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Swissair Intensifies Unicef Commitment2
Boxers teach bullied pupils to hit back3
Good Eggs4
Drunken wife's smash with police5
Butt seriously this is worth £1,5006
Dentist's painful way to extract payment 7 Quick gun check system crawls to a startCONTENTS
Contents Collecting mon-ey for Unicef Boxing courses for bullied pupils Dinosaur eggs found Accident caused by a drunken driver Selling famous people's things at an auction Conflict between a den-tist and non-paying clients A new system of checking gun buyers in the USA Grammar reminder Passive voice Infinitive and -ing structures Relative clauses Simple past • Past continuous • Past perfect Passive voice Causative Present and Past partici-pIes References to topics Charities • Travelling by air • Money • The euro • International organisa tions Sports • Stress at school • Aggression • Building self-confi-dence Animals • Zoo • Endangered species • Nature parks • Environmental protection Driving • Traffic • Accidents • Police • Male/female differences Famous people • Being a star • Collecting things • Hobbies At the doctor's • Health care • Handling conflictsWeapons • The right for self-defence • Crimes • Police • Hunting • War and peace 9 15
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UNIT 1
Swissair Intensifies Unicef Commitment
Before you read
Task You can see both sides of an envelope that can be found on Swissair flights. Look at it and match the right caption (a-d) with pictures 1-4 on the envelope.
a) MAKE A DONATION TO UNICEF, PLEASE PUT THE MONEY IN THIS BAG
b) UNICEF AND THE CHILDREN OF THE WORLD THANK YOU FROM THE BOTTOM OF THEIR HEARTS
c) IF YOU HAVE FOREIGN CURRENCY LEFT OVER IN YOUR POCKETS AND WOULD LIKE TO
d) AND HAND IT TO THE FLIGHT ATTENDANT
Please help the children
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world
Danke - Thank you - Gracias - Merciunicef~~
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Name Address ZIP c(Jde,Clty,Coun!rySWlssalr.,~" SWISS Committee for UNICE::f-Crl-8050 iWlch P~·lonp +.11 1 '{ 1 .' bL
Task Discuss the following questions in pairs or sma" groups.
1. Do you think it is a good idea to collect donations for UNICEF in this way? Why/why not? 2. Have you ever taken part in any charity activity? If so, what was it?
Read the text
Change for Good
Swissair Intensifies Unicef Commitment
A As of the beginning of October, Swissair, together with UBS, is expanding its commitment to Unicef within the framework of the program Change for
Good. Whereas formerly collections for 5 C the children of the world were only
car-ried out on long-haul flights, they will now also take place on short-haul routes. B Thanks to this aid program, over 8
mil-lion dollars has been collected by 13 air- 10
lines (Swissair passengers alone con-tributed CHF 900,000 for two years.) The idea behind the campaign is as sim-ple as it is obvious: experience has shown that each international passenger returns 15
to his home country with approximately three francs worth of foreign money -coins that cannot be changed back into
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his own currency. Instead of having this change land in a drawer somewhere, it can be used to improve the quality of life 20
of children worldwide.
For this purpose, specially marked envelopes have been placed in the seat pockets on short-haul flights (on long-haul flights they are inside the plastic 25 bag that contains your headphones). You can place any amount of small change -in any currency - -in these envelopes and hand them to your flight attendant dur-ing your trip. The entire amount of the 30
change that is collected is turned over to Unicef, which also supports the charities sponsored by the Swissair Foundation.
(Swissair Gazette)
Task Choose the best answers to these questions according to the text. Circle a), b) or c).
1. From this October Swissair will
a) start its new program Change for Good.
b) join the other 12 airlines in the program Change for Good. c) modify the program Change for Good.
2. Experience has shown that people
a) easily give as much as 3 francs for charity.
b) have about 3 francs in foreign currency when returning home. c) are happy not to take home foreign change.
3. You are asked to put
a) any small change in the envelopes.
b) a minimum of three francs in the envelopes. c) notes and coins in separate envelopes.
Task Find the words in the text which the following words refer to. Write them in the spaces provided.
1. its (linc 2) ... . 5. his (1i11c 18)
2. they (Iinc 7) ... . 6. it (linc 19)
3. it (linc 14) 7. they (linc 25)
4. his (lillc 16) 8. them ((inc 29) ... .
Vocabulary development
Task Decide if the following words are used as verbs or nouns in the text by writing
verb or noun in the spaces provided.
1. place (Ii flC 8) 6. land ((inc 19)
2. campaign (linc 13) ... . 7. place (linc 27 ) 3. experience (lillc 14) ... . 8. hand (linc 29) 4. returns (lillc IS) 9. trip (lillc 30) 5. change (linc 19) 10. supports (linc 32)
Task Use the words in the box either as nouns or verbs to fill in the gaps in the following paragraph. Change the form of the words if necessary. You will not need 2 of the words.
campaign • return • land • hands • trip • experience • change • place • support
I like animals that is why I ...
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the Cats Protection League, which runs a very effective ... (]) to protect the cats' rights. Of course you have to be careful to... ®
your money in a trust-worthy charity but they have got a lot of... @) in how to use the aid in the best way. Some people say charity will not
... ®
the world and you can never know where your money will... ®
or who will lay theirTask In Column A you can find words from the text. Fill the gaps in the sentences in Column B with the correct form of each word.
Column A Column B
1. INTENSIFY He is learning English on an ... course. 2. COMMITMENT I asked her what she thought but she refused to
... herself.
3. EXPAND Nothing can stop their economic ... . 4. FLIGHT I am ... out to Hong Kong tomorrow.
5. COLLECT He has got a fine ... of paintings. 6. CONTRIBUTE Thank you for your ... .
7. IMPROVE My teacher wrote on my test: 'This is a great ... !' 8. CONTAIN The ... of your essay is excellent.
Task Find expressions in the text which could replace the underlined expressions in the summary. Write the expressions in the spaces provided.
