EM 4 - 2018 (ESPAÑOL - digitalizado)

Rack Your Brain
by Katarzyna Szpotakowska
Leisure
1. Answer the questions to the text
25 Reasons to Read Dickens
a) What inspired Dickens to write some of his novels?
b) Where did Dickens work when he was 12?
c) What did Dickens criticise in his novels?
d) Were the names of Dickens’ characters chosen randomly?
e) Which Dickens’ characters are well-known internationally?
f) Where was a theme park named Dickens World opened?
g) Which novel is suspected to be a veiled autobiography of
the author?
h) What is the BBC’s Dickensian TV drama about?
i) Did Dickens idealise some of his protagonists?
j) Why are Dickens’ novels considered to be universal?
Answer key:
see the article 25 Reasons to Read Dickens
randomly | aleatoriamente
theme park | parque temático
veiled | encubierto
2. Match the idioms with their meanings
a) to drive someone
nuts
1) to start again; to have a new
beginning
b) to run out of gas 2) to lose one’s energy or motivation
c) to kick the bucket 3) to give up something
d) to turn over a new
leaf
e) to add fuel to the
fire
f) to kick the habit 6) to die
4) to upset/criticise someone who
is already disappointed, or in a
vulnerable position
5) old age
g) to kick somebody 7) to make someone crazy
in the teeth
h) autumn years 8) to do or say something that
makes a situation worse
Answer key:
3. Do you know the meaning of the
following words from the article
Judging David Baldacci? Find them
in the article and look them up in
a monolingual dictionary.
• gratitude
• villain
• incapable of
• poverty
Answer key:
a)T; b)T; c)F; d)T; e)F
• incomparable
• ancestor
• burglar
• ruthless
to outlaw sth | prohibir, ilegalizar
dual citizenship | doble
nacionalidad
to gain sth | conseguir, adquirir
• divine
• struggle
4. Homeland or Homelands?: mark the
sentences true (T) or false (F)
a) Until World War II, most countries outlawed dual citizenship
for fear it would lead to diplomatic problems T/F
b) The most common way of gaining citizenship is ‘by descent,’
that is through a parent or grandparent. T/F
c) Citizenship through investment – where a substantial investment
in a country gives the investor citizenship – is possible
only in Malta. T/F
d) Poland does not forbid dual citizenship, but also does
not recognise it. T/F
e) The complicated regulations of citizenship are a result of
changing trends in inheritance. T/F
substantial | importante
to forbid sth | prohibir
inheritance | herencia, sucesión
DELICIOSO
DESNUDO
QUERIDO
ESCUÁLIDO
HÚMEDO
MAREADO
CONSENTIDO
AGRADECIDO
DIVERTIDÍSIMO
HUMILDE
a)7; b)2; c)6; d)1; e)8; f)3; g)4; h)5
bucket /ˈbʌkɪt/ | cubo
to give up sth | dejar, abandonar
to upset sb | molestar
disappointed | decepcionado
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YUMMY
BARE
BELOVED
BONY
DAMP
DIZZY
FUSSY
GRATEFUL
HILARIOUS
HUMBLE