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How Things Work
Green Attitude Interview on CD
50 Ways to Carlos Santana
Change the World Travel
From May 1st Alaska’s Denali
Tornado Busters Park
Language Tourism
The Q Talk Ian Rankin’s
Edinburgh

The Oscars
and the Globes
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PRESIDENTE
Angelo Rossi
INESTA EDIÇÃO...
DIRETORIA EXECUTIVA
Angelo Rossi, Henrique Rossi e Carlos Romualdo

REDAÇÃO (speakup@rickdan.com.br)
Diretor de Redação Karl Kepler
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Editora de Arte Thais Terra

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COMERCIAL
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O movimento WAWWD visa tornar o mundo um lugar melhor; aqui,
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W e Are What We Do – diz o
slogan de um movimento,
especialmente forte entre es-
tudantes britânicos, mas que já
ganha adeptos em outras partes
do mundo. E se o que fazemos
determina o que somos, então
vale a pena prestar mais aten-
ção em nossos feitos, certo?
Já era hora de alguém voltar a
ensinar coisas boas e ética bá-
sica (que tal começar com os
políticos...), pois a confusão de
valores já prejudica gente de-
mais – então, ouçamos essas
crianças. Pois vejamos: W.S. Ja-
cques é um gentleman ou um
ladrão? Pessoas que chegam a
Hollywood querendo se tornar
estrelas são ingênuas ou de-
terminadas? Filhos únicos são
realmente menos felizes? Uma
banda militar pode gravar um
disco de sucesso? Perguntas
como essas, levantadas nessa
edição da sua revista, podem
nos ajudar a observar melhor
o que fazemos e, talvez, a ser
melhor o que somos.
Por outro lado – e sempre há
um outro lado – há pessoas
que não são quem dizem ser, e
nem sempre isso é ruim. Como
os vários pintores que trocam
de nome, como os persona-
gens de ficção de Edimburgo,
e como os vários atores e atri-
zes que concorreram ao Oscar
e ao Globo de Ouro com seus
papéis. Sem falar em mais al-
gumas letras, que existem, mas
absolutamente não se pronun-
ciam – talvez para abrir cami-
nho para figuras. Que fazer?
Como saber quem é quem?
Se for um tornado, vamos ca-
çá-lo! Se for um belo parque
no Alaska, vamos visitá-lo, mas
seja onde for, vamos deixar
uma trilha – de paz, amor e
justiça, como canta nossa can-
ção do mês – que sempre po-
derá ser seguida.
Happy Reading!
Karl Kepler

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 CONTENTS

06 PROFILE
William Simon Jacques

08 THIS MONTH
Storm Busters!

10 TRAVEL
Alaska’s Denali National Park MM

.com.br
12 WHERE ARE THEY NOW?
JC Superstar

13 WE ARE WHAT WE DO
An environmental movement for young people.

16 AND THE WINNER IS...

The Oscars and the Golden Globes

18 THE BUSINESS OF SHOW BUSINESS

Hollywood insider Ross Grossman explains.
MM

22 SILENT LETTERS PART 4

Yet more bizarre English pronunciation.

24 AN ONLY CHILD IS A HAPPY CHILD

According to The Observer, at least.

Top: Travel (page 10); And the

26 Q TALK
Maurice Hazan explains how to learn a language. winner is... (above; page 16);
next page: The Business of Show
Business (page 18); Creativity at
Work (page 28)

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 28 CREATIVITY AT WORK
We meet three remarkable New York artists. .com.br

32 A ROYAL RECORD
Some decidedly unlikely pop stars... MM

34 GUITAR LEGEND!
Carlos Santana on music... and love.

38 IAN RANKIN’S EDINBURGH

The best-selling author takes us on a tour. .com.br

42 IN THE NAME OF ART

Why artists like to use pseudonyms.

44 THE GOOD LIFE

Unusual news from the English-speaking world.

46 WHAT’S HAPPENING
Our guide to movies, music and the arts in general.

47 LAST LAUGH
Going for a Beer

48 KIDS CROSS
fun for the children

49 LETTERS AND CLUB

You can write on this page

50 SONG & LYRICS

Leave a Trail

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 PEOPLE EASY LISTENING

IPROFILE

William Simon
Jacques Sua especialidade? Roubar livlivros
v
vros
veen
ndê-
antigos das bibliotecas e revendê-
am
los fora. Alguns o consideram m um
uee
erem
gentleman, já outros, não querem vê-
lo nem de longe... BY JOHN RIGG
GG
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Main picture: the British

Library, near London’s
St. Pancras station.
Above: WIlliam Simon
Jacques, the man
who has stolen many
valuable books from this
and other libraries.

TRACK 1
SPEAKERS JASON BERMINGHAM
AND JUSTIN RATCLIFFE
A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE

GLOSSARY
1 Gentleman Thief:
ladrão cavalheiro
2 fiction: ficção,
literatura
3 libraries: bibliotecas
4 worth: no valor de...
5 chartered
accountant:
contador
especializado
6 master of disguise:
mestre na arte do
disfarce
7 nickname: apelido
8 Tome Raider - jogo
de palavras com
Tomb Raider (tome,
livro, volume; Tomb,
túmulo)
9 education:
instrução, cultura
10 confidence:
confiança

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T
The Gentleman Thief1 is a
famous figure in both fic-
tion2 and reality, but Brit-
ain’s most prestigious libraries3
don’t like William Simon Jacques.
This notorious criminal has sto-
len rare books from London’s
British Library worth4 more than
£1,000,000: one example is Gali-
leo Galilei’s Sidereus Nuncius.
A GENIUS
Jacques studied at Cambridge
University and he is a char-
tered accountant 5 . He has the
IQ of a genius and is a master
of disguise 6 . The English news-
papers love him: they gave him
the nickname 7 “Tome
Raider8 .” But he isn’t
so intelligent after
all. He was caught
in 2002 and spent
four years in pris-
on. Jacques
was arrested
again in 2007
for stealing
13 books from
the Royal Horti-
cul- ture Society valued at
£40,000, was released on bail
and ran. He was found and ar-
rested at his mom’s home in 2009,
and in June 2010 was convicted
and sentenced to 3.5 years.
EMBARRASSING
How could Jacques steal
such rare books for so
many years? He uses his
education 9 to obtain li-
brarians’ confi dence 10 ,
and uses false names
and disguises, so that no-
body can identify him.
For example, at the Lind-
ley Library he used
the name Mr San-
toro instead of his
real name. Another
important reason is that
library curators don’t of-
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GLOSSARY
ten inform the police when books are 11 bookseller: livreiro
stolen. Antiquarian bookseller11 Jolyon 12 knowledge:
conhecimento
Hudson explains: “Libraries are the 13 they’re too
curators of the nation’s knowledge 12 . embarrassed to
They’re too embarrassed to admit los- admit losing:
eles ficam muito
ing 13 such important books.” Jacques constrangidos ao
sells the books with the help of auction admitir a perda de...
houses 14 like Christies of London and 14 auction houses:
leiloeiros
specialist book dealers 15 . The police
15 book dealers:
caught him in 1999 because a London comerciantes de
book dealer saw that he was trying to livros
cover library markings 16 . 16 to cover library
markings: cobrir
o timbre de
JAILED bibliotecas
“A leopard doesn’t change its spots 17.” 17 a leopard doesn’t
change his spots:
The tabloid newspapers 18 describe um leopardo não
Jacques as a gentleman thief, but not consegue mudar
everyone agrees 19. Jacques alleg- as manchas de seu
pelo
edly showed no remorse during his 18 tabloid
2010 sentencing, and his reputation newspapers: os
has been damaged by his first convic- jornais populares
19 agrees: está de
tion. The opposite of a gentleman is a acordo
scoundrel 20 , and there are many peo- 20 scoundrel: salafrário
ple who say Jacques is exactly that: a 21 tutor: professor
(nas universidades
scoundrel. His Cambridge University inglesas, destacado
tutor21 Ian DuQuesnay angrily says: para acompanhar
“What William Simon Jacques does is de perto um
grupo pequeno de
equivalent to splashing paint 22 on the
estudantes).
Parthenon.” ! G 22 splashing paint:
jogar tinta
WHO EXACTLY IS WILLIAM
SIMON JACQUES?
He was born in 1969
in North Yorkshire. He
studied economics at
Cambridge University;
his tutor Ian DuQuesnay
remembers that he was
“a competent, but not ex-
ceptional student.” He be-
came an accountant and
lived an apparently quiet
life in London’s Maida he has stolen include
Vale. Then in 1994 he Sir Isaac Newton’s Prin-
cipia Mathematica (1687),
obtained membership of
Britain’s most prestigious Descartes’ Discourse de la
libraries. In the following Méthode pour Bien Con-
five years, he became the duire sa Reason (1637)
most prolific book thief in and Kepler’s Astronomia
British history. The books Nova (1609).
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THE EXERCISES
THIS MONTH EASY LISTENING

ITHIS MONTH
STORM
BUSTERS!
Nos Estados Unidos os tornados são frequentes,
perigosos e assustadores: a mistura perfeita
para experiências abolutamente radicais. A
temporada vai começar, e assim o negócio das
agências de turismo de “storm chasing” vai...
de vento em popa!
BY JOHN RIGG

TRACK 2
SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANDO
A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE

GLOSSARY t’s storm-chasing season 1 in Torna- A BIG RISK

1 storm-chasing
season: temporada da
caça aos tornados
2 possibly insane:
I do Alley, USA. Tour companies offer
courageous, and possibly insane 2 ,
tourists the chance to see a tornado
Are you still interested in storm-chas-
ing? Well, it’s very important to find
expert guides. A company like “Storm
provavelmente from a distance of only 300 metres. The Chasing Adventure Tours” (SCAT) can
malucos season runs from May 1st to June 30th. guarantee tourists’ safety. They have
3 thunderstorms:
temporais years of experience, and understand
4 mountain ranges: DANGEROUS TERRITORY how storms develop 15 . They use ad-
serras, cadeias Tornado Alley is famous for its thunder- vanced computer systems to predict
montanhosas
5 flat, open plains: storms3 and tornadoes. It’s located be- the location of the storms. SCAT chief
planícies amplas e tween the Rocky and the Appalachian Todd Thorn says, however: “Guides
abertas mountain ranges4: hundreds of miles of cannot rely 16 only on the technology.
6 reinforced roofs:
telhados reforçados
flat, open plains5. It runs through North- They must have the ability to read
7 storm cellars: abrigos ern Texas, Oklahoma, Kansas, Nebraska the sky.” The SCAT team aren’t sim-
no porão and Colorado. The buildings in this region ply tourist guides. They also provide
8 rely on storm
warnings: confiam
have reinforced roofs6 , solid foundations important information to National
nos alertas de and storm cellars7. Local people rely on Weather Centres on the position and
tornados. storm warnings8 to avoid disaster. strength of storms. They help save
9 it’s addictive: é
lives.
viciante
10 agrees: concorda ADRENALINE!
11 the ultimate Tornadoes are very dangerous, so why do UNBELIEVABLE
challenge: o desafio people want to chase them? Documen- Storms usually occur17 in the late after-
supremo
12 it weighs: pesa tary-maker Sean Casey says, “It’s addic- noon, early evening. Teams must drive
13 steel-plated armour: tive!9” His driver Byron Turk agrees10: “It’s hundreds of miles to arrive at storm lo-
couraça de aço the adrenaline…the ultimate challenge!11” cations. So they leave their base in Am-
14 thick: de espessura
15 how storms develop: Casey built a Tornado Intercept Vehicle. arillo, Texas in the morning. The chase
como as tempestades It weighs12 680 kilos and has steel-plated often continues until late in the evening.
se desenvolvem armour13. Its windows are 4 centimetres What is it like to chase a storm? SCAT
16 to rely: confiar,
depender thick14. Casey and his team filmed as a tor- driver Kevin Harned says: “It’s one thing
17 occur: acontecem, nado hit the vehicle. You can see his docu- to see a tornado on TV, but totally differ-
ocorrem mentaries on the Discovery Channel. ent to see it with your own eyes!”
18 to improve: melhorar

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 Documentary-maker
Sean Casey’s “TIV”
(Tornado Intercept
Vehicle). Right: the poster
for the 1996 movie
Twister, which starred
Helen Hunt and Bill
Paxton. Michael
NASA AND VORTEX Crichton wrote the
screenplay.
Scientific teams want to Weather Centres can give
improve18 our ability to 13-minute warnings before
predict tornadoes. The tornadoes hit. VORTEX
international VORTEX and NASA hope to predict
research team sends over tornadoes earlier, so they
30 vehicles to follow each can warn residents at least U.S.A.
tornado and collect data. 30 minutes before they
The film Twister (1996), arrive.
starring Bill Paxton and This will certainly stop N EBRASKA
Helen Hunt, portrayed one events like the Greensburg, C OLORADO
K ANSAS New York
of the first VORTEX teams Kansas disaster, which took
in the 1990s. At the same place on May 4th 2007. On O KLAHOMA
time, NASA is studying that occasion 11 people
satellite images of died and the entire city was TEXAS
tornadoes. Today National destroyed.

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 PLACES EASY LISTENING

ITRAVEL

ALASKA’S DENALI
NATIONAL PARK
É o parque nacional
americano mais
radical, tanto
pela temperatura
quanto pela beleza
da paisagem. No
passado, recebeu
a corrida do ouro.
Hoje, é dominado
por águias e ursos
pardos... By John Rigg

TRACK 3 returning. Snow ploughs clear7 the park’s

W
ould you like to escape the
SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANDO
A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE modern world? Alaska’s De- only road, the Denali Park Road. This runs
nali National Park offers visi- 90 miles (148 kms) into the park. Private
tors a rare opportunity to experience vehicles can, however, only reach Sav-
Above: Mount
Hunter, or nature in true solitude. They can see age River, 15 miles (24 kilometres) from
“Begguya,” in Denali the spectacular mountains of the Alaska the entrance. After this point, the road
National Park. Range, dramatic glaciers and wildlife 1 . becomes a dirt track8 and visitors must
“Begguya” means The park is 240 miles (390 kilometres) travel on the park’s special buses.
child in the local
Native American north of Anchorage and 140 miles (230
language and this is kilometres) south of Fairbanks: the two IN THE AIR
“the child” of Mount nearest international airports. The buses take visitors deep into the
Denali (which is also park. Day excursions visit Polychrome
known as Mount
McKinley). Opposite SPRING IS HERE Pass with its multi-colored cliffs9, Won-
page (clockwise, In April the park is waking up 2 from its der Lake at the foot of Mount McKinley,
from top left): bear long winter. Grizzly bears3 emerge after America’s highest mountain, and the
tracks, a hare, a months of hibernation. Wolves hunt in old mining town10 Kantishna. Mount
panoramic view, rock
climbing at Ruth packs4 across the snow. Dall sheep 5 eat McKinley is often impossible to see be-
Gorge, a lynx, a Dall grass on the mountain side. Migratory cause of clouds11 .
sheep. birds, including eagles and swans6 , are Perhaps the best way to see the Denali

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Park is from the air. Flight companies,
like K2 Aviation, take visitors above the
clouds to see stunning views12 across
the glaciers and mountain tops. It is also
possible to land on the glaciers with ski-
planes.
DANGER!
The park offers cycling, hiking, camping,
mountaineering and white-water raft-
ing. Visitors are also free to explore the
park alone. But Denali National Park is
vast and the dangers are real. There are
hungry bears, moose 13 and wolves. The
streams14 and lakes are freezing, and
the temperature can change sudden-
ly15 . Snow is common throughout the
year. Finally, are you afraid of heights16?
The Denali Park Road goes high into the
mountains, where the track becomes
very narrow17. Passengers suddenly see
down into valleys over a thousand me-
tres below!
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A SHORT HISTORY OF THE PARK
The region was the home of
Native Americans called the
Athapaskan (or Athabaskan)
for about 12,000 years. Denali
means “the high one” in the
native Athapaskan language,
and it was their name for
Mount McKinley.
Modern settlers18 first came to
the region at the beginning
of the 20th century. Gold was
discovered in the mountains
and people raced to claim
the land19. It is still possible to
panhandle for gold20 in the
GLOSSARY
1 dramatic glaciers
and wildlife: geleiras
espetaculares e fauna
selvagem
2 is waking up: está
acordando
3 grizzly bears: urso
pardo dos EUA
4 wolves hunt in packs:
lobos caçam em
matilhas
5 Dall sheep: carneiro de
Dall (v. foto)
6 eagles and swans:
águias e cisnes
7 snow ploughs clear:
escavadoras de neve
limpam
8 dirt track: estrada de
terra
9 cliffs: penhascos
10 old mining town: antiga
cidade de mineração
11 clouds: nuvens
12 stunning views: vistas
deslumbrantes
13 moose: alce americano
14 streams: riachos
15 suddenly: de repente
16 heights: alturas
17 the track becomes
very narrow: o
caminho torna-se
bastante estreito
18 settlers: colonizadores
19 people raced to
claim the land: as
pessoas correram para
reivindicar terras
20 to panhandle for gold:
garimpar ouro
park’s streams and lakes.
Naturalist Charles Alexander
Sheldon studied Denali’s Dall
sheep. The existence of these
sheep became difficult as
more and more people came
to the region. So Sheldon
petitioned government to
create a preserve for the
sheep. The Mount McKinley
National Park was formed on
February 26, 1917. This park
was extended and renamed
the Denali National Park and
Preserve in 1980.
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 PEOPLE EASY LISTENING
IWHERE ARE THEY NOW?
JESUS CHRIST
SUPERSTAR
em 1973 e marcou época,
suas canções. Por onde
(Carl Anderson) morreu
(Yvonne Elliman) ainda
TRACK 4
SPEAKERS JASON BERMINGHAM
AND CHUCK ROLANDO
A2 PRÉ-INTERMEDIATE
Top right: Jesus Christ
Superstar (by Andrew
Lloyd Webber and Tim
Rice) was originally
an album and then a
musical, but the 1973
movie is the most
famous version. Above:
Ted Neeley, who
played the title role7.
He is still playing that
role in musicals today.
GLOSSARY
1 stage version:
versão para teatro
2 lyrics: letras
3 screenplay: roteiro
4 cast: elenco
5 my time is nearly
through: meu
tempo está quase no
fim
6 how much time I’ve
got: quanto tempo
me resta
7 title role: papel
principal (do título
do musical)
12 twelve
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BY MARK WORDEN
J
esus Christ Superstar is a rock op-
era. The film version came out in
1973 and it is a “cult movie.” Texan
actor Ted Neeley played Jesus Christ: 38
years later he is still playing Jesus in the
stage version 1 .
THE ALBUM
The first version of Jesus Christ Super-
star came out in 1970. It was an album or
“LP” (long-playing record). Andrew Lloyd
Webber wrote the music and Tim Rice
wrote the words, or lyrics 2 . Lloyd Web-
ber has written many popular musicals
and today he is one of the richest people
in Britain. His official title is “Baron Lloyd
Webber”: Tim Rice is now “Sir Timothy
Rice.” Ian Gillan sang the part of Jesus
Christ on the album. In 1970 he was the
lead singer of the rock group Deep Pur-
ple: he still is today.
THE MUSICAL
In 1971 Jesus Christ Superstar became a
musical on stage. It was a show on New
York’s Broadway. Critics were negative
and religious groups hated it, but the
public liked it. It closed in 1973, after 711
performances. The show also played in
.com.br
London’s West End. It opened in 1972
and closed after eight years. This was a
record.
THE MOVIE
Canadian Norman Jewison directed the
film. He’s about to celebrate his 84th
birthday. Englishman Melvyn Bragg
wrote the screenplay3. In 1978 Bragg
presented The South Bank Show, a new
TV arts programme. It closed in 2010, af-
ter 32 years.
The cast4 of Jesus Christ Superstar in-
cluded an American singer Carl Ander-
son, who played Judas Iscariot. Carl
Anderson was black and some people
didn’t like this: a black Judas Iscariot
seemed racist. But it wasn’t a problem
for Anderson: he played Judas in the
stage version of Jesus Christ Superstar
many years later. Unfortunately, he died
of leukemia in 2004. Originally, Ted Nee-
ley wanted to play Judas Iscariot, but he
played Jesus. Neeley is still playing Jesus
in the stage version today. He is 67. He
said in a recent interview: “In the show
I say, ‘My time is nearly through 5.’ That’s
me in life. I don’t know how much time
I’ve got6.” G
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 IDEAS

ITHE ENVIRONMENT

WE ARE
WHAT
WE DO
50 (Small) Ways to Change the World
Não precisa muita coisa para mudar o mundo,
e geralmente não custa nada. As melhores
idéias vêm das crianças, e estão descritas

Rachel Hibberd
num livro de título engraçado: “Ensine sua
avó a escrever torpedos - e outras formas de
mudar o mundo”...
BY DEREK WORKMAN | LANGUAGE LEVEL B1 (LOWER INTERMEDIATE)

GLOSSARY

M
ake a cup of coffee for some- people to do to change the world?” 1 don’t swear: não
one who’s busy, shout with Thousands of people from all over the xingar, não falar
palavrão
happiness, don’t swear1 for 30 world replied, and the result was the 2 pick one piece of
minutes, pick one piece of litter up 2 eve- best-selling book, Change the World litter up: recolher
ry day, make sure you use both sides of for a Fiver5 – 50 actions to change the algum lixo do chão.
3 community
the writing paper, or shake someone’s world and make you feel good. It was worker: assistente
hand. These may not seem like things later published in six countries and sold social, agente
that will change the world, but hope- over a million copies worldwide 6. comunitário
4 he gathered
fully they will help to make it a better people...
place. At least that’s what the people THE NEXT GENERATION backgrounds: ele
from “We Are What We Do” (WAWWD) The first book was based on the ideas reuniu pessoas
de uma grande
think. of people of all ages, but for the next
variedade de
book they decided to make one espe- contextos
RECONNECTING cially for children – and asked them to 5 change the world
David Robinson had been a commu- create it too. The thousands of interest- for a fiver: lit.:
mude o mundo
nity worker3 for 25 years when, in 2004, ing, intriguing and wonderful ideas for com 5 libras
he decided to write a document called actions sent in by almost four-and-a- esterlinas (aprox.
Reconnecting. It was about the need half thousand children were narrowed R$ 12,00)
6 worldwide: em
for change in society and the power down 7 to thirty, and became Teach todo o mundo
of people coming together to make it Your Granny To Text 8, And Other Ways 7 narrowed down:
happen. He gathered people from a To Save The World. (The title is based on reduzidas
8 teach your granny
wide range of backgrounds 4 to see how a suggestion by a young lady named Eri- how to text: ensine
it could be done. They asked the ques- ca.) Every school in England now has a sua avó a usar SMS,
tion, “What would you ask one million copy of the book (pictured next page). enviar torpedos.

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 IDEAS

TRACK 5
SPEAKER JUSTIN RATCLIFFE
C1 ADVANCED

Right: Darwen
YOUNG ACTIVISTS
Aldridge Community
Academy senior Even with a million copies of the book THE LITTLE THINGS
students Becki
Ainsworth and Sarah
in circulation, WAWWD believe that the IN LIFE
best way to teach people how to change
Varey.
Below: We Are What the world is to start when they’re young.
We Do product A couple of years ago, with funding
examples. from the Aldridge Foundation, WAW-
WD began to recruit young people
from schools and colleges in England
to be part of their Young Speakers pro-
gramme. After a training course, they
are sent out to do presentations in their
schools and communities. Last year
the Young Speakers spread the “We Are
What We Do” message to over 50,000
children.”
W e Are What We Do, or WAWWD, is
both a charity1 and a movement. It
is primarily environmental, but it is also
designed to improve human relations.
Its bible, for want of a better word 2, is
a book called Change the World for a
Fiver, which offers a list of simple sug-
gestions.
Today the WAWWD movement is pop-
ular in schools. The “Darwen Aldridge
Community Academy” in Lancashire, in
the northwest of England, for example,
is particularly active in this respect. Two
senior students, Becki Ainsworth and
Sarah Varey, often visit primary schools

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in order to promote “WAWWD” ideas
among small children. Becki Ainsworth
explains:
Becki Ainsworth
(Standard British/Lancashire accent):
It’s just a movement going around
primary schools that basically tries
to inspire younger people to take an
active part in the world that they live
(in) and pushes them to try and change
things that we think are unchangeable,
like global warming, things like that,
like with the CO2 emissions, you can
change that just by walking to school,
instead of getting the car or the bus.
Things like that. Simple things.
Sarah Varey has some more examples:
Sarah Varey:
An action is a small activity that
anybody can do. It can be anything
from turning the tap off when you
brush your teeth 3, or not using plastic
bags, and it’s a way that you can
contribute to a social change.
And the basic idea behind “WAWWD” is
ACTIONS SPEAK LOUDER THAN WORDS
(Ideas to make the world a bet-
ter place, taken from Change The
World For A Fiver and Teach Your
Granny To Text and Other Ways To
Change The World)
Don’t sing in the shower1. The av-
erage shower takes seven minutes
and uses 35 litres of water, when
all you really need is two minutes.
So just get clean, get out, and save
your singing for the rain.
Give lots of compliments. They
are free, get easier as you do them
regularly, make you feel good and
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that if everyone takes a small step 4,
then it really can make a difference:
Sarah Varey:
I think when you see
advertisements about people
starving 5 or not having water, I
think it sometimes can overfaze
a child and scare them 6, in a way,
so they don’t do anything to
help, but we’re presenting it to
them in small ways that they can
actually do something so it feels
manageable 7 for them and it’s fun
as well.
everyone loves to get them.
Write a letter. You can’t re-read
a phone message or put a text
message 2 on the wall – and who
ever heard of a love email! But
also, “teach your granny how to
text”: she’ll love to be in touch
with you.
Make a will 3 and make sure your
bits and pieces go to the people
you really want them to go to.
There have been some wonder-
ful ways people got back at others
from beyond the grave 4.
DOWNLOAD
THE EXERCISES
GLOSSARY
THE LITTLE THINGS IN
LIFE
1 charity: instituição
beneficente, sem fins
lucrativos
2 for want of a better
word: na falta de um
termo melhor
3 turning the tap off when
you brush your teeth:
fechar a torneira enquanto
se escova os dentes
4 takes a small step: dá
um pequeno passo
5 starving: que morrem
de fome
6 can overfaze a child
and scare them: pode
chocar uma criança e
deixá-la apavorada
7 it feels manageable -
parece factível
ACTIONS SPEAK...
1 don’t sing in the
shower: não cante no
banho
2 text message: SMS,
torpedo
3 will: testamento
4 from beyond the grave:
do além-túmulo
5 take time out to listen:
dedique tempo para
escutar
6 they know cool stuff
you don’t: eles sabem
coisas legais que você
não conhece
Take time out to listen to some-
one 5. Don’t make any comments
or try to solve their problems, just
listen.
Some think that old people ‘just
don’t understand’, and that young
people have ‘nothing interesting
to say’, but WAWWD disagrees.
They would suggest you spend
time with someone from a differ-
ent generation; talk to old people
because ‘they know cool stuff you
don’t’6, and talk to young people
because, funnily enough…. ‘they
also know cool stuff you don’t’.
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| The Oscars and The Golden Globes |

AND THE WINNER IS...

THE SAME PERSON!
É comum ouvirmos que os Golden Globes servem como uma
espécie de prévia para as premiações do Oscar. Nem sempre isso
se confirma, mas este ano a coincidência foi marcante - Natalie
Portman e Colin Firth que o digam!
BY MARK WORDEN AND BOB MOSER

M
aking predictions is rarely a good Firth plays George VI, the man who reluc-
GLOSSARY idea as there is a strong possi- tanctly became King of England (in 1936),
1 nominees: indicados bility that you will be wrong. It’s when his brother, Edward VIII, abdicated to
2 awarded [əˈwɔːd]:
concedidos,
difficult in sports matches, where there are marry an American divorcee3, Wallis Sim-
premiados two teams to choose from, but it’s even pson. George VI (who was the father of the
3 divorcee [dıvɔːˈsiː]: harder with film awards like the Golden present Queen) had a problem: he stutte-
divorciada
Globes and the Oscars, where there are red4 and this became particularly traumatic
4 he stuttered: ele
gaguejava five nominees1 per category. Politicking by when he had to address the nation on ra-
5 speech therapist: studios and actors that want to win, end- dio during the Second World War. The film
logopedista, less forecasting by Hollywood journalists tells the story of his relationship with Lionel
terapeuta da fala
6 aka: also known as, and deep secrecy by voters cloud the re- Logue, an Australian speech therapist5. Lo-
também chamado sults for all until awards night. gue is played by Geoffrey Rush, who was
de nominated for (but didn’t win) a Golden
THE GOLDEN GLOBES
T Globe or an Oscar for “Best
T 83rd edition of the Academy Awards
The Supporting Actor.“ The film
(which are organised by AMPAS, the Aca-
(w itself lost the “Best Pic-
demy of Motion Picture Arts and Scien-
d ture” race at the Globes
ces) took place at the Kodak Theatre on
ce to The Social Network
February 27. Often – but not always – the
Fe (aka6 “the Facebook
Golden Globe Awards, which are held six
G movie”), but won
weeks earlier, are a good indication. The
w top prize at the
Golden Globes are awarded2 by the 93
G Oscars.
members
m of the Hollywood Foreign Press
Association
A (HFPA): these are not the same
people
p as the 6,000 members of
the
th Academy of Motion Pictures.

COLIN FIRTH
C
B
British actor Colin Firth dominated
Hollywood’s major awards this
H
year, winning “Best Actor” for The
ye
King’s Speech at both the Globes
K
and Oscars. The film is directed by
an
Tom Hooper, who directed ano-
To
ther “true life story,” The Damned
th
United. If The Damned United
U
was about English soccer,
w
then The King’s Speech is
th
about the Royal Family.
ab

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 JAMES FRANCO
James Franco was in a unique position on
Oscar night, serving as co-host of the show
while also being a “Best Actor” nominee for
his part in Danny Boyle’s disturbing movie,
127 Hours (that prize went to Firth). Boyle
is famous for films like Slumdog Millionaire
and Trainspotting, but this is far darker. Like
The King’s Speech, 127 Hours tells a true
story, that of Aron Ralston, a mountaineer7
in Utah who was obliged to take “drastic
measures” – i.e. amputating part of his arm
with a penknife8! – when he was trapped
by a boulder9. The film is based on Ral-
ston’s book, Between a Rock and a Hard
Place. Language fans may like to know that
this is a colloquial expression for a difficult
situation, but in Ralston’s case it was literal.
PAUL GIAMATTI
The Golden Globes divide films into
two categories: “Drama” and “Musical or
Comedy.” The prize for “Best Actor in a
Musical or Comedy” went to Paul Giamatti
for Barney’s Version (he wasn’t among
the five nominated for the Oscars). The
film, which won the Golden Lion Award at
the Venice Festival, is based on the novel
by the Canadian Mordecai Richler. Sadly,
Richler died in 2001, but his story now lives
on in cinema, thanks in part to the talent of
Giamatti.
NATALIE PORTMAN
We apologise for dealing with the ladies
last (and not first), but this is a Hollywood Above: Natalie
convention and not ours. Nowadays the Portman as Nina
Sayers in Black Swan.
word “actress” is considered politically
Below: James Franco
incorrect: female stars are also “actors.” as Aron Ralston in
The Oscars began in 1929 (and the Golden 127 Hours. Below left:
Globes in 1944) and so the female category Colin Firth as George
in the award ceremonies is still called “Best VI in The King’s
Actress.” Natalie Portman won the Golden Speech.
Globe for “Best Actress” in the “Drama”
section, for her portrayal10 of an obsessive
ballet dancer in Black Swan, and Annette
Bening won the “Musical and Comedy”
Golden Globe, as a lesbian mother in The
Kids Are All Right... On Oscar night there
was just one “Best Actress” award to give GLOSSARY
out, and Portman beat Bening and three 7 mountaineer
others for the prize. [maʊntıˈnıɘ(r)]:
alpinista
Among 11 award categories where the 8 penknife [ˈpɛnnaıf]:
canivete
Globes and Oscars overlapped, eight 9 trapped by a
winners were the same, reinforcing the boulder: ficou preso
popular theory that the Golden Globes por uma pedra
are a good predictor of who’ll win the 10 portrayal [pɔːˈtreıəl]:
interpretação
Academy Awards.

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| Hollywood |

THE BUSINESS OF
SHOW BUSINESS
No palco do Oscar assistimos a um desfile único de astros: alguns fazem
parte do imaginário popular, outros são considerados revelações. E
você, gostaria de ser astro/estrela? Quais são os segredos do ofício?
Qual é o dote essencial para conquistar o mundo do cinema? A beleza é
imprescindível? Ouça as respostas de Ross Grossman, agente de muitos
artistas, e conheça os bastidores da indústria de Hollywood.
BY TALITHA LINEHAN
TRACK 6
SPEAKERS JASON BERMINGHAM
AND CHUCK ROLANDO
MM C2 PROFICIENCY
GLOSSARY
1 highlight: ponto
alto
2 at the bottom: de
baixo
3 spare time: tempo
livre
4 signed up with
a talent agency:
assinaram contrato
com uma agência
de talentos
Minutes7, and they were being asked: “Do

5 it is headed: é
dirigida
6 a bunch: um grupo,
monte (v: Speak Up
explains)
7 60 Minutes:
programa de
atualidades
transmitido pela CBS
8 do you feel you’re
good, you’re set?
vocês sentem que
chegaram lá, que
estão realizados?
9 we picked up: a
gente pega
10 fickle: instável,
imprevisível, volúvel
11 the public
generally likes
new: o público
geralmente gosta de
novidade
12 are able to ride
the wave and stay
on it: conseguem
permanecer na crista
da onda
13 eventually: no fim,
ao final
14 to fade: esvanecer
15 an ethereal fairy
dust: uma tênue
poeirinha mágica
A
world of movie-lovers watched
Hollywood on February 27th,
when the Academy Awards, or
“Oscars,” took place. For the lucky win-
ners, it may just be the highlight 1 of their
movie careers, but no matter how suc-
cessful they are now, they had to start at
the bottom 2. They all had “day-time jobs”
in bars or restaurants, and they went to
auditions in their spare time 3. And they
undoubtedly signed up with a talent
agency4, which probably still represents
them today. The Affinity Artists Agency is
a typical example. It is headed by5 Ross
Grossman, who was himself a child actor,
and later a comedian, writer and thera-
pist, before becoming an agent. As he
explains, even when you become a star,
there’s no guarantee that it will last:
Ross Grossman
(Standard American accent):
Recently Adam Sandler and a bunch6
of other celebrities, Chris Rock, they
were all sitting around, I think it was 60
you feel like you’ve made it, do you feel like
you’re good, you’re set?8” And all of them
said: “No, no way!” Because they said: “We
picked up9 a People magazine from five
years ago and we looked at all the people
who were on top and almost none of them
were still on top.” So it is a very fickle10
business. I think that the public generally
likes new11. New is interesting to them. And,
at a certain point, I think either the casting
directors or the public gets tired, or wants
something new. Now, there are certain
people, Jack Nicholson, you know, there
are certain actors, Tom Cruise, that are
able to ride the wave and stay on it12, but
eventually13 most of them seem to fade.14
CHARISMA
We then asked him the classic Hollywood
question: What makes a star?
Ross Grossman
Charisma is a big piece. There is an
ethereal fairy dust15 that is on certain
people. How they got that way is a very

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 GLOSSARY
16 to figure out...
charisma: para
entender como
certa pessoa emana
tanto carisma
Ross Grossman, head 17 they’re riveting:
of the Affinity Artists são fascinantes,
agency, probably knows excepcionais
©Talitha Linehan

everything you need to 18 confident:

que emana
know about Hollywood
autoconfiança
and the film industry.
19 a nervous wreck:
um transtornado em
crise de nervos
complex... we’d have to have clones wreck19, but there’s a confidence about 20 a oneness of
and put people in laboratories to them, and a oneness of purpose 20 purpose: v. Speak
Up explains
figure out how this person showed up and just something very magnetic. 21 loud: alardeiro,
with this much charisma16, but there But some people try to create a false ruidoso
are some people who have so much magnetism by being super-big and 22 it’s not like that:
não é assim que
charisma, or something about their important and loud21 and intense, and funciona
character that is so unique, that you it’s not like that22. It doesn’t come from 23 try to wow you:
just know: they’re riveting17. It’s like outside, I don’t think, but some people tentam te convencer
de que são
when you watch a lion or a tiger, you’re try to wow you23 with what they believe
admiráveis (v. Speak
riveted because there’s something so charisma is. But I think, really, what it is Up explains)
spontaneous and so strong and so is knowing yourself and making strong, 24 making strong...
confident18. And that doesn’t mean that bold choices with your acting skills24 skills: escolhendo
papéis fortes e
each performance is playing a confident and with your personality. Personality confiantes em suas
person; they could be playing a nervous does go a long way25. People in habilidades de atuar

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 ENTERTAINMENT

On February 27th the 83rd

edition of the Academy
Awards took place here at
the Kodak Theatre. It stands
on the corner of Hollywood
Boulevard and North
Highland Avenue, in Los
Angeles’ Hollywood district.

GLOSSARY
25 personality does
go a long way: a
personalidade é
importantíssima
26 use a visual
shorthand: fazem
uma “taquigrafia”
visual, um “atalho
visual”
27 there’s a Hollywood want to work with nice ENERGY
whole bunch... people. So, if you’re talented, but you’re But, says Ross Grossman, talent, charisma
person”: torna-se
desnecessário fazer
really not a pleasant person, there will and the right looks are not enough.
tantos testes porque be plenty of other people who could Aspiring actors also need a sense of
você logo se dá take your place. initiative. Having an agent isn’t enough:
conta de que “esta
they should build their portfolios, and
é (ou não) a pessoa
certa” (v. Speak Up THAT LOOK... increase their selection of footage, or
explains) And what about physical appearance? “reel.” And Ross Grossman introduced
28 tramp: vagabundo, Are looks everything? us to a Hollywood neologism; the
mendigo
29 that speaks “webisode.” This is a combination of
volumes: essa Ross Grossman “web” and “episode”:
(imagem) fala muito You have to remember that movies
por si só
30 geeky: sem graça, and television are a visual medium: we Ross Grossman
sem jeito can’t forget that. And, because of that, And then, once they have an agent, is
31 odd: esquisito, many films and television shows use a running out there and doing stuff36,
bizarro
32 plus size: tamanho visual shorthand26. As soon as you see getting in plays, getting into more
XG Paul Giamatti, or just any number of independent films, getting better reel,
33 frightening: actors, as soon as you see them, there’s meeting people, socializing. If they
assustador
34 gorgeous:
a whole bunch of script that doesn’t can’t find scripts to get in, finding
lindíssimo have to happen because you just get, people, acting troupes, people who
35 striking: que “Oh, this is this type of person. 27” And want to put together webisodes. That’s
impressiona,
marcante
that’s like a visual shorthand for people. the new trend, is get a bunch of people
36 is running out... Just as when you see Charlie Chaplin as together, get some writers together,
stuff: (devem) correr the little tramp28, that speaks volumes29. start doing some webisodes. Don’t wait
atrás de várias coisas
You know, you don’t have to hear his for someone else to make you known.
37 newsman:
telejornalista entire story. It’s a visual shorthand, so, There’s an expression that I love, and I...
38 he would always... yes, the look does count, but that look it was from a man named (Wes) “Scoop”
phrase: terminava could be geeky30, that look could be Nisker, he was newsman37 in San
sempre as notícias
com esta frase odd31, that could be unusual, or plus Francisco, and he would always sign off
39 make some of your size32, or frightening33. It doesn’t have to the news with this phrase38 and that is:
own: produza uma always be gorgeous34. It just has to be “If you don’t like the news, go out and
você mesmo
unique and striking35. make some of your own!39”

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 So, you want
to be a movie
star?
And here are some of Ross Gross-
man’s other comments:

What’s the first thing would-be 1

movie stars should do when they
get to LA?
Find a place to live, make sure you
have enough money: the number
one priority is survival. After that,
send out your resumé 2 and pic-
ture. You can do that in advance of
coming here 3, although if agents
know that you’re out of state, or
out of country, there’s going to be
a higher probability that they’re
going to just toss it in the gar-
bage 4!

