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Vampires In Love.

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The Vocabulary.

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One of the greatest bands

of all-time.

1989:

The Year in Review.

Book

Review

Phrase of the Month:

Ponzi scheme

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Editor’s intro

Magazine index

3 Editorial

4 Harassing the Stars

5 Happy Times

6 Name Game

7 Personality quiz: Are you greedy?

8 Useful Vocabulary: Maths

9 Useful Verbs and Expressions: Maths

10 SB Article: Adventurous Dining

11 Story Time

12 Basic English: Film Genres

13 Social English: Films

14 Functional language: Describing something

15 Error correction & Listening: English Courses

16 Grammar Fun

17 Telephone English & Twilight

18 SB Article: Pay Rise Tactics

19 Film Scripts: Dead Poets Society

20 Naming and Shaming

21 Shirking Responsibility

22 Trivia Matching

23 Weird Trivia

24 Dr Fingers’ Grammar

25 Subscriptions

26 Corny Criminals

27 Recipe & Listening: Staf Training

28 10 Richest People

30 ABBA

32 Stock Shock

34 The International

35 Clive Owen and Naomi Watts

36 Grapes of Wrath

38 Face to Face: Who is higher-maintenance?

39 March Festival: Holi

40 Jokes, Graiti & Cartoon

41 Misheard Lyrics

42 Going Nuts

43 Taxing Playtime

44 Vocabulary: Furniture

45 Typical Dialogues: The furniture shop

46 Dr Fingers Vocab Clinic

47 Quirky News / Riddles

48 Call my Bluf

49 Three of a Kind

50 SB Article: Maximise your Free Time

51 Money Quotes & Listening: Dream Job

52 Dumb Laws & Washington Facts

53 Directory

54 Dictionary of Slang

55 Dr Fingers’ Error Correction, Chat-up Lines &

Listening: Green Oices Seminar

56 Year in Review: 1989

57 Idioms: Picture

58 SB Article: Ways to Improve Oice Morale

59 Advertisement

60 Eco Warrior

61 Chugger Attack

62 A Tribute to Mr Rogers

63 Phrasal Verbs

64 Tapescripts

65 Answers and Back Issues

66 Phrase of the Month Pyramid Scheme

CD index

1 Hello

2 Harassing the Stars

3 Happy Times

4 Story Time

5 Social English: Film

6 Functional language:

Describing an object

7 Fingers’ Error Correction

(low level)

8 Intermediate Listening:

English Courses

9 Telephone English

10 Naming and Shaming

11 Shirking Responsibility

12 Radio ad – Blog

13 Weird Trivia

14 Corny Criminals

15 Intermediate

Listening: Staff Training

16 Jokes

17 Grafiti

18 Going Nuts

19 Taxing Playtime

20 Radio ad – Translations

21 Typical dialogues:

The Furniture Shop

22 Dr Fingers’ Vocabulary:

Describing problems

23 Quirky News

24 Riddles

25 British Bar Chat

26 US Bar Chat

27 Story: The Shop – Episode 6

28 Radio ad – Intensives

29 Upper Intermediate Listening:

Dream Job

30 Dumb US Laws (Washington)

31 Dictionary of Slang

32 Error correction (high level)

33 Chat-Up Lines

34 Advanced Listening:

Green Ofice Seminar

35 Idioms: Picture

36 Eco Warrior

37 Chugger Attack

38 Off the Cuff

39 Goodbye

Hello, and welcome to another issue of

Hot English Magazine, the fun magazine for

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With the world facing money troubles left,

right and centre, we want to help you get

through it . So, this month is all about money:

how to get it, how to keep it, and how to use

it in poker. One of our Skills Book articles is

about how to ask for more money at work. We

have a recipe that costs almost nothing to

make. And, there is a poker special that explains the suits, the order

of the hands, and some useful expressions to help you win your

poker games. (Especially if you play with native English speakers!)

"Money" is also the topic of the latest Clive Owen and Naomi Watts

ilm, The International . It’s about two government employees who

ind out about a huge conspiracy. They go around the globe to see if

they can igure out what’s going on and try to make everything right

with the world again.

Perhaps many of you don’t know about him, but there's a feature

this month on Mr Rogers. In the United States, little kids grew up

watching his television programme, and learned so many things

from him. What did he teach us? He even has his own national

holiday. You’ll have to read and ind out about it.

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So, what else is going on this month in Hot English? We’ve got quite a

wide range of subjects. From Divas to President Roosevelt, to Hindu

legends and Ponzi Schemes, you’ll probably learn something new

this month. And, you’ll deinitely improve your English.

Good luck with your English and

we’ll see you next month!

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GLOSSARY

to get through something exp

to live through something; to

survive

vampires in Love

A book review of Twilight.

Billionaire Boys’ Club

Stories of the richest people in the world.

ABBA

A look at one of Sweden’s most

successful exports.

The international

A ilm with Clive Owen & Naomi Watts

Holi

A fertility festival in India.

Call My Bluff

The basics of poker-playing.

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Harassing the stars

The latest paparazzi tactics exposed.

“I heard a noise in the garden, and when I went out, I found

him hiding in a bush ,” said a well-known TV presenter who

discovered a press photographer hiding in his back garden.

This is just the latest in a series of incidents involving famous

people and the paparazzi.

PICTURES,

PLEASE!

In another case, Simon Cowell, who is a judge on the TV talent

show The X Factor , found a tracking device under his Rolls

Royce. Later, law irm Carter-Ruck sent a letter to all UK

newspapers warning them not to harass their client.

