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Gate October | 2018 3
A2–B1 Technology Tracks 1–3 tf Grammar Fixer
It’ll Rot 1
Oh, who am I kidding*? It’s certainly not
just teenagers who are addicted to3 their
phones. You’ve probably heard your
parents complain about4 your phone use.
Your Brain
But I am sure they check their phones
almost as often as you, looking at emails
and Facebook and the latest news updates5.
American adults spend on average 3 hours
and 23 minutes on mobile media every day.
SmartPhone Crazy And yet it’s true: your parents didn’t have
smartphones at your age. They didn’t have
mobile phones at all. How did we all end up
so addicted? And does it matter?
Bad Habits6?
The things in this list are all from
online articles about bad phone habits
but not everyone shares the same
ideas about what’s rude and what’s
fine (we think some of the things here
are totally normal).
Discuss
Which do you think are bad? Which
are OK? Which of them do you do?
Putting your phone on
the table at mealtimes.
Checking your phone for
notifications7 or messages while
you’re talking to someone.
Answering the phone when
you’re talking to someone.
Taking selfies everywhere.
Walking and texting.
Shooting8 video at a concert.
Playing music, videos or games
in public with the sound on.
Talking on your phone in a toilet,
on a bus, train, etc.
Using the speakerphone
for a private conversation.
Texting people instead
of calling them.
I’m old enough to remember when a phone was just
a phone. We didn’t have to keep checking our phones
every two minutes. These days every teenager has their
nose glued to2 a mobile phone, every hour of the day.
Paul Farrington-Douglas (UK)
4 Gate October | 2018
Discuss
When did you last check your phone
notifications?
How often do you switch your phone off?
How long ago did you last leave your
phone at home when going out, and how
did you feel?
Which do you prefer, texting (including via
WhatsApp, etc.) or speaking on the phone?
Where do you use your phone most?
How many minutes a day do you think
you spend on your phone?
What do you think when you meet
someone (your age) who doesn’t have
a smartphone?
Don’t have a smartphone? Discuss
these questions instead:
Why don’t you have a smartphone?
How do you feel about not having
a smartphone?
What do your friends think about it?
The Serious Bit What Should We Do?
When did you last check your phone to see A phone is not just a phone. It’s a computer,
if you have any notifications? Not long ago, calculator, camera, map, compass, library
right? There’s a reason for that. Human and brain. There’s no way we can just
beings feel good when we connect with stop using our phones. But, at the same
other people. We feel good when someone time, there is a real downside13 to phone
gives us a “like”. addiction.
The people who make Facebook, Twitter, Some research14 suggests that mobile
Snapchat and many other social media phones change our brains. That’s not certain.
apps know this. Each time you get a like or What is certain is that mobile addiction is
a share, you get a little buzz – a tiny good very bad for relationships. Spending time on Glossary
feeling. That’s because your brain releases9 your phone when you’re with your girlfriend to kid – to joke; “Who am I kidding?”
a little bit of dopamine, your or boyfriend, checking your notifications in means “I’m talking nonsense, and
body’s natural “happy the middle of a conversation… these things everyone knows it.”
drug”. can do real harm15. algorithm – a program that a computer
uses to solve a problem
There’s no need to throw your phone out.
spam – messages you don’t want, such
But try switching off notifications and set
as advertisements
some times when you don’t use your phone
at all.
Dopamine is And when you’re with people you care Vocabulary
addictive10. That about? Put them first.
means you start to need it. The 1 to rot [rɒt] – verrotten
developers11 know this, too, and they have 2 glued to sth [ɡluːd] – vor etwas kleben
spent many years and millions of dollars 3 to be addicted to sth [əˈdɪktɪd] – nach
etwas süchtig sein
to use this effect as much as possible.
4 to complain about sth [ kəmˈpleɪn] –
That’s why if you are not active for a while sich über etwas beschweren
you still get notifications (e.g. “Sarah has 5 news update [njuːz ˈʌpdeɪt] –
posted a new Tweet”). Instagram has an Nachrichtenaktualisierung
algorithm* that waits before showing new 6 bad habit [ ˈhæbɪt] – schlechte
Angewohnheit
likes, then shows them very quickly when
7 notification [ˌnəʊtɪfɪˈkeɪʃn] –
you are about to exit the app. Benachrichtigung
Each time we get a notification, we wonder 8 to shoot [ʃuːt] – filmen
what it will be. A “like” for our photo? ”The best thing we can do is to separate 9 to release [rɪˈliːs] – freisetzen
10 addictive [ əˈdɪktɪv] – suchterzeugend
A spam* email? A message from a friend? parts of our lives from technology to keep 11 developer [dɪˈveləpə(r)] – Entwickler
Sometimes it’s good, often it’s unimportant. them special and tech-free.” 12 uncertainty [ʌnˈsɜːtnti] – Ungewissheit
Even that uncertainty12 is addictive. It’s the 13 downside [ ˈdaʊnsaɪd] – Schattenseite
– adam alter, social psychologist
same psychological trick. 14 research [ rɪˈsɜːtʃ] – Forschung
15 harm [ hɑːm] – Schaden
Gate October | 2018 5
a2–b1 Tradition Tracks 4 tf Activities
What is Halloween? It’s
that silly holiday that
Americans and some
people in the UK celebrate,
with all the candy,
costumes, and pumpkins,
right? Well, that’s partly
right. Halloween used to
be celebrated mainly in the
US and UK, but it’s getting
Denmark celebrates the holiday with pumpkins. Families and
more and more popular neighborhoods come together to carve9 beautiful jack-o’-lanterns and drink
in other places as well. hot chocolate. On the other hand, trick-or-treating hasn’t really caught on*
there. Actually in Denmark there is a festival called Fastelavn, during which
Megan LeBoeuf (USA) children also dress up and go from door to door and ask for candy.
