Architecture
Building materials (6 words / phrases)
concrete, glass, reinforced concrete, steel, stone, timber
1. Mr and Mrs Smith live at home with their tw o children. They are a typical example of a modern family
2. Mr and Mrs Popatlal live at home with their aged parents, children and grandchildren. They are a typical example of a traditional...............................................family.
3. Mrs Jones lives on her own and has to look after her tw o children. There are a lot of families like hers.
4. Some parents need t o ...............................................their children more strictly.
5. W hen I was a child, I had a very turbulent.................................................
6. Mrs Kelly is...............................................and finds it difficult to look after her children on her own.
1.nuclear
2.extended
3.single-parent
4.bring up
5.upbringing
6.divorced
1.The percentage charged for borrowing money.
2.The amount which a firm, machine or person produces.
3.Industries which do not make products but offer a service such as banking, insurance and transport.
4.The amount by which expenditure is more than receipts in a firm's or country's accounts.
1.interest rates
2.output
3.service industries
4.deficit
Architectural style (6-7 words)
art deco, international style, modernist, post-modern, standardised, traditional (ihigh-tech could also be included in this category)
7. Many men believe th a t...............................................is the responsibility of a woman.
8 is a particularly difficult time of life for a child.
9. A person's behaviour can sometimes be traced back to his/her.................................................
10. The country has seen a sharp drop in th e ...............................................in the last few years.
11. She has five ............................................... who rely on her to look after them.
12 ______crime is on the rise, with over 30 per cent of thefts being committed by young people under the age of eighteen.
7.childcare
8.Adolescence
9.formative years
10.birth rate
11.dependants
12.Juvenile
1.main push
2.highly desired job
3.the chances are lessened
4.persons of equal rank or status
5.groups of academically qualified people
1.driving force
2.plum job
3.the odds are shortened
4.peers
5.academic circles
1.A system where one person or company supplies all of a product in one area without any competition.
2.Industries which were once privately owned, but now belong to the state.
3.The most important industries in a country.
4.A tax on money earned as wages or salary.
1.monopoly
2.nationalised industries
3.key industry
4.income tax
1. Applications for 1.......................................... .............. permission from home owners w ho want to develop their properties have increased by 50 per cent. However, many of these homes are historic buildings and have 2.........................................................orders which prevent them from being altered externally. At present, we can only allow owners to 3.........................................................the inside of their homes (including installing central heating and improved wall insulation).
1. planning, 2. preservation, 3. renovate
Bob's problems began during his 1...................................................... years. His parents got
2..................................................... when he was young, and neither of them wanted to raise him or his
brother and sister, so he was 3..................................................... by a 4.......................................................chosen by
his parents' social worker. Unfortunately, his foster father was a strict 5..................................................... and
often beat him. Bob rebelled against this strict 6........................................................ and by the time he was
eight, he was already 7..................................................... .. stealing from shops and playing truant. By the
time he reached 8..................................................... .. sometime around his 13th birthday, he had already
appeared in court several times, charged with 9..................................................... crime. The judge blamed
his foster parents, explaining that children needed 10..................................................... parents and guardians
who would look after them properly. The foster father objected to this, pointing out that Bob's
11..................................................... - his tw o brothers and sister - were 12.....................................................
children who behaved at home and worked well at school.
1.formative
2.divorced
3.brought up
4.foster family
5.authoritarian
6.upbringing
7.running wild
8.adolescence
9.juvenile
10.responsible
11. siblings
12.well-adjusted
What three types of identity can you recognise?
given
chosen
core
1.A tax imposed as a percentage of the invoice value of goods or services. An indirect tax.
2.A fixed amount of money that you earn each month of year from your job.
3.Lack of work.
4.Installing machinery in place of workers
1.Value added tax
2.salary
3.unemployment
4.automation
2. Last summer we invited several 4.........................................................to design plans for the new council offices on Peach Street. We eventually chose Barnard, Jackson and Willis, a local company. It was generally agreed that their design, which included a grey tinted 5......................................................... 6 at the front of the building, was the most aesthetically pleasing. They are currently in the process of laying the 7...........................................................for the new building, which we understand is taking some time as the land must be drained first.
4. architects, 5. glass, 6. facade, 7. foundations
This has raised some interesting questions about the modern family system. W hile it is true that
parents should not be too 13...................................................... with children by letting them do what they
w ant when they want, or be too 14...................................................... by sheltering them from the realities
of life, it is also true that they should not be too strict. It has also highlighted the disadvantages of
the modern 15...................................................... family where the child has only its mother and father to
rely on (or the 16...................................................... family, in which the mother or father has to struggle
particularly hard to support their 17...................................................... ). In fact, many believe that we should
return to traditional family values and the 18...................................................... family: extensive research has shown that children from these families are generally better behaved and have a better chance of success in later life.
13.lenient
14.over-protective
15.nuclear
16.single-parent
17.dependants
18.extended
A good way to improve your reading comprehension asking yourself some questions before you read
quickly previewing
1..............rates are to rise by a further half a per cent next month, putting further pressure on homeowners paying mortgages. It will also discourage people from
2.............money from the high street banks, who are already under a lot of pressure. Last year, the National Bank was forced to 3.....................
2,000 members of staff across the country, adding to the country's rapidly rising rate of
4................................................
1.interest
2.borrowing
3.lay off
4.unemployment
1. The building is.........................................................It's been ruined and abandoned for years.
2. She lives on a large housing...................................................................................near the centre of the city.
3. There are several run-down districts inside the city where the housing is in a bad state, although most of these........................................................ are going to be replaced by high-rise apartments.
4. The city council are going t o .........................................................the old church and built a new one in its place.
5. You can't knock down that house; there's a ........................................................order on it which makes it illegal to destroy it.
6. Sir Richard Rogers is th e ........................................................who designed the Lloyds building in London.
1.derelict
2.estate
3.slums
4.demolish
5.preservation
6.architect
Define the term "Blended family"
A family which involves two separate families merging into one new unit. It consists of a new husband and wife and their children from previous marriages or relationships.
This gives only the key information from the original text. It shouldn't use exact sentences from the text, or include a lot of details. Use your own words and give only the important points.
summary
5.................... rose in the last year by almost 6 per cent, despite the government's pledge to keep price and wage rises no higher than 3 per cent. This has had a negative impact on 6..............................since the strong pound coupled with rising prices has made it almost impossible for foreign companies to buy British goods and services. Especially affected are the 7................... producing pharmaceuticals and
chemicals.
8...............workers in 9......... industries across the country are demanding higher 10..........................
Unions and workers are negotiating with 11...........................................chiefs for an
eight percent rise. This follows the announcement that the government want more investors to put
their money into the 12.......................sector.
5.inflation
6.exports
7.secondary industries
8.blue/white collar
9.state-owned/nationalised
10.salaries
11.management
12.public