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Dream

Valentine’s

Movies about the

American dream.

1950S’

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Book

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Revolutionary Road

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cD index

1 Hello

2 Wrap Rage

3 Mythical Beatles

4 Story Time

5 Social English

6 Functional language

7 Fingers’ Error

Correction (low level)

8 Social Trends

9 Telephone

Conversation

10 Go Green!

11 Lost in Translation

12 Corny Criminals

13 Ethical Tourism

14 Jokes

15 Grafiti

16 Artistic Genius

17 Swearing Jamie

18 Typical dialogues

19 Fingers’ Vocabulary

20 Quirky News

21 British Bar Chat

22 US Bar Chat

23 Story: The Shop

– Episode 5

24 Love Thy Neighbour

25 Dumb US Laws (Virginia)

26 Dictionary of Slang

27 Error correction (high level)

28 Chat-Up Lines

29 Story Time

30 iPhone Problems

31 Dead Parrots

32 Off the Cuff

33 Elementary Exam Listening

34 Pre-Intermediate Exam Listening

35 Intermediate Exam Listening

36 Upper Intermediate Exam Listening

37 Advanced Exam Listening

38 Goodbye

Editor’s intro

Hello, and welcome to another issue of

Hot English Magazine, the fun magazine for

learning English.

Magazine index

3 Editorial

4 Wrap Rage

5 Mythical Beatles

6 Name Game

7 Personality quiz: Are you cynical about love?

8 Useful Vocabulary: Weddings

9 Useful Verbs and Expressions: Love

10 SB Article: Cool Hotels

11 Story Time

12 Basic English: Music

13 Social English: Music

14 Functional Language: Describing someone

15 Error correction & Listening: Social Trends

16 Grammar Fun

17 Telephone English & Hot English Love Mix Tape

18 SB Article: Alternative Traveling

19 Film Scripts: Airplane

20 Go Green

21 Lost in Translation

22 Trivia Matching

23 Weird Trivia

24 Dr Fingers’ Grammar

25 Subscriptions

26 Corny Criminals

27 Recipe & Listening: Ethical Tourism

28 Shakespeare Quotes

29 10-minute Shakespeare

30 1950s Trivia

32 The American Dream

34 Revolutionary Road

36 Truman Capote

37 Book Review – In Cold Blood

38 Face to Face: Romeo and Juliet / Tony and Maria

39 You’ve Been Tango’d

40 Jokes , Graiti & Cartoon

41 Misheard Lyrics

42 Artistic Genius

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I know I always say that we have a very

special issue this month, but, seriously,

this month is no exception. In keeping with

the season, we’ve included a Valentine’s

Day special. You will ind plenty of ways to

charm someone with our Chat-Up Lines and

the Hot English Mix Tape (with a list of love

songs), and you can read about our deinitions of love in the Word

of the Month section.

The ilm we are highlighting this month is Revolutionary Road with

Leonardo DiCaprio and Kate Winslet, which opens up a whole

load of other topics. The ilm is about an American couple in the

1950s who are hoping to live out the American dream. So, we have

included an article explaining the American dream and a look at

some 1950s’ trivia. The ilm is receiving all kinds of Oscar buzz , so

we’ll have to see what happens there.

We’re also looking at a “citrus-based” festival, a book about some

scary murderers and some summaries of Shakespeare classics. As

part of our Grammar Fun section, we’re looking at the difference

between “excited” and “exciting”. Sounds “exciting”, right? Or is it

“excited”? I guess you’ll have to read and check…

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43 Swearing Jamie

44 Vocabulary

45 Typical Dialogues: The Clothes Shop

46 Dr Fingers Vocab Clinic

47 Quirky News / Riddles

48 Commercialisation of Valentine’s Day

49 Adverts 1950s

50 SB Article: Wicked Wikipedia

51 Mini-Cold War Mystery & Listening:

And of course, if you have any questions, suggestions,

complaints, or just want to say hello, feel free to contact me at

magazineeditor@hotenglishmagazine.com . Good luck with

your English and see you next month!

