ESERCIZI 16/03/2011

Es.11 pag.99

A plan in Paris --> C

Caught at last --> F

Explaining the details --> D

He does it again --> E

The "Count" and the bank manager --> B

The origins of a thief --> A

Es.12 pag.99

NOUNS: alias, forger, con;

ADJECTIVES: controversial;

VERBS: to hand over, to flee;

Es.13 pag.99

A con is when someone believes a criminal's lies and gives him money.

A person who makes realistic copies of money, documents, etc. is a forger.

When something causes arguments, we say it is controversial.

To flee is to escape quickly, especially when you are in danger.

To hand over something is to give it to another person.

Es.14 pag.99

When you come across new words in a text:

1. Don't panic - often you don't need hem to understand the main ideas of the text.
2. Decide what part of speech they are.
3. Guess their meaning by looking carefully at the context.

Es.15 pag.99

People still talk about Victor today because he committed some fascinating crimes.

Victor thought of his plan to sell the Eiffel Tower while he was reading the newspaper in Paris.

The French businessman thought Victor worked for the French Post Office.

Victor's victim, Poisson, didn't go to the police because he didn't want anyone to know how stupid he had been.

Victor sold the Eiffel Tower a second time because it had worked perfectly the first time.

The police had arrested Victor many times before 1935.

Es 4 pag.98

If Cynthia had already bought a newspaper, John wouldn't have gone to the newsagent.

They wouldn't have won the lottery if they hadn't bought the ticket.

Ms Parsons wouldn't have been in the shop if she hadn't  wanted a ticket.

I would have passed my exams last year if I had studied  more.

If you were born in England, you wouldn't have had to learn english.

If the bus hadn't broke down, we should have arrived here on time.

Es 5 pag.98

If Cynthia had gone to the newsagent, would she have bought a lottery ticket? - No, I don't think she would have bought a lottery ticket.

If you had grown up in a different town  would you have met your best friends? -No, I don't think I would have met my best friends.

How would your life have been different if you have had more brothers and sisters? - I think it would have been more animated.

If you had been a teenager in the 1960s what music would you have listened to?- I would have listened to the Beatles.

What would you have done if you hadn' t come to school last week? -I would have travelled to a foreign country.

Es.6 pag.113

June Parsons is speaking about what her neighbours did after have won over £10 million in the National Lottery.

Es.7 pag.113

I wouldn't have dissipated all that money.

I would have invested it.

I would have listened to my friends.

Es.8 pag.113

Money isn't the key to happiness. You can be happy without a lot of money, happiness isn't on sale. Money help you to buy the things you desire but they can or cannot make you happy. Happiness isn't only given by things but also by feelings.