What’s the biggest mistake people

make?
The biggest mistake people make
is in perceiving their trajectory
from unknown to movie star5 in a GLOSSARY
very short period. Some people
1 would-be: aspirante
write to me and say: “I want you to 2 send out a resumé:
make me famous!” So what they’re mande seu currículo
really coming here with is the 3 in advance of
coming here: antes
dream to become famous. My own de vir para cá
personal theory is that people see 4 toss it in the
Hollywood and becoming famous garbage: jogá-lo no
lixo
as an antidote to a diffi cult child- 5 perceiving... movie
hood 6. They see it as a solution for star: imagnar-
a difficult life. I think it’s better for se passar de
desconhecido a
people to come here with the idea estrela de cinema
that acting is a craft 7 that they have 6 childhood: infância
to learn. That’s a far better8 ap- 7 craft: ofício
8 far better: muito
proach. melhor

A bunch of other celebrities. A bunch quer
dizer “um maço” ou “um cacho” e, portanto
é normalmente usado para dizer a bunch of
flowers (um maço de flores) ou a bunch of
grapes (um cacho de uvas). Mas em inglês,
principalmente no inglês americano, pode-
se usar de modo coloquial para dizer “um
monte”, “um grupo”, ou “um bando”.
Portanto a bunch of other celebrities seria
“um grupo de outros atores famosos”.
There’s a whole bunch of script that doesn’t
have to happen é uma outra frase muito
coloquial, tecnicamente errada na gramática,
mas é aceita como gíria americana e
significa: “Tem um monte de textos/
diálogos que não servem mesmo”.
To show up. To show up tem vários
significados. Na matéria quer dizer
“apresentar-se/ mostrar-se”: how this
person showed up with this much
charisma ([entender] como esta pessoa
emana tanto carisma). Show up também
quer dizer “ser claramente visível ”: this
reflective material shows up in the dark
(este material que reflete aparece no
escuro).
A oneness of purpose. Oneness seria
“unidade”, e portanto a oneness of purpose
quer dizer que “os atores muito carismáticos
têm um único objetivo e são muito
focados”.
EXPLAINS
Some people try to wow
you. Outro exemplo de
gíria americana. To wow
someone quer dizer que “aquilo que você
faz - ou diz - faz as pessoas dizerem ‘wow!’”.
Em outras palavras, some people try to wow
quer dizer “algumas pessoas tentam forçar
admiração, te assustar”.
A visual shorthand. Shorthand quer dizer
“taquigrafia”. Nesse caso visual, shorthand
quer dizer que a imagem ou o aspecto do
ator consegue transmitir tanto, que elimina a
necessidade de longas explicações. Por isso
a aparência, o aspecto da pessoa já resume
o diálogo.

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ILIVING LANGUAGE

SILENT
LETTERS
PART 4
BY MARK WORDEN

S, PART 2

L
ast month we looked at silent let-
TRACK 7 ters in English, from “l” to “p.” The Another word that contains the silent “s” is
SPEAKER RACHEL ROBERTS
A2 PRE-INTERMEDIATE letter “q” is never silent and a silent viscount. This is a type of aristocrat.
“r” is very rare, so we will continue with... Last month we talked about the difficult
Above: The thistle pronunciation of words of Greek origin.
is the national S Other languages also create problems. The
emblem of Scotland
and it contains The two most famous examples are the word bourgeois is of French origin, and the
a silent letter: you words isle and island. Island rhymes with “s” is silent. According to the dictionary, vis-
don’t pronounce the highland1, which contains more silent count is of French and Latin origin, but the
second “t.” letters, “g” and “h.” The word isle is simi- word fracas comes from the Italian “fracas-
lar in meaning to island. The “Highlands so.” In English it means a noisy argument4,
and Islands” are the northern and west- but the final “s” is not noisy: it is silent.
ern parts of Scotland. They include the
Hebrides. Here there is a place called T
the Isle of Islay, where they make won- Earlier we talked about Scotland. Its na-
derful whisky. The “s” is silent in Isle, but tional emblem is a plant, the thistle 5. The
not in Islay! second “t” in thistle is silent. The “t” is also
GLOSSARY The pronunciation of isle is the same silent in whistle6 and castle: Scotland is
1 highland: planalto as that of another word with a silent “s.” famous for its castles. If you want to un-
2 aisle: corredor This is aisle 2 (with an “a” at the start). An derstand pronunciation, you have to lis-
3 row: fileira, corredor aisle is like a row 3, another word with a ten: again, the “t” in listen is silent. And
4 noisy argument:
briga, discussão silent letter, “w.” There are aisles in cin- when you travel by plane or by car, you
barulhenta emas, theatres and supermarkets. And must fasten7 your seatbelt. The “t” in fas-
5 thistle: cardo there is a big aisle in a church. When you ten is silent. It’s also silent in the words
6 whistle: apito,
assovio get married, you walk “down the aisle” often and Christmas, even if it’s not silent
7 fasten: afivelar to the altar. in the words “Christ” and “Christian.”

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| The Observer |

An only child
is a happy child,
says research
Nem sempre crescer numa família numerosa é positivo. A convivência
com muitos irmãos e irmãs aumenta o risco de uma infância difícil,
segundo esta pesquisa britânica, que pode finalmente aliviar o senso de
culpa que assola quase todos os pais de filhos únicos...

STRESS

I
n an interview with Roll-
ing Stone magazine, Natalie
Portman once said: “I would
never have been an actress if I
hadn’t been an only child, be-
cause my parents would never
have let me be the star of the
family at the expense of another
child.” It turns out that1, in terms
of the advantages of life without
brothers and sisters, she was on
to something.
One of the widest-ranging re-
search projects2 on family life
conducted in Britain has revealed
that the fewer siblings3 children
have, the happier they are – and
that only children are the most
contented.
BULLIES
The findings, shared exclusively
with The Observer, suggest that
“sibling bullying” could be part
of the problem, with 31% of chil-
dren saying they are hit, kicked
or pushed4 by a brother or sis-
ter “quite a lot” or “a lot”. Others
complain that siblings steal their
personal belongings and call
them hurtful names5.
The figures are the first to
emerge from Understanding So-
ciety, a study tracking the lives of
100,000 people in 40,000 British
households6.
On children and happiness, it
finds that:
• Seven out of 10 British teenag-
ers are “very satisfied” with their
lives.
• Children from ethnic minorities
are on average7 happier than their
white British counterparts.
• Happiness declines the more
siblings there are in a household.
INSULTS
The findings are based on in-
depth questionnaires complet-
ed by 2,500 young people. The
questionnaires were analysed by
Gundi Knies from the Institute for
Social and Economic Research
at the University of Essex where
the Understanding Society study
is based. She suggested factors
such as competition for the par-
ents’ attention or the fact that
toys, sweets or space need to
be shared. Knies also pointed to
other data within the study on
sibling bullying: 29.5% of teen-
agers complain that brothers or
sisters call them “nasty names8”
“quite a lot” or “a lot”, while 17.6%
say their personal belongings are
taken away from them.
Professor Dieter Wolke of the Uni-
versity of Warwick, who carried
out the work on tensions between
brothers and sisters, said: “More
than half of all siblings (54%) were
involved in bullying in one form
or the other.” Although there is
also evidence that indicates that
siblings sometimes support each
other, he warned that children
who faced bullying both at home
and in the playground were par-
ticularly vulnerable to behaviour
problems and unhappiness.
GLOSSARY
1 it turns out that: resulta que… (v.
Speak Up explains)
2 one of… research [rıˈsɜːʧ] projects:
uma das pesquisas mais abrangentes
3 siblings: irmãos e irmãs
4 hit, kicked or pushed: agredidas,
chutadas ou empurradas
5 call them hurtful names: os chamam
com nomes ofensivos
6 households: núcleos familiares, lares
7 on average [æˈvərıʤ]: em média
8 nasty names: apelidos ruins, nomes
grosseiros
9 quarrelling [ˈkwɒrəlıŋ]: que brigam
10 just give up intervening:
simplesmente desistem de intervir
11 inconsistently: sem coerência
12 referees [ˌrefeˈriː]: árbitras
13 guilty [gıltı]: culpados
14 issue [ˈıʃuː]: questão
15 she would rely[rıˈlaı] on them: ela
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Wolke did not study the impact
of such tensions on parents, but
added: “From anecdotal reports,
quarrelling 9 siblings increase
stress for parents and some just
give up intervening10. Others in-
tervene inconsistently11, leaving
the field wide open for the bully
sibling.”
REFEREES
Siobhan Freegard, the co-found-
er of the website Netmums who
has three children, said that many
mothers felt like “referees12” after
their children reached a certain
age and started quarrelling with
their brothers and sisters.
She questioned whether the find-
ings on happiness were linked to
the fact that children were des-
perate for parental attention.
“With three children, it is three
lots of dinner, three lots of wash-
ing, three lots of driving to after-
school activities, so you do get
less time for each. I like to think
they are getting benefits in other
ways,” said Freegard.
She said the findings would come
as a relief to the parents of only
children who often felt guilty13
about the lack of brothers and
EXPLAINS
Grammar point – o comparativo com
the... the. Podemos usar esse
comparativo para dizer que duas
mudanças ocorrem simultaneamente. The
more siblings children have, the unhappier
they become.
The more children, the less privacy for
each child.
The more you learn, the less you know.
Lembre-se que não se deve separar more
do adjetivo, substantivo ou verbo que o
segue. Um erro clássico é escrever “the
more it is interesting…” Ao contrário,
deve-se dizer the more interesting it is…
Turns out. To turn out é um phrasal verb
com diversos significados. Nesse caso
quer dizer “resultar (do levantamento/ da
pesquisa)” – It turns out that, in terms of
the advantages of life…
Outro significado é “expulsar”, no sentido
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Nathalie Portman in
the film Black Swan.
She says: “I would
never have been an
actress, if I hadn’t
been an only child.”
sisters.
SOCIABLE
Freegard discussed the issue 14
recently with her friend, Tanya
Honey, who has one child, a
daughter. Honey admitted that
her daughter, Gemma, seven,
recently wrote “a baby” on her
shopping list. “But friends always
point out that she is a really happy
child. When we go on holiday she
is brilliant at making friends and if
there was a brother or sister per-
haps she wouldn’t be, because
she would rely on them 15,” added
de botar alguém para fora de casa – She
turned him out of the house.
To turn out também pode querer dizer
“produzir” – This dairy farm turns out a
million litres of milk each year; ou ainda
“apagar” – Turn out the light before you
come to bed. Um policial pode pedir para
você turn out your pockets (esvaziar seus
bolsos), e se você disser que uma pessoa
é well turned out, você quer dizer que ela
tem uma guarda-roupa magnífico.
To be onto something. Essa expressão
simples quer dizer “ter entendido”,
“encontrado” ou “percebido” alguma
coisa.
Leaving the field wide open. Se você
deixa o campo aberto, remove todos os
obstáculos e assim o “valentão” tem
caminho livre para praticar suas tiranias.
Honey.
While the findings seem surpris-
ing, experts say there are clear
reasons why more siblings could
reduce happiness. Dr Ruth Cop-
pard, a child psychologist, said:
“In an average home the more
children, the less privacy for
each child. Some love sharing a
bedroom with a sibling but they
would rather choose to do it than
have to do it. There is competi-
tion for parental time.”
PERSONAL SPACE
Parentline Plus, a charity that of-
fers support to parents, regularly
receives calls about sibling rivalry.
“Families do report concerns re-
garding high levels of conflict
among siblings and the stress that
this can cause, but the important
thing is to try to help and support
families find more effective ways
of dealing with this problem,” said
Alison Phillips, director of policy
and communications.
She has several tips for parents
including: ensure children have
a special place for their belong-
ings; insist they ask if they want
to use something owned by a
sibling, and show firmly that you
do not approve of bullying be-
haviour.
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 INTERVIEW
ILANGUAGE
Um sistema inovador para ensinar
idiomas, baseado na simplicidade
do uso de imagens. Conversamos
com seu criador, Maurice Hazan, que
ainda acrescenta um conselho para
todos que querem falar outra língua:
evite as dublagens!
BY MARINA CARMINATI
Q TRACK 8
SPEAKER RACHEL ROBERTS
B2 (UPPER INTERMEDIATE)
GLOSSARY
1 for enrolling on
a course: para
inscrever-se em um
curso
2 cue cards: fichas,
cartazes (cue é
um termo teatral
- “deixa” - e se
pronuncia como a
letra Q, daí o nome
QTalk)
3 somewhat
functional:
operativo em alguma
medida
4 as you get closer
to your teen years:
ao se aproximar da
adolescência
5 make sense of it:
elaborá-la, extrair
sentido
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M
TALK
aurice Hazan is the son of a
German mother and an Egyp-
tian father, but he grew up in
France. This probably explains his love
of languages. 20 years ago he began
teaching French in the United States, but
he has since opened the Tribeca Lan-
guage School in New York, where pu-
pils can also learn Spanish, Italian, Ger-
man, Greek, Hebrew, Chinese and even
Hindi. The minimum age for enrolling on
a course1 at the school is just two years
old.
Key to the teaching is a method which
Hazan invented called “QTalk.” This re-
volves around the use of cue cards2 in the
classroom. These are cards with draw-
ings or words which are used to prompt
pupils to talk. Hazan maintains that stu-
dents can become “somewhat function-
al 3” in a new language after just one hour.
When Speak Up went to see Maurice
Hazan, we asked him whether it was true
that children had a natural advantage
over adults when it came to learning a
foreign language:
Maurice Hazan
(French accent):
When you are a child, you have the
ability to develop what is called
“phonetic synapsis.” Phonetic synapsis
is a function of your brain to create
(sic) connections between neurons. In
short, you can develop an authentic
accent, which becomes more difficult
as you get closer to your teen years4.
Also, children can integrate grammar, or
what is known as “semantic memory,”
without formal instruction. In other
words, they can be exposed to a second
language with no particular order, and
if they are exposed to this situation,
say, in an immersion context, then they
have the unique ability to fragment
this information, make sense of it5 and
produce sentences that they’ve never
heard before. Noam Chomsky, who is
the leading psychologist here right now
in the States, is the first psychologist
to have identified this and he calls this
“the language module.” If children are
3/20/11 7:20 PM
 exposed to a second language
an hour a week, then they can get some
exposure to this language 6,
but they will not become genuinely
fluent that way.
There is a big myth that adults are not
able to learn a second language: adults
who decide to learn a second language
are therefore very motivated and they
can exceed children’s performance 7 in a
one-hour-to-two-hour-lesson-a-week
situation.
DUBBING? A DISASTER!
We then asked Maurice Hazan whether
some adults were more gifted 8 than oth-
ers when it came to languages:
Maurice Hazan:
Yes, it’s true. Some people are more
gifted than others. Some people
have a propensity to learn a second
language and others don’t. It’s all
about your level of filtering 9, or your
filter resistance to the outside world.
The filter resistance is how you are
able to embrace or reject the other
world. Let’s imagine, if you can come GLOSSARY
from a family where there is clearly no 6 they can get some
interest in the world overseas10, then exposure to this
language: pode
your chances of becoming bilingual haver um contato
are limited. Also, if you interpret the com essa língua
world outside of yours as inferior, as do 7 they can exceed
children’s
most Americans, then you will not be performance: podem
inclined to learn another culture, and superar os resultados
the main component of a culture is its das crianças
8 gifted: dotados
language. Dutch people 11, for instance, 9 it’s all about your
are remarkably inclined 12 to learn many level of filtering: é
languages. It is due to many factors, tudo uma questão
do quanto você se
but one of them, for instance, is the permite (ou não)
fact that television programmes are absorver
never dubbed 13, but they’re simply sub- 10 overseas: no exterior
11 Dutch people: os
titled. This causes the population to
holandeses
be exposed to other sounds very early 12 remarkably inclined:
(on). The programmes are not dubbed notavelmente
and simply sub-titled, not because propensos
13 are never dubbed:
they are (too) lazy14 to do that, but nunca são dublados
because they feel that changing the 14 lazy: preguiçosos
audio on movies, or documentaries, 15 it would make no
sense: não faria
produces a very inauthentic version of nenhum sentido
these programmes, just as if you were 16 pace: ritmo
to have somebody sing in Dutch over a Below: the “QTalk” system
song of the Beatles: it would make no being used in the classroom.
sense!15 G Opposite page: the Tribeca
School of Languages in New
York and (left) its founder
Maurice Hazan.

