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Praha : Státní pedagogické nakladatelství, 1993

407 s. ; 23 cm

ISBN 80-04-26136-1

000004384

Úvodem 11 // 1 Reading newspapers 13 // Letters to the Editor; Fleet Street; The agony aunts News and newspapers Predložka „o“ // 2 People, nations 23 // Culture shock; Britain’s Sikhs jubilant; Invitation to a reception; Personal names International relations Predložka „v“ // 3 Work and labour 34 // Instant Muscle, instant employment; Tribute to British workers; The Ł100 washing machine repair; U.S. turns to robots Work and labour Predložka „z“ // 4 Advertising and publicity 44 // The music business; Commercialization of sports kit; Ads; Travel advertisements; An ad and a letter to the editor; BR advert “overemotive” // Novinářský styl Predložka „do“ // 5 Technology 57 // The life and legend of Thomas Edison; The explosion of science; The compact disc Energy // Predložky „od“ a „k“ // 6 Government 66 // How will they vote in the general election?; The Houses of Parliament; The U.S. Congress // Government Predložka „na“ I // 7 Economy 77 // It’s tough to switch from swords to plowshares; Tomorrow will be different Economics // Predložka „na“ II // 8 Population and race 86 // The population of the UK; American Indians; Australian aborigines; Black // Americans // Population // Predložka „po“ // Politics 97 // A victory of culture over power; Reshooting Kennedy; Scotland the Free Violent politics Predložka „s“. Český 7. pád // War and armaments 109 // On the road to Berlin; Hiroshima; The end of the Second World War; The world’s wars // Armed forces and war Složené predložky // Theatre 121 // The Czech Theatre; Celebrating the discovery of America; The Barbican Centre; // Professional foul Theatre Get I // Cinema 131 // The western; Charlie Chaplin; Disney and the Beast Film Get II // Radio and television 143 //

Radio and television in Britain; Viewing tastes; Soap Operas; Samples of radio and TV programmes Radio and television Get III // Music 154 // The Prague String Quartet; The English National Anthem; My American musical summer // Music // Put I // The fine arts 165 // The art of the American West; Painting in Britain Fine arts Put II // Architecture 177 // Architectural styles; Sir Christopher Wren; The height of ambition Architecture Take I // Literature 187 // America’s reading; British teenagers’ favourites in current reading; From the reviews; From the Guinness Book of Records Literature I Take II // Folk heroes, legendary figures 198 // Robin Hood; Dick Whittington; Johnny Appleseed; Buffalo Bill Literature II Take III // 19 History 210 // Did King Arthur exist? Henry Ford’s collection of Americana; The pyramids of our times // History // Give // 20 Wildlife 221 // From a country diary; Foxes move to London; Watching the swallows; A fable Wildlife // Pull // 21 Jobs 231 // How to apply for a job; Appointments vacant in education; Industry Industries // Turn // 22 Work 241 // Quebec’s northern dynamo; The real American cowboy; Computers control the feeding of cows // Productivity // Call // 23 Change in life 249 // English philanthropists; A New Zealander starting a new life in England; Home // sweet home // Ageing // Keep // 24 Education 258 // Term time again; The Open University; Cambridge versus Cambridge; Call for // lower class-size limits // Classroom language Make I // 25 Sports 269 // Wimbledon; Hang-gliding; Get fit // Sports and games Make II // 26 Women 280 // The role of women in the making of America; Five American women; Madame Butterfly - fact or fiction? // Out I // 27 Food 288 // Vitamins; How many edible plants do you know?; Bohemia, a new restaurant in Dallas; Cocktail recipes // Food Out II //

28 Nature 296 // Nostalgia on seeing snow in Derbyshire; U.S. National Park Service; A walk through the wilderness // Countryside, trees Out III // Home 305 // Tenants’ rights; Fire: four simple ways to reduce fire risk; Home video; Parlour // games // Applied arts // Off // Seasonal customs 313 // Halloween; The English Christmas season; Hogmanay; April Fool! // Fairy-tale world Up // Disasters 325 // Mount St Helens; Floods devastate Mississippi Valley; Nine killed in train crash; Destination disaster; Ten die in arms plant blast; Forest fires ravage Corsica Disasters Synonyma I // Conservation 334 // Conservation in Britain; Trees are better seen from a distance; What is ecology?; // Conversations with a gorilla // Přípony // Science 341 // Who’s who in science; Nobel Prize awarding ceremony; From a small distant world Synonyma II // Exploration 348 // Who discovered America?; In defence of Columbus; Captain Scott; Who’s who in // exploration; The first men on the moon Space exploration Synonyma III // Sightseeing 358 // Washington, D.C.; London: From Westminster to Hyde Park; Shopping in London // Countries and their capitals Antonyma // The sea 368 // Science’s window on the sea; The mysterious songs of humpback whales; Crusoe boys; Ghost ship baffles experts // The sea // Expresivita // The life sciences 376 // Why it is right to follow the nose; Polarization as a navigational aid; Your life span could be ninety; Science on the difference between boys and girls Víceslovná pojmenování // Crime I 382 // Pinkerton detective agency sold; Households and burglaries; Met chief on crime statistics; Armed robbery from atop an elevator; Ransom money of 1971 mystery hijack found by picnickers Crime I // Rčení a přísloví //

39 Crime II 390 // Kidnap wife freed; “Perfect crime” man free after 26 years; Pagett loses appeal on killing of girlfriend; Fifth US President to be shot, first to survive // Crime II // Sémantické rozdíly // 40 Crime III 398 // Driver in dead trouble; The Yorkshire Ripper; Let the people be the judge Crime HI // Could you take the Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency?; TOEFL // Rejstřík 406