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o THE Washington Department of Fish and Wildlife (WDFW) is set to "haze" [udson Lake as part of a new scientific experiment to try to stop the mysterious deaths of hundreds of Trumpeter swans annually. The majestic migratory swans will encounter a loud and wild surprise when they arrive in Abbotsford from Alaska about mid-October. Instead of cool breezes stirring the peaceful grassy reeds along the shoreline, the swans will find their roosting spot at judson Lake ablaze in shining lights, an air boat skimming the shallow waters to scare them away as well as other noisy.devices. Kraege said the experiment is part of a large international task force investigating the massive swan die-offs from lead poisoning in Whatcom County and the Fraser Valley. More than 2,000
Trumpeters have died from lead shot poisoning since 1999 in the Fraser Valley and Whatcom County, Kraege said, noting that 400 swans died last fall and winter. Kevin Sinclair, who lives along shallow Judson Lake, calls it "a death trap" for the swans, because the muddy bottom is polluted with lead shot. Two people will be working at the lake 24 hours a day, seven days a week, to keep the birds from the wetlands. The $40,000 project is called the Experimental Management Hazing of Judson Lake and takes place from mid-October until January. Kraege said the swans have plenty of other roosting spots to choose from when they can't land at judson Lake. The latest effort is part of an ongoing international investigation on the Trumpeter swan lead poisoning.
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D SUN-WORSHIPPERS and gardeners already know it, but this summer was one of the driest and sunniest ever in the Lower Mainland. And Environment Canada's meteorologists have the proof. Vancouver International Airport recorded 326.6 hours of sunshine in August - 22 per cent more than the average 268 hours for the month. For the past three months from June through August, it 's been about 15 per cent sunnier than usual. Vancouver had so much more sunshine than normal- 121 extra hours - that it's the equivalent of having an extra two weeks of summer. The dry spell has also been impressive. Although June was about average in Vancouver, just 38 per cent of the normal rainfall was received in July and August. July saw 25.2 mm of rain, while
just 4.8 mm fell in August. Those months normally record just under 40 mm each. No records were set for the dry spell- they belong to summer months in 1951 and 1986 when only trace amounts of rain fell. Average maximum daily temperatures in Vancouver were slightly above normal in July and June. Further up the valley, at the Abbotsford airport, it's a similar story. Just 26.7 mm fell in total in July and August - about 27 per cent of normal. Those months normally record about 50 mm each. Abbotsford recorded generally warmer than normal daily maximum temperatures. July's average maximum temperature was 24.7 degrees Celsius, versus a normal of 23.4. August's average was 25.1 degrees, versus a 23.8 normal.
D IT'S an adventure that, on the surface, has little comparison to the daily life of regular people. For julie Wafaei, the first woman to cross the Atlantic Ocean using only human power, her expedition symbolizes something that everyone can relate to. It shows how a formidable task or difficult goal can be achieved if it's simply broken down to conquerable steps. "I think that applies to a lot of things in life," said Wafaei this week. Hopefully, she adds, she'll carry that lesson with her into the future. It's just one of the lessons that she and fiance Colin Angus are starting to share following the completion of an epic journey on May 20 this year - Angus having completed the world's first manpowered circumnavigation of the world, and Wafaei being there most of the way. It took Angus and Wafaei five months to cross the Atlantic Ocean using only their own strength heading through the most severe hurricane season recorded. Despite their plan to avoid hurricane paths, they were still hit by two. While an average count is around 11 tropical storms through their route, there were over 25 during their journey. That kind of experience creates a unique connection with the ocean - the part of the journey that she had been most enamoured with when the expedition was being planned. "You're spending a very long time out there so you see it in a very different way. .. you get quite intimate with the ocean," said Wafaei. It's also a unique consequence of global warming, she said, and ju one of the examples Wafaei and Angus will share when they start a speaking tour that will take them across Canada. The opening of their tour, and debut of their documentary on the trek, will be on Oct. 4 a 7 p.m. at the Palace Theatre in Courtenay. Tickets cost $10 in advance, $12 at the door. Along with those presentations, Wafaei and Angus are doing separate motivational speaking engagements - one locally with Wafaei, for example, is a talk with the Comox Valley Women's Business Network this week.
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PASSERSBY in South London thought they were witnessing a suicide attempt when they saw a young girl climbing up a massive crane at 2 o'clock in the morning. They called 999 and within minutes rescue workers were headed up the 130ft crane in pursuit. However, the fireman that reached the girl, found that she was fast asleep and quite unaware of her precarious surroundings. The teenager had not only climbed the crane whilst asleep, but had crawled a further 40ft out on to the counterweight section of the crane where she finally fell asleep on a narrow beam. The fireman, frightened to wake her in case she became frightened and fell, searched the teenager's mobile phone, found a number for the parents in its memory and had them call her and wake her.
a NEW YORK - A nude torso of Aphrodite, the Greek goddess of love, went on public display in New York last week for the first time outside her mythical birthplace. The alluring marble sculpture dates from the first century BC. With her classic figure and glowing patina, AphroditeAnadyomene, or Aphrodite emerging from the sea, literally came out of the Mediterranean. The one-metre-tall torso was recovered by divers in 1956 at Na Paphos on the southwest coast of Cyprus. Bathed in soft light and surrounded by 88 other relics, the goddess is displayed at the Onassis Cultural Center in Manhattan in the exhibit From Ishtar to Aphrodite: 3200 Years of Cypriot Hellenism. Though her head, arms and lower legs were lost, this weathered Aphrodite is comparable to the Louvre's famed Venus de Milo. Venus is of the same century as Aphrodite, but from the Aegean isle of Milos. "The relationship between the narrow
shoulders and long, broad hips reflects that mannerism of Hellenistic sculpture" in the Cypriot Aphrodite, the exhibits catalogue notes. Aphrodite's right arm "probably once held the end of her tresses. Small rivet holes at the back of her hips suggest that a drapery could have covered part of her hips." The works dating to 1450 BC include Bronze Age swords and spearheads, bracelets and other gold jewellery, ceramic amphorae and cups, silver coins and limestone busts. The relics were mostly recovered from archaeological digs in Cyprus and, though breathtaking in quality, aren't even the most renowned from the eastern Mediterranean island, the organizers said. A cast bronze tripod stand - 38 centimetres high, with bovine feet and a bull's head adorning each leg - typifies a design invented in Cyprus, where copper mining enabled a rich tradition of bronze work.
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Therapy Dogs Lending a 'Helping Paw to Students Kerri Fivecoat-Campbell It isn't unusual for Ellen Knight, a school counsellor at Basehor Elementary, to receive requests such as the note handed to her by a group of students during recess. Scrawled on the piece of paper: "We would like to know if we can read to Bailey? Is this a good time?" Bailey is one of the official school therapy dogs used in the small, rural district for everything from lessons to teaching social skills and responsibility to comforting students in a time of grief or personal crisis. "Dogs have been used in the classroom for many years," said Sarah Holbert of Canine Assistance, Rehabilitation, Education and Services Inc. (C.A.RE.S) . In the late 1980s and early 1990s similar organizations started training and providing social dogs to live in facilities mostly in skilled care facilities and group homes for the elderly. Research suggested that dogs lowered blood pressure, and senior citizens who owned dogs lived longer with fewer health problems. People suffering from Alzheimer's disease could also relate to dogs; many recalled the best friends of their youth and became happier when given access to a dog once again. When C.A.RE.S. was founded in 1994, they recognized that there was a need for dogs that were trained beyond simply being social dogs. "We train them in a professional therapy dog program," said Holbert. "Our dogs are trained on the same level as service dogs." C.A.R.E.S. is a non-profit organization dedicated to providing trained service dogs and to do that, Holbert explained, all dogs must be tested for temperament , spayed or neutered, pass physical exams, and test negative for heartwonns and physical abnormalities.
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The dogs enter the program as early as possible and go through many months of training. The ~verage age for a dog to actually be assigned to an owner is eighteen months. "We never let them go before twelve months," said Holbert. "They just need that time to grow and mature." When the dogs graduate from the program, they are trained to help support people who might have to lean on them while getting up after falling; they are taught sign language to assist hearing impaired; they know forty-three basic commands and are even trained for basic search-and-rescue, not only for emergencies but also to play hide and seek with the children. Once the dogs are certified for work, they're ready for potential owners, who are required to use them to work in a facility to minimize the problems encountered by so many facilities years ago. Owners must also complete a rigorous one-week training program. They must pass a public access test and be certified, which includes C.A.RE.S. trainers observing the owners working with their dogs in the schools. Henry Woolf visited an alternative school in 1990 where therapy dogs were being used. His visit convinced him of the positive outcomes of therapy dogs on students who were having problems in school. In 2004, he decided to get a therapy dog from C.A.RE.S. , Inc. after going through the owner-training program. He ended up with River, a black Lab. The first time Woolf met "Mandy" (not her real name), it was in truancy court. The junior high, special needs student had been absent over forty days during the school year until that
point. The judge asked me if I had a plan to keep her in school," said WooIf. "I told him I did, but I couldn 't tell her because then she would know the plan." Woolf had previously discussed with the girl's mother his idea to use River with Mandy. "I then told Mandy that I had a surprise for her, but I wouldn 't tell her what it was until she showed up for school," said WooIf. "When she came into school the next day, I introduced her to River and told her that if she didn't come to school to care for him, he wouldn't get walks, water or love." Mandy showedup for the rest of the school year, with the exception of two days. It was Mandy's responsibility to take River for his walks in the halls and give him love and attention. For schools that use therapy. .dogs, the list goes on. Therapy dogs have been used in lesson planning from math to social studies. "In math, they might weigh the dog and then convert his weight from pounds to grams," said Holbert. The most popular lesson in which to use therapy dogs is in teaching young children to read. School officials say the dogs are perfect listeners. "They are not judgmental; they don't care if you don't get the words exactly right," said Knight. Holbert said for children in special education the dogs provide unconditional love and support and even friendship to students who usually don't have a lot of friends. "Also, if the dogs are made part of their classrooms, it instillsa sense of pride and self-confidence in these kids," said Holbert. "It opens up dialogue and otherchildrendo want to talk to them and be their friend because they are so specialas to have the dog."
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First read the ten situations (11-20) and then read the twelve texts (a-I). Decide which text goes best with which situation. Each text can be used only once. Mark your answers on the answer sheet (11-20). In some cases there may be no suitable text. Then mark x.
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Your colleague is going to retire in three weeks and you would like to buy him a unique present. He likes and collects old things like call-ups and kits. You are going to move to Nigeria for a year and you wouldn't like to take your 12-year-old daughter with you. You are looking for a school for her in Great Britain. You work as a full-time secretary but you are underpaid and need some extra work. You are a mother of three (3, 7, 11) and want your children to go to the same school. You would like to renovate your old mansion and need some information on how to repair doors and windows. You are spending a few days in Britain and are interested in Sir Horatio Nelson's most famous ship. You are an unemployed accountant and looking for an odd job . Your ll-year-old daughter is interested in the French language and culture and you look for a school where she can improve her speaking skills. You've inherited a house in bad condition in the countryside. You would like to sell it. Your son is a fan of the Royal Navy. He's interested in everything in connection with it. If you are in Great Britain don't miss visiting this place.
