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8 AN OXFORD RECTORAndrew Dilnot, the new rector of StHugh s, Oxford, talks about thealleged crisis of the university.

~ R I T I L MASSAn ever-growing group of activists areclaiming back the streets ofNew York- en masse and on their bicycles.

6 THE SILVER FOXAge is no barrier for actorAnthonyHopkins, who has charmed his wayinto the Hollywood action thriller.

8 THE BEST OF BRlnSHIs there such a thing as Britishcuisine ? Absolutely, says Nigel Brown,promoter ofBritish food and drink.

REAL SOAP OPERA STUFFThe classicTV ad is being replacedby something a little more subtle.

CONTROVERSIAL FIGURE san honorary druid, a supporter ofgay vicars and an avid SIMPSONS fan,the new Archbishop ofCanturburyIS no stranger to controversy.

8 DELICIOUS DOWNFALLMartha Stewart, domestic icon andstyle guru ofAmerican housewives, isfacing a damaging financial scandal.

3 NORTHERN EXPOSUREAnchorage offers a taste ofwild Alaskapackaged in a typical American town.

SPEAKING OF AGELearning a second language seems tocome naturally to children, bu t adultshave some advantages too.

NOTTING HILL CARNIVALThis month sees Europe s biggestcarnival in Notting Hill, London.

STI UPP R LIPPThe Brits keep to themselves. Whateverhappens, they keep their emotions in checkand, in the face of adversity, wield theirfamed stiff upper lip Everybody knowsthat. That is, until late summer in WestLondon, where a remarkable transformation takes place. During the August bankholiday, Notting Hill (yes, the same place asthe film starring Hugh Grantllooks morelike Rio than a residential London neighbourhood. On this weekend, the NottingHill Carnival explodes onto the streets,unleashing a riot of colour, exotic soundsand tantalising smells of Caribbean foodTurn to page 38 to discover how Europe sbiggest street party came to be held in theBritish capital. you re still deciding whatto do this summer how about surfing? Oryou might prefer to keep it cool in Alaskafor a holiday with a difference. Whateveryou do, enjoy the summerwhile it lasts

nthony Hopkinsstars alongsideChris ock inthismonth s SPE K Upvideo B D COMP NY

RADIO BOYUnconventional artist Radio Boy ison a mission to change the world.

44 THE END OFAN ERAThe days of the famous Londondouble-decker bus are numbered.

6 THOMAS HARDYNo short story this month Instead,read one of the most famous scenesin English literary history.

5 SURFINGSurfing has developedfrom a mere sportalmost into away of life.

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dergound and Nico album cover with thezipper6 of the Rolling Stones STICKY FIN-GERS. Strangely enough the music itselfmoves away from guitar sounds to create a98 s synthesizer groove echoing artistslike D ur an D ur an twO former membersworked on M o Y HOUSE and ThomasDolby. Even more strangely this synth re-vival actually works thanks to the qualityof the songs an d the od d combination o fclean-cut synthesizers and indie7 attitudes.

With cherubic looks, Goth make-up and a soaring B voice Amy Leeof Evanescence is the newface of Nu Metal in the USAHas Metal ever been so popular inAmerica? In recent months thereh as b ee n a string of US Number Onealbums from hard rock bands botho ld a nd n ew: L in ki n Park s METEORAMetallica s ST ANGER a nd t he LedZeppelin collection HowTHEWESTWASWON have al l reached the top ofthe charts. Nevertheless perhapsthe biggest new face on the Metalscene thisyear is that of 21-year-old Amy Lee singerfor the Arkansasgroup Evanescence whose debutalbum FALLEN and single ring to ife have both been happilyclimbing the pop charts on both sides ofthe Atlantic.

Cynics say that the Evanescenceformula is simple: take a tight thumping Nu Metal sound put a delicate female vocal overthe top of it and you have music which appeals not only to young male head-bangers9 butalso to their hippie or Goth girlfriends. The band isalso following in a well-establishedtradition of metallers with Christian values Whatever the reason however Evanescencehave sold enough for their debut album t o e arn Platinum statusand the influentialROLLING STONE magazine has called them th e biggest new rock group in America ,

YU p ro ba b ly k no w a t least on eDandy Warhols song: it is calledBohemian ik You an d it hasbeen used all over the world onthe mobile phone advertisementwith the slogan H ow are you? In fact ifyou listen to any album by this band fromPortland Oregon you could easily get thefeeling of having heard it somewhere before and you may no t need to go any further than the CD cover to find ou t where.Th e Dandy Warhols are quite happy toname their influences: the band title itselfan d their early song Lou Weed both acknowledge their link5 to the Velvet Underground while the song title Ride refers tothe early 99 s English band whose soundalso made an impression on the Warhols.

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As life becomes more complicated, escapist entertainment becomes simpLer and what couLd be simpler than the comic? utantsncorporatedSmmer is here again and as the temperatures rise and the beach palls,what better than an air-conditionedcinema and an hour or two of undemanding viewing? The distributors haveopened the season with two blockbusters, MATRIX RELOADED andX2.Thisarticle could be about either of them;both are sequels to a successful first partand both have FX a-gogo , but X2 winsout because it has a better director (BryanSinger, who made the thriller of the 90s,THE USUAL SUSPECTS and a better castthat includes Ian McKellen, making asmooth transition from Gandalf to theevil Magneto, and Halle Berry, completewith blonde wig and glaucous blue eyesas Storm. Plus Brian Cox as the verynasty Colonel Stryker, whose mission isto wipe the mutants from the face of the

earth, and the stunning Rebecca RomijnStamos as a shapeshifter 2 called Mystique. One of the best sequences is theone where she tries to seduce Wolverine(HughJackman) in a series of guises fromblonde vamp to the Lolita-ish Roguewho might be more than a surrogatedaughter in his troubled unconscious.

This is an intelligent film that buildson the first instalment with new characters - when I was in the Munich circus Iwas known as Nightcrawler one ofthem introduces himself - includingStryker, whose own mutant son drove hiswife to suicide by bombarding her withhis telepathic powers: She took a powerdri ll to her left templeJ to bore4 the images out. There is humour too, as in thescene in which one of the mutant boysouts himself to his family like any good

gay teenager. Have you ever tried no tbeing a mutant? his mother asks cautiously. The dialogue provides us with science - I can manipulate adamantiumthe metal in your bones - philosophy- the mind is not a box, it is a beehiveS and technology laced with irony - Howare you going to operate the spillwalflood mechanism? With your claws??Add a Dolby-enhanced soundtrack andstate-of-the-art FX and what more couldyou ask for on anAugust afternoon? 1 FX A-GOGO: muchos efecros especiales 2 SHAPESHIFTER: que puede cambiardeforma 3 TEMPLE: sien 4 TO BORE: taladrar 5 BEEHIVE: colmena 6 SPILLWAY: canal de desagiie 7 CLAW: garra

MURDERMOST FOULIs Ron Shelton s HOLLYWOODHOMICIDE based on fact orfiction? Released in Spainon 24 October, the filmstars Harrison Ford and Josh Hartnett

as two LAPD detectives who investigatethe murder of a rap star which couldhave been arranged by the president ofhis record label [played by Isaiah Washington . Lena Olin and singing legendGladys Knight are also in the cast2 ,DUM ING DOWNIn 1994 Jim Carrey and Jeff Danielsteamed up in the Farrelly Brothers comedy about two idiots called Harry andLloyd, DUMB AND DUMBERJ , Nine years on,we have the prequel, DUMB AND DUMBERER:WHEN HARRY MET LLOYD [a not so subtlereference to WHEN HARRY MET SALLY . released in Spain on 22 August. It tells thestory of the hapless4 boys previous life ashigh school students inthe 1980s, The directorshave changed [now it sTroy Miller . as have theactors [Eric ChristianOlsen and Derek Richardson . Tom Cruise s firstwife, Mimi Rogers, playsHarry s mum,

NG M N G M NTTaiwanese-born filmdirector Ang Lee p i -tured ri ht has a variedfilmography, In 1995, hedirected the l ikes ofsEmma Thompson, KateWinslett and Hugh Grantin a splendid screenadaptation of JaneAusten s novel, SENSEAND SENSIBILITY while lastmonth saw the releaseof a completely differentk ind o f f i lm: THE HULK aJekyll-and-Hyde tale ofa genetic experimentthat goes wrong, ActorEric Bana plays BruceBanner, who findshimself turning into agreen brute in momentsof emotional stress, , LAPD =Los An geles Police Department 2 CAST: repano 3 DUMBAND DUMBER: s ton os uy tontos4 HAPLESS: desventurado 5 THELIKES OF: gente como

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Left:Boston sultra-modernLeonard pZakim BunkerHill Bridge

Boston Massachusetts. tfirst glance2 i t might seem too futuristic astructure to be placed in the midst of Boston s traditional brownstones3but in reality the recently completed Leonard Zakim Bunker HillBridge is a fitting tribute to this city s past. Connecting the business district with colonial Charlestown this stark structure pays homage toBoston s shipbuilding past. Its two towers resemble the nearby Bunker Hill Monu-ment and its cables when illuminated at night could be mistaken for giant sails5 Rising up 8 meters Bunker Hill Bridge is the world s widest cable-stayed6 bridge.

MUSEUMGOES MODERNMIAMI FLORIDAThe Bass Art Museumin Miami may be thirtynine years old, but it hasnever looked so good.Credit goes to Japanesearchitect Arata Isozakiwho created the ultra-modern addition to

the museum that has tripled itsdisplay space . This extension, which ispart ofan 8.8 million renovation project,includes a new outdoor sculpture garden,a cafe and a shop. Done in painted stuccoand Florida limestone, the newwingtotals 6,300 square meters.For pictures and more information, visitwww b ss museum org

AN EY EONTHE ORIENTSAN FRANCISCOCALIFORNIAAsian art is finallygetting a much deserved forumat the recentlyopened Asian ArtMuseum inSan Francisco,

one of the largest museums in theWestern world devoted to this subject.On display in over40,000 squaremeters of gallery space are over 15,000objects encompassing 6,000 years of history of various Asian cultures. For moreinformation, visit www si n rt org

MUSI I NFOR D YSEATTLE Washington. Though it opened two years ago,Experience Music Project Iwww emplive coml in Seattleis still a relatively unknown music lover s paradise. Conceived by Microsoft co-founder Paul G Allen and designed by Frank Gehry, this 42 000-square-meter multimedia museum is a tribute to American popular music,Visitors to this brightly-colored structure can enjoy themuseum s impressive collection of instruments andmemorabilia 7 . There s also a Jimi Hendrix Gallery housing Allen s personal Hendrix collection and a Sound Labwith the most avant-garde technology. , DISPLAY SPACE: area de exposici6n 2 TFIRST GLANCE: a primera vista 3 BROWNSTONE: piedra caliza de color roiizo4 STARK: austero 5 SAIL: vela 6 CABLE-STAYED: colgante 7 MEMORABILIA:cosas memorables recuerdos

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Michael Moore had to f ight many battles to get STUPID WHITE MENpublished but he had the last laugh when it became a best sellerCriticising Modern merica

Although profoundly European in its philosophy EUROBuSINESS looksat the business world from both the global and European viewpoint.

