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Spend a few minutes studying this summary and then tell the story. DON'T just read the summary aloud — try to MEMORISE the main points. Refer back to the summary only

if you lose track of the story.

Read the continuation of 'Japanese beach lovers bask in their artificial all-weather paradise'. Highlight the most interesting or amusing pieces of information in the article. Then, in your own words, tell your partners what you've found out.

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©Study this information about graphology.

When Gregor Samsa awoke one morning from troubled dreams he found himself transformed in his bed into a monstrous insect. He was lying on his hard shell-like back and by lifting his head a little, he could see his curved brown belly, divided by stiff arching ribs, on top of which the bed-quilt was precariously poised and seemed about to slide off completely. His numerous legs, which were pathetically thin compared to the rest of his bulk, danced helplessly before his eyes.

'What has happened to me?' he thought. It was no dream. His room, an ordinary human room, if somewhat small, lay peacefully between the four familiar walls.

from The Transformation by Franz Kafka

How the soundtrack on a movie film works

A stripe along the edge carries the soundtrack. The of this sound stripe varies according to the sound s produced during the recording.

1Light shines through the sound stripe. Because of the varying width of the stripe, a varying amount of light passes through to a photoelectric cell.

2The photoelectric cell converts the light back into sound signals which are identical to the original sound signals.

3The sound signals travel down a cable

to the cinema's loudspeakers. These convert them into sound waves.

Did you know . . . ?

•Before sound films took over from silent movies in the 1930s, very large cinemas often employed a symphony orchestra to accompany each performance.

•A film is shown in the cinema at 24 frames per second. On TV the same film is shown at 25 frames per second - a two-hour cinema film only lasts about 1 hour 55 minutes on TV.

1Rewrite this passage as reported speech. Your friend Max spoke to you on the phone last Wednesday and this is what he said:

It's my birthday today. I got a card from my uncle in Australia yesterday and one from my aunt in Canada today. I know you can't come to my party tomorrow, so would you like to join me for a drink

now or maybe we can meet later this evening?

2 Now rewrite this passage using the exact words Susan used.

Last Wednesday, my friend Susan spoke to me on the phone and told me that she wouldn't be able to see me this week. She had had a call from her brother ten minutes earlier and had found out that her grandfather would be arriving there at the end of the week and this would be the first time she'd have seen him since he went to New Zealand in 1990. She hoped I wouldn't mind if we changed our meeting from this week to next week.

3 Compare your versions with what the students in the other pair have written — and with the passages in Activity 26.

Tell this story to your partner:

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Snake bite

1DON'T cut the wound.

2DON'T suck out the poison.

3Encourage the patient to rest, lying down.

4Wash the wound and apply a clean dry dressing.

5Bandage firmly with a soft pad pressing on the wound.

6Prevent the patient from moving the affected part - this reduces the spread of the poison.

7In Britain and Northern Europe: Reassure the patient that a snake bite is painful but not fatal (unless you are a very small child or animal).

8You can give aspirin to reduce the pain.

9Get the victim to hospital as soon as possible.

Here are some more points that distinguish rapid conversational style from formal written style:

1Stress, intonation, pauses in speech

-help to make message clear

-in writing only punctuation and layout: bold letters, italics, underlining, etc.

2Vocabulary

-use of words like 'nice'

-listener can ask questions

3Writing has to be clearer and less ambiguous than speech.

4It doesn't take as long to speak as it does to write - but listener receives information more slowly.

Read these pieces of advice. Then pass on the tips in your own words.

How much exercise do you get? Gentle rhythmic cycling, jogging or swimming are ideal ways of reducing the tension caused by stress. They help release all that pent up energy and will encourage deep refreshing sleep. Yoga, body conditioning classes or relaxation techniques may also be helpful.

Try to cut down on drinking and smoking. If you use these to 'unwind', the relief can only be temporary. They will not solve the problems that make you tense.

This is the second part of the article on page 49. Read it and then tell your partner about it IN YOUR OWN WORDS.

Share this information with your partner. Don't read the summaries aloud - use your own words.

Paragraph a is from Emma by Jane Austen (1816)

The delightful Emma's mismanagement of other people's affairs leads to consequences she could not have foreseen. A comedy of self-deceit and self-discovery. Jane Austen's elegant, gently ironic style makes her one of the greatest English novelists, whose work still appeals strongly to the present-day reader. Most of her books have been made into movies.

Paragraph d is from Nineteen Eighty-Four by George Orwell (1949)

This futuristic story tells of one individual's fight against a totalitarian State, where the Party controls everything in everybody's lives - even the way they think. A nightmarish vision of a totalitarian world Many of the book's phrases ('Big Brother is watching you', 'the Thought Police', etc.) have passed into the English language.

Paragraph e is from Conundrum by Jan Morris (1974)

The story of how James Morris, a well-known writer and married man with children, became Jan Morris This is an honest and moving account of the problems she faced during her life and how she eventually overcame them by having a sex-change operation. Full of surprising humour, wit and warmth

\V*J 1 Study this information before joining your partner.

2Note down FIVE QUESTIONS you want to ask your partner about James Dean. Then join your partner to share information.

Read these pieces of advice. Then pass on the tips in your own words.

1Remember your 'stress situations' and when you get caught up in one, use it as a cue to relax. When the traffic is making you 'tense up', do the opposite. Give your arms and neck a stretch - try smiling at someone else caught in the jam.

2When the phone is engaged, or the taxi ignores you, take a deep breath and exhale slowly - think how silly it seems that minor hassles like these made you uptight.

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Shock

1Move the patient as little as possible. Call for a doctor or ambulance.

2Position the patient with his or her head low and feet raised - do not move any part that may be fractured.

3Loosen tight clothing.

4Keep the patient warm - cover them with a coat or blanket.

5Reassure the patient by being calm, sympathetic and confident. Even if the patient appears to be unconscious they may be able to hear any unfavourable comments you make.

6DON'T give the patient anything to drink, not even water and definitely not alcohol.

7DON'T give the patient anything to eat.

The Threatened Assassin, 1926, by Rene Magritte