Where It All Started Symbols like pumpkins, spiders, bats, parties – or helping their children buy or
Although it is connected with the Christian and black cats are now connected with make a costume.
Halloween in America. For young children,
holidays All Hallows’ Eve and All Saints’ Day
it’s a fun holiday about free candy and Back into the World
now, Halloween started as a Celtic holiday Such fun couldn’t be kept only in America,
called Samhain. Summer was ending and dressing up as their favorite characters.
For teenagers, it’s often about mischief7, of course. Over time, the traditions have
the long, dark, cold winter was coming. spread8 to other countries, many bringing
pranks*, scary stories, and urban legends*.
People lit1 bonfires2 and wore costumes to something special to the celebrations.
scare away ghosts. For adults, it’s usually about costume
Americanization
The most recognizable3 symbols of Mexico celebrates Día de
Halloween these days come from America. los Muertos, or The Day of the
The holiday wasn’t celebrated much in Dead, at Halloween time. This
early America, but when a lot of Irish and holiday is less about candy
English immigrants4 started arriving in the and costumes, and more
late 1800s, they brought the old traditions about remembering dead
with them. In America, the traditions grew, family members. Families
and people started dressing in costumes decorate the graves10 of their
and going from house to house asking loved ones and keep an altar11
for money and treats5. The holiday was in their homes with photos
separated from religion6 and became about of dead relatives. Many
communities and having parties and eating people believe their spirits12
sweets. Eventually the traditions changed will come back to visit at this
into the trick-or-treating we know today, time. Typical symbols are
where children dress in costumes and go skulls13 and skeletons, which
door to door asking for candy. appear as masks and toys.
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Japan doesn’t do trick-or-treating at
all, but the Japanese definitely love their
Discuss
costumes. In fact, there are huge parades14
in cities like Tokyo, where thousands of Is Halloween a popular holiday in
people wearing elaborate15 costumes can your country? Would you like it to
be? Why or why not?
be seen on busy streets and squares.
What is your favorite Halloween
tradition from the article? Which
country would you like to live in on
Halloween?
Glossary
France has adopted the
prank – a joke on somebody
American traditions of putting on
urban legend – a (usually scary)
scary costumes and going to parties
story which people say is true even
in recent years. In some places, though it probably never happened
people go from door to door asking to catch on – to become popular
for treats. But they don’t visit
people’s houses – they visit shops.
BrE vs AmE
advert (BrE) × commercial (AmE)
sweets (BrE) × candy (AmE)
Germany has pumpkin festivals, favourite (BrE) × favorite (AmE)
and celebrating with parties and Halloween lanterns (BrE) ×
costumes is getting more popular jack-o’-lanterns (AmE)
neighbourhoods (BrE) ×
with young people. But not
neighborhoods (AmE)
everywhere. October 31st is also
Reformation Day, an important
religious holiday for Protestants. Vocabulary
Some people in Protestant regions
see Halloween as a pagan16 festival 1 to light [laɪt] – anzünden
2 bonfire [ˈbɒnfaɪə(r)] – Feuer
that should not be allowed on this
3 recognizable [ ˈrekəɡnaɪzəbl] –
Christian day. erkennbar
4 immigrant [ ˈɪmɪɡrənt] –
Einwanderer
5 treat [triːt] – Süßigkeit
6 religion [ rɪˈlɪdʒən] – Religion
Hong Kong and China might have the 7 mischief [ ˈmɪstʃɪf] – Schabernack
scariest tradition of all: the Hungry Ghost Festival. 8 to spread [ spred] – verteilen
9 to carve [kɑːv] – schnitzen
For the whole seventh month of the lunar
10 grave [ɡreɪv] – Grab
calendar, tradition says that the dead freely walk 11 altar [ˈɔːltə(r)] – Altar
around the land of the living. Nice spirits might 12 spirit [ ˈspɪrɪt] – Geist
visit their family, but there are also dangerous 13 skull [skʌl] – Totenkopf
ones around. People burn fake17 paper money for 14 parade [ pəˈreɪd] – Festzug
15 elaborate [ ɪˈlæbərət] – kunstvoll
the dead to use in the afterlife, as well as offering
16 pagan [ ˈpeɪɡən] – heidnisch
them food and other items to keep them happy. 17 fake [ feɪk] – falsch
If the ghosts aren’t fed, they might get angry. 18 witchcraft [ˈwɪtʃkrɑːft] – Hexerei
Task Match the countries
with the traditions.
South Africa has some 1 Denmark a pumpkin festivals
Halloween celebrations, 2 USA b the center of Halloween
though nothing as big as in
many other countries. Trick-
3 France c only private parties
or-treating is not popular, 4 Hong Kong d costume play
but private parties, including
5 Mexico e burning paper money
parties at nightclubs, are
more common. Most Africans 6 South Africa f pumpkin carving
are against the idea of
7 Japan g trick-or-treating in shops
Halloween because they feel
it represents witchcraft18. 8 Germany h altars for dead loved ones
→ Solutions in tf
Gate October | 2018 7
A2-B1 Stories Track 5 tf Lesson Plan 1
Unsolved Mysteries
Not everything in this world
is understandable. As The Oakville
humans, we love to try to find
Blobs12
the logic behind everything,
but some things just cannot
be explained. Here are a few
of the world’s strangest
unsolved1 mysteries.