Europe s usin ss Magazine

Ater fighting with his own publisherto b ri ng t he book out , MichaelMoore saw STUPID WHITE ME becomeAmerica's favourite titleMoore was born in Flint, Michigan. By

the age of22, he was editing FLINT VOICEone of America's best alternative newspapers. In 1989, he produced, wrote and directed ROGER & ME, a f ierce' politicalsatire about the closing of theGeneral Morors car facrories there. Moving into TV,Moore won an Emmy in 1994 for the irreverent news and commentary series. Hethen attacked corporate America in thefilm documentary, THE BIG ONE (1998),which was followed by a bestselling book,DOWNSIZE 2THIS: RANDOM J THREATS4FROM AN UNARMED AMERICAN In 2002,Moore produced BOWLING FOR COLUM-BINE a savagell funny documentaryabout US gun culture.The most successful

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documentary in history, itwon an Oscar.Moore used his acceptance speech6 to attack Bush's policy rowards Iraq.

STUPID WHITE ME was supposed tobe published in autumn 2001. However,the publisher, HarperCollins, disliked itsanti-Bush message and demanded radicalchanges. Moore refused7 . An email campaign by the country's librarians - whospend 2bn on books annually - forced8HarperCollins ro change its mind. STUPIDWHITE MEN went to number one almostovernight. Irreverent, entertaining, factfilled and often very funny, Moore's bookis a satirical attack on Bush and the US political machine. It accuses Bush - theThier-in-Chief - of stealing the election and US politicians of selling themselves to big business. STUPID WHITEMEN is a powerfuPo, at times shocking'analysis ofmodern America.

Lunched in 1998 as a pan-Europeanmagazine for Danagers in businessand commerce, EUROBuSI ESSwww.eurobusiness.net focusses on thepersonalities and events shaping' the newsingle market . Owned by Formula 1 bossBernie Ecclestone, the richest man inBritain with a personal fortune of2.4 billion, the magazine claimsJ ro be Europe'smost popular monthly business publication, with a circulation of90,000.

As part of its attemptsJ ro reach influential high-spending decision-makers, veryimportant from the advertisers' point ofview EUROBuSINESS has controlled circulation distribution deals5 with airlines, hotels and even Formula 1 racetracks6

Written by Europeans for Europeans ,as the magazine itself says, each l30-pageissue of EUROBuSINESS combines economic analysis and advice with in depth

7profiles and interviews. The choice

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of material is extremely wide and of interest to both the business person and thegeneral reader. Recent issues have includedreports on European plans to rebuildPalestine, the enlarged8 Europe's poorestregions and the new super lottery, as wellas an analysis of the management craze9 ofexpressing corporate strategy with Legopieces, a profile of the family champagnefirm Taittinger and an interview withPoland's most successful businessman, JanKulczyk.

Well-written, highly informative andclearly based on a deep knowledge of European affairs, the articles in EUROBUSINESS often surprise the reader withtheir clever sense of humour: a recent report on the troubled'o Eurofighter combat aircraft project said the fighter planeswere current ly being used to flattenout'2 tarmac'J bumps'4 through strategicparking .

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INT RYI W BRITISH ENGLISH IINTERME I TE

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La Universidad de Oxford es junto co n Cambridge lamas prestigiosa de Gran Bretafia. Andrew Dilnot nuevorector del St Hugh s College nos explica cuales so n susplanes para mejorar una instituci6n afectada por la crisis.e ONCDo SPE KER CoNOR GLEESONST ND RD BRITISH ENGUSH

Adrew Dilnot is one of Britain sbest-known economists. Di re ct or fr om 19 91 to 2002 ofthe Institute for Fiscal Studiesthe UK s leading independenteconomics research2unit his main interests lie in government taxation and public spending3policies especially in socialsecurity4 matters and their effect on incomes5 and behaviour.

The author of countless articles inboth newspapers and specialist publications he appears regularly on TV an dradio news a nd c ur re nt affairs pro-8 SPEAK UP

grammes such as the highly influentialANALYSIS programme on BBC Radio 4.

Dilnot has also pursued an impressivecareer in academia teaching at the London School of Economics the AustralianNational University in Canberra an dOxfor d University. He became Principal6of St Hugh s College Oxford last October. SPEAK Up spoke to Dil no t a t th e I nstitute for Fiscal Studies shortly beforehe took up his new position in Oxford.pe k p What does a n O xf or d College principal do?ndrew Dilnot Standard ritishEng-lish A n O xf or d College principal triesto make the college work well as a whole.Tha t means inspiring th e students work hard to really care about excellentscholarship7 making it easy for the staffSto teach an d do their research an d alsoraising9 a bit of money because these areexpensive and rather grand hotels and itcosts quite a lot to keep them going.pe k p What are the advantages ofan Oxford University education? ndrew Dilnot I think there are a number of special things about Oxford. On eis the staff there. They are world-classleading academics doing world-class re-

search. An d if yo u go as an Oxford undergraduate then you ll spend time twicea week o n y ou r own or w it h one otherperson talking about your subject with aworld-class researcher a nd t ha t reallydoes develop a very special sort of analytic skilpo. Then of course there are someof the subsidiary advantages of being inOxford: it s a beautiful place there s anawful lot going on for the students thatisn t just work. So you do produce a veryspecial sort of education.pe k p According to th e press an dTV; Oxford University is going througha ba d p eri od at th e moment. Indeedthey even speak of a crisis. What do yo uthink?ndrew Dilnot I think there is something of a crisis no t just for Oxford University bu t for the whole of the Britishuniversity system. British universitieshave traditionally relied on public sectorgovernment money to pay for them andthat s becoming more difficult. Th e government s no t wanting to increase funding enough to keep them going 2. An dso universities are having to look elsewhere 3. There s a second sort of a problem of Oxford University which is thatit s been seen as being elitist in the sensethat it s no t easily open to people from allkinds of areas an d social backgrounds.No w m y o wn view is that shouldn t bethe case and isn t the case bu t I think theUniversityhas to work hard to make people realise that.

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Speak Up: American universities arehighly successful in attracting endowments 4 an d investments s. Th e endowments at Harvard and Yale are worthseveral billion dollars. What is Oxforddoing to compete in this area?Andrew Dilnot: Well, Oxford of courseis a much older university than the NorthAmerican universities, and was set up initially with private money. In many waysit s a very very rich university, b ut m uc hof its wealth 6 is in the form ofland ratherthan money that s used to subsidise 710werS-income students. Th e University hasrecently, in the last few years, set up a verylarge-scale access scheme, which is raisingmoney from donors 9 outside so that potential students from lower-incomebackgrounds can have their fees 2 an deven some of their support costs - whatthey need to live on - paidby the Univer-

sity to enable them to come. That s a veryimportant part of what the University sdoing an d something that it s trying todo more ofSpeak Up: There have been accusationsrecently that British universities are elitist. Do you agree?Andrew Dilnot: There s a sense inwhich, I think, universities really shouldbe elitist. Universities are about takingthe very brightese people a nd m ak in gsure they study very hard. They re aboutexcellence in scholarship, so that form ofscholarly elitism, I think, is extremely desirable. But there is a problem that universities have been potentially perceivedas being elitist in a social sense, that isthat s it s difficult to get to a particularuniversity if y ou d on t c om e fro m a p articular social background. No w I don t

think that is true in Oxford althoughthere ve been some highly publicised anecdotes suggesting it is bu t I think Oxford does need to work hard to persuadepeople that that isn t the case, that peoplereally are admitted on merit.Speak Up: Tell us a lit tle about th e In stitute for Fiscal Studies.Andrew Dilnot: Th e Institute for FiscalStudies is an entirely independent, charitable22 organisation, that is we, we haveno profit-making23 activity and we re setup to try to be a a counterweight24 to political parties an d the Civil Service2s , todeliver information into the public domain about the sorts of things that thegovernment is d oi ng a n d t h e s or ts ofthings that other political parties mightwant to do. So, for example, we have animportant role during election campaigns, when as each of the major partiespublishes its manifesto, we re asked bytelevision, newspaper, radio to assess themanifestoes, to look at ho w much theirproposals will cost, who would gain andwho will lose, whether they add Up26Speak Up: Wh at r ef or ms d o y ou seetaking place in Britain s social securitysystem?Andrew Dilnot: What we ve seen no wfor the last 20 years or so is a steady shift27away from the settlement2S that was madeafter the Second World Wa r in the UK,w he r e t he re were non-means-tested 29benefits3 , so benefits that you got if youwere over retirement age or if you wereunemployed, regardless of your income, 1 LEADING: mas desracado 2 RESEARCH: invesrigacion 3 PUBLIC SPENDING: gastopublico 4 SOCIALSECURITY: seguridad social 5 INCOME:ingresos, sueldo 6 PRINCIPAL: rector 7 SCHOLARSHIP:erudicion 8 STAFF: personal 9 RAISE: recaudar10 SKILL habilidad 11 FUNDING: finanzas, financiacion12 KEEP GOING: manrener 13 ELSEWHERE: en ou ositio 14 ENDOWMENT: donacion 15 INVESTMENT: inversion 16 WEALTH: riqueza 17 SUBSIDISE: subvencionar 18 LOWER: inferior 19 DONOR: donanre 20 FEE:maufcula 21 BRIGHT: inreligenre 22 CHARITABLE: debeneficiencia 23 PROFIT MAKING: con fines lucrativos24 COUNTERWEIGHT: conrrapeso 25 IVILSERVICE: adminisrracion publica 26 ADD UP: rener senrido27 SHIFT: cambio 28 SETILEMENT acuerdo 29 MEANSTEST: prueba de haberes para dererminar si una persona tiene derecho a determinada prestaci6n)30 BENEFIT: ayuda; subsidioUNIVERSITY RISIS1 HIGHER EDUCATION: educacionsuperior 2 BEIN DEBT: tener deudas 3 BEIN WORK-ING OROER: funcionar perfecramenre 4 SCHOOL LEAVER:persona que termina la escuela 5 LECTURER: profesor6 PROMPT: mover, incirar

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X R IS SListening QuestionsPrimero vamos a analizar la biografia y lasopiniones de Andrew Dilnot. A continuacion,vamos a repasar algunas preposiciones ypalabras de economia y finanzas.1) Listen and choose the correct option ofthe two answers available:A. Dilnot worked at the Institute for FiscalStudies for UNDER/OVER) ten years.B. Oxford University is special because itsstaff are WORLD CLASS/IMPORTANT RESEAR-

CHERS).c. Dilnot says that Oxford is elitist from the

socIAL ACADEMIC) point of view.D. According to Dilnot, people s vision ofOxford University is often the [WRONG/

CORRECT) one.E. The Institute for Fiscal Studies is anGOVERNMENT/INDEPENDENT) institution.