Robertsbridge Community College Knelle Road, Robertsbridge Required for session in May and June
EXAMINATION INVIGILATORS New posts created as a result of changes to teachers' pay and conditions. The work will be hourly paid at a rate of £7.4520 per hour. Prime duty will be the supervision of students undertaking external examinations and you will be working as part of a team supervised by a member of the teaching staff. Ideal part-time work for ex-teachers, retired civil servants, ex-bank employees, etc., i.e. any well-educated adult with previous good work experience. Infonnation: 01580 880360
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Oak frame construction once a dying art s. BARLOW is now enjoying something of a renaissanc e. As more and more people look to build their own bespoke homes LIMITED the beauty and quality of an oak frame is quickly becoming realized. Anoth er plus is the durability in design which range s from the traditional, such as Wealden Hall Houses, which were traditionally built within the Weald of Kent and East Sussex in and around the 14th and 15th centuries and were said to "Express the quality of life in a prosperous age ." Period Oak creates each bespoke frame usin g traditional handc rafted methods handed down from the builders of the original 14th and 15th centu ry homes which can still be seen today. The quality and craft sman ship of these beautiful buildings is a real inspiration to each one of our IO-strong team.
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Take Off to the Fleet Air Arm Museum THE Fleet Air Arm Museum in Yeovilton, Somerset is a "m u st see" when in the Southwest! The Museum houses the largest collection of naval aircraft anywhere in Europe and it includes eight aircraft which cannot be seen anywhere else in the world. Situated alongside Euro pe's largest Naval Air Statio n you are likely to see Sea Harri ers and helicopters going throu gh their rigorous training procedures (dependent up on operationa l dem ands). Inside the museum you will have the opportunity of going on-board Concorde and being tr an sported by a simulated helicopter flight to the repli ca flight deck of the aircraft carrier HMS ARK ROYAL. A combination of two enormous projection scree ns , coupled with ten rea l aircrafts , put you in the heart of the action as powerfu l jet fighters take off and land aro und you. You' ll expe rience the thrills and sou nds of a working fligh t deck, and even see a nucl ear bomb.
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This fit, fit, fit couple have run out of space for all their bicycles and urgently seek a delightful new home almost an ywhere in the Headcorn, Goudhurst, Hawkhurst, Wittersham neck of the woods. They need a home for three children and their chickens!
Bond Street Fashion Director who works jolly hard six da ys a week spends an y spare time she ha s renovating period and character country properties with her partner who is a brilliant builder.
The y need a characterful detached house in a semi-r ura l setting, perhap s at the edge of a village and with a maximum of 10 acres to play in. Useful, too, if there were a handy railway station - out of the sound of trains, and away from road traffic.
They are now looking for another project anywhere in Kent or East Sussex that has potential. If you have a run-down property or former fann buildings, nursing homes, etc. that wou ld lend themselves to a sympatheti c conversion, they have the money and vision available immediately. They are willing to wait for you to find your onward move.
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Portsmouth Historic Dockyard HOME to three historically significant and well-known ships HMS Victory, HMS Warrior and the Mary Rose. Two museums - The Mary Rose Museum and the Royal Nava l Museum - are open to the public. A multi-million pound in te ractive sh owcase, ACTION STATIONS. detailing the modern-day navy. is the most rec ent major addition. The eyes of the world will be on Portsmouth during 2005, the bic entenary of Th e Battle of Trafalgar, arguably the most famous sea battle ever an d led by HMS Victory. The Battle took pl ace on the 21st October 1805 off the coa st of South West Spain and is one of the most decisive in hi story. Make this the year to visit the Portsmouth Historic Dockyard and realise, there is so m u ch more to see!
A ntique and fin e furniture, silver, plate, jewellery, ceramics, metalware, clocks, rugs, etc.
A· nti que Sale
To include: 2 large oak refectory tables, a large Victorian Wednesday 26t h April at 11am oak breakfront library bookc ase, a Regency table piano by Brod erip and Wilkinson Georgian and a Victorian chest of drawers, a collect ion of mil itary uniforms and swords and much more: View this illustrated catalog ue fro m Thursday at www.burstowandhewett.co .uk Viewing on Tuesday 25th April 9am-7pm and morning of sale from 9am
ABBEY AUCTI ON GALL ERY Lower La ke, Battle, East Sussex Tel: 01424 7723
Battle Abbey SchooL is a thriving co-educationaL boarding and day schooL for children aged from 5-18. It is Located on two sites - the Preparatory SchooL stands in its own attractive, spacious grounds in centraL BexhiLL-on-Sea, and the Senior SchooL is Located in BattLe, within the stunning surroundings of BattLe Abbey and overLooking the famous 1066 BattLefieLd. The Preparatory School in Bexhill-on-Sea, In 2004 and 2005 100% of our candidates (01424) 219674, has superb facilities, includ- obtained 5 passes at GCSE at Grade Cand above. ing a 25-metre indoor swimming pool and a At A-Level there has been a similarly hig h pass brand- new astro turf multi-sport pitch. rate with 50% of grades at A or B. Places have Continuity of education is one of our key been gained at many of the top universities, attracti ons, and pupils may apply to join including Oxbridge. Please telephone (01424) us at any t ime during th eir school caree r, 772385 to make an appointment to visit the with Preparatory School pupils t ransferring Senior School in Battle, and (01424) 219674 to at 11, subject to academic attai nment, visit t he Nursery and Preparatory School in to a guaranteed place in t he Senior School. Bexhill-on-Sea.
www.battLeabbeyschooL.com
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High acade m ic achievement goes ha nd in hand with a happy fam ily -' atmosphere .
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At Sutton Valence Preparatory Schoo l, chi ldren are encou raged to develop the ir indi vidua l tal ents to the fu ll, co ntri buting pos itively and enthus iastica lly to school life . By encouraging the ch ildren to experience a wide range of academic, sporting , musical and cu ltu ral activities, we prepare them for entrance to our senio r school, Sutton Valence, or other secondary schools, both independent and maintained . C hildren enter Kinde rgarten at the age of 3 , based in a high quality, purpose -b uilt unit which opened in 200 1. Teachi ng and care standards are high and fo unded upo n the need for young child ren to learn through play and the exploration of the ir surrou ndi ngs . Progression through the school is seamless and by the time they are 7 ou r children are academ ically well-grounded , articulate and confident and ready to tac kle the wider curriculu m and challe nges provided fu rther up the school. Fro m ages 7- 1 1 ch ild ren a re ta ug ht in a pu rpo se-built cl a ssroom b lock where special ist subject teaching beco mes an integra l part of their curr iculum . Choosing the right school for their ch ild is one of the most important decis ions pa rents have to ma ke. We would welcome a visit from you so that you can absorb the specia l fam ily atmosphere and ethos and see what we have to offer.
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LAMBERT FOSTER Auction Sale Finest Quality Luxurious Decorative Individual Hand-Knotted CONNOISSEUR & DECORATIVE PERSIAN & EASTERN CARPETS A collection of outstand ing merit and variety representin g most of the major knottin g regions to be sold mainly under pressurised disposal instructions with numerous items to be sold WITHOUT RES ERVE in all sizes, from room sizes, oversize, scatter rugs & runners on
SATURDAY 29th APRIL 2006 Sale starts 11.00 am (view from 09.30 am)
St Mildred's Church Hall Church Road, Tenterden
NATURAL FARMS LTD Confident person required to present and sell our delicious pies in a variety of interesting locations. You will hold a driving licence and have a pas sion for good food. This part-time position will include weekend work. Please phone and tell me why this job is for you! 01580 830090 Ask for Tony
Please contact Mrs Anne Leckie, Headmaster's Secretary to arrange a visit. Telephone: 0122 84117 Email:
[email protected] www.svs.org.uk
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Traditional family vaLues are very important at CLaremont and consequentLy there is no boarding and no Saturday schooL. There is a maximum of 18 pupils per class and high staff: pupil ratios throughout. The curricuLum is broad and includes Art, Music, Drama and Sport. The schooL offers a daily transport service to and from Hastings, BexhilL and surrounding areas. The schooL aLso owns a Large property in N. France, where all children from year 3 upwards have the opportunity of appLying their Linguistic skills, whilst enjoying the LocaL French cuLture. In the Nursery SchooL children follow the 6 EarLy Learning GoaLs, and in addition are offered French, Music and Drama classes. Entry to CLaremont Prep SchooL is via the Nursery where preparation for the transition takes pLace in the spring and summer terms.
Clarernont School is set amidst 100 acres of beautiful countryside on the outskirts of St. Leonards-on-Sea. It caters for children from 1 to 13 years of age, is open from Barn to 6pm daily, and accepts only day-pupils
OPEN DAYS - Friday 12th and Saturday 13th May This is an opportunity for prospective parents to view the whoLe schooL including the Nursery, as weLL as a chance to meet staff and pupils. (No appointment necessary.) TeLephone 01424 751555 for further information or visit our website www.cLaremontschooL.co.uk Visits can aLso be arranged at short notice with the Headmaster.
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The Stone of Eloquence BLarney, of course, is as oLd as our race but it is onLy within comparativeLy modern times that it got its own shrine in Co. Cork, where the BLarney Stone is the great symboL of the pecuLiar, charming quaLity of the Irish. It is situated in the Castle of the same name a few miles from Cork city and every year
El! seventy thousand peopLe climb 120 feet to the dizzy battLements to Look EE
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These children's aims are the same: to stay alive in spite of the hunger, cold and loneliness. Susan Booth didn 't have any difficulties with collecting donations and medical supplies as big compan ies were will ing to help and an Irish photographer gave her a helping hand. Supporting poor people is so common in the USA that people weren't surprised about Susan's action .
You will hear five short texts. You will hear the texts only once. Then you will have time to answer the question for each text. Decide which is the correct answer (a, b or c) for each question and mark your answers on the answer sheet. Tracks 7-11:
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Situation 1: You are a Mathematics teacher at a secondary school in Manchester but in July you are going to move to Kent so you have to look for a new workplace. You have found this advertisement in Wealden Advertiser and decided to apply for the job.
Marlborough House School lAPS Co Educational 327 Pupils 3-13 Required for September 2006
Mathematics Teacher We seek an inspirational teacher with great enthusiasm and interpersonal skills to join this thriving and forward-looking school. Departmental responsibility a possibility for the right candidate. For further details and an application form, please contact: Marlborough House School Hawkhurst, Cranbrook, Kent, TN184PY Tel: 01580 753555 Fax: 01580 754281 E-mail:
[email protected] Please note that only applications made using the school s own application form can be accepted.
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Write a letter of application. Your letter should contain at least two of the following points and one other aspect: • Your reason for applying for this job • Your qualification and experience with this sort of work • Your plans for the future • Why you are the best for this work Before starting the letter, decide on the order in which you think the three points should be included as well as an appropriate introduction and close. Include your address and the address of the school, also the reference line, date, salutation and closing formula. You have 30 minutes to write the letter. Please write 150-200 words.
Situation 2: You see the following information in the British Museum's What's on Magazine.
Friends events Join the British Museum Friends and enjoy a programme of special activities for members including lectures, even ing openings and days out to areas of specia l interest. Friends also get First View and free entry to exhibitions courtesy of the museum and an annual subscription to the British Museum Magazine. l55 , l50, l40 concessions or direct debit Telephone 02073238195/8605 frie nds@the britishmuse um.a c.uk www.thebritishmuseum .ac .uk/friends
Young Friends Join the Young Friends of the British Museum and en joy ReMUS the maga zine for Young Friends, sleepovers in the Museum and other special events for members aged 8-75. Telephone 020 7323 8605 for details.
