FCE EXTRA LISTENING - CAMBRIDGE IN FIRST CERFITICATE IN ENGLISH 3

- postpone = put off

- Despite the fact the car was very expensive, it was worth paying for it.

- a carrot being peeled





- a man wearing a tie

- a coat


- "The north could turn rather cool this evening, but there is unlikely to be further rain".


- cloudy sky

COUNTODOWN TO FCE - UNIT 15 - THAT'S HOW IT'S DONE

- upside down


- scuba diving






- snorkeling














- a steering wheel

- a rubber air wheel

- saddle

- a coral reef

- Picture of damp and mould on wall

- If the red car parked any closer to mine, it would be in my trunk.

- a man walking throgh a wall


- The zig zag lady



- The Chinese linking rings

- sawing a woman in half

- a tennis player sticking out hist tongue

- stretcher

- two-handdled saw

- a woman tied on a chair by a rope

- eletric chain saw

pages 146 and 147 - Reading

- curl up: (POSITION) phrasal verbto sit or lie in a position with your arms and legs close to your body: She curled up on the sofa to watch TV.

- slice: verb 1 [T] to cut something into thin, flat pieces.

- slide (MOVE): verb [I or T] slid, slid to (cause to) - move easily and without interruption over a surface: When I was little I used to like sliding on the polished floor in my socks. We've got one of those doors in the kitchen that slides open. He slid the letter into his pocket while no one was looking.sliding doors [deslizar; escorregar]

- slip: verb [I] -pp- to slide unintentionally.

- stick (sth) out: phrasal verb [M] to come forward from the rest of your body, or to make part of your body do this: Mum, Lewis stuck out his tongue at me! He stuck his arm out of the window and waved at us. I wish my stomach didn't stick out so much.
- waggle: verb [I or T] to (cause to) move quickly up and down or from side to side: One of his party tricks is to waggle his ears. [balançar-se; sacudir; agitar-se; mexer]
- wriggle: verb 1 [I or T]- to twist your body, or move part of your body, with small, quick movements: A large worm wriggled in the freshly dug earth. Baby Martha was wriggling her toes in the sand. [contorcionar; zieguezaguear; sacudir]

pages 148 to 150

- craftsman: noun [C]a person who is skilled in a particular craft: The plates are hand painted by our finest craftsmen. [artesão, especialista]

- due: (adj) 1- due (OWED) owed as a debt or as a right: The rent is due (= should be paid) at the end of the month. Fifty pounds is MAINLY UK due to me/MAINLY US due me by the people I worked for last month. Our thanks are due to everyone. UK LEGAL He was found to have been driving without due (= the necessary) care and attention. 2- expected to happen, arrive, etc. at a particular time: What time is the next bus due? The next meeting is due to be held in three months' time.Their first baby is due in January. 3- due (RESULTING) adjective due to because of: A lot of her unhappiness is due to boredom. Due to wet leaves on the line, this train will arrive an hour late.

- overdue: adjective - not done or happening when expected or when needed; late: My library books are a week overdue. The baby is two weeks overdue (= The baby was expected to be born two weeks ago). Changes to the tax system are long overdue. She feels she's overdue for promotion. [atrasado]

- strap: noun [C]1-a narrow piece of leather or other strong material used for fastening something or giving support: Could you help me fasten this strap?

- warfare: noun [U] the activity of fighting a war, often including the weapons and methods that are used:guerrilla/naval/nuclear/trench warfare

page 151 - Listening

- attempt: noun [C] when you try to do something, especially something difficult: [+ to infinitive] She made a few half-hearted attempts to join in their conversation. He made no attempt to be sociable. This is my second attempt at the exam. None of our attempts at contacting Dr James was successful. They closed the road in an attempt (= to try to) to reduce traffic in the city.

- bumper to bumper: when there are so many cars and they are so close that they are almost touching each other: By eight o'clock the traffic was bumper to bumper.

- coral reef noun [C] a bank of coral, the top of which can sometimes be seen just above the sea.
- damp: adjective slightly wet, especially in a way that is not pleasant or comfortable: The grass is still damp. This shirt still feels a bit damp. It was a damp, misty morning.

- fancy (LIKE): verb [T] 1 MAINLY UK to want to have or do something: Do you fancy a drink this evening? [+ ing form of verb] I didn't fancy swimming in that water. 2 MAINLY UK INFORMAL to be sexually attracted to someone: He could tell she fancied him.

- gadget: noun [C] a small device or machine with a particular purpose: kitchen gadgets Have you seen this handy little gadget - it's for separating egg yolks (= the yellow part of an egg) from whites.

