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FIGHTING BACKWhen Al Gore lost the 2000 presidentialelections in the US, many people thoughthe would disappear. But just seven yearslater he is in the headlines again. Thisyear he has won both the Principe deAsturias award for InternationalCooperation and the Nobel Peace Prize.Now he is looking to build a worldwide'green army' to publicise environmentalissues around the globe. Join him onpage 14. On CD we learn about somemore outspoken men: writer JeffreyArcher and Formula 1 driver LewisHamilton, We also travel to two boomingdestinations: Harlem in New York andDublin in Ireland. There are tips on howtoget your life in order on page 22 andadvice on using new technology to listento music in our Futurology series. Formore on music, read the interview withhot young singing star Rihanna.

18JenniferAnistonhas relationshiptroubles in thismonth's movieThe Break-Up.

4 ~ EASY ENGLISH

On CD we profile rising Formula 1star Lewis Hamilton and celebrate thereunion of rock group Genesis.

12~ JEFFREY ARCHER

The politician, businessman andauthor talks about his eventful life.

14ALGORE

The Nobel Prize winner brings hisClimate Project to Spain.

18~ JENNIFER ANISTON

Hear all about her role in Speak Up'smovie this month, The Break-Up.

22 PUTnNG YOUR LIFE IN ORDER

Are your closet and your life in a mess?You need a professional de-clutterer.

24 I'VE GOT A BIKE

We visit an unusual auction house,which specialises in antique bikes.

26 ~ HARLEM RENAISSANCE

We tour New York's hottestneighborhood, Harlem.

30 FUTVROLOGY PART 2

Speak Up's new series looks at hi-techways oflistening to music.

32~ COST OF TIlE CELnC nGER

Ireland is now the second richestcountry in the ED. But what are thecosts of its economic success?

36 RIHANNA

The Umbrella Girl talks about her hitsand working with rap star Jay-Z.

38 MEET THE PRESS

The Guardian fights bank robbers andThe Economist tries health drinks.

40 ~ ROOM FULL OF MIRRORS

An extract from a biography of rocksuperstar Jimi Hendrix.

46 ~ THE LAST LAUGH

A parrot and a magician provide thelaughs in our jokes section.

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INSPIRATION 1 TRAILER: remolque 2 STEP-MUM:

madrastra 3 IT HIT ME HARD: me afect6 mucho

~ 1 TO OVERTAKE: adelanrar 2 RELEVANT:

~ significativo 3 NEVER MISSED A RACE:

nunca se perdi6 una carrera 4 IS NOT IN QUESTION: em!fuera de duda 5 KARTING: carreras de cars 6 TO SET UP:

organizar 7 ULTIMATE GOAL: objetivo final 8 TO BLAME:

echar la culpa 9 DELAY: retraso

Hamilton's ability is not in question4• ~

He's been a champion driver since the 6'age of 10 and has won at every level ofthe sport from junior karting5 to theGP2 series. His father bought him hisfirst go-kart at the age ofsix, and he wasracing by his eighth birthday. Hamiltonfirst met McLaren team boss Ron Den­nis in 1994 when he was just nine yearsold. He told Dennis that one day hewanted to drive for McLaren. Four yearslater the McLaren and Mercedes-BenzYoung Driver Support Programme wasset Up6, and Hamilton was one of thefirst to obtain financial and technicalhelp. Today he says, "Racing in FormulaOne with McLaren was the ultimategoal? for me. It's a dream come true.»

One person remains unimpressed byHamilton's driving abilities: his girl­friend Jodi Ma reveals that, on a recenttrip from Paris to London, he got losttwice. Hamilton took seven hours tofind his way home and blamed8 the de­lay on his car's navigation system.

El debut del britanico Lewis Hamilton, el primer piloto decolor de Formula 1, ha sido impresionante. Aunquecorta, su vida profesional ha sido intensa y muy rapida.

Hamilton, who grew up in Tewin inHertfordshire, England, is also the firstblack Grand Prix driver, but he doesn'tsee that as relevane: "Being the firstblack man isn't important to me person­ally, but it will introduce motor racing toa new audience.»

He is often compared to golfchampi­on Tiger Woods for his maturity andconcentration, and there are similaritiesin their family backgrounds. Hamilton'sfather, Anthony, has always encouragedand supported his son: he had three jobsto finance him in the early days, andnever missed a race3

•

LewisHamilton

Lewis Hamilton, McLaren's 22­year-old Formula One driver,made an incredible impacton his debut at this year'sAustralian Grand Prix: he over­

took' Alonso, the reigning world cham­pion, at the first corner. He finished thatrace in third place, the first debutant toreach the podium since JacquesVilleneuve in 1996. He then broke allrecords by taking second place in hisnext four races, and led the world cham­pionship. The only racing driver witha comparable record is the legendaryItalian, Giuseppe 'Nino' Farina. Manybelieve Hamilton will become the great­est driver ofall time.

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EXERCISESListening Questions11 Choose the best option in each case.A. Lewis Hamilton finished in (SECOND / THIRD)

place in four consecutive races.B. His family background is often compared

to that of (JACQUES VILLENEUVE / TIGERWOODS).

C. Hamilton received (PSYCHOLOGICAL /ECONOMIC) support from the MercedesBenz Young Driver Support Programme.

D. He was given his first lGO-KART / TOY CARl atthe age of six.

E. [HAMILTON / HAMILTON'S FATHER) had todo three jobs in order to help pay forhis training.

F. Jodi Ma claims that Hamilton got lost(TWICE / ONCE) on the way from Paris.

21 Match these celebrated Grand Prixdrivers with their countries.A. Ayrton Senna 1 GermanyB. Mika Hiikkinen 2 Spainc. Niki Lauda 3 BrazilD. Alain Prost 4 FinlandE. Michael Schumacher 5AustriaF. Jackie Stewart 6 UKG. Fernando Alonso 7 France

Answers11 A. second, B. Tiger Woods, c. economic,D. go-kart, E. Hamilton's father, F. twice2)A3,B4,c5, D7,E1,F6,G2

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Le\Nis Hamilton wasinspired by Ayrton Senna,who died when Lewis wasjust nine years old: "He wasmy hero. I remember racingthe weekend he died. Mydad had a small VauxhallCavalier and a trailer' at the back. Wealways sat in the Cavalier and waitedfor my turn to race. And that day mystep-mum2 came and told us Sennahad just died. It hit me hard3

- but Inever liked to show emotion in frontof my dad, so I went behind the trailerand cried. That was the turning pointof my life - because when you're soyoung, you believe people like Sennaare invincible. And then you realisethat they're also mortal. I decided tomake the most of my talent."

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BY JOHN RIGG

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Words,WordsEste mes, en la habitual secci6n dedicada a las palabrasmas utiles en ingles, hablamos de algunos de los diferentessentidos y combinaciones que tiene el utilizadisimo take.

This month we discover a new take,that's a new perspective, on the wordtake, so take a seat (sit down) and getcomfortable. Basically, to take means toobtain; sometimes it's as easy as pickingup a biscuit from a plate. Other times itinvolves violence: a mugger' takes anold woman's handbag2 and escapes.That's a shocking experience, whichis very difficult to take in (orunderstand); everyone is taken bysurprise (or shocked) by the situation.

Time OutHere are some more examples. Ifyousee an unusual bird, you "do a double

take" - you see thebird the first time,look away indisbelief, and thenlook again to check.

Someone says "Take five." What doesthat mean? Well, it's the same as "Let'stake a break," or let's have a five-minute

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rese. Perhaps you need a real break, sotake a few days offwork (go onholiday), and fly to somewhere exotic.Ifyou book last minute, the agenttakes off30 per cent - that's a bigdiscount. In no time at all" you takeyour seat on a plane, the plane takesoff, and you're flying high above theclouds. So take offyour jacket, sit backand take it easy, just relax.

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On LocationOn holiday you take photographs withyour camera. When a movie directormakes a film, he often asks his actors torepeat a scene - each attempt is called atake, so you have take 1, take 2 and soon. One fight scene in Jackie Chan'sThe Young Master was so difficult toperform, the actors needed 329 takes.

Take can also mean "need" or"involve". "It takes two to make adream come true\" sang Marvin Caye.He was absolutely right because thesong was a duet, and he neededpartner Kim Weston to sing withhim. Barbra Streisand didn't agree:in the musical HelLo Dolly she sang"It takes a woman ... to bring thesweet things in life."

~ 1 MUGGER: arracador 2 HANDBAG:

~ bolso 3 REST: descanso 4 IN ND TIME

AT ALL: en un sanriamen 5 TO TAKE DFF: despegar6 IT TAKES TWD TO MAKE A DREAM COME TRUE:

se necesiran dos personas para que un suefiose conviena en realidad

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Internet es un buen lugar para buscarse la vida: se puedeconseguir un sofa para pernoctar en Islandia y, tambien,reciclar todo tipo de mobiliario, con transporte incluido.

It's aStranlQ,Strange Worlll~ 1 UNWANTED DESIGNER CLOTHES: la

~ ropa de disefio que ya no quieren2 ITEM: prenda de vestir 3 SUITABLE: adecuado4 WORKSHOP: taller 5 GARMENT: artfculo de ropa6 FASHION LABEL: etiqueta 7 CATWALK: pasarela demoda 8 COUCH: sofa 9 TO THROW OUT: tirar

worldwide, and there's probably a groupin your town. So join in, sit back, feelgenerous and watch that old sofa-or couch in American English - goour ofthe door.

couch surfing. American collegestudent Casey Fenton planned a trip toIceland, bought a plane ticket, burhad nowhere to stay. Hissolution was unique: hesent emails to 1,500Icelandic students askingfor their help. He receivedmany answers and offers ofafree couch to sleep on. Hedecided to organise a networkfor what he called "couchsurfers", and set up a web site:www.couchsurfing.com.Thereare now over 170,000 couchsurfers around the planet, andmembers can find a free couchto sleep on practically anywherein the world.

Couch Recycling...Do you have an old pieceoffurniture that youwant to throw our9?It'stoo heavy to moveyourself, but here's theperfect answer: joinwwwfreecycle.org.Freecycle mem­bers advertiseobjects theydon't want,then any mem­ber can come andcollect themfor free. The net­work has over 2.8million members

They say the best things in life are free.New Yorker Wendy Tremayne believesthis. She wants to encourage the recy­cling ofclothes through her movement,called Swap-O-Rama-Rama.

People come to the Swap-O-Rama­Rama meetings with unwanted designerclothes'. They pay a small donation,and then look for items2 that they wouldlike to wear. Once they have foundsomething suitableJ

, they move on to aSwap-O-Rama-Rama workshop', wherethey learn how to modifY their new gar­ments. They can then add their ownfashion label6 and even parade thenew design on the special Swap-O-Ra­ma-Rama catwalk? For more informa­tion visit www.swaporamarama.org.

Couch Surfing...A couchBpotato is someone who nevergoes anywhere, they simply sit on theircouch and eat in front of the television.So here's an interesting innovation:

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TheGenesisReunion

and incredible lighting2. Fans accused

Genesis ofselling out\ but the group be­came a worldwide success with the 1983album Genesis and songs like Mama.

Empezaron a tocar juntos hace cuarenta anos. Triunfarony se separaron. Hoy han vuelto a reunirse, aunque ya noest<in todos. El grupo Genesis no se pierde el siglo XXl.