First Thursdays Visit during the evening of the first Thursday in the month and enjoy free gallery talks, lectures, music and entry to special exhibitions. The restaurant, cafes and shops in the Great Court remain open. Prehistoric Britain The evening eve nts include a lecture and gallery talks abo ut prehistoric Britain and the Roman occupation. Thursday 6 May, 17.30-20.30 lecture 18.30; gallery talks 18 .30 & 19 .30
Classical myths and legends The evening will focus on classical mythology starting with a lecture and supported by gallery talks throughout the Museum. Thu rsday 3 June, 17 .30-20.30 lectu re 18 .30; gallery talks 18.30 & 19
You and your f riend are interested in th e cultural events organised by the Brit ish Museum and would like to join the Brit ish Museum Friends Association to be able to get enough informat ion about t heir programmes. However, you wou ld like to have more deta ils f irst and have decided to wr ite to the secretary of the Association to express your int erest and ask for more information. Your letter should contain at least two of the following points and one other aspect: · Ask about annual membe rship fee • Explain w hy you would like to join • Ask more info about the events of t he next 3 month s · Ment ion your own interest Before starting the letter, decide on the order in which you think the three points should be included as well as an appropriate introduction and close. Include your address, the reference line, date, salutation and closing formula. You have 30 minutes to write the letter. Please write 150-200 words .
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Test 1
Candidate A/B/(C) - (30-60 seconds in total) Introduce yourself to your partner. Tell him/her, for example, why you are learning English, what your hobbies and leisure interests are or how you have prepared for this examination. This part of the examination will not be marked.
Candidate A/B/(C) - (2 1/2 minutes per person) The examiner will invite you to do a short presentation to your partner(s) on one of the following topics (the prompts in brackets offer some ideas). The presentation should take about two minutes. After the presentation your partner(s) will ask you some questions. After your partner has finished his/her presentation you should also ask questions that are of interest to you. You should not interrupt your partner during his/her presentation unless absolutely necessary.
A book that you have read (topic and plot, author, characters , style, your opinion, etc.) or
A film that you have seen (topic and plot, actors, your opinion etc.)
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ndidate A/B/(C) - (2 1/2 minutes per person) '; ead the following text. Discuss the content of the text with your partner. - ", I him/ her your opinions, give reasons and personal examples to support your ideas. Talk about r own experience with the problems mentioned and possible solutions.
Climate Changes Melting Swiss Tourism John Zarocostas Over the centuries, Swiss mountain communities such as these have proven resourceful in adapting to natural adversities, and in recent decades, they have turned the Alpine beauty into a cash cow by promoting winter sports. However, the fast pace of modem life is sending worrying signals in the form of dramatic changes in temperature and climatic conditions in the Alps that threaten the annual multimilliondollar winter sports and tourism industry. Fearing the worst, some Swiss policy-makers and business leaders are urging mountain communities to hedge against this risk by diversifying their economic activity into sports and ventures that are less dependent on snow. This majestic region is dominated by roughly 150 square miles of year-round ice and snow. Scientists think it is highly probable that in the near future - say, around 2050 - the glacier may shrink to its smallest size since the late Bronze Age, or even less.
From 1250 B.C. to 1050 R C., the Aletsch glacier was at least 1,000 yards shorter than it is today. Bruno Messerli of the Geography Institute at the University of Bern reckons that some of the driving forces behind the environmental changes detected in the Alps reflect the profound increase in economic activity worldwide. According to academic studies, from 1890 to 1990, the world's human population quadrup led, the wor ld eco nomy increased fourtee n-fold, industrial output rose by forty times, and energy use grew thirteen-fold, he said. In that period, fresh-water use increased nine-fold, the amount of land irrigated rose by five times, the cattle population increased four-fold, carbon -dioxide emissions increased seve nteen-fold and sulfuric-oxide emissions went up thirteen-fold, Messerli said. The warmer temperatures are also posing a problem in terms of "ski security" in the Alps, which translates to having a hundred uninterrupted days with a
mmimum twelve-inch snow cover for winter sports. "We shou ld take sum mer tourism more seriously again," Messerli said in an interview. He conceded that at present, the hundred-day period from Christmas to Easter is when operators look to make all their profit for the year. Pure air is one of the key selling points ofthe region - in addition to the mountains and nature - especially in the emerging tourist markets in countries such as China. Matos-Wasem points out that in the late nineteenth-century and first half of the twentieth-century, breathing fresh air was the driving force that spurred the growth of sanatoriums in the Swiss Alps and other locations, to treat tuberculosis patients, until the invention of streptomycin put the institutions in economic hardship. Pure alpine air, nevertheless, is still used as a major selling point by many hotels, clinics and medical institutions and some private schools, the researcher said.
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Candidates A/B/(C) You and your friends would like to organise a youth club for your schoolmates to be able to spend your free time in a good way. There is an empty room in the basement of the building and the headmaster will allow you to use it as a club if you present him a plan how to organise it. Tell your partner your ideas and try to agree on the following points:
• how to renovate this place • how to furnish it • who can use it • when members can use it • what kind of programmes you will organise • how to collect money for this project • who you will invite to take part in this project
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o WITH 15 days to go, 1999 could be about t o b reak all time temperature reco rds. Scientists at the Meteorology Serv ice an d South State"Univers ity said yesterday it could be the warmest ye ar for the co untry since records began in the capital in 1794 - unless the col d snap continues. "Seven of the top 10 hottest years were in the 1990s," said Paul j onat h an of the climate research centre last night. "The other three were in the late 1980s." The world over, researchers have studied tree rings, ice cores, coral growths and historical records for clues to past temperatures. These tell the same story: this has been the warmest decade for 1,000 years. In 1999 temperatures have been above average every month, except June. The hottest year was 1990, but 1999 could still beat it. "It depen ds on
how long this cold snap last s," said Dr jonathan . "It's what we would expect as a res ult of continued gree n house gas build-up an d forcing of the climate system by this hum an input in to the atmosphere," he added. Last year was, globally, the hottest for the planet. Climate scientists blamed it on El Nino, the cyclic bubble of heat that appeared mysteriously in the Pacific, distorting weather patterns and triggering floods in normally dry regions, and droughts in rainforest areas. El Nino was followed by a rapid dip in Pacific temperatures, called La Nina. Daniel Parkinson of the Meteorology Service said: "Our forecast for 2000 shows a high probability of it being warmer than 1999, as the cold Pacific slowly warms again naturally, but only a low probability of beating the 1998 record."
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El THE bacterium Caulobacter crescentus uses the toughest glue on Earth to stick to river rock s, and now scientists are trying to figur e out ho w to produce the stuff. The adhesive can withstand an en ormous am ount of stress, equal to the force felt by a quarter with more than three cars piled on top of it. That' s two to three times more force than the best retail glues can handle. The single-celled bacterium uses sugar mol ecules to stay put in rivers, streams, and water pipes, a new stu dy found. It's not clear how the glue actually works, however, but researchers presume some special proteins must be attached to the sugars. "There are obviou s applications since this adhes ive works on wet surfaces," said stu dy leader Mark Brickwall, an Alamo University bacteriologist. "One possibility would be as a biodegradable surgical adhesive." Engin eers could use the superior sticku m too, Brickwall and colleagues say. But making it ha s proved challenging. Like a mess of chewing gum, the gunk globs to everything , including the tools used to create it. "We tri ed washing the glu e off," Brickwall said. "It didn't work."
o CROSS-BORDER beer smuggling is on e of the fastest growing retail businesses in the country, according to a survey. More than 100,000 vans are esti mated to have made the cro ssing stacked with illegal beer im ports from the neighbouring countries in the past yea r 12%up on 1998 and double the number in 1993 when the European single m arket wa s formed. Buyin g cheap du ty-paid bee r in these countri es, wh ere tax levels are around one eighth of domestic rates, is no t illegal if the beer is for person al consumption. But importing for res ale is smuggling, and the National Revenue an d Customs Authority believes "van man" smuggling ha s reached record levels. The NRCA says it operates
undercover surveillance of smugglers at borders and beli eves they are becoming m ore sophisticated as customs officer s attempt to clamp down on the trade. It says smugglers ar e using less conspicuous vehicles like people carriers and estate cars. NRCA estim ates 11,500 beer-car ryin g vehicles a year head for the capital and that the ne xt most popular destination is major cities , with ne arly 7,000 vans a year. An NRCA spokesman said: "The beer-runner s are we ll-organized and are ch eating the country out of millions of Euros of taxes, and with such a mas sive rise in th e number of vans in 1999 the market for the selling of this beer must be on e of the fastest growing retail sectors."
HOUSE prices will continue to run ah ead of wages and inflation next year with average pric es leaping by 11%in 2000, according to forecasts publish ed tod ay by NBS building society. News of the con tinuously rising h ouse prices is exp ected to be accompanied today by reforms from the dep artment of trade and in du stry, which are likely to include measures preventing lenders making it compulsory for borrowers to buy insurance with their mortgages. The government had a me eting with mortgage lenders this week and is expe cted to call an other mortgage "summit" next month as part of its strategy to end "rip-off customers" and bring mortgages under the remit of th e City regulator, the financial services authority. Hou se prices rose by around 13.5% in 1999 , according to NBS, and the in creasingly buoyan t econom ic outlook will sustain confidence in the market in 2000, it says. The fore cast is backed by Colonial Prop erties, which yesterday predicted that house prices will rise by 10%in 2000. A 10% increase will add an extra €7,500 to the pric e of the average house in th e country, bringing it to around €82,700 . In the capital, where average prices are closer to €133,000, the for ecast in crease will take
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prices to €142 ,000. But NBS expects the biggest in creases to come outside the capital. "During 2000 the northern and we stern housing markets, which have this year been h eld back by the slu m p in manufacturing, are lik ely to see prices grow more closely in lin e with th e average," it says. How ever, Colonial Prop erties, although expecting a "more even " na tional pattern, believes the capital will continue to lead the w ay in percentage increases. The only factor holding ba ck price in cr eases will be further interest rate increases. with eco nom ists predicting that mortgage rates could rise from their present level to a peak of 8%.
o THERE is clearly som ething a bit spe cial about Kaiuli Beach . Whether it is som ething in the winds, or in the seas. or in the stars. is ha rd to say. But special it undoubtedly is. For this sh ort strip of coastal land on the edge of the city of Glancemour has two huge claims to fame. For centuries. Kaiuli Beach has be en at the crossroads of New Zealand's sometimes bitter m ulti-racial hi st ory, the place wh ere, in a very real sense, the w ho le cou n try began. But in only a few weeks' time. the beach and the whole Glancemour area will also become one of the focal points of the planet, as Glancemour becomes the first city in the world to greet the dawn of the new mi lle n niu m. Every day in the w orld's easternmost city, th e sun comes up ou t of the Pacific "like a ba ll of fir e from th e ocean." as Wal green puts it - the Maori
name for the district, Tarau whiti, m eans "th e coas t u pon which the su n sh in es across the waters". On January 1, 2000. therefore. midway through the south ern hemisphere su m mer, Glan cemour gets to launch the first party of the millennium. It will do so at about the time that people in w intry Europ e are still wa tch ing the dying light of 1999 an d while those in America are still eating their fin al lunch es of the 20th cen tury. At 5.39 a.m ., the su n w ill st rike the su m m it of Mount Haikurengi, some 80 miles to the north of Glancemour. Seven minutes later. the firs t rays of th e new century will break across the oce an and be visible from the city of Glancemour itself. "Our cou n try and our pe ople will quite lit erally be fir st to th e fu ture." says Prime Ministe r j eremy Stanley in some of the m ountain s of promotional materi al to m ark the coun try's m oment in the su n .