- handle (DEAL WITH): verb [T] to deal with, have responsibility for, or be in charge of: I thought he handled the situation very well. Some people are brilliant with computers, but have no idea how to handle (= behave with) other people. If you can't handle the job I'll get someone else to do it. Who handles the marketing in your company?
- inquiry, UK ALSO enquiry: noun1 [C or U] (the process of asking) a question: I've been making inquiries about/into the cost of a round-the-world ticket. FORMAL Inquiry into the matter is pointless - no one will tell you anything.

- saddle (SEAT): noun [C] a seat, often made of leather, used on a horse, bicycle, motorcycle, etc: He swung himself into the saddle and rode off.

- shudder: verb [I] 1 to shake suddenly with very small movements because of a very unpleasant thought or feeling: The sight of so much blood made him shudder. She shuddered at the thought of kissing him. 2 When something shudders, it shakes violently and quickly: I heard a massive explosion and the ground shuddered beneath me. There was a screech of brakes and the bus shuddered to a halt (= shook violently and stopped).

COUNTODOWN TO FCE - UNIT 4 - THEN AND NOW

pages 36 and 37 - From the hot streets of Malaga to Hollywood's hottest property: Antonio

ANTONIO BANDERAS
Birth Name: José Antonio Domínguez Banderas
Date of Birth: August 10, 1960

Born in Malaga, Spain, a place where rich Britons would go to escape a 95% tax on inherited wealth, also known as "unearned income," perhaps Antonio was destined to become a darling of the jet set, the wealthy, the gliterazzi, the Hollywood actresses. Of course, we know him as the husband of Melanie Griffith. Some may also remember Madonna propositioning him in the 1991 film Truth or Dare. The gentleman, by the way, did not take her up on it.
At only 14, Antonio was working at a theater company in Malaga, and a few years later went to Madrid to join the National Theatre of Spain. He made his American film debut in 1992 in The Mambo Kings, having to learn his lines phonetically since he spoke no English at the time.
He continued his career with films that included Interview With a Vampire, adding a magnetic, swarthy charm that captured the hearts of women everywhere. By 1995, Melanie was playing opposite him in Too Much, and carrying her heady romance with this quintessential Latin lover into full public view. They were eventually married and now have a daughter, Stella del Carmen.
Since then, Banderas has appeared in Desperado, Assassins, and Never Talk to Strangers, films that did not do well at the box office. At last Madonna got her wish (in part), as he was cast in the musical Evita. By that time, she was pregnant with Lourdes and claimed she was no longer interested.
In Evita, Antonio's voice was not dubbed; he sang the songs himself, a new venture for the actor and something he enjoyed thoroughly. Antonio Banderas appeared in The 13th Warrior (1999), a film based on the book by Michael Crichton, then went on to star in the highly successfuly Spy Kids trilogy. He went on to appear in the Broadway revival of the musical Nine and received a Tony Award nomination for his performance.
Filmography:
Puss in Boots (2008)Shrek 3 (2007)Take the Lead (2006)Bordertown (2006)The Legend of Zorro (2005)Shrek 2 (2004) (voice) Imagining Argentina (2003)Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)Frida (2002)Femme Fatale (2002)Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)Original Sin (2001)The Body (2001)Spy Kids (2001)The White River Kid (2000)Play it to the Bone (2000)The 13th Warrior (1999) The Mask of Zorro (1998) Andrew Lloyd Webber: The Royal Albert Hall Celebration (1998) (V) Evita (1996) Two Much (1996) Assassins (1995) Desperado (1995) Four Rooms (1995) Miami Rhapsody (1995) Never Talk to Strangers (1995) Interview With The Vampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) Of Love and Shadows (1994) The House of the Spirits (1993) Philadelphia (1993) Going South Shopping/Bajarse al Moro (1992) The Mambo Kings (1992) Shoot (1992) A Woman in the Rain/El a Mujer Bajo la Lluvia (1992) Borges Tales Part 1/Cuentos de Borges I (1991) Terra Nova (1991) Truth or Dare/Madonna Truth or Dare (1991) The White Dove/La Blanca Paloma (1991) Contra el Viento (1990) Tie Me Up! Tie Me Down!/Atame! (1990) If They Tell You I Fell/Si Te Dicen Que Cai (1989) Baton Rouge (1988) Women on the Verge of a Nervous Breakdown (1988) Asi Como Habian Sido/The Way They Were (1987) Law of Desire/La Ley del Deseo (1987) The Pleasure of Killing/El Placer de Matar (1987) 27 Horas (1986) Matador (1986) Casa Cerrado (1985) La Corte de Faraon (1985) Requiem por un Campesino Espanol (1985) El Caso Almeria (1984) The Stilts/Los Zancos (1984) El Senor Galindez (1983) Labyrinth of Passion/Laberinto de Pasiones (1982) Pestanas Postizas (1982)
Oscar™ Awards/Nominations-->

