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01 September 2013

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The Easy Way to English

DIAMOND SONGS Top tunes for autumn (p. 26)

IN YOUR WILDEST DREAMS!

What happens when we sleep (p. 16)

DEATH OF THE WORD Weird things happen all the time (p. 28)

BONUS

+ CD Subject to the conditions on p. 2

+ Extra pages + B2 and C1 Sample Test

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Výchova demokratického občana

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Afghan children listen to radios distributed by Radio Free Europe in Kabul, Afghanistan.

The truth will set you free “The first requirement of democracy is a well-informed citizenry.”

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o says the website of Radio Free Europe (RFE). RFE’s aim is to give voice to independent media and to promote democratic values in countries where reporting is banned3 by local governments.

Their headquarters are right here in Prague.

The building looks a little like a fortress4: grey, steel-like and imposing (= big and impressive). You must present a passport and get past two security checks before you are welcomed into RFE, the voice of free Europe. It may seem a little much but safety is key (= important) when you have one of the most dangerous jobs in the world: speaking the truth.

Looking back

RFE started broadcasting to Eastern Europe in 1950. At the beginning the station was given money by the US Government through the CIA (Central Intelligence Agency). Then in 1971 the CIA stopped being involved. It is now financed by a combination of private donations and the US Congress, but the government has no part in how RFE operates and has no say on what stories they can air•.

Behind the microphone

RFE airs approximately (= about) 1,000 hours of programming every week in 28 languages to 21 countries, like Turkmenistan, Afghanistan,

Iraq, and Pakistan. The staff is multi-national – the main requirement to be a reporter is that they must speak one of the languages that they broadcast in and be fluent in English.

There are 750 freelancers* in 19 bureaus (= offices) across the broadcast region.

Listeners can tune in5 on shortwave frequencies or through their partner organizations, such as local radio stations, or the internet. They try to operate officially if possible but sometimes local bloggers and stringers* are the only way to get the word out, especially in places where RFE cannot go physically.

Taking a risk

Many journalists face hazards6 while trying to chase down a story• but RFE reporters also have to deal with added dangers as many of them are reporting from war zones and other unsafe areas (see Aida Kasymalieva). Recently a female reporter was killed in Turkmenistan and there are two reporters currently being held in Uzbekistan. Some people have even had family members threatened, harassed (= bullied) and detained (= arrested).

Apart from the physical threats there are other obstacles7. Authorities have blocked

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Photos on this page: RFE/RL

Journalist Khadija Ismayilova and U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Thomas Melia in RFE’s Baku (Azerbaijan) bureau. Ismayilova is the target of an ongoing (= continuing) blackmail and intimidation campaign as a result of her investigative reporting on official corruption.

reporters’ broadcasts and websites, refused accreditation* and used pressure and intimidation8 to keep some local stations from carrying RFE programming.

To be continued…

When the communist regime ended, a lot of people thought that RFE had completed its purpose and should be closed, but many officials, including former Czech president Václav Havel, believed that a free voice for democracy was needed in places where people were still fighting for their rights.

Just over the last ten years media freedom has gone down (= decreased) in more than half of RFE’s broadcast countries, and some ex-Soviet countries have also seen negative changes in democratic progress.

Lennie Bellew (USA)

competition Not all news reporting is dangerous; sometimes it can even be funny. Become a reporter and write a 75–150 word news story on ‘What’s happened in your town lately?’ Topics can be serious or silly. Five of you will win Radio Free Europe merchandise and MP4 players. Check out the website www.bridge‑online.cz, “Soutěže” section for more details and to see examples of a serious and silly report. Send your story to competition@bridge‑online.cz, subject “RFE”, by October 31.

discuss How have social media like Facebook and Twitter changed the way we get our news?

Life itself is training Reporter Aida Kasymalieva speaks about her experience Aida Kasymalieva has been a reporter for 10 years and works at RFE covering Kyrgyzstan (a former Soviet state located in Central Asia). She got started in journalism in her second year at university when she won a competition and became the first coordinator of a youth radio program.