POLITICAL PARTIEs THE MEDIAl make use ofthe Institute s services.G. Dilnot says that the UK economic andsocial model is THE SAME AS/SIMILAR TOIthe US one.2) Many verbs are followed by a dependentpreposition. Listen again and indicate thepreposition you hear in the recording:A. His interest lies ON/IN) taxation.B. That means inspiring the students to workhard, to really care OF/ABOUT) excellent

scholarship.c. British universities have traditionallyrelied IN/ON) public sector governmentmoney to pay [FROM/FOR) them.D. It s difficult to get TO/AT) a particularuniversity if you don t come from aparticular social background.E. A number of countries will move TOWARDS

/FORWARD) the British model.3)Which of these words are financial oreconomic? They al l appear in the recording.A. EARNINGS/OPENINGSB. INVESTMENT/INVERSIONC, PROFIT/PRESENTD. FOUNDING/FUNDINGE. FEE/FOE ENDEARMENT/ENDOWMENTG. DOUBT/DEBTAnswers:1J A. over, B. world class, c. academic,

D. wrong, E. independent, themedia, G. similar to, A. in, B. about, c. on, for, D. to, E. towards3 A. earnings, B, investment, c. profit,

D. funding, E. fee, F. endowment, G. debt

towards greater and greater reliance onmeans-tested benefits benefits that youreceive if you re elderly bu t also on lowincome unemployed and on low in -come have children but also have low income. And I think we re likely to go onseeing that develop because these sortS ofmeans-tested benefits are a way of beingmore generous to those on low incomeswithout spending a great deal more money That raises all kinds of problems common throughout the world but I thinkthat is the direction of change.Speak Up: Are we moving towards theAmerican model in the UK and Europein terms of ou r economic and socialsystems?Andrew Dilnot: There are those who dsay that the American model a model ofrelatively low taxation of individualslooking after their own health care theirown pensions is becoming dominantI m not sure that s true. In the UK we remidway between a European style of provision and an American style of provision. In America tax absorbs about 30per cent of national income in much ofContinental Europe it absorbs about 50per cent of national income in the UK itabsorbs about 40 per cent of national inc om e. I think on Continental Europethere is a trend towards trying to bringthat level of taxation and public spendingdown3 \ and I think universal social security benefits that go to everybody regardless of their income are likely to be oneof the casualties32 In America the pres-

sures if anything are for public spendingto grow So I think in fact it may be thecase no t because Britain s particularlyspecial but because we got there firstthat a number of countries will move towards the British model rather than theAmerican model becoming dominant.Speak Up: Can changes in taxation andspending reduce social and economicinequality33?Andrew Dilnot: Governments wouldcertainly like to think that changes in taxes in social security benefits can have aneffect on on inequality. And i n the UKin the las t 25 y ears w e v e s een a biggrowth in inequality Surprisinglythough the Labour government thatwe ve had since 1997 although they vevery dramatically increased benefits forthose on low incomes have failed to stopinequality growing and that s becausethe underlying34 distribution of income-the distribution of earnings35 who earnswhat - has been widening36 more quickly Those with higher skills have seentheir earnings grow very quickly thosewith no skills have seen their earningsstagnate37 . So in fact government doesn t control what happens t o f in al in-comes and although it can affect them itmay not be powerful enough to stop theunderlying forces dominating.

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According to theri tical assnon-web site , the movement ispresent in al l of the world s continents. There is one Critical Massride in Africa, [in Johannesburg),five in South America [in Chile,where t y ~ r called furiososciclistas , in Colombia, in Argentinaand two in Brazill, 8 in Australia,22 in Asia [mainly Israel and Japan,but also Cambodia and Indial, 117in Europe and 62 in NorthAmerica. The Critical Mass sloganis Ride Daily, Celebrate Monthly,and Ben Shepard maintains thatthe rides take place the last Fridayof every month in cities everywhere There are, however,regional variations and these areparticularly marked in Spain andItaly, where many groups meetweekly. Nor is the day whenSpanish and Italian cyclists gettogether necessarily Friday: Thursdays, Saturdays and Sundays areas popular. The Spanish MasaCritica has regular rides in 3cities across the country. Accordingto its web site www masacriti-ca info it aims to demonstratethat bicycles are a more efficient,more eco-friendly and healthierway of getting around.

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and the cars couldn't get by: you'd havethousands and thousands and thousandsof these vagabond rag-tagS bike messengers filling up the streets. And it s a moving amoeba, in the sor t of tradition ofnon-violent civil disobedience, nothingwas destroyed, but people had to stopand think about business as usual6 forjust a moment. And 92 was a moment,with the LA riots, when I think a lot ofAmerican public space activists startedre-thinking how we were using publicspace, why there's racial profiling7 inpublic space, who is allowed what kindof access to public space, and, increasingly, we were seeing global capital restrict our use of public space, I meanwe're seeing in New York City over thelast couple ofyears community gardens

en Shepard StandardAmerican EngLish : The Critical Mass bike ride started inSan Francisco in 1992. I'djust finished school so I was out there. I

was doing temp work2 and I always sawall the bike messengers3 with attitudewith their pierced noses and tattoos.One guy had a tattoo that said Fuck itall right on his forehead which Ithought was a very bold tattoo: that's really that's the statement But, on the lastFriday of every month these bike messengers would clog Up4 Market Streetand they would really become the traffic

Hay muchas formas de manifestarse, y una de ellas esen bicicleta. Esto es precisamente que hace riticalMass un movimiento que naci6 en San Francisco en1992 y que se ha extendido por casi todo el mundo.

G ONCD/3o SPEAKER: MARK WORDENSTANOARO BRIT SH ENGUSHNw York resident Ben Shepardis a member of Critical Mass,which means that the last Friday of every month he meetsup with his fellow cyclists inUnion Square before going on the rampage'. He explains how the Critical Massmovement was born:

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Some Critical Mass literature from New York ityEven though Critical Mass is an anarchic movementeven Wall Street investment bankers are said totake part in the monthly rides.

disappearing being bull dozed and con-dominiums going up in their place. Du-ane Reades and Starbuckses8 going up intheir place losing what was uniqueabout our geographies for the sort ofmono culture.THE MILLENNIUM IKE RI EBut as Ben Shepard explains it was alater event that was to produce one ofthe most memorable rides: n Shepard: I think one of myfavourite Critical Mass bike rides wasthe Millennium Bike Ride. It was theend of the year 1999 and we were hear-ing about. .. terrorists were going to 8 DUANE READES AND STARBUCKSES: cadenas muy conocidas de productosfarmaceuticos y cafeterias respectivamenre 9 FOLKS:genre 10 G S US : gasolina 11 ALONG THE RO OF IT:en camino

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bomb the city and, whatever, all sorts ofpanic and hysteria was in the air aboutwhat could happen in Times Square andwe all rode, we were riding throughTimes Square, huge group of bikers, filling up the streets, cars were sort ofclogged up on the sides, and a guytook ou t his trumpet and started toplay the theme from Strauss s THUSSPOKE ZARATHUSTRA the 200 1 theme,Bahm, bahm, ba-bahm as we rode ourbikes and some of the bikes stopped andheld their bikes above their shoulders andthat was definitely a fabulous moment ofreclaiming public space. It was some-thing that wasn't orchestrated, but that'swhat the rides are about, is being able tosee public space in New York City, thestreets in New York City as somethingmore than just going to and from work,something more than just a function ofcapital, a function of making money, asmuch as a place where communities intersect. I mean the fun, fabulous part ofwhy w e liv e in cities is the diversity, it's allthe zillions of different, you know, com-

binations, from a synagogue to a hot dogvendor to a porno shop, to an anarchistbike rider, overlapping, you know, and alot of those folks 9 come on the CriticalMass bike rides.NO PRE HERSIn conclusion Shepard explains thatCritical Mass is still as relevant as ever:Ben Shepard That s the point ofthe bike activism, is showing what a citycould be if we didn t have to all bepaying for gas O to drive. The city wouldbe a lot less clogged up, people would beable to get to and from work withouthaving to destroy the environment, orfight a war for oil along the road of it . Imean and that's the sub-text of this kindof bike activism, bu t Critical Mass, thebeauty of it is there s no t a preacher,there's not a speaker up there, telling youto think that. I mean you can all read thepaper and people can make that decisionon their own.

