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I was fined for leaving my car parked there. Choose the correct statement. I always drive on the left. It was okay where I left my car. I left my car and walked. It was not okay where I left my car.

We found a weak, old Bulldog lying helplessly by the roadside. Choose the correct statement. The Bulldog was a week old pup. We helped the bulldog. The Bulldog was feeble. The Bulldog was lying in the middle of the road.

I wouldn't be so nervous if I hadn't drunk so much coffee. Choose the correct statement. I wouldn’t be nervous if I drank coffee. I have drunk a lot of coffee. I haven’t drunk too much coffee. I would feel nervous if I didn’t drink so much coffee.

Motivation, rather than experience, often determines success. Choose the correct statement. Motivation and experience determine success. Motivation doesn’t determine success. Experience alone often determines success. Motivation usually determines success.

I can´t wait to get the new Harry Potter book. Choose the correct statement. I couldn’t wait to buy the new Harry Potter book. I’ll wait to get the new Harry Potter book. I have just bought the new Harry Potter book. I’m dying to get the new Harry Potter book.

You can tell summer is getting closer because the days are getting longer. Choose the correct statement. We will have to wait for the long days of summer. I long for the days of summer. You can tell it will be a long summer. Before long it will be summer.

W-Isn't John giving you a lift to the station too? M-Yes, but he has left me to last. What can be deduced from this conversation?. John has forgotten the man. John is waiting for the man. John will be back for the man. John is holding the man up.

The weather prevented the outdoor barbecue from taking place Choose the correct statement. Weather permitting, the barbecue will take place. The barbecue took place despite the weather. The barbecue is taking place because of the weather. The barbecue was called off.

W- Which hat would you like sir? M- It's a hard one; I'm spoiled for choice. Q- What does the man mean?. He can’t decide until he sees more hats. He is faced with a wide selection of hats. The hats he has seen are spoiled. It’s hard to choose from so few hats.

W- So, what's your decision on the sale of the house? M- Due to a higher bid, we have to refuse yours; sorry. Q- What does the man mean?. The man prefers to wait for a higher offer. The woman’s offer fell short. The man has decided not to sell the house. The woman's offer was over the top.

M- Is that red Porsche parked in front of the bookstore Mike’s? W- It can’t be his. He drives a black one. Mike’s car is parked opposite the bookstore. Mike’s Porsche is red not black. Mike could be in the book store. The man is not sure if that´s Mike´s car.

M - The latest war lasted a lot less time than I thought it would. W – You’re telling me. It was over in a flash. The latest war was brief. The woman will be surprised when the war finishes. The latest war was long-lasting. This war was shorter than the last.

It wasn’t like Debbie and Jeff to fight like that in front of everybody. W- I know. I could hardly believe my eyes. Q. What does the woman mean?. She was taken aback by their fight. Debbie and Jeff often fight. She doesn’t believe the couple took their flight. She has trouble with her eyesight.

W- The power’s down, so the lift is not working. M- Well, I’ll call maintenance and get them to send someone to fix it. Q. What does the man mean?. He’ll arrange for a new elevator to be installed. He will fix the problem with the lift himself. He’ll phone for someone to fix the electrical problem. He will go to maintenance and report the problem.

W- I’m bored. Let's do something! Why don't we go out for dinner or go dancing? M- Sorry Betty but I’m busy. I'm watching TV. And besides, I’m expecting Harry and Sally to pop in. His friends to watch a TV programme with him. A TV programme to begin. A TV programme to finish. Some friends to pay a call.

W- I sometimes get the feeling that wars have become public spectacles and that people are becoming insensitive to the most horrific events. M- Television is most likely to blame for that. It’s often difficult to distinguish reality from fiction. Television influences the outcome of most wars. Television confuses people’s perception of things. Television is to blame for the outbreak of war. Wars are being presented as entertainment.

Pm- Okay, the questioning will begin now, and will be used as evidence, the contents of this conversation shall be recorded. W - That's fine officer, but I'd like to state for the record that my client is here of his own free will to co-operate with this investigation. We are not admitting to anything. Her client is hindering the investigation. Her client is confessing his guilt. Her client is recording the conversation. Her client is aiding the investigation.

