RESIT/DEFERRED COURSEWORK REQUIREMENTS

ACADEMIC SESSION 2010/2011

TUTOR: Sian Lund / Suzanne Healey
ALL RESIT/DEFERRED COURSEWORK MUST BE SUBMITTED BY 4pm on 19t
AU!UST 2011
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COURSE CODE
EN!L1000
COURSE TITLE
EA" 1
Seven pages: all sections should be fully completed.
All answers must be typed on separate paper and attached to the portfolio.
Section 1:
Answer the questions which follow.
All answers should be in your own words not copied from the text.
The real face of Iran
http://travel.guardian.co.uk/article/!!"/apr/!#/escape.iran.culturaltrips
Iran is in the news for all the wrong reasons, but what's it lie
to go on holiday there! "onely #lanet founder Tony $heeler
gets a different perspecti$e
Sunday April 8 2007 Female students relaxing in
Esfahan, Iran. Photograph Alamy
The car swerved into the side of the road and a portly man levered himself out from the
driver%s seat and steamed across the pavement towards me& like the Titanic on a pressing
engagement with an iceberg. I was in Iran and I was about to be kidnapped.
%I am a guide& I speak 'nglish&% announced Ahmad (ourseyedi as he grabbed my arm& %come&
we will go to the )in *ardens.% There was no arguing. The fact that I had arrived in +ashan

half an hour earlier and was on my way out to dinner only allowed me to put off the inevitable
for , hours. The ne-t morning I belonged to Ahmad. In fact I had become part of Ahmad%s
family. At each of the beautiful traditional homes for which +ashan will& one day& be .ustifiably
famous& the ticket seller was e-pected& no commanded& to offer me the family discount.
It was a typically Iranian encounter. I cannot remember the last country I visited where there
was such an overwhelming urge to make you feel welcome& to roll out the (ersian carpet& to
include you in the family gathering. That night& in the +han/e Tabatabei& a fine old house
where the central courtyard became a restaurant for the evening& the family at the ne-t table
introduced themselves. %0ou are by yourself& why don%t you .oin us1%
$hen I told another chatty group that I lived in 2elbourne& I was reminded that the best
thing Australia ever did to foster better relations with the Islamic 3epublic was not to win a
football match. In late ,44" Iran drew with Australia in a $orld 5up preliminary in
2elbourne& thus ensuring a place for Iran in the ,44# $orld 5up. 3epeatedly the mere
mention of the word %2elbourne% brings a smile to an Iranian face.
This is what life is like on the A-is of 'vil.
I arrive in a shiny 'mirates Airbus from 6ubai& sipping a glass of wine which I assume&
wrongly& will be the last alcohol I%ll see for a couple of weeks. I grab my bag off the carousel&
my passport is stamped& I clear customs and I%m in Iran. I have made absolutely no plans& not
even booked a hotel for tonight. I%m .ust going to cruise into the city and see what happens.
The three young women at Tehran Airport%s tourist desk have their hair discreetly covered&
but otherwise we could have been at 7eathrow or 8)+. 5learly tourists don%t turn up every
day& certainly not ones without a hotel booking. They .oke about not doing this too often&
comment that they don%t know the hotel I%ve pulled out of my guidebook& phone through to
book me a room and finally wish me a pleasant stay in Iran. It%s the first of many contacts I%ll
have with the opposite se- in Iran and a firm reminder that this is not the Arab world. The
very idea that you might be asking a woman to book a hotel in Saudi Arabia is inconceivable.
The ne-t morning I stroll a couple of blocks east from my hotel to the %6en of 9S 'spionage%.
The former 9S embassy was sei:ed by the revolutionary Iranians in ,4"4& held for ;;; days
and contributed substantially to 8immy 5arter%s re/election defeat. Today it%s occupied by a
hardline militia group and the wall around the compound is decorated with anti/American
slogans and murals including a painting of a skull/faced Statue of <iberty. I%ve got a contact at
the =ritish embassy& let%s call him *raham& and after checking my emails at an internet cafe
across the road& I :ig:ag through the concrete barriers and enter the fortified embassy
compound. %$e%re the American 'mbassy pro-y&% *raham e-plains. %If there was an American
'mbassy they%d be stoning them and chanting >death to America> outside their walls.
9nfortunately we stand in for them. ?f course the protests are well organised. The police
could easily stop them completely and as it is they always move in before things get too heavy.
Although we did have #! windows broken last week.% 6espite all of which& there is a long visa
applications queue.
=efore I arrived in Tehran I%d made an Iranian contact through a university course in
Australia and I%ve got an invite to a party this evening. It%s in a classy area of Tehran and
dress/wise& once we%re indoors and the doors are closed& things are very different. The men
look the same& but the women suddenly ditch the scarves and appear in .eans& T/shirts. 7air
and bare arms& never seen on the street& suddenly appear. This could easily be a party in the
$est. There%s even a bar ... and boo:e. %$here does the beer come from1% I ask 2ansoor. %?ne
of the religious militia groups&% he e-plains. %This one has the monopoly on beer imports from
Turkey. They%ll bring in a container of %arms% which is actually 'fes beer&% he continues&
handing me another cold can. It%s am by the time the ta-i drops me off at my hotel and I have
trouble walking an absolutely straight line up the stairs to my room.
$ater features everywhere in Iran& flowing along street edges in the open drains known as
.ubes& cascading down channels in gardens and parks& sprinkling in fountains and in pools in
the open courtyards of traditional old houses. It%s also dispensed with remarkable civic
generosity. In museums& parks& mosques / even along every length of street / there%s usually a
public refrigerated water dispenser& an Iranian version of a drinking fountain. In the big cities
piped water is safe to drink and a happy consequence of this ready availability of cold drinking