INTERVIEW BY MICHELE MOLINARI

EXER ISESListening QuestionsEn el primer ejercicio repasaremos lainformacion que aparece en el texto.Despues, haremos algunas preguntassobre aspectos gramaticales.1 Choose which of the following options istrue in connection with the organizationCritical Mass:A. The Critical Mass bike ride started in[1982/19921.B. The first people to take part in the protestswere [CYCLISTS CAMPAIGNING FOR BIKE LANES/

BICYCLE MESSENGERS).c. The great thing about the first protests isthat they questioned our attitude to [PUBLIC

SPACE/POLITICAL POWER).D. Ben Shepard suggests that US streets arebecoming more [VARIED/MONOTONOUS). When talking about the present or past,Ben Shepard usesa variety of differenttenses. Listen to the interviewagain andtick the verb tense you hear:A. I FINISHED / HAD FINISHEDl school so Iwas outthere.B. These bike messengers [CLOGGED UP/

WOULD CLOG UP) Market Street.c I mean, WE R E S E EI NG/ WE SEE) in NewYork City over the last couple of yearscommunity gardens disappearing.D. It was the end of the year 1999 and WE REHEARING/WE WERE HEARINGI about ...terrorists were going to bomb the city... Ben Shepard uses a lot of AmercianEnglish expressions, such as gas . Inthe UK the equivalent is petrol . Indicate ifthese other underlined expressions, somefound in the recording, are UK or US Englishor both.A and a lot of those folks come on the bikerides. US/UK BOTHB it s the diversity, from a synagogue to ahot dog vendor. US/UK/BoTHC it s all the zillions of differentcombinations. US/UK BOTHD even if you leave your bike in the carpark it can still get stolen. US/UK/BOTH

Answers: A. 1992 B. bicycle messengers, c. publicspace D. monotonous, A. had finished, B. would clog up

c. we re seeing, D. we were hearing,3 A. US B. both, c. both, D. UK.

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Actor genial, con unosrecursos Interpretatlvosqu e consiguen que elcriminal mas horrendo seaatractivo, la edad no es obstaculo para AnthonyHopkins quien reina co nelegancia en Hollywood.Gobal recognit ion came late tothe actor Anthony Hopkins.His chilling performance asHannibal Leeter, the mostseductive serial killer of all timein the 1992 film SILENCE OF T L MBSwon him an Oscar and shoe him to theupper echelons of Hollywood s starleague. But the actor had been recog-nised in film an d television for years an dwas already a household name3 in hisnative Wales and allover Great Britain.

Philip Anthony Hopkins was born in1937 in Po n Talbot, Wales. His fatherwas a baker, bu t it soon became obviousthat young Tony had no interest in pur-suing the family profession. He was aloner at school and pu t more time intodrawing and practising the piano thanhis academic studies. Before doing hismilitary service he spent two years atCardiff s College of Music and Drama,which definitively inflamed his passionfor performance.

The foundation of Hopkins careerwas laid in the theatre bu t early on hedriftedS into the seventh art. You ve gOtto take it so seriously all the time, heonce said of the endless theatrical tour-ing. I can t do it. I don t give a shitFrom left clockwise: Hopkins as the CIA veteran inBAD COMP NY In James Ivory s SURVIVING PIC SSO sthe psycopath Dr Hannibal Leder in THE SILENCE OFTHE LAMBS and with Emma Thomson in HOW RDS END

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This month s SPEAK Up Film is D C o M P A N Y starring AnthonyHopkins as Gaylord Oaks a CIAveteran put in charge of transforminga street-wise hustler lplayed byChris Rock into a fellow agent. Partaction thriller. part comedy partbuddy movie2, it was directed by JoelSchumacher experienced maker ofaction pictures such as BATMAN ANDROBIN THE LOST Boys and morerecently the successful psychologicalthriller PHONE BOOTH Much of the filmwas shot in Prague and it was one ofthe last to use the World Trade Centerin NewYork as a location lin this casethe subway before the September11th attacks

about6 Shakespeare and all that Britishnonsense. Despite this statement, hisearly film roles were versions of theclassics such as HAMLET, TV adaptations of the Chekhov plays UNCLEVANYA and THE THREE SISTERS, andalongside Katherine Hepburn and PeterO Toole in the 1968 version of theKing Henry II saga THE LION INWINTER.THE RO D TO ST RDOMHopkins continued with film and TVroles for another two decades, gatheringa reputation for skilled and highly mannered interpretations of complex personalities. In 1980 he gave an acclaimedperformance in David Lynch s cinematic breakthrough THE ELEPHANT MAN,playing Dr Frederick Treves. Morequiet roles followed in UK productions, where Hopkins was nowembraced as the archetypal Britishactor. Tony has this extraordinary ability to make you believe when you hearhim that it is the very first time he hasever said that line, said the fameddirector Sir Richard Attenborough. It san incredible gift8.

Whilst Hopkins career was ploddingalong nicely9 his private life wasn t goingas smoorhly o. He had been a heavydrinker since his theatre days and married twice by 1970. It was only recentlythat he divorced his second wife Jenny, abreak largely attributed to his longstints in the US whilst she preferred hernative England. Hopkins has stated thathe loves the freedom and openness of theStates and spends long periods of time. . 2 I th thcrUIsIng cross-country . t was ere athe also kicked his drinking habi t andlanded his pivotal role in SILENCE OFTHE LAMBS. For most actors, being solely remembered for one outstanding rolebecomes a burden 13 , but Hopkinsremains staunchly 4 proud of the film.He often refers to his improvised touches whereby he mocked s his co-star JodieFoster s pronunciation of the word chianti and the stomach-churning slurps 6he uttered whilst describing the meal hemade of one of his victims.

Hopkins has returned to the charactertwice since then, in 2001 in Hannibaland last year in RED DRAGON. Thebulk 7 of his other work has swung 8

between action and biography. He hasplayed a US president twice, first the disgraced Richard Nixon in NIXON (1995)and two years later John QuincyAdams,directed by Spielberg, in the historicalepic AMISTAD. Hopkins has proved thatthere is a place for middle-aged actors inaction thrillers such as MISSIONIMPOSSIBLE II (2000), BAD COMPANY(2002) and THE EDGE (1997), where hefell into a river during the shooe9 andwas treated for hypothermia.N GEING SEDU ERHopkins has also proved that age is nobarrier to romance, on and off screen.He recently married his third wife, whois in her thirties. He is known as TheSilver Fox and many actresses havewaxed lyrical about his smooth charm.I would pay to work with Tony , saidJulia Roberts. He is the ultimate package. That voice and those eyes ....Nicole Kidman is his most recentleading lad/I. Hopkins has just finished filming THE HUMAN STAlN 22 thescreen version of the acclaimed novel byPhillip Roth. Hopkins tackled3 thedifficult role of Coleman Silk, a disgraced academic who hides a darksecret whilst Kidman is Faunia Farley,his lover almost forty years his junior.But Hopkins has never let his birth datehold him back, which for many makehim even more attractive. It seems thathe has truly mastered4 the art of growing old gracefully. As one gets older,ambitions change, he has stated. Youare very conscious of ageing, not in amorbid way but in a very positive,accepting way. It s good to get older.

BY SUZANNE WALES 1 CHILLING: escalofriame 2 TO SHOOT: disparar 3 HOUSEHOLD NAME: nombremuy conocido 4 TO PURSUE: seguir5 TO DRIFT: emrarsinproponerselo (lit., ir a la deriva) 6 I DON T GIVE A SHITABOUT: me importa un bledo 7 ROLE: papel8 GIFT: don9 TO PLOD ALONG NICELY: avanzar poco a poco10 WASN T GOING AS SMOOTHLY: no Ie iba tan bien11 STINT: petfodo de rrabajo 12 TO CRUISE CROSSCOUNTRY: recorrer eI pais 13 BURDEN: carga, peso14 STAUNCHLY: firmememe 15 TO MOCK: burlarse de16 STOMACH-CHURNING SLURPS: sorbos ruidosos queremovian las rripas del espectador 17 BULK: la mayorparte 18 TO SWING: oscilar 19 SHOOT: filmaci6n 20 TOWAX LYRICAL: deshacerse en e1ogios 21 LEADING LADY:proragonista femenina 22 STAIN: mancha 23 TO TACKLE:abordar 24 TO MASTER: dominarBAD COMPANY 1 STREET-WISE HUSTLER: buscavidas,prcaro 2 BUDDY MOVIE: pelfcula con dos proragonisras quese hacen amigos

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5{ la cocina inglesa existe ha y un mundo mas alla delas patatas fritas y el porridge De h ech o h ay personascomo nuestro entrevistado dedicadas a promocionar elsabor y los productos britanicos en el extranjero.

G ONeD/4o SPE KER PIERS GRIMLEY EV NSST ND RD BRmSH ENGUSHNgel Brown has a job thatfew would envy He is responsible for convincing Italy- whose national cuisine isloved all a ro un d the w orld to eat and drink the p ro du ct s ofBritain - the home of the deep-friedMars bar. Bu t when I spoke to hi m inhis office in Bologna he was no t at alldiscouraged. Italians are very eager 1 toeat British food he says - once theyget used to the idea:

ig l rown StandardBritish English Th e overallperception you re right isfairly negative as far asBritain and food an d cooking is con-cerned. I do believe that is however

1 EAGER: inreresado 2 BACKWATER: lugar arrasado 3 OUTMODED: anricllado4 WEALTH: variedad 5 HIGHLIGHTS: las cosas masinreresanres 6 PRESERVES: conservas 7 SWEET AND SOUR:agridlilce

changing. I do believe that the qualityof restaurants in the UK is helping thismove and this change and in fact it wasjust a year or so ago t h at G am be roRosso said t ha t L on do n h ad th e bestcooking and the best restaurants in thewhole of Europe. So this idea thatsomehow Britain is a backwater2, as faras the culinary art is concerned is probably outmoded J. That doesn t mean tosay that people s attitudes changeovernight. I believe we re doing a lot tohelp that change of attitude by helpingthe Italians to discover the wealth4 o fthe British culinary tradition an d thewealth of products that we have and re-gional products an d showing Italiansthat we have a genuine regional foodculture.CH MPION RE KF STSome highlights5 o f British food hesaid are 36 0 regional cheeses biscuitsjams H ig h la n d b ee f a n d l am b f ro mWales an d the Isle of Man. He told meho w to plan a day s meals that featurethese ingredients at their best:

Nigel rown We wouldn t recommendyou have this every day b ut i f you startoffwith an English breakfast of cerealssomething like Weetabix or porridgeit s a great way to start then if you follow that w ith g oo d English eggs fineBritish bacon Cumberland sausagesthere s an infinite number of fabulousthing s t ha t you can d o w it h an Englishbreakfast and then follow that offwithwonderful English bread which yo ujust can t find here toasted with Britishpreserves6 sort of or B ritis h mar-malades which is a whole other greattradition from the UK. We would drinkwith that a cu p o f tea. That is a greatway to start th e day. An d t he n y oucould move on and since you ve had aheavy breakfast you might decide tohave a light lunch go to a pub and havewhat we call a ploughman s lunchwhich would be a slice of cheddar withchurneys which... chutneys are sweeta nd s ou r 7 preserves which combinevery very well with cheese which also islinked with our contacts with the Indian subcontinent f ro m w here theseproducts partly originated. So cheesean d then wash that down with a niceOpposite: Naked Chef Jamie Oliver, 7 is one ofBritain s leading celebrity chefs . Far right, from top:ritish delicacies - Stilton cheese, Cheshire armice-cream and Cumbrian Fellbred meat.

