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E rO Valdemar, an old lawYer'
E George and Anne Ballantine, past owners of Ballantine's
E Rngie Ballantine, George and Anne's daughter.
E Don Ballantine, Angie's brother'
b
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family'
e EVera Donato, a friend of the Ballantine
f EViktor Sarav, a new worker at Ballantine'S.
from Canada'
designer.
Sasha Demidov, a Russian fashion
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partner
someone who
owns a business
with other
people
than her,
r;;rl tlext to her. He was worried, and he was watching his sister lawyer
someone who
.'; r"cf.ully. Vera Donato
- a woman of forty-five with dark hair works to help
people with
;urrl r strong, confident face - sat on Valdemar's left.
the law
"l'his is a difficult day for all of lrs,'Valdemar began in his will the paper
that says which
t lt'(:p voice. 'Don and Angie have lost their mother and father
people you want
in t terrible accident. Vera has lost her friends and business to have your
money when
r:trtners. As an old friend also, and the Ballantine family's you die
l:lwyer for many years, I want to make this as easy as possible
lirr rll of you. So let's begin. You are here to
lislcn to the reading of George and
A n nc Ballantine's will.'
fashion house'
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rttict woman of twenty-five, sat across the table from him. She
lrrtl a beautiful face, but just then she was tired, and her eyes
Lruncrr
l'ltl Vrldemar looked down at the papers in front of him and then
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become
(pasr become,
became) to begin
to be
future
the tlme
that will come
fashion house
The old lawyer was silent for a minultr.'l'ltt'rt ltc lrt'liirrr lo t't'ttl
aloud from the papers in front of hirrt. llis voit't', rrl lir:;l ttrit'l
and shaking, became louder and sl,rottgtrr. Arrliir' [rt'liittt lo t ty
softly while she listened to Valdemar rtrttliug lllt'tt,orrls
will. Don held her hand. Vera listenctl iit(llv, ittt(l hrol't'tl
ol lllt'
itl lllt'
a business lhat
makes and
sells clothes
board of
directors
group of people
Without another word, Valdemar put the papers into his bag
and stood up. While he and the others were slowly leaving the
room, he thought for the hundredth time about the strange
accident that killed his friends. Was it only a month ago? George
and Anne were flying to Boston in their small plane. George
was the pilot. They were flying over open country when things
went terribly wrong, and the plane suddenly fell to the ground
and crashed. The police said that something was caught in the
plane's engines, but it was difficult to see exactly what
it was. Large numbers of birds - or bats - were not
usual in that place, and nobody could explain it'
George and Anne often flew to Boston, and
they knew the journey well. It was dark,
but the weather was fine. So whY ,,;:,
exactly did they crash? Valdemar
shook his head. Was it iust
..:::
bad luck?
pilot
this person
flies a plane
engine
the
machine in a plane
exactly
bat
really
a small
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for your father and mother, tnd I'll worl,. lrr'tl lor'you, loo.
Ballantine's is strong and itctn
['lc sl rr)nl{('r'.
about our next big fashion show irr Milirr. I'rrr llrirrl..irrli :rlrorrl
fashion show
people can see
the newest
clothes at this
maybe
image
perhaps
a
Picture
business
idea
something
that you think
fashion
clothes
wonderful suits, little dresscs, big Irrls, iurrl 11rt'rrl lr;rlir; ultl
shoes. I see unusual colours ftlr lirllurlin(.'s llris iunun('r, lr i1llrl
red, dark grey - and black! I ctn tic(r il rrow! Il's lloirrli lo lrt' lllr:
biggest and best fashion show of'rll tinr('!'