water is that Iran is not afflicted with the litter of empty plastic mineral water bottles which
plagues so many developing countries.
In 0a:d& ;@! miles south of Tehran& the water channels may be hidden from view& but
e-amples of its other traditional architectural feature are very evident. Any worthwhile old
home is topped by what looks like a cross between a stylish chimney and a lookout tower.
They%re badgirs& wind towers cunningly designed to catch a passing bree:e and funnel it down
over a pool of water in the house to provide a surprisingly effective form of natural air/
conditioning. 3estoring and reopening traditional old badgir/equipped houses as hotels and
restaurants has become a local cra:e. I stay at the handsome 2alek/o To..ar& a fine e-ample of
one of these old houses. That afternoon& sipping tea in the courtyard cafe and reading 3eading
<olita in Tehran& A:ar Aafisi%s novel about a reading group dipping into forbidden western
literature& I%m invited over to .oin a real reading group. The four 0a:d university students&
three of them female& are keen to practise their 'nglish and talk about the 'nglish language
books they%re studying.
0oung couples openly hold hands& women shake hands with you& talk to you and smile at you.
In Saudi Arabia not only is there virtually no opportunity to talk to a Saudi woman& even if you
did you%d see no more than her eyes& and possibly not even those. 6espite Bor because of1C
their modest attire& Iranian women are always eyeing you up. It%s all shy smiles and seductive
glances. (hotographing the passing traffic in front of a mosque that evening a woman&
passengering behind her boyfriend on a motorcycle& tosses me a wink and a waveD later that
evening three old ladies chorus %hello% from their watermelon feast in an old city back alley.
Ae-t stop is 'sfahan. This single city alone could .ustify a trip to Iran& but it%s hard to decide
whether the prime attraction is the magnificent sweep of the Imam Square& with its
perimeter of shopping arcades and its breathtaking blue/tiled mosques& or the gentle curve of
the Eayandeh 3iver with its multi/arched bridges. The ne-t day I start with the square&
walking past the shops& dropping in to the Sheikh <otfollah and Imam mosques and e-ploring
the Ali Fapu (alace. The Sheikh <otfollah 2osque is a .ewel bo-& so intricate and detailed
it%s hard to believe it%s a building& not something you can pick up and carry away. There%s the
trademar (ersian blue and turquoise tilework& but it%s also tiled in green/white/gold. In
contrast& the Imam 2osque is the whole damn Tiffany%s& big and slightly odd& the entrance
forming the end of the square& facing straight down the pla:a. ?n the balcony of the Ali Fapu
(alace& I meet a young Iranian/American couple. 7assan and Sana: live in <os Angeles& a city
with probably the biggest Iranian populations in the 9S. 7e left Iran when he was a child&
before the revolution& and has never been back before. She left ,# years ago& after the
re$olution. %I was e-pecting it to be much worse&% Sana: admits. %I think it%s actually
improved since I left but everybody complains&% 7assan continues. %?f course people always
want change. <ast Thursday we went to 8aam/e 8am. It%s a shopping centre in Aorth Tehran&
very popular with young people and on Thursday afternoon they come out to show off. 0oung
guys with rings in their eyebrows and girls clearly pushing it as far as they can& scarves falling
off to show their hair& lots of makeup. I%d like to have taken some photographs& but they%d
probably not want their sins recorded.%
?n the way from 'sfahan to +ashan there%s a brief encounter with that other Iran& the one
that features in the press and TG much more often than beautiful hotels and friendly people.
%It%s a nuclear research centre&% my driver e-plains as we pass anti/aircraft gun emplacements
and half/buried buildings.
=ack in Tehran& I emerge from the bus station& check my guidebook and start to cross the
road. 7alf way across the highway I%m hit& not by a car& bus or motorcycle& but once again by
the realisation that Iran can be a surprisingly sophisticated country& well aware of the outside
world and how they connect to it. %7ey& <onely (lanet&% yells the cop directing the traffic and
simultaneously pointing at my open guidebook. %$hich way you going& man1%
%emember: your answers must be in your own words.
,. $ho is Ahmad (ourseyedi& and what does he do1
. 7ow does the writer feel he was greeted in Iran1
H. $hy might the word I2elbourneJ make someone smile in Iran1
;. 7ow does the writer compare Saudi Arabia with Iran1

