1 A study identified four groups of soap opera viewers. With a partner, discuss what you think the attitudes of thege people,are likely to be. Fanatics tronics Nok-committed Dismissives 2. 4) 1-01 Now listen to three people describing their attitudes towards watching soap operas. As you listen, decide which category of viewer in 1 they fit into, 3 Match the words in list A with those in list B to form collocations. Sometimes more than one collocation is possible, Achackneyed mundane eccentric compulsive corny cliffhanger unconvincing atrocious negative glamorous topical farfetched contrived B:stereotypes storylines viewing situations endings characters issues acting settings plot 4 Which category of viewer in 1 would you put yourself in? Use words from 3 to explain reasons for your choice. 5 Discuss these statements. 4 Soap operas offer an accurate depiction of real-life people who live and work in the places thac the soap is et in, e.g school, country/area/community, hospital, university, ee Soap operas can be an effective tool to convey important social messages. They can raise awareness of and help address problems in saciery. © Bypublishing the heroism of ordinary life, soaps announce the communality of human erisis; tragedy isthe same whether in ghetto or palace. (Stewart Dakers) "In this type of text the multiple-choice {questions often focus onthe writer's implied meaning, Read the question ‘carefully to find words that asifor this kindof interpretation, 1 You are going to read an extract from a novel set in Botswana called The No.1 Ladies’ Detective Agency by Alexander McCall Smith. The main character, Mma ‘Ramotswe, has set up a detective agency in Botswana with the money she inherited from her father, Before you read the extract, answer these questions. 4 Identify these countries on the map: Botswana, Zimbabwe, Angola and Namibia. b_ What image does Botswana conjure up in your mind? 2 Now read the text. How similar was your image of Botswana to that in the text? Exam practice 3 For questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, B, Cor D) which you think fits best according to the text. | Whats the writer implying in the first paragraph? A Memories need to be recalled to make sure sey do not. geapeae ‘ew people are interested in the lives of ordinary people. D Obed Ramotswe was a most unfortunate man. 2 What is suggested about the local boys? A They often tried to rob the people. ETemer eagle ‘were reluctant to get t00 close to the railway track. D The passengers were rather irritated by their presence. 3 When talking about oe Obed ies of B avillage which was arranged neatly around the railway line. © children receiving an education which was inadequate. D local children who were encouraged to pursue their own culture. 4 What point is Obed making in paragraph F? A The doctor was reluctant to tell him avy bad news, C People react so bad news in very similar ways. D Bad news is neveras bad as it seems. ‘5. What does Obed imply in the last paragraph? A He would like to see more of his only child. B His ife has been a hard struggle to make ends meet He has found living in Africa a siya 6 The overall impression Obed gives of life in Africa in his day is that it was a land where A the problems of everyday life could easily be forgot D strong family ties and loyalties were paramount. Textanalysis 4 Work through a-f, referring to paragraphs A-G in the text. a How effective is the simile that the writer uses? (A) What device does the writer use to engage the reader in the narrative? (A) ‘© What surprises the reader at the beginning of the second paragraph? (B) 4 Why do you think Obed compares the passengers on the train to ghosts? (C) € How does the writer create an impression of what Africa was like in the past? (E) £ How does Obed effectively convey the atmosphere of Africa? (G)All those years ago We don't forget, chought Mma Ramotswe. Our heads may be ‘smal, but they areas full of memories asthe sky may sometimes be full of swarming bees, thousands and thousands of memories, ‘of smells, of places, oflicte things that happened to us and wich ‘come back, unexpectedly, co remind us of who weare. And who am ? Lam Precious Ramorswe, citizen of Botswana, daughter of (Obed Ramotswe who died because he had been a miner and could no longer breathe. is life was unrecorded; who is there to write down the lives of ordinary people? am Obed Ramotswe, and | was bom near Mahalapye in 1930. ‘Mahalapye is halfway between Gaborone and Francistown,on that road that seems to go on forever: Ie was 2 dir road in those days, of course, and the railway line was much more important, The track came down from Bulawayo, crossed into Botswana at Plumtree, and chen headed south down the side of the country all the way to Mafikeng, on che other sie, Asa boy. used to wacch the crans as they drew upat the siding. They let out great clouds of steam, and we would dare one another to run as close as we could to it.The staker would shout aus, and the station master would blow his whistle, but they hhever managed to get rid of us. We hid behind plants and boxes ‘and dashed out to ask for coins from the closed windows of the trains, We saw the whice people look out oftheir windows, lke ghosts, and sometimes