'Mmm, that sounds exciting, Vclrr. llul lon, ('\rt'|11, n'(' wo
going to do it?'asked Don.'lltrllrnlin(:'s wrsn'l rloirrli :i() wr:ll
when Mom and Dad died. It wrs st,rrlirrg lo lr)s(' ,.i( )nr(' ol' ilr; lrt'st,
people. I know that my mother tnrl lirlllt'r'w('r'('lrll'irr11 lrout
changing some things. What can you lt:ll us rlroul ll llrrl,'
'I know about it, of course,' answrlrrrrl Vt'r-r. "l'lrirrllr; vr/('r't'n'l
going too well, and we've lost a l'cw ll(xxl rt'orlt'in llrt'!rsl
months. Maybe our image has bccolttc: lrorilrll ()\/('r' lllc lrsl li'w
years. You can't rest in this business. Wtr n('('(l nt'\,r, lit't'r; tntl
new ideas around the place. We must looli lirr'rt'orlt' lo lrirrg
new life to the business. New blood.'l'll(:r'(: iu'('lrurrrlrt'tls ol'
bright young people in New York who wor.rltl rt'irlly lil..t' lo worlt
for Ballantine's so I'm not worried. We iust llirvt'lo l'inrl llrt'rrr,'
Vera spoke confidently, and her words gavc Arrgit' r rt'w
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'How exactly are we going to change
fritlnds.
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l)on
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our image?'
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asks Vct,t.
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'We did the right thing when we gave Viktor the job,' said Don.
and was full of life. She was thcir new buyer, urd shc had a
wonderful eye for interesting colours.
Sasha came from a fashion house in Russia. Ilis designs were
buyer
a person
design
when
you plan and draw
things before they
are made
consultant
lot of co our
charming nice
to other peop e
company
busi ness
interview
ask
to
questions
for somebody
to answer
fall (posfell) in
love to beg n
fo ove
of Angie in a white
'He's great, Vera,'said Angie. 'Let's givc hinr tlrc iob bclirre
another fashion house takes him.'
'Maybe you're right,' said Vera. Shc cl id rr' I ccl vcr.y t'oI r orl rble
with Viktor - she couldn't explain why. llrrt lrt: u,rrs goorl irt
I
pale without
of photos
dress
his job.
him, too
magazine
front of
publicity
information that
makes people
want to buy
something
model a person
who wears clothes
to show them to
other people
Everyone was silent for a minute. Then thcy all began talking
at the same time. A lot of people agrecd with Viktor.
'What do you think, Angie? Will you be our new modcl?' rsked
Viktor, smiling at her.
'I'm not sure,' said Angie, her face becoming red. 'l ... I've
never done anything like that before.'
'It's a great idea,' said Don. 'People will remember Angie's face
and name. And our clothes are just right for her.'
Then Vera spoke.
'We must be careful with this,' she said. 'Firstly, it's going to
mean more work for Angie. Secondly, won't it give the wrong
idea about Ballantine's? Aren't we telling people that we're a
small company with no money? If Angie's face is on all our
publicity, they'll just think that we're trying to save on models'
it's
necessary. You
btrt
do against so many?
a bad idea,
Vcrra.
il you
image
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urcl utgry.
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Ballantinet
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Things begin ro
Angie
Valdemar does not care ablout what happens to Angie and the company.
is
/ buyerlo give
us a new image.
.t unqd"*1ylat
is a
Ballantnes.
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What do you think these three people do in the next (hapter? Tick two boxes to
finish each sentence.
Viktor ...
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2 fl
3f
shouts at Mylene.
breaks Angie's leg.
is
worried.
Angie ...
1E
2E
3f
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b
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is a design
company
I modelat
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OK?
Our model
He's going
lo
interview
to Milan to
Don ...
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2E
3E
ofthe parking
garage.
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Yihtor
-r,
Lurt
to
thr1 myslery,
wouldn't you?'
sricl
,Mylene
Viktor took Angie's arm and walked with her away from
Mylcne and Sasha. He spoke in a soft voicc in her ear.
'Someone hit me on the head in the parking garage. I didn't
nant to say anything in front of the others because ...'
'What?'
'Wcll, I'm not surc - but I think that it was Vera who hit me.
Whcn I was lying on the ground, I saw her running away across
tlrc garage. I'm sure of it.'