M- I was really surprised by the low number of casualties the allies had. W- Yes. Modern warfare has come on in leaps and bounds in this regard and the enemy had no answer to their firepower. The enemy was able to retaliate. Strides have been made in modern warfare. Modern warfare has gone downhill. Methods of warfare remain unchanged.

Jim Hersey is a health policy researcher in Washington. Mr. Hersey is in his early sixties. A few years ago, he developed some pain in his shoulder. Typing on his computer at work seemed to make it worse. JIM HERSEY: "So I went to my doctor. He gave me Motrin or some heavy-duty aspirin. I didn’t realize I was allergic to aspirin. So I ended up with internal bleeding, falling down on the street, going to the ER [emergency room], getting multiple units of blood.". These days, through his employer, RTI International, Jim Hersey is trying a new approach to staying well. CLASS: “Ommmmmm STEVE EMBER: Yoga INSTRUCTOR: "Find mountain pose, releasing the arms alongside your body." BARBARA KLEIN: For one hour each Wednesday and Friday, Jim Hersey and nine of his fellow workers think about their breathing instead of their jobs. But they say the time they spend doing yoga is good for business. What has changed in Jim Hersey’s working life?. His colleagues laugh at him. He has a new computer. He has taken up Yoga. The company is against yoga classes.

W- And what did you think about the new concept of having reporters embedded in some units? M- In general I think risking your life for a good story is an incredibly dangerous thing to do. W -You have to admire the bravado of those journalists. M- That goes without saying but do you think they are adequately compensated? W- Sometimes, a love of what you are doing is more important than financial rewards. M- Perhaps, but the chances of being wounded are considerably higher than for other journalists. W- So what other types of satisfaction do they get? M- I’d say that the most important thing would be prestige closely followed by a huge adrenaline rush. Q- What can be inferred from what the man says?. Journalists cover wars for financial reasons. The chances of being wounded are not high. Prestige is not the most important aspect of war journalism. Excitement is not the most important aspect of war journalism.

Afghanistan’s mineral resources It's long been known that Afghanistan has these untapped resources. The challenge is, and always has been, how to get them out of the ground. For more on the story, I spoke with NPR's Rachel Martin, who has a copy of the report. RACHEL MARTIN: It's a Power Point presentation. It's an internal Pentagon report and it's based on a recent assessment by a Pentagon task force, including geological experts who were working alongside with teams of Afghans trying to survey the geological deposits under the ground in Afghanistan. They surveyed sites around the country, 60 different sites, trying to get a read on exactly what kind of resources are underground. Because like you said, we've known for many years that there are these deposits of potential great amounts of wealth that are harbored in Afghanistan's soil. And until now we haven't really had exact data on exactly how much these resources could be worth. Now we're getting that estimation upwards of $900 billion. Which statement is correct according to the extract?. The Pentagon wanted to establish what the deposits are worth. Some resources have already been exploited. The Pentagon task-force did not include Afghan members. It is unclear how much the mineral resources are worth.

The World Cup and social media NORRIS: Today we ask, are they tough enough for the World Cup? We're not talking about a soccer team or individual soccer players. We're talking about social media, specifically Facebook and Twitter. Both sites have become phenomenally popular around the globe since the last soccer championship, four years ago. Could all that World Cup chatter shatter the sites? Here to talk about that and about what's clearly the most wired World Cup ever, we turn to our tech guru Omar Gallaga. NORRIS: Omar, there are reports that beyond sites like Twitter and Facebook, the entire Internet is lumbering under the weight of all those people working at keyboards large and small. Just how big of an Internet event is this? GALLAGA: The closest comparison I've seen to it is the Obama inauguration, which was also during the week and had people glued to their computers. So on Friday, when the first matches started, we saw a huge spike in Internet traffic, surpassing the Obama inauguration. Over the weekend, it tapered off some as people saw the matches on actual TVs. But we're anticipating that during this week, as more matches continue, that we're going to see that spike again, as people are watching stuff at work and not able to get away to an actual television. Q. Which of the statements is true according to what you have heard?. The Obama inauguration took place on a weekend. Internet traffic was less when people saw matches on TV. People have TV sets at work so they can see the matches. The World Cup has collapsed the Internet.