The show went on to become a TV program that focused on light, youth-oriented topics but also covered serious local problems. As a journalist in an unstable area, she takes risks for her job, but as a woman reporting from a male‑dominated and very traditional culture, she faces double the danger.

Is it hard to be a woman in this field?

We have a traditional society and to be a good woman you should have a husband and three or four children, your house should be clean and you should cook every day.

If you are a very successful woman, people can spread rumors (= say bad things about you), something like that you are an unhappy woman or that you should stay at home and care for your family.

Do you have any special training for dangerous assignments (= tasks)?

Life itself is training. Practice and preparation can be helpful but in extremely dangerous situations you have to think for yourself how to stay alive.

What’s the most dangerous situation that you have been in?

We had two revolutions in Kyrgyzstan, in 2005 and 2010. The difference between the revolutions was that during the first one you could say you were a journalist and it was OK, but we had ethnic clashes (= conflicts) in 2010 and it was very dangerous at this time; it didn’t matter if you were a journalist or not, they just

looked at your nationality. More than 70 people were killed.

They would kill anybody. We saw dead people in the streets.

I made myself look pregnant to stay safe. Another occasion was in Moscow when I was covering an anti-fascism meeting and had to use mace* for the first time to protect myself.

How do you ensure journalistic integrity (= honesty)?

We show two or three sides for every situation and check facts.

Any advice for young people who want to be journalists?

Education is the first thing you should focus on. It’s also good to have a second area of study like economics or law. Young journalists have a great opportunity because of social media and because of the internet. You can brand yourself and become a top blogger and get read more than a newspaper.

Note: The official name of the radio station is Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty (RFE/RL).

Vocabulary

8 intimidation [In"tImIdeIS(@)n] – 1 requirement [rI"kwaI@m(@)nt] – požadavek zastrašování 2 citizenry ["sItIz(@)nrI] – občané 3 to ban [b&n] – zakázat Glossary* 4 fortress ["fO;trIs] – pevnost freelancers – reporters without a long-term 5 to tune in [tju;n] – naladit contract who work for different employers 6 face hazards ["hz@dz] – čelí nebezpečí (na volné noze) 7 obstacle ["Qbst@k(@)l] – překážka, potíž

stringer – a part-time reporter who covers a certain area accreditation – official permission mace – pepper spray

Language points

air – usually it means the stuff we breathe; in connection with

media, it means to electronically broadcast on TV or radio to chase down a story – to chase literary means to “run” after something; it is used to say that to find and follow a report is a kind of hunt

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Latest news from English‑speaking countries

Nigel Haward (UK), Alex Jordan (UK), Nathaniel Patton (US)

If you spent your summer holiday without a newspaper or television, you may have missed some news. Here is a recap of what has happened or is coming up in English speaking countries. It’s not all about the royal baby, you know.

Tour de France Last year the Tour de France was won by the British cyclist Bradley Wiggins (now Sir Bradley Wiggins). Maybe this fact, or perhaps because of all the fuss (= attention) surrounding the royal baby and Wimbledon, meant that this year’s winner of the 100th Tour de France, a 3,404 km race, the British cyclist Chris Froome, had a hard time getting media attention.

Right or wrong?

Do you know who a whistle-blower is? It’s a person who exposes (= makes public) corrupt or illegal behavior within (= in) a large organization. Just like young American Edward Snowden did.

He used to work for the National Security Agency (NSA) and the CIA, and he had access to many documents related (= connected) to secret government activities. He discovered that the NSA was secretly and illegally collecting information about private citizens, and he released this information in an interview with a well-known newspaper. Snowden explained that he did so because he couldn’t “allow the US government to destroy privacy, internet freedom and basic liberties for people around the world.”

Whistle-blowers often face great risks. After his controversial interview, Snowden spent weeks in Moscow airport unable to leave because the U.S. had revoked (= cancelled) his passport. Finally, Russia granted (= allowed) him temporary asylum, which means he can stay for some time in the country as he avoids being sent back to the U.S. to face criminal charges (= to be accused of a crime).

discuss Do you think that whistle‑blowers are heroes or criminals?

What would you do in a similar situation?

Listen to the recording of the news articles.

Here comes the heir The UK waited expectantly for a royal baby. Even the Queen, the child’s great grandmother, hoped the baby would be born soon so that she could go on holiday. The media have commented endlessly on every aspect of Kate’s pregnancy. You would think that Kate was the first woman ever to have a baby!

Finally, one day the baby boy was born. It was July 22. And speculation quickly moved to what his name would be. The most common guess was George and it was correct. There have been six King Georges in British history, the first in 1714. heir – dědic

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Raqib Shaw at the Rudolfinum (until September 15, 2013)

Wimbledon Win The atmosphere was electric. British player Andy Murray was battling it out with the world tennis no. 1 Novak Djoković. Britain had not had a men’s winner of Wimbledon for 77 years. Imagine the pressure!

As Andy Murray lifted the Wimbledon trophy, a fan in Scotland (Murray is actually Scottish), spent three hours lying on his back while a tattoo artist copied onto his chest a photograph of Andy kissing the trophy. The Royal Mail will produce a set of stamps showing Andy playing and, of course, holding up the trophy.

Indian born, London-based artist Raqib Shaw combines the cultural influences of his Indian past with European culture to create mixed media images. A lot of his pieces focus on religious themes like ‘Paradise Lost’ (the Garden of Eden from the Bible) and the absence of God. The artist uses half animal, half human figures in ways that show we are all animals on the inside, and combines them with bright colours and glittering gems (= shiny jewels) that catch your eye and hold your attention.

The canvases (= paintings) look as though they are alive and moving. mixed media – using different types of artistic media like oil paint, watercolour, pencil, chalk, or using 3D materials like seashells or jewels on one picture

We ran a competition to win two tickets on the Bridge Magazine Facebook page.

NT LIVE: Othello

Classical Hits The BBC Proms are a series of popular classical music concerts performed every summer in Britain. They take place in the Royal Albert Hall in London and are broadcast on BBC Radio 3 and television from mid-July to early September.

The last night is the most famous and attracts millions of viewers on television and giant television screens in the country’s biggest parks. It often ends with a firework display. The mood is slightly ‘silly’; sometimes the audience or performers dress up (= wear funny costumes). The audience often put flowers in their buttonholes, wave Union flags and join in some of the singing. This year, the last night is Saturday, September 7, and the programme will include, for example, Handel, Wagner and Bernstein.

The Proms were started by Robert Newman in 1895 to educate more people about classical music by organising cheap, informal concerts and including both classical music and music from films and television.

Shakespeare’s story of love, jealousy and betrayal comes to Prague live from the London National Theatre! Othello, a black general in the Venetian army, secretly marries Desdemona, the daughter of a senator. Othello’s enemy, Iago, plots against him and makes him suspicious of his wife. Othello thinks she is having an affair with her friend Cassio and murders her. Go to see the famous tragedy as performed from the heart of English theatre!

Lennie Bellew, Mary Matz (USA)

competition You can win one of two pairs of tickets to Othello showing at the Aero cinema in Prague on September 26.

Othello thinks Desdemona is cheating on him because he finds her: A handkerchief in Cassio’s bedroom B bra in Cassio’s drawer Email your answer with your name, the address of your school and the name of your English teacher to competition@bridge-online.cz, subject “Aero”. The deadline is September 15.

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Kia ora!

Welcome to New Zealand New Zealand is often considered one the most beautiful countries in the world.

You can find almost anything there, from active volcanoes and geysers to picturesque lakes, high mountains and golden beaches.

Where is New Zealand?

New Zealand lies in the south-western Pacific Ocean. It is also known in the Māori language as Aotearoa (usually translated as ‘The Land of the Long White Cloud’). It consists of two main islands, the North Island and the South Island, as well as many smaller islands.

The largest city, Auckland, and the capital, Wellington, are on the North Island.

Who lives in New Zealand?

The population is about 4.5 million. Almost 80 % are of European origin (Pakeha); Māori make up about 15 %. The rest are Asian and Pacific people.

New Zealanders like to call themselves Kiwis, after the national icon, a native flightless (= not able to fly) bird.

