TRACK 1: ENGLISHMAN & ENGLISHWOMAN
In the News
In The News NÚ21 The voice of the people London 2013
Objective To read and understand the news in English
Think about it
GLOSSARY
Have you read any Dan Brown novels? What did you think of them? What do you know about The Da Vinci Code?
a thriller n
What would you do if you were lost at sea? What other stories of survival have you heard about? an exciting book or film about criminal
activities
simultaneously adv
things which happen  simultaneously
Art
happen at the same time
to go to great lengths exp
to try very hard to do something; to
put in a lot of effort
TRANSLATION HELL
to leak vb
if a secret piece of information is
nferno is the latest novel allowed access to mobile
 leaked , someone tells the public
about it
by Dan Brown, author phones or computers, and
a plot n
Iof the bestselling were constantly watched by the story in a film, novel or play
in total secrecy exp
thriller The Da Vinci Code. security guards.  The time
if you do something  in total secrecy ,
you do it secretly so no one else finds
Although Brown wrote outside the bunker was
out about it
the book in English, it was reduced to nothing  lunch,
windowless adj
with no windows
released simultaneously in dinner at a very late hour
a bunker n
eleven other languages. This and sleep, commented a place underground with strong walls
to protect it against bombing
meant the novel s translators the French translator. But
to immerse yourself exp
if you  immerse yourself in
were among the first people the prison-like conditions
something, you become completely
to read it. But the publishing had an upside.  The
involved in it
stretching n
company behind the book secrecy in a windowless, bunker experience allowed
if you do some  stretching , you put
went to great lengths to maximum-security us to immerse ourselves your arms or legs out straight and pull
your muscles
ensure the translators didn t underground bunker in completely in Dan Brown's
push-ups n
exercises to strengthen your arms and
leak any plot details. For two Milan (where the publisher book, said another
chest muscles  you lie on the floor
months, they worked in total is based). They weren t translator.
(with your face down) and use your
arms to raise your body
sit-ups n
Fun fact
exercises to strengthen your stomach
muscles  you lie on the floor (on your
Dan Brown begins writing at 4am each morning. And he stops every hour to do some stretching, back) and move your body up while
keeping your legs straight
as well as some push-ups and sit-ups.
a matter of life and death exp
if something is a  matter of life and
death , it can kill someone
both processed the possible
a sibling n
Amazing
ways we might die. Would a brother or sister
off exp
we drown? Be eaten by a
if you re 12 kilometres  off the coast
(land) (for example), you re in the sea
shark? said Dan.  I thought
SURVIVAL AT SEA
12 kilometres away from the coast
t was supposed to be when their boat sank. They I was going to vomit I was
to sink vb
when a ship  sinks , it goes under
a relaxing holiday, but jumped into the water so scared, added Kate. After
the water
IDan and Kate Suski s along with the captain and swimming for 14 hours they the first mate n
an officer on a ship. This person is
trip to the Caribbean the first mate. But Dan finally reached a deserted
second in command after the captain
to lose sight of exp
turned into a matter of life and Kate soon lost sight of beach and were rescued.
if you  lose sight of something, you
and death. The American the crewmembers& and  We re so grateful to be alive
can t see it any more
mortality n
siblings (both in their of land. And then it grew right now, Kate said.  Since
if someone understands their own
30s) were on a fishing dark.  You come face-to- this ordeal, I ve been waking  mortality , they understand that they
might die
trip 12 kilometers off the face with understanding up at dawn every morning.
to drown vb
if someone  drowns , they die in water
Caribbean island of St Lucia your own mortality. We I ve never looked forward to
an ordeal n
the sunrise so much in my
a terrible experience
dawn n
life.
the time of day when light first
appears in the sky as the sun starts
to rise
Fun fact
a sunrise n
the time in the morning when the sun
In 2005, three Mexican men ran
first appears in the sky
out of fuel while fishing off the
to run out of fuel exp
if a boat  runs out of fuel , it has no
coast of Mexico. According to
more fuel (the liquid that powers
some calculations, they spent a
the boat)
record nine months lost at sea.
a turtle n
a large reptile which has a shell
They survived by eating turtles
covering its body and which lives in
and drinking rainwater.
the sea most of the time
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