McChrystal loses his job Look through the history of this country and you find a constant theme that goes right back to the earliest days. It's the struggle to balance the relationship between the military and civilian leaders. The troops must fight a war but it's considered essential that civilians always remain in charge. That broad theme lay behind the strange events of this week when General Stanley McChrystal lost his job for remarks in a magazine. His replacement as commander in Afghanistan is General David Petraeus. He’s got a long record of adroitly managing his relationships with politicians and diplomats. MARTIN: General McChrystal lost his job because the comments he and his aides made and quoted in the magazine -Rolling Stone- revealed a rift between him and his staff on the one side and the civilian leaders who define the war policy on the other. Which of the following statements is true according to what you have heard?. Petreaus has a proven track record in civilian-military relations. Relations between McChrystal and civilian leaders were acceptable. McChrystal was fired for revealing details of war policy. McChrystal was reprimanded for his comments.

We're going next to Mexico, where the fight has come to one of the country's most prosperous cities. The northern Mexican city of Monterey had a reputation as a peaceful and hard-working place. It is also the capital of the state of Nuevo Leon, and it's the scene of increasing tension.…drug cartels are fighting for control of the city. JASON BEAUBIEN: Monterey has become famous for the Narco-Bloqueo, or the Narco-Blockade. Since the beginning of the year, members of the Zetas cartel have taken to shutting down the city's main thoroughfares whenever it suits them. Earlier this month, after the Mexican army captured, allegedly, the Zetas' top operative in Monterrey, gunmen waded into traffic with their weapons drawn. They pulled drivers out of their cars, trucks and buses, then turned the vehicles sideways in the streets. The blockades caused instantaneous gridlock. The idea was to try to block the soldiers from moving through the streets with their prisoner. Trucks buses and cars were set alight after the drivers had been removed. Monterey is not a thriving city. The Zeta cartel had permission to cut off the city’s main thoroughfares. The military captured a Zeta member earlier in the month.

Weddings performed by friends The research firm known as the Wedding Report says last year in this country, one out of every seven weddings was performed by a friend of the couple. Ms. MELISSA EVANS (Wedding Planner): I've seen it become increasingly popular over the last few years. WENNER: Melissa Evans has been helping couples plan weddings for more than a decade. She says having a friend perform the wedding is one way to make a ceremony meaningful for couples of different faiths. Ms. EVANS: So one partner doesn't necessarily have to give up, you know, their religion, their faith, you know, their history - that sort of thing. They can tie it all together. WENNER: The Wedding Report says two years ago, clergy performed 70 percent of all weddings. Last year, it was down to 62 percent. Reverend James Wind is president of the Alban Institute, a research firm focusing on religion. He's afraid couples may be losing out on what organized religion can offer a bride and groom. WENNER: There is also concern over whether having friends perform weddings is legal. Many of them choose to get ordained from ministries that offer instant ordinations - and on the Internet, it just takes a few clicks. It can be done over the Internet. Though the friends may be uncertified, this is not a problem. It may be a good idea for couples of different religions. The clergy believes it causes couples to lose their faith.

A coalminer Gene Kendzior grew up in West Virginia. His father, Walter Kendzior, was killed on the job in 1967 when a tunnel collapsed. Gene was interviewed for StoryCorps by his daughter Jennifer about his dad's work. Mr. GENE KENDZIOR: It was a hard, dirty job and everyone worked there suffered from it. And most of the people went right from high school to the coal mine. They all had some sort of injury that they'd suffered. My dad had his foot run over in the mine by a car, and he lost his little toe. And we went to the mine once. He took me to his mine where he worked. The tunnel was probably 15 feet wide, and the walls were all covered with a gray rock dust. And they spray it on the walls to keep the coal dust from getting into the air. If coal dust gets into the air and there's any kind of a spark, that's where the explosions come from. Which statement is true according to what you have heard?. Work in the mine commenced after elementary school. Gene’s description of the mine is first hand. Gene’s dad survived a the tunnel collapse. Miners were paid well in West Virginia.