What is typical of the New Zealanders’ way of life?

A typical Kiwi loves the outdoors, whether it is the beach or the mountains, barbecues in summer, or playing sport. Sport is a very important part of life in New Zealand, with many people participating at weekends.

While football has risen in popularity recently, it still struggles to compete with rugby and cricket.

Kiwis have a great sense of community, with many towns and cities regularly holding fairs1 and festivals, as well as many people actively doing volunteer2 work.

Garage sales, where people place things they want to sell in their front garden and invite the public to come and buy them, are very common.

Do New Zealanders have any typical food?

One of the most typical dishes is “Sunday Roast” – roast meat (often lamb) and “three veg” (vegetables): boiled carrots, peas and roast potatoes. Fish and chips is also very popular.

A typical Kiwi way of cooking is a hāngi, which in Māori means “earth oven3”. Mostly done by Māori for special events, it involves digging a pit4 in the ground, heating stones in the pit over a fire, placing food wrapped in tinfoil5 in wire baskets covered with sacks or cloths, and burying it in the ground for a few hours to cook. As a hāngi can take quite some time to prepare, gas-powered cookers are sometimes used to make the meal without having to dig a pit, find the right stones, and light a fire.

The national Kiwi dish is the pavlova, or “pav”, a meringue6-based dessert made from egg whites and baked in an oven. It is named after the Russian ballerina Anna Pavlova, who toured New Zealand and Australia in the 1920s, and the two countries have argued ever since over who invented it.

But it looks like the Kiwis were first, again, just like climbing Everest!

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Abel Tasman National Park has sandy beaches as well as forested hills. Kayaking is very popular there, along with hiking and camping.

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Fiordland, New Zealand’s largest national park, was named after its fiords – long strips of sea between steep hills.

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Tongariro National Park is home to volcanoes.

The largest of them, Ruapehu, is one of the most active volcanoes in the world.

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Rugby is extremely popular in New Zealand.

Before a match, players do the Haka, a traditional Māori dance, to challenge the opponent.

Are there jokes about New Zealanders?

Yes, but we prefer to tell jokes about Australians, our nearest neighbours, and they like to tell jokes about us! Especially about the way we talk! Sometimes when we speak, our voice goes up at the end of a sentence. It can confuse foreigners who

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Ka pai!

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Land without mammals Because New Zealand was geographically isolated for millions of years and heavily forested, only birds and insects evolved there, with no land mammals8, except for a small bat. That all changed when humans came. New animals were introduced and most of the forests were cut down.

New Zealand has many unique animal species, many of which are endemic (= don’t live anywhere else). Perhaps the most notable9 are flightless birds such as kiwi, kakapo and takahe. Almost half the world’s cetaceans10 (whales and dolphins) live there, and a lot of seals11. More penguin species are found in New Zealand than in any other country.

Fly like a bird?

1 fair [fe@] – trh 2 volunteer [vQl@n"tI@] – dobrovolnický 3 oven ["Vv(@)n] – pec, trouba 4 pit – jáma 5 tinfoil – alobal

6 meringue [m@"r&N] – sněhové pečivo 7 cardigan ["kA;dIg(@)n] – propínací svetr 8 land mammal ["m&m(@)l] – suchozemský savec

Timeline 1250–1300 Eastern Polynesians first settle New Zealand.

They develop a specific culture – Māori.

1642 Dutch explorer Abel Tasman is the first European to reach New Zealand.

1645 The country is named Nova Zeelandia after the province of Zeeland in the Netherlands.

1769 British explorer James Cook maps almost the entire coastline. North American and European ships bring not only trade, but also guns and diseases, both of which kill lots of Māori.

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ask a question because it sounds like we are answering a question with a question.

Also we flatten our vowels, for instance, “tennis” sounds like “tinnis” and “pen” sounds likes “pin”! Plus, we have our own unique slang words, like anklebiter (a small child), greasies (fish and chips) and cardy (cardigan7).

Anyway, here is a local joke: What do New Zealand sheep do on a sunny day?