Genesis are back. The 1970s rockheroes have reunited and spenta busy summer touring aroundthe world for the first time inmany years. Tony Banks, Phil

Collins and Mike Rutherford broughttheir Turn It on Again tour to 22 Euro­pean cities in June and July, continuingin North America in September andOctober. Loyal fans were treated to aselection of their hits such as Follow lOuFollow Me and Invisible Touch.

Genesis were a progressive rock band inthe 1970s, when they enjoyed cult suc­cess with albums such as SellingEnglandby the Pound. Vocalist Peter Gabriel wasa spectacular performer who worebizarre costumes during their liveshows. Yet they had their greatest suc­cess in the 1980s after drummer PhilCollins replaced Gabriel as vocalist. Theband revolutionised their live shows byintroducing hypnotic drum machines

Why have Genesis reunited now? PhilCollins says, "Well, we certainly don'tneed the money. It's rewarding' to knowthat so many people still like us."

Initially, they wanted to re-form the1970s line-ups, with Peter Gabriel andguitarist Steve Hackett, and performtheir legendary concept album TheLamb Lies Down on Broadway. Unfortu­nately, Gabriel had other commitments6

and Hackett refused. In theend, they decided to tour with PhilCollins as vocalist.

~ 1 SELLING ENGLAND BY THE POUND:

~ Lit. vender Inglarerra por unas libras2 LIGHTING: iluminaci6n 3 TO SELL OUT: venderse,rraicionar sus principios 4 REWARDING: grariflcanre5 LINE-UP: inregranres 6 COMMITMENT: compromiso

THE OLD SCHOOL 1 BOARDING SCHOOL: inrernado2 TO BREAK UP: separarse

MR COLLINS... 1 HIT: exira 2 ENVY: envidia

MR COLLINS•••Phil Collins is the most famous formermember of the band, thanks to his solo careerand hits' like In the Air Tonightand AnotherDay in Paradise. He has won seven Grammies,and has worked as an actor. He appeared inthe American TV series Miami Vice and playeda gangster in the British movie Buster.Today, Collins is an award-winning composer,writing songs for animated Disney films suchas Tarzan, which he has recently adapted asa Broadway musical.The other band members admit their env/ofCollins's success, but Tony Banks says, 'Wejoke about how short he is; he's a very shortman, you know?" The band completed theirworld tour with dates in North America inSeptember and October, and hope to reunitewith Peter Gabriel next year.

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THE OLD SCHOOLGenesis were formed in 1967 byPeter Gabriel [insetl and keyboardplayer Tony Banks when they were stillschoolboys at the exclusive boardingschool', Charterhouse, in Surrey,England. They were discovered byrecord producer Jonathan King,another former Charterhouse student,who gave the band their name.Phil Collins, who came from a moremodest background, joined the groupin 1970 as their drummer. Gabriel leftthe group in 1975 because the othermembers felt his insistence on bizarre

costumes madeit impossible toperform seriousmusic. Ironically, the band thenbecame a commercial success, whilePeter Gabriel continued as a cult soloartist. In 1996, Phil Collins left Genesis;Tony Banks and Mike Rutherfordtried to replace him with new vocalistRayWilson, but the band finally brokeUp2 in 1998.

EXERCISESListening Questions1) Decide whether the following statementsare true or false.A. The lead singer of Genesis was originally

Phil Collins. TRUE/FALSEB. Peter Gabriel used to wear extravagant

costumes during Genesis shows.TRUE/FALSE

c. Genesis became a more commercialgroup with their 1983 self-titled album.

TRUE/FALSED. The group has reunited now for financial

reasons. TRUE/FALSEE. The band had hoped to reconstruct the

group's original 1970s line-up. TRUE/FALSEF. Peter Gabriel refused under any

circumstances to tour again with hisformer colleagues. TRUE/FALSE

G. Steve Hackett was the band's leadvocalist on the Turn It on Again tour.

TRUE/FALSE

2) Insert the correct word in the gaps inthe sentences below. Some of these wordsare nouns that are used here adjectivally.The first letter of each word has been givento help you.A. Genesis were a Ipl rock band.B. They enjoyed !cl success during

the 70s and 80s.c. They were famous for their spectacular

III shows.D. The group had lwl __success with

their 1983 self-titled album.E. The Lamb Lies Down on Broadway is an

example of a !c) __ album.F. You can play percussion with a (dl __

machine.

3) Insert the correct word from the list in thebox below to make titles of Genesis albums.One of the words does not apply.

Tail Broadway TouchSides Nursery Wind

England Stations

A. The Lamb Lies Down on _B. Selling by the Poundc. A Trick of the _D. Invisible -,-,---__E. Calling All__F. and WutheringG. __ Crymes

Answers1IA. False, B. True, c. True, D. False, E. TrueF. False, G. False21A. progressive, B. cult, c. live, D. worldwide,E. concept, F. drum31A. Broadway, B. England, c.Tail, D.TouchE. Stations, F. Wind, G. Nursery

Nick Harper

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guitarist John Williams. There arenewcomers 3 too, such as singer-song­writer Martyn Joseph from Walesand Nick Harper, son of the legendarymusician Roy Harper.

Everyone is encouraged to bring theirguitars to the festival: each yearthere are workshops' whereyou learn new playing stylesand how to look afters yourguitar. This year, finger­picking guitarist EricLugosch will lead a classon playing techniques.

~ 1 WEALTH:

IiiiiiMiMI abundancia2 FORMER: amiguo 3 NEWCOMER:

novara 4 WORKSHOP: taller5 TO LOOK AFTER: cuidar

Visit the festival website www.bes­tguitarlest.com for detailed infor­mation about the artists, dates andonline booking. There is also a listof hotels etc. which offer discounts

during the festival.

Clasica, flamenca, jazz, rock. .. La guitarra puede tocarsede muchlsimas maneras. Para comprobarlo, ~que mejorlugar que el festival de Wirral, que se celebra este mes?

his month sees the 19th editionof the Wirral's InternationalGuitar Festival ofGreat Britain.From 7-26 November, top gui­tarists from all over the world

will come to the Wirral peninsula, anarea to the west of Liverpool, a shortferry ride across the River Mersey. Festi­val Director Rob Smith says, "We have aconcert programme that inspires peopleto discover both new and old artists."

You'll find every style ofguitar-playingat the Wirral: classical, jazz, rock, blues,slide, country and flamenco. This year'sfestival includes a wealth1 of talent, withexperienced players such as former 2 SoftMachine guitaristJohn Etheridge, a jazz­fusion performer who will be playing aduet with fellow legend, classical

IllASY II.GLISH / THIS MONTH

BY JOHN RIGG

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Guitar Legends

TRAVEL / EASY ENGLISHBY JOHN RIGG

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The Reali ReallyFreeMar etEn San Francisco, cada ultimo sabado de mes, tienelugar un mercadillo realmente curioso en el que no sepermiten ni el dinero ni el trueque: todo, todo, se regala.

he Really Really Free Markettakes place on the last Saturdayofevery month in Dolores Park,in the beautiful Californian cityofSan Francisco. This month's

Really Really Free Market, or RRFM,will take place on 24 November.

What is a Really Really Free Market? It'sa community event where everyonebrings something to give awa/ and ex­pects nothing in return2

• People bringCDs, books, old clothes, pieces offurni­ture; other people bring food and drink,while others offer a free massage, a hair­cue, or a musical performance. The im­portant factor here is that money isn'twelcome and there's no bartering';

At the Really Really Free Market in Dolores Park inSan Francisco, relaxed shoppers swap ideas as wellas unwanted books, clothes, music and massages!

everything is 100 per cent free. The mar­ket takes place on the last Saturday ofevery month - an occasion for people toforget the stress ofmodern life and to re­discover the value ofcommunity.

The Really Really Free Marketmovement didn't originate in SanFrancisco; political activists in Floridaand North Carolina organized the firstmarkets as part ofa protest against glob­alization and the FTAA (Free Trade Areaofthe Americas).

Dolores Park was once predominantlyworking class5

; nearby in Valencia Street

Really Free Markets are practicaLand easiLy organized and arecatching on7 aLL over the UnitedStates, from California and Nevadain the west to North Carolina andNew York in the east.The idea is very simpLe and the onLyruLe is that everything must beoffered 100 per cent free. Everyoneis weLcome to bring gifts andanyone can organize their ownmarket. It may not be a reaL revoLu­tion, but the movement is quietlybringing a Little happiness intomany people's lives.

Mission Dolores332116th StSan Francisco,CA 94114, USAEmail: doloressflaaol.com

Levi Strauss Museum250 VaLencia StreetSan Francisco,CA 94110, USATours: Tue-Wed 9.00,11.00,13.30Admission: Free

is the Levi Strauss factory, which pro­duced jeans for over 90 years. It closed in2002 and today functions as a museum,where you can buy authentic reproduc­tions ofvintage6 Levis.

~ 1 TO GIVE AWAY: regalar 2 EXPECTS

~ NOTHING IN RETURN: no espera nada acambio 3 HAIRCUT: corte de pelo 4 TO BARTER: rracar5 WORKING CLASs: c1ase obrera 6 VINTAGE: anriguosmodelos 7 TO CATCH ON: rener exira, hacerse popular

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Jeffrey Archer: No, I don't think thetime in prison made any difference at all.I was writing prison diaries then, I was

Jeffrey Archer (Standard Britishaccent): Well, they aren't running to theshops to buy it in the way they do anormal book, except in Ireland, whereit went straight to number three,and the Italians are going mad about itand the Brazilians are going madabout it, bur the normal places, it's beenvery steady, very solid, bur only reachednumber three.

LIFE BEHIND BARSJeffrey Archer was released from prisonin 2003, after having served half of afour-year sentence. We asked himwhether the experience of prison hadinfluenced his latest book:

Rich List, he is worth' an estimated£70 million (l00 million euros).

As a writer, Archer's credits includethrillers such as Not a Penny More, Not aPenny Less, Kane and Abel and FirstAmong Equall. His latest offering\written in collaboration with Irish the­ology professor Francis J Maloney, is alittle differenr. It's called The GospelAc­cording to Judas' by Benjamin Iscariot.When Jeffrey Archer met with SpeakUp, we asked him how his regular fanshad reacted to his latest book:

JEFFREY ARCHER

INTERVIEW /0 ON CD3BY LOUISE BROWN - SPEAKER JUSTIN RATCLIFFE STANDARD BRITISH ACCENT

Jeffrey Archer deja de escribir best-sellers como Kaney Abel para dedicarse a la polltica. Recibia titulosnobiliarios y fue condenado a una pena de carcel porperjurio. Ahora vuelve a la ficcian con Judas Iscariote.

Jeffrey Archer, 67, is a decidedlyconrroversial figure. His life hasconsisted of a series of highsand lows1 in which he has built abusiness fortune 2

, gone bank­rupt, built another fortune writingbest-sellers and served a prison sen­tence for perjurl. A former Conserva­tive Member of Parliament, he is amember of the House ofLords, havingreceived the title Baron Archer ofWe­ston-super-Mare in 1992. And, ac­cording to the latest Sunday Times

far more interested in observing prisonfrom the inside and writing what I sawin front ofme, so no, I could say to youit didn't affect me either way.