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First read the following text and then choose the answers to questions 6-10.
RENEWABLE ENERGY Whether we are switching the light on, drying our hair, using the microwave or working on our computers, energy is an essential of modem life. We use it every day in most of the things we do. It creates convenience and comfort, helps keep us healthy and entertained. Our civilisation would collapse without it. Yet there is also a heavy price. Traditional methods of power generation have created a legacy of acid rain, oil spills and despite billions of pounds of research - nuclear waste, issues all of which need to be considered. That price never appears on the quarterly bill. Renewable energy comes from different sources that will remain sustainable long after fossil fuels simply disappear. Photovoltaic cells that convert our sunlight into electricity, wind turbines that exploit climate , hydro-power which captures energy from falling water, and wave power which captures energy from the rise and fall of tides are some of the main sources. Wind and water power are well established although such sources currently provide only 2% of Britain's electricity. Yet renewable energy now meets approximately 20% of the world's
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electricity needs; this could rise to 30-45% by the year 2025. There is a huge potential for the effective use of renewable sources of energy in this country, but its implementation is poor. What are the costs ofusing nonrenewable sources? Most serious of all would be' the contribution to climate change. We have been continuouslypumping a large amount of carbon dioxide and other gases into the atmosphere. The gases unlocked by burning the coal which fuelled the industrial revolution are augmented by the steadily increased burning of other fossil fuels, such as oil and natural gas, just like other carbon dioxide emissions, such as from car exhaust gases. The carbon dioxide creates a blanket around the earth . Heat which would normally disappear into space can 't escape , and is reflected back to be soaked up by the seas and oceans. Our world gets hotter. This is called the Greenhouse Effect. Is it a coincidence that 11 of the 12 hottest years on record have occurred since 1980, with 1998 the hottest year eyer recorded and 1999 set to be in the top 10? Europe has seen the average temperature increase by 0.8°C
this century, and the WorldHealth Organisation warned in July tlfat global warming could result in mosquitoes spreading diseases like malaria and encephalitis through the northern hemisphere, Exceptional weather this summer in New York City created perfect breeding conditions .for mosquitoes and helicopters were used to spray the entire city with insecticide. Large parts of European countries suffered their worst floods ever last year. The government has recognised climate change as one of the greatest environmental < threats facing the world today; The government's chief scientist says the Gulf Stream, which makes Britain's climate so benign, could be haIted. Nowhere is immune. In the Arctic, where temperatures are higher than at any time during the last two centuries, the ice keeps melting. Wildlife can't adapt fast enough, and polar bears, walruses and whales are losing their feeding grounds. Marine biologists reported in July that most of the world's coral reefs could die within the next century. With predictions of global temperatures rising by a further 3-4°C over the next century, worse is likely to be in store.
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" First read the items (11-20) then read the text. Decide which part of the text (a-I) contains the information in each of the items. Each part of the text may only be used once. Domestic specialties for the whole country The current culinary masterpieces The reason why we can take it home from the supermarket Wide range of selection for every taste Nothing compares to the original The only real thing Back to the roots Where does it come from? Tribute to the First Lady You can be thankful for the poor
There are not too many nations that can say their national dish has become an internatio a phenomenon. Italy has two such dishes, pasta and of course pizza. In America pizza usually fal c into two categories: thick and cheesy Chicago style or thin and more traditional New York pizza. In Ita ly pizza also falls into two distinct categories: Italian pizza and the rest of the world. It mig seem silly considering the basic ingredients, but one taste of a true Italian pizza and that's it. 0 will never feel the same about this simple and delicious food again. Pizza in its most basic form as a seasoned flatbread has a long history in the Mediterranea . Several cultures including the Greeks and Phoenicians ate a flatbread made from flour and wat e . The dough would be cooked by placing on a hot stone and then seasoned with herbs. The Gree called this early pizza "plankuntos" and it was basically used as an edible plate when eating stews or thick broth. It was not yet what we would call pizza today but it was very much like mode focaccia. These early pizzas were eaten from Rome to Egypt to Babylon and were praised by e ancient historians Herodotus and Cato the Elder. The word "pizza" is thought to have come from the Latin word "pinsa". meaning flatbread (althoug there is much debate about the origin of the word). A legend suggests that Roman soldiers gaine a taste for Jewish Matzoth while stationed in Roman occupied Palestine and developed a simi food after returning home. However, a recent archaeological discovery has found a preserved Bro nze Age pizza in the Veneto region. By the Middle Ages these early pizzas started to take on a more modern look and taste. The peasantry of the time used what few ingredients they could get t heir hands on to produce the modern pizza dough and topped it with olive oil and herbs.
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turtles based on their "novelty factor," never taking into account the animal's special needs. When you purchase a cat or a dog, there are always several costly procedures that must be taken to ensure their good health and longevity; shots, operations, etc., not to mention crates, toys, dog houses, and grooming products. Turtles aren't as complicated to care
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captivity because they aren't treated with the same degree of care and attention as their furbearing counterparts. If they are properly cared for, turtles can live for many decades, but this requires you to pay close attention to their diets, living arrangements, and treatment. Making sure a turtle has enough room to live in, making sure it has enough light, shade, an"d moisture, clean water, and a basking lamp are just a few of the steps you need to undertake to keep your pet turtles healthy. In some cases, people choose to try and
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Situation 1: Your workplace is planning a staff get-together to celebrate a successful year. It is your responsibility to organise everything, including food, programmes, etc., and you find the following flyer.
Perfect Catering is a full service Event Planning Company offering you a personalized approach to the important details that will make your corporate event a joy and a wonderful memory. Our goal is to provide your event with the very best in dependable top quality planning while maintaining sensitivity to your budget. We are dedicated to making every event a fulfilled success.
Grand Openings Quarterly Incentives Staff Picnics Holiday Celebrations Yacht Cruises Theme Parties Packages are available with entertainment, decorations, giveaways, locations, and all setups. Call for locations throughout major cities or choose your own location. We will make all the arrangements for on-site and off-site events. Our well-trained employees are friendly, enthusiastic and dedicated to making your event memorable. We would be delighted to customize a package tailored to your exact needs and within your budget. Please call or contact us for a price quote. At Your Service 1967 Pacific Boulevard. Suite A Winter Park. FL 32792 Phone: 407·555·3516
Write an inquiry letter to the company above. Your letter should contain at least two of the following points and one other aspect: • What you expect from the service • Details of your plans regarding the party • Your special requests and wishes (preferences/disl ikes) • Ask for references from the company Before starting the letter, decide on the order in which you think the three points should be included as well as an appropriate introduction and close. Include your address and the address of the company, date, salutation and closing formula. You have 30 minutes to write the letter. Please write 150-200 words.
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Situation 2: You find the following advertisement in a newspaper.
8rig"t Future International Yout" Festival 2006 Bright Future Youth Festival- the World Festival of Youth Arts - is one of the highlights of London's cultural calendar and is the major summer arts event in England. Celebrating the best youth ta lent from all over the world, the Festival brings London to life with 10 days of dazzling entertainment, music, theatre and dance kicking off with a colourful grand parade th rough the city centre. With events taking place throughout London there is something for everyone, from orchestral concerts to steel drums, song recitals and massed choirs to traditional music, ballet to African dance and drumming, as well as critically acclaimed opera productions and special events for children. Youth orchestras, choirs, music groups, dance and theatre groups can apply to take part in the Festival by sending us an application form and a recording of a recent performance. Groups must be of amateur status and made up of young people not over the age of 25 years. The Festival also offers a programme of summer schools, projects and workshops that involve localyoung people. From dance and trad itional music summer schools, workshops instreet dance, a copella, theatre and copoiera, a regional orchestra and music projects as diverse as producing opera with young singers from around the world to a choral music in London primary schools, there are many ways to get involved in the Festival. For more details please contact Rick Desoto Bright Future Youth Festival P.O. Box 72519 London SW1 4AB
You are interested in the festiva l and would like to show your talent to the world. You decide to w rite a letter to the contact person because you would like to have more details. Write a letter to Rick Desoto and express your interest in the programme. Your letter should contain at least two of the following points and one other aspect: · · · ·
Ask what the management can provide during the festival Give details about your planned performance Ask for more information about the festival Write your expectations of the festival
Before starting the letter, decide on the order in which you think the three points should be included as well as an appropriate introduction and close. Include your address and the address of the festival organiser, also the date, salutation and closing formula. You have 30 minutes to write the letter. Please write 150-200 words.
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Candidate A/B/(C) - (30-60 seconds in total) Introduce yourself to your partner. Tell him/her, for example, why you are learning English, what your hobbies and leisure interests are or how you have prepared for this examination. This part of the examination will not be marked.
Candidate A/B/(C) - (2 1/2 minutes per person) The examiner will invite you to do a short presentation to your partner(s) on one of the following topics (the prompts in brackets offer some ideas). The presentation should take about two minutes. After the presentation your partner(s) will ask you some questions. After your partner has finished his/her presentation you should also ask questions that are of interest to you. You should not interrupt your partner during his/her presentation unless absolutely necessary.
A song or album you have listened to (music, style, lyrics, etc.)
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Candidate A/B/(C) - (2 1/2 minutes per person) Read the following text from a magazine. Discuss the content of the text with your partner. Tell him/her your opinions, give reasons and personal examples to support your ideas. Talk about your own experience with the problems mentioned and possible solutions.
Children and Video Games Video games were introduced in 1973 and can be played on many types of platforms, not only on computers and on home consoles connected to TV sets, but in arcades, on mobile phones, Palm Pilots, and handheld devices. The computer and video game industry is a billion-dollar industry in almost every developed country, with global estimates of $172 billion by 2007.
PrevaLence • According to an international survey by the NIMF (National Institute on Media and the Family), 92% of children and adolescents ages 2-17 play video games. • Almost three-fifth of all children ages 3-18 live in a household with a video game system. • A third of all children between 3-18 have game consoles in their bedrooms. By comparison, 50% have a TV, 25% have a VCR and 18% have a computer in their room. Preferences • Among 3-18 year olds, the most popular genres that dominate kids' video game playing are action or combat (43%), sports (42%), and adventure (38%). • Among kids ages 7-18, boys are much more likely to play action than girls (52% v. 29%) or simulation (13% v. 4%) video games. • Simple entertaining games, where the main action does not include fighting or destruction are more popular - especiaLLy among girls - as children get older.
Amount of Time Spent PLaying • A major study indicates that between ages 3-18 children spend, on average, between 20-33 minutes a day playing video games. • How much time t hey spend playing video games varies by age. 3-7 year-olds spend 9 minutes a day, 8-14 year-olds spend 34 minutes a day, and 15-18 year-olds spend 22 minutes a day playing video games. • 30% of aLL children (2-18) will play some kind of video game on any given day; they spend - in average - a little bit over an hour (1:07) playing. • Boys definitely spend more time playi ng video games than girls, regardless of age (45% v.16%). • Boys between ages 7-13 (UTweens U) spend the most time playing video games, on average playing peaks at 49 minutes a day. • Playing video games is an activity that kids tend to do alone, even more than watching TV.
