Unit 43
43.1 1 primary 5 further/higher
2 nursery 6 evening classes
3 grammar 7 grant
4 comprehensive 8 teacher-training college
43.2 1 I’m taking/doing/sitting an examination tomorrow, or I've got an examination
tomorrow!
2 I hear you passed / did well in your examination!
3 You can study a lot of different subjects / take a lot of different courses at this university, (a career is a job or profession you follow for life or for many years)
4 I got some good marks/grades in my continuous assessment this term.
5 She's a teacher in a primary school. (Professors are only in universities and are very senior teachers.)
6 He gave an interesting 45-minute lecture on Goethe. (A conference is a big meeting of people with the same interests, usually lasting several days.)
7 She got a diploma in personnel management. (Only universities can give degrees.)
8 ... we started having French classes/lessons at school. (Seminars arc classes held in colleges or universities.)
43.3 Possible questions :
1 Do students in your country get a grant?
2 What's the difference between a state university and a private one?
3 What goes on at playschools and nursery schools?
4 Why did you choose a teacher-training college instead of a university?
5 What's the school-leaving age in Britain now?
6 You look terribly tired. What've you been doing?
7 Do you get marks/credits/points/percentages for your exams?
8 Did you skip yesterday's lecture?
9 What are ‘A-Levels’?
Follow-up: You could look up these things in an encyclopaedia, or else write to your American Embassy and ask them to send you information about education in the USA. Broadly speaking a high school is like a British secondary school, college means further education, a sophomore is a second-year college student and graduate school is where you study for further degrees, e.g. MA/MSc, after gaining your first degree.
Unit 44
44.1 1 union representative 7 supervisor
2 executive 8 labourer
3 director 9 personnel officer
4 unskilled worker 10 public relations officer
5 administrator 11 security officer
6 safety officer (not the security 12 receptionist
officer - see answer 11)
44.2 Suggested answers:
1 This person has been made redundant.
2 'He/She's taken early retirement.
3 This is a person who works shifts / does shift-work. (You can also say ... is a shift-worker.)
4 She's been promoted.
5 I got the sack (or I was fired; or I was dismissed - more formal).
6 He/She works nine-to-five, or He/She has a nine-to-five job.
7 You're a workaholic.
44.3 1 teacher 4 actor/broadcaster/performer of some kind
2 surgeon 5 farmer
3 clerk/secretary/typist/office worker 6 tailor/dressmaker
44.4 1 profession 5 trade
2 a difficult one; it could be called a 6 trade (though could be called a profession)
trade, but many chefs may prefer 7 unskilled job
to be thought of as 'professionals' 8 same as 'dressmaker*
3 trade 9 unskilled job
4 profession 10 profession
44.5 1 get/have 2 living 3 work 4 offered 5 take ... on
Unit 58
58.1 1 mouse 3 floppy disk drive 5 printer 7 laptop (computer),
2 desktop computer 4 spreadsheet 6 floppy disk
58.2 1 scanner 3 laptops 5 surfing 7 downloaded
2 virus 4 floppy; hard 6 chat forum / chat room 8 websites or home pages
Home page is more commonly used for individuals (e.g. The Spice Girls' home page), and website for companies (e.g. Cambridge University Press's website}.
58.3 1 scanned 2 clicked 3 crashed 4 attachment 5 down
Unit 59
59.1 1 detective story / film 3 sports programme 5 current affairs programme
2 documentary 4 game show / quiz 6 drama
59.3 1 make-up artist - makes up the faces of people who are to appear on TV
2 foreign correspondent - reports on events in other countries
3 sub-editor - lays out and adds headlines to newspaper pages
4 publisher - is responsible for the production and sale of a book
5 continuity person - ensures scenes in a film connect smoothly
6 columnist - writes a regular article in a newspaper or magazine
7 camera operator - shoots films
8 critic - writes reviews
59.4 1 satellite dish; aerial 3 pick up / receive 5 comics
2 broadcasts/programmes 4 camcorder
59.5 current affairs satellite dish
video cassette weather forecast
chat show news report
colour supplement tabloid newspaper
remote control soap opera
Unit 60
60.1 1 Independence 3 running 5 policy
2 by-election 4 elected 6 federation
60.2 1 chambers 3 constituency 5 Prime Minister
2 MPs (Members of Parliament) 4 majority 6 election
60.3
abstract noun / person-noun / verb / adjectiveRepresentation
Election
Dictatorship
presidency / Representative
Elector
Dictator
president / represent
elect
dictate
preside / representative
elective
dictatorial
presidential
60.4 1 UK, Sweden, Belgium
2 Iceland
8 Member of Parliament; Prime Minister; United Nations; European Union; North Atlantic Treaty Organisation; Organisation of Petroleum Exporting Countries.
Unit 62
62.1 1 Japan - yen; Australia - dollar; India - rupee; Russia - rouble.
2 It is any currency which is reliable and stable.
3 Alcohol and tobacco.
4 Rents from property; winnings from gambling; interest from investments.
5 It is an index used for calculating the value of shares on the Stock Exchange in New York. The FT (or Footsie) Index in London and the Nikkei in Japan.