Max Cliford, who is Cowell’s publicist, added, “The

letter pointed out that the use of a tracking device

is illegal and could lead to prosecution. The identity

of the journalist is known to us. We know who he

is and we have told him to never do anything

like that again.”

Simon Cowell

Born 7th October 1959 in

Brighton, UK.

Cowell is a well-known

British television

personality and music

executive. He has

managed a number of

famous bands such as

Five and Westlife. He is

most famous for being

a judge on TV talent

contests such as Pop Idol ,

American Idol , The X Factor

and Britain’s Got Talent .

On these shows

he is often very

critical about the

contestants’ singing

abilities, earning

him the catch phrase

“I don’t mean to be

rude, but …” and the

nickname “Mr. Nasty”.

In a related incident, a surveillance device

was found in an actress’ kitchen. “I was

having breakfast when I heard this noise

under the table,” the 41-year-old explained.

“I thought it was a mouse or something, but when

I looked down, it was this little robot-type thing. I

assumed it was one of my daughter’s toys, but she said

it wasn’t hers, so I took it to the police. The police are

investigating the matter, but so far, no one has been

arrested.

ANSWERS ON PAgE 65

1 Pre-reading

Look at the pictures of the famous people below. What do they

have in common? What do you know about them?

4 Language focus

word Formation

It is important to know how to identify

diferent parts of speech.

Look at the verb from the article,

“to harass”. What other parts of

speech can you make with that word?

For example, the adjective, the noun, etc.

Ask your teacher to check your answers.

Britney spears

Kate moss

Princess diana

GLOSSARY

a bush n

a large, round plant smaller than

a tree

a judge n

a person in a court of law who

decides how the law is interpreted

a tracking device n

a machine that follows someone’s

movements and constantly

watches them

a letter n

a message on paper that you send

someone by post

to harass vb

to trouble or annoy someone

to point out phr vb

if you “point out” a mistake or a

fact, you tell someone about it and

bring it to their attention

a surveillance device n

an electronic machine for watching

someone carefully

2 Reading i

What tactics do you think journalists

use to get the best scoops / stories?

Read the article to check your ideas.

Paris Hilton

5 Discussion

1. What do you think of the paparazzi in your

country? Are the paparazzi as bad as they are

described in the article? Why? Why not?

2. How are celebrities treated by the paparazzi

in your country? Give as many examples as

you can.

3. Do you think celebrities like and ask for this

type of attention? Why? Why not?

4. What does the public’s obsession with

celebrities tell you about our culture? Why

do we care so much about the lives of the

famous?

3 Reading ii

What do the following prompts refer to?

Make a short note next to each one.

1. a bush

2. a Rolls Royce

3. a robot-type thing

4. “The X Factor”

5. an actress’ kitchen

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Happy Times

The

Beneits of

Happiness

A number of studies

have been conducted

to study the links

between happiness

and health. They have

shown that happiness

is as important to your

health as factors such

as smoking, diet and

physical activity. The

British Heart Foundation

found that happier

people have greater

protection against

illnesses such as heart

disease and strokes .

Find out how to be happy.

Are you happy? If you aren’t, you need to

move near friends who are. A new study

shows that happiness is infectious and can

low through social groups. And the closer you

are to someone happy, the happier you’ll be.

The results were very interesting. The researchers

found that those who had happy partners had

an 8% higher chance of being happy too. And

for those with happy children, this increases

to 14%. And inally, those with a happy friend

who lives less than half a kilometre away are

42% more likely to be happy. “Most important

from our perspective is the recognition that

people are in social networks , and

that the health and well-being of

one person afects the health and

well-being of others,” one of the

researchers explained. “It makes

sense that if people around

you are happy, that might

have an impact on your own

happiness.” So, in conclusion,

the best thing is to have a

happy friend who lives less than

a kilometre away from you. Do

you have one?

The study was carried out by the Harvard

Medical School. The researchers

discovered that a person's happiness

is dependent on the happiness

of those around them. They

collected data on 5,000 adults

between 1971 and 2003.

Participants were asked to

identify their relatives, close

friends, place of residence

and place of work. They were

also asked questions about

whether they enjoyed life, and

whether they felt hopeful about

the future.

COME ON,

GET HAPPY!

ANSWERS ON PAgE 65

1 Pre-reading

What makes you happy?

Make a list. For example:

my friends, my family, etc.

4 Pronunciation focus numbers

How do we say the following?

1. 98%

2. 22%

3. 1972

4. 1462

GLOSSARY

infectious adj

if a feeling is “infectious”, it spreads

quickly to other people

to low vb

if a quality or situation “lows” from

something, it comes from it or

results naturally from it

to carry out phr vb

if you “carry out” a task, you do

that task

a researcher n

a person who investigates

something; a scientist

a partner n

a person you are married to or have

a romantic relationship with

a chance n

a probability

a social network n

a large number of people who are

connected and work together /

socialise

well-being n

a person’s health and happiness

to have an impact on exp

if something has “an impact on

you”, it afects you

a stroke n

if someone has a “stroke”, a blood

vessel in their brain gets blocked

or breaks. As a result, they may

become paralysed

2 Reading i

In your opinion, what is the

connection between happiness and friendship?

Read the article to ind out.

5 Discussion

1. Do you agree with what the article says about

friendship and happiness? Which part in

particular? Why? Why not?

2. How happy do you feel today? Why? When

was the last time you were unhappy? Why?

3. Do you have happy friends? What makes

them happy?

4. Why is it important to be happy?

3 Reading ii

What do the following numbers refer to in the article?

5,000

0.5 kilometres

14%

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