Read the text. Choose the best phrasal verbs to complete the text.

2 What is the meaning of the phrasal verbs you did not choose? Check in a dictionary if you are not sure. Then write a sentence to show the meaning of each one.

IT'S HENNA BUT IS IT REALLY ART?

While some people deny that body painting is art, others (1)think of I think up it as a traditional form of self-expression that is as much art as painting on canvas.

For 5,000 years people have decorated their bodies using a natural product called henna which stains skin a bright red colour. In many countries people believed that having such decoration would (2) bring about I bring round good fortune, and traditionally we (3) come to I come across examples of henna art on the hands and feel of women on special occasions. However, henna is becoming increasingly (4)sought out I sought after in western cultures where young people wanting to try body art (5) go for I go off henna because its effect is temporary, and fun. One henna artist says that many clients have outrageous henna art decorations done before they (6) set off I set about on holiday; they can enjoy the decoration while they are away, but it will have (7) worn away I worn off by the time they have to (8) go away I go back to work or college.

Vocabulary 2: words with similar meaning

1 Three of the words in each group below have a similar meaning. Highlight the odd one out in each group. What does it mean? You can use your dictionary if necessary.

Example:

a custom a habit an anomaly a tradition An anomaly is a strange or unusual feature of a situation.

1 collect hoard accumulate build

2 symbol sign password logo

3 obsession preoccupation fascination indifference

4 conceal display exhibit present

5 disincentive motivation reason ambition

6 explore examine scrutinise inspect

2 Find at least one other word with a similar meaning to the odd one out in each group. Show the word to another student. Can they match it to the correct word?

3 Work with a partner. Using a dictionary if necessary, look at the three words that have a similar meaning in each group above. What is the difference in their meaning or use?

Choose the most appropriate words from Exercise 1 to complete these pairs of sentences. Use words from the same group for each pair. You may need to change the form of the words.

1 a) After a detailed ………………………………….. by experts, the painting was pronounced to be a fake.

b) The official ………………………………….. my passport before allowing me in to the country.

2 a) Most artists and musicians are not ………………………………….. and just want to produce wonderful art.

b) Sportsmen tend to be ………………………………….. by their desire to win!

3 a) There was a successful ………………of album covers from the 1960s in London which attracted many visitors.

b) The director gave a detailed ………………………………….. on the future plans for the art gallery.

UNIT 2

Spend it or Save it

Reading

A CASE STUDY: MELISSA

Melissa earns £27,000 per year as the PA to a Sales Director at a large international company In London. She lives nearby in a flat she rents with her best friend, Sarah. The flat costs them £450 per month each. Melissa is a likeable, bubbly person who is also known to be very good at her job. Although she has a slight problem with punctuality and is sometimes forgetful, she is generally forgiven for her shortcomings because of her stylish dress sense and personality.

Melissa will be the first to admit, however, that her personal life is a complete disaster, especially on the financial front. She absolutely loves shopping and has accumulated, and used, a lot of credit cards. Everyone seemed to want to lend her money and she bought a car, went on holidays, furnished her flat and shopped till she dropped - all on borrowed money. On the shopping front, she reluctantly admits that being scatty and disorganised, she constantly buys things that she doesn't really need and never really thinks about what she spends her money on. She spends lots on cosmetics, shoes and clothes, but she has nothing to show for it because a lot of it is cheap junk. Massively in debt, Melissa avoids opening her bank or credit-card statements because the sight of them gets her down. She has no savings at all and frequently borrows money from her mum that she has no hope of paying back.

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