6 An ancient Greek vase in perfect condition is priceless and an old biro that doesn't work is valueless.
7 Your own answers.
62.2 1 interest - money chargeable on a loan
2 mortgage - a loan to purchase property
3 an overdrawn account - a bank account with minus money in it
4 savings account - an account that is used mainly for keeping money
5 current account - an account for day-to-day use
6 pension - money paid to people after a certain age
7 disability allowance - money paid to people with a handicap
8 child benefit - money paid towards the cost of raising a family
9 inheritance tax - money paid on what is inherited after someone dies
62.3 The only two headlines that most people would be pleased to see are 'Interest rates
down1 and 'VAT to be reduced',
62.4 1 discount 2 loan 3 black 4 rebate 5 refund
62.6 Words that could be included in the PAYING MONEY bubble network:
credit card cheque bills mortgage purchase fare fee
income tax inheritance tax customs or excise duties VAT corporation tax
Words that could be included in the GETTING MONEY bubble network:
salary cheque bank loan interest refund discount fee wages
tax rebate dole unemployment benefit disability allowance
student loan pension social security investment profit dividend
You may be able to justify including other words in these networks as well or even putting some of the ones listed in the other network. For example, if you are the manager of a company you will be paying rather than receiving wages.
Unit 63
63.1 2 Most people believe in life after death.
3 I was in favour of the proposed changes.
4 What does she think of the new teacher?
5 This is absurd, from our point of view / to my mind / in my opinion
6 He's quite wrong, in my opinion.
7 Well, that's just silly, to my mind / from our point of view.
63.2 Possible answers:
2 firm/strong 4 fanatical/obsessive
3 middle-of-the-road/moderate 5 conservative/traditional
63.3 1 I've always doubted that ghosts exist.
2 I have always held that people should rely on themselves more,
3 Claudia maintains that the teacher has been unfair to her.
4 I was convinced (that) I had been in that room before.
5 He feels we should have tried again.
Unit 65
65.1
verb
tempt
attract
appeal
disgust
hate
repel
adore
noun
passion
temptation
attraction
appeal
disgust
hatred
repulsion
affection
adoration
adjective
passionate
tempting
attractive
appealing
disgusting
hateful
repulsive/repellent
affectionate
adoring
adverb
passionately
temptingly
attractively
appealingly
disgustingly
hatefully
repulsively
affectionately
adoringly
65.2
1 women
2 birds
3 spiders
4 steal
5 pain
6 the future
65.3
1 I can't stand jazz.
2 Beer revolts me.
3 I'm not really keen on tea
4 His art appeals to me.
5 She has totally captivated him.
6 Would you like a pizza tonight? or Do you feel like
7 She is keen on rowing and golf.
8 I'm not looking forward to the exam.
65.4
1b
2a
3b
4a
5a
65.5 Possible answers:
1 I like all fruit and I adore curry but I can't stand tripe (animal stomach lining),
2 the holidays
3 language
4 Their eyes, probably.
5 I enjoy meeting people from all over the world.
6 A chocolate ice-cream.
7 Arrogance and a negative attitude to life.
8 Losing my health,
9 I rather fancy going to the theatre.
10 Selfishness and a negative attitude towards life.
Unit 66
66.1 Possible answers:
1 confessed .
2 boasted
3 shrieked
4 threatened
5 stammered/stuttered
6 begged
7 complained
8 urged
66.2
1 He confessed to breaking the vase (or that he had broken ...).
2 The little boy boasted of being the cleverest person in the class (or that he was .
3 He shrieked that there was a mouse over there.
4 She threatened to stop my pocket money if I did not behave.
5 He stammered/stuttered that he had done it.
6 He begged me to help him.
7 She complained that the hotel was filthy.
8 He urged Jim to try harder.
66.3
adverb / adjective / noun / adverb / adjective / nounangrily / angry / anger / cheerfully / cheerful / cheerfulness
furiously / furious / fury / gratefully / grateful / gratitude
bitterly / bitter- / bitterness / anxiously / anxious / anxiety
miserably / miserable / misery
66.4 1 a threat 3 an objection 5 insistent
2 a complaint 4 a beggar 6 argumentative
66.5 1 urged/begged 3 threatened
2 a) to b) on c) about 4 all except urge and beg
5 complain - grumble; maintain - declare; confess - admit; urge – encourage beg - plead; grumble - moan.
66.6 Possible answers:
1 ‘We can easily break into the bank/ she said boldly,
2 ‘Thank you so much,' he said gratefully.
3 ‘I wish you'd get a move on,' he said impatiently.
4 ‘I love you so much,' she said passionately.
5 ‘I’ll do it if you really want me to,' he said reluctantly.
6 ‘I don't know anyone here/ she said shyly.
7 'Of course, I believe you/ he said sincerely.
Unit 70
70.1 1 period 2 age (era could also be used) 3 era 4 time 5 spell
70.2 Possible answers:
1 Hello! Nice to see you! You're just in time for tea/coffee!
2 By the time you get this card, HI probably already be at your house,
3 Pd rather talk to you one at a time, if you don't mind.
4 Could you use the old photocopier for the time being? The new one's being repaired.
5 It can get extremely cold at times in ...
6 I’ll do my best to get there on time.
70.3 Possible answers:
1 ... takes about three hours.
2 ,.. run/last for about half an hour each side.
3 ... lasted me three winters.
4 ... went on for ages.
5 ... have elapsed/passed since then, but people still remember that day.
6 ... pass quickly.
7 ... take your time.
70.4 1 Yes, she's permanent now. 4 Yes, I believe it's eternal.
2 Yes, absolutely timeless. 5 It's a temporary measure.
3 Well, provisionally.
English Vocabulary in Use (upper-intermediate) - CUP - 2004