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Camera Press G Nenpint of real ale at lunch time. And thenin the evening you might decide to havea lovely side of roast beefwith Yorkshirepuddings and roast potatoes, followedby a delicious pudding - could be ablackberry and apple crumble with custardS or one of a thousand differentBritish desserts...THE ETHNI F TORHowever in Bri ti sh homes you arejust as likely to find more exoticflavours. The Foreign Secretarywrotein April 2001 tha t Chicken Tikka 8 BLACKBERRY AND APPLE CRUMBLE WITH CUSTARD pastel de moras ymanzanas con crema 9 CHICKEN TIKK M S L platopor excelencia de la cocina hindu 10 CASK barril YEAST Ievadura 12 BREWERY f:ibrica de cerveza SPEAK UP

Masala is now the national dish. AndNigel Brown agrees - ethnic food is anessential part of the modern Britishculinary experience. As almost al lethnic food in Europe comes v iaBritain, promoting these dishes is alsoan important part of his job bu t it isnot an easy task. I tal ian culinarytastes, he says, are uniquely unadventurous. Luckily, he has no such difficulty with Britain s best kept gourmetsecret - real ale:ige Brown: The fundamental difference between real ale and virtually allother beer is firstly, that it comes fromthe UK but more importantly it is alive product. That means that in thecask o, you still have the yeast and the

beer is actually fermenting in the cask.Most beers, when they leave the brewery 2, are chill-filtered, pasteurised andcontain obviously preservative tomake them inert and stable. This beeris naturally unstable: it is alive, it is stillfermenting as it travels. And just before serving the beer, the air is let intothe cask to allow the fermentation tofinish. The beer then becomes clear, itgoes bright when it is ... the bee r isclear that means the secondary fermentation has been completed.SM LL EERThis unique style ofbeer has now comet o I ta ly fo r the first time. It has notbeen easy- real ale requires great skillto keep and serve. But it has generated

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Above: Nigella Lawson is one of the UK s mostrecognised culinary personalities. Right, ro top:more British treats - Dew-Laycheese, honeycombhoney, pork pie and Southport potted shrimp.

considerable enthusiasm Italiansthrough an enjoyment ofwine, can appreciate the unique advantages in tasteand aroma that come from no t beingfiltered or pasteurised Nigel Browntherefore takes pride that, through hiscampaigns, he has not only remindedItaly of the tastes that it already knewabout, such as single malt whisky andgin, bu t introduced something entirelynew. Of course having lived inBologna for 13 years, after a hard daypromoting these products he tends toprefer Italian food and drink himself

BY PIERS GRIMLEY EVANS

X R IS SListening QuestionsEstos ejercicios le ayudarim a profundizaren la comprension de lo que dice la personaentrevistada y, ademas, le refrescaranalgunos aspectos de vocabulario.1 listen to the interview twice and complete the following sentences by choosingthe missing word that you hear:A. This idea that somehow Britain is a

lBACKWASH/BACKWATER ... is probablyoutmoded,B. You might decide to have a light lunch, goto a pub and have what we calla IPLOUGHMAN S/POORMAN S) lunchC. CHUTNEYS/CHUNKS) are sweet and sourpreserves which combine very, very

well with cheese.D. Italian CULTIVATED/CULINARY tastes, hesays, are uniquely adventurous.E. The beer is actually FOMENTING/

FERMENTING in the cask.2 Are the following statements true orfalse?A. Italian people s attitude to British food ischanging very quickly. TRUE/FALSEB. Nigel Brown says that cakes and biscuitsare one of the highlights of British food.

TRUE/FALSEC. Some of the best British food comes fromits old colonies. TRUE/FALSED. Brown says that tastes are more varied inItaly than in Britain. TRUE/FALSEE. Brown suggests that British beer ishealthier than other beers. TRUE/FALSE3 The expression backwater appears inthe recording to refer to a place wherenothing exciting happens. Look at theseother expressions which begin with theprefix back- and indicate which word inbrackets gives the best definition.A. I ve got my mother as a backup in case thebabysitter cancels.

EXTRA SUPPORT/NECESSARY PERSONB. You ll need some background information

on the local economy. [BASIC/GENERALc. The new law has the backing of nearly allthe government. [APPROVAL/CRITICISMD. He hasn t got any backbone to defendhimself [PRIDE/DETERMINATIONE. That hotel is just for backpackers.

REFUGEES/TRAVELLERS

Answers:1 A. backwater, B. ploughman s, c. chutneys,

culinary, E. fermenting.2 A. false, B. false, c. true, false, E. true,3 A. extra support, B. general, c. approval,

D. determination, E. travellers.

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Los expertos auguran malos tiempos para el cIasicoanuncio televisivo. Si sus pron6sticos no fallan, va a sersustituido por otro t ipo de publicidad, mas sutil y menosIntruslva, pero omnlpresente en senes y programas.I f you work for an advertisingagency, particularly one that specialises in television, then it s time tothink about the future. Accordingto THE FINANCIAL TIMES at least,the 30-second TV ad is an endangeredspecies . The remote controF has rendered it all but useless J and companies arenow looking for new, more subtle (or, inmany cases, less subtle) methods for placing their products on television.THE RE L THINGIn his article, As television audiencestire of commercials advertisers moveinto making programmes RichardTomkins cites the example of Coca- 1 ENDANGERED SPECIES especie en peligro de extinci6n 2 REMOTE CON-TROL mando a distancia 3 LLBUT USELESS practicamence inutil 4 TIRE OF COMMERCIALS se cansan dela publicidad 5 PULLED OFF A MAJOR COUP obtuvo unexiro notable 6 EXTENDING THE PITCH alargar lapromoci6n 7 SOMETHING OF A BARGAIN un buennegocio 8 SO P SUDS detergences 9 TO FOOT THE BILLpagar la factura, correr con los gasros 10 SCRIPTgui6n 11 BLURRED impreciso 12 DOWNTURN crisis13 REVENUE ingresos 14 CHOOSY selectivo 15 TO SIPsorber 16 DATE c;ta 17 AD anuncioAH, MR BOND 1 TO GET W Y WITH salirse con la suya2 BACKING garantfa

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Cola, who pulled off a major coups bysponsoring this year s immensely successfulTV talent show, AMERICAN IDOL.It was, Tomkins says, the most spectacular example so far of an emerging trendin television advertising: extending thepitch6 for branded products beyond thebreak and into the programmes themselves. Coca-Cola was ever-present inthe 12-week series: in addition tocontaining pre-recorded Coca-ColaMoments, the Green Room, wherethe aspiring contestants were interviewed, was t rans formed into theCoca-Cola Red Room.

The drink was even to be found onthe table at which AMERICAN IDOL Ssupposedly impartial judges sat as theymade their choices. The overall sponsorship deal cost Coca-Cola 10 million which, Tomkins believes, wassomething of a bargain?, as the showwas still unknown when the ori-'ginal contrac t was signed. The nextAMERICAN IDOL series will have twOsponsors and the Fox channel intendsto charge them 26 million each for theprivilege.

THE GOOD OLD D YSOf course commercial sponsorship oftelevision isn t exactly a new concept.After all, the term soap opera itselfdates back to the pioneer days ofAmericanTV; in the late 1940s and early50s, when soap sudsB and other manufacturers effectively produced shows likeTHE TEXACO STAR THEATER and THECOLGATE COMEDY HOUR. Even thoughthey footed the biW, their editorial inputwas limited to the occasional And nowa message from our sponsors. AsTomkins explains, this system workedwell when there were only three networks, but as TV audiences became increasingly fragmented, the TV stationsthemselves took over the production andthey used the breaks to sell advertisingspace to whoever they liked.FULL IR LE

Now things are coming full circle,with individual sponsors returning toprominence. The difference in today sworld is that the barriers between product placement and the scrip t1 arebecoming blurred 1.

As Tomkins observes, one of themain reasons is the economic downturn12 TV stations are desperate for revenue3 and, as a result, they are lesschoosy14 as to what parts of a showshould be considered off limits to

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Product pLacement has aLsobecome standard practice in themovie business. In 1987,BiLL Cosby was criticised fo rprominently dispLaying Coca-CoLa inhis fiLm, LEONARD PART 6 but themakers of the James Bond fiLmshad been getting away with it fo ryears. The Bond series began withDR. No in 1962and the seductivesecret agent s commerciaLpreferences were soon apparent:in the Sean Connery era, 007 Likedhis Martini shaken not stirred,he drove an Aston Martin and hisfavourite airline was the nowdefunct Pan Am. Today productsare a key part of the Bond budget,with sponsors Like BritishAirways. Samsonite and RevLonproviding much of the financiaLbacking2 fo rLast year sreLease, DIEANOTHER DAYwhich starsPiers Bros-nan (pictured abovewith hisOmega .

Product placement is now a feature of TV series likeFRIENDS (topl. It was also present in the movie, THETRUMAN SHOW 19981. which offered a foretaste oftoday s reality television .

advertisers. For this reason strategicallyplaced brand names are the normusually in the scenes where the actors eator drink. Examples include THE o-PR NOS star Tony who has a breakfastof Diet Snapple and Honeycomb cereal

before b eg in nin g an h on es t day s wo rkas a mafia boss; Samantha who sips15San Pellegrino during her dates16 inSEX ND THE CITY and the guys inFRIENDS who discuss life over botdes ofBudweiser. It may not sound healthybur at the end of the day perhaps thissort of advertising is no more irritatingt ha n the ads 1? themselves.

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Favorable al sacerdocio gay y a la ordenaci6n demujeres obispo, admirador de los Simpsons ydruida honorario, el arzobispo Rowan Williamses el maximo dirigente de la iglesia anglicana.