Filmography
Actor
The Other Man (2008)
Actor
Shrek the Halls (2007)
Actor
Shrek the Third (2007) Antonio Banderas Shrek the Third interview
Actor
Take the Lead (2006) Antonio Banderas Take the Lead interview
Actor
The Legend of Zorro (2005) Antonio Banderas The Legend of Zorro interview
Actor
Shrek 2 (2004)
Actor
Once Upon a Time in Mexico (2003)
Actor
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Producer
Spy Kids 3-D: Game Over (2003)
Actor
Ballistic: Ecks vs. Sever (2002)
Actor
Femme Fatale (2002)
Actor
Frida (2002)
Actor
Spy Kids 2: The Island of Lost Dreams (2002)
Actor
The Body (2001)
Actor
Original Sin (2000)
Actor
Spy Kids (2000)
Actor
13Th Warrior, The (1999)
Director
Crazy In Alabama (1999)
Actor
Play It To The Bone (1999)
Actor
The Mask of Zorro (1998)

REFERENCE:

http://www.tribute.ca/people/Antonio+Banderas/1226/10220

pages 38 and 39:

PHRASAL VERBS:

- show off: phrasal verbto behave in a way which is intended to attract attention or admiration, and which other people often find annoying:She only bought that sports car to show off and prove she could afford one.He's always showing off to his classmates.

VOCABULARY:

- fee: an amount of money paid for a particular piece of work or for a particular right or service: legal fees; university fees; an entrance/registration fee; We couldn't afford to pay the lawyer's fee.

- raise (LIFT): verb [T] 1 to lift something to a higher position: Would all those in favour please raise their hands? He raised the window and leaned out. Mary Quant was the first fashion designer to raise hemlines. 2 If you raise another player in a game of cards, you risk more money than that player has risked: I'll raise you.[+ two objects] I'll raise you $50. raise 3- (DEVELOP): verb [T] to take care of a person, or an animal or plant, until they are completely grown: Her parents died when she was a baby and she was raised by her grandparents. The lambs had to be raised by hand (= fed artificial milk by people) when their mother died. The farmer raises (= breeds) chickens and pigs. The soil around here isn't good enough for raising (= growing) crops.

- soaked: adjective - extremely wet: I'm going to have to take these clothes off - I'm soaked to the skin! My shoes are soaked (through). His T-shirt was soaked in sweat.

FCE COUNDOWN - UNIT 8 - MONEY MATTERS

WHO WANTS TO BE A MILLIONAIRE?

- caravan (VEHICLE): noun [C]1 UK (US trailer) a wheeled vehicle for living or travelling in, especially for holidays, which contains beds and cooking equipment and can be pulled by a car. 2 UK a painted wooden vehicle that is pulled by a horse and in which people live: a gypsy caravan.

- choke (STOP BREATHING) : verb 1 [I or T] If you choke, or if something chokes you, you stop breathing because something is blocking your throat: She choked to death on a fish bone. Children can choke on peanuts. Peanuts can choke a small child. 2 [T] to make someone stop breathing by pressing their throat with the hands

- gamble: verb 1 [I] to do something risky that might result in loss of money or failure, hoping to get money or achieve success: Anyone who gambles on the stock exchange has to be prepared to lose money. 2 [I or T] to bet money, for example in a game or on a horse race: I like to gamble when I play cards - it makes it more interesting. He gambles on the horses (= horse races). He gambled away all of our savings. gambler (n); gambling (n).

- give sth away (FREE): phrasal verb [M] to give something to someone without asking for payment: The shop is giving away a sample pack to every customer. Nobody wants this type of heater anymore - I can't even give it away!

- heir: noun1 [C] a person who will legally receive money, property or a title from another person, especially an older member of the same family, when that other person dies: The guest of honour was the Romanoff heir to the throne of all Russia. Despite having a large family, they still had no son and heir. See also heiress.

- inherit (FROM DEAD PERSON): verb [I or T] to receive money, a house, etc. from someone after they have died: Who will inherit the house when he dies?All her children will inherit equally. inheritance (n); inheritor (n)

- set sth up (START) phrasal verb [M]to formally establish a new company, organization, system, way of working, etc: A committee has been set up to organize social events in the college. She plans to set up her own business. They've set up a fund for victims of the earthquake.

