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YOUR BRILLIANT

BRAIN

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SONG: AmyJo Doh

Katherine of Aragon

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6 Current Affairs Contents7 News and anecdotes10 Science News14 Internet Addiction16 Politics: is your ideology a

product of your brain?18 Economics: marriage markets

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21 Culture Contents22 Travel: in search of Katherine of Aragon26 The Brain Dossier: including the man with no

memories; the triumph of the left hemisphere, the walking dead, is intelligence better than stupidity? Is God in your head? Voices in your head, are you really conscious? Is it a crime to be mentally ill? How to look after your brain.

45 Music: AmyJo Doh’s Shake It!46 Sports: Bobby Fischer50 Literature: the Lamentable

Love Life of W.B. Yeats54 Poetry: Blake’s The Tyger58 Cinema: Charlize Theron62 Explorers: Amelia’s big mistake

64 Grammar Contents65 The phrasal verbs of thought 66 Translation: signs from Jaen68 Word Building: mind- and -mind words 70 English in Context: psychobabble72 Grammar Focus: Do you ‘mind’?74 Argentinian false friends78 ‘mind’ idioms82 Etymology: the names of brain parts84 Phonetics: ash /æ/

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111 Exercises Contents112 Exercises

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Death on the TracksMetro systems the world over1 attract the suicidal. Underground workers use the euphemism ‘a one-under’ to refer to someone who has thrown himself or herself under a Tube train.2 King’s Cross and Victoria stations attract the most suicides.

The Great PestilenceThere was meant to be3 a Tube station at Muswell Hill in North London. Unfortunately, when they started dig-ging4 underground they ran into5 a massive plague pit6 – hundreds of skeletons of people who had died of the Black Death.

Spectral StationsMeanwhile7, four stations are all said to be haunted8 by ghosts. The ‘Screaming Spectre’ of Anne Naylor appears at Farringdon Station. She was murdered and cut into pieces by her mistress9 in 1758. Bank Station is home to Sarah Whitehead’s ghost. She was a nun10 whose brother, Philip, was executed in 1811. Her phantom is supposedly searching for him. The spirit of actor William Terriss is said to visit Convent Garden Tube. He was stabbed to death11 in 1897. Finally, Elephant & Castle is said to have a noisy –but invisible– ghost.

Follow-on: www.underground-history.co.uk

1 the world over – all around the world

2 in New York they are more macabre; the term there is

‘track pizza’!3 to be meant to be – be sup-posed to be

4 to dig (dig-dug-dug) – excavate 5 to run into (run-ran-run) – encounter 6 plague pit – common grave

for victims of the Bubonic Plague

7 meanwhile – at the same time 8 to haunt – (of ghosts) frequent 9 mistress – (in this case) female boss, lady in whose house one works as a servant

10 nun – religious woman who typically lives in a convent

11 to stab sb. to death – kill sb. with a dagger/knife

The Underground: The Realm of the DeadThe Tube can also be macabre...

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Death on the TracksMetro systems the world over1 attract the suicidal. Underground workers use the euphemism ‘a one-under’ to refer to someone who has thrown himself or herself under a Tube train.2 King’s Cross and Victoria stations attract the most suicides.

The Great PestilenceThere was meant to be3 a Tube station at Muswell Hill in North London. Unfortunately, when they started dig-ging4 underground they ran into5 a massive plague pit6 – hundreds of skeletons of people who had died of the Black Death.

Spectral StationsMeanwhile7, four stations are all said to be haunted8 by ghosts. The ‘Screaming Spectre’ of Anne Naylor appears at Farringdon Station. She was murdered and cut into pieces by her mistress9 in 1758. Bank Station is home to Sarah Whitehead’s ghost. She was a nun10 whose brother, Philip, was executed in 1811. Her phantom is supposedly searching for him. The spirit of actor William Terriss is said to visit Convent Garden Tube. He was stabbed to death11 in 1897. Finally, Elephant & Castle is said to have a noisy –but invisible– ghost.