Have a baa baa que! (barbecue) Zuzana Wheeler, Trevor Ayson (New Zealand)

Vocabulary

Māori is recognised as one of the three official languages of New Zealand (the other two being English and New Zealand Sign Language). It is spoken to some extent12 by about a quarter of all Māori, and major efforts are being made to revitalize it. There are schools where both the Māori language and culture are taught.

Many New Zealanders regularly use Māori words and expressions, such as “kia ora” (hi / how are you?) or “ka pai” (good, fine).

The Treaty of Waitangi is signed. The British Crown gets the right to rule, while giving certain autonomy (= independence) and land rights to the Māori.

1845–1872 Wars between the British government and Māori tribes, who refuse to sell their land, end up with the confiscation of Māori land.

1907 New Zealand gains dominion status and is no longer a colony of Britain.

1917 Ernest Rutherford is the first physicist to split the atom.

9 notable ["n@Ut@b(@)l] – nápadný, pozoruhodný 10 cetacean [sI"teIS(@)n] – kytovec 11 seal [si;l] – tuleň 12 to some extent [Ik"stent, ek-] – do určité míry

1953 Sir Edmund Hillary is the first man to climb Mt Everest.

1970s Cultural renaissance begins among the Māori.

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The Line of ‘Line’ Meanings O The line between two points Firstly, a line is that straight thing between two points. And we can then use the line to mark boundaries2, divide roads or decorate the walls of a house. It’s quite a useful term.

A line of people

Many people standing in a row (= queue) is also called a line in American English. “There was a long line to get the free teddy bears.” And because the word is so useful we can use it as a verb. “Everyone was lining up to get their free teddy bears.”

Lines for information or travel

Line can also mean a telephone connection. “The line to the president is still busy.” And online means on the internet. “Why do you spend hours in clothes shops if you can buy the jacket online?”

If you travel by train, you go on a railway line, but if you travel by plane you travel with an airline. With

railways, the line is the name for the track, but with aeroplanes it is the name of the company operating the flight. “Sorry, sir, our airline will not let you travel with your pet crocodile.”

A family line

Line can also refer to your ancestors3.

“Tom had come from a long line of horse lovers.”

And some more on line

The word line appears in many common phrases. Down the line means eventually, or in the end. If you are in line for something, it means that you can expect to get something – usually something good. And on the line means at risk or in danger.

“Burt’s decision to give away free teddy bears seemed a brilliant business plan to attract4 customers.

He was sure he would be in line for a promotion5. However, he didn’t realize that someone would have to pay for the teddy bears down the line. Now, it looks like Burt’s job is on the line.”

Ryan Scott (Australia)

© Jean

ne of Calvin’s cheekiest1 activities is treating (= behaving towards) his father as if his father were an elected official. In the strip below, Calvin tells his father that his popularity has declined (= gone down) and suggests he finds a new line of work. Line of work means a job. But how else do we use the word line?

task Fill in the sentences with ‘line’ phrases from the article.

1 We were __________ for an hour to buy laptops with a discount, but by the time we entered the shop, they had all been sold out!

2 I used to enjoy working as a waitress but I now I find it annoying. I think I should find a different __________ .

3 Kelly failed three tests and her further studying at university is __________ now.

VOCABULARY

1 cheeky ["tSi;ki] – drzý, troufalý 2 to mark boundaries ["baUnd(@)riz] – vyznačit hranice 3 ancestor ["&nsest@] – předek, předchůdce 4 attract [@"tr&kt] – přitáhnout, přilákat 5 promotion [pr@"m@US(@)n] – povýšení

4 My brother is really good at tennis. I think he is __________ winning the tournament.

5 My flight was delayed and the plane was old and dirty.

I will not travel with the same __________ again.

Solutions on p. 3.

Calvin and Hobbes

polls took a big dive – popularita šla strmě dolů; “overall... performance” rating – hodnocení “celkového... výkonu”; went down the tubes – šla do kopru (zhoršila se)

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WATCH OUT WHAT YOU LEAVE BEHIND O ne day you will be looking for a job. But it’s not only your CV that matters, or how you come across (= make an impression) in an interview.

