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I World food crisis

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Exciting

Food prices have soared, worldwide.

news from around

che world.

make growing

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mee che pase yac as surging

foad more expens:ve.

Food and Agriculture Organizadon. As they keep

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Sixty years aftee his dcach. he is still a

majar presence

[he world stage. Since

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Jan. 30, 1948. ae che

ocrcemlst. Gandhi

has

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WI-IEN A NEW ZEALA\JI) COUPLE TRIED TO NAl\fE TI-IElR UNBORN CHILD
4REAL LAST SC:vlI\IER, JUO(;~EBLOCKEO IT ON THE CROUNDS THAT'
NUi'vlBERS CAN'T BE 5 -o IN AMES.

Couples looking

to give their children

unique

names often

fa ce a harsh fate when faced with

public

apinion. That means parents keep names secret, search the Web for advice or plug their ears entirely.
In the United States, a baby's name might not be bloeked

popular culture," said Pa: Starzyk, researeh investigatar

by a judge, but couples looking to give their ehildren uni-

for the Center lar Health Statisties lo the Washington

que na mes often lace a harsher2 late in the eourt 01

Department 01 Health.

public apinion. That means paren~5 keep names secret.

There's Trinity, a character from the -Matrix

movies, al

seareh the Web lor adviee or plug their ears entirely.

No. 73 on the girls' names list. Add.son, also an obstetri-

While traditional

cian on .Grey's Anatomy."

na mes Emma an:1 Jaeob topped the list

for most popular baby names lor Washington in 2006, a

The new and trendy'

ranks 28.

names have emboldened5 some

scroll through the top 100 names list reveals more

people -from lamily members to perfeet strangers- to

daring3 eholCes. Take '.~evaeh'

weigh in6. Web sites and lorums have begun eropping

lor example That's

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up 7 to help prospective parents name their ehildren or

'11 you look at it you can sometirres see the effeets 01

poli" others about their choice 01 names.

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SulliMn

1 on the grounds that: giving as a .-conon. Quse or argumem that I 2 harsher (comparative of harsh): lUlplcilsant, unkind, cruel or
unneccssarily S~rt' I 3 daring: bra\'c and u.king risks 1 4 trendy: rnodern and :ntluenccd b)' [he masl rceOlt fashions 01 ideas I 5 emboldened
(some people): made (sorne pcoplc) brave, daring I 6 weigh in: (Q become involved in an argumenr or discussion in a forceful wa)' I 7
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Far 5tudents who feel uncomfortable

implementing

gender-neutral

buildings and dormitories.

bathrooms.

Gender

percent

01 the country's

Public Advocacy

and communities

bathrooms

On rnany campuses.

mostly conserva ti ve, are condemning

Filty-Iour

ar unsafe using traditional

Coalition

restrooms9 universities

that are not designated

across U.S. are

as male ar female. in academic

these actions are met with praise10. But sorne groups.

the trend.

top 25 universities
(GenderPAC).

have gender-neutral

The goal 01 GenderPAC

bathrooms,
is to ensure

are suitable places for those who do not meet expectations

says a study
that

schools,

far masculinity

by the

workplaces

and femininity

to succeed.
According to the study. both private institutions,

like Princetf;m and Harvard.

and public

and University

schools,

Iikethe

University

Berkeley provide gender-neutral

have

made

01 Virgini.

Calilornia,

restraom facilities. More than 140 campuses

the change.

Prior to implementing

gender.neutral

restrooms at Brown University, officials

surveyed.11 students this past spring and determined

most were comfortable

with the change. A more recent survey this semester showed 46 percent of
Brown's students were in favor of gender-neutral

bathrooms, Klawuun said.

rhe growing trend has received applause from those advocating for transgender rights and critjeism frorn sorne evangelical groups.

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you have jusI traveled
a long distance on an aircraftl4 high~in-<arbs:
high in carbohydrates 15 trigger(s):
[O cause and s[arll&
whole
wheat
toast:
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1 throng(s):

of whole-whear bread (bread wilh bran and whea[ germs) 1 7 stir~fry: 10 fry small pieces of food rapidly in a small amount of oi! ayer high he.[,
slirring continuously. This method is usc,J cxrcnsivdy in Chinesc cooking 1 8 pita bread:
a mundo fiar Middlc Easlern bread mar is .often flJlcd
with meat, peppers, e[e., ro make a sandwich 19 restroom(s):
a room Ihar [ndudes a toHe[. espedally in a building med by the public 110 met
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SIWlS. and Su",

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lair share 01 good luck,
Among the tips:
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your office window,

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"Field Guide to Luck: How to

Use and Interpret Charms.
Signs. and Superstitions"

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by placing a coin in your shoe on your wedding day,

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A TUNISIAN MAN SOLD HIS

WIFE FOR $550
A c10thessalesman in Tunisia sold his 25-year-old wife to a rieh baehelor for
700 Tunisian dinars (1550), before later robbing the man's house.
lhe ineident happened alter the husband in question, Mohammed, got
angry at his wife, Amal, alter she had refused to obey him and accompany
him on his business trip to a local prcvince.
lhe enragedS Mohammed then put about a rumor !hat he wanted his
beautiful "orphan" sister to marry a rieh man to previde fo" the poor
girl's future." He soon found a taker, and concluded a "marriage contract,"
Amal, who was taken to the buyer's hone soon atter the deal, loeked
herself in a room and refused to let her new husband in.
On Mohammed's returo from his businesstrip, he and his "sister. met secretly
and devised a plan to rob the unsuspecting husband,
!hey lured' him out of his house, and the, made off with money and other
vatuables befare escaping. Police are currently attempting to establish the
couple's whereabouts8.

VOCABULAR~

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that might be cncounlrred in the fidd 12 acoms: [he fruit of me oak nee,
consisting of an oval nut growing mide a :uplike OUlerpan 13 wishlng
well(s): a wdl into which one uops a coin and .ma.kesa wish 14 woes:
great probleffis or troubles I 5 enraged:
made very angry. furiousl6 provide
for: lO give 5Offieone the things they need such as monc:y, food or
dothcs I 7 lure(d): lO persuade someor.e to do something or go wmewherc
whcre a pe;son or thing is

b)'

ofTcring them 50fficthing exciting 18 whereabouts:

the place

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O 80-1001
can hold 600 tons
01 finished lertilizer each

Uquid and pathogens

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cake wilh finished
fertilizer pellets
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round shape
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designed lo reduce
lhe incidence
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HP Pavilion HDX
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I 3 next~gen:(ncxr-generation) a common word applied ro a majar upgradt' of a hardware ar softwarc=product I 4 upsetting:
emotionally distrc:ssingaf disfUtbing I 5 chore: a difficuh or dlsagreeable task 16 array: a large nt..mber or wide range of things 1 7
gorgeous:
oumandingly or extremely beautiful 18 screen
hinge:
the joint th:n holds the twO pns of a laptop together so mar me
screen can bI=opc:ned :md dosed 19 sluggish: inactive and working slowly or very litrle 110 throwaway
suite: a colleaive group
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I By Laurie

Goering
Scott Canon
Oleg Mityayev

Food prices have soared', worldwide,

45 percent ove' the past year as sur-

ging oil prices make growing and transporting

food more expensive, ac-

cording to the United Nations' Food and Agriculture

Organization.

As they keep on racing upward, the risks to the planet increase.

me start of rhis century. (he

world economy
a high

ratc.

confldently
background.

'NaS

growing at

Incornes

were

rising against rhis

especially

in

More causes
Thus, in (he pasr year, prices on hydc<Jcarbons have gane up
by 60%,

while

rice and

wheat

prices have doubled.

Eventually, these [acraes brought abour2 a sharp price hike3

on [oad products, which started last year. and continues

tO

such huge aud rapidly gro-

rhis day. The bad situarian is made worse by rhe fact thar for

wing markets as China and India. But hig-

many years huge resources have becn invesced into che pro-

her incomes provoked a sh,;rp increase in

duction

prices on all kinds of raw materials, indu-

Their production

ding sources of energy. which are pan of

ned economically. Moreover, it is withdrawing4

of biofuc:ls in order ro prC\'enc an enecgy crisis.

is fairly expensive, a.;.'ldis noc always justiconsidera-

rhe cost of practically any product, indu-

ble resources from che food markec, chereby making food

ding agricultural

even more expensive.

produce.

VOCABULARV
1 soar(ed): to rise very quickly to a high leve! I 2 brought about: (past of bring about): to make scmething happen. to cause something to
I 3 hlke: a sudden large increase in prices, taxes, or the leve! or quantity of something I 4 withdraw(lng): ro remove or take bacr.

happen

something that was previously provided or in place

Gilmer. 1. suffers from chronJc malnutrition. Guatemala has the highest

rate 01 malnutritlon in Latln Amerlca.

WDrldsceoe
In rieber devcloped nations, whcre peoplc: spend an average of lOto

15 per-

cenr of meir disposable6 ncome on food, price hikes havc becn a growing ni.
tarian. But in me developing world, where most poor people spend at least
haJf of their income to eat, rising costs threaten to eteatc majar social unrest.
In Haili, anger over runaway food prica 'parked7

deadJy proteslS and loo-

ringO that led ro me dismissal of the prime minister and a cut in rice prices.
People clashed9 violencly wim polie< in Egypt over ballooning'O

food COSl'.

Cameroon and Burkina Faso saw food rio(S. Earlier in the year, it was protests
in Pakisran over rice and wheat shorrages.
All told, 33 countries around me wotld ue at ri,k of social upheava1

"

as a

tesWt of acute increases in food and energy prices, said Roben Zodlick, president of me World Bank, in a speech mis manth.
faod requires half to three-quarters

In countries where buying

of a poor person's income, "there is no

margin ror survival," he warned.

"All inclicarions we have is clut this is not a shon-term

eErea," said Jacques

Dioo. director general of me Food and Agriculture Organization.

The Ibreal
Blame Australian

drought'2.

Blame me ,hrinking

dollar. Blarne emano!.

Blame SI OO-a-barrel oH and $3-plus gasoline. Blame China for flnding pros-

VOCABULARY

..

pushed oc, forced imo a place oc (figuratively) imo a category 1 6 dlsposable: describes money oc assets that are available fur use 17
spark(ed): to provide me stimulus fuCito trigger 18 lootlng: the aetivi[)' of stealing from shops during a violent event 19 c1ash(ed): tO 6ght or
argue 110 balloonlng: quickly increasing in size oc going up 111 social upheaval: extreme agicuion oc disorder: a radical change in the social
arder 112 drought: a long period of oruemdy dry weather when there is not enough rain foc the successful growing of crops oc the I'q)len.ishment of

5 thrust I"to:

watec supplies

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Foodshonages aronnd Ihe world

Food prices have jumped 83 pereent in the past three years, accotding to the World Bank.