Follow-on: www.underground-history.co.uk

1 the world over – all around the world

2 in New York they are more macabre; the term there is

‘track pizza’!3 to be meant to be – be sup-posed to be

4 to dig (dig-dug-dug) – excavate 5 to run into (run-ran-run) – encounter 6 plague pit – common grave

for victims of the Bubonic Plague

7 meanwhile – at the same time 8 to haunt – (of ghosts) frequent 9 mistress – (in this case) female boss, lady in whose house one works as a servant

10 nun – religious woman who typically lives in a convent

11 to stab sb. to death – kill sb. with a dagger/knife

The Underground: The Realm of the DeadThe Tube can also be macabre...

FOOTNOTESThe superscript numbers in the text refer to the footnotes at the bottom or at the side of the same page. The footnotes explain the difficult vocabu-lary as determined by our non-native proofreaders. Like you, these proof-readers are learners so they are able to identify the exact words you need to know to understand the sentence. Definitions are given in English, so that you learn to think in English and these definitions are then checked by the non-native proofreaders to ensure that you will understand them. Some words are defined by pictures: we use these visual stimuli when that is the best way to fix an idea in your memory. Read the definition or look at the illustration and then re-read the sentence in ques-tion. By working with English-language footnotes you will rapidly increase your vocabulary and learn how English words relate to each other, all of which will have a dramatic impact on your fluency and self-confidence1.

Some readers find it useful to put their finger next to the word in the article that they are looking for in the footnotes to make it easier to return to the text afterwards. Either way, it shouldn’t be difficult to find your place because the footnotes are numbered and the words are highlighted in bold. Notice that the syllables and words that should be stressed2 are underlined.

Red footnotes give extra cultural (rather than linguistic) information, or they refer you to other articles.

1 self-confidence – self-assurance (opposite of ‘self-doubt’, ‘hesitancy’)2 to stress sth. – emphasize, underline

Consonants/ʧ/ as in church, watch/ʃ/ as in wash, sure, action/ʤ/ as in judge, gesture/ʒ/ as in measure, vision/j/ as in yes/θ/ as in thick, path/ð/ as in this, breathe/ŋ/ as in sing

Pure Vowels/æ/ as in cat/ʌ/ as in cut/ə/ as in occur, supply,

aroma/ɜ:/ as in first, turn, earn/ɔ:/ as in court, warn

Dipthongs/iə/ as in ear, here/eə/ as in air, there

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CURRENTAFFAIRSThis section of the magazine offers short news stories organized thematically:

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7-8 News -news stories from around the world. 9 Anecdotes - light-hearted stories from around the world.10 Science News: Archaeology & Anthropology - keep up with the past!11 Science News: Health - the results of the latest medical research12 Science News: Mental Health - keep up with the past!13 Science News: Animals and Us - are we really the supreme species? EXERCISE 3

14 Internet News - how to protect children on the internet15 Internet News - are you an internet addict? EXERCISE 12

16 Politics: the Brain & the Ballot Box - does your brain make you con-

servative or progressive? EXERCISE 7

18 Economics: the Supply & Demand of Love - the economics of the marriage market19 Economics: the Internet & Dating - how has the internet affected the

Western World’s love life?20 Economics & Crime - rationality and delinquency EXERCISE 27

SPEAKING & LISTENING EXTENSION

7 Speak: was the cashier right to refuse to serve Jo Clarke until she got off the phone?

10 Watch: a TED talk about movement and our brains. http://goo.gl/B8bBUp

12 Watch: the rubber-hand illusion – play tricks on your own brain!

http://goo.gl/2ou7Il

16 Speak: do you agree with the archetypes of left and right?

20 Speak: the argument suggests a continuum from double-parking to murder.

Do you agree or are your misdemeanours fundamentally different from ‘crimes’?

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Science | HEALTH

DON’T WORRY ABOUT STRESS

Stress is a killer, there is no doubt about it. However, a Brit-ish Government study involving thousands of civil servants has found that worrying about stress increases the risk of having a heart attack by 50% irrespective of the real level of stress experienced by the individual in question.

HOW SOON IS NOW? Light and sound travel at different speeds1 and are interpreted at different speeds in different parts of the brain. One of the cleverest tricks2 our brains play is to integrate sights3 and sounds so that we experience them simultaneously in an illusionary now. This has been illustrated by a case study from the City University in London. After surgery4 a 67-year-old man identified as ‘PH’ found that he was hearing what people said slightly5 before he saw their mouths move (a bit like a badly recorded film in which the sound and image aren’t in synch6). He then realized7 that he could hear his own voice a moment before he felt his jaw8 move.