Thanks to the program Change for Good, more than (par B) 8 million dollars has been collected. The collections will be performed (par A) both on short- and long-haul flights in the future. We know from experience that each interna-tional passenger arrives home with about (par B) three francs worth of metal money (par B). Passengers are asked to place any quantity (par C) of small change in special envelopes and to give (par C) them to their steward or stewardess (par C) during the trip. The total (par C) sum of money that is collected is given to (par C) Unicef, which will use it to improve the quality of life of children all over the world (par B).
1 ... . 2 ... . 3 ... . 4 ... . 5 ... . 6 ... . 7 ... . 8 ... . 9 ... . 10 ... .
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Combine each expression in Box A with a preposition in Box B. Fill in the gaps with the completed expressions. You can refer back to the text to see how the expressions were used there.A
instead ... (par B) ... this purpose (par C)
the idea ... (par B) thanks ... (par B)
as ... (par A) ... the framework (par A)
B of (2 x) to behind for within
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November new rules will be introduced at ten Somerset pubs... ®
of a cultural campaign ...®
the campaign is that there is too much bad language in pubs and something should be done against it ... @) putting up with it ...®,
special 'swear boxes' will be installed and the money collected will be turned over to charity. ...®
the White Hart pub in Taunton, which has piloted the 'swear box' for half a year, £500 has been raised for a hospital baby unit.Grammar reminder -
Passive voice
Task Study the following extracts from the text and change the sentences (1-10) below into the Passive .
... collections were only carried out on long-haul flights ... ... over 8 million dollars has been collected ...
.... coins that cannot be changed back ...
... it can be used to improve the quality of life ... ... specially marked envelopes have been placed ... ... the entire amollnt is turned over to Unicef ...
1. Three snowballs hit the professor.
2. Children cannot open these bottles easily.
3. His teachers were discussing his oral exam right in front of him.
5. They will collect the fines on Tuesday.
6. My son has eaten all the homemade cookies.
7. Someone is interviewing Pat at the moment.
8. Customers must not use that door.
9. The government built a road right outside her front door.
10. We will celebrate his birthday on Saturday.
Follow-up activities
1. Discuss in pairs or small groups which methods of collecting money for charity are the most effective. Complete the list if necessary.
• Street collection • Door-to-door collection • Church collection • Collection at work • Shop-counter collection • Television appeal • Appeal letter • Appeal advertisement • Raffle tickets • Charity event • Jumble sale • Charity shop
2. Write a paragraph of approximately 80-100 words about a charity campaign that you approved of/disapproved of very much. Give your reasons for your likes or dislikes.
UNIT 2
Boxers teach bullied pupils to hit back
Before you read
Task Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups.
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1. Have you ever experienced bullying in your school?
2. What could be done against bullying? 3. How can you help young people gain
self-confidence?
4. Why are Japanese sports such as aikido or karate so popular these days? 5. What do you think of boxing?
Task Write the names of the different kinds of sports in the chart below. Some sports may belong to more than one category. Collect more sports to complete the lists.
aikido • basketball • boxing • diving • fishing • football • golf • handball • high-jump • horse-riding • hunting • ice-hockey • judo • karate • long-jump • rowing • running • sailing • shooting • skating • skiing • surfing • swimming • throwing the javelin • volleyball • water-polo • wrestling
Water sports
Athletic sports
* frightening or hurting a weaker person
Team sports Winter sports Fighting sports Country sports
Read the text
Boxers teach bullied pupils to hit back
A A Women-Only boxing club thinks it 1has an answer to school bullies - teach-ing victims how to defend themselves. B Jayne Mowbray, Britain's first female
boxing coach, has opened one of her 5
three weekly sessions at the Dunferm-line club to youngsters of both sexes who are being bullied. "It's something we don't advertise," she said, "but any kids who have been bullied are welcome 10
to come along with their parents. The idea isn't to equip them to hit back but to build their self-confidence by showing them how to hit the punch-bags and moves in sparring so they can stand up 15
for themselves if necessary".
C More than a dozen bullied teenage boys, and a couple of girls, from the surround-ing Fife area have been tutored in the noble art by Miss Mowbray, 28, a social 20
worker. Among the first was the 14-year-old son of a primary-school teacher in Dunfermline. "Apart from other things, the bullies twisted his legs round a lamppost, and I decided that was 25
enough," his mother said. "I'm not an advocate of boxing - I hate to watch it on television - but I know Jayne and trust her judgement. My son had never thought about boxing until I took him 30
to Jayne's club, but what she has taught him has given him rules to live by. He now has the confidence to hold his head high and walk away, knowing he can handle himself if things turn nasty. But 35
he hasn't been bullied since."
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The 47-year-old teacher was so impressed that she subsequently joined the club herself, and now works out and spars with the 18 other females who attend 40what is believed to be the world's first boxing club run by women for women. Her 17-year-old daughter also donned headguard and gloves after watching her brother, and has taken boxing as part of 45
her Duke of Edinburgh Award certif-icate. "Although boxing gets a bad press, what happens here is not about knock-ing each on the head, or inflictknock-ing black eyes and bloody noses", her mother 50
says. "It's about learning how to defend yourself but also how to balance your-self properly and get into shape - I have lost nearly three stone. It is as much a social exercise as a physical one. Although S5 he enjoyed it and now knows how to box, my son has no desire to take it up seriously. He's quiet and more into com-puter studies, which is probably why he was a victim of bullying in the first 60
place."
E Miss Mowbray said: "We see the kids change in front of our eyes. Some are in their first year at high school and are quite small, but when they walk out of here 65
after a few sessions they are 10 feet tall, holding their heads high. We are not turn-ing them into instant fightturn-ing machines, simply boosting their confidence and building their self-esteem. 70
(The Independent on Sunday)
Task Fill in the gaps in this short summary with words from the text. Use the correct form of the words.
Jayne Mowbray is a ...
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and a ... @ She runs a ...®
in Dunfermline. She seems to be the first female coach who allows ...0
to attend boxing courses. In one of her weekly sessions sheis prepared to teach young boys and girls who ... @.
According to Miss Mowbray, punching will help young people ...