Technology in football Although England were comprehensively beaten by a vibrant and clinical German team, the dreadful mistake by Uruguayan referee, Jorge Larrionda, in failing to spot a shot from Frank Lampard that had clearly crossed the line, will reopen the debate about football's reluctance to adopt technology to help with controversial decisions. TV replays showed the ball was at least two foot over the line but both the referee and his assistant failed to see it. The England manager, Fabio Capello, described the decision as 'incredible' afterwards, and insisted it had -changed the nature of the game-. FIFA, world football's governing body, has been experimenting with various forms of technology, including a microchip in the ball which sends a signal to officials when it is over the line. The latest experiment was rejected in March and before the World Cup started FIFA President Sepp Blatter reaffirmed his belief that mistakes are part of the excitement of football. Which of these statements are correct?. The president of FIFA believes human error makes soccer exciting. Referees from Uruguay have changed the nature of the game. FIFA is willing to adopt new technologies in football. TV replays are always controversial.

G8 and G20 to meet in Canada The G20 is now the main forum for global economic issues. But some of the G8 countries, who meet first, on Friday and Saturday, are the ones with the big economic problems. They have rising government debts, but President Obama especially is concerned that premature austerity measures might set back the economic recovery that is under way. Development issues are high on the G8 agenda and they'll discuss maternal and child health in low income nations. Campaigners say the G8 have failed to deliver aid promised at previous summits. This summit will also discuss a range of diplomatic issues including North Korea, Iran's nuclear programme and the Middle East. Security around the summit venues is tight, and there have been some arrests in Toronto. Which statement is correct according to the extract?. The G20 countries all have increasing government debt. Aid promised in previous meetings has not been transferred. Security is quite lax as there have been few problems. The Middle East will not be discussed this time round.

Pilkington Tiles Workers from Pilkington Tiles in Solford are protesting outside the factory today. They’re angry about the way they’ve been treated by their former employer and the new administrators who failed to turn up to a union meeting on Friday. More than two hundred staff were made redundant last week but some workers have been given temporary contracts to help complete outstanding orders. Alec McFadden from the T.U.C. says his members are just trying to get the money they’re owed. Alec McFadden: When a company goes into receivership, the company that’s appointed to be the receiver, K.P.M.G., has a responsibility to call a meeting of all the creditors. The creditors include all the workforce cause they’re all owed money. This may hurry them along to have that meeting. Q. Why are the workers at Pilkington Tiles angry?. They have been given temporary contracts. They wanted to stage a twenty-four hour protest. KPMG owes money to 200 staff. The administrators did not arrive for a union meeting.

Harvard student faces being deported The immigration judge hears an unusual case next month involving a 19-year-old Harvard University student who’s fighting deportation to his native Mexico. Eric Balderas, a sophomore on full scholarship to Harvard, was detained last week while trying to fly back to Boston after visiting his mother in San Antonio. Balderas acknowledges he’s been in the country illegally since being brought here as a little boy. Harvard officials say they’ll try and help him stay. We spoke this morning with Balderas by phone, just a short time ago. Eric Balderas: Um… I honestly don’t know what to expect right now. It has been a rough week. At the beginning my spirits had been broken but I think with all the support I’ve been getting and the weight of Harvard, I do feel confident that this will go through and I am feeling very optimistic now. What can we say about Eric Balderas?. He had a fight with the immigration judge. Harvard will try to help him resolve the situation. He was visiting his mother in Boston. He would like to do the entrance exams for Harvard.

A work of art So far in this History of the World through things, we’ve encountered all kinds of objects, all eloquent but not all particularly valuable or attractive. But today’s object is, in any view, a great work of art. It’s a head cast in brass. It’s quite clearly the portrait of a person but we don’t know who. It’s without question by a very great artist but we don’t know who and it must have been made for a ceremony but we don’t know what. What is certain is that the head is African. It’s royal and it epitomizes the great Medieval Civilizations of West Africa of about seven hundred years ago. It was one of a group of heads discovered in 1938 in the grounds of a palace in Ife, Nigeria and they astonished the world with their beauty. They were immediately recognized as supreme documents of a culture that had left no written record and they embody the history of an African Kingdom that was one of the most advanced and urbanized of its day. Which statement is true according to what you have heard?. The head symbolizes a culture that left us no evidence in writing. Heads were discovered in Ife at the turn of the last century. The head in question is made of bronze. The head is of an African warrior.