HOW IT WORKS...
QTalk is based on a series of images
(“QCards” – or “cue cards”) which repre-
sent all parts of speech – subjects, verbs,
objects, conjunctions, times of day, ad-
jectives and the most common vocabu-
lary.
The QTalk philosophy is simple: “Speak
immediately and have fun doing so in
every class by using the ‘QCards.’”
These materials are used to teach vocab-
ulary words individually and then placed
side by side for instant communication in
complete sentences. Different cards rep-
resent, for example, a series of verbs that
allow children as young as two to recog-
nize “action words.”
From simple sentence interpretation, the
teacher can move onto scene interpreta-
tion, short stories and dialogue games, all
increasing in complexity at a rapid pace16,
but without the “intimidation” of tradi-
tional language learning techniques.

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 NEW YORK

I ART

Na cidade que nunca dorme, a criatividade

sempre está em movimento. Para os
três artistas que encontramos, o desafio
é transformar em arte objetos de uso
cotidiano.
BY LORENZA CERBINI
B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE

Mark Wagner (below)

is originally from
Wisconsin, but,
I t is said that New York has been the
center of the art world since the
end of the Second World War, when
like many aspiring it effectively replaced Paris. Over the
artists, he moved to
New York. He works
last seven decades it has continu-
almost exclusively ously given us exciting new forms of TRACK 9
with one-dollar bills, art and that is still the case 1 today. SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANDO

which he cuts up into C1 ADVANCED

Let’s take the examples of three con-
their component parts
in order to create
temporary artists, all of whom moved
to “the Big Apple” in order to further2
intriguing collages.
their careers. The first thing that strikes
MONEY!
an observer is their unusual choice of MONEY!
materials, which include leather3, one-
dollar bills 4 and the components of old MONEY!
typewriters 5.

CONCEPTUAL ART
Mark Evans (www.markevansart.com),
a young Welsh artist, and Mark Wagner
(www.pavelzoubok.com), who is from
Wisconsin, are two artists whose work
requires the patience, attention to detail
and skill of a craftsman 6. Evans engraves7
in leather and has a collection of knives
that would be the envy of any butcher8.
Yet he makes sure that his incisions are
only a tenth of a millimeter deep. Wag-
ner, on the other hand, uses razors, scis-
sors and penkives9 to transform dollar
T hey say that there’s a lot of
money in the New York art
world. This is certainly true in the
case of Mark Wagner, who makes
collages out of dollar bills 1. He
talked to Speak Up about his work:
Mark Wagner
(Standard American accent):
I use almost completely the US
one-dollar bill. I take the dollar

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 GLOSSARY
INTERVIEW EXTRA .com.br 1 that is still the
case: e ainda é
assim
2 in order to further:
para expandir
3 leather: couro
and break it down 2 into sort of its 4 one-dollar bills:
constituent parts. So there’s line notas de 1 dólar
work from the outside 3 that I... I 5 typewriters:
máquinas de
separate into sort of thin ribbons 4, I escrever
take George Washington’s head from 6 skill of a craftsman:
the middle, I separate out the lights habilidade de um
artesão
and the darks 5, and separate out the 7 engraves: entalha
little leaf patterns 6 and separate out 8 butcher: açougueiro
the greens from the blacks. So I have 9 razors, [ˈreızə]
scissors [ˈsızəz]
sort of materials that are sort of the
and penknives
basic parts that make up the dollar [ˈpɛnnaıf]: navalhas,
bill, and then, from those pieces, tesouras e canivetes
I put together new images, and a MONEY! MONEY!
variety of subject matter 7: sometimes MONEY!
it’s someone’s portrait 8, sometimes 1 dollar bills: notas
de dólar
it’s a... a scene that involves a little
2 break it down... :
figure of George Washington that decomponho
has... his head is his head and I make 3 line work from the
up the rest of his body. Sometimes outside: trabalho
na linha da borda
the little leaves that are along the externa
border of the one-dollar bill, you 4 thin ribbons: fitas
know, sort of grow into full trees, estreitas, fininhas
5 the lights and the
and sort of touch on subject matter darks: as partes
that has something to do with claras e as escuras
currency9 itself, or American identity, 6 leaf patterns: os
desenhos de folha
or trying to make tangible something Mark Wagner: 7 subject matter:
about finance, something about Probably a bunch of different temas
the way money works, or the way meanings 12. It’s really... I think 8 portrait: retrato
9 currency: valor
accounting 10 works. A lot of those different people think about the monetário
concepts, you know, behind money material in different ways, and I want 10 accounting:
are so intangible. them to think about it in different contabilidade
11 17-foot-tall: de 5
ways. I’m not trying to hand them 13, metros de altura
THE STATUE OF LIBERTY! you know, like a single meaning about 12 a bunch of
He then talked about his most recent money, you know, so, depending on different meanings:
um monte de
project: the eyes of the viewer; you know,
significados
like an anarchist will look at the diferentes
Mark Wagner: work and think that I’m trying to like 13 I’m not trying to
I just finished a collage that took storm the castle and tear down the hand them: não
estou tentando
me an entire year, and that’s an government 14, but, at the same time, atribuir, dar
entire year of me working and two a capitalist can look at the work and 14 an anarchist will
studio assistants. It’s a... a 17-foot- see it as a celebration of the materials. look... government:
um anarquista vai
tall 11 Statue of Liberty that’s made Money creeps 15 into so many people’s olhar meu trabalho
out of 1,121 dollar bills, cut into, I lives in so many different ways. I kind e pensar que estou
think the total was 81,695 pieces, or of want my viewers to like fill in the tentando derrubar o
governo
something; something like that. meanings 16. I’m curious that everyone 15 creeps: entra
is so interested in money, whether sorrateiramente.
INTERPRETATIONS they’re worried about not having 16 I kind of want
my viewers...
And, in conclusion, we asked him enough, or whether they have a lot meanings: gostaria
whether his work had a particular of money, and they’re worried about que quem olhar dê
meaning: losing it. It’s this very pervasive thing o significado que
quiser
that finds its way into all of our lives.

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bills into highly complicated collages.

If Evans and Wagner are both concep-
tual artists, then Californian Sono Osato
(www.sonoosato.com) belongs to a dif-
ferent category. She has been creating art
for some 20 years and her work has been
exhibited in such institutions as il DeY-
oung Fine Art Museum DeYoung in San
Francisco (http://www.famsf.org/dey-
oung/), the Laguna Art Museum (http://
lagunaartmuseum.org/), The Oakland
Sono Osato and (be-
low and right) some Museum (http://museumca.org/) and the
examples of her Di Rosa Preserve (http://www.dirosaart.
work. Opposite page: org/oldindex.html).
Mark Evans, whose Osato’s enormous sculpture paint-
subjects include
Muhammad Ali and ings, which can weigh 10 as much as 220
bulls.

TRACK 10
SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANDO
C1 ADVANCED
Sono Osato
(Standard American English):
THE ART OF
LANGUAGE There’s an underlying inspiration 2 – I
wouldn’t say so much a theme, but
definitely an underlying inspiration

I f Mark Wagner specialises in

breaking down dollar bills, then
Sono Osato does the same thing with
– which has to do with the origins of
writing. And I have been interested
in that for a very long time, about
old typewriters and adding machines 1: how objects, especially old objects
that have been beaten up and thrown
away 3, and you pull them back out
again 4, how their shape implies some
GLOSSARY kind of a sound 5; and it goes back
to the early instincts, the human
10 weigh [weı]: pesar instinct of writing and language,
11 snake bones: ossos
de serpente
that a picture, in some cases of
a real thing, eventually became
THE ART OF a letter, which became a sound,
LANGUAGE
1 adding machines: which became an idea. So it’s that
calculadoras relationships (sic) between objects
2 an underlying and thought and writing. So that is
inspiration: uma
inspiração de fundo
part of the inspiration. And I start out
3 that have been almost kind of thinking of text, so
beaten up and it’s a combination of that and then
thrown away: que
foram maltratados e
topography, human history, how it
jogados fora moves across land and water, so I’m
4 you pull them back combining both things: one is the
out again: você tira
tableau of a written text and the other
elas (do lixo)
5 how their shape is the tableau... of a natural surface,
implies... sound: such as the surface of the ocean or a
como sua forma river, or mountains or that, and I put
evoca um certo som
the two of them together.

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 pounds (100 kilos), are made up of colors,
snake bones11, teeth and typewriter parts.
In her collages, Osato takes a look at hu-
man history and her work could be de-
scribed as a tribute to anthropology and
the development of language.

MARK EVANS
Mark Evans is 34 years old. He grew up
on a farm 1 in the Welsh mountains, prior GLOSSARY
to heading to London, where he stud- 1 he grew up on a
ied Fine Art at Middlesex University. He MY EUREKA MOMENT farm: ele cresceu
em uma fazenda
doesn’t draw or paint 2: instead he cre- “It was,” he says, “my own private 2 he doesn’t draw
ates portraits by scratching and engrav- Archimedes ‘Eureka’ moment. It was as or paint: ele não
ing3 large pieces of leather. He has been if an explosion went off in my mind7. I desenha nem pinta
3 by scratching
interested in creating art with knives ever then spent the next few years focused on and engraving:
since the age of seven, when his grand- developing this technique at my studio, fazendo ranhuras e
father gave him a small pocket knife. This I was living as part artist and part mad entalhando
4 struck: (aqui)
he would use for carving images on trees scientist, trying to perfect the process aconteceu, “bateu”
around the farm. which I’d accidentally discovered.” 5 a spot of blood:
And another present, which he received Today Mark works with animal hides8 uma gota de sangue
6 rendering:
in his early 20s, would also change his life. from around the world. His subjects of- representação
One Christmas he was given a new leather ten include cultural icons, like reggae 7 it was... went off in
jacket, but disaster struck4! As he helped star Bob Marley and boxing legend Mu- my mind: foi como
uma explosão na
prepare Christmas dinner in the kitchen a hammad Ali. Evans also likes bulls: one mente acontecesse
spot of blood 5 accidentally ended up on piece featuring these animals recently 8 hides: peles
the jacket. He tried to scratch it off with a sold for £70,000. His work is collected 9 A-list celebrities:
grandes celebridades
knife, but he scratched too hard. Instead by A-list celebrities9, sports stars and art 10 stately homes -
of getting angry, he decided to use the connoisseurs. It can be found in Brit- palacetes, mansões.
surface of the jacket to draw a two-tone ish stately homes10, Los Angeles pent- 11 penthouses:
coberturas luxuosas
rendering 6 of Jimi Hendrix. houses11 and Saudi Royal Palaces. G

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 MUSIC

Não é exatamente pop, mas como é intensa e energética essa música da guarda real do
Buckingham Palace! A Deca, mesmo selo de Eminem e Amy Whinehouse, apostou no
potencial da orquestra. O Resultado? O CD Heroes. BY LOUISE JOHNSON LANGUAGE LEVEL B1
Above: the Band of the
Coldstream Guards.
Below: Heroes, their £1

