Song by Stevie Wonder

Very superstitious

Very superstitious, writing's on the wall,
Very superstitious, ladders bout' to fall,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass
Seven years of bad luck, the good things in your past.

oo When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way

Very superstitious, wash your face and hands,
Rid me of the problem, do all that you can,
Keep me in a daydream, keep me goin' strong,
You don't wanna save me, sad is my song.

When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way, yeh, yeh.

Very superstitious, nothin' more to say,
Very superstitious, the devil's on his way,
Thirteen month old baby, broke the lookin' glass,
Seven years of bad luck, good things in your past

When you believe in things that you don't understand,
Then you suffer,
Superstition ain't the way, no, no, no
shut up!

T 23. [1.105]

Policeman: Your surname is Jones, isn`t it?

Suspect: Yes it is.

P And you are 27, aren`t you?

S Yes, that`s right.

P You weren`t at home last night at 8.00, were you?

S No, I wasn`t. I was at the pub.

P But you don`t have any witnesses, do you?

S Yes, I do. My brother was with me.

P Your brother wasn`t with you, was he?

S How do you know?

P Because he has at the police station. We arrested him last night.

T24. [1.87]

1. I was in a taxi in Greece, in Athens, and I was going into the centre to do some shopping and the taxi driver started chatting to me. He asked me where I was from. When I said I was English, he started getting really aggressive. He said that he didn't like the English and that all English people were football hooligans. He went on and on - he just wouldn't stop. I got really annoyed. I mean I thought, 'Why do I have to listen to all of this'. So I asked him to stop the taxi and let me get out. Luckily, he stopped and I got out - and of course, I didn't pay him anything.

2.This happened to me recently when I was travelling around France on business. I was really tired because I'd been working and travelling all day. Anyway, when I got to the hotel in Toulouse - it was the evening -1 checked in and the receptionist gave me the key to my room. So I went up to my room and opened the door, but it was a complete mess! The bed wasn't made, there were dirty towels on the floor and the bathroom was filthy. I went downstairs and told the receptionist and he said that I would have to wait for half an hour while they prepared the room. But I was exhausted and needed to rest, so I told him to give me another room straightaway. Luckily he did.

3.This happened to me last week. I went to a restaurant in London with my family to celebrate my dad's birthday. Anyway, my dad ordered ravioli and when his dish arrived he saw that it had a long, black hair in it. So he asked the waitress to take it back and bring him another one. She brought him another plate of ravioli and it was fine, and we finished our meal. But when my dad asked for the bill, he saw that they had charged us for the ravioli. He didn't think that was right. He thought the ravioli

should be free because he had found a hair in it. So he asked the waitress to take it off the bill. She went away and spoke to the manager, and he came and apologized and he took the ravioli off the bill.

T 25.

1. There is a towel on the floor. Pick it up

2. I hate this music. Switch it off

3. Your jacket’s on the chair. Put it away

4. You don’t need a coat. Take it off

5. I can’t hear the TV. Turn it up

6. Coffee is bad for you. Give it up

T26. [1.111]

Claire Well, it wouldn't be electric light because I love candles. And I could live without a washing machine for a week -1 often do when I'm on holiday. I think I would miss a fridge though -I'd hate not to have cold drinks, and it would mean having to go shopping every day for food or it would go off. So a fridge would be one thing, and then probably my laptop. It has a battery, but I could only use it for three hours or so without charging it. So I wouldn't be able to do much work.

Andy Er well, it depends. I'd quite miss the TV, but I suppose I could live without it for a week if I had to. And, er, what else - oh no, my mobile. I wouldn't be able to charge it. I couldn't live without my mobile. I mean that's how I keep in touch with all my friends. And my MP3 player. I need my music. Yes, definitely those two.

Julia I think for me it would have to be first and foremost the dishwasher. Because with a family and so much washing up, I would just be over the sink for ever. It would be a nightmare for me to have no dishwasher and I've got so used to it. So that would be the first thing. And the second thing, probably again because of having a family, a young family, would be an iron, because there's so much ironing and if I had to go without that, everyone would look terrible. Nobody would look smart. So those would be my two things.

Tyler Well, I suppose the first thing I'd miss most would be my mobile phone, because I couldn't charge it up, so I couldn't use it, and I'd get very upset about that. There are some people's numbers that are only stored in the phone. I haven't got them written down, and I wouldn't be able to get in touch with those people. So mobile phone. And the other thing I'd miss would be, electricity, em if the electricity had gone, would be the lights, at this time of year especially, when the days are short, the mornings are dark, early afternoon, late afternoon's dark too. I'd miss lights as well. So mobile phone and lights.

T 27. For and against. You will hear people talking about inventions, and saying whether they think they have had a good or bad effect on people’s lifstyles.

a Which invention is each speaker talking about?

b Think of an argument that gives a different point of view about each invention.

1. Well I have to get up very early in the morning, so I have to go to bed very early the night before. So it’s great for me because I can, when there’s good programmes on, I can record them late at night and watch them later on.