Recent tood nots

Recent restrictions on toad exports

11 Olher

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tood.relatect troubles

Source: Word Bank, AP, Aeuters

Graphic: Angela Smilh, Pat Carr

perity. Blame India, too. Blame hwnankind for liking the taste of meat,
Whatever's to blame, it's me world's
poor who go hungry.
The number ofhungry poor on cheplanet had stabilized in recent yeacs. But
soaring eosts foc food, and foc shipping
jt to the starving13, form [he bash oE a
burgeoning" global food shortage.
Sorne analysts say Eood wars eould be
next, "This is not something that's
going to go away overnight. Ie's not just
cyclical," said Ellen Levinson of the
Allianee foc Food Aid, a coalition oE
humanitarian groups. "We are definitely nto this foc a couple oE yeacs,"

What can be dOne~

Urgent measures are alceady being
taken. The World Bank ls sending $10
million to fight hunger in Hahi. In
Zoellick's

estimate,

$500

million

should be eacmacked to (he poocest

countries for chis purpose.

VOCABULARV

113 the starving: those peoplc whc are very weak or dying because ofhunger 114 burgeonlng: growing or expanding rapidl)' 115 ch.lk.d
up: credited or ascribed to something or somebod)'

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STORY

World lood prices rise rapidlv

1998.2(xx)

Index,

Dalry

150

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rising b).."

100

250

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conlidently

300

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in the paorest coun.

dorhis is couched16

in general terros.

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(verb) a sharp

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poverty, the situarion

has to be increased, primarilr

tries. But advice on how

and India. But higher ncomes

d)

measures ro combar

rarher vague. Ir is obvious that to reduce foad prices agricultural

projecrs

on

upgrading

agriculture

and

in de"eioping

nadons for many years, bU[ ro no avail17

Mcanwhile, exploding food cc,ses mean rhat hungcr is less Iimited

ncrease in prices on aH kinds 01 raw materials.

to rural villages, ami a growin~ problem in areas ....

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be available --bue unaffordablc 18. AIread)', hunger

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produce. Thus. in the past year,

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lhat airm to l!evlate hunger. W'Ww.crs.OIg

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to offer the kind of personalized
attention usually found in boutiques.

ennifer Saylan stands in the doorvvay of a dressing room wearing tan3

capris, a blue striped4 blouse and a blue blazer. She walks to a mirror at the
end 01 Ihe ,hort hall and ,tudies her petite figure from her shoulders down
to her red toenailss,

She's not sure what shoes ..0 wear.

Cyndy Keesee, associate store manager at Talbots. gives Boylan a pair of red
leather loalers6 to try on7.
"1 think that's a li11le too grown-up.

lar you," Keesee says, taking the

shoes back.
"1 won't wear anything thet resembles my age9," says Boylan, who doesn't
want to reveal that number.
They discuss other shoe opions from Boylan's wardrobe10 which Keesee
knows well.
Does this sound like a luxury 01 Ihe rich and famous? 1I is no\. At Talbcts,
anyone can schedule'1

fer a free consultation.

STYLE BY APPOINTMENT
The styling program rellects a trend in retail chains lo offer he kind 01 personalized attentian

usually found in boutiques. For its program, Talbots

apens its doors after hours and provides low-calorie

snacks and battled

Kalhi
teacher,

Farmer,
al Ihe loft

San Jose, California,

a high school

Al salon in
befare

the

makeover

water while clients try on pre-seleeted clothing.

VOCA~ULARY

1 trend: a preS(:m fashion or mode I 2 retail chain(s): a chaio of uores that sells goods to consumen in smaU quantities and not for resale 13 tan:
pale. yellowish brown I 4 striped: declrared wirh lioC'!of 2 different color frorr. the sUfTOundingsurface I 5 toenail(s): rhe h2fd slighcly curved part
rhar caven; and prmccrs che end of a rOC'(fout) J 6 loafers: etsualleather shoes thar are Iike mocca.sirn bU1have wide tlat hc::e1sI 7 try on: ro pUl on
doches in oroc::rro tesCif chey fit or if yo like them I 8 grown~up:relating 10 oc or adulul 9 resembles my age: celis people how old I am I

10 wardrobe: allrhe clothes lhat b~lollg to somebody

previously ari.\nged rime

11 schedule:

plan rhe time and place: for an evc::ntI 12 by appointment:

:lt a

TRENDSETTER

20

With a rack of <10thes picked for her, Jennifer Boylan tries on <10thes with help from Talbots personal
shopper Cyndy Keesee (right).

J.Crew and Ann Taylor offer similar 'by appoinlment12, styling services wilh employees who have a knack 10r13 lashion.

shopping, wenl in and told the lirst associate she

This lrend is lhe result 01 a growing population 01 busy women who

lound: "My husband's in lhe car and I'm not

don'l have lime lo shop. says Mary Smilh. a personal shopper.

allowed lo leavEhere unlil I buy e1othes.'

"A lot 01 women are career people." says Smith, who has worked in

Since then. she las made app'ointments twice a

lhe retail businesslor 50 years, lhe pasl lhree as a personal shopper.

year lo updale her wardrobe because she doesn'l

"They have other inleresls and lhe need somebody that really loves

have lhe lime or the eye to do it hersell.

shopping and can lake care 01 11."

"1ha,e no senSE01 color," Boylan says.

lor a shopping trip. Boylan, who doesn'l like

The trend is also a return to a time when catering'4 to the customer

was standard service in department stores - a courtesy that has been

THE BENEFITS

disappearing, Smilh says.

"((ustomers) just wanl lo come here and be

helped," saysTalbots store manager Amy Yonker.

HOW DOES IT WORK?

"And somelimes lhey have to think about il. Irs

"The blg slores don'l help e1ienlslind whal they need," saysSmilh.

an investment.

who shops lor some Colorado Sprin~s e1ienls. 'The liltle liny boutiques

Typicalstyling appoinlmenls usually take aboul

are the only ones that give good service.

an hour.

Departmenl stores ineluding Nordslrom, Neiman Marcus and SaksFifth

Al Talbots, you don't ne~d lo buy a thing: there's

Avenue do offer slyllng appoinlments. It's lhe fashion chain slores -

no commission and no sales pressure, something

the Gaps, Banana Republicsand Talbots- lhat are olten caughl in lhe

lhal some - bul not all stores - can say about

middle. They're loo small lo be relal' gianls like Macy's or Dillard's, bul

lhelr personal shopping service.

loo big lo be bouliques. 8y offering personal shopping services,lhey

Whal is the biggesl benelit? The time saved.

sel lhemselves apart and allracl lhelr e1lents:busy, relallvely wealthy'S

"1stick to my rO'Jline11 because I reall, hate lo

wamen.

shop," Boylan "'ys.

When Boylan arrives lor her appoinl"Tlenl al Talbols, a e101hingrack

Many stores offer personal shopping services. (all

lilled wilh dresses,slacks'6, sweater> and jackets is wailing lor her in

to find out whether your fa..

orite store offers the

the dressing room hallway. Tied with a ribbon to one of the waoden

service and whether (0515 or commissions are

doors is a tag with Boylan's name an

involved. AE

it.

Boylan met Keeseelwo years ago when Boylan's husband look her out
VOCABULARY

13 have a knack far: to have [he ability (O do something ea.o;ilyand wdl114

catering: ptoviding food and services 115 wealthy:
money 116 slacks: a pair of trousers, usually of a type rhat fit loosely 117 I stick to my routine: 1don't change ro}' routine

having

ACTUAL

LEVELS:

ENGLlSH

21

The Citroen 2 CV is todaya myth, a legend and a fetish

object for col/ectors; displayed for the first time at the
1948 Pars motor show.

Thin steel shel/

Smal/, lightweight, air-cooled

twin-cylinder engine consumes only
4-5 Iiters per 62 miles (100 km)
Displacement

Car-wide canvas
sunroof' al/ows
transportation
of oversized
loads

Origlnally almed at fanners, who had to

be able to travel easily off-road

range from

375 ce to 602 ce over the

years

One cable connects

windscreen wipers3 to
transmission, wipers'
speed variable with car
speed; handle under
speedometer' al/ows
wipers to be operated
by hand when car is
not driving

Gear horizontally
out of dashboard'
Fourspeed manual
transmission
Front-wheel

drive

2 CV hlstory
1939

3.868.634

i
Several
prototypes built;
WWII halts'

development
:

1948

1960

1980s

1990

at the
heavily
criticized by journalists
but sells \Vell

Special off-road version

"Sahara", with both Iront
and rear wheel traction

Series 01 special
editions (such as
2 CV James Bond.
0011" Art-Deco
style Charieston)

Production
ends

i Presentaton
i Paris Salon;
Available

in grey

: color only
Source: Ctroen. VIa Michelin

1 sunroof:
and romrols

units produced

an aultllllohile

I 3 wipers:

Design 01 original car IS

updated, larger and lewer
concave swages

Gra~hic:MortenL:hne,ElsebelhNielsen

rOll:having

a sliding p,uu:11 2 dashboard:

two bng mctdl and rubher

pam

ce in ;l "'chicle which SllOWS how fast the "chicle is movi"!,':

e 2008 MCT

ilU(Tunll'nl

p.md on ao aucomohilc

thar move aglinst a windM:recll to remov= rain

I S halt(s):

te> (cause ro) ~(np Illnving

or airplanc cont.:lining dials

I 4 speedometer:

or doing something

Of

hJppening

a devi-

22

Plastic surgery
P

In magazines, television shows and

lastic surgery Just say the .

ords and you
think

01 Joan

Rivers' Ireakisf>2 mug'

or the

movies, eelebs1always have

HolIYlvood divas with "trour4 poutsS, "

those scary sv.olien kissers.
You'd never do it. Not

a ch2nce.

flawless skin, amazing hair and

8ut you

beautiful bodies. But the pressure

notice that the eye cream is,'t hiding the

crow's

feet6 anymore.

Those

fines that (un

to be perfect has also reached

from your nose lo your mouth seem more

pronounced,

even after

a good

night's

unknown, elder people. And even

s/eep. Those creases7 in your forehead, the

ones you tried lo hide behird
are morphing

men have gone for it! Check the

Ihe bang",

into Goodyea' radia/s ...

highlights of the phenomenon.

These could be lhe thoughts 01 anyone

who is analyzing the possib lity 01 having a
cosmetic surgery done. With the scientific
advances -and lhe spreading 01 the trend-

THE OLD ONES

more people is taking lhe rilk in order to

Sylvia Brickman decided to have a breasl redudion when she wal 88

look better (yes, even men and the elders).

years old.
Her children were against ir. bul she did it anyway. This was one 01 the
best decisions she has ever made.

More men enter a woman-dominated

ma,ket. seeking confidence

Doetors once resisted operating on seniors unless something was bro-

o, youth.

ken, blocked or bleeding. General anesthesia and long recuperation

periods raised the rilk 01 blood clors" and other complicalions.
But changes in anesthesia and an overall increase in health in the older
population have changed the way dCdors see senior patienrs.
For cosmetic surgery in particular, thE numbers 01 older patients have
boomed. In 2000, 244 pa:ients older than 65 gol breast irrplants,
according to the American Society 01 Plaltic Surgeons. In 2004, that
role to 2,640. Similarly, 1,406 people chose ehin augmentation in
2000, and 3,164 did so in 2004.
The higher age group accounrs for a small percentage of lotal cosmelic surgery but amounted to 20 pereent 01 all chin augmentations and
29 pereent 01 hair transplanrs.