FRANKENSTEIN LIVES!The condemned man is dragged into9 the surgical10 execution room. There are two guillotines, which fall simultaneously. Moments after the gory11 execution the surgeons12 have retrieved13 the prisoner’s body and start to connect it to the severed14 head of the sick millionaire who died next to the criminal… It sounds like the plot of a B movie. However, according to research-ers at the Turin Advanced Neuromodulation Group this dystopian15 vision is now technically possible, even though few would find it morally acceptable. Prof. Anthony Warrens of the British Transplantation Society commented, “The whole concept is bizarre”.

1 speed – velocity 2 trick – ruse, stratagem 3 sight – sth. seen, visual image4 surgery – a medical operation 5 slightly – (in this case) a moment 6 in synch – synchronized 7 to realize – (false friend)

become conscious 8 jaw – mandible 9 to drag sb. into – force sb. to

enter

10 surgical – operating, for medi-cal operations

11 gory – bloody 12 surgeon – 13 to retrieve – get,

collect 14 severed – cut off,

amputated 15 dystopian –

nightmarish, infernal

CULTUREThis section of the magazine offers...

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SPEAKING & LISTENING EXTENSION22 Speak: If you were to go on a quest in

search of a historical figure, who would you choose? Why? Find out where you would have to go and plan the trip. Report back.

27 Watch: Here’s an excellent 50-minute BBC documentary on memory: http://goo.gl/DJFb3m

28-31 Speak: Do you agree with Iain McGilchrist’s dystopic view of our world?

Watch: here’s a cartoon presentation

of McGilchrist’s ideas: http://goo.gl/RLUOOQ Listen: Dr Geoff Bunn charts the history

of our conceptions of the brain in this 15-minute BBC radio programme.

http://goo.gl/6HLxej

36 Watch: Jill Bolte Taylor explains her experience at TED:

http://goo.gl/enGL0l

37 Watch: the sound quality is not good but the idea is mind-blowing:

http://goo.gl/xuigRC

39 Watch: an awe-inspiring TED talk about the voices in your head:

http://goo.gl/TEusI6

42 Watch: analogy and the importance of paperclips:

http://goo.gl/cstkjP

54 Listen to the poem at: http://goo.gl/lfz0bC

22-25 Travel: Looking for Katherine – a personal search for England’s

most famous Spanish queen EXERCISE 23

THE BRAIN DOSSIER26 The Brain: introduction27 Memories – the man with no memories28-31 A History of the Brain32-33 The Living Dead and the Walking Dead34 Intelligence35 Stupidity – the advantages of

not being top of the class36 Jill Bolte Taylor’s Stroke of Insight

– the thrill of thrombosis37 Religion and Neuroscience

– is God in your head?38 The Solipsistic World – the default network39 The Voices in Your Head – most of

your conversations are with yourself40 Consciousness – who’s in charge in your head?41 The Wizard of Us – the ‘You’ illusion42 The Analogue Brain – how you think43 Law: Blame My Brain – is madness an excuse?44 Health: Brain food – how to stave off dementia EXERCISES 6, 22 & 33

45 Song: AmyJo Doh’s Shake It!46-49 Sports: Bobby Fischer – chess’s paranoid genius EXERCISE 550 Literature: Ireland’s greatest

poet was unlucky in love EXERCISE 854-57 Poetry: Blake’s The Tyger – the hidden

messages in Britain’s best-known poem EXERCISE 3258-61 Cinema: Charlize Theron – out of Africa EXERCISE 1862-63 Explorers: Amelia Murray’s Mistake EXERCISE 21

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Sea squirt

Home erectus

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History

The First BrainsBrains developed because of locomotion. Plants don’thave brains; they don’t need them because they stay inone place. Indeed1, sea squirts (Ascidiacea), which havecomplexlifecycles,haveabrainwhiletheymovearoundandthenabsorbtheirbrainoncetheybecomerooted2to a spot3.