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Candidates A/B/(C) You and your partner have to move to another city for one year, and you want to rent a place where you can live. First decide on your ideas regarding the move. Tell your partner your ideas and try to agree on the following points:
• any necessary arrangements you have to make before leaving • what personal belongings you will take with you • how much you can afford to spend on rent • how to find your temporary home • what type of place to look for • how to select your temporary home (requirements, preferences) • your own ideas about anything else you think is important
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EXPERTS h oping to restore some of the ancient glory of the Acropolis in Ath ens h ave de cided to use modern laser techniques to clean away pollution from the 2,500year-old Parthe non Marbles. Using a new tec h no logy that combines lasers with microwaves, restorers hope to clean 16 remaini ng figures that once adorned the Parthenon in time to display the sculptures for the 2004 Olympics. The statuary
is a series of sculptures in a frieze that once adorned the upper sections of the Parthenon in Athe ns. Sixteen segments remain in Greece, while 17 are at the British Museum in London and are also called the Elgin Marbles. "It will be done with a pionee ring method th at is being pu t into effect - maybe for the first time - with lasers, but also with a combination of two microwaves," says Maria
Ioannidou, head of the Acropolis monuments' restoration team. Ms. Ioannidou says it will be the first time lasers and m icrowaves are used together for such cleaning. After two years of practising on othe r marbl es, the Cen tral Archaeological Council rece ntly gave approval for the method. Experts hope to begin using it as early as next mo nth. The cleaning will take about 11 months for each of the m arbl es.
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El SYDNEY'STaronga ZOO h as unveiled the latest additions to its spring baby boom: bright-green veiled chameleo ns . Taronga took charge of a breeding pair of veiled chameleons, which ar e native to the oases across the deserts of Yemen and Saudi Arabi a, in 2004. The female laid eigh t eggs at the zoo six m onths ago but died sho rtly afterwards. Four of the eggs hatched last month, and the youngsters w ere unveil ed to the public yesterday. They have alre ady doubled in size to 5cm in length, living on a diet of day-old crickets. "They eat all day," said reptil e manager Peter Harlow. To breed one of the world's mo st intriguing species, the veiled cham eleo n, is a huge ach ievem en t. "They could do quite well in the
Australian climate, but it' s a very long process to im po rt them. Th ey have to go th roug h medical an d security ch ecks, and get approval from all the state and fede ral govern men ts." If they' re happy, the you ng ch am eleons ar e a pastel green colour. When angry, ups et or threat ened, they turn a dark olive-green . As they age, their range of colours expa nds. The adults are a mi xture of red, green, grey, yellow and black. "You can tell w hen they're cold, hungry or h appy, " Mr Harl ow said. "Fro m the day they hatch, they have the ability to change colour." Chamele ons are vulnerable to h abitat loss , becau se m any populations have evolv ed in small isolated pockets and are unabl e to rel ocate.
D TRICIA HEBERLE, th e Great Britain and Eng land wom en's coach, has re signed and will leave the post at the beginning ofJuly. The former Australia defender ha s paid the price after Britain's failure to qualify for the Athens Olympics. Heberle, 45, said sh e had agonised over the deci sion. ,,1 n eed to be pas sion ate and motivated about what I do," she said. "At some point you h ave to get off the m erry-go-round. I loved the job and did m y best but, principally, I just want qu ality of life." After restoring the England squa d's battered morale in the wake of the disastrou s Sydney 2000 cam paign , Hebe rle 's communication skills and com mitment helped to tra nsform the training programme and within a year England were ranked in the top six in the world. They won gold medals at the 2001 World Cup qu alifyin g tournament and 2002 Champions Challen ge , and the silver at the 2002 Com m onw ealth Gam es. Heb erle has had a wret ched six m onths that saw the deaths of both h er parents, Eng lan d's form declining and Britain's Olympic failure.
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UP TO 100,000 government workers went on strike yesterday in one of the worst days of industrial unrest in Civil Service history. Picket lines for med outside Jobcentres, benefit offices, prisons and gove rn ment departments in a walk-out over pay that h it the Depa rtment of Work and Pens ions, the Prison Service and the Office of National Statistics. The biggest action involved 90,000 workers at t he DWP. They were joined in a 48-hour
CIVIL SERVICE st rike by 4,500 prison workers and 1,700 members of staff at the ONS. Mark Serwotka, gen eral secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union, which re presen ts all the strik ing w orkers, said : "Rat her than attempt to find a comprom ise to deal with the issue of low pay, sen ior management prefer the bully-
boy tactics of imposing divisive bonus schemes and real-term pay cuts." The union says thousands of workers earn less than £11,000 a year. The average UK wage is now £25,170. The DWP could not say h ow Jobcentres and benefit offices we re being affected. But a spokeswoman added: "Our pay offer is wo rth m ore than five per cent on average and, for many of the lowest paid, it is worth between eight and nine per cent."
D QUEENSLAND health authorities are testing 400 ch ildre n in Mt Isa for exposure to lead from the town's giant smelters. "It's important to measure the blood-lead levels of young children in Mt Isa, due to its industry and location in a highly minerali sed area," regional dire ctor of environmental health services John Piispanen said. "Ch ildh ood exposure to lead can h ave harmful effects on intellectual deve lopme nt and cau se behavioural problems ."
Political considerations had been blamed for preventing the introduction of air-quality monitoring and mandatory health checks at Mt Isa's two smelters. The Australian revealed earlier that a senior manager at the Queensland Environment Protection Agency blamed political considerations for preventing the introduction of air-quality monitoring and mandatory com munity health checks at Mt Isa's smelters, the largest source of lead emissions in Australia. Mass screening has not been completed for at least five years.
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READING COMPREHENSION (Part 2) First read the following text and then choose the answers to questions 6-10.
Clueless parents ask schools to set a child's bedtime Some parents are so reluctant to take responsibility for raising their children that they want headmasters to set bedtimes. Four in ten believe schools should stipulate when their youngsters go to bed, according to a survey. The research follows a warning from a headmasters' leader earlier this week that millions of middle-class children are underperforming because their parents are too soft to impose rules . The growing trend means many spoilt children turn up at school 'unfit to learn' and even fall asleep at their desks because their parents are too afraid to enforce bedtimes. The survey of 500 parents of children aged 5 to 16 for The Times Educational Supplement shows 40 per cent believe schools should issue guidelines about acceptable bedtimes. Some have managed to pressure heads into doing this already, with 9 per cent of parents saying their schools recommend bedtimes or minimum hours of sleep. About a fifth of parents said their children had lost sleep in the last month. After bad dreams and worries about homework, watching television and staying out late were the most common causes. Almost 70 per cent of children had TV sets in their bedroom, with almost half of 5 to 7-year-olds having their own
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set. The figure rises to 85 per cent for 14 to 16-year-olds. Children with a television in their bedroom slept for half an hour less on average than those without, the research revealed. This is because after finally going to bed, children generally do not put out the light for a further 15 to 30 minutes, with some still up two hours later. One in three watches TV, one in four watches DVDs or videos, one in eight accesses the Internet and one in ten plays computer games. Those aged 14 to 16 are more likely to be doing these activities. 3 per cent of parents admitted they did not know what time their children finally put out their lights. Almost one in five children set their own bedtimes, mainly those at Key Stage Three (ages 11 to 14) and Key Stage Four (ages 14 to 16). Two out of three Key Stage One children (ages 5 to 7) go to bed by 8 p.m. but a few stay up beyond 9 p.m. Key Stage Two children (ages 7 to 11) usually go to bed between 7.45 p.m. and 9 p.m. but 5 per cent are still up after 9.30 p.m. Youngsters aged 5 to 11 generally get 10 to 11 hours sleep. Seven in ten Key Stage Three children have gone to bed by 9.30 p.m. but a few stay up beyond 10.30 p.m. On average, they get about nine hours of sleep.
A common bedtime for Key Stage Four children is 10 p.m. but 4 per cent regularly stay up beyond 11 p.m. They get about eight to nine hours of sleep on average. But children in this age range are most likely to lose sleep by worrying about school work, revising or the approach of GCSEs . One in ten aged 7 to 11 has lost sleep over national curriculum tests. Ralph Surman, a member of the Government's Steer inquiry into behaviour, insisted it was not the job of schools to set bedtimes. The deputy head of Cantrell Primary School, Nottingham, said: "It is the responsibility of parents because it's about setting a routine. Parents -need to get children into the routine of getting up in the morning, getting dressed and getting to school and at the end of the day doing their homework, watching a bit of TV and going to bed. If children do not get into these life routines they will not be fit for employment in future." A survey by Saga found almost half of grandparents would like to change something about the way their grandchildren were brought up, believing their parents were giving them too much of a free rein. Here's a sample of the latest comments published readers have sent in.
'This doesn t surprise me in the least. Whilst at university, I worked on Saturdays for a well-known department store based in Sloane Square. The middle-class children were the loudest and worst-behaved and you would often hear the ineffectual whiny pleading of their parents, who seemed incapable of admonishing their offspring. The parents in this survey should concentrate on parenting and learn to say no, rather than abdicate their responsibilities to already over-stretched teachers. Stop trying to be your childs friend and start focusing on doing yourjob as a parent. " - Melanie, LondoIl
"If parents cannot even. establish proper bedtimes for their children they should not have them. One cannot drive a car without passing a test and maybe the similar criteria should be applied to parenthood - mandatory training for parents-to-be on how to bring up their children? 1 can almost hear the sucking ofbreathfrom the PC brigade - but doesn ~ it make sense? Especially when the behaviour ofmost children is nothing short ofappalling. " - Barry Mckay, Ottawa, Canada "I am glad I am not a new parent. My children were brought up with strictly adhered to bedtimes. But that was in the days before government interfered with all sorts ofsilly laws, etc. [even here]. I think today s parents are frightened to fall foul ofall these restrictive laws. Blame your government. Andyourselves for voting them into power. " - Elna,Pretoria, RSA
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Schools refuse the idea of setting children's bedtime because teachers believe
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A friend of yours needs advice what to do before accepting a new job . You are looking for a refurbished house in the countryside. You left secondary school this year and would like to train yourself. You are interested in business life. You are a qualified PE teacher and need a new job. You would like to take your children to a place where they can try racing. You and your partner are keen to find an oast or barn anywhe re in Kent which is commutable to London. A peaceful house in a semi-rural setting away from main roads would f it the bill.
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You can't get a mortgage on your present salary. You're looking for another job with a good salary and a long cont ract. You want to go on an active holiday somewhe re. You want to have a day out w ith your fam ily. Your children prefer the fun fair but your wife prefers walking and watching animals.
Project Outreach Wor!{ers (two posts) • Post 1 (based Ashford) salary: £13 ,000 for a 2S-hour-week • Post 2 (based Appledore) salary: £11,960 for a 23-hour-week Both posts funded until 30th September 2010 You will rec ruit an d support older volu ntee rs (aged 55+), who will be invo lved in a ra nge of project s attache d to "In f04U," in clu ding information outreach, befriendin g an d other support services aimed at older people age d 75+. This is a joint project and posts wi ll be em ploye d by Volunteering Ashfor d (post 1) and CARM (post 2). Expe rien ce of running a project, recruiting and supporting volunteers and working with old er people is esse ntial, as is an understanding of the issues affecting olde r people an d carers.