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R LI ION ONTROVERSI LFIGURE8 0NCDISo SPEAKER PIERS GRIMLEY EVANSSTANDARD BRI lSH ENGUSH

Rwan Williams, the newleader of the AnglicanChurch, has achieved a difficult feat 1 since his appoint-ment was announced in July.It is no longer easy for the Church ofEngland to get the attention of theBritish but, by the end of 2002,his name was familiar to everyone whoreads a newspaper. For the readers ofthe serious broadsheetsZ i t was knownthrough controversies on issues suchas gay vicars, female bishops andthe morality of a war with I raq. Forreaders of the popular tabloids, or redtopsJ, his name is recognised due to hisinitiation as a druid in a stone circle inAugust, and his unexpected enthusiasm 1 FEAT: hazana 2 BROADSHEET: periodico de gran formato (en Reino Unido. esto significa seriedad y rigor periodfstico) 3 REDTOP : lit.. mancheta roja (prensa amarilla)4 TO MAKE A COMMITMENT: comprolTIeterse 5 WELL-SUITED: ITILly capacitado 6 FEET: aproximadamente 60 metros 7 SHARED: en comllll

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for the 5impsons. Rowan Williamsrecorded an exclusive interview for usbefore his enthronement as Archbishopof Canterbury. I asked him if Britainis as many have described it, a godlesssociety:

owan Williams Stan-dard British English : I mnot at all sure that Britain isa godless society, bu t I m

not sure the God British people believein is always the same God as the one wetalk about in Church. People oftenshow a great interest in the spiritual,people will often perform rituals andceremonies which reflect religious orspiritual beliefs, but they re not so eagerto make a commitment a promise, tobelong to the Church, or to feel themselves to be bound by the formulae thatthe Church expresses its belief in. So Ithink there is some goodwill towards religious institutions in Britain. Wehaven t yet lost the sense that religiousbeliefmatters, but the Church has a lotof work to do in communicating itsown beliefs and formulae to those people who are interested, but not quiteconvinced that the God they believe inis the same God as the Church s God.

M TIN MUSLIMSArchbishop Williams role will also beinternational. The Church of Englandis a world church with branches inmany countries. In recent years Anglican missionaries have even come fromAfrica and India to reconvert the Britishto Christianity. He is well-suitedS to hisglobal responsibilities. He speaks sevenlanguages (including his nativeWelsh),and he has travelled widely. He wasabroad, in NewYork, 200 feet6 from theTwin Towers, on September 11 th ,2001. The experience had a deep effectand inspired a book. He told me how hesaw the relationship between the Muslim and Christian worlds:owan Williams: We have quite substantial Islamic communities living inthis part of the wor ld and, in recentyears, I ve found that conversation withthem has been very stimulating and,generally, very friendly and very con-structive. Because Christians and Mus-l ims have some shared 7 history, theyOpposite. top: Canterbury Cathedral. headquartersofthe Church of England. The head ofthe Church ofEngland is not the Archbishop of Canterbury. how-ever. but Queen Elizabeth II Many Anglicans wouldl ike to separate the church from the state. Below:The Simpsons. women priests and gay marriages

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come from the same roots, they bothlook back to Abraham and some of thehistory of the Old Testament as part oftheir story, then Christians and Muslims have something to say to each other They re not just completely separateworlds. And I think we ve begun to dis- 8 A HAIRY LEFTIE : un melenudo de izquierdas9 TO INDUCT iniciar 1 TOBESTOW conceder 11 TO DEFLATE desinflar 12 WITgracia 13 TO BE AWARE ser conscieI1te 14 TO ENDORSEpromover 15 TASK: rarea SPEAK UP

cover more and more how much wehave to say to each other and how muchwe can learn from each other.tt IRY L nILiberal values and at ti tudes typifyRowanWilliams approach. They makeit easy to classify him as he describeshimself, a hairy leftieS. But althoughhe has put himself on the left in severalcontroversies, such as publicly declaringthat a war with Iraqwould not be a just

war, he has won respect for following hisown conscience and intellect, ratherthan ideology. The idiosyncrasies of hisapproach - such as being inducted 9 as adruid (which he described as one of thegreatest honours whichWales can bestow O on her citizens ) - have appealedto the British. None of these idiosyncrasies has won more sympathy than hispublic declaration that the Simpsons areone of the most subtle pieces of propaganda in the cause of sense, humility

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A man and his views: Rowan Will iams. Left: theChurch s founder, HenryVIII. An Anglican churchand Rowan Williams predecessor, George Carey.and virtue. He told mewhy he stoodby this view:Rowan Williams: One of the things Ilove most about the Simpsons is howvery successfully it deflates 11 differentkinds of pretentiousness, different kindsof being pompous and unreal. It s alwaysvery hostile to people who are hypocritical. It exposes, with great wit 12 and imagination, some of the stories we tell ourselves, some of the pictures of ourselvesthat we treasure. We re given a centralcharacter who is often having fantasiesabout himselfand what he is capable ofbut is always brought back to reality. AndI think, in that sense, it does teach humility it teaches us to be aware 13 of and tolaugh at our pictures of ourselves. Also, inthe huge majority of Simpsons episodes,goodness is taken seriously, no t in asolemn or moralising way but the values

of honesty and generosity and forgiveness and faithfulness are the ones which,quite clearly this programme endorses14.And I think it s quite remarkable that weshould have such a hugely popular showwhich takes for granted these very solidvirtues and values.THE H LLENGETeaching these moral lessons will notbe an easy task15 100 years ago Eng-landwas already described as no longera Christian country More recentlyin October th e declining prestige ofChristianity was revealed when anaward ceremony for prominent Christian sportsmen and celebrities hadto be cancelled - as several of the nomi-nees were concerned that being de-scribed as Christian could damagetheir careers r emains to be seenwhether or no t it will listen but thenew Archbishop has already ensuredthat he will have an audience.

BY PIERS GRIMLEY EVANS

EXER ISESListeningQuestionsDespues de escuchar al arzobispo Williams,intenten hacer los siguientes ejercicios.Primero, analizaremos sus opiniones yluego repasaremos algunas frases hechascon doy make. Tambien tendremos encuenta otros aspectos de vocabulario.1 Choosewhich of the following options istrue, according to Rowan Williamsopinions:A. Britain has a more RELIGIOUS / SPIRITUALsociety.B. Christians and Muslims have SIMILAR / THE

SAME) rootsc. Willams is politically RIGHT / LEFT) - wing inhis ideologyD. Becoming a druid is primarily a WELSH /

SCOTIlSH traditionE. The Simpsons are important because they

[EXPOSE / DISCUSS) hypocrisy in society2 Having Listened to the report, whichadjectives wouLd you use to describeRowan Williams? Choose the best option.A. liberaL / predictableB. safe / controversialc. critical/hypocriticaLD. traditionaL / observant3 Williams mentions that some Britons arenot prepared to make a commitmentlook at these other words. Do they take theverb DO or MAKE to form an expression?A. Progress DO / MAKEB. A favour DO / MAKEC. Harm DO / MAKED. Promise DO / MAKEE. Effort DO / MAKEF. Without DO / MAKE4 He describes himseLf as a Leftie meaning he favours Left-wing politics. Hereare some other colloquiaL wordswith an -ie ending. Choose the correct meaning.A. I might have a sickie today BE SICK /

HAVE ADAY OFF SICK)B. What did you get for a prezzie A PRESENT

/TODAYc. She s a totaL veggie [VERY STUPID /VEGETARIAN)D. I didn t have brekkie today (A BREAK /

BREAKFAST)Answers:1 A. spiritual, B. the same, c. left, D. Welsh,

E. expose2 A. liberal, B. controversial, c. critical,

D. observant3 A. make, B. do, c. do, D. make, E. make,F. do

4 A. have a day off sick, B. a present,c. a vegetarian, D. breakfast

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P OP BRITISH ENGLISH IINTERMEDI TE

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A traves de su imperio mediatico, Martha Stewart llevavarias decadas ensefiando a las estadounidenses a serunas amas de casa perfectas. Pero un escandalo bursatilha iniciado el declive de la multimillonaria impecable.

Ficking through' a copy ofMARTHA STEWART LrYING magazine one can find fantasticallyillustrated handy tips2 on thebest way to load3 the dishwasher,basic sewing techniques that everyoneshould know, how to remove tarnish4

from the silverware or how to preparedelicious hors oeuvres by the dozen.These (the sewing, the cleaning, and thecooking) are just a few of the elements ofMartha Stewart's world of perfection andhappiness, which also includes adviceabout gardening, interior design andlifestyle5. Since she published her firstbook, ENTERTAINMENT in 1982,Martha Stewart has become America'staste guru, teaching her country's housewives how to prune6 the azaleas or pre- 1 To FLICK THROUGH: hojear2 TIP con sejo3 LOAD: cargar4 TARNISH:deslusrre 5 LIFESTYLE: esrilo de vida6 PRUNE: podar7 LAUNCH: lanzar8 REACH: alcanzar9 SHARE: accion 10 PROSECUTION: acusacion 11 TIPOFF: adverrirclandesrinamenre 12 STOCKBROKER: agenre de balsa13 THRESHOLD: umbral14 WATCHDOG: comisi6n devigilancia 15 SUE: demandar 16 PEANUTS: unabagarela 17 NET: embolsarse 18 SCHOLARSHIP: beca19 SLOPPINESS: descuido

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pare the perfect party. In fact, the bookwas the first item in her one-womanindustry, known as Martha StewartLiving Omnimedia. Soon she was producing videotapes, dinner music CDstelevision specials and more books aboutquick recipes, Christmas or gardening.Later, she launched? her magazine,MARTHA STEWART LIVING whichreached a circulation of 1.3 millioncopies, followed by her own half-hourTV show, a website, publicity contractsand a mail-order firm. At the end of2001, her company's revenue had almostreached8 300 million dollars. MarthaStewart was an elegant honey-blondemulti-millionaire and nothing itseemed, could stop her until this June,when the government brought chargesagainst her for fraud and obstruction ofjustice at a federal court in New YorkTHE S ND LThe charges followed a year-long investigation by US prosecutors into Ms Stewart's sale of shares9 in biotechnology firmImCione Systems in December 2001. It

seems that she sold them precisely theday before the share price fell sharplydue to regulations that rejected Im-Clone's application to market a cancerdrug. The prosecution'O assutes that MsStewart was illegally tipped o by herstockbroker'2 about the impending fallof the shares.

