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FIGHTING BACK When Al Gore lost the 2000 presidential elections in the US, many people thought he would disappear. But just seven years later he is in the headlines again. This year he has won both the Principe de Asturias award for International Cooperation and the Nobel Peace Prize. Now he is looking to build a worldwide 'green army' to publicise environmental issues around the globe. Join him on page 14. On CD we learn about some more outspoken men: writer Jeffrey Archer and Formula 1 driver Lewis Hamilton, We also travel to two booming destinations: Harlem in New York and Dublin in Ireland. There are tips on howto get your life in order on page 22 and advice on using new technology to listen to music in our Futurology series. For more on music, read the interview with hot young singing star Rihanna.

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Jennifer Aniston has relationship troubles in this month's movie The Break-Up.

4 ~ EASY ENGLISH On CD we profile rising Formula 1 star Lewis Hamilton and celebrate the reunion of rock group Genesis.

24 I'VE GOT A BIKE We visit an unusual auction house, which specialises in antique bikes. ~ HARLEM RENAISSANCE We tour New York's hottest neighborhood, Harlem.

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~ JEFFREY ARCHER The politician, businessman and author talks about his eventful life.

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30 FUTVROLOGY PART 2 14ALGORE

The Nobel Prize winner brings his Climate Project to Spain.

~ JENNIFER ANISTON Hear all about her role in Speak Up's movie this month, The Break-Up.

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22 PUTnNG YOUR LIFE IN ORDER Are your closet and your life in a mess? You need a professional de-clutterer.

Speak Up's new series looks at hi-tech ways oflistening to music.

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Ireland is now the second richest country in the ED. But what are the costs of its economic success? 36 RIHANNA

The Umbrella Girl talks about her hits and working with rap star Jay-Z.

38 MEET THE PRESS The Guardian fights bank robbers and The Economist tries health drinks. 40 ~ ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS An extract from a biography of rock superstar Jimi Hendrix.

46 ~ THE LAST LAUGH A parrot and a magician provide the laughs in our jokes section.

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Lewis Hamilton El debut del britanico Lewis Hamilton, el primer piloto de color de Formula 1, ha sido impresionante. Aunque corta, su vida profesional ha sido intensa y muy rapida. ewis Hamilton, McLaren's 22year-old Formula One driver, made an incredible impact on his debut at this year's Australian Grand Prix: he overtook' Alonso, the reigning world champion, at the first corner. He finished that race in third place, the first debutant to reach the podium since Jacques Villeneuve in 1996. He then broke all records by taking second place in his next four races, and led the world championship. The only racing driver with a comparable record is the legendary Italian, Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina. Many believe Hamilton will become the greatest driver ofall time.

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Hamilton, who grew up in Tewin in Hertfordshire, England, is also the first black Grand Prix driver, but he doesn't see that as relevane: "Being the first black man isn't important to me personally, but it will introduce motor racing to a new audience.» He is often compared to golfchampion Tiger Woods for his maturity and concentration, and there are similarities in their family backgrounds. Hamilton's father, Anthony, has always encouraged and supported his son: he had three jobs to finance him in the early days, and never missed a race3 • 4 SPEAK UP

Hamilton's ability is not in question4 • ~ He's been a champion driver since the 6' age of 10 and has won at every level of the sport from junior karting5 to the GP2 series. His father bought him his first go-kart at the age ofsix, and he was racing by his eighth birthday. Hamilton first met McLaren team boss Ron Dennis in 1994 when he was just nine years old. He told Dennis that one day he wanted to drive for McLaren. Four years later the McLaren and Mercedes-Benz Young Driver Support Programme was set Up6, and Hamilton was one of the first to obtain financial and technical help. Today he says, "Racing in Formula One with McLaren was the ultimate goal? for me. It's a dream come true.» One person remains unimpressed by Hamilton's driving abilities: his girlfriend Jodi Ma reveals that, on a recent trip from Paris to London, he got lost twice. Hamilton took seven hours to find his way home and blamed8 the delay on his car's navigation system. ~

1 TO OVERTAKE: adelanrar 2 RELEVANT: ~ significativo 3 NEVER MISSED A RACE: nunca se perdi6 una carrera 4 IS NOT IN QUESTION: em! fuera de duda 5 KARTING: carreras de cars 6 TO SET UP: organizar 7 ULTIMATE GOAL: objetivo final 8 TO BLAME: echar la culpa 9 DELAY: retraso INSPIRATION 1 TRAILER: remolque 2 STEP-MUM: madrastra 3 IT HIT ME HARD: me afect6 mucho

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11 Choose the best option in each case. A. Lewis Hamilton finished in (SECOND / THIRD) place in four consecutive races. B. His family background is often compared to that of (JACQUES VILLENEUVE / TIGER WOODS). C. Hamilton received (PSYCHOLOGICAL / ECONOMIC) support from the Mercedes Benz Young Driver Support Programme. D. He was given his first lGO-KART / TOY CARl at the age of six. E. [HAMILTON / HAMILTON'S FATHER) had to do three jobs in order to help pay for his training. F. Jodi Ma claims that Hamilton got lost (TWICE / ONCE) on the way from Paris. 21 Match these celebrated Grand Prix drivers with their countries. A. Ayrton Senna 1 Germany B. Mika Hiikkinen 2 Spain c. Niki Lauda 3 Brazil D. Alain Prost 4 Finland E. Michael Schumacher 5 Austria F. Jackie Stewart 6 UK G. Fernando Alonso 7 France