Liam Peach (UK)
The Voynich Manuscript2
Jack the Ripper6
Theories People thought the blobs
could be waste from an aeroplane toilet,
but all American aeroplane toilet waste
is dyed15 blue. Another theory was that
the blobs were the result of a military
experiment.
Theories Many different famous
philosophers and scientists have been
suggested as possible authors. Some
people believe the book is an early
medical guide, others say it is the work
of aliens. Theories There are many theories
about the identity of Jack the Ripper.
At the time, the police had a number
of suspects10, but nobody was ever
charged11. The list includes people such
as William Withey Gull, Queen Victoria’s
doctor, Robert Donston Stephenson,
a journalist who wrote about the
murders, Alexander Pedachenko,
a Russian doctor, and even Prince Albert
Victor, Queen Victoria’s grandson.
Vocabulary
1 unsolved [ˌʌnˈsɒlvd] – ungelöst 8 victim [ˈvɪktɪm] – Opfer
2 manuscript [ ˈmænjuskrɪpt] – 9 to claim [kleɪm] – behaupten
Manuskript 10 suspect [ˈsʌspekt] – Verdächtiger Discuss
3 code [kəʊd] – Code 11 to charge [tʃɑːdʒ] – anklagen On the next page
4 linguist [ ˈlɪŋɡwɪst] – 12 blob [ blɒb] – Tropfen Do you know any read a comic strip
Sprachwissenschaftler 13 jelly-like substance other unsolved about another
5 to examine [ɪɡˈzæmɪn] – untersuchen [ˈdʒeli- laɪk ˈsʌbstəns] – gelartige Substanz mysteries? Can famous unsolved
6 to rip [rɪp] – reißen 14 blood cell [ ˈblʌd sel] – Blutkörperchen you tell the class mystery.
7 surgeon [ ˈsɜːdʒən] – Chirurg 15 to dye [daɪ] – färben about them?
8 Gate October | 2018
Tracks 6, 7 tf Activities stories A2–b1
pass – Pass, incident – Unfall, experienced – erfahren, search party – Suchmannschaft, inquest – Untersuchung,
massive internal injuries – schwere innere Verletzungen, hypothermia – Unterkühlung, to confirm – bestätigen, case – Fall
Gate October | 2018 9
b1 People Track 8 tf Activities
When Europeans arrived in America in 1492, there were
at least 8 million Native Americans – and maybe as
many as 112 million, according to some estimates1. They
lived in tribes2 across what is now the United States
(including Hawaii and Alaska). Today, all of the tribes have
decreased3 in size, and some have disappeared, but there
are still 562 tribes. The biggest include the Cherokee,
the Navajo [ˈnævəhəʊ] and the Sioux [suː].
Molly Emmett (USA)
expansion7, the Sioux started to have important Sioux
conflicts with the US government over land. site, the Black
At the same time, the white settlers8 were Hills, a war started.
killing bison, taking away the tribe’s only Sitting Bull was
food. a Lakota holy10
man and leader
Sitting Bull & Crazy Horse who, in 1876, had
Two of the best-known Sioux in history a vision that many
are Sitting Bull and Crazy Horse. Both of US soldiers would
them helped their people fight against fall at a Lakota Sitting Bull
unfair American policies9. In the mid-1800s, camp. Three weeks
The Sioux conflicts grew because the government later, his tribe and
allowed white settlers to build on Sioux the Cheyenne defeated the white soldiers
Each tribe has a different story to tell. One land, even after signing an agreement to at the Battle of the Little Bighorn. The
of the best known is the Great Sioux Nation, protect it. When gold was discovered at an Lakota Sioux were led by Crazy Horse.
which is actually made up of seven groups,
or “nations,” in the central north plains4
of the United States and parts of Canada.
The Sioux are divided into three groups
according to language: Eastern Dakota,
Western Dakota, and Lakota. The name Sioux
does not come from any of these dialects.
It actually comes from a French explorer’s
version of the name he heard other tribes
using, and wrote down in French. That is
why the spelling might seem strange.
Bison Hunters & Warriors5
The Sioux famously hunted bison and
moved a lot on the plains following the
animals. The bison gave them everything
they needed: food, hides6 for their tepees
and bones for tools. The Lakota Sioux were The Battle of the Little Bighorn
also great warriors. With the westward
10 Gate October | 2018The Last Resistance The Wounded Knee Protesting
Sitting Bull’s vision inspired Massacre DAPL
the Sioux to keep fighting. After his death, some of
However, the US government Sitting Bull’s tribe tried to
sent more soldiers. Crazy escape. About two weeks
Horse died the next year later, on December 29th 1890,
when resisting11 arrest and they were stopped by about In 2016, an oil company planned
Sitting Bull moved his group into Canada. 500 US soldiers. To this day, no one knows to build the Dakota Access Pipeline
Then, in 1890, the Sioux tried to fight back how the shooting started, but somehow it (DAPL), which would carry oil from
one more time. During this period, an did. There was complete chaos in the camp North Dakota to Illinois, passing close
American Indian movement (= Bewegung) by Wounded Knee Creek. The Sioux tried to the Standing Rock Reservation and
called the Ghost Dance became popular. Its to fight back, but they had no guns. After it almost certainly infecting their water
followers believed that performing a special ended, more than 150 Lakota men, women source and destroying ancient graves.
circle dance could help bring back dead and children were dead, along with 20 US The Standing Rock Sioux, as well as
spirits12 and make white colonists leave. The soldiers. It became known as the Wounded many other American Indian and non-
US government was afraid of the movement Knee Massacre, and it was one of the last Indian activists, began to peacefully
and thought Sitting Bull would join it. They armed13 fights between American Indians and protest the project by camping out on
tried to arrest him at the Standing Rock the US government. Since then, the Sioux the land. People around the United
reservation* in South Dakota, and during have continued living in many reservations States and the world supported them,
the fight he was shot and killed. across the north central US and Canada. and eventually the Army Corps of
Engineers under President Barack
Obama temporarily stopped the
project to do more environmental
research. However, when Donald
Trump became president in January
2017, he made a decision to let the
project continue. All of the protesters
had to leave by February, and the
pipeline was completed in April 2017.
