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Contents

Grammar reminder

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Swissair Intensifies Unicef Commitment

Collecting money for Unicef

Passive voice

Charities • Travelling by air • Money • The euro • International organisa tions

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Boxers teach bullied pupils to hit back

Boxing courses for bullied pupils

Infinitive and -ing structures

Sports • Stress at school • Aggression • Building self-confidence

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Good Eggs

Dinosaur eggs found

Relative clauses

Animals • Zoo • Endangered species • Nature parks • Environmental protection

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Drunken wife's smash with police

Accident caused by a drunken driver

Simple past • Past continuous • Past perfect

Driving • Traffic • Accidents • Police • Male/female differences

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Butt seriously this is worth £1,500

Selling famous people's things at an auction

Passive voice

Famous people • Being a star • Collecting things • Hobbies

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Dentist's painful way to extract payment

Conflict between a dentist and nonpaying clients

Causative

At the doctor's • Health care • Handling conflicts

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Quick gun check system crawls to a start

A new system of checking gun buyers in the USA

Present and Past participIes

Weapons • The right for self-defence • Crimes • Police • Hunting • War and peace

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Thefts are a bad sign for tourists

Stealing Irish road signs

Simple past • Present perfect

Travelling • Tourism • National characteristics • Ireland

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Tales of the unexpected

Unexpected and unnoticed pregnancy

Mixed tenses

Family planning • Bringing up children • Love and friendship

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Concern over the cyberjunkies whoOD on IT

Computer addiction

Infinitive of purpose • To make sb do sth

Using computers • Various addictions

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The Life Doctor

An experiment to break family cliches

Reported speech

Family tree • Handling family conflicts • Emotions • Personal characteristics • Family therapy

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Conversations with virtual granny

Living after death through the computer

Relative clauses • Conditional

Information technology • New scientific discoveries • Ethics in science • Life and death

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Punk Baby Jesus and the three Masters of the Universe

A controversial nativity scene

May • Might • Should • Would

Christmas and other holidays • Customs • Gift-giving • Shopping • Modern arts • Religion

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Europe votes to ban tobacco adverts

EU law to ban tobacco advertising

Infinitive and -ing structures • Conditional

Smoking • Addictions • Bad habits • Health • Advertising • TheEU

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UNIT 1 Swissair Intensifies Unicef Commitment

Before you read Task You can see both sides of an envelope that can be found on Swissair flights. Look at it and match the right caption (a-d) with pictures 1-4 on the envelope. a) b) c) d)

MAKE A DONATION TO UNICEF, PLEASE PUT THE MONEY IN THIS BAG UNICEF AND THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF THEIR HEARTS IF YOU HAVE FOREIGN CURRENCY LEFT OVER IN YOUR POCKETS AND WOULD LIKE TO AND HAND IT TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT