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CD
index
1
Hello
2
Home Wreckers
3
Snake Surprise
4
Story Time
5
Social English
6
Functional Language
7
Fingers’ Error
Correction (low level)
8
Listening: Airport Drama
9
Telephone Conversation
10
Radio ad – Intensives
11
Sticky Situation
12
Play
13
Radio ad – Blog
14
Weird Trivia
15
Corny Criminals
16
Listening: Sue Crazy
17
Jokes
18
Graiti
19
Happy Lands
20
Voting for God
21
Radio ad – Translations
22
Typical Dialogues
23
Dr Fingers’ Vocabulary
24
Quirky News
25
Marketing English
26
Radio ad – Blog
27
British Bar Chat
28
US Bar Chat
29
Song- “Jealousy”
30
Story: The Shop – Episode 2
31
Radio ad – Intensives
32
Listening: A Big Change
33
Dumb US Laws
34
Dictionary of Slang
35
Error Correction (high level)
36
Radio ad – Courses abroad
37
Idioms
38
Radio ad – Translations
39
Over the Hills
40
A Royal Cause
41
Listening: Business Ethics
42
Of the Cuf
43
Goodbye
Editor’s
intro
Hi, and welcome to another edition of
Hot English Magazine, the fun magazine
for learning English.
Magazine
Index
3
Editorial
4
Home Wreckers
5 Snake Surprise
6 Name Game
7 Richard Simmons
8 Useful Vocabulary: Transportation
9 Useful Verbs and Expressions: Transportation
10 SB Article: Thanksgiving
11 Story Time
12 Basic English: Sports
13 Social English: Sports
14 Functional language: Guessing
15 Error correction & Listening: Airport Drama
16 Grammar Fun
17 Telephone English
18 SB Article: Adidas vs Puma
19 Film Scripts (Frasier)
20 Sticky Situation
21 Word Play
22 Trivia Matching
23 Weird Trivia
24 Dr Fingers’ Grammar
25 Subscriptions
26 Corny Criminals
27 Listening: Sue Crazy
& Recipe (green bean casserole)
28 Charities: OXFAM and March of Dimes
29 World Changers
30 Invisibility Cloaks
31 Naughty but Good
32 Charles Manson
34 James Bond
36 James Bond Gadgets/Bond Girls/Villains
38 Face to Face: Good vs Evil
39 Culture Corner: Movies Tropic Thunder and
Boy in Striped Pajamas
40 Jokes, Graiti & Cartoon
41 Misheard Lyrics
42 Happy Lands
43 Voting for God
44 Vocabulary: The Cinema
45 Typical Dialogues: The Cinema Ticket
46 Fifty Dead Men Walking-Film Review
47 Dr Fingers Vocabulary Clinic: Describing Time
48 Quirky News
49 Marketing and Financial English (Blog Boom)
and Opinion Form
50 Listening: A Big Change
51 SB Article: Movember
52 Dumb Laws & Texas Facts
53 Directory
54 Dictionary of Slang
55 Dr Fingers’ Error Correction & Back Issues
56 Anniversaries November
57 Idioms: Corner
58 SB Article: Dubai
59 Advertisement
60 Over the Hills
61 A Royal Cause
62 Medicine and Entertainment
63 Phrasal Verbs
64 Tapescripts
65 Answers & Listening: Business Ethics
66 Word of the Month (Wicked) Credits
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of my favourite American holidays). For the “evil” side, we
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GLOSSARY
a rant
n
a long, angry, iery speech
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Richard Simmons
“It’s not a ‘diet’; it’s a live-it!”
Thanksgiving
America’s most delicious holiday
Adidas vs Puma
When Business is Personal
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World Changers
Giving Back
Charles Manson
Doing the Devil’s Business.
James Bond/ Daniel Craig
006 of 007
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Englishwoman
Home Wreckers
Demolished by accident.
What if your house suddenly disappeared? Annie Wilson
of Dallas Texas came home to an unpleasant surprise. A
construction company
had pulled down
her house while
she was at work. And it was all a
joke
.
Annie lives next to Jackson State University. At the
time, the university wanted to
expand
. Previously, the
university had bought a small piece of land next to Annie’s
house. Later, they ofered Annie $8,000 for her
property
,
but she didn’t want to sell. Nothing happened until
some Jackson State students placed
signs
next to the
house saying “Property of Jackson State”. That same day,
and completely coincidentally, a
contractor
came. They
demolished
her house, thinking it was property of the
university.
As you can imagine, Annie didn’t think the
prank
was very
funny. Now, she is trying to
get compensation
, and “it’s
a
nightmare
”. She is asking for $30,000 dollars. She lost
everything, including some valuable
antique
furniture.
The students responsible also
face
charges. They may also
have to pay Annie for damages.
AnsWErs on PAGE 65
1
Pre reading
Look at the headlines below. What do you think these stories
are about?
A shop sells a left-handed Whopper
4
Discussion
1.
Have you ever played a trick on someone?
What happened?
2.
What are some typical pranks from your
country?
3.
When do people play pranks from your
country? Is there a special day for playing
pranks?
GLOSSARY
to pull down
vb
to destroy a building on purpose
a joke
n
something said or done to make
people laugh
to expand
v
to become larger
property
n
a piece of land that is owned by
someone
a sign
n
a piece of wood / metal / plastic, etc.
with a message on it
a contractor
n
a person or company that does
work for other people or companies
to demolish
vb
to destroy a building completely
a prank
n
Farmers grow successful Swiss
spaghetti harvest
Motorists see a UFO land in London
House is pulled down by contractors
2
Reading I
Which of the above pranks is described in the article?
5
Language spot:
Collocations
Remember to learn verbs with the nouns.
These are called collocations.
For example, “to tell a joke”.
More nouns used
with the verb “to tell”:
3
Reading II
Use the words below to retell the article.
a trick or joke
to get compensation
exp
to receive something (in this case,
money) because something bad
happened to you
a nightmare
n
a very unpleasant situation; it can
also mean a bad dream
antique
adj
something made long ago;
something old and often valuable
to face
vb
to deal with, to confront
texas construction company
Jackson state University
$8,000
1.
to tell a lie
2.
to tell a story
3.
to tell the truth
signs
demolished
$30,000
What do you think they mean?
compensation
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Englishman
Snake Surprise
Woman gets more than she asked for.
STOP
SLIPPING
AWAY WHEN
I’M TALKING
TO YOU.
Are you afraid of snakes? Gloria Hurst of Utah is
terriied
of them. So, she
got a nasty shock
when she found two
snakes in a
package
. It started when Gloria, 56, ordered
some equipment for her hobby,
glass blowing
. When the
box arrived, she opened it and looked inside. At irst she
thought the snakes were part of the
kit
. “They looked like
hoses
, and I presumed they were part of the equipment.
But then my husband told me to go outside and I knew
something was wrong,” she said. He took the box outside
and called the Division of
Wildlife
Services. “I opened the
box seven hours after receiving it. And during this time I
had my two grandchildren at home with me,” she said.
So, how did they get in the box? The company who sent
the material, Unlimited Oxygen of Mooresville, Indiana,
says it was all an accident. “The snakes probably came
from a farm near our
warehouse
. Recent
looding
in Indiana may have caused the snakes to look for a
dry
spot
to
hide
. That’s when they found the box,” a
spokesperson for the company explained. Authorities are
considering sending the snakes back to Indiana.
AnsWErs on PAGE 65
1
Pre reading
What are you afraid of? Rank the following from 1 (most
frightening) to 6 (least frightening).
terriied
package
equipment
hobby
accident
opened
kit
hoses
wrong
wildlife services
Using these words, can you guess what the article is about?
indiana
the dark
3
Reading I
Read to check your ideas. Were you right?
Retell the story and use the words above to help you.
snakes
GLOSSARY
terriied
adj
extremely frightened or scared
to get a nasty shock
exp
to have an unpleasant surprise
a package
n
a container in which something
is sold
glass blowing
n
making glass shapes by blowing
hot glass through a long pipe or
hose
a kit
n
a set of equipment or tools used
for a speciic purpose
a hose
n
heights
4
Language focus
Learn
synonyms
to expand your vocabulary.
There are lots of words for “afraid”-
terriied
scared
petriied
Also learn the prepositions that follow. What is the
preposition we use with all of the words from above?
spiders
5
Discussion
Use the synonyms above to discuss the questions.
1.
Do you ever have nightmares? What about?
2.
Do you ever get scared when you are at
home alone? Why?
3.
What do you do when you are scared? For
example, count to 10, close your eyes...
4.
When was the last time you were afraid?
Why? What happened?
5.
Have you seen any scary movies recently?
Which ones?
horror ilms
a lexible tube or pipe
wildlife
n
wild animals, birds and plants
a warehouse
n
a large building where raw
materials are kept
a lood
n
if there is a "lood", it rains a lot and
water covers a large area
dry
adj
ghosts
2
Pre reading II
How good is your memory?
Memorise these key words (in the black boxes) from the article.
When your teacher tells you to stop, cover the words and write
the ones you remember.
without water or moisture
a spot
n
a place (informal)
to hide
vb
if you "hide", you go somewhere
where you cannot easily be seen
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