A war correspondent talks about war in Africa. Mr. JEFFREY GETTLEMAN : Well, what we're seeing across Africa today is many conflicts, internal conflicts that have an absence of ideology. They're more criminally driven wars. From the reading I've done and compared to the liberation wars of yesteryear, in Eritrea, in Zimbabwe, in Ethiopia, even in Angola, there were causes back then. And, of course, there was criminality and there was violence and there was gratuitous bloodshed, but it seemed like these rebel movements actually stood for something. They had popular support. For example in Eritrea, they had classrooms to teach people all sorts of things, like literacy and numeracy. A big part of that liberation movement wasn't just to have a separate country, but it was to revolutionize society. And men and women fought on the front lines together, and a whole society was behind this liberation movement, was behind the rebel group. Which statement is true according to what the speaker says?. Current conflicts show a sense of ideology. Previous liberation movements wanted to change society. The aim of the liberation movement in Eritrea was literacy. Nowadays whole societies back criminal groups.

In the Amazon, there are indigenous communities that have never had contact with the outside world. Others are fading fast. A few control swaths of jungle as big as countries. And here's one Indian nation that stands out despite its small numbers, the Cofan of northern Ecuador. They administer a territory nearly the size of Delaware, and their most prominent leader is a blue-eyed, gray-haired American known as -The Gringo Chief.- (Soundbite of music) JUAN FORERO: In a jungle clearing, dozens of Cofan Indians are celebrating. They've added 108 acres to their expanding territory and built a new headquarters. Randy Borman is the Cofan's chief of territories. Mr. RANDY BORMAN (Chief of Territories, Cofan Tribe): (Speaking foreign language) FORERO: He speaks in flawless Cofan and is dressed in a traditional black smock, wearing a necklace laced with jaguar and wild boar's teeth. Borman engineered this latest land acquisition, and he has many others. That's brought nearly 1,700 square miles of rainforest into the Cofan's domain. He helps them to acquire rainforest territory. He doesn’t mind living in a forest. He took Cofan lessons before coming to Ecuador. He likes to wear the traditional dress of the Cofan Indians.

FBI files on Ted Kennedy The Federal Bureau of Investigation has released thousands of files on Massachusetts Senator, Edward Kennedy, who died last August. The files detail constant suspected and confirmed death threats including a million-dollar offer by Robert Kennedy’s assassin S__? to anyone who would kill Ted Kennedy. Among many other subjects, they also touch on the death of Mary Joe __ in the Chap__. Senator Ted Kennedy’s F.B.I. files are a peek into an extraordinary life. They contain hundreds and hundreds of pages of death threats. There are also investigations into assassination plots, Kennedy family correspondence with the F.B.I. and press clippings the Agency used to keep track of Ted Kennedy. What was revealed in the FBI files?. That Ted Kennedy’s life was continuously under threat. The Kennedys were partial to being monitored. Several assassination attempts on Ted Kennedy’s life. That Ted Kennedy killed someone.

Gulf coast beach weddings As oil washes up on many Gulf Coast beaches, fishing and tourism have suffered. And so has the business of one Mississippi man who peddles in romance. (Soundbite of waves) JULIE ROSE: Right here on the beach in downtown Gulfport, Mississippi. This is where Clyde Marcel makes his money. Mr. CLYDE MARCEL (Wedding Planner): Put a few chairs out. Put a little runway out and the preacher stands out there and the bride walks up, barefooted usually, on the sand. ROSE: So he plans beach weddings, in case you haven't guessed. ROSE: (And so), As reports of tar balls and oil mousse hit the Mississippi coast, Marcel's business is going bust. At least five brides have canceled on him in the last two months, even though his favorite wedding spot is still clean. ….. Marcel says he's losing about $30,000 a month. Normally his fall calendar would be filling up with weddings, but brides aren't calling. They're worried the beaches will still be oily months from now. He's worried about his long-term financial health. Which statement is correct?. Beach weddings are no longer an attractive option for couples. Tar balls and oil mousse attract people to the Mississippi coast. Clyde is worried about his health. Clyde Marcel operates a dating agency.