But we were curious to knowwhether prison had changed his ownview oflife:

Jeffrey Archer: Only in the sense thatI'm aware9 what a privileged life I've hadand continue to have and how manypeople who have no parental upbring­ing10

, no opportunity, are immediatelydisadvantaged. In that sense, yes.

THE MAGIC FORMULAAnd yet, in spite of the disasters in hislife, Archer has enjoyed immense suc­cess as a writer. In conclusion, we askedhim what was the secret:

Above: Jeffrey Archer, 67. and his latest book.He says: "Whenever you analyse anyone whohas had any success and they're in theheadlines, you will find they are people andmake mistakes. I'm certainly that and I'vemade a lot of mistakes."'

Jeffrey Archer: Hard work, energy,you need a bit ofluck, in the sense thatbeing able to write a tale, being able to

write a story, being able to write a yarn",is a God-given gifiJ2

.

EXERCISESListening Questions1) Put the following facts into the order inwhich they are mentioned in the report.A. A list of books that he has published.B. His life in prison and his release.c. His life as a Conservative MP.D. His immense success in life.E. The sales of his latest book.F. The recognition that he has had a very

privileged life.G. Energy, hard work and determinationH. Prison and his latest book.

2) Choose the best option in each case.A. His latest book is written in collaboration

with an !ITALIAN / IRISH] professor.B. The book has been a [GREAT / REASONABLE)

success everywhere in comparison withhis previous titles.

c. Archer served (TWO / FOUR) years of hisprison sentence.

D. He wrote about the world (OUTSIDE /

INSIDE) the prison when he was there.E. He realises that he has been very

(UNLUCKY / LUCKY) in life,F. For Archer, [TALENT / ENERGY) on its own is

not worth anything at all.

Answers11 C,A,E, B,H,F, D,G

2) A. Irish, B. reasonable, c. two, D. inside,E. lucky, F. talent

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I mean, otherwise everybody wouldbe doing it; so is playing the violin, so ispainting a picture. So that side... butyou've still then got to have the energyand determination and application to

actually do it13•

I always say to young people: "Ener­gy plus talent, you're a king; energy andno talent, you're a prince; talent and no

) 14 »energy, you re a pauper .

~ 1 HIGHS AND LOWS: alribajos~ 2 BUSINESS FORTUNE: gran forrunaen negocios 3 SERVED A PRISON SENTENCE FOR

PERJURY: fue condenado a una pena de carcd porperjurio 4 HE IS WORTH: posee una forruna 5 NOT A

PENNY... EQUALS: Ni UI1 centavo mas, l1i Itn centavomenos; Kaney Abel yJuego del destino 6 OFFERING:

obra 7 THE GOSPEL ACCOROING TO JUDAS: EI Evangelioseglin san Judas 8 IT DIDN'T AFFECT ME EITHER WAY: nome afecro de ninguna manera 9 I'M AWARE: soy COIlS­

cienre 10 NO PARENTAL UPBRINGING: no han sidoeducados por sus padres 11 YARN: hisroria 12 GOD­

GIVEN GIFT: don divino 13 TO ACTUALLY DO IT:

realmenre hacerlo 14 PAUPER: pobre

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Nobel de la Paz, premio Principe de Asturias y lider indis­cutible de la batalla contra el cambio climatico, AI Goreha elegido Espana como primer pais de habla hispanapara desarrollar su nuevo proyecto: The Climate Project.

AI Gore is a man in thenews. After losing thepresidential electionto George Bush in2000, his political

career seemed to be over. But thisyear Gore received the presti­gious Nobel Peace Prize and,in June, the PrIncipe deAstutias Prize for InternationalCooperation. The man with amessage on global warming vis­ited Spain to pick up his prize c

from Don Felipe de Barben, ~

Prince of Asturias, in October U

this year. He also addressed local mem­bers ofhis Climate Project campaign.

Gore has become perhaps the world'sleading' advocate for action against cli­mate change and pollution. His impacthas been so great exactly because he is a re­spected politician - a member of the es­tablishment2

- but he is not without hiscritics. Many criticise him for being toosensationalist and alarmist, some for be­ing too moderate, while others accuse himofleading this crusade for his personal ad­vantage. However, it cannot be denied

Opposite page: Al Gore giving the speech warningabout the dangers of climate change that inspired thefilm An Inconvenient Truth !inset!.

that AI Gore has drawn3 a great deal ofat­tention to the issue ofclimate change.

His movement is growing fast, andhis recent awards, such as the Oscarfor his climate change documentary,An Inconvenient Truth, have increasedhis prestige. Now, in Spain and interna­tionally, his 'green army'4 ofcampaign­ers is mobilising to warns the worldabout the dangers ofclimate change.

ONE OF THE FIRSTSome say Gore has recently 'jumped onthe bandwagon'6 of environmental is­sues to raise his own profile. But he hadfirst heard about the dangers of climatechange from one of his college profes­

sors when he was a student inthe 1960s. As a junior politicianin the 1970s he held the firstcongressional hearings on re­ducing CO2 emissions and co­sponsored hearings on toxicwaste7 and global warming.

Gore hoped he could achieveeven more when he became vicepresident in 1993. But his beliefthat America could lead theworld in creating solutions topollution was opposed by pow­erful industriallobbies8

• Year af­ter year, they blocked9

environmental programmes,claiming that these would seriouslyharm the economy.

After the election defeat in 2000,Gore decided to go back to his roots. Hewanted to spread'o the message about thegrowing dangers ofclimate change. Af­ter spending so many years campaigning

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him he intended ro show his film inSpanish schools. Before the end of theyear, the Environment Ministry will dis­tribute 30,000 copies of the documen­tary to educational institutions.

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as a politician, he felt that ttavellingaround giving speeches" would be thebest way to reach people. But he was justone man, who could only be in one placeat a time. So the idea ofmaking a film wasraised, to spread the message more easily.This led to the Oscar-winning film AnInconvenient Truth - now Gore's messagecould reach a global audience.

TRAVELLING MANGore has also expanded his interna­tional campaign with visits to England,Australia and Spain. He visited Sevilla inOctober this year to speak to support­ers'2 of his new venture, The ClimateProject, at the first Spanish conferenceofexperts in climate change.

Gore has chosen Spain as thefirst non-English speaking countryto host one of The Climate Project'sheadquarters'J. This is because of itsposition in the European Union, itsgeographical position between Europeand Mrica, and its strategic and linguis­tic links with Latin America.

This non-profit organisation wants to

build a network of people ro do whatAl Gore has been doing all theseyears: informing people about thedangers that face'4 us if we do nothingabout pollution and climate change.

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DISSENTING VOICESThis evangelising'7 approach is not likedby everybody. Not everyone agrees withall the claims made by Al Gore. A BritishHigh Court judge recently identified anumber oferrors in his film. But there isconsensus that the main facts are basedon scientifically accurate data andevidence. Even so, Al Gore certainly hashis opponents. Some question whyhe should receive the Nobel Peace Prize,since his work has little direct relationro world peace. However, the panel18

that awarded Al Gore the prize jointlywith the Intergovernmental Panel onClimate Change say that the prize high­lights'9 the link between the riskofaccel­erating climate change and the risk ofviolent conflict and war.

Industrial and corporate interests callAl Gore's claims alarmist and sensation­alist, but they have never fully accepted

Although the organisation states'5 that there is a link between man-made2o

that everyone, from housewives to com- pollution and global warming. Otherspanydirectors, is welcome to join, itdoes believe that ifwe wait until we have con-make use of prominent people and crete proof, it will be too late to do any-celebrities. "We want to maintain an thing about it.equilibrium - half-half," says Juan While the debate continues, and fewVerde, one of the founding members of governments have officially recognisedthe project in Spain. Among the dele- his initiative yet, Al Gore's Climate Pro­gates, therefore, are such people as for- ject has the support of organisationsmer minister of justice Juan Fernando such as the American Conservation As-Lopez Aguilar, chefSergi Arola, design- SOClatlOn and the Creative ArtistsersAdolfo Dom{nguezand Agency. But it also hasAgata Ruiz de la Prada, and I "'.\', I more surprising supportersthe president of General ---==-----------' such as Louis Vuitton,Electric Spain, Mario Armero. They Wendy Gordon Rockefeller and thehave pledged16 to hold speeches and sem- Walmart Foundation.inars of their own. The aim is to bring The fact that former Spanish govern-the issues to the attention of the masses ment ministers and the president ofin Spanish-speaking countries around General Electric Spain are giving theirthe world, as well as in Spain. support is an indication that the public

Volunteers, who sign up on the web and business sectors are also slowly be-site www.theclimateprojectspain.org.coming involved in the debate about cli-are given free training in the anti-global mate change. IfAl Gore achieves21 noth-warming message. They will then be ing more than this, it will have been aexpected to hold at least 10 conferences great accomplishment22 indeed.in their first year, communicatingthe message in Gore's documen taryAn Inconvenient Truth.

The film itself is being used in educa­tion in Spain. In February this year, JoseLuis Rodriguez Zapatero received AlGore at the Moncloa Palace and told

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Vince Vaughn (StandardAmerican accent): Well, Igrew up outside ofChicago

"'"'--"'-'....... and I really love the city andit just seemed to me to always be kind ofa great American city and when I envi­sioned this movie I saw it taking place inChicago and Chicago is like a lead in themovie10 because it's the backdrop" ofwhere everything happens, and, youknow, I think it's a very accessible city formost people, whether they're from theEast Coast, or the South, or the West, it's

Jennifer Aniston: They're definitelyopposites 5

, sort of like an odd couplekind of a thing6

• She likes to keep thehouse in order and decorate and it's cleanand it's very important to her and howthings go, she's kind ofmaybe control­ling in a wa/, where things have to go acertain way, and if they ... you know,and she gets a little stressed about it andGary's, ofcourse, a little bit more on thelaid-back side8

, just can't understandwhy this is all so important, but youknow, then, hence the movie!9

knows all about breaking up, havingbeen through a very public and painfuldivorce from Brad Pitt. Neverthelessshe seems to have enjoyed playing thepart of Brooke, opposite Vaughn'scharacter, Gary:

AGREAT AMERICAN CITYVince Vaughn, who is also the movie'sproducer, feels that the film's location,Chicago, played an important rolein the story:

THE BREAK-UP

CINEMA /0 ON CD4SPEAKER AMBER OCKRASSA STANDARD AMERICAN ACCCENT

Jennifer Aniston (StandardAmericanaccent): That's what I loved about itbecause it wasn't one of those clichedromantic comedies where it getswrapped up in a pretty little bow2

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it's complex and it goes in deep to thedeterioration of a relationship andhow that happens and it's not alwaysrosy3 and it's done so well with such abalance of the two, being funny, andalso heart-felt' and emotional.

Aniston, who is best known for her rolein the cult TV series Friends, certainly

De ser la inolvidable Rachel en Friends, Jennifer Aniston hapasado a interpretar papeles divertidos y romanticos en la granpantalla. Separados es uno de sus ultimos trabajos, junto aVince Vaughn. Ambos aetores nos hablan de la pelicula.

