Los tribunales de los exámenes de junio y septiembre, con las listas de alumnos del nivel Avanzado 2,  ya están expuestos en la planta baja de la Escuela de Santander, pasillo de la izquierda al entrar en el centro, en el tablón de anuncios de la izquierda (al final del mismo). Los 7  primeros tribunales corresponden a alumnos oficiales y los 3 últimos a alumnos libres.

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TRANSLATION UNIT 8 (KEY)

1. Hay que reconocer que no siempre he sido indulgente con mis hijos. No fueron niños mimados, la verdad. Pero tampoco he sido demasiado estricto.

Admittedly, / I must admit that I have not always been indulgent with / towards my children. They were not spoilt / fussed over / pampered, to tell you the truth. But I have not been too strict either.

2. Sin embargo, la semana pasada, estuve a punto de retorcerle el pescuezo al mayor, John.

However, / Nevertheless, last week I was about to wring John’s, the eldest, neck.

3. John tiene tendencia a actuar y a hablar sin pensar, así que el pasado jueves le dijo a su profesor de economía que era una persona altiva, que se comportaba de forma condescendiente y autoritaria con sus alumnos, y que debería cambiar de trabajo.

John tends to / has a tendency to act and speak hastily, so last Thursday he told his teacher of Economics / Economics teacher that he was a haughty person, that he behaved in a condescending and overbearing way towards his students, and that he should change jobs.

4. De manera previsible, el profesor le echó de clase inmediatamente. Y, lo que es peor, le ha amenazado con la expulsión del centro.

Predictably enough, his teacher immediately removed him from class. Worse still, he has threatened him with expulsion from school / school expulsion / he has threatened to have him expelled from school.

5. Nunca han tenido una buena relación, pero si te digo la verdad, mi hijo tiene bastante razón.

They have never been on friendly terms, but to be honest, my son is quite right.

6. Pero bueno, John debería controlar mejor su veta rebelde e independiente. Es demasiado obstinado y tiene demasiada confianza en sí mismo.

Anyway, John should control his rebellious and independent streak better. He is too stubborn / obstinate and too self-confident.

7. La verdad es que he puesto todas mis esperanzas en él. Es un estudiante sumamente motivado, que puede llegar lejos. Se podría ganar la vida de empresario en una gran empresa o de socio en un bufete de abogados.

The truth is that I have pinned all my hopes on him. He is a highly motivated student, who can go a long way. He should be able to earn his living as an entrepreneur in an important company or as a partner / associate in a law firm.

8. Tiene un brillante futuro por delante, siempre y cuando aprenda a controlar su genio, claro.

He has a bright / promising future ahead of him, provided / as long as  he learns to control his temper, of course.

1. How are people tackling climate change in Kenya?

2. What percentage of people do not have electricity in Kenya?

3. What did the community build?

4. What is the rate of flow?

5. How long would it take to fill a bath?

6. Where was the river dammed?

7. Where does the water travel to?

8. Where are they borrowing the water from?

9. Where does the water go then?

10. How long has the generator been running?

11. What kind of workshops are there in the village?

12. What helps pay for the maintanance of the system?

13. What does the hairdresser use the electricity for?

14. How has micro-hydro changed the community?

KEY

1. helping people develop sustainable non-polluting forms of energy.

2. 80%.

3. A dam and a channel.

4. About 200 litres a second.

5. 2 or 3 seconds.

6. At the top of the (Kabri) Falls.

7. To a pipe that drops 12.5 m down to the powerhouse.

8. From the river.

9. Back to the river.

10. 4 years, apart from routine maintenance.

11. hairdressing saloons, welding shops, people watching football on the video…

12. people who come to hev their batteries and cell phones charged.

13. Charging batteries, the small cellphones and doing women’s har at the saloon.

14. They do not have to travel so far for services and they even had to pay for transport. They don’t need to do so any more.

SQUATTERS IN HIGHGATE

1. How  did the neighbours feel when the squatters were evicted?
2. What does Alisa say about the squatters?
3. How long have ‘The Artists’ Collective’ been living there?
4. Who has been sent to evict them?
5. What does Daniel say are the benefits for the neighbours of having squatters live there?
6. Old people find the presence of these squatters ____________.
7. What do the Council admit?
8. What will the building be used for?
9. The presenter says that the report offers ‘lots of _________________.’