N
million album. Opposite ormally, you would see them Changing of the Guard. You can also see
page: their director of outside Buckingham Palace or them at the Trooping the Colour and The
music (and conductor), Windsor Castle. Now the sol- Edinburgh International Military Tattoo.
Lt. Col. Graham Jones. diers who wear the distinctive red uni- The track list on Heroes includes music
GLOSSARY forms and bearskin hats1 have swapped2 from The Ride of the Valkyries, Nimrod
royal palaces for the recording studios. and the film Gladiator. The musicians
1 bearskin hats:
chapéus de pele de The result is their new album Heroes. say that the album appeals to all ages
urso Heroes came about 3 after a £1m deal4 and tastes. The adjectives “‘emotional”
2 have swapped: was signed with Decca Records in 2009. and “epic” have been used to describe its
trocaram
3 came about: foi Decca looks after some of the biggest sound.
realizado names in pop music, including Eminem But if playing a trumpet is difficult enough,
4 a £1m deal: um and Amy Winehouse. doesn’t it make it even harder when you
contrato de um The label is also responsible for launch- are wearing a heavy, furry8 hat? Lt. Col
milhão de libras
esterlinas (aprox. R$ ing the careers of The Rolling Stones and Graham Jones, the regiment’s Director
2,7mi) Tom Jones. Hopes are high that Heroes of Music, said that the hat’s chin strap is
5 chart success: will enjoy chart success5 too. slightly lower9 in order to make it easier
sucesso nas paradas
6 nothing on this to play certain instruments.
scale: nada desse A MILITARY TRADITION
porte The Coldstream Guards Band is over 200 For more information
7 duties: deveres,
funções
years old, and therefore one of the oldest about the Band, visit
8 furry: peludo military bands in the world. They have re- their website – www.
9 the chin strap is corded music in the past but nothing on army.mod.uk/music
slightly lower: a or buy their album
alça do queixo fica
this scale 6 . Their regular duties7 involve
guarding the Queen and taking part in from
ligeiramente mais
baixa the event on every tourist’s agenda – the www.amazon.co.uk

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 TRACK 11
SPEAKER JUSTIN RATCLIFFE
MM C1 (ADVANCED)

WE’RE IN BUSINESS
In 1962 Dick Rowe, an executive at Decca
Records, famously turned1 down a new
group called The Beatles. It was one of the
music industry’s biggest mistakes, although
Rowe later redeemed himself by signing The
Rolling Stones, The Animals and Tom Jones.
Given the label’s rock history, its latest sign-
ing is rather surprising: the Band of the Cold-
stream Guards, who are the British army’s
oldest marching band. They signed a £1 mil-
lion contract with Decca and released He-
roes, an album of war tunes2 , and the band’s
director of music, Lt. Col. Graham Jones
(pictured right), explained how this came
about 3:

Lt. Col. Graham Jones

(Standard English accent):

I looked at great friends of ours, of the

Royal Scots Dragoon Guards, and they’d
released two albums with Decca and I
thought, “Well, if the Royal Scots Dragoon
Guards, who we consider one of the best
bands in the army, pipe bands4 , if they
can do it, why can’t we?” So I then saw
the Salvation Army Band issue a recording
under the same label5 and then I definitely
thought, “We should be involved in this.”
So I then went about by finding out who
to speak to 6 , and I spoke to Tom Lewis, really great experience and the band really GLOSSARY
who’s the A&R guy7 at Decca, and I went enjoyed being at AIR studios, it really is a
in with a proposal, and he said, “Well, this WE’RE IN BUSINESS
superb place to record and it was the ideal 1 turned down: rejeitou
sounds good, let me think about it and I’ll place to put a military band to recording. 2 war tunes: canções de
call you back,” and he called me back and guerra
said, ”We’d like to offer you a contract” and 3 how this came about:

EXPLAINS
como isso aconteceu
so we were offered a contract to record an
4 pipe bands: bandas de
album for Decca. gaita-de-foles
The Edinburgh International Military Tattoo. Essa 5 issue a recording
AIR STUDIOS emocionante parada militar acontece no Castelo under the same label:
de Edimburgo ao som de gaitas de foles escocesas, lançar um disco com a
He then talked about the recording process: mesma gravadora
tambores e canhões, durante os meses de agosto e
setembro. A escolha da época não é por acaso: no 6 I then went about
Lt. Col. Graham Jones: mesmo período acontece o Festival de Edimburgo, o by finding out who
We spent, in the end, three-and-a-half days que garante um maior fluxo de turistas. A Edinburgh to speak to: procurei
Military Tattoo é tão popular que as noites mais então descobrir com
in the studio, and it was interesting for the quem deveria falar
importantes, com queima de fogos espetaculares, são
boys because we did quite a lot of work transmitidas ao vivo pela BBC. 7 A&R guy: agente
on click tracks, which is like a metronome discográfico (A&R
playing in your ear, as opposed to watch- Trooping the Colour. Se você já esteve em Londres corresponde a Artists
como turista, é quase certo que já viu a famosíssima and Repertoire)
ing me, the conductor8 , so that we could 8 the conductor: o
cerimônia conhecida como the Trooping of the Colour,
re-record it and get the tempos exactly atrativo imperdível dos principais roteiros turísticos. A regente, maestro
right and then we could layer, by overdub- cerimônia acontece no Buckingham Palace e ao longo 9 layer... sounds onto
bing, sounds onto it9, which gives it this do the Mall, e tem como protagonistas os regimentos de it: sobrepor um som
Commonwealth e do exército britânico, que marcham sobre o outro
big epic film score feel10 to it, and then we 10 epic film score feel:
juntos ostentando suas cores. É uma tradição da
could add different sounds and effects, infantaria britânica desde o século XVII, embora suas sensação de uma trilha
once we’d finished in the studio, so it was a raízes sejam ainda mais antigas. sonora épica

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 ENTERTAINMENT

IINTERVIEW
CARLOS
SANTANA
GUITAR
LEGEND! Ele é apreciado por todo tipo
de roqueiro desde o Woodstock
Festival. Mas pouco se sabe sobre o
homem Santana, que encontramos e
revelamos nesta entrevista: concreto,
próximo, e apaixonado como um
adolescente!
BY MARCEL ANDERS

EXPLAINS
Milagro Foundation. A fundação Milagro
foi fundada por Carlos Santana junto com
sua primeira esposa, Deborah King (filha
do bluesman Saunders King). Trata-se de
uma organização não governamental,
sem fins lucrativos, que oferece ajuda
econômica para crianças carentes em
todo o mundo, garantindo a elas
formação escolar, assistência médica, etc.

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 TRACK 12
SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANDO
B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE

Carlos Santana

C
arlos Santana is generally con-
sidered one of the world’s Ever since 1970, when we went to
greatest living guitarists. He was Europe, I think something happened
born in Mexico and moved to San Fran- between Germany and Santana, just
cisco as a teenager. His first success like Germany and Metallica, you know!
as a musician came in 1969 when his I think that, for some reason, people in
band, which was simply called “San- Germany – it might be a misperception5
tana,” played at the Woodstock Festival. on my part – yet it seems like, you
Santana didn’t yet have a record deal1, know, there’s something about German
but since then he has sold over 100 consciousness that is... really deals with
million albums. discipline. Their cars don’t break down!
And that figure will doubtless increase 2 Porsche, BMW, Mercedes, they have Above and opposite
page: Carlos Santana,
with his latest album, Guitar Heaven: a certain discipline. And because they who is generally
The Greatest Guitar Classics of All Time. are so disciplined, sometimes, when considered one of
It features cover versions of songs like they hear Santana, it gives them a free the world’s greatest
“While My Guitar Gently Weeps” by ride to be loose 6 and not be so rigid guitarists. Carlos
Augusto Alves
The Beatles, “Riders on the Storm” by with efficiency and accuracy. Those Santana was born in
The Doors and “Smoke on the Water” are incredible qualities: don’t get me Mexico on July 20th,
by Deep Purple. As Santana explains, wrong7; I wish we had them in America! 1947. He moved to
he chose the tracks with Clive Davis, But, at the same time, there’s a balance, San Francisco as a
teenager. His band,
the famous record industry executive you know, there’s a balance between “Santana,” became
who gave him his first recording deal all being really loose and being really, really popular when it
those years ago: rigid. So, when Santana comes to town, I appeared at the
think it gives them that free ride ticket of Woodstock Festival in
1969.
Carlos Santana like “Hey, you know, take off your shoes
(Mexican accent) and relax” and, like a dog shakes water8,
“Shake it!” you know. And I think that’s
Clive Davis selected seven and I one of the main ingredients why people
selected seven. I selected the songs identify with Santana. It validates for GLOSSARY
that, for me, resonate more from them to... not to be so serious. 1 record deal:
the point of like when I contrato com uma
used to take LSD or acid EATING AT MARIA MARIA gravadora
2 that figure will
or mescaline or peyote. Nor does he limit his activity to music. He doubtless increase:
“Riders of The Storm” (sic) also owns a chain of restaurants: esta cifra sem dúvida
is a very, very trippy3 song; aumentará
3 trippy: que
“Sunshine of Your Love,” of Carlos Santana evoca “viagens”
course; “A Whole Lotta Love,” of For me, what I learned from Europe is psicodélicas
course; “Guitar Gently Weeps,” of that sometimes a chef spends like 20 4 I learned to trust
him with it: aprendi
course. So I chose the songs that for years developing a sauce. So when he a confiar nele a esse
me, even a blind man – or, actually, serves you this food and you ask for respeito
especially a blind man – would see it, ketchup, I mean, he wants to like kill 5 misperception: erro
de percepção
because all of those songs are very, you, you know! So it’s the same thing 6 it gives them a free
very visual. I think that the ones that with... “Maria Maria” is an opportunity ride to be loose:
Clive selects are more songs that have to introduce humans to a different dá-lhes a liberdade
de se soltarem
to do with the aesthetics of radio, kind of cuisine. Whether it’s shoes or 7 don’t get me
which I don’t know much about, but I restaurant(s) or whatever, people align wrong: não me
learned to trust him with it.4 with us, it gives us an opportunity to entenda mal
8 like a dog shakes
give that money straight to (the) Milagro
water: assim como
BIG IN GERMANY Foundation and be of service. We passed o cachorro sacode a
Santana also enjoys international suc- the mark9 of $4 million that we have
Foto Timothy Saccenti

água
cess. His music is particularly popular in given around the world to children all 9 we passed
the mark: nós
Germany: over the place, different foundations and superamos a marca
stuff like that. 10 10 and stuff like that:
e coisas do gênero

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 ENTERTAINMENT
Left: Cindy Blackman is
the new love in Santana’s

SANTANA ON life. His first marriage,

to Deborah King, ended
in 2007, after 34 years.
WOMEN AND Santana and Cindy got
married on Dec 19.

LOVE
B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE

C arlos Santana was interviewed by-

Marcel Anders. Here he talks about
his views on women, men and his then
fiancée (now new wife), drummer Cindy
Blackman, in particular:

Q: Talking about women, you said: the world who can play with
“There’s a big war happening right now Herbie Hancock or Wayne Shorter.
with females and men. A lot of females Cindy (Blackman) can play. To her
seem like they have war paint on their it’s a very profound profession: no, it’s Above: Santana’s latest
album, Guitar Heaven,
faces1.” Why? What’s wrong? a very profound gift6, not a profession.
which was released
A: That’s a good question. I think that a And yes, falling in love with Cindy on the Arista (Sony)
lot of women tend to generalize, but … means when I go onstage it just feels label in September.
just like I can’t say that all white people like the 7UP has more bubbles.7 There are many guest
appearances: Ray
don’t have rhythm, you can’t say that
Manzarek of The
all black people can sing and dance, Q: Does that mean she’s part of your Doors, for example,
it’s not good to generalize. All I know band now? appears on Santana’s
is that when we play music, women A: Maybe in the future, but right now version of “Riders on
the Storm.”
forget all about the war and they start I have learned not to mix domestic
dancing, the war paint comes off, rhythm with the stage, because it’s
because it’s an illusion anyway. very difficult to say: “Hey, what were GLOSSARY
War paint is fear. Love is love. Fear is you doing with that beat?”8 And then 1 have war paint on
fear. If you have problems with one come home and: “Hey, can we make their faces: têm
man who cheated on you2 or he did love?” So it’s not wise to mix business, pintura de guerra em
seus rostos
this or he did that, you can’t say that all music and profession with romance.
2 who cheated on
men do that! I mean, we utilize music It’s a recipe 9 for disaster. Maybe in you: que te traiu
to bring a sense of unity and harmony the future when we’re a little bit more 3 forgiveness: perdão
and forgiveness3. Women are like the mature in spirit… I would like to have a 4 is when there’s
an earthquake: é
weather: you don’t know what’s going separate band with her and approach quando acontece um
to happen. And men are like mountains, different music, not the Santana music. terremoto
the only time something changes in a 5 says the man...
again...: diz um
man is when there’s an earthquake.4 I Q: What made you propose 10 on stage – homem que se
love both of it. I love the male and the in front of all these people? apaixonou outra vez
female, the female and the male energy. A: It was spontaneous. I saw her play 6 gift: dom
7 when I go onstage...
And the best thing that I can say about and there is something about her, it bubbles: quando
that is: “Honor me for what God made excites me to believe that I can wake subo ao palco
me, and I’ll honor you for what God up with her every morning. We can talk é como se o
refrigerante (7UP)
made you. Don’t be at war with me, for hours about Miles Davis and Tony tivesse mais bolinhas
because you’ll be at war with yourself Williams and Wayne Shorter. And then 8 hey, what were you
anyway.” we can talk about children, we can doing with that
beat?: o que você
talk about flowers – or we cannot talk, estava querendo fazer
Q: Says the man who just fell in love and just drink from each other’s eyes. I com aquela batida?
again!5 know that in the future we will write an (Cindy toca bateria)
9 recipe: receita
A: Exactly. I totally fell in love with album together, but right now the best
10 propose: pedir ela
someone who can really, really, really way to describe Cindy is: she’s an angel em casamento
play. She’s probably in the top three in sent from heaven to me.