In the romantic comedy The Break­Up, Jennifer Aniston and VinceVaughn play a couple who havebroken up, but are obliged to con­tinue living in the same apartment

that they have bought together. But the38-year-old Aniston, a Greek-Americanwhose ancestors 1 changed their namefrom Anastassakis on arriving in theUSA, says that she was attracted to theproject precisely because it was different:

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the MidWest, so I think it kind ofhasrelatability12 for everyone, regardless of[where] they're from.

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Jennifer Aniston (right)shows her emotional sidein The Break-Up, withVince Vaughn (left andbelow leftl.

EXERCISESListening Questions

1) Decide whether the following statementsare true or false according to the interviewsin the article.A. Jennifer Aniston begins by saying that The

Break-Up is a cliched romantic comedy.TRUE/FALSE

B. Aniston has a mixture of Greek andAmerican blood. TRUE/FALSE

c. She explains that her character in the filmis very disorganized and untidy.

TRUE/FALSED. Vince Vaughn claims that Chicago is a city

that everyone in the US can identify with.TRUE/FALSE

E. According to the director, it is thepartnership between Aniston andVaughn which gives the film itsspecial quality. TRUE/FALSE

that they know her. And that's an incred­ibly great quality to have for this moviebecause we're making a movie aboutpeople that, hopefully, you can relate to.And she also digs pretty deep14 in thismovie. There were moments in themovie where she was delivering someof her emotional stuffS and it'll makeyou choke up16, I mean, she's really,really an amazing actress.

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Peyton Reed (StandardAmerican accent): Jennifer'samazing 'cause what shebrings to the movie is amaz­

ing comedic timing13 and she also hasthis quality that she's clearly a movie star,but she's also very relatable. I mean, peo­ple feel like they know her and I thinkthat's why she's written about and herpersonal life is followed so much becausepeople really feel like she's a friend and

FRIENDS•••But for director Peyton Reed, JenniferAniston is the movie's real star:

2) Choose the best option in each of thefollowing sentences.A. In the film, the couple live

(TOGETHER/SEPARATELY) after they havebroken up.

B. Aniston says that this film is more[PROFOUND/EXPERIMENTAL] than the usualfilms about relationships.

c. The writer says that Aniston(KNOWS/DOESN'T KNOW! what breaking up isall about in real life.

D. Vince Vaughn's character, Gary, is a lotmore [TENSE/RElAXED) in the film thanJennifer Aniston's character.

E. Peyton Reed says that the audience!IDENTIFIES/COMPETESIwith Aniston inspite of her very public persona.

More exercises on CD

3) Insert the correct preposition in thegaps provided.A. It wasn't one of those romantic comedies

where it all gets wrapped __ in a littlebow.

B. Aniston is best known her rolein the cult TV series Friends.

c. She knows all__ breaking up.D. She went__a painful and public

divorce with Brad Pitt.E. Chicago is easy to identify with, regardless__where you are from.

F. We're making a movie about people that,hopefully, you can relate__ .

Answers1) A. False, B. True, c. False, D. True, E. False,21 A. together, B. profound, c. knows, D.relaxed, E. identifies3) A.Up, B. for, c. about, D. through, E. of, F. to

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TIPS ON HOW TO SAVEYOUR OWN LIFE•••Decluttering has become aprofession in Britain for twosimple reasons: the size of theaverage home has declined inrecent years, while the amount ofthings people buy - clothes,shoes or books that will be used,worn or read once and throwninto the back of the cupboard ­has increased dramatically.Britain now has an Association ofProfessional Declutterers andOrganisers (web site: www.apdo­uk. co. uk!. Yet members say thatthe hardest part of their work isoften getting through the client'sdoo,.z: people can feel veryashamed when others see theirhome in a state of total chaos.

Decluttering can even saverelationships, according to onemember of the association.She tells the story of a coupleon the edge of separation3 afterthe husband had thrown out allof his wife's shoes in an effort toget some space.Decluttering can also have somefinancial benefits. As onedeclutterer said: "Take a deepbreath, put it all onto eBay andhave yourself a jolly good holidayfrom the proceeds4

."

GLOSSARY 1 TO INCREASE ORAMATICALLY:aumentar enormemente

2 TO GET THROUGH ••• DOOR: conseguir entrar enla casa del cliente 3 ON THE EDGE OF SEPARATION:

a punto de separarse 4 PROCEEDS: ganancias

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La figura del organizador domestico nace en Estados Unidosy ya ha llegado al Reino Unido, donde cada vez son maslas casas que sufren las consecuencias del desorden. PaulineMorgan nos explica en que consiste su curioso oficio.

There aren't many people whodon't have a few things lyingaround the home' that theyknow they should really tidy upz- if only they had time. A few

books to put away, newspapers to throwout\ some clothes that haven't been wornfor ages4and which could go to charity:before you know it, your house is full ofthings you don't really need, but can'tbear to part with5.That's when it's timeto bring in a professional 'declutterer6',someone who's trained to help you re­arrange your life - or at least your home.

Pauline Morgan is a declutterer in thenorth west ofEngland. She says that herwork orren requires psychological skills?:

Pauline Morgan:One of thethings that we did discoverwas that people would have

L..-..........-...... some kind of a crisis in theirlife and they were unable to cope withitS. People are totally unable to copewith a room that is full ofstuff. I meanwe've seen rooms that are piled'o highand to actually try and give them yourvision of what this room can look likecan be very difficult because all they cansee is this mountain of boxes and papersand stuff everywhere.

So it's a symptom, the way we lookedat it, of a cluttered mind" as well,

but then we found the barriers ofactually going into the home werejust as big because of the amount ofclutter, they were then embarrassedand ashamed'z.

Pauline reckons that this is more ofaproblem for women than it is for men.Certainly, her work involves usingplenty ofdiplomacy:

Pauline Morgan: You don't walk in andsay it's a mess'3. You don't even say it's aproblem, really. First ofall, it's trying toidentifY what their needs are, what theywant to achieve'4 from this exercise.That's the first thing to establish becauseyou have to take into account that every­thing means something to that person inthe room. People have different reasonsfor holding on to things'5. A lot of it is asafety net'6, and that's how it tends to

work. They feel comfortable with thesethings around them.

THE BEAUTY OF BOOKSPeople will hold on to the strangestof things, often because of nostalgiaor sentimentality. For some reason,books are a major problem for adeclutterer: people simply don't wantto part with them, although Paulineherselfadmits she has a bit ofa problemgetting rid or? hers:

Pauline Morgan: No, I can't bear topart with any, either. I actually do putthem out and then I take them back,because I think "No, no!" It's sort of, Idon't know, it's, .. whether it's part ofthinking that's part ofmy education or Ijust enjoy reading that book, but booksseem to... certainly do resonate verystrongly with people's. Bits ofpaper can,absolutely and utterly19, Yeah, they can,it's amazingZO

, people won't part withthings very easily.

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the bicycles and I asked them: "Wouldyou come to a bicycle sale?" They all saidyes, they said they'd help me do it and...that's how it started.

INTERNATIONAL CLIENTELEFallon's company also runs auctions ofAmericana'o and textiles' 1

, but it is thebicycles that attract the most interest.Fallon has clients around the world,such as Shiro Yagami, who owns abicycle museum in Japan, Gert JanMoed of the Velorama museum inNijmegen in the Netherlands'2, andlast, but not least, one1J Sheikh SaudAl-Thani from Qatar. These individu­als are prepared to pay good money foran antique bicycle:

Left: Copake Auction Inc president Mike Fallon with apenny farthing. Above and right: Inside the CopakeAuction house during a sale. Right. bottom: A detailfrom a typical bike sold at the auctions.

Mike Fallon: We started our auction 16years ago. We ran into4 a bunchs of peo­ple that had bicycles and we always won­dered6 ifthey were sellable7

• I used to racemotorcycles and I always collected an­tiques. I ended up with a lot of bicycles.One year I got a collection of highwheelsB to sell and there was so much in­terest that I thought "I can have a... just abicycle sale." So I sold the bicycles and Istopped everybody who was bidding9 on

ANTIQUE BICYCLE AUCTION,ILanguage level:!ADVANCED I

Copake es una tranquila localidad estadounidense en laque, desde hace dieciseis alios, se organizan importantessubastas de bicicletas antiguas. Mike Fallon, uno de susimpulsores, nos explica los secretos de estos vehiculos.

The little town of Copake inupstate New York' has as itsmotto, "Where neighbors2helpneighbors and strangers are wel­comed as friends." More impor­

tantly, perhaps, it is home to an unusualevent: the Annual Antique and ClassicBicycle AuctionJ

.

Mike Fallon, who runs Copake Auc­tion, Inc, told Speak Up how he got theidea for the auction:

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Mike Fallon: Generally, the class ofbi­cycle that is most valuable, I would say,would be 19th-century bicycles likehigh-wheels, hard-ryre safeties'\ tricy­cles from the high-wheel period. Thenyou would go up to the pre-war balloonbicycles15

, the ones that are art-as-indus­trial-design models16

• They have artdeco characteristics. Those bikes arevery valuable, also. The most valuableone we have sold, which was a bargain'7by today's standard, was $33,000.A bicycle sold in England a few yearsago for $130,000.

In conclusion, Mike Fallon wasasked to describe the bike that soldfor $33,000:

Itwas a hard-ryre safety called a WhiteFlyer and it had a very unique ratchetingmechanism'8 to pedal it. It didn't have

pedals that went around, they wentstraight up and straight down when youpedaled it. A museum in Ohio bought it.

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vecino 3 ANTIQUE••• AUCTION: subasta anual de bici­c1etas antiguas y c1:isicas 4 TO RUN INTO: encontrar5 BUNCH: grupo 6 TO WONDER: preguntarse 7 SELLABLE:

vendible 8 HIGH WHEELS: bicicleta de ruedas a1tas9 TO BID: pujar 10 AMERICANA: objetos tradicionalesamericanos 11 TEXTILES: tejidos 12 NETHERLANDS:

Holanda 13 ONE: un tal 14 HARD-TYRE SAFETY:

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DESIGN MODELS: modelos artfsticos, de vanguardia17 BARGAIN: ganga 18 RATCHETING MECHANISM:

mecanismo de cambio de marchas

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£1 barrio neoyorquino de Harlem se est:i transformando.Ha dejado de ser una zona marginal y peligrosa paraconvertirse en un barrio de negocios, tiendas elegantes yvecinos de lujo, como el mismo ex presidente Clinton.

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In 2001, former' US president BillClinton was looking for an office inNew York City. He could haverelocated anywhere - but he chosea 14-store/ building on 55 West

125th Street in Harlem. It was anothersign that this unique area of northManhattan is on the way upJ. As recent­lyas the late 1980s, Harlem was consid­ered a neglected' ghetto, but policestatistics show a massive falls in crime inthe last 15 years.

Harlem is known across the world asthe center ofblack American culture. Itis famous for its jazz music and livellnightlife. Through good times and bad,Harlem has always had a vibrant andmixed community, says Howard Dod­son, director of the Schomburg Centerfor Research in Black Culture:

Howard Dodson (StandardAmerican accent): It was al­ways majority black, but,within that black popula­

tion, was a very, very diverse mix ofpeo­ple, from the Caribbean, from theAfrican continent itself From... peoplewho were born in ew York and peoplewho had migrated to ew York from allthe other four corners of the United

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States. That, coupled with7 a Hispanicpopulation that's been here for, what,60-70 years, it's been a majority blackcommunity. There's always been a whitepresence here. It's certainly becomingmore diverse than it was in previoustime[s], but it's always been a very di­verse ethnic, racial, religious, nationalcommunity. And that diversity is whatreally functions as a kind ofcatalyst for alot of the cultural energy, but also a lotof the political energy that makes thissuch a vibrant and dynamic place.