The precursor of the human hindbrain4 (pons, cere-bellum and medulla oblongata) emerged in the earliestvertebrates hundreds of millions of years ago. In fact,a trout5’s brain is made up of6 the same three majorregions as the human brain, and many of its parts havesimilar functions to their human equivalents. All theparts of the human brain are present in the brains ofotherprimates.

The Mammalian BrainThe expansion of the mammalian brain seems to havebegun with an expansion of the tactile and olfactoryareas of the brain – key to nocturnal life while the dino-saurs ruled7 the daytime. After the dinosaurs, the visualparts of the neocortex8 of our proto-primate ancestorsdeveloped9 as they took to10 the trees, and eyesight11became more important. However, the enormous expan-sion in the neocortex of apes12 was probably due to13the requirements of group living. The greater the brain’scapacity to process incoming14 information, the easier itisforabstractthoughttodevelop9.

The Brain Takes Over15

Some 2.5 million years ago hominids began to appearwith weaker jaw16 muscles. This should have been a dis-advantage but it allowed17 the skull18 and therefore19thebraintogetmuchbiggerthanthoseofotherprimates.This began a virtuous circle; a big brain required morenutritious food, so the brain focused on feeding20 itself.Tools21 were developed, fire began to be used. As a resultof cooking, human intestines became smaller, allowing17more resources22 to be directed to the brain. The bodybecomestheservantoftheexpandingbrain.

1 indeed – (emphatic) in fact 2 to be rooted – be fixed 3 to a spot – in one place 4 hindbrain /ˈhaindbrein/ –

rhombencephalon, the part of the brain directly connected to the spinal cord

5 trout – a freshwater fish (e.g. Salmo trutta)

6 to be made up of – be com-posed of, consist of

7 to rule – control, dominate 8 neocortex – outer part of the

cerebral cortex of mammals 9 to develop – get bigger, evolve 10 to take to (take-took-taken) –

start to live in 11 eyesight – (in this case) the

ability to see well 12 ape – primate 13 due to – because of, caused by 14 incoming – that is entering

(the brain) 15 to take over (take-took-taken) –

take control 16 jaw (adj.) – mandibular 17 to allow – permit, enable

18 skull – cranium 19 therefore – so, for this reason 20 to feed (feed-fed-fed) – pro-

vide food for 21 tool – implement, utensil 22 resources – (in this case)

nutrition

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Out of AfricaGerda Maritz was 15 when her father, a railway1 worker,died in an accident in 1968. She lived with her sister, twobrothers and her widowed2 mother, in a station housein Otjiwarongo, Namibia. She was good in sports – espe-cially gymnastics – but her family was poor and therewere few opportunities for her. At 17 she fell in love withCharles Theron /tron/, who had also lost his father andwas looking after3 his widowed2 mother and his fivesiblings4. Gerda left her family and married Charles on 29January 1971; he was 23 and she had turned5 18 just6 twodays before. After several years of nomadic life as Charlesworked for a road-construction company, they returnedto South Africa when Gerda became pregnant with herfirst child. Charlize7 was born on 7th August 1975. In 1980Charles bought a 2,237-hectare plot8 and began a busi-ness renting out9 constructionmachinery. Despite a shaky10start, the business began to turnaprofitafteracoupleofyears.

The Precocious PerformerAs a child, Charlize was spon-taneous and confident11 butalso wilful12. She was a tomboy,who liked to play and competewith boys. She enjoyed beingoutdoors where she could swimor ride horses. She had startedtaking ballet lessons at six andby the age of seven she wasentertaining her school friendswith song and dance routines13.During her seven years at

primary school she received numerous trophies, medalsandother awards14foravarietyofperformingartsinclud-ing ballet and flamenco, singing and acting. About herchildhood she says: “I had a very active imagination as achild and loved putting on15 makeup16, costumes17 andplayingcharacters18,ortellingastory”.Shetoldherschoolfriends that she had been a princess in a previous life. OnFridays her mother took her to the drive-in19 to watch thenew releases20 from Hollywood. The first film that madea lasting21 impression on her was Splash (1984) starringTom Hanks. Coincidentally, Tom Hanks chose her at thebeginning of her career for a small role in his first directo-rialwork,That Thing You Do! (1996).

