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LESSON 4.4
EXERCISE 5A (PAGE 43)
STUDENT B
You think the best option is to hire two English language
teachers to give courses at Head Office. Try to persuade
the other members to accept your idea. Use the ideas
below and your ideas from Exercise 2b.
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The teachers will teach British English and American
English.
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You will be able to control closely the language
training they provide.
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Staff will attend classes when it is convenient for them.
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You do not want to use the nearby English language
school. You think staff will take too much time after
classes returning to Head Office.
LESSON 10.4
EXERCISE 4A (PAGE 103)
RESIDENT 2
Think about the problems and make notes of your
ideas for solving them. You want:
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immediate action to reduce pollution in the city.
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severe penalties for people who drop litter.
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the Sandy Cove project to go forward. It will attract
more visitors and bring income to businesses.
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more traffic wardens to fine people who park illegally.
LESSON 2.3
EXERCISE 11B (PAGE 21)
STUDENT B
Read about jobs 3 and 4 below and tell Student A a
little about them. Ask questions about your partner’s
experience to find out if he/she is suitable for either of
the jobs.
Have you ever done any voluntary work?
– Yes, I have.
Oh, when did you do that?
– Well, I worked for Save the Children last summer.
Answer Student A’s questions about jobs 1 and 2.
LESSON 12.4
EXERCISE 5 (PAGE 123)
STUDENT B
CASE 3
Your job is to briefly summarise the case so that
everyone in your group is clear about the details of
the case. Then join in the discussion and express your
opinion about what the others say to reach a decision.
LESSON 11.2
EXERCISE 2A (PAGE 108)
STUDENT C
Assistant travel agent required to help customers
with their enquiries about foreign travel. The ideal
person should:
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have some experience of travelling to a variety of places.
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have good communication skills.
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be a good team member.
We are looking for five people to accompany
scientists on a trip to the Amazon Forests
of Brazil. The ideal person will:
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have experience of working in a scientific
environment.
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have experience of working with animals.
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be young, fit and enthusiastic.
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Harper Lee
(1926–2016)
1
Nelle Harper Lee was born on 28
April, 1926, in Monroeville,
Alabama. Her name was the same
as her grandmother’s but spelled
backwards. However, she would
later gain fame under her pen
name, Harper Lee. Her father had
been a newspaper editor before he
became a lawyer, and her mother
was a homemaker in a small town
in the American south. It is a
remarkable coincidence that this was also the hometown of another
great American writer, Truman Capote, and the two would-be writers
were close childhood friends.
2
Lee moved to New York City in 1949 and got a job as an airline
reservation agent while she wrote fiction in her free time. By 1956,
Lee had written many stories and she finally found a literary agent to
promote her work. Then, a month later, her friends collected enough
money for Lee to devote a year to her writing without the need to
work, and she began to develop a story called Go Set a Watchman.
In the spring of 1957, Lee completed the first manuscript and sent it
to her editor, Tay Hohoff. The manuscript went back and forwards
between the author and her editor for the next two years until the
novel was completed in 1959 with a new title, To Kill a
Mockingbird.
3
On 11 July, 1960, the novel was published and it immediately
became a bestseller. Lee also gained a great reputation as an author.
In 1961, she received the Pulitzer Prize for Fiction among other
wards, and in 1962, To Kill a Mockingbird became an Academy
Award-winning film, starring Gregory Peck. In 1999, it was voted
the ‘The Best Novel of the Century’ and it is still a bestseller today.
4
Although many authors would enjoy the fame that comes with such
a successful novel, Lee did not want any media attention. She
refused to give any interviews after the early 1960s, and she led a
private life away from public attention until her death on 19
February, 2016.