Yours,

Love Thy Neighbour

52 Dumb Laws & Virginia Facts

53 Directory

54 Dictionary of Slang

55 Dr Fingers’ Error Correction , Chat-up Lines

& Listening: Story Time

56 Year in Review: 1988

57 Idioms: Heart

58 SB Article: Fairytales for Adults

59 Advertisement

60 iPhone Problems

61 Dead Parrots

62 Sonnet

63 Phrasal Verbs

64 Tapescripts

65 Answers and Back Issues

66 Phrase of the Month

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GLOSSARY

buzz n

if there is a “buzz” about something,

that thing receives a lot of attention

and people are talking about it

Mythical Beatles

Lost song is found again.

cool Hotels

The coolest hotel in Sweden.

shakespeare special

The quotes. The plays. The language.

1950s’ Trivia

The movies. The songs. The beliefs.

Go West, Young Man

Living the American Dream.

Revolutionary Road

Breaking free without breaking apart.

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Wrap Rage

Amazon declares war on excessive wrapping.

Have you ever had diiculty opening a package ? If you have,

you’ve probably experienced “wrap rage”. But what is it? And

what can we do about it?

YOU CAN’T

OPEN US!

“I shouldn’t have to start each Christmas morning with pliers

and wire cutters . But that is what I do, and it still takes me

10 minutes to open each package,” said Amazon founder Jef

Bezos. He was referring to the excessive packaging that can

be found around many products. This complex wrapping

may lead to “wrap rage” – extreme anger produced by an

inability to open the package.

In order to reduce incidents of wrap rage, Amazon has

launched a campaign. The aim is to reduce annoying

packaging in the products they ship out . Called “frustration-

free packaging”, they want to replace hard plastic wrapping

with a simple, eco- and customer-friendly cardboard box.

Manufacturers such as Fisher Price, Matchbox, Sony and

Microsoft have signed up to the new idea.

The move is also good for the environment. “Every Christmas

we produce an extra three million tonnes of waste , and this

could impact signiicantly on that,” said a spokesperson for

Waste Watch, a British refuse charity. The scheme to reduce

packaging is already running in America and will be launched

in the UK very soon. “The project has been very popular in

the US, and we are committed to doing everything we can to

reduce packaging,” said Ben Howes of Amazon UK.

AnSwerS on pAge 65

1 pre-reading

What does “rage” mean? What are the common causes of rage?

For example, “road rage”? Can you think of other situations /

places where the public express their rage?

4 language

focus

Words with “wrap”. See if

you can make a sentence

with each word / expression.

a. wrapping paper

b. to wrap

c. to wrap up a present

d. to wrap your arms around someone

e. to wrap up a meeting

f. to be wrapped up in your studies / work

GLOSSARY

a package n

a small box / parcel that someone

sends you

pliers n

a tool with two handles and two

hard metal parts at the other end.

Used for holding things or pulling

things out

wire cutters n

2 Reading i

Read the article to ind out

what type of rage it is.

a tool for cutting hard wire

packaging n

the paper / plastic, etc. around a

package / parcel / present

wrapping n

the paper / plastic, etc. around a

package / parcel / present

to ship out phr vb

to send to another country – not

necessarily by ship

customer-friendly adj

that is easy for customers to use

/ open

to sign up to something exp

to accept a new idea; to start doing

something

waste n

things that are thrown away (old

bits of paper, food, etc.)

refuse n

things that are not wanted from a

house, shop, factory, etc.

3 Reading ii

Using your own words,

answer the following

questions:

1. What is “wrap

rage”?

2. What causes it?

3. What is Amazon’s

campaign all about?

4. Where is the

campaign already in efect?

5 Discussion

1. Have you ever experienced “wrap rage”?

When? Why?

2. What should we do about packaging? Do we

use too much? Why? Why not?

3. Have you ever thought about this topic

before? Has reading the article changed the

way you think in any way? Why? Why not?