1 railway (UK English) – railroad (US English), relating to the train system

2 widowed – whose husband has died

3 to look after – care for, take care of

4 one’s siblings – one’s brothers and sisters

5 to turn – (in this case) become 6 just – (in this case) only 7 the name ‘Charlize’ is a port-

manteau of her father’s and her grandmother’s names (Charles and Elizabeth)

8 plot – area of land9 to rent out – offer for hire 10 shaky – unstable, difficult

11 confident – self-assured, having belief in oneself

12 wilful – obstinate, rebellious 13 routine [C] – act, performance,

number14 award – prize 15 to put sth. on (put-put-put) – apply

16 makeup – cosmetics

17 costumes – theatrical clothing 18 character – role, theatrical part19 drive-in (movie theater) –

open-air cinema which one watches sitting in one’s car

20 release – (in this case) film, movie

21 lasting – enduring, permanent

Charlize Theron

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GRAMMARThis section of the magazine offers...

65 Phrasal Verbs: cotton on – the phrasal verbs of thought EXERCISE 24

66 Translation: can you find the mistakes in these signs?

EXERCISE 26

68 Word Building: compound words formed from mind- and -mind

EXERCISE 29

70 English in Context: all the terms you need to speak psychobabble

EXERCISE 28

72 Grammar Focus: do you ‘mind’? EXERCISE 4

74 False Friends: Argentinian false friends EXERCISE 19

78 Idioms: mind expressions EXERCISE 14

82 Etymology: the origins of the names for parts of the brain

EXERCISE 2

84 Phonetics: ash /æ/

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SPEAKING EXTENSION

70 Speak: is there a mental-illness epidemic or just a lot more people talking about ‘disorders’?

82 Reading and Visualizing: here’s a very helpful page from Indiana University for those who need to be able to label a brain:

http://goo.gl/0T9zLw

AUDIO SCRIPTS EXTENSION

Track 1 Conversation point: when animal rights conflict with human interests, should people always come first?

Track 2 Conversation point: do you think that signing internet petitions is an effective form of political participation?

Track 3 Conversation point: are people cleverer than in the past or more stupid?

Track 4 Conversation point: would you like to visit Mars? What if you could never return?

EXERCISE 11

Tracks 6-9 Conversation point: which types of TV programmes do you hate to watch? Is there any bad TV that you find irresistible?

EXERCISE 31

Track 12 Conversation point: what would you do if you found a bag of money which included a couple of guns?

Track 13 Conversation point: where would you like to spend an anniversary with a ‘significant other’? Would your partner be equally enthusiastic about this option?

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Photo by Kristin Dos SantosJim Parsons’s character in The Big Bang Theory, Sheldon Cooper, is very left-brain.

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English in Context

‘Psychobabble’ refers to the appropriation of psychother-apeutic words by the general public who use them impre-cisely and often incorrectly. The process is a natural one – we have always loved to label1 others’ foibles2 – and has been going on3 for millennia. Galen’s humours4 gave us ‘sanguine’5, ‘melancholic’, ‘choleric’ and ‘phlegmatic’. Words for reduced intelligence – like ‘cretin’, ‘moron’ and ‘imbecile’ – were added to the popular psychological arse-nal in more modern times. Then Freud and the psychoan-alysts came along6 and gave us ‘Freudian slips’7, ‘wish-ful thinking’8, ‘denial’9, ‘projecting’10, ‘the Oedipus com-plex’, ‘libido’ and ‘anal retentive’11. Jung added ‘introvert’, ‘extrovert’ and ‘the collective unconscious’ to the mix.

Some ExamplesHere are a few examples of psychobabble:

>> ‘Acting out’ is a psychological term for a type of impul-sive anti-social behaviour12. However, the term has been taken up13 as a synonym for ‘acting up’, i.e. it is used to describe somebody simply behaving badly:- What’s wrong? Have the kids been acting out again?

>> A hugely14 popular concept in recent years is the idea of ‘getting closure’, which tends to refer to being able to ‘move on’ after a traumatic event. The phrase is often used to describe a victim’s satisfaction at seeing that their aggressor is punished15.

>> The idea that the brain’s hemispheres have different functions has penetrated the popular consciousness and the expression “that’s so left-brain” has come to imply that something is cold, rational and/or uncool.