they would toss us one oftheir Rhodesian pennies — large copper coins with a hole in the middle ~ o,f we ‘were lucky a tiny silver coin we called a tickey, which could buy us small tin of syrup, ‘Mahalapye was a straggling village of huts made of brown, sun- baked mud bricks and afew tin-roofed buildings. These belonged £0 the Government or the Railways, and they seemed to us to represent distant, unattainable luxury. There wasa school run by an ole Anglican priest and a white woman whose face had been halflestroyed by the sun. They both spoke Setswans, wich was ‘unusual, bu chey taught us in English, insisting on the pain of a ‘thrashing that we left our ovn language outside in the playground, On the other side ofthe road was che beginning ofthe plain ‘that stretched out into the Kalahari Irwasa featureless land, cluttered with fow thorn trees, on the branches of which there perched the hornbill ane she fluttering molopes, with their long {railing tailfeathers. It was a world that seemed to have no end, and that, I think is what made AVriea in those days so different. ‘There was no end to ic. A man could walk, o ride, forever, and he ‘would never get anywhere, | am sixty now, and Ido not chink God wants me to live much longer. Perhaps there will bea few years more, but | doubs it | saw Dr Moffat at the Dutch Reformed Hospital in Mochudi who listened to my chest. He could cell that had been a miner, ust by listening, and he shook his head and said thar che mines have ‘many dfferenc ways of hurting a man, As he spoke, | remembered «song the Sotho miners used to sing. They sang: The mines eat ‘men. Even when you have eft them, the mines may till be eating you" Weall knew this was rue. You could be killed by falling rock ‘or you could be killed years later, when underground was just 2 memory, or even a bad dream chat visited you t night. The mines ‘would come back for their payment, just as they were coming back for me now. So | was not surprised by what Dr Moffat said, Some people cannot bear news like that. They think chey rust live forever, and they ery and wail when they realize that their time is coming. leo not feel ke that, and I do not weep at the news the doctor gave me. The only thing that makes me sad is that | shall be leaving Africa when Iie. Vlove Aftica, which is my. ‘mother and my father. When Lam dead I shall miss the smell of Africa, because they say that where you go, wherever thae may be, there is no smell or taste But can look back over my sixty years and think of everything. that Ihave seen and of how | started with nothing and ended up With almost ewo hundred cattle. And I have a good daughter. a loyal daughter, who looks after me well anel makes me tea while sichere in che sun and look out to the hills in the diseance, When ‘you see the hill from a distance, they are blug;asall the distances inthe country are. We are far from the sea here, with Angola and. Namibia between us and the coast, and yee we have this great empty ocean of blue above and around us, No sailor could be lonelier than a man standing in the middle of our land, with miles and miles of blue about him. From The Na? Ladies Detective Agency by Alexander McCall ih 13unit 1 people & places Vocabulary Word knowledge: get § ‘The Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary lists 26 meanings for the verb ger. Look at this extract from the text on page 13. What does get mean here? Arar could walk, or ride, forever, and he would never get anywhere 6 What is the meaning of get in a-j? How could each use be paraphrased? Just to get to meet him was theil, but got to work with him, too! get the impression that he doesn’t like me very much. re couldn’ get the car to start this morning and was late again [shall gute enjoy getting use to this lifer. We hid a bite to eat and got talking, You gecall sors in here, fom accountants to film stars. Tan’ go out. I've only just got, 1h What gets me is how we have to pay through the nose for petrol 1 Ie's fae from ideal but we'ee getting there. 1 List don’t get it—why on earth would you want to go there? 7 Write sentences with get that are true for you. For each sentence, try to use the word get in a different way. Collocations: memory 8 Divide these adjectives which collocate with memory into the four categories and below. Some words might fit more than one category. vivid distant shore-rerm tong-term dreadjirl faded cherished nostalgic fuzzy precious veasured bittersweer haunting vague disturbing bitter orwameaie Ungering fleeting a. duration > clarity © positive negative Which of these verbs which collocate with memory do you think have a negative meaning? bury erase bringback evoke rekindle pushaside push away spark stir(up) trigger conjureup Block (out) blot out hold comeffooding back fede ‘Talk to a partner about memories. Try to use some of the vocabulary in 8 and 9. Your views 11 Look back at the text on page 13. Would you be interested in reading the rest of the book? Why/Why not? Grammar see noes page 149 Past tenses 12 Complete a-j with a suitable past tense ofthe verbs in brackets. Where more than ‘one tense is possible, does it ereatea difference in meaning? 