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Mythical Beatles

Lost song is found again.

the Beatles

A pop band from Liverpool,

UK, formed in 1960. The

Beatles are one of the most

successful bands in the

world, and have sold over

one billion records. They

are recognised for leading

the “British Invasion” of

music into America, and

sparking “Beatlemania”.

They explored a number

of diferent genres and

musical sounds. After the

band split up in 1970,

all four members (John

Lennon, Paul McCartney,

George Harrison and

Ringo Starr) launched

solo careers.

IT SEEMS

LIKE ONLY

YESTERDAY WE

WROTE THIS

SONG.

“The time has come for it to get its moment ,”

said Sir Paul McCartney, who was referring to

a Beatles track that has never been released

before.

asked the other band members to be

“ indulgent ” for 10 minutes at London’s

Abbey Road studios. “I said, ‘All I want you to

do is just wander around all the stuf, bang

it, shout, play it, it doesn’t need to make any

sense.’ So, that’s what we did. It’s very free,” Sir

Paul explained.

For years, many people thought the track

was a myth . But Sir Paul McCartney has

conirmed that he has the master tape of

the 14-minute long Beatles song. And he says

he wants the public to hear it. He added that

the track, called “Carnival of Light”, was not

previously released because the other Beatles

thought it was too “adventurous”. But Sir Paul

said he was always fond of the track.

The track was played just once (at the

festival), and is said to include distorted

guitar and band members shouting phrases

such as “Barcelona!” and “Are you all right?”

Sir Paul had wanted to include the track on

an anthology CD in the 1990s, but the rest of

the band vetoed the idea. Sir Paul said Ringo

Starr, John Lennon and George Harrison’s

estates would have to agree to a release.

The song was recorded in 1967 for an

electronic music festival. Sir Paul said he

1 pre-reading

Match the band / artist (1-5)

with the lyrics (a-e).

3 Reading ii Music vocabulary.

Find a word in the article that means…

1. …each individual in a band.

2. …a song on a CD.

3. …to sell a CD so the public can buy it.

4. …a big concert that takes place over a

couple of days.

Beatles

AnSwerS on pAge 65

elvis Presley

4 language focus

“to be fond of”

Look at this sentence. Did Sir Paul like or dislike the track?

“But Sir Paul said he was always fond of the track.”

Complete the sentences to

make them true for you:

a) I am fond of …

b. I am not so fond

of…

GLOSSARY

to get its moment exp

if something “gets its moment”,

it has an opportunity to be

appreciated

a track n

the Beach Boys

a song on an album

to release vb

if a song is “released”, it goes in the

shops, etc. and you can buy it

a myth n

something that isn’t really true

a master tape n

the original copy of music or a ilm

fond of exp

if you are “fond of” something, you

really like that thing

indulgent adj

if you are “indulgent”, you do things

in an exaggerated way

to wander around phr vb

to walk from A to B with no

particular objective

distorted guitar n

a guitar sound that is very rough

and loud

an anthology n

a collection of songs / writings, etc.

to veto vb

to say that you don’t agree with

something or accept something

an estate n

all the money and property that

someone owns

Buddy Holly

Jimi Hendrix

a. “It’s wonderful to be here, It’s certainly a thrill.

You’re such a lovely audience…”

b. “Wise men say only fools rush in.”

c. “ Wild thing, you make my heart sing.”

d. “I wish they all could be California girls.”

e. “If you knew Peggy Sue, then you’d know why

I feel blue.”

5 Discussion

1. Do you like music from the 60s? Why? Why

not? Which other decades do you like for their

music?

2. Are you a Beatles fan? What’s your favourite

Beatles song?

3. Have you ever been to a music festival?

Where was it? When? If not, would you like to

go to one?

4. Do you have a favourite CD at the moment?

What’s your favourite track?

2 Reading i

What do these numbers refer to in the article?

1. 1990s

2. 14

3. 1967

4. 10

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