Answers 11 A. second, B. Tiger Woods, c. economic, D. go-kart, E. Hamilton's father, F. twice 2)A3,B4,c5, D7,E1,F6,G2

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inspired by Ayrton Senna, who died when Lewis was just nine years old: "He was my hero. I remember racing the weekend he died. My dad had a small Vauxhall Cavalier and a trailer' at the back. We always sat in the Cavalier and waited for my turn to race. And that day my step-mum 2 came and told us Senna had just died. It hit me hard3 - but I never liked to show emotion in front of my dad, so I went behind the trailer and cried. That was the turning point of my life - because when you're so young, you believe people like Senna are invincible. And then you realise that they're also mortal. I decided to make the most of my talent."

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Words,Words Este mes, en la habitual secci6n dedicada a las palabras mas utiles en ingles, hablamos de algunos de los diferentes sentidos y combinaciones que tiene el utilizadisimo take.

This month we discover a new take, that's a new perspective, on the word take, so take a seat (sit down) and get comfortable. Basically, to take means to obtain; sometimes it's as easy as picking up a biscuit from a plate. Other times it involves violence: a mugger' takes an old woman's handbag2 and escapes. That's a shocking experience, which is very difficult to take in (or understand); everyone is taken by surprise (or shocked) by the situation.

rese. Perhaps you need a real break, so take a few days offwork (go on holiday), and fly to somewhere exotic. Ifyou book last minute, the agent takes off 30 per cent - that's a big discount. In no time at all" you take your seat on a plane, the plane takes off, and you're flying high above the clouds. So take offyour jacket, sit back and take it easy, just relax.

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On Location On holiday you take photographs with your camera. When a movie director makes a film, he often asks his actors to repeat a scene - each attempt is called a take, so you have take 1, take 2 and so on. One fight scene in Jackie Chan's The Young Master was so difficult to perform, the actors needed 329 takes. Take can also mean "need" or "involve". "It takes two to make a dream come true\" sang Marvin Caye. He was absolutely right because the song was a duet, and he needed partner Kim Weston to sing with him. Barbra Streisand didn't agree: in the musical HelLo Dolly she sang "It takes a woman ... to bring the sweet things in life." ~

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It's aStranlQ, Strange Worlll Internet es un buen lugar para buscarse la vida: se puede conseguir un sofa para pernoctar en Islandia y, tambien, reciclar todo tipo de mobiliario, con transporte incluido. couch surfing. American college student Casey Fenton planned a trip to Iceland, bought a plane ticket, bur had nowhere to stay. His solution was unique: he sent emails to 1,500 Icelandic students asking for their help. He received many answers and offers ofa free couch to sleep on. He decided to organise a network for what he called "couch surfers", and set up a web site:

www.couchsurfing.com.There They say the best things in life are free. New Yorker Wendy Tremayne believes this. She wants to encourage the recycling ofclothes through her movement, called Swap-O-Rama-Rama. People come to the Swap-O-RamaRama meetings with unwanted designer clothes'. They pay a small donation, and then look for items 2 that they would like to wear. Once they have found something suitable J , they move on to a Swap-O-Rama-Rama workshop', where they learn how to modifY their new garments. They can then add their own fashion label 6 and even parade the new design on the special Swap-O- Rama-Rama catwalk? For more information visit www.swaporamarama.org.

Couch Surfing... A couch B potato is someone who never goes anywhere, they simply sit on their couch and eat in front of the television. So here's an interesting innovation:

are now over 170,000 couch surfers around the planet, and members can find a free couch to sleep on practically anywhere in the world.

Couch Recycling... Do you have an old piece offurniture that you want to throw our 9 ? It's too heavy to move yourself, but here's the perfect answer: join

wwwfreecycle.org. Freecycle members advertise objects they don't want, then any member can come and collect them for free. The network has over 2.8 million members

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SIR PAUL McCARTNEY Esre afio los fans de la musica, yen parricular de Los Beatles, han visro aparecer el ulrimo ilbum de Paul McCarmey:

Memory ALmost FuLL (Memoria casi LLena). Un rrabajo muy personal y rerrospecrivo que bucea en la memoria. En el proximo numero, el ex beatle hablaca para los lecrores de Speak Up sobre esre evocarivo rrabajo He no de emociones que abarca recuerdos de su infancia, de Liverpool, de veranos que ya no volvecan y, por supuesro, de Los Beatles. McCarrney nos hablaca de End a/the End, un rem a que hace referencia a la muerre: un homenaje a rodos los seres queridos que ya no volved.n a cruzar el umbral de la puerra.

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