More examples are given in ‘disorders’ on the next page.

1 to label – categorize, pigeonhole

2 foible – weakness, inadequacy, defect

3 to be going on – be happening, be occurring

4 Galen’s humours – the ancient idea that the health and person-ality were determined by four ‘humours’ (= corporal fluids):

yellow bile, black bile, blood and phlegm

5 sanguine – optimistic 6 to come along (come-came-come) – appear

7 Freudian slip – lapsus linguae that reveals one’s true thoughts

8 wishful thinking – confusing what you would like to happen with what is really probable

9 to be in denial – not accept that sth. is true (despite the evidence that it is) because it is psycho-logically painful

10 to be projecting – imagine that sb. else is feeling certain emotions because one cannot admit that one is feeling them oneself

11 anal (retentive) – obsessed

about details in an irritating way

12 behaviour (UK English) – behaviour (US English), conduct

13 to take sth. up (take-took-taken) – adopt sth.

14 hugely – enormously 15 to punish – discipline (e.g. send

to prison)

Psychobabble“The only normal people are the ones you don’t know very well.” -COMEDIAN JOE ANCIS

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AUDIO SCRIPTSThe following pages contain the transcriptions of what is spoken on the audio files.

SPOKEN-ENGLISH TIPSSpoken English is significantly different from the written language: A more limited vocabulary is generally used and it is, by definition, more colloquial.Moreover1, spoken English uses many more incomplete or badly constructed sentences. On the other hand, intonation and stress can be used in speech.

HOW TO USE THE AUDIO SCRIPTSFollow our eight-step process to get the most out of the audio scripts:

Before you listen we recommend that you read through the relevant section of the footnotes2 (not the text itself). This should give you some idea of the subject3 and help you to understand the more difficult vocabulary as you listen.

When you listen the first time, don’t expect to understand everything; listening practice should not be a painful4 process. Simply see how much meaning you can extract from the recording.

Listen more times going back to the footnotes to integrate the information you have.

Once you understand reasonably well, do the relevant exercise.

Finally, read the audio scripts as you listen again.

Stop each time you get lost or encounter a structure that interests or confuses you.

Repeat words or phrases whose pronunciation surprises you.

Two or three days later, listen to the text again without reading to see if your understanding has improved5.

This process is intense and time-consuming. However, it will eventually6 solve the problem most learners have of relating7 the spoken word to the written. Once you’ve done that, the rest is easy!

1 moreover – what’s more, furthermore2 footnotes – notes at the bottom of the page (in this box)

3 subject (n.) – (in this context) theme 4 painful – (in this context) arduous, unpleasant5 to improve – get better 6 eventually – (false friend) in the end 7 to relate – associate, connect, link

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YES NO. 5 TRACK LIST

Mini-debates (23m57s)1. Do Animals Have Rights? (8m26s)

2. Slacktivism (6m52s)3. Is Humanity Getting More

Stupid? (5m05s)4. Off to Mars (3m34s)

5. Phonetics (3m23s)

Monologues:Bad TV Programs (11m40s)

6. Monologue 1 [British English] (3m10s)7. Monologue 2 [US English] (3m28s)

8. Monologue 3 [Irish English] (3m40s)9. Monologue 4 [Anglo-Irish English] (1m22s)

10. Interview with AmyJo Doherty (12m02s)

11. Song: Shake It! (2m14s)

Mini-dialogues (13m33s)12. The Refuse Collectors (4m26s)

13. Anniversary in the Jungle (5m23s)14. A Mouth Full (3m44s)

15. English in Context: Psychobabble (1m45s)

16. Picture Description (4m50s)

Total time: 1h13m24s

Photo by Des ColhounShake off.