For an application pack ring 01233 665535 or e-mail to suesawyergpasgfirdvb.fsnet.co.uk Quoting Post 1 or Post 2 (or both posts) Closin g Date: 5th May 2006. Interviews on 15 May 2006.
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High Halden t 1,275 per calendar month A charming 3 bedroom detached oast house in beautiful surroundings in a quiet location yet within 10 mins. of mainline station. Hall wit h cloak ro om , kitc hen with dishwashe r, washe r/drye r, fridge/freezer and electric coo ker. Di ning room leading to lou nge with woodburne r. Upstairs: master bedroo m with cu pboard . Bathroom with shower. Bedroom with shower. Bedroom 2 (double), bedroom 3 (small single) or study. There is a furthe r bedroom in the loft if requ ired. O il centra l heating. Parking space for one vehicle . Grass cutting included . Suit professional cou ple, not suitable fo r small children or pets. Prefer non -smokers . UNFURNISHED. For further information or to arrange a viewing please contact our Tenterden Office.
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If you are already in a job and looking for
a change, you may be concerned about making the right move. As the old saying goes - the grass always looks greener on the othe r side - but we all know tha t this is not always the case. Before even attend ing an int erview, do your research on the company. This is made incredibly easy by the huge resources available on the Internet, and if you don't know anyone with Internet access the n visit your local library and book yourself a session on thei r computers.
The company may well have its own website, which can be a valuable resource to discover what the company does, who its customers are and the type of people that work there. At interview stage, do not be afraid to ask questions about the company. Tell the interviewer what you have already researched and ask further questions to build-up a good knowledge of the company. Remember that you are interviewing the company as much as they are interviewing you! It really is a two-way street. Find out everything you would like to know about the job before accepting it.
Buckswood is a small school with small classes. The principles applied in junior and prep schools need not be forgotten at secondary level - consta nt academic moni toring, extra hel p, study plans, spelling tests, written presentation classes are all key facets to a child's academic progress at Buckswood. To ensure that each chi ld achieve s their potential at GCSE we employ a number of tactics as pa rt of an overall GCSE strategy, from weekly drill tests to on-line revision. Buckswood's GCSE pas s rate at A-C for 2005 was 70%with a record number of students achieving at least 5 A-C passes. The academic rigour is followed through to A Level where students have a wide range of subjects to choose from including Accounting & Law. All our students were accepted by their first choice univer sity in 2005 and already 2006 sees u pper-sixth ap plicants u p for places at LSE, Durh am , St Andrew's, Exeter, Bath & Warwick to name but a handful.
BUCI(SWOOD SCHOOL
Do contact us for a tour of the school/prospectus/Open Day appointment: Telephone 01424 813813 • Email
[email protected] • www.buckswood.co.uk
Two Great Choices on Two Wheels THOUSANDS of people every yea r fin d ou t th at cycling is one of the m ost enjoyable ways to explore the New Forest. The re a re fl at, traffic-free trails throughout the New Forest and the two Cycle Hire Centres offer good q ua lity-bra nded bi kes fro m centra l locations. Cyclexperience of Brockenhurst a nd Forest Leisure Cycl ing of Burley have around 4 4 cycles between the m.
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Services in clude tr ai l ma ps, helmets, child sea ts and parking fac ilities. Choose self gu iding ro und trips o r point-to-po int ro utes. Both businesses operate th roughout th e yea r and in addition to cycle hire , thei r retail sho ps a re pac ked with a huge selection of bi kes a nd accessones. Call Forest Leisure Cycl ing o n 01425403584 o r Cyclexperience on 01590 624808/2420 .
Celebrate St George's Day at The Chapel Down Winery
Sutton Valence Preparatory School Co-Educational 3-11 years
• Come and see Kent's largest St George's flag painted on the Chapel Down lawn • Toast St George with spec ial offers on our range of award-winning sparkling wine • Select your St George's Day cheese board from our wide range of Eng lish cheese • Traditional St George's Day 3-course roast dinner on Sunday 23rd in the Bistro. Booking essentia l! • A free gift for every customer on the St George's Day weeke nd
Offers valid 21st-23rd April not in conjunction with an y oth er offer.
CHAPEL DOWN Th e Chapel Down Winery Tent erden Vineyard Small Hyth e Tenterden Kent TN3 07NG Open dail y lO.OOam to 5.00pm. Email: retail@en~lishwine s~roup.com Web: www.englishwinesgroup.com
Part-time boys' Games Teacher We wish to appoint for September 2006 for five afternoons a week , a part-time boys' games teacher. The boys play footba ll, rugby, hockey and cricket. SVPS has excellent facilities with full size astro and artificia l wickets and nets. Teachers with secondary schoo l experience welcome to apply. Please apply in writing to Mr AM Brooke, Head, SVPS, Underhill Road, Chart Sutton, Maidstone, Kent ME 17 3RF. Tel.: 10622 8421 17 Fax: 01622 84420 1, or Email:
[email protected] with names and addresses of two referees.
Closing date f or applications: Wednesday 3rd May 2006 Sutton Valence preparatory Schoo l is an equal opportu nities emp loyer.
Smarden Guide Price £825,000 Set in 6 acres (to be verified) with idyllic ruraL views, this recentLy renovated property has everything you couLd desire.
bedrooms aLL with fitted wardrobes pLus a stunning fuLLy-fitted office/bedroom , family bathroom with white suite. Small wooden barn (for conversion subject to Bespoke kitchen with granite worktops, pLanning), 40ft garaging with eLectric doors, rangemast er, fully integrated appliances/ footings Laid for repLacement annexe/stables, family room with beautifuL firepLace and Large nat uraLpond with spacious decking area fitted woodburner, utility room, cloakroom over, eLectric entrance gates and gate entry wit h white suite. system, extensive bLock paved driveway and Very weLLpLanned spacious open Living, courtyard, fully aLa rmed house and garaging, Lounge/ dining room and conservatory. ((TV surveillance and more. Maste r en-suite bedroom wit h waLk in dressing roo m and fitted wardrobes, 3 further For viewing pLease caLL 07768 437 477
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Haynes Motor Museum THE prestigious Haynes International Motor Museum, at Sparkford in Somerset, offers an excellent day out for all the family. With more than 270 cars displayed in stunning style, dating from 1886 to the present day, it is the largest international motor museum in Britain. Throughout the year the museum will be For those interested in a nostalgic trip down memory lane, the museum offers a host of holding lots of exciting events on their own familiar names such as Austin, MG and Morris. test circuit including a drifting, chases and Whilst for those seeking something more even the chance for visitors to be whizzed exotic there is a vast array of performance around the track in some of the museum's cars, from modern classics such as the amazing cars. The museum is open 7 days a week, and is Dodge Viper and XJ220 to the more historic Jaguar E Type and AC Cobra. Also on show is easily accessible, being situated just off the a large collection of American cars, A303 north of Yeovil. including the jewels in the crown of Haynes For further details phone 01963 440804, - the V16 Cadillac, and the million-dollar or visit the website at Duesenberg. www.haynesmotormuseum.co.uk
Way too much fun for one day! New for 2005 is Kontiki. Feel the excitement of riding the high seas - without ever leaving dry land! The unique swinging and swirling motion of the Kontiki ride is sure to leave you in a spin! Thrill-seekers young and old will love The Stinger Rollercoaster, the Raging River Ride log flume and the exhilarating jumping Bean drop ride, all of which are still great favourites at the Park. The amazing variety of things to see and do includes big rides and small rides, play areas, entertainments, the fascinating Romany Experience and Village Life museums, hedge Maze and stunning landscaped gardens with an astonishing collection over 150 species of exotic and rare birds. Younger children love Kids Kingdom, Land of the Dinosaurs, Seal Falls, the Digger Ride, Tiny Tots Town and the Magic Forest, where nursery rhymes come to life at the touch of a button, not forgetting the Wonderful World of Wind in the Willows where the characters from this classic story have their amazing adventures!
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Islands 01 choice G uernsey is a place of contrasts. It's British, but fee ls distinctly French, has a thriving, mo dern commun ity, but retains a relaxed, informal outloo k, and wh ile it has strong ties to the sea, it is probably most famous for flo wer growing and far mi ng herds of Guernsey cows. The scenery too is full of con trast. Spectacular cliffs rise high above secluded coves on the south coast, while wide arcs of golden sand slope gently into a turquo ise sea on the west. In the interior, narrow lanes wind their way through a rural backdrop, before
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giVing way to terraces and rooftops in the island's 'capital' St Peter Port. If all that wasn't enough , the islands of G uernsey a lso offer superb museums a nd galleries, fantastic shops, world-class restaurants and lively bars. It's the perfect destination, so why not book a brea k now and discover exactly why we' re the islands of cho ice .
For a free information pack on the islands of Guernsey and for the latest special offers, see www.visitguernsey.com or freephone 0800 028 5353 (ref RM2).
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Dear Subscriber, Please find enclosed your copy of the January 2006 issue of Learning English, the international newsletter about learning and teaching English with PPB World Service. This is the second special CD issue of the newsletter aims to provide teachers of English a practical guide to using PPB World Service radio programmes in the classroom. The CD contains five complete programmes from the PPB World Service radio series Fishing For Jasmine - International Short Stories, a literature series for learners of English. programme features a short story along with analysis of the story and tips for budding writers. The CD provides an audio resource of over 60-minutes of authentic English. The accompanying booklet sets out how to select extracts from PPB World Service radio - ~ these specific programmes as examples and the different ways you can use them to develop your students' listening and speaking skills. If you don't have access to a CD player but do have a cassette recorder, select your own programmes to record direct from the radio and use these instead. There are programmes a wide range of subjects on PPB World Service radio so you are sure to find something that will be of to your students. The enclosed schedule gives details of some of those programmes. If you have access to the internet, remember there's a whole world of text and audio material for you and your students at: www.ppbworldservice.comjlearningenglish as well as a growing resource for teachers at the new: www.teachingenglish.org.uk site, the produced jointly by the PPB and the British Council. The next issue of Learning English will be published in July 2006. Your copy will automatically be posted to you. However, perhaps you ~ of colleagues or business contact who would also like to receive a copy? If so, send me their names and addresses and I'll be happy to post them a post the information to the address given at the top of this letter or email me at: copy too.
[email protected] Yours sincerely, Kim Smith, Editor, Learning English
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Track 28: In the 21st century people can live longer but it doesn't mean they are healthier too. A British woman who was 65 years old in 2002 may live t ill the age of 84. Longer life results from more effective healthcare treatment and better living conditions. Although a lot of money is spent on older people, death rates are still too high. Doing physical exercise and a balanced diet seem to be the most important element of changes in biological age. Stress can control our life and motivate us. Your biolog ical age can be calculated from a health questionnaire and physical tests. Children are in need of emotional support to become well-balanced adults. In old age we can't change our habits, for example, over 60 one can't be successfu l in giving up smoking. Elderly people are afraid of being at others' mercy.