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themselves and build ... ...0
A primary-school teacher, who otherwise... ®
boxing, says that Miss Mowbray's course has ...®
her son... ®
to live by. Besides learning how to defend yourself, you may also get ... @ and lose some weight. Miss Mowbray says it's good to see young people learn to hold ... @.Task Find the expressions in the text which the following words refer to. Write them in the spaces provided.
1. it (hllc I) 5. I (/illc 26)
2. who (hllc 8) 6. her (lille 44)
3. them (hllc I.:;.) 7. he (lil1e 56)
4. his (lillc 24) 8. some (lillc 63)
Vocabulary development
Task Find the words in the text which have a similar meaning to the expressions below. Write them in the spaces provided.
1. woman ... (par B) 2. firm trust ... (par B) 3. boxing ... (par B) 4. deal with; control ... (par C) 5. afterwards ... (par D) 6. train the body ... (par D) 7. put on e. g. clothes ... (par D) 8. increase; help ... (par E)
Task Fill in the gaps in the following sentences with a word taken from the text. Use one word for each sentence from the box below.
surrounding • advocate of • subsequently • inflicting • balance • desire • boost 1. He is a lifelong ... environmental protection.
2. The new tax system is supposed to ... domestic production. 3. There are several distilleries in the ... area.
4. He ... decided to quit and start his own business. 5. He has always had a strong ... to get rich.
6. How long can you ... on one foot?
Task In Column A you can find words from the text. Fill in the gaps in the sen-tences in Column B with the correct form of each word.
Column A
1. DEFEND
2. EOUIP
Column B
The Great Wall in China was built as a ... against nomadic peoples.
They are a leading company in office ... .
3. MOVES She was a prominent figure of the ... to promote women's rights.
4. JUDGEMENT He's been appointed a High Court ... .
5. IMPRESSED You need to make a good ... if you'd like to get the job. 6. SOCIAL Marketing is a major activity in a consumer ... .
7. PRESS The ... of city life forces many people to move to small villages around Budapest.
8. ENJOYED The band was playing so loudly that it was hardly ... .
Task Complete the phrasal verbs with appropriate prepositions from the box. after • away • in • off (3 x) • on • over (2x) • round • through • to • up (2x)
1. 2. 3. 4. GET 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. 10. TAKE 11. 12. 13. 14. have a holiday start a journey
perform in a particular situation overcome or master sth
avoid regulations without acting illegally make contact by telephone
resemble (one's father or mother) in appearance or character make (e.g. a dress) narrower or tighter
(of an aeroplane) leave the ground and start to fly remove clothes from one's body
gain control of a business start sth (e.g. a job)
occupy a specified space or time
accompany sb to a place (e.g. the theatre)
Task Fill the gaps in the following sentences with the correct form of the verbs get or take.
1. I think I should ... this blouse in at the breast. 2. We'll have to ... off early in the morning.
3. My time is fully ... up with writing my dissertation.
4. The plane had to return to the airport 40 minutes after it had ... off. 5. After the concern ... over the company, more than 200 people were dismissed. 6. She's never been able to ... over the death of her parents.
7. He always ... his wife out to dinner on the anniversary of their wedding. 8. We'd love to ... away for a few days after the school year finishes for the kids. 9. He is going to ... up the new position next week.
10. How is your son ... on at school?
11. My granny always made us ... off our shoes in the hall before we entered her flat.
12. Lawyers have to be good at ... round regulations.
13. I've phoned a hundred times, but I haven't ... through to him yet.
Task Fill in the gaps with the words in the box below if it is necessary. You may need to use the same word more than once.
back • by • into • on • out • to • up
1. You make people's lives easier if you give the rules to live ... . 2. Nobody has an answer ... every question.
3. Many fathers think boys should be able to hit ... if they are hurt. 4. Many people joined ... the boxing club in Dunfermline.
5. I decided to take ... a special course in presentation skills. 6. I work ... regularly to keep fit.
7. He knocked his opponent ... the head so hard that he almost died. 8. Few people dare to stand ... for their rights.
9. Water turns ... ice when it freezes.
Grammar reminder -
Infinitive
and
-ing
structures
Task Study the following extract from the text. Re-write the sentences below using similar structures. Remember that sometimes you can use an -ing structure instead of the infinitive.
We see the kids change in (rant o( our eyes. (par E)
1. All the neighbours can hear when he sings opera arias in the bathroom.
2. The car crashed into the wall. Nobody saw it.
3. I saw them the other day. They were walking hand in hand.
4. They quarrelled so loudly last night that we could hear them through the wall.
Task Study the following extract from the text. Re-write the sentences below using similar structures.
The teacher and thet8 other females attend what is believed to be the worldls fi'rst boxing club. (par D)
1. Everybody believes that this is the best solution.
2. Everybody thinks that he earns a fortune in his new position.
3. Parents usually consider him a good maths teacher.
4. People think that top managers have a comfortable life.
5. Since he didn't come home after the war, everybody thinks he died at the front.
6. Pupils consider maths and physics difficult subjects.
7. Everybody believed that Peter had stolen the bicycle.
Task Fill in the gaps in the following sentences using the infinitive or the -ing form
of the verbs given.
1. They taught the kids how ... (DEFEND) themselves.
2. I've never had enough confidence ... (TELL) him what I thought.
3. I often think about ... (QUIT) my job and ... (MOVE) to a new place.
4. It might be difficult to believe, but she's always been an advocate of (WRESTLE).
5. Give her something ... (DRINK), please.
6. Small boys often become victims of ... (BULLY).
7. Anyone interested in folk traditions is welcome ... (JOIN) the folk dance club. 8. My son has a strong desire ... (PLAY) the guitar in a band.
9. Karate seems to be about ... (TURN) young kids into fighting machines, some people would say.
10. I'd like to take up music lessons and ... (DANCE).
11. Nobody is allowed ... (ENTER) the x-ray room when the light is on.
12. Heavy smokers are often unable to give up ... (SMOKE) even if they want to.
13. I couldn't shout. I was too frightened even ... (SAY) a single word. 14. He is a lecturer so he's used to ... (TALK) to a larger audience.