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 PLACES SCOTLAND

I A WRITER’S CITY
IAN RANKIN’S
EDINBURGH
Se você ainda não visitou Edimburgo, depois de ler esta
entrevista ficará com vontade. Falamos com Ian Rankin,
escritor muito reconhecido atualmente, para com ele
investigarmos os mistérios (literários) de sua bela cidade.
BY MARK WORDEN

TRACK 13
SPEAKER MARK WORDEN
THE DARK SIDE

I
C1 ADVANCED an Rankin published his first novel
in 1986, but success arrived when Yet Rankin, who moved to Edinburgh
The Edinburgh skyline, he published his second novel the when he went to university, isn’t the
as seen from Carlton
following year. It was called Knots and city’s only famous writer. Robert Louis
Hill, featuring (left)
the Castle and (right) the Crosses1 and it introduced a new char- Stevenson, the creator of The Strange
Balmoral Hotel acter in fiction: Inspector Rebus, a hard- Case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, was from
(at Waverley Station) ened2 detective who attempts to solve here, as was Sir Arthur Conan Doyle,
GLOSSARY crimes in the Scottish capital of Edin- the inventor of Sherlock Holmes. More
burgh. Rankin went on to publish a fur- recent examples include Muriel Spark
1 Knots and Crosses:
lit.: Nós e Cruzes (v. ther 16 Rebus novels, but decided to stop and Irvine Welsh, author of the cult novel
Speak Up explains) in 2007, when the detective reached the Trainspotting. Their books have a dark
2 hardened: calejado age of 60 and retired. side and we asked Ian Rankin whether
3 they are said to
account for: tidos The Rebus books have been adapted for the same could be said of Edinburgh:
como responsáveis television and they have been translated
por into at least 25 languages. They are said Ian Rankin
4 vermin-ridden:
infestada de to account for3 10 per cent of crime fic- (Scottish accent)
parasitas tion sales in Britain.
5 where your Not surprisingly, Rankin and Rebus have There are two towns, there’s the Old
scientists... and
debate: onde
created something of a tourism indus- Town, which runs from the Castle to the
sentavam os try in Edinburgh. There are Rebus walk- Palace of Holyrood, where the Queen
cientistas e os ing tours and you can even download a stays when she’s in Edinburgh, and that
economistas para
discutir (v. Speak Up
free iPhone app called “Ian Rankin’s Ed- was the original city, but then, in the
explains) inburgh.” 18th century, when it became vermin-

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 VEJA UM VÍDEO COM A ENTREVISTA
.com.br
Right: some of Edinburgh’s Victorian rooftops.
Below right: a streetlamp outside the
Balmoral Hotel. Below: Ian Rankin.

ridden4 and insanitary, those who could

afford to move started building a “New
Town” and there was a physical barrier
between the two, there was a lake,
a loch, which is now Princes Street
Gardens. So there was a physical barrier
between these two towns, the New
Town and the Old Town, and the New
Town was a place where rationalism
grew up, it’s a place where your
scientists and your economists would sit
and debate 5 how the world was going
to be. And that’s where Robert Louis
Stevenson lived when he was a child, his
father, his whole family were engineers, him why Edinburgh was such a productive
they were rationalists, but he was place for writers:
attracted to the chaos that existed in the
Old Town. Ian Rankin
I don’t know. I mean, it wasn’t always
LOW LIFE like that. I mean, there’s big gaps
So, as a young man, he would tiptoe out in its history11. I mean, you had Sir
of the house at dead of night6 and walk Walter Scott and you had Conan
up the hill, and go to the taverns where Doyle, arguably12, although he left and
poets and vagabonds and drug addicts7 never wrote about the place. You had
and alcoholics and prostitutes would Stevenson, who, you know, didn’t set
hang out8, and so he was seeing those his most famous book there, Jekyll
two sides, the rational and the chaotic, and Hyde is set in London, it’s not set GLOSSARY
the Jekyll and the Hyde. So the city in Edinburgh. You struggle 13, I mean, 6 he would tiptoe
actually, structurally, has that, it has that you find a few things that he wrote that out ... at the dead
of night: ele saia de
divide 9. were set in Edinburgh, but not many. casa na ponta dos pés
And when you arrive in Edinburgh, you Then you get to the modern age, there na calada da noite
arrive in what seems a very civilised seems to be a gap until you get to Muriel 7 drug addicts:
toxicômanos
city, you arrive at Waverley Station, Spark, with Miss Jean Brodie, 8 would hang out: se
by rail, which is named after a although the vast majority encontravam, ficavam
novel10. As you step out, the of her books were set 9 it has that divide:
tem essa dupla
first thing you see is this abroad, many in Italy
personalidade
huge statue to Sir Walter because she lived 10 which is named after
Scott, the novelist, in Italy for many a novel: que ganhou
the biggest statue to years. And then o seu nome a partir
de um romance
a writer in the world, you come to Irvine 11 there’s big gaps in
we believe, certainly in Welsh and you its history: existem
Europe. So very imposing get this explosion grandes lacunas em
sua história
and very cultured, but of people 12 arguably:
if you go outside the writing about efetivamente
periphery, when you Edinburgh, in the 13 you struggle: tem
dificuldades
get to the territory that vernacular, and 14 is a little bit further
Irvine Welsh writes about also writing about on: é um pouco mais
in Trainspotting, you see contemporary adiante
15 what marks us is the
there’s another side to Edinburgh, and not range of styles: o
Edinburgh, that’s just below the city of the past. que nos distingue é a
the surface. variedade de estilos
16 tiny: minúscula
17 it’s very tightly
INSPIRATION packed in: é muito
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 PLACES SCOTLAND
View of Edinburgh
Castle. It is situated
in Edinburgh’s
GLOSSARY “Old Town.”
18 make sense of
the place: tentar
entender o lugar
19 take apart the
mechanism:
desmontar o NEIGHBOURS there’s no one type of writing about
mecanismo (para ver
como funciona)
But now Edinburgh contains multitudes Edinburgh. So Alexander McCall Smith’s
20 what makes it of writers, it has changed since… when Edinburgh is very different from Rebus’
tick: o que a faz I arrived as a student in 1978 I couldn’t Edinburgh, which is different from Kate
funcionar (metáfora
do funcionamento
find anybody who was writing novels Atkinson’s Edinburgh, which is different
interno de um relógio) about contemporary Edinburgh, there from Irvine Welsh’s Edinburgh. And it’s
just didn’t seem to be any. There were a as though this small city, this tiny16 city,
DOORS OPEN
few historical novelists, Dorothy Dunnett half a million people, if that, maybe
1 without wishing
to give the game being the leading example, but nobody 400,000 people, which can’t grow, it
away: sem querer writing about contemporary Edinburgh really can’t grow, it’s got the sea to the
entregar o jogo and now, since Trainspotting, there are north, sea to the east, hills to the south,
2 warehouse:
depósito, acervo dozens of authors. it’s very tightly packed in 17, it just seems
3 surveillance: I mean, in my street, I’m not the only to be fascinating and complex to us.
vigilância novelist in my street: you know, there’s And I began writing about Edinburgh
4 kith, kin: amigos,
família Alexander McCall Smith lives two houses when I arrived there as a student, to
5 bothering: dar-se o up the road from me, J.K. Rowling lives try and make sense of the place 18, to
trabalho de just round the corner, Kate Atkinson try and take apart the mechanism 19,
6 tailed:
seguido is a little bit further on14, there’s Lin almost as though you’re taking apart
7 dip further: piorar Anderson, the crime writer, nearby, an engine, or a watch, or something,
8 upmarket spot: there’s lots and lots of crime writers in and to see what makes it work, what
lugar de alta classe
9 scams: crimes
Edinburgh, as well as literary novelists. makes it the particular city that it is and
10 skimmed: extraídos, that process is ongoing. If I had come
copiados MANY FACES to any reasonable conclusions about
11 devices: depósito,
acervo
And he had more to say on the subject: Edinburgh, I could have stopped writing
12 closed shop: the books, but I continue to write about
mercado fechado Ian Rankin Edinburgh because it continues to
13 rankled: incomodar,
And what marks us out is the range of fascinate me and I still don’t know what
aborrecer
14 targeted: visavam styles15, there’s no Edinburgh school, makes it tick.20

EXPLAINS
Knots and Crosses. Embora sem tradução
para o português, esse romance tem como
título um trocadilho que merece atenção.
Em inglês, noughts and crosses (jogo da
velha) é uma brincadeira que as crianças
adoram e Rankin o trasformou em knots
and crosses (literalmente, “nós e cruzes”).
To go on. Atenção a esse verbo que muda
dependendo da estrutura que o segue! Se
vem seguido de um verbo na forma -ing,
quer dizer “continuar”: He went on talking
for half an hour (Ele continuou a falar por
meia hora.). Go on! (Continue, Vá em
frente!). Se, no entanto é seguido por um
infinitivo, quer dizer que fez algo depois
que uma outra ação já tinha acabado:
Rankin went on to publish a further 16
Rebus novels. (Rankin publicou outros 16
romances com Rebus – depois do
primeiro.) After school she went on to
study literature at Edinburgh University
(Depois da escola ela foi estudar literatura
na Universidade de Edimburgo.).
The Palace of Holyrood. “Holyrood” é um
anglicismo do escocês Haly Ruid (Santa
Cruz). O palácio foi fundado em 1128 por
David I e foi destinado para ser residência
principal dos soberanos da Escócia desde o
século XVI.
Your scientists and your economists. Se
os cientistas e os economistas não são os
meus (ou nossos) por que dizer your?
Naturalmente trata-se de um
coloquialismo. Por your scientists entende-
se the typical or average scientists, portanto
os cientistas e economistas de costume,
que já se pode imaginar.
Waverley Station. Essa é a estação
principal de Edimburgo. O nome faz
referência a uma longa série de romances
escritos por Sir Walter Scott. Por quase
um século estiveram entre os romances
mais populares e lidos de toda Europa.
Waverley (1814) foi o primeiro romance
da série e, como Scott não queria
reconhecer publicamente sua autoria até
1827, os outros foram publicados com as
palavras “do autor de Waverley” em suas
capas. Os títulos mais famosos
compreendem Rob Roy (1818) e Ivanhoe
(1819).
I mean. Talvez vocês já tenham notado que
Rankin começa muitas frases com a palavra
I mean: I mean, it wasn’t always like that. I
mean, there’s big gaps in its history. I mean,
you had Sir Walter Scott. Trata-se de uma
expressão coloquial clássica que os
britânicos usam frequentemente ao falar.
Corresponde em português a “quero dizer”
ou “ou seja”.
Sir Walter Scott (1771-1832). Os críticos
modernos são divididos quanto à
habilidade literária de Scott, mas muitos
concordam que foi ele que inventou o
romance histórico. Também foi ele que
“inventou” a ideia de que cada clã escocês
deveria ter o próprio tartan!

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 TRACK 14
SPEAKER MARK WORDEN
C1 ADVANCED

READING
DOORS OPEN

A nd, as an accompaniment to that, Ian Rankin reads an excerpt from his

latest novel, Doors Open. The setting is Edinburgh and the subject is
crime. Without wishing to give the game away1, it tells the story of a group
of respectable citizens who try and steal valuable works of art from the
Scottish National Gallery warehouse 2. They also encounter a professional
criminal, Chib Calloway, who is described here:

Ian Rankin information to a microchip...

(Scottish accent) There were some petrol
stations you didn’t dare use.
So far, it had been another bad They sold your details on to
day for Chib Calloway. other people. Chib was careful
The problem with surveillance 3 that way. The gangs with the
was, even if you knew you were cash machine know-how all
being watched, you couldn’t seemed to originate overseas
always know who the watchers – Albania, Croatia, Hungary.
were. Chib owed a bit of money... When Chib had looked into it as
all right, a lot of money. He a possible business proposition,
owed other things, too, and had he’d been informed that it was
been keeping his head down, something of a closed shop 12
answering only one or two of his – which rankled 13, especially
dozen mobile phones, the ones when the gangs then targeted 14
whose numbers only kith, kin 4 Edinburgh.
and close associates knew. He’d © 2008, John
had two meetings scheduled for Rebus Ltda
lunchtime, but had cancelled
both. He’d apologised by phone
without bothering 5 to explain
why. If it got out that he was
being tailed 6, his reputation
would dip further 7. Instead
he’d drunk a couple of cups of Ian Rankin’s latest
coffee at Cento Tre on George novel, Doors Open.
Street. It was a pretty upmarket Below: the author.
spot 8 – a bank at one time. A
lot of Edinburgh’s banks had
been turned into bars and
restaurants. With cash
machines everywhere,
banks weren’t needed.
The machines had
brought with them a
variety of scams 9, of
course; card numbers
skimmed 10, the cards
themselves cloned;
devices 11 attached to
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 WHAT’S IN A NAME?

ILANGUAGE De Caravaggio a Andy

IN THE NAME Warhol... faz tempo que

os artistas utilizam
pseudônimos para soar

OF ART
“chic” em sua época.
Alguns nomes trazem
grandes surpresas...
BY WILLIAM SUTTON

A
TRACK 14 rtists sometimes adopt names for
SPEAKER RACHEL ROBERTS simplicity, sometimes to add mys-
B1 LOWER-INTERMEDIATE
tique 1. Often, they are given nick-
names by accident2.
Two famous artists
who changed their
names. Right: a
PLAYING WITH NAMES
self-portrait by Diminutives: Antonio Canal, famous for
Caravaggio (real paintings of Venice and London, was
name Michelangelo known as Canaletto (you can read enter-
Merisi) and (opposite
page) a photograph
taining stories about his activities in Eng- A SENSE OF PLACE
of the American land in Janet Laurence’s novels, such as El Greco found fame in Spain, working
“pop artist” Andy Canaletto and the Case of Westminster for the Church. The Spanish found his
Warhol (real name, Bridge). His nephew, Bernardo Bellotto, name hard to pronounce, but his paint-
Andrew Warhola).
found success by borrowing3 his uncle’s ings are signed Domenikos Theotoko-
pseudonym. poulos.
Donato di Niccolò di Betto Bardi is known Controversial artist Michelangelo Merisi
for sculptures such as the David in the is known by the name of his hometown,
Bargello Museum, Florence, under the Caravaggio. He developed chiaroscuro,
name Donatello. the melodramatic contrast of light and
English graffiti artist Banksy keeps his real dark, and shocked society by using a
identity secret, partly to avoid arrest for prostitute as his model for the Virgin
EXPLAINS his guerrilla artistic activities. The pseu-
donym may be based on his real name:
Mary.