VOCABULARY

.0..

000

1 celeb(s): cdc:briries: famous pc=oplc:12 freakish: vcry unusu;l oc uncxpecu.:d. espcdally in ao unplea.!ant oc strange way 13 mug: (informaJ.
maioly disapproving) someone's fuce I 4 trout: a g3.Im:fuh of lhe Sdlmon family oc ao old llllattraetivC' person, especiall)' a.W"oman I S pout(s): an
otprc:s.~ionmade by pushingone's tips forwa.d to show pClulant annoya.1CC oc in orde~ to make ofl(:~dflook sexual)' atuacrivc: ) 6 crow's feet: nc[work
of wrinkles radiaring rom rhe: ourer comer of rhe human ere: 17 creases: wrinkles 18 bangs: ao afea ofhair hanging over rhe forehead mar s CUt
shoner rhan rhe rcst of [he: haic 19 blood c1ot(s): a mass of coagulated rc:d blood cdls. ",hite blood cells and platelc:ts in a nel'\vork of fibrin 110
uptick: a small ncrease in wmething. espcciaUy in stock or bond prkcs 111 tuck: a surgicaJ operadon ro rcmovc loosc or wrinklcd skin. espedally
for cosmcric rcasans 112 love handles: (infonnal humorous) l;WO rcgions of fal local('d at cither sid( of thc b;lCk just abm'(' the pelvis 1 13
abdominal etching: a plastk surgcry proccdur(' lO eomoue and shape abdom~llal (at pad to provide patimts with a flat stomaeh

------

---

"1'.

I By Bridget

Carey

For Brickman. lhe surgery gave her "a

rew days 01 discomlort" al lirsl bul a
much-improved body image.
MEN ARE STARTING
JO CATCH UP

Men have a reputalion lar avoiding

the doctor's office, even when lhey're
sick. Bul 101S01 lhem are opling 10 go
in fer nonmedical reasons.
Plaslic surgeons are reporting an
uplick'O in lhe number 01 male
palienlS seeking slimmer waislS and
slronger jaw Iines -up 16 percent Irom
2002 to 2007- according to the
American Society 01 Plaslic Surgery.
Dr. Camille Cash, a plastic surgeon
who operates at SI. Joseph Medical
Center downtown, attributes it to
older men who lind it tough to c)mpete with younger men in a downturning economy. lhe remedy is ollen
an eyelid tuck",

snipping away extra

skin folds for a fresher, more you:hful

look. Some senior executives are gelting full face-Iifts.
Invasive procedures aren't Iimited to
baby boomers. Body-<onscious
younger guys want love handles'2
liposuctioned away and abdomin>1
etching13 added to their stomachs.
lo be sure, women slill comer the
market on cosmetic procedures. For
every pl<rnic surgery performed en a
man, nine are done on women. But
Steely and Cash say male cosmet~
procedures have gene mainstream.
Even so, men rarely cut and tel!.

"They're sbll pretty darn seaetive

aboul it.' Sleely says.
According to the American Societyof

.
.

LEVELS:

UPPER-INTERMEDIATE/ADVANCED

oh

As your face changes

Plasb::Surgeons, men underwent 1.1

millin cosmetic plastic surgery procedures last year.

Men start to get wrinkles and

OIFFERENCE

experience facial sagging

Dr. Joseph Periman, a plastic surgeon in

woman much sooner than aman, ThlS '5 because

almost a deeade later than

Spring, says he's also seeing more men

women tend to have thinner skin and less blood sup-

women -

opt br the short sear face-lift, which

ply to the tace. Far a woman, sagging of the skin

early 50s. This is due, in part,

requires less downtime'4.

arcund the neck. jowls, eheeks and eyei aften starts in

to their thicker skin. Sagging

"Men like to get stuff tha!'s quick, fast

the early 405. Fine Ines ano deeper wrinkles appear by

around the eyes, jowls and

and doesn't sho'N anything With them

the early SOS. And in a woman's 60s, st,e can expect

neck may become apparent.

i!'s a one-shot deal","

the 50ft layer of tissue underneath her skin to deterio-

By 60, facial skin willlose

The biggest difference between treat-

The signs of aging -including

crow's feet.

frown Ines ano sagging skin -

seem to creep up on a

rate, causing even greater sagging.

THE FOREHEAO

in the r late 405 to

even more elasticity as tissue

ing men and wcmen, Perlman says, is

that men are less knowledgeable'6

ing a hollow appeara

and lesscritica!.

"Women see things nobody else will

forehead, and the brows may

droop over a person's eyes,

two and three pages of typed-out

make a persan appear

m
/-"

angry or upset

j t

Skin around the eyes

will become partcularly

eyelids will 5a9, giving the

questions. Men hardly know what the

.~--

back of their ov.n heads lcok like," he

says.

THE EYES

80th the lower and upper

see. Women come to my office with

Bet.veen the ey~, frown

lines can appear, which

mies unde' the "YO>

he says.

wll1 break down or shift, ~iv.

Deep creases may form across the

thin as a persao ages,

WhiCh results in dark

IN GENOER

(/

;""....,

"The other day a lawyer came in -he

had just won a big case- his checkbook
was " his lap and he said, 'Whatever
'(

appearance 01 "bags." In
someinstances, this may affect -3
per;on's visiono C-ow's feet may also

./

you need to do, just get me on the

schedule in the next couple of days.' "

HE SAlO NO
Dr. JamesW. Fo:( IV sees 40 consults a
day, !'No days a week, the rest of his

develop around the eyes.

time spent in surgery at Thomas

Jefferson Hospital, where he chairs"

THE NOSE
With age comes a longer nose, or so it
mal' appear. The tip of a person's nose
often droops with time, making it look
longer than it actually is.

~c

\'1

THE MOUTH
Laugh lines may begin to form between the rose and the mouth and may eventually twn to folds.
Wrinkles around the lips may appear and lips can lose their fullness as skin becomes leS,!)elastlC.

the cepartment 01 plastic surgery and

has operated fer 32 years.
That's 80 people every week beseechinglll his help, wanting their adipose
remaled, sucked, pulled, excised and
disappeared, at 3ny cost. fmm their
lives for good.
He turns away a quarter of them. The

THE CHEEKS ANO JOWLS

As ~ persan ages. the force of gravlty takes Oler the cheeks and jowls. They will shift downward, giv.
ing the face a tired look. The underlying bone Slructure of lhe face will become more ::romment

reascns. at least to Fax, are ~yious:

-They're not old enough, not beat-up
enough, or not deserving enough of

THE CHIN ANO NECK

As sldn slides dovm a person's face, it all gathers underneath the chin and in the neck area. As soft tis.
sues beneath the skin shift, a p~rson may de\'elop a double ehin. Loase skin can also result in a turkef
wattle appearance.

the process."
He doesn't always tell people what
they lI\Iant to hear. "I'm a physician
first, a surgeon second, and plastic sur-

SOURCE: ~Facial :osmetic Sur;.ery:The Art cf Reju'lenating Your Fa(e~

geon third," Fax says. He won't oper-

formo
Sylvia Brickman 1)

(decide) to have a breast reduction

when she 2)

(be) 88 years

old. Her children 3)

(be)

against it, but she 4)

(do)

it anyway. This 5)

(be) one

of the best decisions she

6)

(ever make). Doctors

once resisted 7)

(operate)

on seniors unless something was

ate on the overweight. He's told patients yeaming for19 face-lifts to

lose weight and stop drinking.

8)

(break), blocked or

"Liposuction is for the abnormal shape, not an obese shape. It's for a
bleeding. But changes in anesthesia and

riding-britches hipo"
Prospective patients routinely announce, "1look terrible," and all fox
can see before him "is this wonderfully allractive person who, psychologically, has a very bad self-image.

an overaU increase in health in the older

population 9)

(change)

He tums these patients away. He'lI suggest counseling. Sometimes the

spouse is brought in to see if he's the problem.

the way doctors 10)

(see)

He won't perform rhinoplasty on girls before age 14, and boys at age
15, because their noses haven't reached mature size. Breastscan't be
altered until four years alter the onset of menses20.
Why, if we're living longer, do so many prople have unrealistic responses to the aging process? People seem shocked that the body drooDs,

senior pa:ients. for cosmetic surgery in

particular. the numbers 01 older patients
11)

(boom). In 2000, 244

sags, folds, wrinkles and enlarges with age. "The simple answer is peopie are doing this because they can. I think we should make ourselves

patients older than 6S 12)

look beller, not younger. We're 011 living longer and doing beller, so
(get) breest implants, according to the

we want to look the part. "AE

American Society 01 Plastic Surgeons.

.;

14 downtime:

shot:

a p<=r}~doc re!

01'

play ~[Wec:n pe'riodsof work 115 OMe-

taking effect aftcr onlr one application oc attempt

possessing

Ol

showing a

~t

116 knowledgeable:

dcal of knowledge, awa~ns.

01'

intcUigcnct

17

ehair(s):
ro preside over somcthing mch as a cornmitt, board. 01 meeting I 18
beseech(ing):
ro ask foc somcthing in an anxious way mal shows you nttd ir very
much I 19 yeam(ing) for: (O ha,"Ca strong desire fOl soffiC'body oc something,
espccia.llywhcn the desire is tin~ with .udness I 20 onset of menses:
me fint
time merntruauon.

Of

me pcriod

appears

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26

I By Amitabh

Pal

Mahatma Gandhi

Making world a be
andhi was probably the lirst persa n in history to IIII Ihe
love ethic of Jesus above mere interaction

1869: Born in Porbandar

between

indlviduals to a powerful and effeetive social lorce on a

1883: Married, at 13, to 13-year-old girl

large scale." Martin Luther King Jr once remarked. It is

1888: law student in U. K.

nol lar nething Ihat a seetlon 01 the King Center in

1891: Begins pradice in Bombay, Rajkot

AtIanta deals with Gandhi.

1893: Travels to Scuth Afrca; subjected to color

Bu: Ihe influence 01 Gandhi on the civil-rights movement predated'

Kiog. Black leaders sueh as Howard Thurman and Benjamln Mays

discriminaton

meet

1893-1914: South Africa: Works to improve

Gandhi, while WE.B. De Bois corresponded with him. King was him-

the nghts of mmigrant Jndians.Develops his

sell introduced

creec of passive resistance against njustice, the

undertook2

long voyages to India on ocean

steame~s3 to

to Gandhi's visicn by black Gandhians

sueh as

Mordecai Johnson and Bayard Rustin.

so cled satyagraha.