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AUDIO SCRIPTS

Yes (Y): Great! So, here we have AmyJo Doherty who’s come to talk to us about herself and about her song Shake It, which is… which you can listen to after this brief227 interview. So, Amy could you tell us a little bit about yourself?AmyJo Doherty (A): Hello, well thank you for inviting me to speak about my song. Shake it is a song that I’m launching228 as my first solo song and it’s gonna33 be a part of an

EP229 which is called Shake it, which is why I’ve chosen that one to put into the magazine for your readers to listen to. And it was actually57 a song that I sang with the Ezra Beats, which were my band before. But my friend left and so now I’m on me own230, well, I’m not actually57 on my own, I’m with three other guys who I’ve been… I was with a percussionist, Iñaki, and then I found a keyboard231 player, Marcel, and just recently got a guitar player, which means I play the guitar much less and I just31 sing and shout at the crowd232 and try to stop them talking Y: So what’s the song about?A: Well, the song, as the title sug-gests, Shake It, it’s a bit an angsty233, punky kind116 of song which is actu-ally57… it sounds a bit typical but about – y’know5 – a destructive rela-tionship trying to get rid of234 some-one or perhaps something a situation that you are not happy with in your life and just31 shaking it off235 really. And also it’s… we chose it because in my concerts I always give shakers236 to people and ‘shake it’ has become – y’know5 – it’s – kind of8 – one of these things that has become a bit synonymous especially with the Ezra

Beats gigs237.Y: OK, so, tell us a bit about yourself because judging from238 AmyJo I would think you were an American, from your accent you sound Brit-ish and your surname239 is Irish. So, there must be an interesting story back there240 somewhere.A: Yeah, a bit of a mixture really. Well no, I’m English, although I wasn’t really brought up241 in England. My dad was in the army and his family are Irish. His father from just outside Cork, Waterford and my mom was a big fan of the book Little Women and I think it’s MaryJo so she loved AmyJo and that’s how I got my name.242 And although I’ve got a British passport I wouldn’t consider myself particu-larly209 British. We’ve lived all over the world and now I find myself here.

227 brief – short 228 to launch – promote 229 EP – extended-play single, CD with approx-

imately four songs on it (< 25 minutes)

230 on me own – (slang/dialect) on my own, by myself, alone

231 keyboard –

232 crowd – (in this case) audience 233 angsty – (informal) misunderstood, frus-

trated and anxious 234 to get rid of (get-got-got) – discard,

eliminate 235 to shake sth. off (shake-shook-shaken) –

(literally) see photo of dog236 shakers – maracas 237 gig – (informal) concert 238 judging from – on the basis of

239 surname – family name 240 back there – behind those facts 241 to bring up (bring-brought-brought) – rear,

raise, care for a child until s/he becomes an adult

242 the central character of Little Women (1868) is called Jo (March) and she has a sister called Amy

10. Interview withAmyJo Doherty (12m02s)

EXERCISES

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PAGE EXERCISE

112 1. Illustrations round-up: see if you can identify most of the objects and actions illustrated in the footnotes of this issue.

2. On pp. 82-83 we look at the colourful mean-ings of some of the (Latin) names for parts of the brain. This short exercise sees how many of the translations you can remember.

113 3. Title Tag: can you match these alternative titles

to the news and science articles on pp. 7-13? 4. Grammar Focus: fill the gaps in this exercise

about ‘mind’ structures (pp. 72-73). 5. Sports: can you name the chess pieces in

English? (pp. 46-49).

114 6. Word Search: find words relating to the brain (pp. 26-44).

115 7. Prepositions: fill the gaps in this text from the politics section with the correct prepositions (pp. 16-17).

8. Fill the gaps to complete expressions from the literature article on pp. 50-53.

116 9. Crossword for general vocabulary revision.

117 10. Sentence transformation for general syntax revision of structures from this issue.

118 11. Debates: listening comprehension for audio tracks 1-4 (pp. 88-96).

119 12. Too many words: find the unnecessary words in this extract from the Internet section (pp. 14-15).

13. US vs. UK: fill the gaps in the chart. This relates to the whole magazine.

120 14. Idioms: complete the sentences to form ‘mind’ expressions from pp. 78-81.

15. Pronunciation round-up: review the difficult words from the footnotes.

121 16. Word game: test your vocabulary and under-standing of English morphology.

122 17. Phrasal Verbs Round-up: how many new phrasal verbs have you learned this month?

18. Cinema: a quiz relating to Charlize Theron (pp. 58-61).

123 19. False Friends: test how well you have under-stood pp. 74-77.

20. False Friends Round-Up: review the false friends identified in the footnotes.

124 21. Homophones: replace the homophones so that this excerpt written by Amelia Murray (pp. 62-63).