KEY

1. They were sorry to see the squatters go.

2. It’s criminal; she feels strongly about it; they are very pleasant neighbours; they have caused no offence; they have contributed; they have helped maintain the block.

3. For one year.

4. The bailiff and the police. Bailiff: administrador, alguacil.

5. They feel secure to have people they like living there.

6. Reassuring.

7. The illegal residents have been cleaning and mainaining the building.

8. For priority housing.

9. Food for though.

Straightforward Advanced Unit Test 12

Answer key

Vocabulary

A

1 captivated

2 revolutionized

3 enable / have enabled

4 justify

5 endanger

6 downplay / underplay

7 underestimate

8 emphasise

9 undergone

B

10 generated

11 inducing

12 saving

13 guzzling

14 moving

15 consuming

16 called

17 conditioned

C

18 outclassed

19 soundtrack

20 download

21 classify

22 would-be

23 raving about

24 overstretch

25 overcome

Grammar

D

26 The police is / are looking into the latest sports scandal.

27 Do you know where my glasses is / are?

28 The audience was / were treated to a fantastic race.

29 I’m not sure if two weeks is / are enough time. What do you think?

30 These aren’t my trousers. I can’t get it / them on.

31 There isn’t / aren’t much information available at the moment.

32 The media has / have been reporting on the events.

33 Politicians are trying to decide what to do about the latest crisis / crises.

34 I don’t really get on very well with my ins-law / in-laws.

E

35 toothache

36 has

37 thieves

38 is

39 homework

40 wishes

41 families

42 is

F

43 [C]

44 [I] countries

45 [I] heroes

46 [C]

47 [I] passers-by

48 [C]

49 [C]

50 [I] earnings

Unit Test 12

Straightforward Advanced Unit Test 11

Answer key

Vocabulary

A

1 (b) humming

2 (a) browsing

3 (b) on

4 (b) flutter

5 (c) sparkled

6 (c) wandering

7 (c) out of

8 (a) shattered

9 (a) glancing

B

10 beep

11 bang / creak

12 creak / bang

13 rumble

14 clink

15 sizzle

C

16 [I] He’s got one of those fancy clocks that clinks chimes every hour.

17 [C]

18 [I] I’m sure he did that on by mistake.

19 [C]

20 [C]

21 [I] When she plays the violin she makes a horrible beeping screeching sound.

22 [C]

Grammar

D

23 these

24 all

25 this

26 a little

27 those

28 both

29 one

30 quite

31 either

E

32 had

33 sing

34 wins

35 were

36 learnt

37 paint

38 didn’t play

F

39 to take

40 Neither

41 go

42 all

43 Every

Speech feature

G

44 gaze

45 poem

46 sound

47 humming

48 exhibition

49 concert

50 book

Unit Test 11

Straightforward Advanced Unit Test 10

Answer key

Vocabulary

A

1 (b) get on in life

2 (c) glued to

3 (a) is a lost cause

4 (c) bright future

5 (b) remote control

6 (a) come to nothing

7 (c) stand a chance

8 (a) ratings

B

9 make up for

10 face up to

11 go in for

12 got away with

13 put up with

14 came in for

15 crack down on

C

16 look up to

17 couch potato

18 do well

19 prove them wrong

20 achieve his aim

21 newsreader

22 overnight success

23 make a mess

24 sense of achievement

Grammar

D

25 are you going to do / are you doing

26 to walk

27 are pulling / will pull / will be pulling

28 going to be

29 will take / to take

30 will still be walking

31 will be

E

32 watching

33 agree

34 have finished

35 will

36 I’ll

37 I’m meeting

F

38 should have

39 didn’t need to

40 shouldn’t have

41 wasn’t allowed to

42 must have

43 needn’t have

44 had to

G

45 [C]

46 [I] He was just about to win …

47 [C]

48 [C]

49 I know you’re confident success about succeeding, but ….

50 He’s unlikely to win …