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You will hear five short texts. You will hear the texts only once. Then you will have time to answer the question for each text. Decide which is the correct answer (a, b or c) for each question and mark your answers on the answer sheet. Tracks 29-33:
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Situation 1: You are a university student, and last September you decided to take a year out and travel around Europe. After 6 months you got home and as you need some money you decided to apply for th is advertisement.
ANGLEY SCHOOL - - - - - A Sports College Angley Road, Cranbrook, Kent TN17 2PJ
Foundation School (mixed 11-18, 1147 on roll]
Tel : 01580 712754 Fax: 01580 715434 E-mail:
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Required for the Summer Term or as soon as possib le thereafter
Science Technician (Term Tim e plus 30 other days paid by negotiation) Duties include: Prepare materials for general lesson s or projects. Demonstrate, prepare and ma intain equipment for use in Science Department, dependent on experience. Maintain health and safety in Laboratories . Previous experience and advantage. but not necessary as appropriate training will be provided.
Apply in writing enclosing CVplus the names andaddresses of 2 referees to: MrsJ Wannan - Acting PA to the Headteacher Closing date: Friday 5 May 2006
Write a letter of application. Your letter should contai n at least two of the following points and one other aspect : · Your reason fo r applying · Your experience · Your int erests • Your expectations Before starting the letter, decide on the order in which you th ink the three points should be included as well as an appropriate introduction and close. Include your address and the address of the school, also the reference line, date, salutation and closing formula. You have 30 minutes to write the letter. Please write 150-200 words.
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Situation 2: You are going to travel to London next month and spend 5 days in the city. As a university student you don't have too much money and want to buy a special card to save some money on public transport and entrance tickets. You see the following advertisement on London Pass.
FREE Entrance to London Attractions
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and much more all for one price! You're saving over L150 when you visit these attractions with The London Pass and you still have over 40 more attractions and benefits to enjoy!
You are interested in purchasing a London Card. However, you would like to have more details and decide to write to London Information Office. Your letter should contain at least two of the following points and one other aspect: • Ask about costs and duration • Ask about discounts • Ask where you can use it • Ask how you can purchase it Before starting the letter, decide on the order in which you think the three points should be included as well as an appropriate introduction and close. Include your address, date, salutation and closing formula. You have 30 minutes to write the letter. Please write 150-200 words.
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Candidate A/B/(C) - (30-60 seconds in total) Introduce yourself to your partner. Tell him/her, for example, why you are learning English, what your hobbies and leisure interests are or how you have prepared for this examination. This part of the examination will not be marked.
Candidate A/B/(C) - (2 1/2 minutes per person) The examiner will invite you to do a short presentation to your partner(s) on one of the following topics (the prompts in brackets offer some ideas). The presentation should take about two minutes. After the presentation your partner(s) will ask you some questions. After your partner has finished his/her presentation you should also ask questions that are of interest to you. You should not interrupt your partner during his/her presentation unless absolutely necessary.
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Read the following text from an English magazine. Discuss the content of the text with your partner. Tell him/her your opinions, give reasons and personal examples to support your ideas. Talk about your own experience with the problems mentioned and possible solutions.
You can use the f-word in class (but only five times) A secondary school is to allow pupils to swear at teachers - as long as they don't do so more than five times in a lesson. A running tally of how many times the f-word has been used will be kept on the board. If a class goes over the lim it, they will be 'spoken ' to at the end of the lesson. The astonishing policy, which the school says will im prove the behaviour of pupils, was condemned by parents' gro ups and MPs yesterday. They warned it would backfire. Parents were advised of the plan, which comes into effect when term starts next week, in a letter from the Weavers School in Wellingborough, Northamptonshire. Assistant headmaster Richard White said the policy wa s aimed at 15 and 16-year-olds in two classes which are considered troub lesome.
'Should have do's and don'ts' Nick Seaton, chairman of the Campaign for Real Education, said. "In these sort of situations teachers should be setting clear principles of 'do and don't'." "They sh ould not be compromising in an apparent attempt to please the pupils. Thi s will send out completely the wrong message." "Youngsters will play up to this and ensure they use their five goes, demeaning the authority of the teacher." Tory MP Ann Widdecombe said the policy was based on "Alice in Wonderland reasoning." "What next?" sh e asked. "Do we allow people to speed five times or burgle five times, you don't improve something by allowing it, you improve something by discouraging it."
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"Within each lesson the teacher will in itially tolerate (although not condone) the use of the f-word (or derivatives) five times and these will be tallied on the board so all students can see the running score," h e wrote in the letter. "Over this number the class will be spoken to by the teacher at the end of the lesson." Pare nts called the rul e 'wholly irresponsible and l udicrous'. "This appears to be a m isguided attempt to speak to kids on their own level," said the father of one pupil.
The 1,130-pupil school, which was criticised as "not effective" by Ofsted inspectors last November, also plans to send "praise postcards" to the parents of children who do not swear and who turn up on time for lessons. Headmaster Alan Large said he had received no complaints about the policy. "The reality is that the f-word is part of these young adults' everyday language," h e said. "As a temporary policy we are giving th em a bit of leeway, but want them to think about the way they talk and how they might do better."
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Candidates A/B/(C) You attend a 100-year-old secondary school with a good reputation. Your school is very proud of its history, tradition, old students and organises competitions, sports programmes, concerts and other cultural events regularly. This year your school celebrates its 100th birthday and the headmaster asked some students to take part in preparing this programme. You and some of your friends are responsible for this work. First decide on your ideas for this event. Tell your partner your ideas and try to agree on the following points:
• how to organise this celebration • when you should start organising it • who to invite to this event • where to hold it • how much money you need • how you will collect it • where to advertise your celebration
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o MOM OR DAD will have to spend m ore time riding sh otgun with the ir teens behind the wheel before the ' state will issue driver's licen ses, under legislation Gov. Blagojevich signed Thurs day. The initiative req uires parents to spend 50 hours with their child as they learn to drive - double the amo unt of time that was once req uired by state law. The app licati on pr ocess also will include a new conse nt for m par ents must sign before thei r te en s can be licensed to drive. "Th e bill I'm sign ing ... w ill h elp m ak e sure that t eenage drivers are b etter trained an d more experien ced, an d t h at sh ould m ake the ro ad s safer for all of us, " Blagojevich said in a state ment. Th e
prop osal grew out of legislation earl ie r th is year in which state Rep. John D'Amico wanted to bar 15and 16-year-olds from driving aft er two teens died in a crash in h is di strict. But that pl an drew criticism from safety experts who said teenage drivers woul d be better off w it h incr eased train ing, prompting Secr et ary of Stat e Jesse White an d D'Am ico to com e back with the re tooled legislat ion w it h h ei ghtened training requ iremen ts . "1 believe this proposal w ill h elp give ou r you ng people m ore experi ence behind the wh eel, in a variety of situations , h elping them t o become b etter, safer drivers ," Whit e said.
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El THE country has been in the grips of the coldest June for 15 years , but MetService meteorologist Bob McDavitt said sunny weather should kickstart a thaw as an anti-cyclone, followed by a northerly, is due to move across most of the country this week. Most previously closed North Island roads reopened yesterday, but police were still urging motorists to take care and drive to the conditions. In the eastern North Island, SH38 between Tuai and Waikaremoana remained closed and extreme care was needed on SH35 between Ruatoria and Te Puia Springs and Hicks Bay, where landslips were causing
delays. All roads were open in the South Island but the AA was urging people to take extreme care and to expect delays on several roads . Meanwhile, South Island farmers still without electricity could call a hotline (0800 997-779) set up to help people cope with the practical and emotional issues of being isolated. Canterbury Chamber of Commerce president Peter Townsend said an analysis of the cold snap's economic impact was yet to be completed but the social cost was the big issue, especially for those still without power.
D IN 2001 New Zealand children were responsible for starting 740 fires but last year that figure had dropped to 208. The figures showed the widely taught fire service Firewise programme, used at most Hamilton primary schools, was working well, Hamilton fire awareness intervention co-ordinator Steve Lambert said. "Afew years ago a young girl who had done the programme at school got her grandmother and two youn ger siblings out of the house safely - she was 10," he said. The programme, along with fire safety education at home, proved its worth to a Tamahere family on Tuesday night. Steve Smith, his partner and their three children escaped their two-storey home, which caught fire soon after they had gone to bed. Mr Smith said while the parents were scared , "the kids knew what to do." "Our bedrooms were all up-stairs so teaching them was important so they didn't panic. It's (fire safety) something we talk about every winter and as they get older and older the more they register. It's so important in case we can't get out they know exactly what to do." Yesterday it was the turn of about 30 Crawshaw Primary School stu dents in Hamilton to learn about fire safety when four Pukete firefighters taught them how to get out of a burning building. "Get down. Get out. Get low. Fire," they yelled as they crawled toward the exit. Waikato Bay of Plenty fire education officer Megan Dromgool said the Firewise programme was useful for children to take home. "Children are most at risk of dying or being badly burned in a fire," she said. "This is often because of fire play and because they do not know how to escape safely in the event of a fire."
NINTENDO once ruled the world of video games but the Japanese company has seen its fortunes fall in recent years as rivals have gobbled up its share of the home console market, particularly in New Zealand. The company is hoping its new Wii console, to be launched later this year, will reverse this trend. In the early 90s, Nintendo split home console gaming with fellow Japanese company Sega, but since the entry of Sony with the PlayStation and Microsoft with its Xbox it has seen its global share shrink to 15 per cent. Sega has since exited the console market and concentrated instead on game production. Nintendo's decline has been even more pronounced in New Zealand, where it has only 5 per cent market, according to the company's local distributor, Monaco. But Nintendo's poor showing could change in the fourth quarter of this year with the launch of the company's next-generation console, the Wii. It will compete with the other next-generation consoles - Microsoft's Xbox 360, launched three months ago, and Sony's PlayStation 3, which will be on sale in November.
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"[It's] like nothing seen before ... Nintendo is looking at attracting a new range of consumers, from new garners to hard-core garners. Wii would continue Nintendo's reputation for innovation by veering away from the traditional game console," said Nintendo spokesman Vispi Bhopti. But the move from second to third generation in the home cons ole market will be hotly contested, and Nintendo will have to boost sales substa ntially to make a gain. "We are expecting huge sale s h ere. In the next 12 months, we are expecting significant growth, and when all the third-generation consoles are on the market, we expect to have just over 50 per cent of the m arket," he also added.
a BY 93, most people expect aches and pains to ke ep them company. Not Rev. Bob We aver. "I don't have time to hurt," he said. "I've got too much to do , people to help." Weaver is the "oncall chaplain" for nights and weekends at the 500-resident Twin Towers Retirement Community where h e and his wife , Mary, live . At 10 p.m. every night, he make s rounds to minister to the ill. He delivers mail to the health-care section of the community on Fridays. Weaver also delivers good cheer, a lively story, a smile or a prayer. He conducts a service at 7:30 a.m. each Sunday. Weaver said he needs a lot of time to do his good work and keep fit. He's up at 6:30 a.m . and in bed at 11 :30 p.m . A runner for dec ade s, he now swim s 10, 75-foot lengths of a pool three days per week and works out in the fitness room on two days. He drove until his 90th birthday.