Glossary
Project Find information
about the other tribes mentioned
in the article and present it to
your class. How did they live and The Standing Rock reservation –
how do they live now? a reservation in North and South
Dakota where the Sioux had to move
in the 1860s
Task Read the definitions and
find the words in the text.
Vocabulary
1 a famous Sioux spiritual leader 1 estimate [ˈestɪmət] – Schätzung
2 tribe [traɪb] – Stamm
2 a place set by the US government for the Sioux to live 3 to decrease [dɪˈkriːs] – verringern
4 plain [pleɪn] – Ebene
3 one of the Sioux groups famous for its courage 5 warrior [ ˈwɒriə(r)] – Krieger
6 hide [ haɪd] – Fell
4 the year of the famous defeat of US soldiers by the Native Americans 7 expansion [ɪkˈspænʃn] – Ausdehnung
8 settler [ˈsetlə(r)] – Siedler
5 a place in South Dakota where a large number of Native Americans were shot 9 policy [ˈpɒləsi] – Politik
10 holy [ ˈhəʊli] – Heiliger
6 two things common in Sioux culture 11 to resist [rɪˈzɪst] – widersetzen
12 dead spirit [ ˈspɪrɪt] – verstorbene
Geist
7 a ritual Native Americans did to make white people go away
13 armed [ɑːmd] – bewaffnet
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Gate October | 2018 11a2–B1 animals
(UK)
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S t r e e al s T h at
Anim in Cities
Live
It is more and more difficult for many wild animals to live in the countryside.
Farmers use pesticides that kill insects. This means there is less food for small
mammals1 and birds – and that means there is less food for predators2. Also,
farmers kill animals like wolves, foxes and badgers3. And roads make it difficult
for larger animals to move around. What can a poor, hungry animal do?
A
ll over the
world there Nightlife in English Towns
are animals Around 150,000 foxes live in England’s towns
that have and cities – there are about 18 per square
found a different way to kilometre in London, for example. They live
survive4. They have moved in underground homes called earths, and
to the cities. Cities are also England’s towns have lots of places to dig,
dangerous for animals, of such as along the sides of railway tracks5.
course. But humans eat People often think urban foxes are terrible
a lot of food, and a lot of because they knock over6 rubbish bins7 to
it is thrown away where get food. It’s true that the leftovers8 from
animals can get it easily. a barbecue make a great meal for a fox.
And some animals in some But foxes are great hunters, and cities are
cities don’t even wait for home to millions of mice, rats and delicious
that – they take food from fat pigeons9. Much better than junk food10
gardens, from shops and every day.
even from people’s hands.
Here are a few examples
of animals that live and
Pigging Out* in Germany
do well in cities all around Wild boar** are more and more common in several
the world. European cities, but Berlin is Boar City – around
3,000-6,000 live there. They often live in parks with
lots of trees. They can eat almost anything, but they
are big animals (the largest males weigh around
200 kilogrammes) and they need to eat a lot.
In cities, people often see wild boar eating rubbish.
That’s only part of what they eat, though. Mostly
they eat plants and roots11. They get this by
rooting – digging up the ground with their snouts12 –
and they often destroy gardens and roads.
12 Gate October | 2018Monkeying Around*
F e r a l
n g
Hundreds of Hanuman langurs
o i
(a kind of monkey) live in the
G
Indian city of Jodhpur. They
live on the city’s roofs and steal
food wherever they can – from
rubbish bins, from street markets,
even from people’s homes.
The Hanuman langur is
a sacred13 animal in the Hindu
religion. Some langur groups
live in the gardens of Hindu
temples14, and people bring
them food. These langurs are so
well-fed and healthy that they
have twice as many babies as
other wild langurs.
Many urban animals live An area of North London has Humans began keeping
in cities because we have hundreds of wild parrots, the them for food and to use
destroyed the countryside. descendants17 of pets from as messenger pigeons, and
But some are feral16, a home in the 1950s. we took them everywhere
which means that they And did you know that in the world (we took the
were first brought to the pigeons are also feral? They first pigeons to America in
city by humans as pets are also known as rock 1606). Many escaped, and
or food. Egyptian towns doves (= Klippentaube). Wild they were the great-great-
like Sharm El Sheikh, for rock doves live on sea- great grandfathers and
A Bird’s-Eye View of instance, are home to tens cliffs and in the mountains. grandmothers of all the city
of thousands of feral cats. pigeons all over the world.
the City
The Peregrine falcon **The usual plural of boar is the same as singular: boar.
(= Wanderfalke) lives almost
everywhere in the world, from Task 1 Which animal(s) Discuss
Europe to Australia. But the mentioned in the article…
What was the last wild animal you saw?
world’s biggest population lives
somewhere surprising: New York A …eat pigeons? Have you seen any wild animals in your
town / city?