@. $hy is the =ritish 'mbassy know as the 9S embassy in pro-y1
K. $hy is the writer surprised at the party1
". $hat is a IbadgirJ1
#. 7ow does the writer describe some of the womenJs behaviour towards him1
4. $hat is meant by the words in bold:
(rime attraction
Intricate
Trademark
3evolution
,!. Summarise& in appro-imately @! words& the authorJs attitude to Iran in the article.
Section &:
1. 'ocabulary (lo)e
)or questions 1 * 1+& read the te-t below and then decide which word below the te-t best fits
each space and circle the letter you choose for each question. The e-ercise begins with an
e-ample B,C.
An Influential -riter
*eorge ?rwell did not e-pect to be a successful writer. In fact& he .,/ 00.. much of his life
anticipating failure. In an essay about his schooldays& he wrote that until he was about thirty
he always planned his life with the .1/000.. that any ma.or undertaking was bound to fail.
7e wanted success and worked hard to .&/ 000.it but he was never quite able to give up the
.1/ 0.. that his efforts would always come up short. At the age of ;K& .2/ 0.. before he died&
he confided in his private notebook that a deep .+/ 0.of inadequacy had haunted him
throughout his career. 7e stated that there had been .3/0.. not one day in which he did not
feel that he was being la:y& that he was .4/ 0.with his current .ob and that his rate of work
was miserably small. 'ven in the first months after the tremendous success of IAnimal Farm&
he was quick to
.5/ 0.. his achievement& declaring that his ne-t book was bound to be a failure.
?f course& no conscientious author is ever completely .6/ 0.. with their work& but ?rwellJs
doubts were so .1,/ 00 that he often appeared more comfortable .11/ 0.. defeat than
acknowledging success. In ,4;!& after the publication of his eighth book& he .1&/ 0. to an
admiring letter from another writer by .11/ 0.. out of his way to show the man why he was
not .12/ 00. of his praise. LIt makes me laugh&M he wrote& Lto see you referring to me as
IfamousJ and IsuccessfulJ. I wonder if you .1+/ 00 how little my books sellNM
, A took 7 spent ( had 8 followed
1 A forecast 7 trust ( e-pectation 8 reliance
& A reach 7 achieve ( fulfil 8 manage
1 A impression 7 notion ( .udgement 8
awareness
2 A shortly 7 presently ( recently 8 virtually
+ A belief 7 appreciation ( sense 8 thought
3 A totally 7 fully ( constantly 8 literally
4 A behind 7 below ( backward 8 beneath
5 A decrease 7 discount ( refuse 8 lower
6 A cheered 7 assured ( glad 8 satisfied

1, A lengthy 7 persistent ( attached 8
convinced
11 A admitting 7 granting ( agreeing 8 allowing
1& A returned 7 responded ( answered 8 denied
11 A going 7 moving ( setting 8 leaving
12 A capable 7 worthy ( .ust 8
acceptable
1+ A appreciate 7 assume ( regard 8
acknowledge
Section three
3ead the te-t and decide which answer BA& = or 5C best fits each space.
Starting your own business could be the way to achieving financial independence. 1. 0..b/
0..it could .ust as well land you in debt for the rest of your life. & 00000. & that is the view
of 5harles and =renda <eggat& a Scottish couple& who last week saw their fish farm business
put into the hands of the receiver. I$e started business at a time when everyone was being
encouraged by the banks to borrow money. 1 0000.. we fell into the same trap& and asked
for a big loan. 2 000000. & At the time we were sure that we could make it into a going
concern&J says 5harles <eggat& a farmer from the 7ighlands. IThe bank analysed the proposals
we put forward and they agreed that it would be a highly profitable businessJ. Sure enough&
within five years& the <eggats were transporting trout and salmon products to hotels all over
'urope& and + 00000. They took on over fifty staff. 3 000000. with the advent of the
recession& they began to lose ground as orders dried up. I4 0000000 & said =renda
<eggat& Ithe business has now been valued by the bank at a fraction of its true worth. If they
had left us to work our way out of difficulties& 50000000.. virtually bankrupting us& I
am sure we could have gone back into profit. As it is& we have been left without a livelihood&
and the bank has not recovered what it lent us.J The <eggats both felt that their banks had not
treated them fairly. I6 0000.. & they were falling over themselves to lend us the money
initially& 1, 000000000 now they are doing very little to keep the business going& and
fifty local people in work.J A spokesman for the bank refused to comment.
, A 2oreover 7 ?n the other hand ( As well as
A At least 7 7owever ( To make matters worse
H A Incidentally 7 At any rate ( As a result
; A To put it another way 7 Aevertheless ( In contrast
@ A $hatJs more 7 ?n the other hand ( To tell the truth
K A 7ence 7 5onsequently ( 7owever
" A In contrast 7 $hereas ( To make matters worse