Ga,dhi had a great eHect on Chavez, too. Chavez traced his political
awakening to a newsreel4 he saw at the age 01 llar

12 showing

1914: Returns to India

that "this half-naked man without a gun had conquered the mightS

1915: Establishes SatyagrahaAs~.ram, the first

01 the British Empire." Chavez modeled many 01 his tactics on

Ganchi settlement n India

Gandhi, Irom boycotts lo hunger strikes. "No: only did re talk about
nonviolence,
eration,"

he showed how nonviolence warks fer justice and lib-

Chavez said.

1917: launches first satyagraha campaign in

Inda. for the rights of peasants on indigo plantations

OUTSIDE THE UNITED STATES

1918: Gandhi's first three-day tast to improve

He has had a similar ellect in other eountnes. Nelson Mandela, the

conditions for mili V'lOrKers

Dalai Lama, irlprisoned

Burmese NDbel laureate6 Aung San Suu Kyi,

1921: Sentenced to sx years in p'son

Guatemalan Nobel Peaee Prize-winner Rigoberta Menehu -all these

1930: launches Salt March, protsting fax on

giants 01 our time have acknowledged Gandhi as a guiding lighl.

Gandhi's
CHINA
PAKISTAN

--

600

Km

Dehli

NEPAL

:hat

\lisian

toppled7

I;larcos
:'ugusto

helped
dictators

in the

inspire movements
from

Philippines

in

Ferdinand

1942: last satyagrha campaign, ~QutIndia,.

1986

launC1ed; caUsfor immediate withdrawaJ of

and

Pinochet in Chile in 1989 to tre

communist regimes in Eastern Europe in the

INDIA

late
MYANMAR

Bay 01
Benga\

Indian
Ocean

SRI
LANKA

1980s

and

Slobodan

salt, I'Ihich affeets the poorest

Milosevic

in

Bnt;.~

~~T

194".~1II;o \';l'.lr-rnclOthwalk to quell commu-

nal rotng

Yugoslavia in 2000.

1947: India ceJebrales independence without

BIG IMPACT ON THE MUSLIM WORLD

During Gandhi's liletime, a good Iriend 01
his, Khan Abdul Ghaffar Khan, lounded

Gandli present
1948: Gandhi assassinated by Hir,du extremist

27

tter place

movement for nonviolence and social reform among the

Pashtuns on the border
Afghanistan

of current-day

Pakistac and

that had at its height8 more than 100,000

adherents. In the 19905, Ibrahim Rugova led a movement

for independence

in Kosovo that drew insplration from"

Gandhi. And several activists In Palestine have adopted

Gandhi's message to offer nonviolent

ways of resisting

Israeli occupation.

BUT SO MUeH

MORE NEEDS TO BE DONE_ .

The world is tom by strife,a, caLght between states tha! are

too eagerll to use force and guerrilla armies drawn to the
fatal lure"

of vlolence. The planet's sale superpower has

sent a terrible message to the v/orld by engaging in a devastating pre-emptive war in Iraq. The nihi'istic, ultraviolent
philosophy of al-Qaeda has taintedll the image of an entire

Gandhl's ph/losoPhy

region and religion. And in Afriea, violen ce in the pursuit of

Satyagraha ("Soul force")'

Stand up for what you .
bel eve lo be Ihe Iruth.

cynical political ends scars'4 the lives of millions from Darfur

to the Congo.
Gandhi understood that his vision of nonvlolence hac mass

Brabmacharya
("leamed 01 God'')"
By becoming closer lo the
you become closer lo

appeal, and that his own leadership was of lesser impor-

g~~,

tance. Gandhi himself said, "There go my people; I mest run

to catch up with'5

them for I am their leader."

~ahrvoday("Wellare 01 al/'')"
DW concern tor
.
everone's well-being
even your enemies'

More than half a century altel Gandhi's death, we need

more leaders who want to catc~,up with nonviolent people.

AE

VqC~BU_L~~Y':-:
", , ....
1 predate(d):

ro luYe cxisted

Uf

11<.'\O,'S

L__._ , ,._" .., ... " ..

hJ.Frclled befare another [hing12 undertook

esped.llJ}' somcrhing rhar wilJ tak(' a long time or be difficult

t1Jm rhar wnsisrs of

..
13

steamer(s}:

(past form 01 undertake):

ro Jo Uf beginro dosomelhing,

a hoat or s:tip which mt'ves b}' He;m power

rcporrs, lISually(lne: rhar ""';1Smade in the pa.~tf(lr shnwing in a cincma

15

might:

14

newsreel:

I'0wer, Mrength ur force

16

a short

laureate:

a person who ha.~hn'lI gi\'cll a vcr)' hil:h IltJl10ur because of their ability in a suhject of StllU}'17 topple(d): tu force a lcadcr or government out uf
powcr I 8 at its height: ;H rhe time when a siruJtjon or cvelH is strongcH or mml full of at:tivity 19 drew (inspiration)
from (draw
inspiration

from):

ro gl'r; fcdillf. idea, erc. fmm snmerhing or SOlllconc 110 torn

by strife: dl';rroyed by violclH (Ir angry disagrcclTlent 111

eager: w;t:lting vt'r}' 1lIlKh lo dn or bve sOlTlclhing 112 lure: the quality or pnwcr rh:ll >(llllcthing ur SOlTll'tlllCh;lSlhar rnakes tr.cm attractive 113
taint(ed):

to ~pllil \Ornl~lhillg, e;<;pccall)"to spoil pcoplc's opinion of sorncolII.'or .mrncthing 114 scar(s): In damagc a pcrson's physical ur mental

.H.lIC115 catch up with:

ro rC'.\Ch\omcnl1C in &onl of yon by goingfa.~rcrth.1ll ,hcm

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Forty years ago:

1968 was a pivota/' year
of demonstrations,
countercu/tures', featuring3
protests against war, for
civil rights, women's
rights, worker's rights,
minority rights,
"
student rights ...

May
France: Thousa
of students prol
university reforn
fights, also worl
general strike

V~j:et~n:a:m~w'~a~r'--:v~'-t-------shot dead by Nle Cong officer

loan, a South vguyen Ngoc
chief; the atroci~ei~amese police
Photographed by Eddie Ad
U.
ams
.S., South Carolin
Police shoot at d a, Orangeburg:
protesting se gre e~onstrators
. al/ey' three Af . gatlon of bowling
'
ncan-Ame .
s t udents ki/led
ncan col/ege

JI

Germany: Thousa'
.
students hold sit_i~~s of.West Berlin
Involvement I'nV.
agalnst U.S
m,etnam
.

p(
VI

bi

April
March
Vietnam War: My Lai massacre:
American troops kili civilians in
a village
Poland: Students from University
of Warsaw march for student
rights; beaten by police with clubs
Italy: University of Rome
closed for 12 days due
to student protest actions
for university reforms

Germany, Frankfurt-am-Main:
Bombs explode in two
department stores; placed by
Andreas Baader. Gudrun Ensslin
,t10vie:Premier~ ofKubrick's
2001: A Space Odyssey"
U.S., Tennessee, Memphis' Mart':
luth~r King Jr. assassinated at In
l orralne Motel

<C>2008 MCT
Source: Oanmarks Radio, "1968 in Europe; A History of Protest and
Activism, 1956~1977", Dansk Historisk Faellesrad, Infoplease, Brown
University. ZDF, The History Chamel, Oakland Museum of California, MCT
Photo Service Graphic: Zilha Olsen, Morten Lyhne

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September
lds
3st over
1; street
ers'

Musical: "Hair," which first opened Dn

Broadway in April, opens in London;
actors in musical appear naked on
stage

U.S.: Women's liberation movement

gains international recognition;
demonstrations at the annual Miss
America Beauty pageant5

October
Mexico City: Americans Tommie
Smith and John Carlos raise their
arms in Black Power salute after
winning Olympic gold, bronze in
200-meter run

Jly

Northern Ireland, Derry: Civil

rights march broken up by
police, many injured including a
number of MP's~ started "The
troubles," escalation of conflict

)pe Paul
condems
rth control

November

August
. . The "Prague
Czeehoslovakla.
't Party leader
, " f Communls
Spnng o
b ek'S "soeialism
Alexander Du fC "ends; 200,000
with a hUpma~t~~~ps and 5,000
Warsaw
t
tanks invade the eoun ry

Mus/c: British group

,The Beat/es releases7
The White Album"

December
China' M
edu ' ao Zedon
Cated youth'
9 advocates
re'edUcated'
In urban Ch'
In rural a
lila be
reas

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'Ci

Cuide

MOROCCO'S

At once ancienr and cosmopoliran,

SECOND

tional, Marrakech

LARGEST CITY OfFERS

and tradiblucs.

spice-marker yellows and at lease 17 shades of red. You

could

A fEAST

Bohernian

is rnagical: a cicy of brilliant

fOR THE

spend

mons

ways 1 of (he old

ci:y

navigaring

[he narrow

and still learn somerhing

alleynev.'

each day.

SENSES.

WHEN YOU GO
Though

Islam is (he primaf)' religion, .Momeen is moderare in almosr

everything

bU[

es sighrs, smells, rasees and colors. The cirizens are

famously friendly. The savviesr2 rravders are respecrful of rhe modese

religion and dress accordingly:

tradng cutoffsl

and minis foc jt.'3J1S and

comfy4 T-shirts.
THE OLD CITY
A pink-walled ciry dating

[O

[he 11th cenrury. Marrakech's medina is a

step back in time. No cars are allowed, with rhe exceprion of peril taxis
rhar buzz berween donkeys pulliog canso At rhe rnedina's hean is Jemaa
,el Fna, che central squarc, wh~re you'lI find Arabic scorytdlers,
charmers

dates6

and stalls scocked with local savoriesS, from pistachios

snakc
and

to freshly-squeezcd juices. As dusk falls, hundre<ls of food ven-

VQ~~BJ~LARY._.

1 alleyway(s): a narrow rO~ldor pa[h helWecn building.~. or ;1 p;rh in a park or

garden, espcdally bordcred by trees or bushes 12 savviest (superlative form of
savvy): shrcv.'d, wdl.informt:d and perccptivc I 3 cutoffs: trousen (most ottcn
jcans) (hat havc beeo shorrened by cuuing off' pan ar most of the legs 1 4 comfy:
(informal) comforrablc I 5 savory(ies): a dish of srimu!.l.Iing tlavor scrvcd usually ar
me cnd of dinner but sometime.s as an appcril~: ar an aromatic plam af rhe mim family.
uscd as a herb in cookery 1 6 date(s): a sweet,dark brown, ov-,fmit with a hard Srollc.
usuaJly ~(en dried [har grows on palm tree.s

In the souk, a typically crammed

antiques stall.

does seem to emerge from nowhere ro ser up shop, cooking made~[o~order food
for wide-eyed visiroes and locals a1ike.

THE NEWCITY
Gueliz, or rhe new dty. is just a $5 <ah ride from rh~ medina. yet a world apan.
Tree-lined boulevards are home ro shops. rescauranlS and French-style cafes.