City. It’s a perfect place for them.
B …destroy gardens looking for food? Have you seen any feral animals?
They live on tall skyscrapers
(which are very like cliffs15). C …live in places high above the ground?
Do you think it is good to have wild
They can fly very easily because animals in cities? Why / Why not?
of the warm air rising from the D …are the heaviest?
city’s buildings and cars. And,
best of all, there are lots and lots E …are feral? Glossary
of delicious pigeons. to pig out – to eat lots of food
F …are mammals?
Because the city is safe, warm to monkey around – to act in a silly way
and full of food, the New York
peregrines do not need to
migrate in winter. Life is easy in Task 2 Match the names with
Vocabulary
the Big Apple. the animals.
1 mammal [ˈmæml] – Säugetier
1 2 3 2 predator [ ˈpredətə(r)] – Jäger
3 badger [ ˈbædʒə(r)] – Dachs
4 to survive [səˈvaɪv] – überleben
5 railway track [ ˈreɪlweɪ træk] –
Eisenbahngleis
6 to knock over [nɒk ˈəʊvə(r)] – umwerfen
7 rubbish bin [ ˈrʌbɪʃ bɪn] – Abfalleimer
4 5
8 leftovers [ˈleftəʊvə(r)z] – Essensreste
6 9 pigeon [ˈpɪdʒɪn] – Taube
10 junk food [dʒʌŋk] – Junk-Food
11 root [ruːt] – Wurzel
12 snout [ snaʊt] – Schnauze
13 sacred [ ˈseɪkrɪd] – heilig
A pigeon b magpie c roe deer 14 temple [ˈtempl] – Tempel
15 cliff [klɪf] – Klippe
d hare e badger F squirrel
16 feral [ˈferəl] – wild
17 descendant [dɪˈsendənt] – Nachkomme
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Gate October | 2018 13A2–B1 Spotlight tf Activities
The City of Dreams
Chhatrapati Shivaji Terminus: A historic railway station
Do you know how Bombay ended up in British hands? community. They are very hard-working
people who make all sorts of high-quality
In the 17th century the Portuguese princess Catherine of things. Dharavi’s leather7 market is
Braganza married King Charles II and became Queen particularly known for its cheap and long-
lasting products.
Consort* of England. Portugal gave the seven islands
The Daily Fight
of Bombay to England as part of the Queen’s dowry1. Mumbai is an enormous city that is full of
Tess Joss (India) life. With a population of 20 million, the
streets, trains and buses are always crowded.
It is a city where people do not have time for
Mumbai or Bombay? sometimes the poor housing conditions anything. Every day is a fight, from getting
In the past four centuries, the city has do not tell the whole story. Some of these a crowded local train to work, to earning
been called by many different names. The tiny makeshift6 homes have large-screen enough money to live in this expensive city.
Portuguese called it Bombaim, meaning televisions and it is difficult to say exactly In India, Mumbai is known as the City of
“good bay2”. The British called it by its how rich their inhabitants are. Even if they Dreams. People from all over the country
anglicised name, Bombay. have money, they choose not to move move to the city in the hope of building
out of the slum because they love the a better and richer life. One of the people
In 1995 the Indian people decided to
do away with3 this name because of its
connections with colonialism, and the city
became Mumbai, which was one of the
names the place had before the arrival of
the Europeans.
Mumbai is India's largest city, located
on the west coast. Besides being the
commercial capital of the country, it is
also home to India’s famous film industry4,
Bollywood. Ever wondered why it is called
that? Simple – because it is Bombay’s
answer to Hollywood. Therefore the B
instead of the H.
Mumbai Mix
Mumbai is a city of contrasts. Here you can
see the richest people meeting the poorest
people every minute of the day. You can
find luxurious5 skyscrapers standing right
next to dirty slums. Mumbai has the second
largest slum in Asia, called Dharavi. But
14 Gate October | 2018Discuss
Would you like to visit Mumbai? Why /
Why not?
What would be interesting about seeing
Mumbai?
Have you ever visited a big city? Which
one? What was it like?
History Point
Mumbai used to have seven
islands, but thanks to reclaiming
(= Zurückgewinnen) land from the sea,
they are now all connected and make
and is welcomed by the millions of Mumbai- up the southern part of the city.
dwellers12 after five months of terrible
heat. The sun rarely comes out during the
monsoon months, which is something Glossary
that Indians appreciate (we hate the heat).
Queen Consort – the
However, the disadvantage of such a long
wife of the king in power
period of non-stop rain is that the city gets
flooded13 every year, and people die. The
advantage to it is that, because the city
stops, people are excused from going to Vocabulary
who made it8 is the Indian actor Shahrukh
Khan, known as the King of Bollywood. work and schools close until a time when 1 dowry [ˈdaʊri] – Mitgift
water levels in the city come down. 2 bay [ beɪ] – Bucht
Friends in Need 3 to do away with – abschaffen
There are many things about it that make it Mumbai Lessons 4 industry [ˈɪndəstri] – Industrie
Mumbai is a city that truly needs to be 5 luxurious [ lʌɡˈʒʊəriəs] – luxuriös
a marvellous place to live. Because people
experienced. Mumbai teaches you one very 6 makeshift [ˈmeɪkʃɪft] – notdürftig
here do not have time, they don’t have 7 leather [ˈleðə(r)] – Leder
conflicts with other people. In difficult times, important lesson: that you need very little 8 to make it – es schaffen
people go out of their way to help each to live, and even the little things you have 9 riot [ˈraɪət] – Aufstand
other out. In the past few decades, Mumbai can always be shared with the stranger 10 natural disaster [ˈnætʃrəl dɪˈzɑːstə(r)] –
travelling in the local train beside you. Naturkatastrophe
has seen a few terrible terrorist attacks,
Its sea will remind you that even among all 11 to recover [rɪˈkʌvə(r)] – erholen
riots9 and natural disasters10. Despite all this, 12 dweller [ˈdwelə(r)] – Bewohner
the city recovered11 in no time. the chaos, you’ll have a place for rest, quiet 13 flood, to get flooded [flʌd ˈflʌdɪd] –
and peace. And once you take in the spirit Überflutung, wird überflutet
The Monsoon of Mumbai, you will find
The best time in the city is the monsoon. yourself forever changed.