Angie was shoched. 'What a terrible thing to happen! And
think that Vera did this! But why?'
jealous of me. She thinks that I'm trying to take the
('ornpany away from her,' said Viktor.
'So shc hit you in the parhing garage! I can't believe it,'
saicl Angic. 'But we can find out easily. Let's look at the CCTV
('rmera. That will show us exactly what happened.'
Vihl-or's face was suddenly confused. 'Oh, no,' he said
trricl<ly. 'l don't think that we need to go so far. Let's just forget
.you
'She's
rbout
\rrrong and
it wasn't
ran away
parking garage
a big room under
a buiiding where
peop e can leave
their cars
shocked
very
surprised by
something bad
jealous fe.^ling
rvlrcn they heard something.'
angry or sad
'I']ut, Viktor, this is very worrying,' said Angie shahing her because you want
to have what
lrrri{. ',y" must find out what really happened.'
Itrst then, the office phone rang noisily. Sasha answered it. 'It's
lirr you, Viktor,'he shouted across the room. An important call
ll'orn Milan.'
"l'ahe the call, Vihtor,' said Angie. 'We'll speak later.'
So
see Don
in
'llrnm,'said Don. 'I can't really believe that Vera did it. But
linow that shc doesn't like Viktor, and I don't think that he'd
lic rbout something Iihe this. Leave things with me, Angie. I'll
rt,r:
it at once.'
Minutes later, Vcra was in Don's office. She was shoched when
believe to thlnk
that somethtng
is true
CCTV camera
(short for c osed
clrcuit television
camera) a camera
confused
not
understanding
something we
lie
to say
somethlng that
not true
is
crazy
thinkinq
not
well
recording
pi.rur(.s 'Ilif Vililrr!' shc c:riecl. 'l)on, you've hnown me for years. I've
'1 , rrcvt'r' lril iury()rt(' irr rny lilt'. Are you crazy?'
tatpeoplccar 'llcy thcrc, lrkc i1 casy,'stticl Don.'Looh, I have to ask you'
walch t('r
t.htt.'
movirrg
l^r o'- rr
hv cnrer,r ,lrrl
figure
sorrt'ori'
rhalyoucl't
vcrY
well
gasp
camera
recording yet?'
to take
short, quick
breath
becausevouare Don went clownstairs to the room that had all thc CCTV
'r lP 'Fd
camera recordings in it. While hc was sitting in front of the TV
a figure in blach with something white on its head came up
silently behind him, stood there for a minute, and then went
away. Don saw and heard nothing, but he felt strangely tired
- and confused - after that. He watched the recording from
the parking garage earlier in thc day. He gasped in surprise at
what he saw Viktor got out of his car in the garage and walked
quickly over to the ncarest wall. He thcn hit his head rcally hard
three times against it.
After that, he took a bandage out of his pocket and put it
round his hcad. He was alone. Viktor was lying after alll
to crst' lltt'
l)ott httew that he had to move fast' He decideil
to watch i1' llc lirrt'w
r,'t orrlittg because he did not want Angie
didn't neccl t'. st't:
rlr;rl slrc lihecl viktor a lot, and maybe she
wrote a lettcr to litl
llris.'l'hcn he went back to his office and
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'wt' lravc to ask you this, Miss Donato,' the policeman went :lH::'il",,
the criminal
,,rr 'l)irl ilnyone want to hurt Mr Ballantine, do you think?'
\rt'r'i wirs silent for a minute before she spoke.
'l tlorr'l trust Viktor Sarav - our image consultant. He told
rrliit' llrirt I hit him in the parhing garage this morning. Well, I
,lrrlrr'l tkr it. So we know that he lies about things.'
\
now
Donato, Viktor Sarav has an alibi. He was with
\lrr:r l',rllilntine at the time of the accident. Are you saying that
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Vera looked at the two police officers standing at her front door.
asked
'Yes, I'm afraid so, Miss Donato,' said the older man. ,I,m very
sorry. We know that it's a bad time, but can we come in and
interview you? It won't take long.'