Follow-up activities
1. Give your opinion about the following statements. Work in pairs.
a) Aggressive behaviour among young people is on the increase. b) Television bears responsibility for making young kids aggressive.
c) It is impossible to stop aggression in school unless there is severe punishment. d) It's always the boys who bully the weak.
2. Write a paragraph of approximately 120-150 words for the Advice Column of your daily paper. Write your opinion for a mother who is considering taking her 7 year-old-son to a new school because he's been bullied at school for several months. 3. Look at the pictures and discuss what they suggest.
Before you read
UNIT 3
Good Eggs
Task Write the names of animals in the box under the appropriate heading. bear • lizard • dolphin • snake • salmon • turkey • swallow • donkey • antelope • mosquito • snail • butterfly • crocodile • mouse • duck • carp • lion • parrot • eagle • fox • giraffe • sheep • sparrow • turtle • guinea-pig • octopus
Mammals Reptiles Birds Fish
Task Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups.
1. Why do you think some ancient animals, e.g.
mammoths or dinosaurs, became extinct a long time ago?
2. Why do you think cartoonists and toy makers so often use the figure of a dinosaur?
3. Do you have a dino toy or mascot? Why do many people have a mascot in their bags or in their cars?
Read the text
ORIGINS
Good Eggs
A Last week National Geographic and the journal Nature announced the discovery of one of the largest deposits of dinosaur eggs ever found, including the first fossils of embryo skin ever seen by human eyes.
D The team will return to Auca Mahuevo in
B Titanosaurs - 45-foot-Iong relatives of the behemoth known as Brontosaurus - laid the eggs along a flood plain in what is now Argentina 70 million to 90 million years ago. The site was quickly dubbed Auca E Mahuevo, after the Spanish for "more eggs".
C Expedition co-leader Luis Chiappe, of the American Museum of Natural History, says they've recovered partial skeletons of three-dozen embryos, each about 15 inches long. But it's the exquisitely preserved skin that really excites the scientists, the fossils are helping them understand how dino-saurs changed as they grew.
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March, hoping to recover enough speci-mens to construct a complete "ontological series", a set of embryos representing each stage of dino development. They may find clues about dinosaur behaviour, too, including whether newly hatched titano-saurs could stand on their own four feet and fend for themselves.
Auca Mahuevo is almost certainly the best record of dinosaur life ever uncovered. Other fossil beds are threatened by development and poachers, but the new site has been established as a dinosaur reserve, the first in Argentina. "You never know what you'll find the next time you look," says Chiappe. At Auca Mahuevo, it seems, the paleontolo-gists will have a chance to find out.
(Newsweek The International Magazine)
Task Decide whether the following statements are true or false according to the text. Write T (true) or F (false) in the boxes provided.
1. Scientists had never found more than one dinosaur egg in one deposit previously.
2. The name of the place means "more eggs" in Spanish.
3. The dino skin will help find out how dinos changed during the thousands of years.
4. The team would like to find more eggs.
5. Scientists have discovered that newly hatched titanosaurs could stand on their own feet.
6. The new site is not threatened by development and poachers. 7. The reserve in Argentina is the first dino reserve in the world.
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Task Answer the following questions in no more than 6 words.
1. What was the most significant find of the expedition?
2. What do scientists hope to find out about dinos by studying the fossils?
a) ... .
~ ... .
3. What is an ontological series?
4. Why does Auca Mahuevo seem to be the best record of dinosaur life?
5. What does the sentence "You never know what you'll find the next time you look" (par E)
refer to?
Vocabulary development
Task Find the words or expressions in the text which have a similar meaning to the expressions in Column 8. Write your answers in Column A.
Column A 1 ... . 2 ... . 3 ... .
4 ... .
5 ... . 6 ... . 7 ... . 8 ... .9 ... .
10 ... . Column Bremains of a prehistoric animal or plant (par A)
area beside a river which is occasionally flooded
(par B )
framework of bones supporting an animal or a human body (par C)
beautifully, finely (par C)
thing taken as an example of its group/class (e.g. for scientific research or for a collection) (par D)
fact, idea, or piece of evidence that suggests a possible answer to a problem (par D)
break out of an egg (par D) look after oneself (par D)
person who catches game birds, animals or fish with-out permission on sb else's property (par E)
scientist specialised in studying fossils as a guide to the history of life on earth (par E)
Task Choose the expression from Column B which most closely agrees with the meaning of the underlined word in the extract in Column A. Circle the appropriate letter.
Column A
1. deposit of dinosaur eggs (par A)
2. a relative of the behemoth (par B)
3. the site was dubbed (par B)
4. they've recovered skeletons (par C)
5. each stage of development (par D)
Column B
a) sum of money put in a bank account
b) amount of a substance laid down or left some-where
a) somebody or something who is related to an-other usually by family relation
b) not absolute, comparative a) give sb/sth a nickname
b) add to or replace the soundtrack of a film in a different language
a) find again sth stolen or lost
b) return to a normal state of health, mental condi-tion, etc.
a) platform in the theatre on which plays are per-formed
b) period or step in the development or growth of sth
6. established as a dinosaur reserve (par E) a) area of land reserved as a habitat for nature conver-sation, or reserved for occupation by a native tribe b) sth put aside and kept for later use
Task Fill in the gaps in the sentences below with the correct form of the words in the box. You can check the meanings in Task 6.
deposit • dub • recover • relative • reserve • stage
1. I've seen a Western film ... into German and it sounded very funny. 2. He made two ... of $ 200 last week, which the police found very strange.
3. I don't like sitting too close to the ... Heavy make-up on the actors' faces always makes me disillusioned.
4. My mother was born in Transylvania and at Christmas we always visit our ... . there.
5. He is 95 now and doctors say he is not likely to ... from his pneumonia. 6. When I was in America, I visited the Cherokee Indian ... and I bought some
souvenirs in their shops.
7. At this ... it is impossible to tell whether the government and the strikers can reach a compromise or not.
8. A thick ... of mud lay on the fields when the flood went down and it made the land of Egypt exceptionally fertile.
9. They are living in ... comfort now, at least compared to what they had to endure earlier.
10. No bodies were ... in the wreck.
11. Which city is ... the Venice of the North?
12. The issue of bank notes used to rely on the countries' gold ... .
Task Fill in the following chart with the correct forms of the given words.