2. The problem is they just taste so awful. In the old days food used to really taste of something, but this stuff just tastes of nothing.

3. In the old days, say fifty years ago, nobody knew what was going on in the world. But nowadays you can actually see what’s happening anywhere in the world, almost as it’s happening.

4. I type with tow fingers, and when I used to type letters I’d always make a mistake and then have to type the whole letter over again – drove me crazy. But now I can just correct it on the screen as I go along, and when I’m happy with it I’m finished. It’s perfect, brilliant.

5. At school I learnt how to add up in my head, and children just can’t do that any more. My son can’t add up at all.

T 28. In five years’ time

You will hear someone being interviewed about her present life and future plans. What does she say about

- work? - travel?

- marriage? - a place to live?

- children? - money?

A So when are you planning to leave for Australia?

B I’ll be going in a few months’ time. I’m supposed to be staying there at least five years, but I don’t know, I’ll have to wait and see if I like it.

A And do you have a job to go to?

B Oh yes, I’m a nurse. I’m going mainly for the job that I’ve found there. I found quite a good job in a university hospital, and I get a free apartment and I’ll be earning twice as much as I do now, it’s not bad.

A That’s good. Are you going by yourself?

B No, no I’m going with my boyfriend, who will by then be my husband. We’re getting married before we go.

A And is he going to be working out there?

B Well hopefully he’ll find a teaching job out there.

A And will you stay in one place in Australia?

B Oh I hope not. We really want to travel as much as possible. There’s so much to see, I mean whole of the Far East and the Pacific Islands, yeah.

A So you won’t to be starting a family straight away?

B Er, not just yet.

Think of her in five years’ time. What will her life be like? What will she be doing? What will she have done?

Now think of yourself in five years’ time. Which of these things do you think will be true?

	I’ll be married.
	I’ll still be living in the same place.
	I will have travelled round the world.
	I will have three children.
	I’ll be working in an office.
	I will have written a novel.

What else will you be doing?

What else will you have done?

Compare your answers with you partner’s.

T 29.

A= Announcer

A: It has been confirmed that is collision with a flock of birds caused US Airways Flight 1549 to crash-land on the Hudson River in New York on January the 15^th, 2009.All 155 passengers and crew survived the landing on the water, which made headlines round the world.

A: It has been confirmed that a collision with a flock of birds caused US Airways Flight 1549 to crash-land on the Hudson River in New York on January the 15th, 2009. All 155 passengers and crew survived the landing on the water, which made headlines round the world. The flight left New York's LaGuardia Airport at 15:26 local time headed for Charlotte in North Carolina. It was in the air for less than three minutes before the pilot, Captain Chesley В Sullenberger, reported the collision with the birds and the loss of power to both engines of the aircraft. The plane hac only managed to reach a top altitude of 3 200 feet (about 975 metres).

At about 15:30 Captain Sullenberger took the decision to land the plane on the water that divides Manhattan from New Jersey. Apart from one person who had broken legs, none of the people on board suffered serious injuries. The passengers and crew were safely evacuated from the plane and picked up by commercial ferries and water rescue vehicles. Captain Sullenberger was the last person to leave the aircraft.

The crew, and particularly Captain Sullenberger, were described as heroes for their actions by both the governor and mayor of New York. Former US president George Bush praised the pilot for his 'amazing skills in bringing his plane down safely, for his bravery, and for his heroic efforts to ensure the safety of his passengers and the people in the area'.

Although this event may sound like just a freakish accident, birds represent an ongoing problem for the aviation industry. A spokesman from the US Federal Aviation Administration said, Aircraft are being struck every day by birds-the reason you don't hear so much about them is they are designed to take these impacts... But once you get to large flocks or large birds striking at a critical moment, that's where these events hit the news.'

It is thought that the loss of power to both engines on Flight 1549 was caused by hitting a flock of Canada geese, which can weigh from 1.5-5.5 kilos each. Overall, the FAA received almost 76000 reports of bird strikes between 1990 and 2007. Statistics show that 219 people have died since 1988 in incidents involving animals colliding with planes and the overall cost of damage to aircraft in the US is estimated at 600 million dollars.

T.30

Funeral Blues

Stop all the clocks, cut off the telephone,

Prevent the dog from barking with a juicy bone,

Silence the pianos and with muffled drum

Bring out the coffin, let the mourners come.

Let aero planes circle moaning overhead

Scribbling on the sky the message He Is Dead,

Put crepe bows round the white necks of the public doves,

Let the traffic policemen wear black cotton gloves.

He was my North, my South, my East and West,

My working week and my Sunday rest,

My noon, my midnight, my talk, my song;

I thought love would last forever: I was wrong.

The stars are not wanted now: put out every one;

Pack up the moon and dismantle the sun;

Pour away the ocean and sweep up the wood.

For nothing now can ever come to any good.

WH Auden(1907-1973)

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