The men walked in at once and sat down in Vera,s living room.
Vera sat opposite them.
'When and where did you last
the older policeman began.
see
At the office this morning,' said Vera, her voice shaking. ,We
of our workers.' She explained to them
about Viktor, and all about his story of what happened to him in
parking
the
garage.
And later, Mr Ballantine drove to his sister's house?'
'Yes. I wanted to talk to him again, and Mylene our buyer told
me that he was going to Angie's. Was it an accident?' Vera asked.
'We think so. He was driving and talking on his cell phone to
huge
very big
the
glass at the front
of a car
windshield
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to
do things for
50meone, or
something, that
needs he p
weak
fool
proof
true
ri ,r
is real y
careful, Vera. Aftcr all, you have things to hide, don't you? Angie
Vihtor.
1,,
saicl. 'You
lrool<s,' said
rr
not stronq
to mke
something
which shows that
someonc thrnk
things that are not
true; a pcrson who
thing
lik,
rl
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tlr,
s:rli'. 'l low can Viktor hnow about it aftcr all this time?' she
'Maybe he'll tell Angie and Ed about thc moncy
,rr,I IIrt'\'ll r)cver trust mc again. I'll lose everything''
',lrr' r,r'irtcllecl through the open door alter Viktor left her
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'Oh, yes, let's do that, Vera,'
cried Angie. ,I,ve always wanted
to see Viktor's family house.'
More than anything, Vera wanted to
someone's
house in Bulgaria,,
;i::fifr|?:,
have ro go ro
she
thought.
go back to
Bailantine,s.'
asked
her no more
,,llr,, li,
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loI
lit'l
rbout WOfk.
\llr r lrr,o r,vt'r:lis, Angie was still pale but she fclt bcttcr. Vcrur
l,,rr r\rllrlliltr.
I I rrrrl il! Vilitor's changed everything,' said Vera to hersell.
lrr \\,r, lrrrt li. in her office in NewYork, and she was shocked.
llr yt':;, I'vtr lound some new people, and some of the old
,rrr11,l Ir;rrrr' g,lttc. 'l'hey weren't working well,' said Viktor
,, lr, rr ',lrr' ;rslicd hiln about it. 'It's a stronger company now. We
,rr
.t
r'l
lt. rrli"licl
of changing things.'
llrrt n,lry rrcu't Sasha and Mylene here?' asked Vera. 'you
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thir1,
llr, :rrrilt'
suclclcnly
-a----
volent
hurting
people easily
Fleur /fltcr/
rival
trying to do
better than you in
somethinq
'Yes,' said Fleur. And I was with them at Black's that night
Vera.
'No,' replied Viktor. 'Nothing at all. It's terribly sad, but, New
Yorh can be a violent place. You know that, Vera.'
Vera walked back to her office. 'l don 't bclicve
rbout
I must' Viktor
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Viktor, Vera, and ArlqiC qo 1o ,)n rrrfx)r1,nl f ,rsf tion sltow in lR#,,url.
After the show, Angie is
very tired and Viklor lclls
I
I
hcr.tItortl
vacation for scven wct'ks ltt Bttlq,ttia, Vt'ra tries to spcak to the
housekeeper
the old man does not understad her.
BoLh Vera
t*.
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aboutViktor but
as
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lrr,,rrlr.l',r,lost
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as possibie.
Back at the office, viktor has changed few things. He tells
Vera the good news about sa
and Mylene. They died after a night out af Black\.Iheir dead bodies
were found inside the
on the ground. Vera does not believe Viktor's story. she calls Fleur, young
a
writer who knew
Sasha and Mylene. Fleur teils Vera that Viktor was at the
ciub on the nght of her friends,dea
She thinks that Sasha and Viktor maybe had a disagreement
over Angie. Vera tells Angie that
must trust Viktor, but Angie doesn't listen because she loves Vlktor
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to herself.
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closet,rlrilrl
screen.
