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STEVE JOBS
The man behind the Apple.
Wacky costumes.
Spooky films.
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VOCABULARY
Idioms, phrasal verbs,
expressions, useful verbs, key words…
Obama
Javier
McCain
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Woody Allen’s latest film.
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grammar,
error correction,
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CD
index
1
Hello
2
Power Play
3
Animal Instinct
4
Story Time
5
Social English
6
Functional Language
7
Fingers’ Error Correction
8
Haunted House
9
Telephone Conversation
10
Radio ad
11
Cut O
12
Staycations
13
Radio ad
14
Weird Trivia
15
Corny Criminals
16
Marijuana Mishap
17
Jokes
18
Grati
19
Name Calling
20
Tea for War
21
Radio ad
22
Typical dialogues
23
Dr Fingers’ Vocabulary
24
Quirky News
25
Advertising English
26
Technological English
27
Radio ad
28
British Bar Chat
29
US Bar Chat
30
Story: The Shop
31
Radio ad
32
Fake Ferraris
33
Dumb US Laws
34
Dictionary of Slang
35
Error correction
36
Radio ad
37
Idioms
38
Radio ad
39
Odd Organics
40
Paid to Quit
41
High-Speed Chase
42
Business English
43
O the Cu
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Goodbye
Editor’s
intro
Hello everyone, and welcome to another
issue of Hot English magazine – the
fun magazine for learning English. You
know, October is my favourite month:
the leaves on the trees turn beautiful
colours, it starts getting colder, it’s
my birthday, we’ve got Halloween and
it’s getting closer to Christmas – my
favourite holiday season. Anyway, still a
bit more time to go before that.
Well, what an exciting month this is going
to be with the US elections coming up. There have been so
many interesting stories coming out, especially since Sarah
Palin
came onto the scene
. One that
struck
me was the
debate over Barack Obama’s remark, “You can put
lipstick
on a pig, but it's still a pig.” Was he referring to Palin (after
she described herself as a “bulldog with lipstick”)? Or was he
referring to McCain and his attempts to present his policies
as new (and not a continuation of the Bush era)? Fascinating!
Another interesting nugget of information to come out was
the fact that Palin’s descendants come from Norfolk on the
east coast of England. That’s where my family spends its
summer holiday. Very interesting. Anyway, you can read lots
of amazing things about the US elections, which are due to
take place in November.
This month also sees the start of three new sections: Off the
Cuff (interviews with native speakers in the street);
The Shop
(the first episode of a new 9-part radio play); and our Skills
Booklet readings (readings which tie in with the Hot English
method). We’ll be telling you more about our language learning
method; or if you can’t wait, you can find out more for yourself
on our company website:
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Anyway, we hope you enjoy this issue. Have a great month
and see you next time for some more “education through
humour”.
Magazine
Index
3
Editorial
4
Power Play
5 Animal Instinct
6 Name Game
7 The Little Prince
8 Useful Vocabulary: Clothes
9 Useful Verbs: Changes
10 Interviews (Skills Booklet)
11 Story Time
12 Basic English: The Car
13 Social English: The Car
14 Functional Language: Creating Understanding
15 Error Correction & Listening: Haunted House
16 Grammar Fun
17 Telephone English & The Simpsons
18
Film Scripts
19 Steve Jobs (Skills Booklet)
20 Cut O
21 Staycations
22 Trivia Matching
23 Weird Trivia
24 Dr Fingers’ Grammar
25 Subscriptions
26 Corny Criminals
27 Recipe & Listening: Marijuana Mishap
28 The Rocky Horror Show
29 Scary Stories
30 Spooky Films
32 The Omen
33 Halloween Costumes
34 Javier Bardem
35 Woody Allen
36 Mc Cain versus Obama
38 Sarah Palin Trivia
40 Jokes
, Grati
& Cartoon
41 Misheard Lyrics
42 Name Calling
43 Tea for War
44 Vocabulary: Sweets & Chocolates
45 Typical Dialogues: The Sweet Shop
46 Face to Face
47 Dr Fingers Vocabulary Clinic: Time
48 Quirky News
49 Advertising English & Technological English
50 Shaping Seattle (Skills Booklet)
51 Maoris & Listening: Fake Ferraris
52 Dumb Laws
& Tennessee Facts
53 Directory
54 Dictionary of Slang
55 Dr Fingers’ Error Correction
& Back Issues
56 Anniversaries
57 Idioms: Brick Idioms
58 Publicity Stunts (Skills Booklet)
59 Adverts
60 Odd Organics
61 Paid to Quit
62 Tapescripts & Bar Chats
63 Answers & Listening: High-Speed Chase
64 The Pipes of Peace & Business English
65 Phrasal Verbs: Changes
66 Word of the Month & Credits
PS Remember, if you’re looking for lots more content, please
visit Dr Fingers’ blog
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PPS This magazine is my last issue
as editor of Hot English
magazine. I’ll be passing on the
responsibility (and pleasure) of
that to the latest edition of our
team, Jenna. Of course, I’ll still be
working closely with her behind
the scenes. Anyway, bye for now
and good luck with your English!
GLOSSARY
to come onto the scene
exp
to appear
to strike
vb
if you are “struck” by something, it
impresses / interests you
lipstick
n
makeup (often red) that people put
on their lips
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Steve Jobs
The man behind the Apple.
Rocky Horror Picture Show
The movie and its legacy.
Spooky Films
The top five horror films.
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36
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Javier Bardem
Flying high, but staying grounded.
