlines News
Traditional English Songs
Story Time
TrACk 2
Scouting Around
Basic English: The Hairdresser’s
Social English: The Hairdresser’s
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Past Tense Crossword
Grammar Fun
Trivia Matching
Weird Trivia
TrACk 4
Dr Fingers’ Grammar
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Corny Criminals
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Changing 30s
Atonement Time
Divided Family
Face to Face: Orwell versus Huxley
Homo Politicus
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Potato Power
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Dictionary of Slang
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Idioms: Animals
TrACk 21
The Lindberg Case
Phrasal Verbs
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The Hoax
Film Speeches
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Student Scam &
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TrACk 24
The Trouser Snatcher
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New Words
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Our main theme this month is the 1930s – a
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find out about some of the great moments
and people from this decade, plus you can
read about the incredible story of the Mitford
sisters – England’s most unusual family.
There’s also a tragic murder mystery from the
1930s, mini-biographies on two famous writers
who released books in the 1930s, as well as a
review of a novel by writer Ian McEwan that’s
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sterics
phen Hy
Hy
See if you can match the words with the images (A-E).
Answers
on page 31
A
Toothpaste
Hyphen Hysterics
B
Salesperson
C
Chickpeas
D
Haircut
E
Bumblebee
What do the words above have in
common? Well, they’re all compound
nouns: two words that join together to
form another word. There are many of
these in English. In some cases, the two
words join together to form one word
(tooth + paste = toothpaste); in other
cases, they are joined by a
hyphen
(ski +
boot = ski-boot), and in some cases they
remain separate, even though they refer
to a single unit (ice + cream = ice cream).
Of course, as with most things
regarding the English language, there
are no fixed rules. Take the case of the
word “e-mail” (or should we say “email”).
There seems to be no agreement on
how to write it. The BBC and the
New
York Times
both write it with a hyphen
(e-mail), but most of the rest of the
world prefers it without the hyphen
(email). And there are always lots of
inconsistencies. For example, the term
“African American” contains no hyphen,
whereas “Italian-American” does.
According to the
Shorter Oxford English
Dictionary,
the hyphen is being used
less and less. And as a result, for their
latest dictionary, they have taken the
hyphen out of 16,000 words, many of
them two-word compound nouns. So,
“fig-leaf” is now “fig leaf”, and “pot-
belly”
is now “pot belly”. However,
“pigeon-hole” and “leap-frog” are
just one word now, “pigeonhole” and
“leapfrog”.
As a spokesperson for the dictionary
said, “We only reflect what people in
general are reading. We have been
tracking
this for some time and we’ve
been finding the hyphen is used less
and less.”
However, others want to defend the
use of the hyphen. “The hyphen is
there to help the reader, and to show
either that two words are
linked
in some significant way, or to add
understanding in words such as
“go-between”,” a linguist explained.
GLOSSARY
hyphen
n
a punctuation sign (-) for joining
two words, or for showing that a
word has been broken in two
a fig leaf
n
a leaf from a fig tree. Adam and Eve
wore fig leaves instead of clothes
a pot belly
n
a round, fat stomach
a pigeonhole
n
a place in a piece of furniture on
the wall where you can leave letters
or messages for someone
leapfrog
n
a game which children play. One
child bends over and another child
jumps over his/her back
to track
vb
to investigate
linked
adj
connected
a go-between
n
someone who passes messages
between two people or groups
a governing body
n
an organisation that controls things
corpora
n
collections of examples of language
(from newspapers, books, reports,
etc) that is stored on computers.
The singular form is “a corpus”
The English language
This is
a game of
leapfrog!
Unlike many other languages, English
has no
governing body
controlling
spelling, pronunciation, grammar or
the introduction of new words. Many
large dictionary-creators monitor the
use of language through their analysis
of
corpora
(the collection of examples
of language from newspapers, books,
conversations, recordings, etc). They
base their decisions to include, exclude
or change words on the way that
language is used.
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Track 01
Pre-listening
Match each picture (1 to 9) with its
corresponding name (A-1).
A
Asking
fo
r help
Answers
on page 31
Computer Pro
b
lems
H
G
B
E
C
1.
Cable _____
2.
Plug _____
3.
CPU / tower _____
4.
On/off switch _____
5.
Printer _____
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Speakers _____
7.
Mouse _____
8.
Keyboard _____
9.
Screen _____
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D
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Audio script
Listening I
You are going to listen to a phone conversation. Listen once. What
problem is the caller having? Does it get resolved in the end?
Listening II
Listen again and answer the following questions.
1.
How long has the caller spent trying to get hold of the technician?
2.
Why can’t the other person (the computer technician) deal with the
problem straight away?
3.
When does he suggest calling back?
4.
Why is the caller so desperate for help?
5.
What does the technician suggest (two things)?
6.
What do they agree to do in the end?
Hillary:
Hi. Is Ivan there? It’s Mark
Prichard.
Ivan:
Speaking.
Mark:
Oh, great. I’ve been trying to
get hold of you all morning.
It’s my computer. It won’t
start.
Ivan:
Well, I’m a bit busy at the
moment. Can’t you phone
back later?
Mark:
No, you’ve got to come
round. I can’t do any work.
Ivan:
Have you tried the plug?
Mark:
Yes, of course.
Ivan:
Try fiddling about with it a
bit. It might just be loose.
Mark:
Yeah, I’ve done that.
Ivan:
Well, then try another cable.
That sometimes works.
Mark:
And if it isn’t that? I’ve got
an important project to
hand in today.
Ivan:
Just try that and then phone
me back.
Mark:
OK.
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Phone Section
Phrasal Verbs
phone
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