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Internet.
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'Wcll, that's my business, isn't it? And if Aou're rich, Vera, it,s
because you're nothing but a thief ! please leave now before you
say anything more. You can't stop me, Vera, because I know
too much about you. The wedding is next week. Angie and I
don't want to wait. She's happy and she needs me. So don,t do
anything to change that.'
Vera opened her mouth to speak, but she felt very afraid of
Viktor now. She wanted to scream and shout, but she said
nothing. There was something really evil about Viktor, but what
was it? She still had no proof.
Silently, shc turned round and walked out of the apartment.
shc could feel vihtor's cold eyes looking at the back of her neck
while she was leaving.
Just when she reached the door, she felt a strong hand on her
arm and she jumped.
'Don't forget what you came for, dear Vera,, said Viktor, and he
tell me that it
isn't true, Angie,' she said to herself. 'please tell me that vou're
not going to marry Viktor.'
Angie answered the phone and said immediately, ,Oh good _
it's you, Vera! I wanted to call you. I have some wonderful news.
say
, r'.
,,
r so
'l',
\(':i.'irnswered Vera''Of
rlr, r t' in
course
be
l'ew minutes.
\\'lrt'n she finished the call, Vera thought that she heard
'n('onc
,rl,,rvt'llCf.
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Trut.
Flse
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tlt
lttl
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tl
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offie
on
f[
d) . ..
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c)
..
..
. . A lot
tiru,e
Ais
ai
)iv-
|l
j)
a^
slne
wan^te hy help
l)
.. .. . ., whih was
.
lt *as
Se was looV\nq
bul
ew\?tl.
^e^rlf
cawte bacVandtold,w,ell^all^e,s
lrve!
vll o{
^obody
Ae
rt
lvsl lavgie.
k) ..
bel\eves w,e.
What
can
do?
i,;IJfrs$ WH&Y
What do you thnk happensin the next chapter? Use the names of the people
to
complete the sentences.
obsessed
elevator
looV
looV
Are55e5
evil
lo
Use the words in the computer to complete Vera's diary on page 39.
doornran
nte
Y>allanl,ne's.Y>"t
w#ffi3 ffi*ffiK
closet
I wa
r,ry cor^?vte. lo
apaftment
'..''
scf eLll
lnternet
furious
fail
refrigcra tor
wedding
Angie
Ed Valdemar
Vera
ffi&swfifimffi
b Viktor kisses
c
on
the neck
to
3B
39
Cha4orT-rhowd)in6
guest
a person
that you invite to ,r
wedding or a party
kiss to touch
Iovingly with
your mouth
and
made by
Ilallan.inc's, of course. Ed Valdemar
thought that Angie was too
thin, but thc other guests did not agree.
Most of them worked
fbr llrllantinc's, and they thought
that being very thin was
really beautiful.
'Oh, she's so wonderful,,
they all said. ,Lihe a world-famous
model. Just right.'
After the wedding, there was a big party
fbr all the guests in
Angie 's garden. At the party, Vera
and Valdemar began talking.
'You're right, Ed. Of course
she,s too thin. I don,t think that
this wedding is good for her.'
'Hmmm,
company,
; ::= P=
qffi"-,*-
'l)on
hit
nt. a
me,' he said to Angie and the guests who were near them. ,I
must go into the house for a minute.'
He walked through the house to the front door, quickly
opened
it, and looked up the road. yes! He courd see vera in the street.
She was in a hurry, running to her apartment, which was
not
far from Angie's house.
,1,
l,
wedding day!'
rr
go''
'n:l,o,T,ffl''"d
,1,
r
1,,, 1,,,,r,
,,,,'r
vacatron that
Mrs Sarav.'
i , r lr lirrg
,1
,rrri,,
i,, \
r,,r,,,
,l
rl,
is
lo [rc rich!' One of thc guests tooh his glatss in his htrncl.
lor irnd Angie,' he said loudly, 'and to their wonclcrlul
lr,1it.llrCr.'
glasses. 'To
lr,rrrily.