She denies the charges, claiming thatshe instructed her stockbroker to sell herImCione shares as soon as their price fellbelow a certain threshold'3. However,the Securities and Exchange Commis-sion - the US stock market watchdog'4 has sued'5 her for illegal insider trading . When the news about the possibility ofMartha Stewart facing criminalcharges began to circulate, the marketvalue of her company fell about 20 percent. Shares of her firm had already losthalf their value since the scandal brokelast year. After hearing the charges, MsStewart resigned as chairwoman of herfirm.

In total, with the sale of her ImCioneshares she made a profit of 45 000.Peanuts'6 for someone who is a multi-millionaire but who also, as th eNEW YORK TIMES wrote on its editorialpage, was so detail-oriented that, evenwith a net worth of hundreds ofmillions,she could not resist an illegal stock tradethat netted'? her 45,000 .

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Anchorage, una ciudad con renos renos por las callesy co n temperaturas invernales qu e descienden variosgrados bajo cero, es la puerta de Alaska, un destinoturistico qu e ofrece naturaleza en estado puro.

Aaska is known as T he LastFrontier'. It is the most norther n US state, straddling 1 th eArctic circle, an d is b es t d escribed as big, cold an d wild.Alaska has vast expanses of untamed, untouched wilderness2. Mountains, glaciers,fjords and lakes are everywhere, populated by unique Alaskan wildlife, from bearsto caribou. It is sometimes called th eAmerican Serengeti. However, unlike3the African wildlife park, th e Alaskanwilderness has no trails, buildings orpaths. Ifyou want to go hiking\ a charterplane is often the onlyway to reach5manyplaces; the pilot drops you of f an d picksyou Up6 again aweekor so later. 1 TO STRADDLE: exrenderse a ambos lados de 2 VAST EXPANSES WILDERNESS:enormes exrensiones de ind6miras rierras virgenes 3 UN-LIKE: adiferencia de 4 TO GO HIKING: ir deexcursi6n 5 TOREACH: llegar a 6 DROPS YOU OFF AND PICKS YOU UP: re deja yre recoge 7 SHOPPING MALL: centrocomercial 8 MOOSE: aleedeAmerica 9TO WANDER: vagar TO DROP: bajar 11 ON ITSDOOR TEP: mllY cerca 2 LYNX: lince 3 TO ROAM: recorrer4 GATEWAY: pllerra 15TO PASS THROUGH: esrar de paso 6 TO PAN OR GOLD: lavar con barea para obrener el oro

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Only 610,000 people live in an area of570 000 square miles. Around 40 percent live in Anchorage, in the south east.In many ways, Anchorage is a typicalAmerican city: there are shoppingmalls7,bars, restaurants and nightclubs. It is alsovery different. Moose 8 wander9freelythrough th e city, summer days last 20hours and winter temperatures are belowzero (dropping10 to -37C in 1975).

Many citizens do not consider thecity to be part of th e real Alaska. Theysay that Anchorage is halfan hour fromAlaska . Nevertheless, it has the wilderness on its doorstep 11. Besides th emoose wolves an d lynx 2 roam 3 th eforests o ut si de a nd the s pectacularChugach mountains ar e just a 15 minute drive from the cityG TEW Y mAnchorage is the gateway 4 to the rest ofthe country. Many visitors to Alaskamerely pass through 5 bu t the city itselfis interesting enough t o m ak e a stayworthwhile, with its mixture ofAmerican an d nativeAlaskan cultures.

Th e Anchorage Museum of Historyan d Art provides a good introduction tothe city an d its background. It includesan area dedicated to Alaska's most famous painter Sydney Laurence wh ospent his life painting and panning forgold .Th e centrepiece is his dramatic oilpainting of Mount McKinley. Entry tothe museum is 6.50 (5.65).Native ar t is on display 7at the Heritage L ibr ar y Mus eum . I t h as n at iv eAmerican costumes, tools, weapons and scrimshaw or ivory carvings18 . For amore complete picture 9 of native culture, there is the Alaska Native HeritageCenter www.alaskanative.net . six milesou t of town (entry 20 or 17). Five traditional village huts represent the state's ethnic groups. Each hut has a guidewh o helps visitors explore native customs. There is a main auditorium, whereyo u can see performances throughoutthe day To get to the Center, take the 4t hAvenueTrolley from the city centre.For a more passive introduction to thecountry, th e Alaska Experience Centerwww.alaskaexperiencetheatre.com hasa 40-minute movie projected on a 1800screen. It shows Alaska's nature at itsOpposite clockwise from top: The city has a uniquesetting Visitors should start their t r ip with a visit tothe Anchorage Visitor Information Center Alaskannatives in their distinctive dress are a regular sight

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Above, left: Salmon fishing draws many people toAlaska. Right: downtown Anchorage. Opposite: Ayoung moose. Alaska's stunning mountain scenery.

beseo and includes a film of the 1964earthquake which devastated much ofthe city Entry is $10 (8.70).Children and adults will love the Imaginarium (entry 5/ 4.35). This handson22 science museum has over 20 exhibits

20 AT ITS BEST en todo su esplendor 21 E RTHQU KE rerremor022 H NDS-ON: inreracrivo 23 NORTHERN LIGHTS: aurora boreal24 OUTDOORS: al aire libre 25 PAVED BICYCLE TR CK canibici pavimenrado 26 WH LE ballena 27 TO RUNTHROUGH: pasar par 28 W LKW Y pasarela 29 A STONE STHROW AWAY: a un riro de piedra 30 TO BROWSE: pacer31 TO SOAR: volar alto, planear 32 HOWL chillido33 SPRUCE FOREST: bosque de piceas34 GLIMPSE visionmuy breve35 O SLEDDING iren rrineo rirado par perros 36 RACK: sapone 37 SQUARE MILES millas cuadradas38 TO BUMP AGAINST: chocar conrra 39 TO MINGLEmezdar 40 HEARTY: abundanreHISTORICALASKA 1 FUR TRADE: comercio de piel2 INLET ensenada3 GROWTH SPURT: racha de crecimienro4 AUCTION: subasra5 THRIVING: Aorecienre

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explaining local topics, such as the northern lights3 , glaciers, earthquakes, oil exploration, polar bears and moose.R TI DVENtUREThe real Anchorage, however, is best explored ourdoorl4.The city has 196 milesof paved cycle tracks5 and hiring a bike isa good idea. The best t ra il s are th eChester CreekTrail, TurnagainArm BikePath in the nearby Chugach State Park,and the Tony Knowles Trail which follows the coast where, ifyou are lucky, youwill see belugawhales6 .

The Tony Knowles Tra il runsthrough7 Earthquake Park, the site ofthe Good Friday earthquake in 1964.This was North America's worst earthquake in history and measured 9 2 on theRichter scale. Walking around the park,you get a real sense of the earthquake'spower. A walkwayS with a series of dis-

plays describes the effects of the disaster.This ends at a row of benches withpanoramic views ofAnchorage, with theChugach mountains in the background.

The Chugach State Park is only astone's throw away29 fromAnchorage,bu t already wild and beautiful. In thewords of the Alaska Department of Natural Resources, the park offers halfa million acres of high alpine wildflowers,b . 3 . 3 IroWSlllg moose, soanng eag es roar-ing glacier-fed rivers, the howl32 of awolf, unrivalled mountainous vistas,clearwater streams dancing through amature spruce forese3, and maybe even aglimpse34 of a grizzly bear.There are trails for hiking and mountain biking at all levels. Other activitiesinclude mountaineering and fishing,with ice-climbing, skiing, snow machining and dog sledding35 in the winter. Youcan get here easily by public bus and you

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can take your bike - buses are fitted withbicycle racks36 For more details visitwww dnr st te k uslp rkslunitslchug ch

Glaciers cover 100 000 square miles3?ofAlaska. Chugach has 50 of them but ifyou have time to see only one go toPortage Glacier and the Begich-BoggsVisitor Center. This is the most visitedsite in Alaska and it is easy to see why: it isstunning. The glacier is actually retreating and has l ef t a large l ake behind Aboat takes visitors to the glacier facebumping againse S patches of icebergsalong the way If you want to walk on aglacier there is a trail to Byron Glacier.

In the middle of the Chugach moun-tains an hour north ofAnchorage theAlaska State Fair is held every year. This

year s fair is f ro m 21 Aug ust to 1 September It is a lo t of fun - there ar erodeos giant vegetable competitionscarnival games and shows - and it is agood opportunity to mingle39 wit h t helocals. Visit www l sk st tef ir orgformore details.HIUIN OUTAll those outdoor activities will leave youhungry and ready to try some Alaskancuisine. Anchorage has the greatest variety of restaurants in Alaska but Alaska isno t known for its culinary excellence.Food is usually very hearty40 and filling.Especially in the winter many ingredients have to be imported so choice canbe limited. Still growing tourism means

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a la excelencia editorial; p - b[Ica e Q res \ r L::: , o say a gwnea .Nobody answered; and the female

dealer in staylaces interposed.Behave yerself mora16 , good man,

for Heaven's love Ah, what a cruelty isthe poor soul married to Bed and boardis dear at some figures, pon my 'vation) . 611 )tlS .Set it higher, auctioneer, said thetrusser.

Two guineas said the auctioneer;and no one replied.

I f they don't take her for that, in tenseconds they'll have to give more, saidthe husband. Verywell. Now, auctioneer, add another.

Three guineas - going for three. I d th h 62gumeas. Sa l e r eumy man.No bid? said the husband. Good

Lord, why she's cost me fifty times themoney, if a penny. Go on.Four guineas cried the auctioneer.

iltell ye what - I won 't sell her forless than five, said the husband, bringing down his f ist so that the basinsdanced. ''I 'll sell her for five guineas toany man that will pay me the money, andtreat her well; and he shall have her forever, and never hear aught 0' me63 . Butshe sha'n't go for less. Now then - fiveguineas - and she's yours. Susan, youagree?

She bowed her head with absolute indifference.Five guineas, said the auctioneer, orshe'll be withdrawn. Do anybody give it?The last time. Yes or no?