# A As opposed to 7 As well as ( In addition to
4 A 7owever 7 To tell the truth ( As a result
,! A As well as 7 whereas ( ?n the other hand
Section four
98I:I;<
<ook carefully at the te-t.
In most lines of this text, there is a spelling or punctuation error. =or each line,
write the correctly spelled word, or show the correct spelling
answers
technically
!! The common cold& as it is technicaly known& still resists the
OO
!! efforts of science to control and cure it& and has given rise to a
suggests
!! rich popular mythology. As the name suggests the assumption
!, is that you catch a cold because you go out in the cold or get wet.
! As we now that a cold is a virus& and that we actually catch it
!H from being in contact with othersJ& this is not strictly true.
!; shakeing hands with people& kissing them or .ust being in the
!@ same room& can pass on the virus. It is now generally beleived
!K that cold virusesD and there is more than one type& are always
!" present in the throat& but only become active when the bodys
!# resistence to infection is lowered. The activated cold virus then
!4 attacks the membranes in the nose and throat& whoJs tissues
,! become weakened and thus suseptible to infection by types of
,, =acteria which are generally also present in the body.
, Sudden chilling& or getting soked to the skin& promote
,H conditions in the nose and throat membranes that permitt the cold
,; virus to invade the body& although some individuals seem to be
,@ resistant to this. 8ust being out in the cold is not enough& and
,K studys conducted in wartime among troops living in the open
," found that the incidence of coldsJ was no greater. As far as
,# prevention and cure are concerned& nearly everyone has there
,4 own favourite remedy. 6octors have been unable to produse an
! affective vaccine against colds& although strong claims have been
put forward for vitamin 5.
Adapted from unit ,! 5A' 3esultN ?9( !!K
Section +
3eading

In some areas& collection 1000000. data is much more difficult &00000.. in others.
5ollecting data 10000. violence and trafficking& for e-ample& poses more methodological
problems than data on women in national parliaments. 7owever& the lack of data 20000.
many key areas reflects not the difficulties of data collection& but rather the significant
discrepancy +000000.. the resources invested in the e-cellent and careful collection of
data in some areas& and lack of data3 0000 others. In other words& it is not only a question
400000. capacity but also one of political will to invest in data collection.
$hen statistics are a priority& even if difficult 500000.. collect& they are there. )inancial
statistics such as inflation& for e-ample& are not easy to collect as they require detailed and
rapidly updated economic information& yet they are available almost universally P even
600000 the poorest countries. =ut many countries& particularly poorer ones& do not
currently have the statistical capacity to regularly collect the most basic disaggregated
statistical series& let alone in areas such 1,0000 informal employment& time use and
wages.
Source: 9AI5')& The State of The $orldJs 5hildren !!"& Aew 0ork& !!K.
>uestion:
)ill in the gaps above& and summarise the paragraph in one sentence. Then write a short
paragraph describing the main information in the chart. $rite about ,@! words.
Self 9$aluation
Answer the following ?uestions as best you can.
,. 6id you en.oy the portfolio activities1 $hy/ $hy not1
. $hat do you need to work on& develop or improve1 $hat kind of activities could help
you to do this1

H. $as the proportion of time devoted to different activities right1
;. $hat grade would you give yourself for the work you have completed in this
portfolio1
@. 6o you have any comments1
:his is the end of portfolio two resit
@ow is the portfolio mared!
Aour Bars
0ou will receive a mark for how well you have completed the portfolio. This will be decided
upon by the following criteria:
$ere all the tasks completed1
7as the student shown any e-ceptional independent study skills1 Bstudent should
indicate any e-tra resources usedC
$as the portfolio well presented1
$ere all tasks fully and carefully answered1