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THE GOLDEN AGEBack in the 1920s, when the Schom­burg Center was founded, Harlem wasbuzzing8 with creative energy, as musi­cians, writers and artists flourished9 inthe Harlem Renaissance. Jazz giantssuch as Duke Ellington, Alberta Hunterand Roland Hayes rubbed shoulderswith'o leading" literary figures like ZoraNeale Hurston, Aaron Douglass andLangston Hughes.

In the 1960s, the most famousHarlemites were church ministers lead-

ing the struggle'2 for civil rights and so­cial justice. Their names are now writ­ten on the streets: Seventh Avenue hasbeen renamed Adam Clayton Powell JrBoulevard, while Lenox Avenue has be­come Malcolm X Boulevard. If youwant to understand Harlem, thechurches are certainIya good place to go.Many of them are housed in magnifi­cent buildings - such as the huge'\ un­finished cathedral ofStJohn the Divinenear Morningside Park. With over 400places of worship'4 in Harlem, there'splenty of choice, too. Many visitorscome to hear gospel music, which is howRene Calvo, who now runs a bed andbreakfast in Harlem, first arrived here.

Rene Calvo (Standard Ame­rican accent): My mothergrew up in Harlem, but Inever came up here and I

had a girlfriend in France and when shecame to visit me, she wanted to seeHarlem. And I was like, "Alright!"

So we tried to find out informationabout coming up here and there wasnothing really, and nobody I knewdowntown ever, ever came up here! And

she wanted to hear gospel music, so Isaid, "Well, we'll just go up on Sundaymorning and we'll see what we see." Andwe came up, she said, "Oh, bur I have ithere in my guide book," and in theFrench guide book there was like 10 dif­ferent churches and how to get thereand when we came up, we went toAbyssinian Baptist Church, therewas a line around the block15 ofFrench,Italian, Germans, Japanese people,'cause tourists from... this has beenan international tourist destinationfor decades, but Americans and NewYorkers never came here.

RENOVATIONFor the past five years Rene Calvo haslovingly restored The Harlem Flop­house - an 1890s brownstone build­ing16 in the middle of the area's famousjazz district. It's a quiet, pleasant neigh­borhood17 and only a short walk to thelegendary jazz haunts18 of the CottonClub and Lenox Lounge.

Harlem has many beautiful build­ings dating back to the late nineteenthand early twentieth centuries. Propertyprices are now soaring19 as developers2o

Above: Typical brownstone buildings in Harlem, NewYork. Left: The church has always played a key role inHarlem life. Many churches are housed in stunningbuildings and gospel music attracts a lot of visitors.

and businesses move into the area. Newhotels will soon open their doors. Itwasn't always like this, says Rene Calvo:

Rene Calvo: When I first moved to thisblock I would say over 70 per cent of thebuildings were still vacant. They were allowned21

, bur they were vacant.So this block was dark, very dark and

very quiet. And ifyou look around youcan see, like anywhere you see like a newdoor, that's all been done in the last fiveyears. So there's been a tremendousamount ofconstruction here.

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codearse can 11 LEADING: desracado 12 CHURCH

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OF WORSHIP: lugar de culto 15 THERE WAS A LINE

AROUND THE BLOCK: la cola se exrendia par wda lamanzana 16 BROWNSTONE BUILDING: edificio deladrillo 17 NEIGHBORHOOD: barrio 18 HAUNT: local19 PROPERTY PRICES ARE NOW SOARING: ahara losprecios del mercado inmobiliario esran subiendoverriginosamenre 20 DEVELOPER: promowrinmobiliario 21 TO BE OWNED: rener dueiio

EXERCISESListening Questions11 Put the following facts into the order inwhich they are mentioned in the article.A. Property pricesB. Churches in Harlemc. Bill Clinton's officeD. Buzzy 1920s HarlemE. A fall in the crime rateF. The Harlem FlophouseG. Streets which change namesH. Gospel music

2) Decide whether the following statementsare true or faLse.A. PoLice have seen a great decline in crime

in Harlem in the last 50 years. TRUE/FALSEB. Harlem has always been a black

community with very little presence ofother ethnic groups. TRUE/FALSE

c. Creative energy was prevalent in Harlemin the 1920s. TRUE/FALSE

D. Langston Hughes was one of the greatjazz artists of the time. TRUE/FALSE

E. A good way to understand theneighborhood is to visit its churches.

TRUE/FALSEF. Rene Calvo's mother came from HarLem

but he himself had never visited the areauntil quite recently. TRUE/FALSE

G. Rene's hotel is located in a pleasantneighborhood famous for its jazz clubs.

TRUE/FALSE

3) Match the words in the coLumns to makecollocations or common word combinationsas found in the article.A. police 1 rig htsB. Lively 2 justicec. diverse 3 nightlifeD. creative 4 energyE. literary 5 statisticsF. civil 6 figuresG. social 7 mix

41 Write the first names of these famousjazz musicians and singers. The first Letterhas been given to heLp you.A. [D)__EllingtonB. [J) Coltranec.IMl DavisD. IB)__HoLidayE. III ArmstrongF. IC) Parker

Answers11 C, E,D, B,G,H,F,A21 A. False, B. FaLse, c. True, D. False,E. True, F. True, G. True31A5, B3,c7, D4,E6, F1,G24) A. Duke, B. John, c. Miles, D. Billie, E. Louis,F. Charlie

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TECHNOLOGYBY WILLIAM SUTTON

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El articulo de este mes, de la serie para entender las clavesde los nuevos tiempos, esta. dedicado a los nuevos soportesmusicales y radiof6nicos. Del iPod al MP3, con todas susventajas e inconvenientes, mas un glosario tecno16gico.

THE BOOKFor more on the iPod story, readBritish journalist Dylan Jones'book, iPod Therefore IAm: APersonal Journey Through Music[published by Phoenix last year!. Itoffers insights into the phenome­non, but also has some amusinganecdotes, not to mention greatsuggestions for your playing list!

Whether it's a Dean Martin songthat your grandmother remembersfrom the 1950s, or the latest AmyWinehouse tune 15 on the radio, it takesseconds to buy it and costs only 99 cents.Listen on your computer, or downloadto your iPod. Fantastic!

But researchers are now wondering16

whether constant entertainment isstressful. Dr Richard RaUey says bore­dom 17 is essential for emotional and in­tellectual recuperation. It stimulates so­cial interaction and creative drivelS.

So iPod addicts may become lonely,stressed and uninspired. Are there anyother dangers?

A 2006 Canadian study founddistracting gadgets19 responsible for 8out of 10 road accidents. Last summer

So not everybody is happy?Record companies were initially terrifiedby internet piracy. They took tough l'

legal action against web sites such asNapster, which copied music illegally.

Legitimacy came with Apple's iTunesstore. Apple developed sophisticatedcryptographic keys: downloaded songscannot be pirated to more than fivecomputers. (CDs, however, have nosuch data protection.)

football or Chinese pop. You can down­load audio books or create YOut owntailor-made12 radio station.

Are MP3s good quality?No. To squeeze CD tracks into threeor four megabytes, MP3s removefrequencies that are inaudible tohumans, compressing the remaininginformation. Audio purists considerMP3 sound quality impoverished.

There are also questions aboutlongevity. Although vinyl does deterio­rate with use, Thomas Edison's originalcylinders are still playable. Recendy,old CDs are becoming erratic13 fromoxidising or bronzing. Are computerdrives secure? We won't know until thetechnology grows older.

We've had portable music fordecades. What's so new?When German student Karlheinz Bran­denburg began his doctorate in 1989 hedidn't intend to revolutionise the way welisten to music. His work on digital com­pression and perception ofmusic led tothe MP3, a file format that compressesaudio into manageable digital files.

The Walkman pioneered portablemusic, but you had to carry tapes 1 orCDs. Imagine squeezing2 aU yourrecords onto a small drive3

, with noshelves" record sleeves5 or tape-to-taperecording: hundreds of songs in YOutpocket, selected with a simple click, easyto copy and email.

The iPod is the quintessential6 MP3player. The "i" denotes Apple's internetproducts. Pods are small containers: peas7

grow in pods; spaceships carry escapepodss

. Elegant and well-marketed, iPodsdominate the market ahead ofcheapercompetitors. (Internet ironists suggestthey are so ubiquitous9 we are becoming"Pod People", the brainless10 zombiesborn from pods in the sci-fi horror movieInvasion a/the Body Snatchers11

.)

Audio compression also makes inter­net radio possible. Anyone in theworld can listen to BBC news, Brazilian

futurology 2

TheMusicRevolution

30 SPEAK UP

TECHNOLOGY GLOSSARY• MP3: the most popular format, developed as thethird audio layer of MPEG-l video files• WMA: Windows Media Audio.AAe: Advanced Audio Coding• rip: to compress a CD track into MP3 format• burn: to copy music tracks onto a recordable CD.stream: to send and display data continuously, asin internet radio or videoThere will be more about streaming and podcastsin upcoming articles ...

one English teenager caused a fatal roadaccident when showing her friend howto use her iPod; a teenage cyclist with aniPod collided with a tractor.

A New York senator proposed intro­ducing $100 fineszo for crossingthe street using an iPod. Many countriesare considering banning listeningdevicesz1 from roads.

Other drawbacks22 ?The demisez3 of the album: no morerecord sleeve ar~4, no musical journeythrough a dozen songs. Kids down­loading single tracks don't need toknow the singer's name. This couldchallengeZ5 the veneration of rock stars- and their richesz6

• It could also kill offrecord shopsz7. Last year, GnarlsBarkley's Crazy reached Number Onethrough download sales alonez8

•

But many claimz9 this is democratis­ing the industry. Popularity is deter­mined by word ofmourh30

, not market­ing men and radio executives.

The creativity of today's music videosrivals record sleeve art. And surely the in­ternet's variety and connectivity com­pensates for the vanishing pleasure ofrecord shop browsing31 ?

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esranrerfa 5 RECORO SLEEVE: funda de disco 6 QUINT­

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WONDER: pregunrarse 17 BOREDOM: aburrimienro18 CREATIVE DRIVE: impulso crearivo 19 OISTRACTING

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mu!ra 21 BANNING LISTENING DEVICES: prohibir losapararos audirivos 22 DRAWBACK: inconvenienre23 DEMISE: desaparici6n 24 RECORD SLEEVE ART:

diseiio crearivo de la funda del album 25 TO CHAL­

LENGE: poner en duda 26 RICHES: riqueza 27 TO KILL

OFF RECORD SHOPS: significar eI fin de las riendas dediscos 28 THROUGH DOWNLOAD SALES ALONE: a basesolamenre del numero de descargas 29 TO CLAIM:

sosrener 30 BY WORD OF MOUTH: de boca enboca31 THE VANISHING PLEASURE... BROWSING: eI anriguoplacer de echar un visrazo en una rienda de discos

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PLACES / e ON CD6BY KATHLEEN BECKER - SPEAKER JUSTIN RATCLIFFE STANDARD BRITISH ACCENT

Desde la decada de los noventa Irlanda se ha convertidoen un gigante economico: una reciente encuesta 10 situacomo el segundo pais mas rico de la Union Europea.Pero ~a que precio? Hablamos con varios dublineses.