12 When lived abroad, my mother (always/phonc) me at dinner time. b After the railway (isappesr), life ia the town changed dramatically. © T hope) to take a realy Jong holiday las year but it didn’ work ou. 4 When (do) all the housework, Tsat down and had a nice cup of tea, © (visit) the island at leas cree times a year F Weallstood up and left che room when Joba (sing) his latest song 1 (Study) Fench in Paris when Lfrse met Mare. hi 1gotthe job because Ghave) a good knowledge ofthe surrounding atea 1 1 (have) dinner with my boss ast night and he say) tha things are looking up for the company. J Assoon as he (open) the present, his face itup “Reading & Part 1 Use of English 1 Look at these pictures. What do you think it would be like to live in these places? 2 Read the text below, ignoring the gaps, and find out what kind of place Nuuk is to live in, How would you fee! about living there? Exam practice 3. Read the text again. For questions 1-8, decide which answer (A, B, G or D) best fits ‘each gap. There is an example at the beginning (0). Northern light All roads do not lead to Nuuk. Infact, o roads lead to Nuuk. Like o stare my day at che only place in Nuukwiere you can Songwriter ond Nuuk native, Nive Neilson, tells us why its et). _- coffe, The espresso is strong and tastes worth the trip. ‘excellent, But although it’ dificule to find good coffee its easy to Nuuk is different, Fora start, it not (0) @. hook, ine and sinker for Greenlandic cuisine. ‘ther places in Greenland. Fyou wane to quit town, you need Inmy favoutite restaurant (5)___._.....on the harbour, you boat, a helicopter ora propeller plane. Nuuk reallyis off the get smoked reindeer, fish and musk ox, Places such as Qoornog a) __ track. On the other hand, we've got mountains, arejust as(6)__.________ asthe local cuisine. I's a the coastline, a vast expanse of water and icebergs-alandscape (7)... village on an island just off Nuk. There's that'sas fascinating a iis inspiring, above all for artists. And there nothing there apart from a few holiday homes. But are plenty of those here. Hove the albums of Ole Christianson. (8) heed if you go there: the cloucis of mosquitos His surreal lyrics are wonderful He sings in Greenlandic but his can be really bothersome in summer. Thats why people use lyrics alone were reason enough to encourage people to ‘mosquita nets on boat tips. It looks pretty funny bur, as sald, @) with our language. Nauk is ust different, =a OA combined — @eamnected Created D united Even if you think your have found the 1 A forged B beaten ¢ formed D worked | correct word toil the gap, try the other 2A activate B encounter © involve D engage Coton nthe ga to make sre they ee oe oe te do not collocate vrith the other words ‘3 sAubppropriate B suitable Cp abl D respectable | inthe phrase or sentence before 4A fall B drop Cc jump D dive ‘you make your final choice. 5 A fixed B placed C established D located : 6 ae B reminiscent C suggestive D inducing, 7 A stranded 'B deserted, ¢ vacant D derelict 8 A keep B make C take: D give 7-—lp—_—— Always ead all the questions and the options through carefully before ‘the recording stats. You wil be given time todo this inthe exam. As you listen forte fist time, put a dot beside ‘the option you think is correct, 1 Do you agree with this statement? Why/Why not? The only way to give effective help to people in need isco go and give ity Exam practice 2 401-06 You will hear three different extracts. For questions 1-6, choose the answer (A, B or C) which fits best according to what you hear. There are two questions for each extract. Extract 1: You hear two friends talking about a trip to help someone in need. 1 The woman seems surprised that the man and his colleazues A found time to organize the trip. 'B. managed to fitall the toys and clothing into two lorries. 2. When the lorries arrived, the man felt A proud of his achievements | C determined that he would return. Extract 2: You hear a presenter making a charity appeal on TV. 3 The man emphasizes the fact that ‘A making a donation is not the only way to help people in need. Its up co usall to ensure funds reach their target. 4 Inthe man’s opinion, anyone making a donation will A. be motivated to do more in future. B feel gulty for not having done so earlier. Extract 3: You hear two people on a radio programme talking about sponsoring a child. 5 Why did the man find Opportunity International inspiring? A It's prepared to advertise in newspapers. B Ic interviews sponsors personally. 6 The man regards the donation he makes as A a means of obtaining information, C an insignificant gesture given the circumstances, Your views 3 Which of the methods of helping people mentioned in the extracts do you consider ‘to be the most effective? Why? Vocabulary Word knowledge: help and give 4 Replace the words in italics in a-g using an expression with help or give. 18 Tyan’ tied not to lose her temper so often, but she can stop herself. ‘The best way to handle children isnot toler them do just what chey want to Have some ofthese olives everybody ~they/te delicious 1’m going to be late, but it's not my fault that the trafic is so bad. ‘Things seem bad right now but if you waita little while they might get better, ‘When. was struggling to set up my business, he ent me some money. & Youare a hard worker—T'l admie that’s erue,