Handout: Change your Life
Do Ex 1
Ex 2A
KEY
1c
an epic journey
epic: an epic event continues for a long time and involves brave or exciting actions.
E.g.
His epic journey to South America
How do you think this phrase may relate to the story we are going to read?
2d
3e
physical privations
privation: /praɪˈveɪʃn/
a lack of the basic things that people need for living. Hardship. Sp. carencia
E.g.
To live in privation Sp. vivir en la miseria
To suffer many privations Sp. pasar muchos apuros
4g
5b
humble (V) (=make humble) Sp.dar una lección de humildad
E.g.
Ted's words humbled me Sp. Ted me dio una lección de humildad con sus palabras
It was a humbling experience Sp. fue una lección de humildad
6a
hold up:
to delay or block the movement or progress of somebody/something.
E.g.
An accident is holding up traffic.
The project was held up by various legal problems.
7f
wield something to hold something, ready to use it as a weapon or tool. Sp. empuñar.
E.g. He was wielding a large knife.
mobster:
a member of a group of people who are involved in organized crime.
E.g. De Niro plays the most menacing mobster of all.
Ex B. Gapped text
KEY
1d
2b
3g
4e
5c
6a
Extra sentence: f
Ex 4
KEY
1. They were both British actors, with young families and an obsession with motorbikes.
2 Both had ridden bikes when they were younger. Charley had grown up riding a bike on a farm, whereas Ewan didn't have much off-road experience.
3 They realised people were just being curious and friendly, so they started to relax and be less suspicious.
4 They spoke on the phone most nights. It helped them to enjoy the trip, knowing that their families were OK.
5 He offered them a bedbug-free room, which turned out to be a luxury mansion with a lot of gun-wielding mobsters.
Vocabulary
gripping: exciting or interesting in a way that keeps your attention.
E.g.
A gripping story
His books are always so gripping.
The film was absolutely gripping.
The film is a gripping account of the early days of the revolution.
costume drama a television or film production set in a particular historical period, in which the actors wear costumes typical of that period.
bond (with somebody) to develop or create a relationship of trust with somebody. E.g. Mothers who are depressed sometimes fail to bond with their children.
ride pillion: sit on the back of someone's motorbike.
off-road: not on the public road; on rough ground.
E.g.
Many 4 x 4 owners have never driven off-road.
an off-road vehicle.
astride: with one leg on each side of something.
E.g.
to sit astride a horse/bike/chair.
up to speed (on something)
a) (of a person, company, etc.) performing at an expected rate or level.
E.g.
the cost of bringing the chosen schools up to speed.
Some school officials are only now getting up to speed regarding computers.
It took me a while to get up to speed after the flu.
b) (of a person) having the most recent and accurate information or knowledge.
E.g.
Are you up to speed yet on the latest developments?
John will bring you up to speed (=tell you the latest information).
core: most important or most basic:
E.g.
They are cutting back production of some of their core products
core curriculum/subjects/skills etc
subjects that have to be studied at a school or college
the national core curriculum
the core subjects of English, maths, and science
Schools have to deliver the core skills.
latent adjective /ˈleɪtnt/ [usually before noun] existing, but not yet clear, active or well developed. Sp. latente.
E.g.
latent disease
These children have a huge reserve of latent talent.
kick in: to begin to take effect
E.g.
Reforms will kick in later this year.
bug somebody (informal) to annoy somebody.
E.g.
Stop bugging me!
It's something that's been bugging me a lot recently.
She’s really beginning to bug me.
physical privations
privation: /praɪˈveɪʃn/
a lack of the basic things that people need for living. Hardship. Sp. carencia
E.g.
To live in privation Sp. vivir en la miseria
To suffer many privations Sp. pasar muchos apuros.
rehydrate If you rehydrate something that has had water removed from it or is too dry, you make it absorb water:
E.g.
Cover the mushrooms with water and rehydrate them for 10 minutes
bedbug:
a small flat insect that lives especially in beds, where it bites people and drinks their blood. Sp. chinche.
fume:
to be very angry about something.
E.g.
fume (at/over/about somebody/something) She sat in the car, silently fuming at the traffic jam.
hold up:
to delay or block the movement or progress of somebody/something.
E.g.An accident is holding up traffic.
The project was held up by various legal problems.
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