Potential employers might also go online to find out more about you. This may seem a long way off, but what you do today could have an effect on what you do tomorrow.

Obviously doing well at school and speaking a foreign language are important. Being able to work with others in a team, being innovative (= original) and showing a good knowledge of the world are desirable1 attributes (= qualities). On the other hand, there may be things about yourself you don’t want to be common knowledge.

the police with the views and voices of young people.

Unfortunately, some newspaper journalists looked up “Paris Brown” on the internet and found lots of tweets and other posts on social networking sites. She had allegedly3 posted comments that were boasting4

apologies in front of the cameras as her last act (= final time) as Youth Commissioner.

Ironically, the police are now looking at the tweets Paris made between the ages of 14 and 16 to see if they can be considered criminal conduct (= behaviour).

They’re watching you

Everything you do online creates a wider and wider digital footprint. Every time you access social media and post on Facebook, a blog or Twitter, your digital footprint becomes stronger. Some young people even post inappropriate (= not suitable) photos and videos on YouTube. The information may be picked up worldwide.

Once your information is out there, you can delete it but other people may have already copied it and passed it on2. So you should take care to build a digital footprint that will be an asset (= advantage), not a liability (= disadvantage).

Think before you post

Paris Brown, 17, got a top job with the police in Kent in England as Youth Commissioner, a special role which aims to bridge (= connect) the work of

Too late to regret. (Paris Brown)

“What goes online stays online.”

about her sex life, drugs and drinking and attitudes to (= opinions about) minority groups. The story made headlines (= had a big space) in all the national newspapers.

The public pressure was too much for the police and for Paris.

The headline in the newspaper several days later became ‘Youth commissioner quits over (= leaves because of) Twitter posts’. Paris made her tearful5

Delete your past

The European Union now wants to make a law that means all past data can be wiped (= cleaned) away in a move called ‘the right to be forgotten’.

You would have the right to ask companies like Twitter or even Google to delete all data about you from their servers.

Britain doesn’t agree with this because the lawyers say that it would be impossible to remove everything. The opponents also say it would be a threat (= danger) to free speech on the internet.

Nigel Haward (UK)

VOCABULARY

1 desirable [dI"zaI@r@b(@)l] – žádoucí 2 to pass on – předat dál 3 allegedly – údajně 4 to boast – vychloubat se

Did you know that…

• almost half of the recruiters* across Europe look for information about potential candidates on social networking sites?

• 43 % of European teenagers believe it is completely safe to post personal information on line?

• 71 % of European teenagers post photos and videos of themselves and friends on social networking sites?

discuss Do you think about what information you share?

Do you think the ‘right to be forgotten’ law should be passed? Would you use it if you could?

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GLOSSARY*

recruiter – somebody who finds employees for companies

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RAW TALENT Interview with Martin Škoda, secondary school student, and famous cook and writer Martin Škoda published his first cookbook when he was just 17. The book Škoda nevařit came third in its category in the Gourmand World Cookbook Awards in February 2013. He would like to show young people that cooking isn’t that difficult!

How did you start writing the cookbook?

I ran (= had) my own blog with recipes when I was younger.

When I was 14 or 15, I decided to publish a cookbook so I contacted a publishing house that I liked, and luckily they were interested.

Did you have to make many changes to have the book published?

We agreed that it would be better to focus (= concentrate) on

prepare a book for young people, and when the content was almost finished I got the idea of adding suggestions of songs to listen to while cooking as something extra.

a particular1 group of readers, young people in this case. They suggested I should change it a little but I actually decided to change the whole concept and I rewrote it all. And I am glad I did it. It was an improvement.

Did you choose all songs in the book yourself?

I did. I wanted to choose songs that would go well with the recipes. For example, the chapter ‘Made in Czech’ contains only Czech songs.

Was including music tips along with the recipes your original idea or did you add it later?

Actually, the music was one of the last things we did. From the beginning I wanted to

Back to basics Have you had any feedback from people who aren’t your young target audience?