22. Internet Listening: test your listening com-prehension of this fascinating talk about hearing voices (p. 39).

125 23. Reading comprehension: an exercise relating to the Travel section (pp. 22-25).

24. Phrasal verbs: revise the multi-word verbs from p. 65.

126 25. Dialogues: a listening comprehension on tracks 12-15 (pp. 104-110).

26. Translation: correct these real examples of broken English (pp. 66-67).

127 27. Economics: a varied exercise relating to pp. 18-20.

28. Wordplay: another word game relating to the English in Context section on pp. 70-71

128 29. Word Building: complete these sentences with compound -mind- words from pp. 68-69.

30. Spelling: an exercise relating to p. 76.

129 31. Listening comprehension for the monologues (audio tracks 6-9, pp. 96-99).

32. Poetry: use the rhyme scheme to complete these stanzas from the poem analysed on pp. 54-57.

130 33. cloze exercise: fill the gaps in this article about dangerous minds (p. 43).

131-133 ANSWERS

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12. Internet. Read the article on pp. 14-15 and answer the following questions:

i. Complete the following chart in relation to Prof. Cash’s recommendations (p. 14):

Age (in years) <7 7-10 10-13 13-18

Recommended maximum digital-screen time per day (in hours) a. b. c. d.

ii. Below we reproduce three paragraphs from the Internet Addiction article on p. 15. However, there is an unnecessary word in each line. Identify it and write it on the right. Don’t look back at the article until after you have finished the exercise:

Doctor Mark Phillips, Professor of Gambling Studies at the Nottingham 1 .........................................................................Trent University, believes that the numbers of internet addicts are so 2 .........................................................................grossly overstated. We have to differentiate between both addictions 3 .........................................................................‘to’ the internet itself and addictions ‘on’ the net, he says us. 4 .........................................................................

Most of ‘Internet addicts’ are not addicted to the internet itself, but 5 .........................................................................use it as a medium to fuel other addictions, according to the Doctor 6 .........................................................................Phillips. Simply put up, a gambling addict who uses the internet to 7 .........................................................................gamble excessively, is a gambling addict, not an internet addict too. 8 .........................................................................The internet is just the place where he conducts his own chosen 9 .........................................................................(addictive) behaviour. With no internet disposable, he would be in a 10 .........................................................................casino or else other gambling establishment. 11 .........................................................................

Also, people who do use the internet excessively and don’t 12 .........................................................................experience any detrimental effects are not addicted to the net themselves. 13 .........................................................................For an action to be considered an ‘addictive’ behaviour, there must 14 .........................................................................be some definable detriment. So be careful before that you overreact 15 .........................................................................and restrict your children from technology altogether, because of the 16 .........................................................................danger of internet addiction may also be overstated. 17 .........................................................................

13. US vs. UK. Throughout the magazine we highlight variety-specific vocabulary in the footnotes. See if you can complete this chart with the missing terms:

UK English US English page/footnote reference

1 jail (p. 43, n. 30)

2 flip-flop (p. 67, n. 5)

3 behaviour (p. 70, n. 12)

4 guardrail (p. 76, n. 9)

5 badge (p. 76, n. 11)

6 name after (p. 82, n. 3)

7 rooster (p. 83, n. 2)

8 plaid (p. 84, n. 9)

9 braid (p. 84, n. 10)

10 telly (p. 98, n. 201)

11 banknote (p. 104, n. 304)

12 garbage dump (p. 105, n. 311)

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Feature:

LET’S GET EMOTIONAL!- The crying game- How to be happy- Rejection & heartbreak

- Anger management- Life without fear- Shyness as an asset

LanguageCracking Codes

HistoryBritain & the Mau Mau: A dirty war in East Africa

FashionNaomi Campbell: Black is Beautiful

SportsAshes to Ashes: Ungentlemanly conduct on the cricket pitch

Photo by Jasmin Hunter

TechnologyShould we be scared of our robotic future?

Phrasal VerbsPhrasal verbs as metaphors – a useful concept?

SpellingEnglish spelling: A problem solved?

NamesNazis, Quakers and Impressionisms- Names of movements that were originally insults