JAROIN MAJORELLE - MUSEE O'ART ISLAMIQUE

Vves Sainr Laurenr helped make Manakech

rhe destination

for international

jet-

settees' in the late '60s. The designer gave generously to the counrry ando a10ng
with panne; Pierre Berge. purchased the former home of miS! Jacques Majorelle.
The restored home is now one of the dty' s mOst beauriful public gardens and
museums.

THE SOUKS
A winding. covered mazes of pure shopping bliss9 the souks offer anriques. animal teeth. lanterns. love potions and just abou. every handcraft known to North
Africa. There are areas wirh stalls devored to jewelry. spices. portery. leather. herbs
and textiles. Be ready to haggle'O.

THE PHARMACIES
A trip ro Marrakech is not complete withoUl exploring a local pharmacy. Herbs.
spices, teas and all~natural potioos foc every ailment11line endless shelves; essentia! oils frOID fruirs and flowers glow in glass jars. Make sure to seore 11 sorne argan
oH. Moroccans believe the oil heals everyrhing from scaes ro arthriris. AE

VOCABULARV
7 jet--setter(s):
an internacional social group of wealthy individuals who frequent fashionable
resorts I 8 maze: a oomplicated system of paths oc passagcs which pc=oplerry to find thdr way
through foc amusement I 9 bliss: pcrfect happincss oc a nate of spirituaJ joy 110 haggle: to
attempt ro decide on a priee or condidons which are ac:ce?t3ble to. [he p~rson sdling the goods and
the person buying th~m, usually by arguing 111 ailment: an ilIn~ss, an ~ften persistent bod~y
disoroer or disease a cause for complaining 112 score: (informal) to obtain something or (in slang)
to manage to obtain iUicit drup

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gains momentum
with Accelerate
NOW Ir CAN BE TOLO: IN 2004, OURING THE RECOROING ANO RELEASE OF
THE AROUNO THE SUN, R.E M WAS ON THE ROPES'

I
['S

really hard ro make a record

thar's exciting ro listen [Q if

you'rc so sick of [he songs rhar

you just want t kili yourself:

(he way \Ve wcre working, rhat's [he
way ir .
ould b~." says R.E.M. guirarisr Pelee

Buck, calling

from his

wouJd eontinue.

"1 mink that all

thrce of us could leave the band any

day; it's an option we have and me
older we get and the longer we' ve
done i" the mo,e likely ma, op,ion
s," Buck says.
The struggle wi,h "Around

me Sun"

Seartle homc:. "1 remember wc wcnt

ac,u>lIy ended up enetgizing

in one nigh, and Bill (Rieflin, me

band' s drummer) said, ' Oh my God,

When ir carne time ro work on a new

album, Buck, singer Michael Stipe

we'rc nor re-recording

(har again, are

R.E.M.

and hassist Mike Milis were

we?' Haw can Y0l! get a good cake if

ever)'one in rhe band fecls thar way?"

adamaml1; they weren't going te go

,hrough tha, kind of ordeaJ again.

Mrcnvard,

The rcsulting alburn "Accelerate,"

rhefe was taIk abolir whe-

chef [he bando pionccrs of odie

rock10 and recenr inducrces1' mo
,he Roek and RolI Hall of Fame,

released in April to the strongest

reviews and warmest radio reception
R.E.M. has enjoyed in more than a
decade, only ccmented the band's
heliei ,ha, ,hey had ,apped imo"
something

new, thar they wece ready

ro enjoy rhemselves. And now. as che

band embarles on a world tour mat
rum mrough
tO

October.

silo", l"am Ii

iliti

're teady

1 completist(s):
l collector who wanrs ro obrain ~erything
availablr in his or her sped:uf}' 12 no-brainer: somrming. e.g. 3.nidea or quesrion, m;t
is so rasily undersmod or done lbat it rcquires liule or no thought 1 3 shell out for: (informal) to pay ou[ rr.oney. e;pecially a gn:at deal of rnoney 14
feed off: ro use something 10 suco.:cd Ol ~t ad\"3fltageliI 5 blast: an cxciting Ol O'ljoyable cxperience Of n'enl, afien ;party I 6 co~pting:
lbe ncuIr.ilizadon of (an independeOl minority, for aample) through assimiladon iOlOan established group or cuJture I 7 the fringe: me aUlef Ol rmrginal part
of something; the minority 1 8 the mainstream: rhe idca.<,;ctions.and values mat are mmt widely acceptcd by a group Ol .socirty, e.g. :n polida, fashioo. ar music I 9 on the ropes: showin~ signs ofinuninenr failure ar collapse 110 indie rock: rock musj: of the 1~)0s cornpascd or perfOnncd by
artists and groups who achieved sorne success but did nor sign ..
ilh l mJ.jor record company 111 inductee(s): on~ who is induaed. especiaUy a person
newly admined 112 adamant: very d~re:mined and not influenced by appeals to reoonsider a posidon ar de:ision 113 tap(ped) nto: to mm a
strong or advantlgrous connection with 114 revved up: more active

THEY ARE BACK. AFTER 10 YEARS IN THE WILDERNESS, JUST AS UNCOMPRDMISING,

AND VITAL AS EVER.

Named after the Bristol satellite town Geoff Barrow grew up in, Portishead emerged in the mid-'90s with "Dummy,' a startling2 cebut that buckedl the prevailing
:rend af outlvard-Iooking

BritlOp with an inNard-looking

souncttrack samples and Beth Gibbons ' tornented

melancholy af ~cor(hed-Earth4

popo Blending slow-motion

hip-hop grooves, old-schoolscrdtches,

Iyrics, Dummy" wen! on 10 sell4 millian records 'Norldwide, inajvertently5

I

providing the soundtrack far countless dinntr parties along the way. The subsequent

moumful

creating the trip-hap sub-genre and

10 years have been far Portishead their own kind af wilderness, the kind their

music often evokes. 8urnout, divorce and disma'f al how their music had been received at times all payed a part, whiJe Barrow even speaks of turning his back on
creating music at one point.And

then midway through 2007, while many were still doubting another Portishead record, AI1 Tomorrows Parties -the innovative UK fes-

:ival promoter- announced that Portishead would curate their "A Nightmare

Before Christmas" event. Now that "Third" is released, Barrow can finally relax himself.

-le clearly knolVs the difference be~veen 10 years staring at a stubborn tape machine and the glimmer of the California sun. Portishead (the band is completed by
9uitaristAdrian

Utley) have essentla!ly reinvented thernselves. Saturated in analog, classic old-school cllt-and-paste

'/ia ATp, "Third" echoes the vilderness.of

and the frustration

Joduetion and the varied influences they shared

those lost years whil~ retaining the group's absolute love for building intnguing soundscapes7. You ca1 hear the passion

battling it out with each other. Ktli jOl1n

1 uncompromising:
reding or showing no willingneM tO comprornise or back down 12 startling: pr:>vokingsurptise. fright, wonder, or alarm 13
buck(ed): 10 mivc with determinarion 14 scorched-Earth: rrom [he cxpres~ian wscorched-carth palicy" (when an army de.moys cvcrything in an arCJ
such JS fooo, :>uildings Of equipmenr whi~h could be weful ro an cncmy) 15 inadvertently: unimcnrionally 16 dismay: a fccling of unhappincss and
disappointmcnr 17 soundscape(s):
a piece of musi>:considcred in tcrms ofits componcnt sounds 18 slab(s): block consisting of a rhick picce of something 19 molten: reduccd to Iquid fOf.TI by heating J10 stint(s): a fixed or lir:lired period of rime spem doing a panicular Job or acri\'iry 111 smash:
an extremely popular and successful songo play Of film

1 highlight(s): the bes! or mase exciting.emeruining or interesting pm of something I 2 bombastic: gran:liose or high.sounding but with Iitrle mea.
I 3 blowtorch: a small. wually poruble. gas burnet thu inrensitles me heu of its flame by a blast of air or oxygen I4 yelping: sharp high.pitched
ay 1 5 anvil(s): a heavy block ofiron on which heated pieces of metal are shaped by hammering 16 bustle: nois)'. energttic, and ~ften obtrusm: aaivity
I 7 fa ...fetched: exaggerared and unconvincing 1 8 fiddle with: manipulare. a.! in a nervow or unconsdous manne:r I 9 fidget with: ro fiddle:or
ning

play wim something in a resdess. abscnt.m.inde:d. or uneasy manne:r

I 10

awash: having more of somcthing dun i.sdesirable:or manageable

I 11

pit(s): an arca in front of me:stage:at a rack eonan where prople: dance wildly and encrgcticaUy 112 passe: no longcr current or fashionablc

mosh

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PRE.INTERMEDIATE/lNTERMEDIATE

Arranging your
I By Cristina Bolling
Simplified by Cynthia Fmer
Space planning is one
of those difficult tasks in
any home: How do you
arrange furniture to make
tile most Of1 your space,
attracting attention to the
pieces you love and
minimizing the pieces you
don't? We asked designers
to share their rules
(and secret tipsl.
ereate a more organized doset with a deep deaning up.

W
precisdy

HEN

ROOM

IS

WELL

Stan with a small acea and work out from rhere. For example,

designed, ir simply dicks2

playing

Chairs

chen build oue from [har spot.

the

are

correer

allowing people

{Q

placed

disrance

at

apan,

sir clase enough ro talk

games on a game table. srarr

Make conversation

by

placing

oc more

areas. Try to group two

each crher. People will feel comforrable

sitting

if your

Family enjoys

the rabie in one area of the room and

chaies abour 3

and talking

oc 4

[eer apare [rom

in those cozy5 areas where

bUl nO( knock knees. Tables are at perfect

[hey oo'e have to shour at one anamee oc raIk Qver orher peorle if rhece are lo(S of

distancc from. chairs and sofas. Takc a

pecple in [he room.

if

look, and see

[he furniture

in youe

Think

abour

a fireplace6

Livlnglfamily

how yau want people to pass through

[he room.

Consider

what traille

panerns make rhe most sense and whar you wam \'isitors ro natice. Focal poims are afien

house needs rearranging.

room

oc a TV, hUI sorne people pecfee a wir.dow with a beaudful

garden view as a

focal point.

Don'r try ro 611up me space. A room

willlook

they're

are roo big

oc if

aU [he same size. Oversiud3

furnirure
pecple

if pieces

smaller

is a
are

big

pUlling

trend

now, and l11any

huge4 pieces in rooms

[har can'( accornmodate

rhero. Ins(~ad of

Lighting
Keep youe lamp in scalc: with youe furniture.

lamps so rhar enough

Iighr reaches you as you sir

A rule abour lighting:

when you rurn up

{O

one giant sofa. rhink of a smaller cm with

rhe light bulb 10. Pick a lamp of rhe righ[ height.

a few chairs around

Iighr bulb is nevec exposed.

to accornrnodate

more people.

is medium-sized,

{O

read. scv.,9

don'e

call [oeS shonec

oc wrire.