The monsoon season lasts for three months For the better, definitely.
Task Choose the correct word to
complete the sentences.
1 Bombay became British through war / marriage.
Mumbai was chosen as the official name of
2 the city to forget / remember its colonial past.
3 All / Not all the residents of Dharavi are poor.
Everyday life involves travelling by comfortable /
4 crowded trains and high / low prices.
In difficult times, people in Mumbai
5 help / don’t help each other.
The monsoon season lasts two / three
6 months and it means schools close / open.
In Mumbai you will learn that
7 you need very little / a lot.
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Gate October | 2018 15a2–b1 Leaders Track 9 tf Activities
Gandhi, the Activist
Mahatma Gandhi was one of the
world’s most famous activists.
He promoted1 peaceful2 activism
and his actions still influence3
people today. His journey
from a young child,
growing up in India, to
one of the most famous
Indian Independence8
names in history is a When Gandhi returned to India, he was
fascinating one. shocked to see how poor his country was.
He wanted to improve the living conditions9
Karen Cryer (UK) for his people, leading many protests, and
was put in prison many times. At the time,
the UK ruled10 India, and Gandhi wanted
The Beginnings of Greatness
India to be independent. The protests he led
Gandhi was born on October 2nd 1869.
were peaceful – people would go on strike
He often fought for the rights4 of poor
(not work), march and sit in the streets.
people, so it’s surprising that his family
When Gandhi was put in prison he would
was well-off5. His father worked for the
often fast (not eat) in protest. Because the
government and Gandhi had a comfortable
Indian people loved Gandhi, the British
childhood. His mother taught him
always had to let him go from prison – if he
everything about the Hindu religion6.
died, there would be chaos.
Teenage Rebellion Peace Brings Change
Gandhi was a teenage rebel. He stopped
Finally, in 1947, Britain agreed to give India
following the Hindu religion, ate meat, drank
independence. However, they divided the
alcohol and spent time with girls. At the young
country in two – Hindu India and Muslim
age of 13, Gandhi married a girl called Kasturba, who
Pakistan. Gandhi and the Indian people
was 14. This sounds crazy now, but back then in India
were not happy and many riots11 started in
it wasn’t so unusual to get married at such a young
which a lot of people died. Gandhi fasted
age. The marriage was arranged by his parents.
to make people stop the violence12. He
Learning Law was successful in Calcutta and New Delhi,
After his father died, Gandhi felt it was important to but his life ended suddenly. He was killed
improve himself. He studied law in London. However, by a Hindu fanatic. However, his message
when he returned to India to be a lawyer, he was not about peaceful protest is still alive today.
successful. He took a job in South Africa and it was
there that he really started to fight for what was right.
Peaceful Protest
CD Listening
Listen to interesting
facts about Gandhi and
In South Africa, Gandhi and other Indian immigrants
do an exercise in TF.
were discriminated against because of their skin
colour. For example, Gandhi was once thrown off
Vocabulary
a train even though he bought 1 to promote [prəˈməʊt] – einsetzen
a first class ticket. There were 2 peaceful [ˈpiːsfl] – friedlich
other anti-Indian laws, too. 3 to influence [ˈɪnfluəns] – prägen
4 rights [ˈraɪts] – Rechte
Gandhi led over 2,000 people 5 well-off [ˌwel ˈɒf] – wohlhabend
in a march7 to protest for their 6 religion [rɪˈlɪdʒən] – Religion
rights and was put in prison. 7 march [mɑːtʃ] – Marsch
After nine months he was set free 8 independence [ˌɪndɪˈpendəns] –
and South Africa changed the Unabhängigkeit
9 conditions [ kənˈdɪʃnz] – Bedingungen
laws that discriminated against 10 to rule [ ruːl] – regieren
Indians. By peaceful protest, 11 riots [ ˈraɪəts] – Unruhen
he had improved the lives of 12 violence [ˈvaɪələns] – Gewalt
thousands of people.
16 Gate October | 2018PUZZLE a2
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Agent Gate
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please, let’s speak quietly. We
have a man in the next room who
is very, very upset. Unfortunately,
we don’t understand exactly
what’s wrong. He can’t even
speak normally! We think some
of the words he’s saying are
scrambled (= verdreht). We need
your help unscrambling them.
You can go in and talk to him
now. Just be careful! We don’t
know if he’s dangerous.