Expression in the text 1. announced 2. preserved 3. excites 4. scientists 5. construct 6. representing 7. threatened 8. established
Verb Noun Adjective
Task Use the correct form of the words in Column A to complete the sentences in Column B.
Column A Column B
1. ANNOUNCED When I was young, I wanted to be a TV ... . 2. PRESERVED My grandmother could make the best apricot ... in the world. 3. EXCITES She couldn't conceal her ... She blushed and then
turned pale.
4. SCIENTISTS They carried out ... research on the side-effects of the new drug.
5. CONSTRUCT Many people work illegally in the ... industry. 6. REPRESENTING They have sent questionnaires to BOO ... of the
teaching profession.
7. THREATENED Politicians often receive ... letters and telephone calls. B. ESTABLISHED The local government has decided on the ... of a
new library.
Grammar reminder -
Relative clauses
Task Study the following examples from the text (Column A) and how we can re-write them using a relative clause (Column 8).
Study the position of the past participle (third form of the verb) in the sentences in Column A.
Column A
They announced one of the largest deposits of dinosaur eggs ever toulld ...
... including the first fossils of embryo skin ever seell by human eyes.
Auca Mahuevo is the best record of dinosaur life ever ul1covered.
It's the exquisitely preserved skin that really excites the scientists.
... whether Ilewly hatched titanosaurs could stand on their own four feet.
Column B
They announced one of the largest deposits of dinosaur eggs \X'hlch had ever been found ... . .. including the first fossils of embryo skin
thm had eller been seen by human eyes.
Auca Mahuevo is the best record of dinosaur life that has el'er been IIncovered.
It's the skin that has beC/1 preserved exquisitely that really excites the scientists.
. .. whether titanosaurs which had just hatched could stand on their own four feet.
Task Re-write the following sentences. Use an expression with a past participle instead of the relative clauses in italics.
1. The discovery which was announced last week caused a great excitement in the world.
2. The eggs which were deposited along a flood plain were found by an international expedition.
3. The fossils which were recovered along a flood plain in Argentina are 70 to 90 million years old.
5. The embryo skin which they have just foul1d il1 Argel1til1a will help scientists understand how dinosaurs changed as they grew.
6. The specimens they have recovered may enable scientists to construct a complete "ontological series" .
7. There are many fossil beds in the world that are threatel1ed by deve/opl11wt t1l1d poachers.
8. The dinosaur reserve which has bew /lew/v established will attract both scientists and tourists in the future.
Follow-up activities
1. Discuss the following questions in small groups.
a) Does it make any sense to study fossils? Can people learn anything useful from it? Why? Why not?
b) Which animal species are threatened by extinction now? What are the reasonsc. c) What can scientists and ordinary people do to prevent the extinction of animals? d) What organisations have you heard of that protect animals' rights?
2. Write a short review (in 120-150 words) of a film or book that features animals or a particular animal.
UNIT 4
Drunken wife's smash with police
Before you read
Task Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups.
1. What means of transport do you know? What are their advantages and disadvantages? 2. Which is the most/least dangerous way of transport? Why?
3. Why are there so many accidents on the roads?
4. Can you drink and drive in your country? If so, how much is the drink-drive limite Do you know how it is regulated in other countries?
5. Do you think banning alcohol while driving can decrease accidents? Why?
6. Have you ever driven after drinking alcohol? / Would you drive after drinking alcohol?
Task Label the following picture by writing the appropriate number (1-7) in the spaces provided.
1. accident • 2. tyre • 3. roundabout • 4. traffic sign • 5. dual carriageway • 6. northbound carriage way • 7. central crash barrier
Read the text
Text 1
Drunken wife's smash with police
A A drunk woman drove five miles the wrong way up the Al and smashed into a police car travelling to an accident at over 100 mph, a court heard yesterday.
B Almost three and a half times over the blood alcohol limit after two bottles of wine, she carried on for a further 14 miles on just two tyres, went around a roundabout three times and crashed into a road sign.
C But despite expecting to spend Christmas in jail, charity worker Joyce Forbes, 49, walked free from Teesside Crown Court.
D Mrs Forbes, of Northallerton, North York-shire, with a clean driving record for 23 years, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and excess alcohol on July 18.
E Judge Tony Briggs accepted a psychiatric report that she was suffering from a de-pressive illness and alcoholism and put her on probation for two years and banned her from driving for five.
(Daily Mail)
Text 2
Wrong-way driver hit police car after party
F A woman who got drunk at a party drove five miles the wrong way up a dual car-riageway and struck a police car which was travelling at over 100 mph, a court was told yesterday.
G Joyce Forbes, 49, who was almost three and a half times the drink-drive limit, carried on along the Al in North Yorkshire for another 14 miles, ending up on only two tyres, Teesside Crown Court was told.
H Forbes, of Thornton-Ie-Moor, Northalerg-ton, pleaded guilty to dangerous driving with excess alcohol on July 18. She was put on probation for two years, ordered to do 120 hours' community service and disqual-ified for five years.
I Peter Makepeace, defending, said Forbes was suffering from depression and alcohol-ism. She had expected to go to jail.
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Forbes, a fundraiser for Barnardos Homes, had attended a charity night in Sowerby with her ll-year-old daughter. She drank two bottles of wine.K The court heard that she was upset and emotional when her husband arrived to take her home. When she was left alone in the car she set off for home five miles away. L She drove south on the northbound
car-riageway of the Al. Near Rainton Services her Ford Escort was clipped by a police Volvo estate heading for the scene of an accident. M The police car hit the central crash barrier
and spun around, its driver receiving a whiplash injury.
Forbes was eventually arrested after crashing into a traffic sign.
