3 Complete the table based on words from the reading propose | proposal, proposer | proposed restrain erational simple. invest ceaseless slavery sacrificial suspect Fal - disaster invention / inventor darken ‘formal 4 Complete each sentence with a word from exercise 3 11 that we wait until the announcement has been made before making a decision, 2 He would like to. market. 3 Unfortunately, the meeting was a complete ae _. We didn't agree on anything 4 The instructions wee oo... after people complained they were too complicated. 5. 188W & wnsnonmmnn-looking man standing on the street outside our house. 6 This decision had a impact on our country’s economy. Everything started to go wrong. 7 She fs the MOSt own person in our team, always thinking up new ideas. naw in the property Participle clauses Rewrite these sentences using participle clauses. a I did it, unromantically, one drizzly Monday night outside the pub at closing time. I hadn't planned it. b In that world, I was a witch, and boys got turned into frogs. ¢ Our commitment is already made. In a sense, there is no reason to get married at all. 4 But then I began to think about it and to take on board his arguments, I re-examined my objections. € Once I began to think of marriage as a possible choice out of many possible choices, and not a destiny imposed on me, it didrit seem quite so awful after al. £ Once I had got rid of the objections, I started to be able to see certain advantages. I'm not going for white, but green. I have not darkened the door of a single store's bridal department. Writing In the article on page 31, the writer's ideas about marriage were affected both by her university years and her childhood experiences. Write a short report con the most important things you have learnt over ‘he last year. Conclude by commenting on the ways in which these things might help you in the future. Write 220-260 words. YOU LIVE AND LEARN 33Fashion statements Reading 1 You are going to read an article about trends in computer game use. Complete the article by putting sentences A-G into gaps 1-6. There is. one extra sentence which does not fit any of the gaps. 34 Computer games range from the highly educational and creative, to games of ski, to ones with violent-sounding titles such 2s World of Wereraf, arthlly designed to lure teenagers and alarm parents, Iealways amazes me to hear the parents of a nine or ten-year-old saying He's up playing computer games’ And when you ask which games he lke, they do not know. Would these people, if asked who was babysitting, say ‘Oh, some guy fram the park? EES eae Walk pas, discuss what the game is about while you get ‘on with making dinner. Encourage sharing with other children. Any game using two controllers is better than @ lonely one, Give warning ~ let a level be finished ~ but enforce it. 7 . you have a teenager who spends a lot of time online, you probably need software that records every site Visited, and time spent; you may want one ofthe ‘iter’ programmes that cuts out dodgy sites. Probably the best guarantee against damage or confusion is the normal communication you have with your child Enforce screen breaks for the sake of the eyes and nerves. ten hie get the ager games conse, | weno hs Selo || Indeed, personal happiness and reasonable self-esteem are the best weapons against any kind of computer brain invasion. | UNIT This, during teenage years, can be a problem but it is always worth persevering, Ifa parent or relative is around for long enough, siow to leap to judgement or hysteria, and willing to listen (leaning on the kitchen worktop while cone of you has a late-night pizza, in the car, wherever) then important issues will eventually come up. é Sos an alternative, sociable, physical pastime. We all know that a healthy, small child gets more fun out ofa sociable. kitchen than out of a toy, and relishes a rough-and-tumible ‘game with dad more than a television programme. We need to extend that common sense into older ages too. ‘As 2 parent, ensure that your children only use the computer for educational purposes. As with televisions, keep the computer ‘gaming area in one of the shared parts of the house. G itis selfevident that parental responsibilty has to be applied to the Internet, just as it must for every other kind of encounter.Vocabulary 1. Match words in the article with these definitions. ‘a ina skilful and cunning way (aimed at getting exactly what you want) 7 b deliberately attract someone, making them do something they would not normally do € cause (a rule, law, etc.) to be obeyed, especially when people are unwilling to accept it 4 tsky or dishonest. - € continuing to do something in a determined way, despite difficulties... £ belief and confidence in your own ability and value not very serious fighting anew 2 Complete these sentences with words from exercise 1. a It isnt always easy for the police to - speed limits. b In an attempt t0 ou back travellers, the airline began a major advertising campaign in the American papers. € ‘Tye just been offered some half-price tickets? “That sounds 4 The compliments she received after the presentation boosted her The education director is in his attempt to obtain additional funding for the school. eported speech 1. Inwiting, we can use a variety of reporting verbs to introduce reported speech instead of just say or tell. Choose the correct verb in these sentences. Sometimes both may be possible. a He promised/suggested to phone me at 9 oclock. b Jane warned/threatened me not to touch her computer. ¢ I regretted/insisted that I should do it myself. 4 She invited/recommended them to eat at the Japanese restaurant. € He denied/offered to sell them to her for a lower price. £ We agreed/asked to see the manager before the end of the month, She advised/recommended using the new software. hh I told/suggested her to take an eatlier train, 2. Rewrite these statements as reported speech, But John, I dont think you should let them use the Internet so much. Its not healthy. a She advised OY Lwish we hadsit bought so many computer games. b He regretted computer games. Listen Sara, P'l take your laptop away if you leave it switched on it all night. ifshe so much. so many ¢ He threatened left it switched on all night. I didnt leave the laptop switched on all night! 4 Sara denied on all night. Yes, its bad - my children play computer games for atleast five hours « day. € He complained - computer games too much. If you teach children through physical activities, they can learn a lot. £ He suggested — physical activities. through ‘Michael, don't stare at the screen for so long - itll hurt your eyes. § Michael's mother warned for such a long time, FASHION STATEMENTS 35Use of English Part 3 1. For questions 110, read the text below. Use the words given at the end of the lines to form a word that fits in the gap in the same line. The shape of fins to come There's something fishy going on in fashion. You could soon be stepping out decked in salmon and cod ... ‘Snakeskin might be all the rage in designer (0) .cllections.. his spring, but it could be COLLECT ().. .~~ by something even more scaly. PLACE ‘Several Scandinavian designers have just announced ‘a new luxury fabric to rival the finest leathers, sks and furs. No (2)... will snakeskin, LONG lizard and crocodile be the (3) amnnnnmnnin PREFER hides of exotic materials, because there's a new kid (on the blook: fish skin. ‘Aish leather tannery in Sweden is now up and running, (A) eeeenennnnnnne nique products to the world’s OFFER, top fashion houses in the hope thet they will scale the ©). seme OF Chic. HIGH Turning old fish into (6) nnn tess material DESIRE is not easy. It takes three days, starting with a wash to O) on nw Most of the fat and dirt. The scales. MOVE are lifted and then the skin is pickled. ‘The way we get tid of any (8)... Bergholz, joint owner of Sea Skin Scandinavia. Yvonne Eriksson, of the Finnish design company Fero, (9) svcmmnie Ha been making shirts and WHILE jackets from fish leather, mostty from turbot and Nile perch caught in Lake Victoria, Africa ‘It's a great (10) to more traditional exotic ‘skins,’ she says. ‘Fish leather gives a more elegant impression than traditional leather and it's at least as strong.” wwe Stell is a secret,’ says OFFEND. 36 \ unit