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people,
Next Steps
ve ! Y ou have a (6 – 7). Those be not. A lot of strange
su rvi
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e ra l t They have Maybe this man is crazy… but may
where the i c t (22–23). We need you to find the place
ot just c
er c e n
think cat
s things are happening these days.
they’re n g ( 1 6). They y , what’s there. But first we have to
of ile ri n o ely cr az he’s talking about and go and see
some kind . Absolut want he’s not speaking clearly…
ho (1 0– 11)! Crazy r st a nd , I don’t figure out where it is. And of cour
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are ly to u n de
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You have ’t care w that. Not in the blue house!
they are. –5). I don eople. Th
ey It was on Apple Street, I remember
i co m (4 t a nt p the bank. It was the red house.
to lanp ar e i mp o r
nment . W hat That one’s between the park and
but they the gover only red house that is not next
believe, – 2 1 ) i n i de a s? Red! But just the one red house. The
fleen (20 rld with
these e is west of the park, of course,
have cuni o t he w o to another red house! The post offic
do t
will they with three houses in between. And
why is the school next to the
ses west of the supermarket,
supermarket? There are two red hou
k. The most beautiful house on
of course, between it and the ban
east of the post office. I know
the street is the yellow one to the
yello w house. There are two more
there’s a red house next to that
of the school. The house west
yellow houses on that street, east
the cafe! There are four houses
of the park is red, too. Don’t go to
There are blue houses, two of
between the cafe and the school.
cafe,
them, one east and one west of that
red hou se wes t of the wes t
and another
Quic kly, you have to stop them !
blue one.
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Gate October | 2018 17a2–B1 Geography Track 10 tf Lesson Plan 2
Have you ever heard of
A r ound
Worcestershire? You probably
know the sauce, but why is
it called that? And you know
about Yorkshire, which gave
a name to a dog. But why is
Yorkshire called that? And
if you’ve read or seen Alice
in Wonderland, you’ve met
the Cheshire cat. All these
things are named after the
places they are from – more
specifically, the counties1 they
are from. In the UK, counties
are the areas the country is
divided into. As you can see,
the names of many of the 1 Cornwall
2 Oxfordshire
counties are often made from 3 Berkshire
taking the biggest or most
important town or city and
adding “shire” (Worcester +
shire = Worcestershire). Let’s
2
visit a few of the counties 3
of England.
1
Liam Peach (UK)
Oxfordshire Cornwall
population 682,400 population 563,600
county town Oxford county town Truro
Oxfordshire is of course best-known for its county Not all the counties end in
town, Oxford, with its world-famous university. “shire” and Cornwall is one of
Oxford University is so old that, nobody knows them. And that is maybe no
exactly when it was founded2! We do know that surprise because Cornwall is
there has been a place for education3 there since a unique6 county. It is the most
1096. If you’ve seen any of the Harry Potter films, south-western part of Great
you have seen Oxford University – many of its Britain and is surrounded by
historical buildings were used to film scenes in sea to the north, west and
Hogwarts, the school for witches and wizards. And south. Because of this, it has
Harry Potter is not the only film to use Oxfordshire miles of coastline7 and beaches and is one of the most beautiful places in the UK.
landmarks4 – the James Bond film Spectre used It is also the best place in the country for surfing. Cornwall is the traditional home
Winston Churchill’s birthplace Blenheim Palace of the Cornish people – Celts who had their own language and customs8. Many of
for some scenes, and TV shows like Downton the inhabitants of this county can trace9 their roots10 back to their Celtic ancestors11,
Abbey and Midsomer Murders have also been and although less than 1 % of modern Cornish people can speak the language, it
made in the county. And it is not just film and TV lives on in the names of towns, businesses, people and in modern Cornish dialect.
companies that like Oxfordshire, it is one of the Cornwall is still a very independent place, and Cornish people are very proud of their
most popular places in England for tourists too. history and traditions. Perhaps the best thing to come out of Cornwall is the Cornish
pasty – a savoury12 meal of
beef, swede13, potato and
D id Y ou K now ?
D id Y ou K now ?
Oxford has more published5 writers Cornwall has its own
per square mile* than anywhere saint – Saint Piran. His day onion wrapped in pastry14 and
else on Earth! Writers who have is celebrated on March 5th cooked. Delicious, or as the
a connection with Oxford include with parades15, concerts and Cornish would say, dentethyel!
J.R.R. Tolkien, C.S. Lewis, Oscar dancing. Some towns even
Wilde and Philip Pullman. give out free Cornish pasties!
18 Gate October | 2018ound the C ounti e s
Blenheim Palace, Oxfordshire
Berkshire
CD Listening
Listen to
the recording about
population 905,800 another county.
county town Berkshire
doesn’t have a county town –
the biggest town is Reading Glossary
People sometimes square mile – 2.6 km2
forget about Berkshire, dialect – a form of language
(pronounced ˈbɑːrkʃər), spoken in a particular region, area
and it’s true that some of
its towns like Slough and
Vocabulary
Reading don’t live very
long in the memory, but 1 county [ˈkaʊnti] – Staat
there are lots of other 2 to found [ faʊnd] – gründen
things here that make 3 education [ˌedʒuˈkeɪʃn] – Bildung
4 landmark [ ˈlændmɑːk] –
Berkshire worth16 a visit. Wahrzeichen
One of the main attractions is Windsor Castle, the weekend home of the Queen and the place 5 published [ ˈpʌblɪʃt] – veröffentlicht
where Prince Harry and Meghan Markle recently got married. Berkshire is also home to one of 6 unique [ juˈniːk] – einzigartig
the most famous schools in the country – Eton. Nineteen different British prime ministers went to 7 coastline [ˈkəʊstlaɪn] –
Eton, as well as Princes William and Harry, and actors Tom Hiddleston and Eddie Redmayne. And Küstenstrecke
8 custom [ˈkʌstəm] – Brauch
Berkshire’s connection to the stars doesn’t end there. Actresses Kate Winslet and Natalie Dormer
9 to trace [treɪs] – zurückführen
were born there, as was comedian Ricky Gervais, and 10 roots [ ruːts] – Herkunft
George and Amal Clooney like Berkshire so much, 11 ancestor [ ˈænsestə(r)] – Vorfahre
D id Y ou K now ?
