UNIT 14
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UNIT 14
UNIT 14 Grammar, functions and vocabulary Charities and world problems 1 1 2 Completa il cruciverba. 3 Across 4 5 6 is when people from a charity 4 A street ask the public for money in the street. 7 Help from rich countries to poor countries. 9 Charities try to money by organising events like sponsored walks or discos. 10 A person who has nowhere to live and sleeps outdoors is . 7 8 9 10 14 The state of being very poor. 11 15 Someone who has to leave their home or country. 12 13 14 16 Another word for illnesses. 17 My dad said he would me 50p a mile in the big charity walk on Sunday. 15 Down 16 1 An organisation which helps others without making a profit. 17 2 A situation in poor countries where there is not enough food for the people. 3 People who work for charities and get no money for their work. 5 A place where children with no parents go. 6 When a situation reaches a critical moment . we say that is it a 8 A long TV show for charity. 10 Amnesty International is an organisation which defends rights. 11 To give money to a charity. 12 A collection of signatures to protest against something. 13 To die of hunger. Past simple or Past simple passive? 2 Completa il testo con il Past simple o il Past simple passive dei verbi fra parentesi. The 2004 Indian Ocean earthquake 1 (be) a great undersea earthquake that 2 (occur) at 07:58 local time on December 26th, 2004, off the west coast of Sumatra, Indonesia. The earthquake 3 (cause) a series of tsunamis along the coasts of most countries on the Indian Ocean and large numbers of people 4 (kill) and coastal communities across South and Southeast Asia 5 (flood), including parts of Indonesia, Sri Lanka and India. A total of 186,983 6 (die), and 42,883 were missing after the catastrophe. It was one of the worst disasters in modern history. At first the earthquake 7 (record) as 9.0 on the Richter scale, but it was later upgraded to 9.1–9.3. It is the second largest earthquake ever recorded on a seismograph. Coincidentally, the tsunami 8 (happen) exactly one year after the 2003 earthquake when the southern Iranian city of Bam 9 (destroy) and exactly two years before the 2006 Hengchun earthquake. 54 NH2HWB_04_pp52-72.indd 54 24/10/07 09:07:50 Grammar, functions and vocabulary Jason 7(any famous people/invite/to the concert?) Present perfect passive 3 Vero o falso? Correggi le frasi false usando il Present perfect passive. Scrivile sul quaderno. 1 A colony on the moon was established in 2006. 2 On 16th May 2007 Prince Edward was made King of England. 3 At last a cure for AIDS has been found. 4 The British government has decided to make people drive on the right. 5 An atomic bomb was dropped on Japan in 1945. 6 Tom Cruise has recently married Madonna. 7 The euro has been adopted as the official currency in the UK. 8 Hillary Clinton has been elected the first woman President of the USA. Jason 8(how much money/raise?) ? Amy We hope about £300,000 will be raised. Jason Well done, Amy. See you at the concert! Reflexive or reciprocal pronouns 5 Completa le frasi usando un pronome riflessivo o each other. 1 He has cut himself Present continuous passive or Future passive? 4 Trudy and Kate don’t like much. Jason McCall della rivista TeenAge intervista Amy Sykes. Completa il dialogo usando gli spunti e il Present continuous passive o il Future passive. 6 I introduced neighbours. 5 She has bought 7 They have known long time. Jason You’re organising a concert for charity, aren’t you, Amy? 8 They are helping homework. Amy That’s right. Jason 1(who/organise/for?) Who’s it being organised for? 6 ? Amy It’ll be held at the Treadway Stadium. Amy It’ll be held on ? 13th June. 4 Jason (which bands/book?) ? Amy Some really famous bands are being booked. I can’t really tell you much about them yet. It’s a secret. Jason Sounds exciting! 5(who/concert/ sponsor/by?) Amy Yes, it will. It’ll be shown on Channel 6 and other major TV channels. a new bike. to our new for a with their Traduci le frasi in inglese. Scrivile sul quaderno. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 Si telefonano ogni giorno. Non furono invitati alla festa. Una tigre è stata vista nel centro di Londra. La loro zia ha regalato loro £1,000. L’uomo è inseguito dalla polizia. Il nuovo museo verrà aperto nel 2011. Rachel si è svegliata molto presto stamattina. Mi sono tagliato! Translation ? Amy It’s being sponsored by Channel 6. Jason So 6(show/TV?) at the party. Translation Amy It’s being organised for Amnesty International. Jason 3(when/hold?) . 2 They’re getting married because they love . 3 He’s enjoying Jason 2(where/hold?) ? Amy Yes, they will. We already have confirmation from Johnny Depp and Kate Winslet. 1 False! A colony on the moon hasn’t been established. 4 UNIT 14 ? Non sempre il ‘si’ riflessivo viene tradotto in inglese con un pronome riflessivo. Ricorda che molti verbi che sono riflessivi in italiano, in inglese non lo sono. Si è alzato. He got up. non He got himself up. 55 NH2HWB_04_pp52-72.indd 55 24/10/07 09:07:53