- sob story noun [C] INFORMAL DISAPPROVING a story or piece of information that someone tells you or writes about themselves which is intended to make you feel sad and sympathetic towards them: She came out with some sob story about not having enough money to go and see her father who was ill.

- starve: verb 1 [I or T] to (cause to) become very weak or die because there is not enough food to eat: Whole communities starved to death during the long drought. From talking to former prisoners in the camps, an obvious conclusion is that they have been starved. 2 [T often passive] If you are starved of something necessary or good, you do not receive enough of it: People starved of sleep start to lose their concentration and may hallucinate.

- think sth up: phrasal verbto produce a new idea or plan: I don't want to go tonight but I can't think up a good excuse.

- work sth out (CALCULATE): phrasal verb [M]to do a calculation to get an answer to a mathematical question: We need to work out the total cost of the project.

- work sth out (UNDERSTAND): phrasal verb [M] MAINLY UK to understand something or to find the answer to something by thinking about it: [+ question word] There will be a full investigation to work out what caused the accident. [+ that] Investigators needed several months to work out that a fraud had been committed.

COUNTDOWN TO FCE - Wordpower and Let's reflect (pages 144 and 145)

- eyelid

- graveyard

- grave

- coffin

PHRASAL VERBS (PAGE 144)

- call (in) on sb (VISIT): phrasal verb to visit someone for a short time: I thought we might call in on your mother on our way - I've got some magazines for her.

- carry (sth) on (CONTINUE): phrasal verb [M] to continue doing something, or to cause something to continue: Let's carry on this discussion at some other time. Carry on the good work! Sorry to interrupt, do carry on (with what you were saying). You just have to carry on as if nothing's happened. [+ ing form of verb] Steve just carried on playing on his computer. Daphne is carrying on the family tradition by becoming a lawyer.

- count on sb (DEPEND) : phrasal verb to be confident that you can depend on someone: You can always count on Michael in a crisis. [+ to infinitive] I can count on my parents to help me.

- hang on (WAIT): phrasal verb INFORMAL to wait for a short time: Sally's on the other phone - would you like to hang on? Do you need the toilet right now or can you hang on for a while?Hang on a minute - I'll be with you in a moment!

- hold on (WAIT) phrasal verb INFORMAL to wait for a short time: Hold on, I'll check in my diary.

- keep on doing sth (CONTINUE): phrasal verb to continue to do something, or to do something again and again: She kept on asking me questions the whole time.

- look on: phrasal verb SLIGHTLY FORMAL to watch something happen but not become involved in it: A large crowd looked on as the band played.

- look on/upon sb as sth: phrasal verb to consider or think of someone or something as something: We looked on her as a daughter. I've lived there so long I look on the town as my home.
- put sth on (COVER BODY) phrasal verb [M] to cover part of the body with clothes, shoes, make-up or something similar: Put your shoes on - we're going out. He put on his jacket. She puts face cream on every night.

- take sth on (ACCEPT): phrasal verb [M] to accept a particular job or responsibility: She took too much on and made herself ill.

- try sth on: phrasal verb [M] to put on a piece of clothing to discover if it fits you or if you like it: Try on the shoes to see if they fit. What a lovely dress - why don't you try it on for size (= to discover whether it fits)?

- write sb out of sth: phrasal verb to change the story of a regular television or radio programme so that a particular character is not in it any more

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EXTRA VOCABULARY FOR UNIT 14

- coffin: noun [C] (US ALSO casket) a long box in which a dead person is buried or burnt.

- fetch (GET): verb [T] to go to another place to get something or someone and bring them back:[+ two objects] Could you fetch me my glasses/fetch my glasses for me from the other room, please? I have to fetch my mother from the station.

- grave (DEATH): noun [C] a place in the ground where a dead person is buried: a mass grave an unmarked grave a grave digger He visits his mother's grave every Sunday.

- greed: noun [U] a very strong wish to continually get more of something, especially food or money: I don't know why I'm eating more - it's not hunger, it's just greed! He was unsympathetic with many house sellers, complaining that they were motivated by greed.

- haste: noun [U] DISAPPROVING (too much) speed: Unfortunately the report was prepared in haste and contained several inaccuracies. [+ to infinitive] In her haste to get up from the table, she knocked over a cup. His father had just died and he didn't want to marry with indecent haste.

- lid: noun [C]1 a cover on a container, which can be lifted up or removed: Can you get the lid off this jar? Put a lid on the saucepan. 2 an eyelid (= either of the two pieces of skin which can close over each eye): She looked at him from under half-closed lids.