IOJk a[ rhe lamp, you don't

wan{ ro see

weh rhe correer lampshade,

so ehae the

VOCABULARY

-----

lfroue furniture

ope [or a giarir rabie lamp oc a rceny7 one. cirher. Taller rabies might

--

1 make the most of: to make the besr use of some'thing or [O use it to rhe best advantage 12 it simply c1icks(s}: it simply works or funcrions
perfcctly 1 3 oversized: biggef th:m usual; [00 big 1 4 huge: extIcmcly large in siu, cnormous I 5 cozy: eomfortablc and pleasant. cspeciilly a
room, bec.ause ir is small and warm I 6 fireplace: a space in the wall of a room for a flre to hum in I 7 teeny: very smalll 8 call for: to need
something I 9 sew: ro make a picce' of :lothing by joining pieces of c10th togethe'r by purting thread uuough rhem wirh a needle 110 light bulb:
a roundcd glas.lcontainer wirh 3. rhin rhrc:adof metal inside which produces light when c1e'ctticity gocs throu~h it

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Vocabulary on furniture:
in the
following sentences with the words
in the box.

armchair

I coffee

table

I sofa

I fireplace I game

cabinet

table lamp
a) A.

table

I rug

IS a lable Ihal IS used fa,

playing lable games such as chess. checke's. elc.

b) A

is a long 50ft seal wi:h a back

and usually arms. on which mo'e than one person

can sit at the same time.

e) A

For everything
condition:

you can't wear that's in good

charity heap.

is a lamp ceslgned la be used

Dining area

on tables

Don'r UJ

d) A.

is a space in lhe wall o a room

lar a lire to burn in, or the decoraled par! which

[Q

cram 11 a china cabinc(12 and large rabie wirh

eigh( chairs imo a small space. YOl! should leave ae leasr 36 inches
behind a dining room chair to allow pcople {()gel in and oue of
their chairs comfonahly. Ir ~.oll're puttillg an an:a rug13 in YOllr

surrounds this space

e) A..

dining room. ir's a gooJ idel te make sure ir's big c..'noughso rhe
is a piece o)f furniture

wlth

chairs sray on rhe n1g cvcn when people are pulling lhem out ro
Sil down alld M:md up.

shelves. cupboards, or drawers, which is u5ed fer

Tips for planning

sloring or showing things.

f) A.

... is a smalll'Jw

table on which

Make a scale drawing 14 of lhe room anJ scaIe drawings (lf

furniture picccs. Mah' sure you draw rhe room and furnimre ro

(otfee 1sserved or books and rnagazines are

(he same scale.

Cut out lhe fiunilure uut!ines15 and arrange ClIlOllts on a

arranged.

drawing of lhe room. Yon'J be able to reli at a glance16 how

g) A.

IS a thick heavy fabric covering

for a floor. espeClally one thal il smaller lhan a

much space you have lel1.

\X'hen drawing the room. be sure

(O

nore e1ectrical ourlets and

lighl swirchcs. and any eelerhone and compurer acccss.

carpet
h) An

Arrange che mm! imporunt or I:ugesr pieces of furnilUrc firsc,

is a comforlable

chair wllh

armrests (with sides :hat suppoit your arrns)

J1{'lPldH' (q 'l)nJ
-lqP l(;' ;,l)l'ld;HIJ (J :dwl'l "Iql'l

(6 :.ljql' "'''1.0) (1 :aj

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ON THE CO: AUOIO ARTICLE & MORE EXERCISES

rhan add smallcr pieccs. AE

VOCABU~RL

'_

11 cram: to force a lot uf lhill& inln a small space I 12 china

cabinet:
;) pieec "f furnilurc ..ith shclvcs. rupboards. ur drawer5. which
is med. for kccping or slu)wing Cl1pS. plJrcs. crc.113 rug: a pjece of <:10th
~l1lallt'r rhan a cupct, llsnl fm ((Ivcrilll; dte: loor or for dl"corarioll 114
scale drawing: ; dt:lwillg har r('prc~cnu somcthing re;l! in ;1sm~lIcr
or Jargcr ~il.c: I 15 outlines: drawings I 16 at a glance:
immeJiatcly;
jusI hy 11Ioking al >lJ/llt'thing ulle lime

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INTHMEDIM,

Work abroad
Work experience in another caun ry can give you a
huge booSt1 in clout2.

By Cindy Krischer Goodman

oday, the nterest in

wcrk abroad? Certainly (amorate America

global rotations is gaining

momentJml, pushed
forward by the millennial
generation. The Institute
of International Education recently
reported that 223.000 u.s. students
studied abroad in the 2005-06 acadenic
year, up 8.5 percent from the year befare.
And a recent KPMGsurv~1ound th~5'
percent of un versity stude~ts believe that
oversea~ rotations are important in the

. is increasing global rotations.

opportunity to d:> a global assignment. lf

we gid no, they would go e:sewhere .

At KPMG, rotations can last from two

months to three years. In 2007, the firm

Walsh says his firm sees clear benefits.

"Immersing in a foreign culture. it allows a

had more than 550 professionals outside

the country on rotations, and more than

person to enhance7 their managerial

skills8 and build up a wealth of

400 who carne on rotation to the United

experience"" The challenges9 to the firm

States. The firm has offices in 140

countties. Aida'1 Walsh -KPMG partner in
"c,harge".international- says more males seek
"these glo~~1 stintsS than females.

are htegrating the professionals back into

their home offices when they return, and
adju;ting compensation,
Stacie Berdan, author of "Getting Ahead "
by <:oing Abroad," insists that

However, there is a big increase in interest

from women, especially younger women,
.Students want them, too, Walsh says.

get ahead faster than your pers. As we

extended periodo

He finds that these rotations are crucial to

mov= toward a true global economy, she

The question 15: Are businesses satisfyi1g

the appetite of young professionals to

recruiting6, Mv\'llen we are on campus,

there's an expectation that there's an

says. international work experience is

valuable to a resume10. AE

business world, and 47 percent indica:ed

they would like to work aoroad for an

VOCABULARY"

international experience is the best way to

1 boost: something thal hdps ro irr.prove or make progress 1 2 clout: powc:r and influencc ove, other fK'ople or e\'ents 1] galning
momentum: getting the power to increase or devdop at an ~er.growing pace 14 overseas: relating te a foreign country 15 stlnt(s): t fix:d
or Iimited xriod of time sJX=mdoing a particular ob or activity 16 recruitlng: persuading somc:one [O work for a company or become a new
member of an organization 17 enhance: ro improve (make better) the quality. amount or stre:ngclt of something 18 managerial ski lis: ability
tO do jobs that involve management 19 challenge(s): some:thing necding great effon in order to be:dOlle:successfully and which there:fore tests a
person's ability 110 resume: a short ""ritten description of your c:duc:ation, qualifkations, previous e:mployment which you send to an employer
when you are: trying ro gel a job; curriculum vitae

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to remember that there are differences between British
English and American English in Ihe way they express
dates.

In Britain, the commonest way to write a day's date is as

follows: (Note that the names of months always begin
with capital letters)
250ctober 1995
6luly 2003
The last two le!lers of Ihe number word (st, nd, rd or th)
are sometimes added. Some peaJle write a comma
before the year, but this is no longer very common in
Brilain except when the date comes inside a sentence:
25th OctoberC) 1995
He was born in Argentina on 25th October, 1995
The date may also be wrilten enllrely in figures:
25/10/95
25-10-95
25.10.95
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put a comma befare the year:

America, since British people put the day first while

Americans generally start with the month. So, for
example:
6.10.95 means '60ctober 1995' in Britain, but 'lune lO,
1995' in the USA.
The longer names of the months are often abbrevialed
as follows:
lan
Feb
Mar AV
5ept Oct
Nov Dec
The names of decades (far instance, the nineteen
seventies) can be written as follows:

October 25, 1995

The 19705.
AII-figure dates are written differently in Britain and

Helio Actual Englishl My name Is Susana and

I would like to know whal the dlfference
between

Is

should, ough! to and must. Do

they mean dlfferent

thlngs?

conlidence that something will happen, or that

something is true; shou/:i and ougM to express less
conlidence. Please, comJare:
The doctor said 1must stay in bed.
(an order which is likely to be obeyed)
You real/y ought to stay in bed.
(a piece of advice which may or may not be fol/owed)

Thank you lor your question. Many ESLlearners have

doubts about the meaning and use 01 these words:
should, oughl lo and musl
Should and ought to

Julia mus! be home by now

(1am sure she is home)
Julia should be home by novv
(1think she is probably home)

Should and oughl to are very similar, and can oflen

replace each other:

Should can be used instead 01 must lO make orders and

instructions Ihat sound more polite.

Paul ought to be more responsible, shouldn't

This form should be fil/ed in ink.

Applications should be sent by 5 January.

he?

They are both used to talk about obligation and duty, to

give advice, and to say what we think is right lor people
to do or have done. Should is much more Irequent than
oughl to:

Should and ought to can be used for predictions. Must

is nor used in this way.
/t should be fine tomorrovv

You should / ought to see The Lord of lhe Rings' - ils

a greal film!
You should / ought to have seen his face when Itold
h/m that you were getting married!!
Should and ought to are NOT used in polite requests:
Could you please open the door? II is vel)l hot in here!
* You should open the door. /t is vel)l hot in here!
*You ought to open the door. It is vel)l hOI in here!
Should and oughl to are both used to talk about logical
probability.
Ihave bought two chickens - that should / ought to
be enough for four people.
That should / ought ro be the milkman ringing the bel/.
Important difference: Note that should is lollowed
by the inlinitive without to, and ought by the
to-inlinitive.
Must and should/ought

to

Must has similar meanings to should and ought to, but

is stronger or more de;inite. It eXJresses great

Should and ought to can be used with perfect inflnitives

to talk about unfulfil/ed obligation in the pasto Must is
not used like this.
You should have sludied for tha t exam.
*You must have studied for that exam.

Fill in the blanks in the following proverbs

on human relationships .

l1lil1lil1lil1lil1lil1lil1lil1li:11

tu rn deserves

l1li l1lil1lil1lil1li

as those who won't hear.

