Fourth Year

Start your introduction by stating what you understand from the topic and why you think it is worth discussing. Suppose the topic is "Marcelo Tinelli's programme fosters violence against women". Maybe a good way of introducing the topic is to say things like: - what gender violence is - why the topic is worth discussing.  - what Marcelo Tinelli's programme is like and how popular it is. - the fact that the TV may "educate" us much more than any other institution So: Every twenty four hours, one woman dies in Argentina, generally in the hands of her boyfriend or husband. Movements such as Ni Una Menos have been tackling the issue for a while, but they are finding it impossible to lower this terrible number. On the media, soap operas show stories of jealous husbands who "own" their wives and entertainment programmes, such as Bailando por un sueño, expose female bodies as objects. Are these facts connected? Could TV programmes help bu...

This is the key to the mock test Vocabulary Exercise 1 1 authentic: If something is authentic, it is real and genuine, not fake. 2 ill-timed: Something that is ill-timed happens at a time that is not suitable or convenient. 3 responsibility: If you take responsibility for something, you accept that you did it and should accept the results or consequences. 4 deception: Deception is the act of deceiving someone and lying to them. 5 distort: To distort the truth means to change it slightly. 6 far-fetched: Something that is far-fetched is difficult to believe because it seems very unlikely. 7 context: If you take something that someone has said out of context, you repeat it without explaining the situation in which it was said, so the meaning seems to be different. 8 pride: If you take pride in something, you feel proud of it. 9 crow’s feet: Crow’s feet are small lines or wrinkles around someone’s eyes. 10 digitally: If a photo is digitally improved, it is improved ...

THE MAN WHO WOULDN’T TALK During World War Two, George Dupré worked for Canadian intelligence. For much of the war, he worked in an office in Winnipeg, Canada, although he was sent to Britain later in the conflict. When he returned to Canada after the war, people were naturally interested in hearing about what he had done. (1) _____ He told his fascinated listeners about how he was sent to France to work undercover. Eventually, he had been arrested by the  Germans,  who had recognised his importance to the war effort. They had tortured him for information but  George was strong and brave. He had refused to tell them anything. He was the man who wouldn’t talk. Once George started, he had to keep up the lie, no matter how far-fetched the story became. (2) _____ When he was vague about details or contradicted himself, it was easy to blame it on his suffering while a prisoner. No one suspected that his stories were invented. News of George’s heroism quickl...

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