"Weaver ha s just started a volunteer program weekly story-telling sessions at Twin Towers' health pavilion and the day-stay. Bob wears us out, and we're considerably you ng er. He is kind, caring and sharp witted,' said Rev. Ann Luzader, who is one of two full-time Twin Towers chaplains.. Wea ver embraces modern te chnology, and at 80 he took a computer cou rse so he could e-mail family and friends. He takes care of his wife, who has Alzheimer's "to give her fre edom of choice." Th ey have four children, four gra n dson s and two great-gran dch ildre n . He was named the 2005 winner of the Humanitarian Award from the Four Chaplains for hi s work at Twin Towers and as an Air Force chaplain in World War 11. "We' re meant to help others. I don't know any other way to live," he said.
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Smoking ban is extended to doorways and bus shelters Kirsty Walker, Daily Mail Smoking in the open is to be banned where it affects bystanders , ministers said yesterday. The forthcoming ban on lighting up in public places has been extended to areas where there is an 'inevitable close grouping of people.' It would include bus shelters, football grounds, the entrances to office buildings, train platforms and concert venues. Health Minister Lord Warner said it would protect more people from second-hand smoking. The Government has already said that the Health Bill will outlaw smoking in pubs and restaurants next year. But Lord Warner told the House of Lords yesterday: "There will be places that will not be enclosed where there is a risk of harm from second-hand smoke due to the inevitable close grouping of people. Examples might be sports stadiums, bus shelters and entrances to public buildings or workplaces." Critics claim there is no scientific evidence that people can be harmed by passive smoking outside. Lord Stoddart said: "I don't know of any study that says a whiff of somebody else's smoke out in the open air is dangerous." Simon Clark, director of pro-
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smoking group Forest, said: "This suggests that the public, MPs and peers have been deceived." "Everyone was told they would be voting on a ban on smoking in enclosed places. But the Government wants to go way beyond its remit by banning smoking outside. It is breathtakingly arrogant to talk about extending the ban before it has been voted in. Tobacco is a legal product. This is social engineering on a grand scale." Health Secretary Patricia Hewitt claims it will save thousands of lives. But the report found 95 per cent of smoking-related deaths are caused by lighting up at home, not in the workplace . It said: "Given the evidence about the impact of passive smoking, we are concerned that the decision to ban smoking in public places may represent a disproportionate response to a relatively minor health concern." The new .regulations will be published in a few weeks. But the Health Bill will include a wider definition to make "additional places smoke-free". Stephen Alambritis, from the Federation of Small Businesses, said: "We welcomed the ban on smoking in public places. But
attempts to extend it to smoking outside are a step too far." Malcolm Clarke, ofthe Football Supporters' Federation, said: "One of the problems with smoking in all-seater stadiums is that it is not possible to move if someone next to you lights up and that can spoil the enjoyment. On the other hand, some fans see it as a part of the game and cannot cope without a cigarette when their nerves are frazzled." Scotland is also to have some of the world 's most draconian antismoking laws after ministers agreed on measures to extend the ban outdoors to public parks, play areas and outside school gates. Guidelines, published jointly by Andy Kerr, the health minister, and Convention of Scottish Local Authorities, will advise councils to apply the ban to any area where children are likely to gather. "Our first concern is the health and safety of children and we would want to reduce the opportunities for them to see smoking as something that's acceptable," said Jill Shimi , leader of the Labour-run Dundee city council. "Smoking in parks spoils the environment and sets a very bad example to children."
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When you hear the word hypnosis, you may picture the mysterious hypnotist figure popularized in movies, comic books and television. This ominous, goateed man waves a pocket watch back and forth, guiding his subject into a semi-sleep, zombie-like state. Once hypnotized, the subject is compelled to obey, no matter how strange or immoral the request. Muttering "Yes, master," the subject does the hypnotist's evil bidding. This popular representation bears little resemblance to actual hypnotism, of course. In fact, modern understanding of hypnosis contradicts this conception on several key points. Subjects in a hypnotic trance are not slaves to their "masters" - they have absolute free will. And they're not really in a semi-sleep state - they're actually hyperattentive. Our understanding of hypnosis has advanced a great deal in the past century, but the phenomenon is still a mystery of sorts. In this article, we'll look at some popular t heories of hypnosis and explore the various ways hypnotists put their art to work. People have been pondering and arguing over hypnosis for more than 200 years, but science has yet to fully explain how it actually happens. We see what a person does under hypnosis, but it isn't clear why he or she does it . This puzzle is really a small piece in a much bigger puzzle: how the human mind wo rks. It's unlikely that scientists will arrive at a definitive explanation of the mind in the foreseeable future, so it's a good bet hypnosis will remain something of a mystery as well.
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Read the following letter and decide which word or phrase (a, b, or c) is missing in items 21-30. Mark your answers on the answer sheet.
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Nancy Edwards of Phoenix gets together with seven childhood buddies every five years. The women, who have been close since seventh grade at WK Kellogg Junior High in Battle Creek, celebrated their 65th birthdays on a Caribbean cruise. "We knew each other's parents, each other's siblings, we know each other's husbands and each other's children, and we have a lot that we can catch up on," says Edwards, one of the Girls From Battle Creek, who all now live throughout the country. Cameron Tuttle, author of The BadGirl's Guide to the Open Road, says road trips should be ~ for women. "Every woman needs to find a time and place to break her rules in order to be happy," Tuttle says.
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There was a slight increase in the amount of water in Rio Grande River compared to last year's Memorial Day weekend.
You will hear five short texts. You will hear the texts only once. Then you will have time to answer the question for each text. Decide which is the correct answer (a, b or c) for each question and mark your answers on the answer sheet. Tracks 40-44:
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Test 4
Situation 1: Your friend is looking for a job in the travel industry and you find this brochure.
Atla ntic Cruise Line Every great success story has to start somewhere. For Atla ntic C ruise Line, it all began in 19 8 5 with one rented ocean liner ma king the trip from Rotterdam to Ne w York. Today, we are the second largest cruise line, boa sting one of the youngest fleets in the industry and to destinations all over the world. From Sydney to San Francisco, Boston to Cape Town, we have bu ilt an env iable reputation for the very highest standards of service on the seas. So, how did we travel so fa r in such a short space of time? The secret behind o ur success is a simple one : peo ple. Talented and self-motivated people who share in our passion , drive, energy and comm itment to providing o nly the very best. Togethe r, we have created a fast-movin g culture that th rives o n inspi ration a l leadership, po sitive att itudes and co mme rcial flair. We are a lways looking fo r the next big idea. And because we are a lways ready to listen to ou r people and what they have to say, who knows, it co uld come fro m you. As far as the day-to-day service is concerned, wherever you join us, you wi ll be totally fo cused on delivering the Atlantic brand. This means the customer and their experience of travelling with us will always be front of mind . You will need to ta ke respon sibility fo r you r actions, use your initiative and be ready to support those around you. Friendly, yet always professio nal , ou rs is a un iq ue business in which to work. And you 'll help to keep it that way. So lo ng as you are prepared to mak e the mo st of your tal ents, con tribute some bri ght ide as and have a great time while you are doi ng it - we wo uld love to hear fro m you. So whate ver your talent, you can be sure we ca n find a ho me for it - and give it every opportunity to grow.
Atlantic Cruise Line
P.O. Box 64928 1018 W AMSTERDAM The Netherlands
Write a letter to your friend and recommend that he should apply. Your letter should contain at least two of the following points and one other aspect: • Why you think he should apply · The advantages of working abroad · Future career opportunities this job can open up • Your experience in working abroad Before starting the letter, decide on the order in which you think the three points should be included as well as an appropriate introduction and close. Include your address, date, salutation and closing formula. You have 30 minutes to write the letter. Please write 150-200 words.
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Situation 2: You see the f ollow ing advertisement on the Internet.
We create the ultimate global training experience! Turn what could be four average months of a vacation into a once-in-a-lifetime chance to live in and understand the United States, to make lifelong friends and valuable contacts, and to do it all while building your CV to impress future employers. Most importantly, through the PTA® program, you can turn those four months into an invaluable experience that can have a lasting effect on building the global community. PTA® is located in Baltimore, Mary land, near the nation's capital. Since 1950, more than 55,000 people from more than 100 countries have participated in PTA® exchange visitor programs for on-the-job practica l training in professional fields ranging from computer science to hospitality and culinary arts to business administration. PTA® is a private non-profit cultural exchange organization that creates the ultimate global training and cultural exchange experience.
Contact Information: PTA® Cathy Wilson, Program Manager P.O. Box 63913 Baltimore, MD 21044-3519
You are interested in doing some pract ical t raining abroad . You decide to w rite a letter to the contact person because you would like to have more deta ils. Your letter should contain at least two of the following points and one other aspect: • Write about your wo rk and educational experience • Say what f ield you wan t to work in · Ask about th e assistance t he company provides • Ask about t he application requirements Before starting the letter, decide on the order in which you th ink the three points should be included as well as an appropriate introduction and close. Include your address and the address of the company, also the reference line, date, salutation and closing formula. You have 30 minu tes to write t he letter. Please write 150-200 words .
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Candidate A/B/(C) - (30-60 seconds in total) Introduce yourself to your partner. Tell him/her, for example, why you are learning English, what your hobbies and leisure interests are or how you have prepared for this examination. This part of the examination will not be marked.
Candidate A/B/(C) - (2 1/2 minutes per person) The examiner will invite you to do a short presentation to your partner(s) on one of the following topics (the prompts in brackets offer some ideas). The presentation should take about two minutes. After the presentation your partner(s) will ask you some questions. After your partner has finished his/her presentation you should also ask questions that are of interest to you. You should not interrupt your partner during his/her presentation unless absolutely necessary.
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Candidate A/B/(C) - (2 1/2 minutes per person) Read the following text from a magazine. Discuss the content of the text with your partner. Tell him/her your opinions, give reasons and personal examples to support your ideas. Talk about your own experience with the problems mentioned and possible solutions.
Lost connection: Is technology isolating us? A quiet Lake Michigan beach, the soft sound of waves gently lapping the shore, the distant cries ofgulls circling high above. A woman walking the shoreline hears neither. She is listening to her iPod. Two friends walking down the street are having conversations -- with other people! They're walking side-by-side, but each is conducting a loud, animated conversati on on a cell phone .
You see it everywhe re , people sacrificing "the moment" to technology. More and more, electronic party crashers tag along in situations once reserved for "quality time" or "one-on-one." We're caught, experts say, in a time when rapidly advancing tech nology is changing our behavior, but social rules - and common sense have yet to catch up. The result? You be the judge.
Lawmakers have had to set limits on the use of cell ph ones while driving. Thea ters remind patrons to turn off their cell phones before shows . And safety experts warn that personal listening devices can put people at risk by making them oblivious to what's going on around them. At North Avenue beach last week, a 12-year-old was on his skateboard while his 38-year-old father was on his Treo smartphone, which combines phone, e-mai l and Internet with a built-in camera. "Technology is a good thing. I had 40 e-mails and I've answered 10 of them," said the dad, who identified himself in the middle of a workday as jeff "uh , Smith." "This," he said, regarding the device through dark sunglasses, "is free dom ." Or is it?
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Candidates A/B/(C) You and your partner would like to open your own business after working for years as employees. First decide on your ideas about the business. Tell your partner your ideas and try to agree on the following points:
• what type of business you will open • why this kind of business would be the best • financial resources you will use • the most suitable place for the business • the staff you will employ • how you will split the responsibilities • what will make it successful in the future
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