SJ8MSUY

lEVElS

ADVAN:ED

/ PROFICI'NCY

n,e hook al th~ side was stuck fast. Pat pried It

""m to teH: said Isabel, "be<ause I'm the eldest.

little girls,

open2 with his pen- knife. and the who!e

Anc you tw'o can )oin in after, But I'm to tell filst."

keep{'r's children, the milkman's.

house-front

5wung back, and -- there you 'Vere,

gazing at one and the sorne moment

drawing-room

and

dining-room,

and twa bedro~ms.

the

into the
kilchen

That is the way far a I'ouse

Why don't all houses apeo like ~hat?

to apeol

That is.- sr)'! it?

hat-stand and two umbrellasl

Perhaps it is

the store-

were lorced lo

There was nothjn~ to answer. Isabel was bossy5,

mix together.

equal number of rude, rough liule boys as well.

and Kezia

Not to speak of there being an

kne'N too well the powers that went with b-ing

But tte line had to be drawn somewhere.

eldEst. They brushed through

drawn

the thick butler-

cups at the road edge and said nothing,

at the

"And I'm to choose who's

first

inclucing the Burn-!Is, were not allowed even to

to come and se~ it

Mother said I migh. "

Tt1ey walked

past the Kelveys

with their heads in the air, and as they se! tte

fashicn in all matters of behavic-ur, the Kel...
eys
were ~hunned12 by eyerybody. hen

For it had been arranged

It was

Kelveys. Many of the children,

speak to them.

what you long to know abJut a house when

you pul your hand on the knocker

daugh:ers,

but she was always right. aod lottie

How much more e)(citing than peering thr'Jugh

the sllt oi a door jnto a mean httle hall \'Ylth a

the dooo(s

45

that while

the teacher

the doll's

had a spedal voiee lar lhem, and a special smile

the way God opeos houses at dead 01 night

when He is taking a quiet tun with dO anel.

house stood in the courtyard they might ask the

for th~ other children when lil Kelvey carne up

girls at school, tWJ at a time, to come and IO::lk,

to herdesk. with a bunch of dreadfully commonlookin; flowers.

'Oh-oh!'

Not to stay to lea. of course, or to come traipsing6 through the house. But just to stand quiet-

though they were in despaiT. t was too meNel.

Iy in the courtyard while Isabel pointed out the

They Viere the daughters of a spr13, hardwork-

lous; it was too Tiuch for them. They had reyer

beauties, and lottie

lhe

seen anything

Surnell

children

sounded

as

and Kezia looked pleased.

ing litle washerwo'Tlan,

like il in their lives, AII the rcoms

who went about trom

house to house b,

the day. This was awful

enough.

was MI. Kel...

ey7 Nobody

Wf!fe papered. There were pietures on the '1.'alls,

But ,urry

painted on the paper, with gold frames complete.

reached the tarreo:! palings7

Red carpet

ground the bell had begun to jangleS, They o.,ly

prison So they were the daughte's

just had time to v.hip off ther hats and fall into

woman and a gaolbird14.

kitchen;

coyered

all the floors

except the

red plush chairs in the drawing.room,

green in the dining-room;

tables, beds with real

as lhey might.

hne before

the

by the time they ~ad

of the boys' play-

roll was called.

Neyer mind.

bedclothes, a cradle, a stove, a dresser with tiny

IsabEoItried to mcke up for it by looking

plates and one bi';Jjug, Bul wha! Kezia liked nore

important

than anything, what she liked frightfully,

behind

wa~ the

lamp. It stood in lhe middle 01 the dining-room

table,

an exquisite

wh te globe. It was
ing though,

little amberl

e...
en

lamp wilh

and by whispering

something

hght it. Bul

inside that looked like oil,

stiff as though

dolls, who sprawled ery

t~ey had fainted

the dravving-

children!

was a stout1S,
Playt

me

carne and Isabel was surrounded.

girls ::If her class nearly fought

The

to put their arms

round her, to walk away with her, to beam flat.

the ~Iayground.

Nudging9,

And

they looked

il.

so conspicuous

The truth

was the,

giyen to her by the peo-

pie for whom she worked. Lit for instance, who

5he held quite

giggling'D

plain

child,

with

big frecHes,

carne :0 school in a dress made from a green

art-ser~e table-cloth

of the Burnells',

with

red

plush ~Ieeves from the Logans' curtains, Her hat.

perched on top al her high forehead,

a court under the .,uge pine trel?'Sat the sirle 01

The father and rrother

people's

Mrs. Kelvey made them

were dressed in "bi:s.

to tell you at playtme. "

leringly, to be her spedal friend,

and that moyed when you sho:k it

Why

of a washer-

Very nice company far

was hard to understand.

her hand to the girls near her, "Got

fiUed all ready for light-

of (Ourse, you couldn't

there was somelhing

and mysterious

other

very

But where

knew for certain. BJt eyerybody said he was in

grown.up

woman's

Miss lKky,

together,

was a

hat, once the property

the postmistress16.

It 'Nas lurned

of
up

the liule girls pressed up close. And the only

at the back and trimmed

lwo who stayed outside the rin;) were the two

quill17.

ups1airs, were really too blg for the doll's hOJse.

who

impossible not ta laugh. And her httle sister, our

They didn't

They knew

room,

and

their

two

little

look as though

the lamp was perfect.

10

children

as~ep

they belonged,

It seemed

But

lo smile to

were

always

outside,

better

than11

the litt!e

Kelveys.

to come anywhere

Else, wore

near the Burnells.

with

a !arge scarlet

hUle guy she looked I It was

a long whlte

dress, rather

like a

whate\'er our Else wore she would ha ...

e looked
For the faet was, the school the Surnell children

strange, 5he was a tiny wishbone1S

went to was not at all the kind of place their

with cropped ha ir and enormous

The Burnell children could harcly walk to school

fast enough the next morning, They burned to 'e1l4

parents would

E.'Verybody,to describe, to - wel - to boast atoot

any choice. Bul there was none. It was the only

smile;

thei' doll's house befare the school-bell rango

school for miles, And the consequence

througl

the children

1 slab:

el

nightgoJwn, and a p"ir of little bcy's boots. But

Kezia, to say, "11 ve here." The lamp was re~1.

VOCABULARY

What

have chosen if there had been

in the neighborhood,

was all

the judge's

a Iittle white
she

owl. Nabady
scareely

life holding

Ul's skirt screwed

ever

01 a child

solemn eyes --

had ever seen her

spoke.

She went

on to lil, w th a piece of
up in her hand. Where

UI

a largc, rhick, flar picec of solid n~arcriat. in pa~ticular stonc. concrere, or heavy (ood 1

2 pried (it) open:

ro mo ...
e or Iift somcrhing

by

1 3 amber: a deep ycllow color, rhe natural color of a hard yellowish 10 brownish transluccnt fossil resin u.sed
for .icv.'c1ry 1 4 burn(ed) to te U: to fed a mong need or }'ea.rn tO 5ay something or [O rdl a secret 1 5 bossy: fond of or prone to giving orders

pre5siog a tool against a fixed poim

1 6 traipse(ing): ro walk around casually or wirholll a specific dcnination I 7 pallng(s):.t fence formfd by alinc o: poimed stakes plantcd io
1 8 jangle: make or cause to make a ringing metallic sound 1 9 nudge(ing): ro push (some:mc or somerhing) gentl}', 50melirn~5 ro
ger someone's anemion I 10 giggle(ing): ro laugh audibl}' but not loudly, samelimes withour meaning to, in a way that is characreristic of children
1 11 knew better than (know better than): ro be wise or moral enough not to do sornething 112 shun(ned): to ignore someone and
Ilor speak ro thcm nccause your don'r likc r11t:111
or }'OU "anllOI accepr rhcir bchaviour or belicfs 113 spry: (e!pedal1y of older peorle) active and able
ro move quickly and energctically
1 14 gaolbird: (old.fashioned)
a person who has becn in prison I 15 stout: quite fat Jnd solid-looking,
espedallr around rhe wain 1 16 postmistress: a wo:nan who is b chargc of a POst omee 117 quill: a large sdff (carher from a bird's wing or
tai!, or lhe hollow shaft of such a feather 118 wishbone: the V-shaped bone fO:.lIld berween the bream oi a ehkken 01 orher bird, cspedally one
the ground

from a eooked bird which,

when broken by rwo peoplc, entitles rhe holder of the longer porrioll

to make a w..sh.

46

The Dolls HOl/se

510RYHLLING

In the playground, on
the road 90in9 10 and from 5(1'1001.1here was lil

went our Etse followed.

Even the dinner

'lour was given up to talking

Ullocked

up from her dinner. She wrapped

about it. The little girls sat under the pines eat.

rest quickly away. Our Else stopped

marching in front and our Else holding on

ing tlleir thiek mLtton

What was coming now7

behind.

of

Only when

she Wll'lted

anythin9.

or

when she was out 01 breath, our Else gavE UI

tug19,

l twitch,

raund.

The Kelveys never failed to under>tand

!nd UI stopped

and t\Jrned

,ohnny

always,

cake

sandwiches and big slabs

spread

with

as near as they

butter.

While

get,

sat the

(ould

'15 it true you're gcing to be a servant when you

"el~eys, our Else 'lotding on to Lil, listening too,

grow up, UI Kelvey7" shriUed25 lena.

whie

Oead silence. But instead of answering,

they chewed their jam sandwiches

eath other.

a newspaper

Now they hovered20 at 1he edge; you (culdn't

Mother, " said Kezia, 'can't

st:lP them listening. When the liUle girls turned

rcund and sneered21 UI. as usual, gave her silly.

just once?'

shamefaced smile. but our Else only lookej.

"Certainly

out of

gave her silly, shame.faced

soaked with large red blobs.

the

chewin~.

Ul only

smile. She didn't

seem to mind the question at all. What a seU far

I ask the Kelveys

Lena The girls began to titter26.

lena couldn't
not, Kezia.'

so did 1he beds with

real bedclothes.

anj

1he

"Run away. Kezia; you know

quite

weU why

not."

had seen it except them

that day the sUbject rather

g:Jtten the lamp, Isabel."

the dinner

hour. lhe

under

pine trees, and suddenly,

"Oh, yes," said Isabel, 'and

white

globe

t'lat

table. You couldn't

there's a teeny22

of yelfow

stands

glass, with

on the dining.room

teH it from a real one."

the

tllought

Isabel wasn't

mabng

enough

of

lamp.

little

nobody paid a1y attent;on.

them

and see it. She chose

girls rushed

thing to have said

away

in a body,

listenng,

to them.

so fast, or do such daring

things

as on that

morning.