,r lr,ul
rll,ur riltclt,
lirlcr, /\trBle
go to the
Angie allLt
and Viktor
into their
vll(lor got rlrto
tllclr caf
car to
t() g()
tlre
, , ',,r I 'l'lrr: guests went into the street to say goodbye to them.
,, ,, ',rrrik'tl at all her friends.
I
t
i
,
lr
something
honeymoon
darling
that you say to
someone you love
lorliry that she's very happy for us. We can put all our
o[ you.'
ffiHesrus {.!cH
omplete the sentences with the Gorrect form of the words in Activity
on page 46.
hong)i:na.9n
,
I
:,
I
hundred
really.
. . at
........thing.
the party.
weatherwill....
......theirweddrng
him'... ......
day.
It's surprisinq that some people still believe in vampires in the twenty-first.
The sun is goinq down and
I
always. ..
the....
,.....are
becoming longer.
,ti5 W*IAT
What do you think happens to these three people in the next chapter?
Tick one box to finish each sentence.
Angie ...
1 fl
2E
EE
Viktor ...
LiB
U
R
Vera ...
1 f]
2E
E
Chagor8
Tfr frohclr,ooh
And I'm happy, too - but I can't stop thinking about Vera.
Why hasn't she called me? Is she all right?'
'Don't worry about Vera, my darling. The
days
That's good.'
fust, thcn, 1.hc ncws cunc on lhc lurgc l,clcvision in their hotel
room. 'l'hc sxllrl wirs lunlo(l rlrwrr, lrut liom his beach chair.
lurrotrs.lirshillr
/rrrrsr, trrt'l
trcr tlits
lirl rt
ir
tt l
rs
tragedy
terrible thing
that happens
very
rr
Vt,r'r w;rs
i thicf.
.ry|ffi"'"sws,'
"
" """"
"W
of
day.
I'm
sun when
doing thal,. Antl ol' ('ortrsc, I ncrcrtl 1,r bc ptc and interesting. A
rcd nosc irrsl isn't riglrl lirr ir rnorlcl in a lrshion photo!'
wcnl lrrt:li lo sil on
rlown [.csirlc llr:r.
Shcr
stl,
to her
'Oh, good. That's nice,' she replied' 'Well, I really can't wait
She lay back on the beach chair and smiled happily.
Vihtor looked at her beautiful face, and the two small, red
holes in her long, white nech. He suddenly felt thirsty
to the 16th
century.'
'Then why didn't I meet any of them beforc?' Angic asked.
good idea
husband's
mother's
rrr.y
lirllrcr's
side,
and his father, too. They'll be really happy wlrcn llrr,y k'rrrrr that
new American blood is coming into t.hc Sirrirv lirrrril.y!'
The soft sound of the ocean under Viklor's voit't' wlr so rcstful,
mY
darling,
I'll
go to you.
die,
be together!'
,;
RTADII{G
(}IE(K
uvCIR uIIH.H
Baharnas
Viktor and Angie go to the A/eld.irres for their honeymoon.
They drive there from New york.
They change their names when they arrive
at the hotel.
a
b
c
d
e
Hamletisafamous travel
..
.......byWilliam
. is
Shakespeare.
on the table?
company . .
..
is
&t
tn,$lT
What hapPens after the story ends? Choose from these ideas or add your own.
k Angie
to kill his
family,
aI
bI
c I
Vera comes
to
e f..
fLl
vampire
Viktor.
life again as a
dE
@
1
help you.
Use a dictionary
2
to
Author of novel
Name of vampire
Name of novel
Publication date
Setting of story
Vampire's victim(s)
Description of vampire
Animalform(s)
Special powers
Vampire habits
End of story
Author of novel
Name of vampire
Name of novel
Publication date
Se-t1ing
of story
Vampire's victim(s)
Description of vampire
Animalform(s)
Special powers
Vampire habits
End of story
Do you know any other famous vampire stores in books or films? Research and
write about one of them, using the texts n activities I and 2 to help you.
