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Introduction

Editor’s intro

Hi, everybody, and welcome to another issue of

Hot English. Where did you go last time you visited

England? To London? Manchester? Bath? Well, in our

section called Amazing World, we’re taking a look

at Birmingham. Now, some people will ind it a bit

strange that we’ve used the words Birmingham and

“amazing” in the same sentence. However, Jayne is

here to tell us why it should be on every tourist’s list of

places to visit.

This month we’re also looking at a very special prize-

giving ceremony known as the Ig Nobels. They’re

designed to reward unusual scientiic research. And

this year’s winners were certainly unusual.

Have you ever been in England on 5th November? If

you have, you’ll have noticed al the bonires. They’re

actually part of a celebration that dates back to the

17th century. This was a time when being a Catholic

or celebrating Mass could mean a death sentence.

Find out more in our articles on Guy Fawkes.

Talking of England, I was back there recently, looking

through some old school notebooks of mine. In one

of my English books, I noticed a number of interesting

spelling mistakes, such as the classic “I’ve tooken

it” (which should be “I’ve taken it”) and, even worse,

“This is are problem” (which should be, “This is our

problem”). As we’ve said before, making mistakes is

all part of language learning. And as you can see,

even native English speakers (and future editors) have

problems with the complex spellings and verb tense

formation that English has to offer.

Finally, we’re taking a look at the mobile phone

this month. You’ll be able to learn lots of “cool” text

messaging abbreviations. So, with that in mind,

I’ll “CU nxt mth 4 sm more edukayshn & humor”

(which means, “See you next month for some more

education and humour”).

Bye,

BasicEnglish

HowtoAnnoyyourFlatmate 4

FingersVocabularyClinic 5

FunnyProducts

DictionaryofSlang

GuyFawkes

GuyFawkesTrivia

Idioms

CrankCall

Usefuladvice

NoiseNuisance

BritishBarChat

14/15

USBarChat

16/17

GreatMomentsinUSHistory 19

StoryTime

Trivia

TypicalDialogues

SocialEnglish

Quiz

QuirkyNews

Guy Fawkes

Science

Criminals

FluencyPractice

BusinessExpressions&

PhoneCall

Goodbye

Magazine Index

James Bond

Editorial

PhrasalVerbs

BasicEnglish

Graiti&HowtoAnnoy

yourFlatmate

FingersVocabularyClinic 8

FunnyProducts

DictionaryofSlang

Social English – TV Sport

AirGuitar

GuyFawkes

GuyFawkesTrivia

Idioms

JamesBond

CrankCall&Usefuladvice 19

NoiseNuisance

“Blond” versus “blonde”

FingersGrammar

BritishBarChat

Beautiful Birmingham

Interestingly,“blond”isoneof

thefewadjectives(andnouns)

inEnglishwithmasculineand

feminineforms.Accordingtomany

dictionarydeinitions,weshould

use“blond”torefertomen(ablond

man,ablond),and“blonde”(with

the“e”)torefertowomen(ablonde

woman,ablonde).However,many

people(andpublications)useonly

onespelling,regardlessofthe

genderofthepersonbeingreferredto.

Becarefulusingtheterm“ablonde”torefertoawomanas

manypeopleinditofensive.Forsomereason“ablonde”

hascometoimplythatthepersonisstupid,hencethe

expression“adumbblonde”.Theoriginal“dumb”blondes

wereMarilynMonroeandJeanHarlow,butobviously

neitherofthemwerestupid.Psychologistssaythatwe

naturallyassociate“blonde”withbeingchildish,especially

asmanychildrenarebornblonde,eventhoughlatertheir

hairmaydarken.Butthatsoundsabitfar-fetchedtome.

USBarChat

Crossword&Answers

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IgNobles

PHraSaL VerbS StiCk

Stick by a promise To do what

you promised to do.

Stick out your tongue To push your

tongue out of your mouth, often as a

way of making fun of someone.

No, Mr Frog. I won’t

eat you. I’ll stick

by my promise. So

just jump on my

back and I’ll take

you across the

river.

Nice little girls

shouldn’t stick

their tongues out.

I’m not a nice

little girl.

Stick out To be easily noticeable because

of your clothes or appearance.

Stick up on

To fIx onto the wall /a surface, etc.

Shall I stick this

photo of your

father up on the

wall?

You really stick

out with that

blonde hair

and pink top.

That’s my husband,

actually.

Sticking up (hair) If your hair is

“sticking up”, it is in a vertical position.

Stick up for someone To defend someone,

often someone who is being criticised.

So, my old friend,

Are you going to

stick up for me?

My hair is sticking

up. Does anybody

have a comb?

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The verb “to stick” has many different uses. However, we generally use this verb in reference to

putting something in a place casually. For example, “Could you stick that book on my desk, please?”

Now let’s look at some phrasal verbs with the verb “to stick”.

This month: the lat.

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B a s i c E n g li s h

Learn lots of useful words and expressions.

Just listen and repeat.

The third floor

The second floor

Things you say

• Howmanyroomshasit

got?

• Isitnearthe

Underground ?

• Doesitincludethe

service charge ?

• Doesithaveagarage,

aswimmingpoolora

gym?

• Doesithaveaniceview?

• Doesitgetmuchnatural

light?

• Howmuchisthe

deposit ?

• Dowehavetosigna

contract?

• Howmuchistherentper

month?

• Doesitgethotinthe

summer?Isitcoldinthe

winter?

• Whataretheneighbours

like?

• Isit furnished ?

• CanIkeepmypetsnake

there?

• Doesithaveair

conditioning,afridge,a

washingmachineoran

oven?

• Howmuchistheservice

charge?

• Whattypeof looring

doesithave?

• CouldIhavea look

around ?

• When’sit available ?

The first floor

The ground floor

Bills

A “For Sale” sign

An apartment/flat

Speaking

Nowusetheseexpressions

topractiseaskingabouta

lat.

A window

A classified ad

theundergroundtrainsystemin

London

a service charge n

moneyyoupaytothelocal

governmentforservicessuchas

collectingrubbish,policing,etc

a deposit n

moneyyoupaythelandlordasa

guaranteethatyouwillpaytherent

inthefuture.Intheory,thismoney

willbereturned

furnished adj

A studio flat

An attic flat

A kitchen

withfurnituresuchasbeds,asofa,

tables,chairs,etc

looring n

Heating

thetypeofmaterialontheloor

(wood,stone,etc)

to look around phr vb

toinspecttheroomsinabuilding

available adj

thatisreadyandthatcanbe

used/bought,etc

A living room

Furniture

A bathroom

A furnished flat

A fan

A toilet

A bath

A washing machine

A shower

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