Yes, said a loud voice from the doorway.

II eyes were turned. Standing inthe triangular opening whichformed the doorof the tent wasa sailor, who, unobserved bythe rest, had arrived there with-

in the last two or three minutes. A deadsilence followed his affirmation.

You say you do? asked the husband,staring at him.

I say so, replied the sailor.Saying is one thing, and paying is an

other. Where's the money?

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Joke? - of course it is not a joke shoutedher husband his resentment rising at hersuggestion.The sailor hesitated a moment, looked

anew64 at the woman, came in, unfoldeda crisp piece of paper, and threw it downupon the table-cloth. It was a Bank-ofEngland note for five pounds. Upon theface of this he chinked down 65 th eshillings severally - one, two, three, four,five.

The sight of real money in fullamount, in answer to a challenge for thesame till then deemed66 slightly hypo-thetical, had a great effect upon the spectators. Their eyes became riveted67 uponthe faces of the chiefactors, and then upon the note, as it lay, weighted by theshillings, on the table.

p to this moment it could no tpositively have been asserted68that the man, inspite ofhis tantalizing69 declaration, was reallyin earneseo. The spectators had,

indeed, taken the proceedings through-ou t as a piece ofmirthfuF1irony carriedto extremes; and had assumed that, beingou t ofwork, he was, as a consequence,out of temper

72with the world, and society and his nearest kin73 . But with the de

mand and response of real cash the jovialfrivolity of the scene departed. A lurid74colout seemed to fill the tent, and changethe aspect of all therein. The mirth-wrinkles75 left the listeners' faces, and theywaitedwith parting lips.

Now, said the woman, breaking thesilence, so that her low dryvoice soundedqui te loud, before you go further,Michael, listen to me. If you touch thatmoney, I and this girl go with the man.Mind, it is a joke no longer.

A joke? - Of course it is no t a jokeshouted her husband, his resentment rising at her suggestion. I take the money:the sailor takes you. That's plain enough. has been done elsewhere - andwhy nothere?

Tis76 quite on the understanding thatthe young woman is willing, said thesailor, blandly77. I wouldn'thurt her feelings for theworld.

Faith, nor I, said her husband. Butshe is willing, provided she can have the

chi ld . She said so only the other daywhen I talked o't

That you swear? said the sailor toher.

I do, said she, after glancinga t herhusband's face and seeing no repentancethere.

Very well, she shall have the child,and th e bargain s complete, said thetrusser. He took the sailor's note and deliberately folded it, and put it with theshillings in a high remote pocket with anair of finality.

he sailor looked at the womanand smiled. Come along hesaid, kindly. The little one, too- the more the merrier78 Shepaused for an instant, with a

close glance at him. Then dropping hereyes again, and saying nothing, she tookup the child and followed him as he madetowards the door. On reaching it , sheturned, and pulling offher wedding-ringflung it across the room in the hay-trusser's face.

Mike, she said, 'Tve lived with thee79a couple of years and had nothing buttemper Now I m no more to you; I'll trymy luck elsewhere. 'Twill8 be better forme and the child, both. So good-bye.

Seizing the sailor's arm with her right

hand, and mounting the little girl on herleft, she went ou t of the tent, sobbing8bitterly, and apparently without athought that she was not strictly bound8to go with the manwho had paidfor her.

A stolid look of concern83 filled th ehusband's face as if; after all he had notquite anticipated this ending; and someof the guests laughed.

Is she gone? he said.F . h 84 h I h85 lt , ay ; s e gone c ane enoug ,said some rustics86 near the door.

e rose and walked to the en-trance with the careful tread87of one conscious of his alcoholic load88 . Some others followed, and they stood looking

into the twilight89 . The difference between the peacefulness of inferior natureand th e wilful 9 hostilities ofmankindwas very apparent at this place. In contrast with the harshness9 of the act justended within the tent was the sight ofseveral horses crossing their necks andrubbing each other lovingly as they waited in patience to be harnessed92 for thehomeward journey. Outside the fair, inthe valleys and woods, all was quiet. Thesun had recently set, and the west heavenwas hung with rosy cloud, which seemedpermanent, yet slowly changed.Towatchit was like looking at some grand feat93 ofstagery94 from a darkened auditorium. Inpresence of this scene, after the other,there was a natural instinct to abjure manas the blot95 on an otherwise kindly universe; till it was remembered that all terrestrial conditionswere intermittent, andthat mankind might some night be innocently sleepingwhen these quiet objects. 96 1 dere ragmg u

Where do the sailor live? asked aspectator, when they had vainly gazedaround.

God knows that, replied the manwho had seen high life. He's withoutdoubt a stranger here.

He came in about five minutes ago,said the furmity woman, joining the restwith her hands on her hips. And then'a97 stepped back, and then a looked inagain. I m no t a penny the better forhm.

Serves the husband well be-right98 said the staylace vendor. A comely99 respectable bodylike her - what can a man

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100 SPERRIT: espiritu 101 HA =HAVE 102oDSEND: Diosestesrigo 103KEACORN:garganra 104 RAW: muy irrirado 105 GREAT TRUMPET =JUDGMENT DAY: DiadelJuicio Final 106 SEAFARINGNATERS: naruralezas marineras, marinos 107 TO SHEAR:esquilar 108 SHOWINGS: apariencias 109 MARK ME: ffjese bienen que Ie digo 110 DOGGEDLY: tenazmenre 111 VAGARY:capricho, mania 112 MAID: hija 113 TO THIN AWAY:mermar 114 TO STRIKE: levanrar 115 FLAP: porrezuelaABOUT THE AUTHOR: 1 STONEMASON: albafiil2TO GIVEUP: dejar3 TO REVERE: venerar 4 FATE: destino 5 FORTUNE:suerre 6 TO CHALLENGE: poner en tela de juicio, cuesrionar

table, leam his face upon his arms, andsoon began to snore. The furmity-sellerdecided to close for the n ight , andafter seeing the rum-bottles, milk, corn,raisins, &c., that remained on hand,loaded into the cart, came to where theman rec lined. She shook him; butcould not wake him. As the tent was notto be struck1'4 that night, the faircontinuing for two or three days, shedecided to let the sleeper, who wasobviously no tramp, stay wher e hewas, and his basket with him. Extin-guishing the last candle, and loweringthe flap'1s of the tent, she lef t i t, anddrove away.

hom s rd y was born in astonemason's' cottage in rural Dorset on June2, 1840. After training fo r a few years asan ar chitect in London, he started to write fictionand poetry; FAR FROM THE MADDING CROWD 1874Jgave him his first big l iterary success. In 1885,after bui lding his house at Max Gate nearDorchester, he returned to Dorset, where overthe next decade he produced the works whichwould bring him fame and fortune: THE MAYOROF CASTERBRIDGE, THE WOODLANDERS, TESS OF THED URBERVILLES and JUDE THE OBSCURE.The last, seen by some as an attack on the in stitution of marriage, was violently denounced.Shocked by this negative react ion, Hardy gave Up2 novel writing and concen-trated on poetry, publishing over 900 poems in the next thirty years, before hisdeath on January 11, 1928. Revered 3 and honoured as England's greatest Manof-Letters of h is time, Hardywas buried in Poet s Corner in WestminsterAbbey. In his great tragic writings, Hardy created a fictional village and market-town world, called Wessex , based on his own rural experiences in theWest Country. Using the microcosm of local rural society to comment on themacrocosm of the human race, he wrote about characters socially displacedbyfate4 or fortuneS, as well as the breaking up of a country life - through themass movement to the cities - that had remained stable fo r centuries. Hiswritings challenged 6 class divisions and directly referred to sexual matters.

want more? I glory in the woman'ssperrit10o. I'd ha,,01 done i t myself- odsend102 if wouldn't, if a husband had behaved so to me I'd go, and'a might call,and call, till his keacorn 103was raw104; butI' d never come back - no, not till thegreat trumpet lOS, would 1.

Well, the woman will be better off;said another of a more deliberative turn.For seafaring naters'06 bevery good shelter for shorn '07 lambs, and the man doseem to have plenty ofmoney, which iswhat she's no t been used to lately, by allshowings108.

Mark me'09 - I 'l l no t go after hersaid the trusser, returning doggedli tohis seat. Let her go. If she's up to suchvagaries1'1 she must suffer for 'em. She'dno business to take the maid112 - 'tis mymaid; and if i t were the doing again sheshouldn't have her

Perhaps from some little sense ofhav-ing countenanced an indefensible proceeding, perhaps because it was late, thecustomers thinned away1'3from the tentshortly after this episode . The manstretched his elbows forward on th e

A wife, B husband, c. wife, D wife,E husband.

2 A rum, 8. horses, c. five guineas,D a sailor, E upset, F unknown.

3) A true. 8. false, c. true, D true, E false.

2) Choose the correct answer to thesecomprehension questions.A What liquor is poured into the furmity ?

WHISKY/RUM/BEER)B. What did the auctioneer normally sell?

CATILE/HORSES/CROPS)C How much is the woman auctioned for?

[FIVE SHILLINGS/FIVE GUINEAS/FIVE POUNDSID Who buys the woman in the end? A SAILOR

/ASOLDIER/AVENDORE How does the woman feel when she goes

off with the other man? UPSET/RELIEVED/CONFUSED )F The man who bought the woman was

[KNOWN/UNKNOWN/A L1TILE FAMILIARI tothe other people present.

1) Say who says these lines, the husband orthe wife?A Ajoke is ajoke, but you may make it once

too often, mind . HUSBAND/WIFEB. Here - I am waiting to know about this

offer of mine . HUSBAND/WIFEc. Come, come, it is getting dark, and this

nonsense won't do. HUSBAND/WIFED Her present is not at al l to her liking

HUSBAND/WIFEE No insults, who'll say a guinea?HUSBAND/WIFE

Las siguientes preguntas le serviran paraentender mejor el texto, a la vez que leayudaran a aprender palabras pococomunes. Preste atencion, ya que el estiloes antiguo e incorpora muchas palabras deldialecto de Dorset.

3) Listen to the recording again. Are thesestatements t rue or false?A At the start of the story, Michael s wife is

worried about their lodgings. TRUE/FALSEB The trusser doesn't regret getting married

so young. TRUE/FALSEc. The man rejects the first offers made for

his wi