Jack the Dripper.

Vocês já devem ter
possibly Robert Banks or Edward Banks. THAT ARTY FEELING
notado o jogo de This uncertainty mirrors4 public reaction Sometimes a name sounds more artis-
palavras. Obviamente, to his work. Some criticise it as vandal- tic. Emmanuel Radnitzky began using
Jack the Dripper faz
referência a Jack the ism. But his distinctive 5 paintings, ap- the abbreviated name Man Ray to avoid
Ripper (Jack, o pearing on walls around the world as if anti-Semitism; but this strange pseudo-
Estripador), e poderia
ser traduzido como by magic, use dark humour to generate nym suited6 his modernist ethic.
“Jack, o Gotejador”. Não debate. One example is an image of two Polish-French modernist Balthasar
é claro se esse
sobrenome teria policemen kissing; another is a Guantan- Klossowski de Rola chose the memora-
qualquer conotação
negativa...
amo Bay prisoner on a Disneyland ride. ble name Balthus.

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 GLOSSARY
Architect Charles-Édouard Jeanneret- the Prado.)
1 mystique: fascínio,
Gris believed that artists, and cities, could Nicknames have also been attached to aura de mistério
reinvent themselves. He chose to be modern artists. Picasso was The Bull and 2 they are given
called Le Corbusier, perhaps connected Salvador Dali The Magician, while Jackson nicknames by
accident: são
to the word for crow7, but similar to his Pollock was known in London as Jack the apelidados por
grandfather’s name, Lecorbésier. Dripper. acidente
Hilaire-Germain-Edgar De Gas chose 3 by borrowing:
tomando
a less pretentious spelling of his name: POLITICS AND MANIFESTOES emprestado
Degas. And Andrew Warhola, the son of The Futurists used pseudonyms to reflect 4 mirrors: reflete
Czech immigrants, removed a letter to their modern ideas: Volt (Vincenzo Ciotti), 5 distinctive:
características
become Andy Warhol. Fillia (Luigi Colombo) and Luciano Folgore 6 suited: era
(Omero Vecchi). adequado a
MEANING AND SIMPLICITY Radical feminism produced the Guerrilla 7 perhaps
connected... crow:
Because Jacopo Comin’s father was Girls, a New York collective who promote talvez relacionado
a dyer or “tintore,” he became known egalitarian ideas. The members use dis- à palavra ‘corvo’
as Tintoretto. (His real surname, which guises8 during interviews, naming them- (corbeau em
francês)
translates as the spice “cumin,” was dis- selves after dead female artists, such as Fr-
8 disguises: disfarces
covered only recently by the curator of ida Kahlo and Sonia Delaunay.

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 THE GOOD LIFE | NEWS
BY MOIRA SHEA | B2 UPPER INTERMEDIATE

COACHELLA FESTIVAL
Indio, California. It first took place
in 2000, and ten years later, it has
become the most eagerly awaited date1
on the musical festival calendar in
California. The Coachella Music and
Arts Festival (www.coachella.com),
which will be held on April 15-17, is
a three-day annual music and arts
extravaganza2 featuring many genres
of music. Two main stages and various
tents host the performers and there
are numerous installation art and
sculptures that are always very popular
with the public.

SURPRISES
IN THE SAND
Port Aransas, Texas. It prides
itself3 on being the largest
Master Sand Sculpting
Festival in the United States
but it’s really much more.
The Texas SandFest, which
takes place in Port Aransas,
Texas on April 15th, 16th and
17th is an event attracting
over 100,000 people for
three days of unbeatable sun
and fun.  In addition to the
Master’s Contests with 24
Master Sculptors competing,
there are also Amateur
contests in which artists
of all ages can take part.
To learn more, visit www.
texassandfest.com
A MIDWEST
MAKE-OVER
Columbus, Ohio. Anyone who
thinks that the Midwest is
behind the times4, should visit
Columbus, Ohio’s Short North
district. This area is home to a
popular arts event called Gallery
Hop. On the first Saturday of
every month, street performers,
musicians and artists take to the
sidewalks5 while shops often
turn into temporary exhibition
sites and art galleries remain
open until late. The result? A
once crime-ridden6 urban
district has become one of the
United States’ most thriving7 art
communities.
10 is making a comeback:
11 will record and relay
GLOSSARY
1 the most eagerly [ˈiːgəlı]
awaited date: a data mais
aguardada.
2 extravaganza: evento
espetacular.
3 it prides itself: orgulha-se
de.
4 behind the times:
atrasado.
5 take to the sidewalks:
ganham as calçadas.
6 crime-ridden: violento,
com alto índice de
criminalidade.
7 thriving [ˈθraıvıŋ]
próspera, florescente.
8 recipe [ˈresıpı] de receitas
9 lodgings: hospedagem,
alojamento
retorna aos holofotes
messages: grava e
reproduz mensagens

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 $THE WEB
RECIPE RELATIONS
Finally a food site that has gone
social. That’s what’s happened
with Foodily (www.foodily.com),
a recipe8 and ingredient search
engine that collects millions of
recipes from all over the web.
Founded by two former Yahoo
employees, this site displays your
search results along a scrolling
interface with a photo of the dish,
the recipe and information about
where the recipe came from.
But as the site itself declares,
Foodily not only brings together
recipes but also friends with
Facebook integration. Indicate that
you like a recipe, for example, and it will appear as and then invite friends to share the meal via
“liked” on Facebook. One can also create a menu Facebook. Foodie networking at its best!

CINGREEN
TRANSIT
TRAVEL
The “definitive guide to eco
tours, responsible travel and
ecotourism.” That’s how Green.
travel, a site that went live in
late January, describes itself.
Created by the nonprofit
organisation Sustainable Travel
International, the site offers
4,500 searchable listings of
lodgings9 in over 60 countries,
all of which are ranked by their
eco-credentials on a scale of
zero to five green suitcases.

YTOYS
50 AND STILL GOING STRONG
Ken Carson – more commonly known as Barbie’s boyfriend – is making a
comeback10. Though he was abandoned by Barbie in 2004, Ken is celebrating
his 50th anniversary this year in grand style. In fact, the toy company, Mattel,
is promoting several new Ken initiatives, such as the Sweet Talking Ken
Doll (right)($19.99) that came out in December and that will record and relay
messages11. Last Valentine’s Day, this toy company also released a Ken and Barbie
gift set. What’s more, Ken is going digital – on Hulu, an online video service,
there is now a live-action digital reality series called “Genuine Ken: The Search
for the Great American Boyfriend” .

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 WHAT’S HAPPENING
BY MARK WORDEN | B1 LOWER INTERMEDIATE

The Album
THE STROKES:
ANGLES
10 years ago the New York
band The Strokes released
their first album, Is This It.
Now they’ve released their
fourth, Angles (RCA/Rough
Trade). The band’s members
have been involved in solo
projects and so it comes
five years after their last
album, First Impressions of
Earth. The album’s cover
(pictured below) is sober3.
The famous cover for their
first album (which featured4
a young lady in an intimate
pose) was considered too
extreme for the Amercan
market!

The Movie
THE ADJUSTMENT BUREAU
Science fiction writer Philip K. Dick died in March 1982, at the
age of 53. This was three months before the release1 of the
movie Bladerunner, which was based on his book, Do Androids
Dream of Electric Sheep? Since then other Dick stories have
been adapted for the big screen (Total Recall, Minority Report).
The latest example is The Adjustment Bureau, which received its
international release in March (the date for Brazil is April 15th).
Directed by George Nolfi, it stars Matt Damon, who plays
a politician, and Emily Blunt (pictured), who plays a ballerina.
The two have an affair2 but “mysterious forces” keep them apart.

The Other Album

AVRIL LAVIGNE:
GOODBYE LULLABYE
Canadian singer Avril Lavigne made her recording
GLOSSARY debut in 2002, with the album Let Go, when
she was just 17 years old. Almost a decade has
1 release: lançamento
2 affair: envolvimento, passed since then, even if she still looks about
caso 17! Last month saw the release of her fourth
3 sober: sóbria, séria studio album, Goodbye Lullabye (on the RCA/
4 to feature:
Sony label). Lullabyes5 are the songs that parents
apresentar, mostrar
5 lullabye [ˈlʌləbaı] sing to their children to help them fall asleep. The
cantigas de ninar title “Goodbye Lullabye” would suggest that Ms.
6 childhood Lavigne is saying goodbye to her childhood6, but
[ˈtʃaıldhʊd] infância
she says the album is “about life.”

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 HUMOUR | THE LAST LAUGH

TRACK 17
SPEAKER CHUCK ROLANDO
B1 LOWER INTERMEDIATE

Going for a Beer

After the Great Britain Beer Festival,
in London, all the brewery presidents1
decide to go out for a beer together.
The president of Corona sits down
and says: “Hey Senor, I would like
the world’s best beer, a Corona.” The
bartender dusts off a bottle2 from the
shelf3 and gives it to him.
Then the Budweiser president says:
“I’d like the best beer in the world,
give me ‘The King Of Beers,’ a
Budweiser.” The bartender gives him
one.
Next the Coors president
says: “I’d like the only beer made with
Rocky Mountain spring water4, give
me a Coors.” He gets it.
Finally, the Guinness boss sits down
and says: “Give me a Coke.” The
bartender is a little taken aback5, but
gives him what he ordered.
The other brewery presidents look
over at him and ask: “Why aren’t you
drinking a Guinness?”
The Guinness president replies: “Well,
I figured if you guys aren’t drinking
beer, neither would I6.”
GLOSSARY
1 brewery presidents: presidentes
de cervejarias
2 dusts off a bottle: limpa o pó de
uma garrafa
3 shelf: prateleira
4 spring water: água de nascente
5 taken aback: surpreso
6 I figured... neither would I:
eu pensei que, se nenhum de
vocês vai beber cerveja, então eu
também não vou

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you like (though we wouldn’t mind enlarg-
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ing it with some more advertising pages).
The CD is still useful for many readers,
but obviously the future may bring about
changes, and innovation is another Speak
Up tradition.
WEBSITE ERROR
I need to know what edition of Speak Up
included Larry King and Patty Hearst. Is
it possíble to dowload it to share with my
students?
Max Valverde
Dear Max, We are sorry, that interview
should have been placed in Speak Up’s
website and for some reason it wasn’t. It’s
there now, attached to issue 281’s extras.
CLASS MATERIALS
Estou interessado em saber mais sobre
aulas de inglês preparadas para professsor.
Gostaria de saber se existem cursos com
didática pronta e auxílio de áudio-visual.
Jaime Antonio Ferreira
Dear Jaime, You are welcome to make use
of Speak Up’s worksheets and Speak Up
In Class programs, as well as Speak Up’s
multimedia questions and Speak Up Ex-
plain sidebars in your lessons. There could
still be more in the future, but for now we
believe these resources should be very
helpful.
TAPESCRIPT
Vocês poderiam enviar o tapescript da en-
trevista de Ann Oakes Odger? Seria muito
bom para minha aula, porque não estou
acostumada com o sotaque britânico.
Sheila Zelman
Dear Sheila, We’re sorry, but for the time
being all we have in video extras are the
videos. But don’t give up, as with the
American accent, Speak Up will help you
out with the British one, too. We took note
of you suggestion and will explore the
idea in the future.
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 SONG & LYRICS

I CARLOS JONES AND THE P.L.U.S. BAND

LEAVE
A TRAIL

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B1INTERMEDIATE ’m going to leave a trail1 of peace now And the bill is coming due5

I wherever I go
So that there will be a path2 for the
next ones to follow
Now I don’t know how long it’s going to last
But I’ll just do the best that I can
To shine some light in this darkness
I said I’m going to leave a trail of love now For every woman, child and man
wherever I go
And then there might be something left I’m going to leave a trail of love now
for them tomorrow wherever I go
So that there will be a path for the next
Sometimes it’s so overwhelming3 when ones to follow
you see how much wrong is going on I said I’m going to leave a trail of peace
Leave A Trail, by
Carlos Jones and the That you don’t think you can make any now wherever I go
P.L.U.S. Band difference And then there may be another day for
Album: Leave A Trail And your confidence has gone them tomorrow
2010 Little Fish But if you just do the best that you can do
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All rights reserved to make it better where you are You know the world is in a crisis
It can create a positive example You better wake up before it’s too late
And that is always a good start If we don’t stop and change the situation
Then destruction will be our fate6!
Why don’t you leave a trail of cleanliness (repeat Chorus)
wherever you go Why don’t you leave a trail of cleanliness
So that there will be a path for the next wherever you go
GLOSSARY ones to follow And then there may be a world for our
1 trail: rastro, trilha I say why don’t you leave a trail of children tomorrow
2 path: caminho kindness4 wherever you go I said why don’t you leave a trail of
3 it’s so And then there might be something left oneness7 wherever you go
overwhelming: a
gente fica arrasado for them tomorrow And then there may be another day for
4 kindness: gentileza them tomorrow
5 the bill is coming (Chorus:) Well if you’re worried about your
due: o dia de
pagar a conta está future I’m going to leave a trail (repeat)
chegando (I said) You’ve got good reason to Why don’t you leave a trail
6 fate: destino ‘Cause we’ve been using up more than You’ve got to leave a trail
7 oneness: união,
unidade
we put back I know you can leave a trail

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