Check your understanding
Task Put the following statements in chronological order according to what happened. Write numbers 1-12 in the boxes.
a) Mrs Forbes went around a roundabout three times. b) Mrs Forbes was arrested.
c) Mr Forbes went to the party and wanted to take his wife home. d) The court put Mrs Forbes on probation.
e) The Ford Escort hit the police car.
f) Mrs Forbes drove 14 miles south on the northbound carriageway. g) Mrs Forbes drank two bottles of wine at the charity party. h) The Ford Escort crashed into a road sign.
i) Mrs Forbes pleaded guilty to dangerous driving and excess alcohol. j) The police car hit the central crash barrier and spun around. k) Mrs Forbes drove five miles south on the northbound carriageway.
1) Mrs Forbes got angry and left for home alone in the car.
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Task In which text(s) can you find the answer to the following questions? Tick the appropriate boxes below and answer in no more than three words where possible.
1. What is Mrs Forbes' job?
2. Which road was Mrs Forbes driving on?
3. How fast was she driving before the accident?
4. How fast was the police car driving before the accident? 5. Where was the police car
going to before the accident? 6. Was Mrs Forbes hurt in the
accident?
7. Was anyone in the police car hurt in the accident?
8. How many times did she go around the roundabout? 9. Where had she drunk the two
bottles of wine?
10. What did Mrs Forbes tell her husband at the party?
11. How far does Mrs Forbes live from the place of the party?
12.
Had she recently caused other car accidents?Vocabulary development
Task For each of the underlined expressions from Text 1 find one expression in Text 2 which has a similar meaning. Write them in the spaces provided.
Text 1 Text 2
Drunken wife's smash with police Wrong-way driver hit police car
1. The police car was travelling to an accident. (par L) ... .. (par A)
2. Mrs Forbes was well over the blood alcohol (par G) ... """"",,. limit. VJar B)
3. She crashed into a road sign. (par B) (par M) ... """"""""" .... """ ... " ... ,,",, .. ,, ...
4. Mrs Forbes was suffering from a depressive (par J) """" .... """ .... " .. """"" .. " .. "" ... """ ... ".
illness. (par E)
5. The judge banned her from driving for five (par H) " .. "" .. "" .. """""" ... """" ... """" .. " ...
years. (par E)
Task Find verbs in the texts which describe the collision of two thing(s) or person(s). Write the verb forms in Column A. In Column B write the thing(s) or person(s) colliding. One has been done for you as example.
Column A Column B
1. (pm A) ... " ... sl1Tashed into " ... a drul1k womal1 & a police car " ....
2. (,Jar B) 3. (title or Text 2) """" .... """" .... "" ... "" .... """" ... " 4. (par F) " .. " ... """ .... "" ... "" .. """" .... """" 5. (par L) 6. (par M) 7. (par M)
Task Match the expressions in the box with the definitions below. Write them in the spaces provided.
report • probation • injury • accident • excess • court • community service • injury • charity • limit • scene • jail
1 ... . 2 ... . 3 ... . 4 ... . 5 ... . 6 ... .
more than is needed or allowed
damage or harm done to a person's body organisation for helping the needy the place where an event happened place where law cases are held
unexpected event which causes damage
7 ... . 8 ... . 9 ... .
official document prepared by a specialist on a subject organised work that is done in order to help other people greatest or smallest amount allowed or possible
10 ... . period of time during which a criminal is not sent to prison but is under official su pervision
11 ... . place where criminals are kept to punish them for their crlmes
12. ... physical harm or damage to someone's body caused by an accident or an attack
Task Fill in the gaps in the sentences below. In each case choose one verb from the box. Use the correct form of the verbs.
suffer • put • ban • receive • plead • arrest • accept • expect • order • defend • spin • attend • hear • head
1. They had a quiet wedding - only a few friends ... it. 2. Three policeman ... minor injuries in the accident. 3. Do you ... from headaches?
4. At first he denied blackmailing the lord but then he ... guilty.
5. The court did not ... the specialist's report as it was not satisfactory. 6. He was ... from the meetings because he always caused scandals. 7. The court will ... the case in May.
8. You can't ... to learn a foreign language in a week. 9. She had been ... on probation after six months in prison. 10. The police ... the thief and put him in prison.
11. The doctor ... me to stay in bed.
12. She didn't have a lawyer but ... herself successfully in court. 13. He was so hungry that he ... straight for the fridge.
Task The words in the box are taken from the texts. Group them according to their meaning.Task
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Task Fill in the gaps in the following summary. Use one preposition of place or movement for each gap from the box below.
on • in (3x) • into (2x) • at (2x) • to • near • away • towards • around (2x) • up • over (2x) • along • from • for
Joyce Forbes got drunk ...
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a party ...®
Sowerby. Her husband wanted to take her home but she was upset and set off ...®
home when she was left alone... 0
the car. Her home was only five miles ...®
but she drove ... .®
the A1. Then she drove five miles the wrong way ... (j) the dual carriageway and smashed ...®
a police car ...®
Rainton Services. The police car was travel-ling ... @ an accident ... @ ...©
100 mph. The police car hit the central crash barner and spun ... @.Mrs Forbes carried on ... @ the Al ... @ just two tyres, went ... @ a roundabout three times and crashed ... @ a traffic sign. She was almost three and a half times ... @ the blood alcohol limit.
She expected to spend Christmas ...
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prison but she could walk free ... @ Teesside Crown Court.Task Read the following sample sentences and match the prepositional phrases in Column A with the correct definitions in Column B. Write letters a-i) in the boxes provided.
1. She is really the best, she carried off most of the prizes for swimming. 2. After striking the police car the woman carried 011 along the A1.
3. Jean makes good plans but she cannot carry them through. 4. Her first, childless marriage el1ded il1 divorce.
5. We el1ded off the meal with coffee and brandy.
6. The drunken woman caused an accident, drove on and el1ded up on only two tyres. 7. The civil war set brother agail1st brother.