Inly a generation ago the Re­public of Ireland was consid­ered a poor and relatively back­ward' country, in the grasp2 ofthe Catholic Church. It lived in

the shadow ofits former colonial master,Great Britain, and it was losing its youngpeople to emigration.

That all changed in the mid-1990s,with the advent of the Celtic Tigereconomic boom. Today Ireland is oneof the most dynamic, flexible andglobalised economies in the world. Itseems the Irish have never had it sogoodJ

• According to a recent OECD'report, Ireland is now the secondrichest country in the EU. Dublin issaid to be the world's sixteenth mostexpensive capital while, according to

The Economist, it is - as a place to live­the best city on our planet.

NEW MONEYIreland now has new immigration,mainly from Eastern Europe: some eightper cent of the population are foreign­born. In his book The Pope's Children ­Ireland's New Elite, David McWilliamsclaims that the Irish middle-class hasgrown by an incredible 25 per cent in thepast 10 years. Ireland's young and highlyqualified workforce work hard in the

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NEVER HAD IT SO GOOD: parece que nunca les ha idomejor 4 OECD (ORGANISATION FOR ECONOMIC

COOPERATION AND DEVELOPMENT): Organizacion para laCooperacion y eI Desarrollo Economico (OCDE)

Maeve McLoughlin (Irishaccent): I don't think moneyis the be all and end alleither30 , as long as you're

happy and healthy, and, for me, that'swhat's important, so.

tive, I would be dealing with healthissues28, and there's a lot ofstress.

Fiacre Forde (Irish accent):We're losing all sorts ofthings, like our charitableconcern for others. I have to

say we're still very good that way, but it

Fiacre Forde is retired3', but volun­teers at a local football club across theroad from the pharmacy. He feels thatthings in the country have changed forthe worse:

DON'T WORRY, BE HAPPYNevertheless the Irish still considerthemselves to be among the happiestpeople in Europe. In the 2006 Euro­barometer survey, 82 per cent of theIrish interviewees said they were happyeither "all" or "most of the time". TheIrish are second only to the Dutch29,while the European average for "popu­lation happiness" is only 56 per cent.Maeve McLoughlin, a pharmacy man­ager in her early 30s, thinks that there'smore to life than money:

Ann Harty (Irish accent): I'vejust been here for the CelticTiger roaring its waythrough26 , and it's been

good, and it's been, you know bad. It hasgreat positive things, I mean, the coun­try has grown, the youth have a lot of­fered to them now, they have lots ofcourses they can do, there's an awful lothappening2? But, from my perspec-

Alan Markey (Irish accent):Years ago everybody used to

have the key in the door andthe neighbours would walk

in17 and everything was the way it was,but now, you could never do that, you'dhave to have an alarm on'8 now or you'dbe robbed.

Is the rise in crime, personal debt,obesity, drug-taking and suicides part ofthe price to pay? More mothers workthan ever before; the second income'9 isneeded for a new Irish lifestyle, whichfeatures expensive restaurants, fancyholidays20 and second homes abroad.Ireland's wealth21 is built on propeI""ti2­in the past decade, house prices haverisen faster than in any other GECDcountry - and this bubble could burs~3.

Poverty is still a real issue24 , whilethe health system is struggling2s . AnnHarty, for example, works at an alterna­tive health centre:

Thomas Saunders (Irishaccent): It depends on your­self, how you're gonna.. howyou should act, how morally

you should act, with money or no mon­ey. The way it is ... the way it is with,I think, money shouldn't change people,really, their morals, but it does, unfortu­nately, you know, I think anyway. Butin my case, probably no, I'm still thesame person I was probably when Ihad no money.

SOCIAL PROBLEMSAlan Markey is the owner of amenswear shop16 down the road. Hefeels that money has definitely changedthe country's values and that crime isnow a major problem:

rr, telecoms and service sectors, achiev­ing6the highest productivity in Europe.And yet, if they work hard, then theyparty even harder? So is this a successstory with no sting in the tail8?Perhapsnot. Some people argue9that Ireland islosing its soul'o, that the traditional val­ues ofIrish society- friendliness" , a laid­back attitude'2, a sense of communityand charity - are threatened'3 by thisrush'4 for money and success. In order tofind out more, Speak Up asked people inDublin what they thought. The first to

speak is Thomas Saunders, who worksas a senior portdS for a college.

34 SPEAK UP

Dublin has a thriving cafe society. Above: Barsand cafes in the city's Temple Bar area. Opposite:Parliament Bridge on the River Liffey.

has to be a big deal32, like it's no longer a

case ofMrs Maloney next door falls thatwe worrl3. We don't, generally speak­ing, except among the older people; theyounger people would probably stepover her body!34

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ACHIEVE: conseguir 7 THEY PARTY EVEN HARDER: aunvan mas de fiesra 8 WITH NO STING IN THE TAIL: sin finaldesagradable 9 TO ARGUE: sosrener 10 SOUL: alma11 FRIENDLINESS: amabilidad 12 LAID-BACK ATTITUDE:

acrirud relajada 13 TO THREATEN: amenazar 14 RUSH:

prisa 15 SENIOR PORTER: conserje principal 16 MENS­

WEAR SHOP: rienda de ropa para caballero 17 THE

NEIGHBOURS WOULD WALK IN: los vecinos soHan enrraren casa 18 TO HAVE AN ALARM ON: rener insralada unaalarma 19INCOME: ingresos 20 FANCY HOLIDAYS:

vacaciones de lujo 21 WEALTH: riqueza 22 PROPERTY:

propiedad inmobiliaria 23 THIS BUBBLE COULD BURST:

eSra burbuja podrfa esrallar 24 ISSUE: problema25 THE HEALTH SYSTEM IS STRUGGLING: el sisremasanirario empieza a fallar 26 I'vE JUST BEEN HERE••• ITS

WAY THROUGH: he sido resrigo desde el principio delboom irlandes 27 THERE'S AN AWFUL LOT HAPPENING:

pasan muchas cosas 28 I WOULD BE DEALING WITH

HEALTH ISSUES: me Ocupo de remas de salud 29 THE

DUTCH: los holandeses 30 I DON'T THINK... AND END

ALL EITHER: no creo que el dinero sea la panacea31 RETIRED: jubilado 321T HAS TO BE A BIG DEAL: ha derener mucha imporrancia 33 IT'S NO LONGER A CASE OF

MRS MALONEy.... WE WORRY: ya no nos preocupamos sila vecina de allado cae al suelo 34 WOULD... STEP OVER

HER BODY: pasarfa por encima de su cuerpo

EXERCISESListening Questions1) Link the opinions with the people whogive them.A. People don't feel the same sense of

solidarity with their fellow citizens as theyused to.

B. There are more robberies and generalcrime than before.

c. Money changes people very much.D. The most important thing is happiness,

not money.E. There have been a lot of positive changes

but a lot of stress too.

1 Thomas Saunders2 Alan Markey3 Ann Harty4 Maeve McLoughlin5 Fiacre Forde

2) Choose the best option in each of thefollowing statements.A.lreland is now the [RICHEST / SECOND RICHEST)

country in the European Union.B. A recent report by the !DECO / THE

EcoNoMlsn says that Dublin is the best cityin the world to live in.

c. The article suggests that Irish people(ONLY WORK / WORK AND PLAY] hard.

D. Ireland's wealth is mainly based on[PROPERTY / NEW INDUSTRY).

E. The country's health system (HASIMPROVED / IS STRUGGLING).

F. According to a recent survey, the Dutchare (HAPPIER THAN / AS HAPPY AS) the Irish.

3) The article paints a generally positiveportrait of the new Ireland. Write a positiveadjective in each blank. All are used in thereport. The first letter of each word hasbeen given to help you.A. Today, Ireland is one of the most

[d) , flexible and globalisedeconomies in the world.

B. People still retain a very [0 _attitude to things; they are more relaxedthan the British.

c. The average Irish person can afford to goon [f) holidays.

D. Many people now have a (n) _and expensive lifestyle.

Answers1)A5,B2,cl, D4,E32)A. second richest, B. The Economist,c. work and play, D. property, E. is struggling,F. happier than3) A. dynamic, B. laid-back, c. fancy, D. new,

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RHA

Rihanna es una joven de Barbados con mucho talento.Su debut, con la canci6n Umbrella, ha sido todo unexito En esta entrevista explica su trayectoria, avaladapor el rapero Jay-Z, quien tambien habla para Speak Up.

Yau may have already heard thesong Umbrella, which has beenall the rage1 this summer. Thesong is sung by Rihanna andit comes from her latest album

titled Good Girl Gone Bad, which wasreleased last June.

This is her third album, which isa remarkablez fact when you considerthat the young singer is only 19 years old.Rihanna, whose full name is RobynRihanna Fenty, is from the Caribbeanisland of Barbados and she was discov­ered at the age of 15 by a record produc­er, Evan Rogers, who happened to bevacationing thereJ

•

Umbrella is accompanied by an excit­ing video which, as Rihanna explains, isdirected by top music video directorChris Applebaum:

Rihanna The video, 1had alot of say in it', 1 actuallytalked to the director, ChrisApplebaum. Directly we

talked before he wrote the treatment5

and, fortunately, he got the treatmentand he's shooting the video and he'sdoing a phenomenal job so far.

JAY-ZFORMEBoth the song and video feature therapper Jay-Z, who is also president ofRihanna's label, Defjam Records:

Above: Rapper, producer and president of Def Jamrecords, Jay-Z appears on Rihanna's hit singleUmbrella, Left: Rihanna is a real umbrella girl!Below right: the cover of Rihanna's latest album,Good Girl Gone Bad.

Rihanna: Jay getting on the track6 wasa surprise. 1 recorded Umbrella, when 1first heard it, 1 fell in love with it, it waslike "I have to have this song!" It's a re­ally deep song. When it first starts off,you think it's a sexy song, but if. .. youhave to listen to the lyrics?, it's a really,really deepB song. They just said, "Wehave a surprise for you and they would­n't tell me what it was so 1 couldn'timagine that it would be Jay-Z gettingon the song. And then, they finally said

it to me, 1 got goosebumps9 every­where! 1 mean, 1 still cannot believethat I'm shooting a video with Jay-Zand 1have a song with Jay on it, it's justincredible! That just takes everythingto another level for me, in terms opo

expenence In my career.

PERSONAL GROWTHIndeed, Jay-Z himself also spoke toSpeak Up about getting involved in theproject with Rihanna:

Jay-Z: Rihanna, It s...we've all been togetheron this journey, of hergrowth'1, and we's (sic)

right there. So, it's adifferent type ofsituation, it's notjust me lendingmy vocals to aproject. It's aproject and aperson who 1believe in.

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de Los prestigiosos The Guardian y The Economist.)bSerletTH E F[6.1:.I&20,r--r"", I~ _ _ _ ,65iI§L"

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Happy Talk

they would be helping to test differentways for paraplegic people to hold pens.Some were asked to hold a pen betweentheir teeth - an action that produces aninvoluntary smile. Others were asked tohold it with their lips, which induces afrown 2D. Soon after, they were shown acartoon2' and asked to rate how funnythey found it.The teeth-holders wereunequivocally more amused22.