they

Emmie :::ole

In th~ afternoon

Pat called for the Burnell children

with the buggy and they drove home. There were

upstairs to change their pina~ores. But Kezia

thie\ed out28 at the back. Nobody was about;
she began to swing on the big white gates of the

how

Surnell,

said Isabel

saw two tittle dols. They 9rew bigger, they wefe

and she made eyes at

awfull"

comng towards. her. Now she could see !hat one

Emmie.

~~~t
},~1

f.ut when the others knew Ihey

was in front and one clase behind. Now she (Quid

see !hat they we'e

:mmie

swallowed

meaning

v- -.-.,_O'

way

and

in

a very

nodded

to

Isabel as she'd seen her mother

.
1. ~

be nice enough lo Isabel.

do on Ihose occasions.

the Kelveys. Kezia stopped

S'Nirging, She slipped off the g3te as if she was

going

to run away. Then she hesitated.

The

KelV:!ys carne nearer, and beside them walked

their shadows, very long, stretehrng righl across

arms

lsabel's waist and walked

a long rope, and they oegan skipping.

And never did they skip SO higr, run in and out

visitors. Isabel and Lottie, who liked visitors, went

"O-oh,

Ihat

Iheir

found

courtyard. Presently, looking along the road, she

Cole and Lena Logan.

off. They had something

always

she grows up."

were all to have a chance, they

round

as they

'Lil Kelvey's go;ng to be a servant when

Isabel

afternoon

put

together

started the whisper.

half

back with

(Quldn't

stood

On

It was

But

to come

One by one they

flagged23.

childre1

by themselves,
to be horrid24

wanted

was choosing the two who were

Emmie

Iittle

looked at the Kelveys eating out of their paper,

always

"The lamp's best of a1l," cried Kezia. She

the

the

deeply, deeply excited, wild with joyo $Omeone

At last everybody

a1l made

lhis was such a marvellous

that

When she finished Kezia broke in. 'You'..e 10r-

lamp,

in

-But why not7"

stove with an oven dooT.

liule

'Vah, yer father's

she hissed27, spitefully,

prisonl'

Ar'ld lsabel's voiee. so very proud, went 01'1

tE"1Iing.The carpet made l great sensation, but

stand that. She p'Jt her hands on

her hps; she shot forward.

the 'oad with their heads in the buttercups, Kezia

her

'11'5 tr Je .it's true -it's true,'

she said,

lo whisper to her,

c1ambered29 back on the gate; she had made up

her Tlind: she sWLng out.

a secrel. "Isabel's my friend."

lhen

lena log2n's

ask her?'

little eyes snapped.

"Shall 1

she whispered.

"Hu lo.'

she said to the passrng Kelveys.

Only the little Kelveys moved away forgatten;

Ihere was nothing

more for them to hear

"Bet you don't,.

said Jessie May.

The, were so astounded

that Ihey stopped

UI

gave her silly smile, Dur Else stared.

Days passed, and as more

(hildren

SON

the

'Poch, l'm not frightened.'

doll's house, ~he fame of It spread, It ~came

she gave

the one subject,

the other girls. 'Watchl

was,

the rage

The one q(;estion

"Have you seen Burnells'

"Oh, ain't it lovelyl"

"Haven't

1sayl"

doll's house7"
you seen t7 Oh,

nowl'

s3id Lena. Suddenly

httle squeal and danced in front of

Watch me! WalC1 me

said lena, And sliding, g!iding, dragging

or,e foot, giggfing

behind her hand, lena went

"Ycu can come and see our dotl's house If fOU

want to,'

Bul at that lil lurned

one toe
red and

sho)k her head cuickly.

over to the Ke!\'eys.

"W'y

_VOC~B_U~R_Y

said Kezia, and she dragged

on he ground,

no!?'

asked Kezia

19 tug: a sharp forceful pull120 hover(ed): to 'Nail near a per~on or place, lISu;llly in ~ ncr"ou~. inquisitive. or cxpcetant way 121 sneer(ed):
to feel or show scorn. comcmpt. or hostiliry, c:ither in ~peech or facial expre~~ion in which lh(' llpptr lip myhe rahed 122 teeny: (ustd informally)
v('r)' smalll 23 flag(ged): t becone less importam or interc:sting I 24 horrid: (old-f.uhioncd, informal) unplcaunr or unkind; nast}' t 25
shrill(ed): ro uuer somcthing in a high~pitchcd pcm.trating vokc I 26 titter: ttl laugh <}llic::dyor giggle in a self-wllScious or I1Crvou~way 1 21
hiss(ed): whispcr somerhing in an urgen! or angry way 1 28 thief(ved) out: ro go out secretly and wilhout heing sttn 1 29 clamber{ed):
to dimb up. 3CrosSor inro somewhcre widl difficulry, using rhe hanos and rhe fe-cr1 30 gasp(ed): ro take a shon quick brearh [hrough the mourh,
especially because of surprisc, pain ur shock; or w say somelhing with a sudden shon audible inrakc of breath 1 31 frown(ing): ro sllow ;1 facj;]
exprcs,~ion of displeasurc or concentratbn by wrinkling [he brow 1 32 snort(ed): lO make a harsh sound by forcing air Ihrough the nostrils or 10
express a fecHng, espedall)' of cOlllcmpt or impatiencc. by snoning I 33 shoo(ed) (them) out: ro s~y 'shoo!' and gesrure to a ,hild or anim31 [O
go awa)' I 34 scolding: ro teH olf sonlcone of whose behaviour you disapprove I 3S humming: ro jog wi,hour opeoing your mouth

LEVEL5

ADVANCED

I PROFICIENCY

Lil gaspedJo then she said . Your ma told our ma you wasn't to speak to us.'

.Ch, welJ,' sald Kezia, She didn't know what to reply "11doesn'l matter. You can come
and see our doll's house al! the same.

Corre

on. Nobody's

looking:

Bul Lil shook her head still harder.

Don'1 you want to7" asked Kezla.

Suddenly there Ylas a twitch.

a tug al til's dc.irt. $he turned rcund. Ol,.r Else was look.
ing al her with big. Imploring eyes; she was frowning31; she wanted to 90. Far a
mament U! looked at our Else very doubtfull)_ But then QU' Else tWltched her skirt again.
She started forwtrd. Kezia led :he way. Like lWO Iittle stray cats they folk)wed across t,e
courtyard to where the doll's t-ouse stood
There it s,' said Kezia.

There was a pause, til breathed loudly, almo;t snorle(jl2;

The following verbs express

ways of <ommunicating and
showing feelings. Use them to
in these
sentence making the necessary
changes.

nudge I giggle I shun

sneer I shrill I titter I gasp
frown I shoo sbdy out

our Else was stdl as a stonE,

al

He ...

......... his sister oH the sofa

"1'11open it for you, " said Kezia kindly, She cndid the hook and they looked nside.
50 that he could sit down.
"There's the dravvJng-room ano the dimng-room,

and that's the."

b) The old lady usually feeds stray cats but

"Kezia"

yesterday, she
........... of her garden.

Oh, \..
hat a start they gavel

'Keza!

the cats

e) They walked past the Kelveys with their

'

heads in the air, and as the, set the fas1ion

It was Aunt Beryl's voice. They turned round. At tlle back door stoad Aunt Beryl, staring as If she couldn'l

beheve what she saw.

in all matters al behaviour, the Kelveys were

- HolJ\. dare you as~ the little Kelveys into the courtyard?"

away at once. And don't

come back agam, " s~d Aunt Bery . And she stepped into the

yard itnd shooed them out]]

'Off you go immediately!'

as if they were cnickens.

031009

with shame. shrinldng

like her mother, our Else dazed, somehJw

squeezed th/ough

by everybody.

d) She'lI probably

at my new

shoes because t1ey're not e<pensive.

e) With a high"pitched penetrating voice

she called, eold and proud.

Tl1ey cid not need telling twiee. Bwning

..

said her cold, furious voiee.

"You know as well as Ido, you're not allowed to talk to thf'm. Run away, ehildren, run

logether.

UI huddling

they erossed !he bg c0unyard

aod

the white gale

lena

: "Is it true you're going

to be a servant when you grow up, lil

Kelvey?"

"Wieked,

dlsobediert

little glrl!"

said Aunt Ber}'1 bitterly lO Kezia, ilnd she slammed the

f) The younger teachers ...

doll's house too

lhe aftrnoon

had been awlul. A letter had come from Wii!ie BIen!, a terrilying,

threat.

ening (euer, silying il she dld not meet h1m tha: evenmg in Fulman's Bush, he'd come
to the tront door anc osk the reason whyl But row that she hild frightened
raBo of KeJveys and given Kezia a goOO scoldingl4,

....... at

the student's smutty jokes.

9) When she saw the money hidden in the

those hUle

her heart felt lighter. That ghastly

box she

in surprrse

pressure was gone. S'le went baek to the house humming35.

h) Our Else was looking at her with big,

When the Kelveys we~e well out 01 sight of Burn~Us', they sal down to rest on a big red
drain-plpe

by the sidE of lhe road. ld's eheeks viere stiU burning:

she took off the hat

wlth tne quifl and held it on her knee. Dreamlly ttey looked over the hay paddoeks, past
thp creek, la the grOJp of wattles

where logan's

cows stood walting

implormg eyes; s~e was

..

; she

wanted to 90.

to be milked.

i) The girls

What were thelr thoughts1

Presenlly our Else nudged up elose to her sister. Bul no\V she had forgotten

the eross

when the rack

star came into the c1assroom.

lady Sh' put out a fin~er aod stroked her sster's qull: she sm,l'd her rare smile.
"1 seen the hUI' lamp,"

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ARnClE & MORE EXERCISES

47

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"Indiana Jones and the
Kingdom of the Crystal
Skull" hitted theaters1 this
year. How much do you
know about Indiana Jones
and the previous three
movies?
1. Who was originally cast as Indiana
Jones, but had to clrop out 2 because
of a scheduling3 confliet?
A. Tom Sell",

5. True or false: lhe first three films are

B. Nick Nolte

sequential and follow a proper timeJine.

C. Danny OeVito

A. True

D. Tim Matheson

B. False

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the lsraelites as they searched for the

PDmised land, and it helped destroy the

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"Indiana," just Iike the chara(ter did,
when he was a child?

A. Sl",n Spielberg
8. Harrison Ford

C. George lucas
D. Sean Connery
3.lndy says. "tt's not the years. honey,
t's the mileage4." in what film?

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censtructed a temple and placed it in the
inner sanetum, the '"Holy of Halies.'" After
t~e Babylonians plundered 10 the Temple.
it vanishes into myth.
C. According to the movie, the fietional

Arthaeologltallinds

hMdpiece was inscribed on two sides.

Joln these treasures unearthed 7 by

Vlhen both sides were read properly, the

Indiana Jones with their corresponding

headpiece would reveal how tal! they

reeded to be in arder for the sun to hit the

B. "Temple of Doom"
C. "last Crusade.

descriptions.
,. Golden Idol
2. HeadpieceB of the Staff9 of Ra
3. The Ark of the (ovenant

D. Indy didn't say that.

4. Sankara Stones

A Raiders of the Lost Ark"

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jewel at its (enter.

O. lt was said to be the CUD that Jesus
Christ drank from at the last Supper, and
lhe cup which Joseph of Arimathea caught
Christ's blood in when Christ was removed
from the cross. The majar s:rand 11 of its

4. What is the name of the club in the

opening sequence 5 of "Temple of

A. They a"e really "'lingas. or sacred Hindu

Doom"7

symbols. Rlmmaker George lucas created me

A. The Force
B. Club Obi Wan

fictional, which are used to grant fertility to

Shiva's worshipers. Real lingas can be small

C. Star Club

enough to be used as amulets or large and set

D. l'1e Han Club

in altars.

Iegend probably started wi:h Chretien de

Troyes. a French poet of the 12th (entuT)!.
E.lt is fictional. but is based on an actual
Altee statue known as the goddess of
obstetrics 12.
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26 I Personalities: Gandhi
Sixty y~arsaher his death, he is still a majar pre~ence00 che

world

Sfage.

Since his assa.s.sination

of a Hindu cxncmist,

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Jan. 30, 1948.

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Gandhi has had a global impacto

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