8. After the party Mrs Forbes set off for home.
9. The government has set up a committee to look into the problem of drug abuse.
Column A Column B
1. carry off
D
a) Finish sth (in a suitable or successful way) 2. carryonD
b) Finish sth successfully (when it is difficult to do)3. carry through
D
c) Reach a certain place or situation (which was not the original intention)4. end in
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d) Make sb compete with or be hostile to (a friend, relative, etc) 5. end offD
e) Begin (a journey, race, etc)6. end up
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f) Continue (doing sth)7. set against
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g) Establish or create (a company, business, institution, course, etc) 8. set offD
h) Finish in a particular wayTask Fill in the gaps in the sentences below. In each case choose one expression from the box. Use the correct form of the verbs.
carry off • end in • set against • carry on • end off • set off • carry through • end up • set up
1. It's a difficult job but she's the person to ... it ... .
2. If you want to catch that train you should ... for the station immediately. 3. He ... his speech by telling a very funny joke.
4. She accused her ex-husband of . ... .... ... .... their children ... her. 5. Tom ... the gold medal in the tennis championship.
6. When he married he left his father's shop and ... his own business. 7. If you continue to steal, you'll ... in prison.
8. 'I am not boring you, am I?' 'No, no ... ' 9. They could not agree, the discussion ... a quarrel.
Grammar reminder -
Simple past • Past continuous • Past perfect
Task Read the following simplified sentences from the article and put the underlined expressions in the boxes below. Comment on the verb forms and use of tenses.
A drunk woman drove five miles the wrong way up the Al and struck a police car which was travelling at over 100 mph.
She carried on for a further 14 miles, went around a roundabout three times and crashed into a road sign.
Forbes had attended a charity night in Sowerby. She drank two bottles of wine.
Peter Makepeace said Forbes was suffering from depression. She had expected to go to jail.
Simple past Past continuous Past perfect
Task Use Simple past, Past continuous or Past perfect in the following text.
It ... (BE)
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a lovely day, the snow ... (FALL)0
gently. I ... (SIT) G) in the train compart-ment and I ... (FEEL) @) quite happy. I ... . (JUST HEAR)®
that I ... (WIN)®
first prize in a lottery and I ... (THINK) (]) about what to do with the money. Suddenly the woman opposite me ... (PULL)®
out a gun.Follow-up activities
1. The two articles are from the Daily Mail and The Daily Telegraph. Compare them carefully.
Points to consider:
• Length of the article • Details included • Language style
2. Act out the hearing in the court. Use the information of the articles but you can also invent details.
Possible roles:
• Mrs Forbes
• Tony Briggs, judge
• Peter Makepeace, counsel for the defence (lawyer acting for the accused person)
• Counsel for the prosecution (lawyer who tries to prove that the accused person is guilty) • Psychiatrist
• Policeman who received injury in the accident • Policeman who arrested Mrs Forbes
• Witnesses (guests at the charity night or eyewitnesses at the scene of the accident, etc)
3. Choose from the following:
a) Mrs Forbes has to write a report about how the accident happened and what she did before and after the accident. Write this report in 180-200 words on her behalf.
b) Mrs Forbes writes a letter to her friend about the accident and what happened after that. Write this letter on her behalf in 180-200 words.
UNIT 5
Butt seriously this is worth
£
1,500
Before you read
Task Discuss the following questions in pairs or small groups.
1. Many people like collecting things. Make a list of the things that are often collected. 2. Have you ever collected anything? What?
3. Do you know anyone who collects famous people's photos or autographs? Talk about him/her. 4. How or where can you get, find or buy the things that you collect?
5. What is an auction house?
6. Have you ever been to an auction? If so, what did they sell?
7. Is there anything you would be prepared to pay a fortune for? What's that?
Task Which of the famous people in Column A do you think the items in Column B belong or belonged to? What do you know about these people?
Column A 1. Elton John 2. John Lennon 3. Madonna 4. Jimi Hendrix 5. Muhammad Ali 6. King Charles I
Read the text
Column B a) underwear b) cigarette c) a pplica tion form d) hair locks h) drugs box
i) hat and sun glasses
Buff seriously this is worth £1 ,500
A A London auction house wants to sell youa cigarette butt for £1,500. Any newsagent will sell you a whole cigarette for 17 pence. So why the huge mark-up? The butt on sale was smoked by John Lennon.
Next month the cigarette end - attached to a piece of paper signed by the Beatles and with a sample of Lennon's hair attached - will go under the hammer at Bonhams. The Lennon butt is merely the
latest piece of bizarre ephemera on offer to eager customers. If someone achieves fame -or infamy - someone else will want to buy their old exam papers, cushions, even their ashtrays. And respected auctioneers - who once dealt only in masterpieces - are happy to satisfy the demand.
John Vincent presents some recent auction items.
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B Elton John's hat and sun glasses
£ 600, Bonhams
Memorabilia offered for sale by two former housekeepers was branded "discarded rub-bish" by the singer. Elton's straw boater and a pair of Polaroid sun glasses went for £600.
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Madonna's underwearo
£ 9,200, Christie's
The black satin bustier worn by the singer on
Etchingham in Brooke Street, Holborn. An oriental prayer mat from the bottom of the couple's bed made £3,910, a Bokhara woven rug went for £2,990 and two psychedelic printed velvet cushion covers - made by wife of the Animals' lead singer Eric Burdon -fetched £1,495.
E Muhammad Ali's cigarette
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-£ ',365, Christie's New York
This gnarled-looking Winston was snatched by the boxer now known as Muhammad Ali from the mouth of boxing historian Hank Kaplan in 1961, and then autographed "Cassius Clay". At the same sale, a pair of the boxer's old training wraps (used to protect his fists) were snapped up for £400, one of his mouthguards made £1,450, and a water bottle £1,580.
her 1987 Who's That Girl tour did well at auc- F tion, as did much Madonna memorabilia. A plastic bottle of her Evian water - adorned by
John Lennon's application form £ 2,500, Christie's South Kensington
a trace of lipstick - went for £ 500.
D Jimi Hendrix's drugs box
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£ 5,050, Bonhams
This black lacquered Chinese-style box was used by Hendrix to stash his drugs at the flat he shared with long-time girlfriend Kathy
Check your understanding
A teenage John Lennon applied to Liverpool College of Art. He had to fill in a Ministry of Education form and sign it. A few decades later, this humdrum piece of paper sold for more than the annual value of today's student loan. A more obvious keepsake - a pair of Lennon's spectacles - was recently sold by Bonhams for £2,070.