You can, ofcourse, experience this ef­fect for yourself Take a few deep breathsand notice your mood23 .Then pull yourlipS2' into an exaggerated smile and holdit for three or four seconds. You should

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else researchers keep confirming,though, an utterly'? strange phenome­non which accords with none ofour be­liefs about how emotions operate: fakesmiling even works on ourselves' 8.

In one landmark study'9, Germanstudents were called into a lab and told

If you try to rob a bank in Seattle inthe near future - I'm not suggestingyou test this out; just take it on trust'- you could be in for a surprise2.Bank robbers, ofcourse, do every­

thing they can to try to avoid surprises.("What I love about this job is its unpre­dictabilityJ - you never know what's go­ing to happen!" is one of the things younever hear bank robbers say.) But thesurprises they are worried about arethings like the sudden' appearance ofpolice officers, or quick-witted cus­tomersS trying to tackle them to theground6

• The really surprising thingabout the FBI's new Safecatch system,currently in operation in Seattle, is thatit involves training bank employees toterrify robbers by smiling at them.

"Ifyou're a legitimate customer, youthink, 'This is the friendliest personI've met in my life.' Ifyou're a bad gul,it scares the lights out of you8

," onebank executive explained. Bank rob­beries have halved9 since the schemewas introduced. Smiling pierces theanonymity thieves cultivate lO

, creatingprecisely the connection they're des­perate to avoid. You didn't think thegrinning "greeters"" in the doorways'2of big American shops (and, increas­ingly, British ones) were really there tomake you feel welcome, did you?

Of course, a smile produced in thehigh-stress context ofa bank robbery isgoing to be afake'J one. But that does notnecessarily spoiP' the effect. As part ofhis research into the bodily signs oflyingand deception'5, the psychologistRichard Wiseman revealed how bad weare at telling real smiles'\ which involvethe eye muscles, from fake ones, whichuse only the mouth. There's something

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MEET THE PRESS

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THE ECONOMIST

the suggested retail price10 of$1.29-1.49is relatively high.

Enviga's fate will probably turn on"Coke's claim12 that it helps to burn offcalories. The Centre for Science in thePublic Interest, a consumer lobby group,threatened13 to sue'4 Nestle and Cokeover the weight-loss claims for the newdrink unless they changed their market­ing strategy. Yet even if the claims madefor Enviga are accurate, drinking itwould be a pretty inefficient way to loseweight. To shed15 the 560 calories in aBig Mac, you would have to swallowabout 20 cans'6 of the stuff. Going fora long run would seem to be a lesser17 ­not to mention more economicalpunishment for gluttony18.

~ 1 THE LATEST BUZZWORDS: las ultimas~ palabras de moda 2 SOFT DRINK:

refresco 3 CONCOCTION: mezcla, brebaje 4 TO LOSE

WEIGHT: adelgazar, perder peso 5 GROWTH: crecimien­w 6 CARBONATED SUGARY DRINK: refresco con gas7 RAISED CONCERNS OVER OBESITY: caus6 a1arma socialsobre el problema del sobrepeso 8 WILL ... TAKE TO?:

iles guStara) 9 BERRY: fruta del bosque 10 SUGGESTED

RETAIL PRICE: precio de vema aI publico recomendado11 TO TURN ON: depender de 12 CLAIM: propaganda13 TO THREATEN: amenazar 14 TO SUE: denunciar15 TO SHED: quemar 16 CAN: lata 17 LESSER: menor18 GLUTIONY: glownerfa, gula

AMagic Potion

Natural and functional are thelatest buzzwords' in the foodand soft-drinks2 industries.Enviga, a new health drinkmade by Coca-Cola, the

world's biggest maker of fizzy softdrinks, and Nestle, the largest foodfirm, is supposed to be both. A concoc­tion3 of "natural" green-tea extracts,caffeine and "plant micronutrients" , itwill go on sale across America thismonth. Its makers claim it can helpconsumers to lose weight4.

"Enviga increases calorie burning,"declared Rhona Applebaum, Coca­Cola's chief scientist, when the newdrink was unveiled in late 2006. Cokeclaims studies have shown that a healthyperson ofnormal weight can burn 60 to

100 calories by consuming three cans ofEnviga over 24 hours. The studies havenot been made public.

Health and wellness are the mainsources ofgrowth5in the soft-drinks in­dustry. In 2005, global sales ofhealthydrinks, which include bottled water, fruitjuice, and sportS and energy drinks,amounted to $138 billion, or45 per centof the soft-drinks market. Growth ratesare seven times higher than for carbonat­ed sugary drinks6. In America sales ofcar­bonated drinks declined a little in 2005as government campaigns and mediacoverage raised concerns over obesity7.

Will consumers take t08 Enviga? On­ly one out ofevery three new soft drinksis a success, says Robert van Brugge, adrinks analyst at Sanford Bernstein. Re­cent high profile flops include VanillaCoke and Coca-Cola C2. Mr vanBrugge says he does not much likethe taste of Enviga, which comes ingreen tea, berry9 and peach flavours. And

notice an elevation in your mood. Nter­natively, perhaps you notice that the per­son sitting beside you on the bus is start­ing to look unsettled25, and wonderingagain why it's always them who ends upnext to the weird, grinning passenger26 .

This is the problem with psychologyexperiments: do them in universities andpeople give you research funding27; dothem on public transport and all theygive you is funny 100ks28.

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WITIED CUSTOMER: c1ieme que reacciona rapidameme6 TO TACKLE TO THE GROUND: derribar, rumbar en elsuelo 7 BAD GUY: malo, delincueme 8 IT SCARES THE

LIGHTS OUT OF YOU: te da un susw de muene 9 TO

HALVE: reducirse a la mitad 10 SMILING PIERCES•••

CULTIVATE: una sonrisa rompe el anonimaw quebusca el delicueme 11 THE GRINNING'GREETERS':

los que dan la bienvenida sonriendo 12 DOORWAY:

emrada 13 FAKE: falso 14 TO SPOIL: esuopear15 BODILY SIGNS OF LYING AND DECEPTION: lenguajecorporal que indica memira y engano 16 HOW BAD

WE ARE AT TELLING REAL SMILES: 10 incapaces quesomos de distinguir una sonrisa sincera 17 UTIERLY:

completameme 18 FAKE SMILING••• OURSELVES: unasonrisa falsa incluso puede engafiarnos a nosmrosmismos 19 LANDMARK STUDY: esrudio muy conocido20 WHICH INDUCES A FROWN: que hace fruncir el ceno21 CARTOON: vineta 22 WERE MORE AMUSED: les hiwmas gracia 23 NOTICE YOUR MOOD: ffjese en su humor24 PULL YOUR LIPS: estire los labios 25 UNSETILED:

inc6modo 26 WHO ENDS UP••• PASSENGER: que acabapor semarse a1lado del pasajero sonrieme y deaspecw extrano 27 RESEARCH FUNDING: beca para lainvestigaci6n 28 FUNNY LOOK: mirada extrana

SPEAK UP 39

LITERATURE / eON CD7SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANDO STANDARD AMERICAN ACCENT

ILanguage level: IADVANCED I

CHARLES RCROSS

Room Full ofMirrors narra el nacimiento, consagraci6ny caida de ]imi Hendrix, uno de los mejores guitarritasdel siglo XX y una de las mas grandes leyendas delrock. He aqui un extracto del primer capitulo.

CHAPTER 1BETTERTHA BEFORE

SeattLe, Washington,November 1942"Dear AI: Congratulations on your fineson. Mother and son are well. Condi­tions lots better than before. Lucillesends love."

teLegram.Fom:Delores Hall to AI Hendrix

imi Hendrix was born the dayafter Thanksgiving' ,1942. Thehealthy arrival of this eight­pound, eleven-ounce baby wasseen by all as a true thanksgiv­ing sign from God. When hisaunt wired2his father with the

news, her short telegram included theline "Conditions lots better then be­fore." That statemen t could serve as anepigraph for the larger history of theHendrixes to that poine, and, in aneven wider context, as a wishful sum­mation4of the African American expe­rience in the United States. Things hadbeen bad for a long time, and perhapsrhis new generation could hope for animprovemenr and a more righreous5

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world. Relatives on both sides ofJimi'sfamily celebrated his birth as a new be­ginning. "He was rhe curesr6 baby youwould ever want to see," recalled7 hisaunt Delores Hall. "He was darlingS."

imi was born in rhe marerniryward of King County Hospiral,later called Harborview, in Sear­rle, Washington. The hospitalcommanded a majestic view9 of

the large natural harbor'o of PugetSound. Searrle was slowly emerging asone ofrhe major American pon cities onthe Pacific Coasr and had a popularionof 375,000 in 1942. In rhe wanimeyears, it was a boomtown1' where ship­yards12 cranked out'3 navy vessels'4 andthe Boeing Airplane Company churnedout'5 the B-17 bombers rhar would winrhe war for rhe Allies. In 1942, the facto­ries ran round-rhe-c1ock shifrs'6, and ahuge influx of laborers expanded17 rhecity and forever changed irs racial demo­graphics. In the 1900 census, there hadbeen only 406 Seatrle residenrs who re­poned themselves as black, about onehalfof 1 per cent of rhe popularion. Inrhe decade from 1940 to 1950, fueled'sby the war machine's need for labor and

a large migration from the South, rhecity's population ofAfrican Americansballooned19 to 15,666, and rhey becameSearrle's largesr racial minority.

Neither Jimi's morher nor farher waspan of rhe wanime migrarion, burWorld War II would nevenheless playamajor role20 in the circumstances oftheirlives. At rhe rime ofJimi's binh2', his fa­rher, AI, was a rwenty-rhree-year-old pri­vate22 in the US Army, stationed23 ar FonRucker, Alabama. AI had asked his com­manding officer for parernity leave tovisir Searrle, bur he was denied fur­lough24 and jailed25 instead. His superi­ors told him he'd been imprisoned be­cause they were convinced he would goAWOL26 to attend27 rhe binh. AI was inrhe stockade2s when the congratulatoryrelegram from his sister-in-law arrived.He later complained rhat whire soldiers

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et the relationship between AIand Lucille was strained'S bymore than just the turmoilu ofthe war. AI was short but hand­some, while Lucille had an

extraordinary youthful beauty thatturned heads when she walked downthe street. Other than their physicalconnection and a mutual love ofdanc­ing, they shared little to build a marriageon. Both had come from backgrounds'7of extreme poverty, and Al left Seattleknowing that he would be able to do lit­tle to provide for'8 his new wife andchild while overseas'9. Theirs had beena quick romance - a shotgun weddingSO ,really - without the support of friendsand family. As a teenage mother-to-be,Lucille faced extreme challengesS1 in theform ofher age, race, class, and econom­ic situation. It was Lucille's very povertythat helped breed a deep distrustS2 inAI Hendrix that would cause him tolater raise questions ofloyalty, fidelity,and paternity.