Windsor
they bought a house there. And even if you’ve never 12 savoury [ ˈseɪvəri] – herzhaft
Castle is
been to Berkshire, you might have seen it on TV or 13 swede [ swiːd] – Kohlrübe
the biggest
14 pastry [ˈpeɪstri] – Pastete
inhabited17 in a film – Highclere Castle is the real life Downton
15 parade [ pəˈreɪd] – Festzug
castle in Abbey and the scenes at 4 Privet Drive in the Harry 16 inhabited [ ɪnˈhæbɪtɪd] – bewohnt
the world. Potter films were also filmed in the county.
Gate October | 2018 19A2-B1 Music
Here at Gate we’ve been listening
to the charts and we’ve found some
new musicians who are getting really
big. Have you heard any of them?
What do you think of their music?
Kristine Botha (South Africa)
Alessia’s Music
Alessia Cara is a 22-year-old singer-songwriter from Canada,
known for hits such as “Here” and “Scars to Your Beautiful”. She
began her career by posting acoustic* covers1 of her favourite
songs on YouTube at the age of 13, but in 2015 she released2 her
first official album of original songs. Her music mixes R&B and pop,
and she sings about partying, love, growing up, and accepting3
individual beauty.
A Canadian Success
This Canadian star won her first Grammy Award in 2018, for “Best
New Artist”. She is the first Canadian to ever win this award.
This suggests that she is a star to
watch. Her latest single,
“Growing Pains”, is
about the challenges4
of becoming
an adult.
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movie Moana 5 and she can sp
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Alessia Cara
Pop Music’s New SweetheartTroye’s Music
Troye is a 23-year-old Australian pop artist taking the music
world by storm6 with his interesting releases. As a proud
member of the LGTBQ* community*, his music (and music
videos) often look at the problems he faced as a young gay man.
His youthful, fun pop sound also has electronic influences7
and darker lyrics at times. He describes his last album, Blue
Neighbourhood, as a “coming-of-age8” record, as he was still
discovering who he was when he wrote it. His new album,
Bloom, came out in late August, but he has already had success
with a few tracks from it, such as “My My My!”, “The Good Side”,
and “Dance to This” (a collaboration9 with Ariana Grande).
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Troye Sivan stars like Kendrick Lamar and had a very Kyl ie Jen ner po ste
“Location” on her Sna
d his song
pchat
successful, sold out11 tour. He released his followers.
account to millions of
first album, American Teen, in 2017. orgia, USA,
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in diff ere nt places
but live d
mo the r wo rked for
because his
n lived in
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12
Khalid Germany for six years.
Julia’s Music
Although she only The New Kid on the Block
released her EP*
Nervous System in
2017, 24-year-old
Julia has actually Glossary
been on the pop
music scene for acoustic – not using electrical equipment
a while. However, LGTBQ – Lesbian, Gay, Transgender, Bisexual
and Queer
instead of being the
EP – a collection of songs by an artist,
face of the music,
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into the Spotlight13
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A2-B1 Social
SKAM Austin A Social Media Series
Next time you’re looking for a TV show
What is SKAM? to follow, look at your Facebook
SKAM Austin offers its viewers1 a window into
page. I’m not saying your
the lives of teens at the fictional2 Bouldin High friends’ lives are that
School in Austin, Texas. Although the show follows
a script and the characters are not real people, it
dramatic (or perhaps they are).
feels like they are. From the camera work to the No, I’m talking about Facebook
acting and to the unique3 format, the series is
Watch, the new service that lets you
very realistic. Even the actors are local teens, not
famous faces we can see everywhere. The series watch certain series for free, simply by
shows the average life of a teenager – changing having a Facebook account. And one of
friendships, struggling to pass4 classes, attraction
of all types, bullying5, and family issues – all these new series is called SKAM Austin.
without sugar-coating* things.
Molly Emmett (USA)
Who is who?
Season 1 of SKAM Austin Though we mostly see
follows 16-year-old Megan and her problems,
Megan during the end we slowly learn secrets
of her sophomore* year. about the other
Over eight full episodes, characters that leave us
we meet lots of really impatiently6 waiting for
interesting characters. the next season.
Megan
Marlon, Abby, Megan’s ex-best- Shay, Megan’s friend, is Grace, the cool new girl, Kelsey and her
Megan’s boyfriend, friend, who may not be the only person she can with whom Megan joins eccentric7 best friend
who might be hiding as bad as she seems. really talk to. the dance team. Josefina, who are both
something. on the dance team.
The Original Style SKAM Austin is not an entirely
new show. It is actually based on
a Norwegian series called SKAM,
which means “shame8”. The original series began in 2015 and continued for four
seasons on the Norwegian channel NRK P3. Every day, the channel’s website
released a clip of about three or four minutes, in “real time”. The episodes were
marked9 with the same dates and times that they went online, so it seemed
like the characters were living in the same timeline as the viewers. To make the
characters even more realistic, the original SKAM created social media profiles for
them, and posted links to the text messages they wrote, on the website. Every
Friday, the producers would combine all of the clips into a full-length episode.
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