(Evening Stal1dard)
Task Decide whether the following statements are true or false or not stated
according to the text. Write T (true) or F (false) or NS (not stated) in the boxes provided.
1. Auctioneers prefer selling these items instead of old masterpieces. 2. The text suggests that John Vincent is an auctioneer.
3. Elton John thought that his hat was rubbish.
4. Madonna's belongings have been sold at auctions since 1987.
5. Jimi Hendrix and his girlfriend had an oriental prayer mat in front of their bed. 6. Jimi Hendrix probably liked carpets and rugs.
7. John Lennon wanted to be an artist.
Task Answer the following questions in no more than 3 words.
1. What is Bonhams?
2. What did Elton John think of his hat and glasses? 3. What does Madonna like drinking?
4. What did Muhammad Ali write his autograph on? 5. What did Eric Burdon's wife make for Jimi Hendrix? 6. How much is the student loan a year now?
Vocabulary development
Task The expressions in Column A are taken from the text. Match them with expressions of similar meaning in Column B. Write letters a-I) in the boxes provided. Column A 1. mark-up (par A)
D
2. sample (par A)D
3. ephemera (par A)D
4. infamy (par A)D
5. discard (par B)D
6. stash (par D)D
7. fetch (IJar D)D
8. snatch (par E)D
9. decade (par F)D
10. humdrum (par F)D
11. loan (par F)D
12. keepsake (par F)D
Column B a) increase in priceb) sum of money that sb borrows from another person or a bank c) hide/store sth safely and secretly
d) a period of ten years
e) things that are used or enjoyed for only a short time and then forgotten
f) put out the hand suddenly and take sth g) ordinary, dull
h) specimen/one of a number or part of a whole that shows what the rest is like
i) small present which will make you remember the giver
j) infamous behaviour/wickedness k) throwaway because it is not wanted
Task There are two words in the text which both match the descriptions below. Which are they?
l.The remaining part of a cigarette after someone has smoked it. (par A)
3. A device that we use to improve our sight. (par B, F)
2. Covering for the head. (par B)
4. A small piece of carpet. (par D)
5. To write one's name down. (par E, F) 6. To be sold at a certain price. (There are four words for this in text!)
Task Fill the gaps in the sentences below with a word from the box. adorned • cushions • customers • demand • eager • fist • item • mat • respected • straw boater
1. We ... the walls with flowers and evergreens.
2. There is such a big ... for some of the newest models in the car market that .. . 3 ... sometimes have to wait a couple of months to get their cars.
4. If you go out, put on your ... to protect yourself against the sun.
5. Each ... has a number in the catalogue which you have to refer to if you want to order an article.
6. My friend struck the thief in the face with his ... and he fell down.
7. She has no chairs in her living-room. Instead, there are ... on the floor to sit on. 8. Her father was a highly ... scholar. He wrote several books on this subject. 9. Many people are ... to buy famous people's things.
10. The ... on the bathroom floor looks awful. I think we should buy a new one.
Task
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Fill in the gaps with a word from the box. You can use the same word more than once.for • in • on • to • under • with • up
1. A little slip of paper was attached ... the notebook with his name and telephone number on it.
3. He has offered his sailing boat ... sale.
4. You have to apply ... the Ministry of the Interior if you want to get a passport. 5. The things ... special offer were displayed in the great hall.
6. Would you please fill ... this registration from, please? 7. What's your best offer ... old customers?
8. I can't afford to rent a flat on my own. I have to share it ... another student. 9. She had concerts in fifteen different countries ... her first tour.
10. By the time we got there, the cheapest articles had been already snapped ... . 11. Madonna's bustier went ... more than 9,000 at the auction.
12. Several drawings by Picasso will go ... the hammer at Christie's tomorrow.
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Grammar reminder -
Passive voice
Task Find the passive sentences in the text which express the same ideas as the following sentences.
1. Elton John branded the hat and the glasses "discarded rubbish".
2. Muhammad Ali snatched the cigarette from the mouth of Hank Kaplan. 3. They snapped up the boxer's old training wraps for $400.
4. Jimi Hendrix used the box to stash his drugs in it. 5. Bonhams sold Lennon's spectacles for £2,070.
Task Use information from the text to complete the following sentences with a
passive verb
+ an agent.1. The auction house will sell a cigarette end which ... . 2. They attached the butt to a piece of paper which ... . 3. Elton said the glasses and the hat which ... were rubbish. 4. Madonna's plastic bottle, which ... , went for £ 500. 5. A satin bustier which ... sold for almost £ 10,000. 6. The cushion covers which ... were very bright colours. 7. An application form which ... was also sold at Christie's.
Task Re-write the following sentences using a
passive verb structure.
Remember that you can usepassive voice
in all tenses and with modals, too.1. When my aunt died we sold all her paintings at an auction.
2. Somebody paid $79 million for a Renoir at Christie's.
4. You can still find a lot of nice furniture in English country houses.
5. Auction houses sell very few masterpieces these days.
6. Eric Burdon's wife made two cushion covers for Hendrix.
7. Young children weave most of the carpets and rugs in some countries.
8. They have done a lot of tests to find out if it is really as old as they say.
9. The auctioneer says he is not sure that they will buy all the items.
10. We must offer the house for sale if we want to pay all our debts.
11. You should paint the walls before you move in.
Follow-up activities
1. The following items were sold at auctions in Britain or in the US.
a) Order them according to how much they were sold for. (You can check the correct order in the key.)
b) Discuss in small grou ps
• what kind of people would probably buy these items.
• which of these items would fetch the highest price at an auction in Hungary. Cive your reasons. • if you would like to buy any of the items.
The foot baIler Eric Cantona's strip
A stale slice of the Duke of Windsor's
wedding cake
A painting by van Cogh
* Dr Crippen was hanged for poisoning his wife and cutting up her body.
A tin replica of the 1966 World Cup
Dr Crippen's watch *