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romperse 43 TO GATHER UP: reunir 44 ANCESTRY:

ascendencia 45 TO STRAIN: crear rensiones en46 TURMOIL: contusion, desorden 47 BACKGROUNO:

enrorno, ambienre 48 TO PROVIOE FOR: manrener49 OVERSEAS: en eI exrranjero 50 SHOTGUN WEDDING:

casamienwa la tuerz.1 51 CHALLENGE: desatio52 DISTRUST: desconflanza

grunge bandslike Nirvana,Pearl Jam,Soundgardenand Alice inChains. In addition tohis Hendrix biography,he has written HeavierThan Heaven: TheBiography of KurtCobain and Back­streets: Springsteen,the Man and His Music.

12,892 persons ofJapanese ancestry""from Washington State were impris­oned, including friends and neighborsof the couple.

he circumstances of fate36 thatgave the newly married coupletheir first child when AI wasthree thousand miles away cre­ated a woundJ7 that would for-

ever fester38 in the marriage ofAI andLucille. Ofcourse their separation was­n't unusual in the turbulent time ofWorld War II. Once the Japanese at­tacked Pearl Harbor in December 1941,a harriedJ9 madness'o developed in Seat­tle and other West Coast cities, wherefear of a Japanese assault was a back­drop" to thousands of families beingtorn apart'2. The day before AI and Lu­cille were married, Seattle becamethe first city in the nation where Japan­ese Americans were gathered Up'3 andsent to internment camps. Eventually,

Charles R Cross is a writer basedin Seattle, Washington. He was bornin Richmond, Virginia, but moved toPullman, Washington when he was achild. He took a degree in CreativeWriting at the University of Washingtonand later became a local rock journa­list. From 1986 to 2000, he was Editor­in-Chief of The Rocket, "the best re­gional music magazine in the nation".Certainly, this was a great time tofollow the music scene in Seattle,which was producing legendary

had been given leave in similar situa­tions, but his complaints fell on deafears29 . AI would not meet his son untilthe boy was three years old.

Jimi's mother, Lucille Jeter Hendrix,was only seventeen when Jimi was born.Through an inopportune stroke of tim­ingJO , Lucille found out she was preg­nantJ1 the same week AI was draftedJ2

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They married on March 31, 1942, at theKing County Courthouse in a ceremo­ny performed by a justice of the peace,and they only lived together as man andwife for three days before AI was shippedoutJJ

. The night before Allen, they par­tied at the Rocking Chair, a club whereRay Charles would later be discovered.Lucille was under the drinking age, butin the wartime frenzy, that didn't matterto bartendersJ4

• The couple toastedJS anuncertain future and AI's safe returnfrom the service.

6) Seattle became the first cityA. to suffer attacks from the Japanese.B. to send men to war against the Japanese.c. where Japanese Amercians were sent

to camps.

5) Lucille found out she was pregnantvirtually at the same time asA. World War II broke out.B. her husband was stationed in Alabama.c. the attack on Pearl Harbor.

41 Jimi's father claimed he was not allowedpaternity leave becauseA. of his skin color.B. he had only just arrived in Alabama.c. his rank did not permit him to take time off.

2) The black population in SeattleA. increased moderately during the 1940s

due to the war.B. doubled between the 1900s-1940s

because of economic growth.c. rose between 1940 and 1950 because of

new work possibilities.

More exercises on CD

7) Hendrix's parents shared little exceptA. their determination to succeed in life

despite their poverty.B. their physical connection and love of

dancing.c. their great trust of each other.

AnswersA) 1A,2c,3A,4A,5B,6c, 7B,8A

3) Most of these new black arrivals camefromA. the American South.B. Africa.c. Latin America.

8) What provoked a deep distrust inAl Hendrix?A. Lucille's poverty.B. Lucille's young age.c. Lucille's race and class.

A) Indicate the correct answer from thethree possibilities.11 The birth of Jimi Hendrix came ata time ofA. new hope for the African-American

community.B. terrible economic hardship.c. extreme poverty because of the outbreak

of World War II.

EXERCISESListening Questions

LEISURESCOPE

BY CONOR GLEESON

Childhoods from HellBritain's bookshelves arenow packed" with examplesof a new genre calledMisery'2 Lit. real-life storiesof childhood neglect 13,

violence and sexual abuse,Eighty per cent of these

books, such as Dave Pelzer'sl~~~~~HA Child Called It, Kathy ~O'Beirne's Don't Ever Telland Please, Daddy, No byStuart Howarth, are boughtby women and most titles aresold in supermarkets,

Dangerous Games in AfricaAlexander McCall Smith isauthor of the bestsellingThe No, 7Ladies' DetectiveAgency series, He is also aprolific author of children'snovels, including theAkimbo books, set in anAfrican game reserve 14 andaimed at seven-to-nine­year-olds, In Akimbo and theSnakes [Bloomsbury), littleAkimbo visits his uncle's snakepark and encounters a deadlygreen mamba,

Gray's Innovationsr..-;:;;;r;iiii.,..ilC'!:II ''The greatest

Scottish novelistsince Sir WalterScott," according

_~!I:E!11 to AnthonyBurgess, Alas­dair Gray has,over the years,

turned his hand to comedy, sci­ence fiction, sexual fantasy andVictorian pastiche, Old Men inLove [Bloomsbury), typicallyinnovative, has a narrator whosestories contain yet more stories,in multiple locations and timeperiods, including PericleanAthens, Renaissance Florenceand New Labour Britain,

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greed?, against a backdropS of thegreatest disaster ever to strike 9 hu­manity - the Black Death. 10

known as "Britain's leading thrillerwriter", in the words ofthe Daily Tele­graph, Books such as Fatherland(in which Hider won the war) andEnigma (brilliant British scientistscrack3 Nazi Germany's secret com­munications code) have helpedHarris to sell 10 million copies ofhis

novels worldwide in 30languages, In The Ghost(Hutchinson), AdamLang, Britain's longest­serving and most contro­versial Prime Minister ofthe last 50 years, hires aghostwriter4 to completehis memoirs of his yearsin power. The ghostwriter

discovers secrets hidden by Lang,secrets with the power to both alterworld politics and to kill.

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torical novels such as Pillars of theEarth, have sold 90 million copies.Pillars ofthe Earth, published in 1989and based around the building of acathedral in 12th century England,has sold 10 million copies alone. Fol­lett has now written a sequel to Pil­lars, set two centuries later in the samecathedral city of Kingsbridge. WorldWithout End (Macmillan) depicts 5 aweb of love and hate, pride6 and

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on New Labour's culture ofspin-doc­toring2

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The Prime Minister'sGhostly Secrets

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BY GUILLERMO GONZALEZ

Wu-Tang Forever

Whole Lana Zeppelin

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MATERIAL: canciones ineditas

44 SPEAK UP

Hip-hop may be dead, accordingto rapper Nas, but Wu-TangClan is forever. The New York

rap supergroup that changed the faceof hip-hop in the 1990s andlaunched nine successful solo careersis back with new album The 8 Dia­grams. The Clan's eight living mem­bers - RZA, GZA, Inspectah Deck,Raekwon, V-God, Ghostface Killa,Method Man and Masta Killah - areall present, while 01' Dirty Bastard,the clan's ninth member who died ofan accidental overdose in 2004, per-

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selected Led Zeppelin fans.After more than 20 years,the surviving bandmembers will re-form for aone-off gig'4 at London's 02Arena, Jason Bonham willfill in for's his late father ondrums and Bill Wyman andPete Townshend arescheduled to make guestappearances. Should theconcert be a success, talksbetween Jimmy Page, Robert Plantand John Paul Jones suggest thata full reunion tour might be apossibility. Led Zeppelin were one ofthe most influential rock groups ofthe 1970s, best known for the hitsStairway to Heaven, Whole LottaLove and Kashmir. The highlights'6

forms posthumously through theuse of previously recorded material.

The first single Watch }Our Mouthis a return to form '0: sparse beats,kung-fu film score samples and a verynon radio-friendly hook" - "Watchyour muthafuckin' mouth'2". Othertracks feature guest musicians such asP-funk's George Clinton, Red HotChili Peppers' John Frusciante andSystem ofa Down's Shavo Odadjian,as well as Dhani Harrison, son ofGeorge, doing a version of his dad'ssong called Gently weeps.

of their career can be heard onMothership, a 24-track Best Ofcollection chosen by the band. Youcan also relive their glory years witha reissue of the soundtrack to their1976 concert film The Song Remainsthe Same, featuring previouslyunreleased material'7.

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Modern-day Mary Poppinshe current 'it girl' of thecinema, Scarlett Johanssonstars in The Nanny Diaries,an adaptation of the best­seller by Emma McLaughlin

and Nicola Kraus and based ontheir experiences as nannies for NewYork's upper-crust' families. Al­though Annie Oohansson) dreams ofbecoming an anthropologist - adesire she pardy placates2 by regulartrips to New York's famous Museumof Natural History - happenstanceJ

lands her a job for Mr and Mrs X (likethe book, the subjects' anonymity iskept) looking after their son Grayer.A collision of classes is the backboneof the film, as the down-to-earth An­nie observes in amazement the oftenneurotic eccentricities of her privi­leged employers. Mrs X insists that

Grayer eat French food in the hopethat it will help him with his foreignlanguage skills; he is taken to the city'smuseums in his free time, rather than

to the park. Annie's love interest4

comes in the form of Dean (JohnHenry Cox) a 'Harvard Hottie'5 wholives across the hall.

Behind the Courtr 0 Gone for Good

George Clooney's new vehicle6

Michael Clayton has all the in­gredients of a top-notch? dra­

ma: it's produced by Steven Soder­bergh and written and directed byTony Gilroy, the man behind the ex­cellent scripts of the Bourne trilogy.Clooney stars alongside two stellarBritish actors, Tilda Swinton andTom Wilkinson. The film deals withthe behind-the-scenes drama of alarge New York law firm, but goes

way beyondB an episode of LA Lawor Ally McBeal. Clooney plays Clay­ton, a fixer who solves problems in­side the firm, sometimes acting justwithin the margin of the law9 toguarantee a favourable outcome'O forhis employer's clients. When the lawfirm takes on a case to defend a giantchemical company, he is throwninto a moral and professional dilem­ma and is forced to make somelife-changing decisions.

Ben Affleck's directorial debutGone Baby Gone has become anunlucky victim of the giganticmedia coverage surrounding theMadeleine McCann case. Due topremiere at the London FilmFestival, the film has beencanned" due to the plot's simi­larities to the real life eventssurrounding the missing infant.

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'OKES / eON COBSPEAKERS MARK WOROEN I RACHEL ROBERTS STANDARD BRITISH ACCENT

ILanguage level: IAOVANCEOI

The Last LaughThe Magician andthe ParrotThere was a magician1 on a cruise ship 2

and he was really good.He was performing the highlight3 of

his show when a parrot4 walked on stageSand squawked, "It's in his sleeve6!"

The magician chased the bird awa/.The next day the magician was

performing his highlight again (infront ofa smaller audience) when theparrot walked on stage and declared,"It's in his pocketS!"

The next day, as he was performingthe highlight, he saw the parrot in thecrowd. But before the parrot could ruin

the magic trick9, the boat crashed into a

rock and sank10.

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find a board to hang on to 11. At theother end ofthe board was the parrot.They stared at each other12 for three fulldays, neither of them saying anything,when suddenly the parrot said, "I giveup 13, what did you do with the ship?"

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