Obama Vs McCain
Prepared to fight it out to the end.
Happy Anniversary
October.
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READING I
CD track 2
Irishwoman
Power Play
The effects of power.
The most
powerful
people on
the planet
In a recent article
on the 50 most
powerful people in
the planet, the top
four were:
Bill Gates (chairman
of Microsoft);
Does power corrupt people? No! “Power
breeds
competence,” says a new study by
Psychological Science magazine. Researchers
are surprised at the results. They expected
to nd that power would aect people
negatively. However, they found that
power actually forces people to act more
intelligently. For example, people in top
job positions make fewer mistakes at work,
researchers
say. And people who feel
unimportant and
powerless
at the oce
make more mistakes. It’s not for
lack of
intelligence or ability, though. It’s about how
you feel about your
role
. Why work hard if
you feel your job is unimportant?
Powerless or Neutral. Then the students had
to perform several
tasks
. “In the end, the
students in power positions did better than
the others,” a researcher said. “The powerless
participants felt out of control. We believe
that the psychology of feeling powerless is
what keeps society’s poorest members poor.
This new power perspective could help us
ght large-scale
poverty
,” she added.
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Eric Schmidt (
CEO
of Google);
America’s Northwestern University and
Dutch researchers tested this theory on
Dutch university students. Psychiatrists
put the students in three groups: Powerful,
Larry Ellison (CEO of
Oracle) and
Sam Palmisano
(CEO of IBM).
ANSWERS ON PAGE 63
1
Discussion
Discuss these questions with your partner. Use these useful
expressions to help you express yourself: Well, it depends on…
I believe… I think…
1.
Who is the most powerful person in the
world?
2.
Who is the most powerful person in your
country?
3.
What would you do if you were the most
powerful person in the world?
4.
Does power corrupt people?
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Reading II
True or false?
1.
According to new research, power can be
positive.
2.
Power makes people act foolishly.
3.
The main point of the article is: more power =
fewer mistakes.
4.
The experiment on Dutch employees was to
determine how power aects your work.
GLOSSARY
to breed
vb
to produce; to create
a researcher
n
a scientist
powerless
adj
with no power
a lack of
n
an absence of something
a role
n
the part you play in something
a task
n
a job
poverty
n
a situation in which many people
are poor and do not have basic
amenities (water, electricity, etc)
CEO
abbr
Chief Executive Ocer
Language alert!
How many parts of speech can you make
from “power”? powerful, powered, etc. What
do they mean?.
2
Reading I
Read the article and nd the answer to question 4.
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READING II
CD track 3
US woman
Animal
Instinct
Animal
behaviour
China is one of
several countries
that uses animal
behaviour, as “early
warning signs” to
predict bad storms.
In 1975, the Chinese
government
evacuated the city
of Haicheng in
Liaoning province
a day before a
major earthquake,
based on “reports
of unusual animal
behaviour and
changes in ground
water levels.”
Animals predict earthquakes.
Does your dog tell you when a
storm
is
coming? He might… if you watch him closely
enough. Animals often start to act dierently
before bad weather. But how can animals tell
bad weather is coming?
Seismologists
say
that some animals
pick up
electrical signals
made by rocks moving underground. Animals
can also sense the weaker “
shocks
” in the earth
before an
earthquake
.
China recently experienced its worst
earthquake in 30 years. And right before the
quake there were many natural signs that a
storm was
approaching
. Ten days before the
earthquake, the water in a
pond
in Hubei
province disappeared. Then, days before the
event, thousands of
toads
appeared on the
streets of nearby Mianzhu. Local residents
told Chinese ocials the toads were a sign
of a natural disaster, but were informed that
the sudden
plague
of
toads was “normal”.
Finally, right before the earthquake, animals
in a local zoo began to “act strangely”: zebras
banged
their heads against zoo walls;
elephants “
swung
their trunks wildly”; lions
and tigers (who usually sleep during the day)
were walking around; and
peacocks
began
to
screech
ve minutes before the disaster,
reported a local newspaper.
ANSWERS ON PAGE 63
1
Pre reading
Match the names to to the pictures.
1.
dog ____
2.
toad ____
3.
zebra ____
4.
elephants ____
5.
tiger ____
6.
lion ____
7.
peacock ____
2
Rank the animals
Now rank the animals according to their intelligence. (Use your
imagination!) Justify the order to your partner.
GLOSSARY
a storm
n
violent weather with rain, thunder
(loud noises) and lightning (bright
ashes)
a seismologist
n
an expert on earthquakes (see
below for denition)
to pick up
phr vb
to detect; to notice
a shock
n
a violent movement
an earthquake
n
a sudden and violent movement of
the earth. Also known as a “quake”
to approach
vb
to come closer / nearer
a pond
n
a small area of water (often man-
made)
a toad
n
a large frog (an amphibian)
a plague of
exp
a sudden and unwelcome
appearance of something in large
numbers
to bang
vb
to hit
to swing
vb (swung)
to move in circles
a peacock
n
a large bird. The male has beautiful
blue feathers
to screech
vb
to make a loud high-pitched sound
a
3
Reading I
Read the headlines below. What could the stories be about?
“Dog saves village from earthquake.”
“Toads warn Hubei province
of quake.”
b
Now read the article. Which headline describes the story.
e
4
Reading II
Find three examples from the article of how animals predict
natural disasters.
c
d
Grammar alert!
Reporting verbs are verbs we use to tell
something. They are used in reporting
news. Can you nd three in the article in
the last paragraph?
g
f
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