Yes, quite a lot. It makes me happy. I like the fact that older

Shame not to write a cookbook.

people enjoy the book too. They compare my book with the way they cook, or their own cooking tips and knowledge.

There are some basic cooking tips and some simple recipes in the book. Did you want to teach people how to cook in a simple way again?

I am a defender3 of cooking simple meals using good quality

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Part of our culture What do you think Czechs’ worst habit is when it comes to eating or food?

One of them is certainly overeating5 and also laziness.

We are too lazy to invest a little bit of time into cooking. Instead it’s a rush and the feeling

Music makes the cooking more enjoyable.

that food isn’t important.

But I believe that food and the process of eating together should be part of our culture, like music.

I would love to open my own restaurant one day.

ingredients. I think it’s natural to go back to the basic ways of cooking again. And of course I wanted to write a book for young people who perhaps don’t know how to cook – I wanted to show them that anyone can cook.

Don’t boys around you think that cooking is a job for girls?

Maybe they used to think so but I changed their opinion. (laughs) What is your favourite cuisine•?

I like Mediterranean and Czech cuisine. I think there is big potential for Czech cuisine. But I also love Spanish cuisine. I study Spanish so the culture is close to me and I have many Spanish friends who give me advice.

Add some love What plans do you have next?

One thing I have been working on for some time is a TV

show, and maybe one also for the internet.

What is your favourite dish?

I don’t have any, because I often try something new and then I like it very much, so I would end up with a lot of favourite dishes!

How often do you find a new dish that surprises you?

It depends on how often I travel and go to restaurants. I study in České Budějovice and there are not many gastronomic opportunities, although there are a few good places. But then you know them because you go there often and you stop being surprised. On the other hand, you might find something great even from a street stall4.

What profession would you like to go into?

I would definitely like to study at university and somehow connect it with gastronomy.

Do you think it is the same everywhere?

It differs6. In Italy or Spain, it’s really part of their culture. They prefer to go to a restaurant and spend time and money eating well rather than buying a luxury car, for example.

Do you support Czech cuisine and its comeback?

I do. I think that it’s quite easy.

We can just use only ingredients that are grown here and it would help support Czech farmers too.

Do you have any bad experiences eating out or with food?

I don’t like the situations when you order something in a restaurant and they bring you something different but they consider it to be the right dish.

VOCABULARY

1 particular [p@"tIkjUl@] – konkrétní 2 target audience – cílová skupina 3 defender – zastánce 4 stall – stánek 5 overeating – přejídání 6 to differ – lišit se

Sometimes waiters argue with you although they should be helping the customer and don’t know anything about food.

Do you think Czech people are able to defend themselves in restaurants when they don’t get the service they should?

No, I don’t think so. Although young people might be able to change this now. When foreigners come to Czech restaurants, they don’t have any problems saying their dish is not good enough. This is what I’d like to see change.

What is your life’s dream?

Do you see yourself working with food?

I would love to open my own restaurant one day. And I really want to be a part of changing our eating habits. I would be happy if I could say, “What I did was worth it.”

Tereza Vařechová (CR) Jo Molloy (UK) Read Martin’s favourite recipe on www.bridge‑online.cz, “Studenti” section.

Na www.bridge-online.cz, “Učitelé” section, naleznete materiály CLIL Healthy Eating, které vycházejí ve spolupráci s British Council. Navazují na společný projekt MŠMT a British Council k podpoře výuky cizích jazyků prostřednictvím metodiky CLIL.

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competition Do you like cooking?

Bridge is running a special competition for its readers.

Cook your favourite dish, take a picture of you and the final dish and send us the recipe (in English).

The best ones will win some great prizes. More details on www.bridge‑online.cz. If you need some inspiration take a look at Martin’s recipe there.

LANGUAGE POINT

Raw talent means you are naturally good at something without training. Raw also means uncooked, raw meat, fish, vegetables, etc.

Cuisine – the style of cooking. For example, “I like Asian cuisine” means you like noodles, rice or curries or that style of food which comes from Asia (kuchyně).

Kitchen – the place in a house or restaurant where you prepare food. For example, “We usually eat breakfast in the kitchen.”