Afamilycrest
lfi
storY'
ffi
ffithe
Sasha Demidov
d&
Vera Donato
ffi
m
Mylene Lavine
*F
a__\
\
ffiwry kffi
\ *-'
\$LLL
Read about Viktor's family crest and complete the table on page 59.
Viktor
Viktor's family crest has four s]mbols: a bag a castle, a lion, and the
rrroon. The bat means that the family are vampires. Viktor nses bats to
kill
lion
fanfly
is rich
are stron& confident people. The rnoon tells us that the Saravs are
people of the night. They are strongest at night when the moon is
ftill.
Here is Mylene Lavinet family crest and notes about it. Read and complete the
description of the cest on page 60.
ffi
e+ffi
w
tur'ork,4bore
4//
Thtngs
fr4&4MAffi ffiU{K
Past Simple and Past Continuous
of.....
....,a.
..The
. and ..
They are a . .. ..
.,the.
.of....
of
....
Mylene
... .. nleans
The Ballantines
..
.. .. .. tells us
that Mylene
needs
1
family
..
is
Work
y'
WhatwasVeradoingduringthereadingofthewill?(look/aphotographofherfriends)
things in life.
of her friends,
sad)
/ p ,n. u..ia.n,l
Match the mottoes with the people. Use a dictionary to help you.
a
b
c
d
5
Answer the questions about the beginning of the story. Use the words in brackets.
hard. She
the
enjoys
The Ballantines' plane crashed while they were flying over open country.
that was in progress when events in the Past Simple happened. We use was /u/ere + present
participle to make the Past Continuous. We often use when to introduce the Past Simple verb
and while to introduce the Past Continuous verb.
,anda
.....standsfor
We use the Past Simple for finished past events. We use the Past Continuous for an activity
.
Ed Valdemar
Vera Donato
Angie Ballantine
Sasha Demidov
1
2
3
4
My face is my fortune
Protect the weak
Friends are forever
The
law
is above
all things
choose a character from the story and invent a family crest for him or her.
Follow these steps:
WhileViktora)..WO. la.aK.ing
(look)onthetnterner,heb)..
of Angie. She c) .
d)
...(fall)in love,and
While
hef)......
. (smile)
....
Ballantine's,ViktorquicklyS)...
Vera'senemy.Oneday,heh).. .......(come)intotheofficewitha
round his head. He
j).
..
)......
...(tell)Angieallaboutitwhen
.......(see)aphoro
hee)...
....(work)for
her,
....(become)
bandage
suddenlythe phone
RA&{44ffi
(${tr{}{
ffie,w&&ffi fl"{tK
To
ln direct speech, we give the words that people say or think. ln reported speech, we
think, etc.) and we put the verb in direct speech one
step back into the past. we also change the pronouns (1, you, etc.) and the possessive
adjectives (my, our, etc.) we usually use that to introduce reported statements.
After the verbs begin, enjoy, finish, go, go on, like, Iove, prefer, remember, and stop,
we use verb + -ing.
Angie thought
Vera.
Vera said
that
ttt
.l
,p
6s
qtnq tO
After the verbs begin, declde, forget, learn, like, need, remember, try, want, and would Iike,
we use fo + infinitive.
Ctlt.
about Viktor.
When we report questons with the verb be, we change the order of the subject and verb.
we use a question word - what, where, when - instead of that to introduce a reported
information question.
'What
ore
(-
with the verb remember, the meaning changes with fo + infinitive or verb + -ing.
Don remernbered to rnail the letter.
(= the remembering
verb + subject)
is
'Ballantine's
Valde.rnar explolned
b
With the verbs begin and like, the meaning does not change.
New people began to work
hando
working at Ballantine's.
;vu,u
rt ;
iru
,.urrf
gooO
. (have) a
job at Ballantine's.
*o,r,.,;rflornn,uuO.rur.
*unl,o n.
'ru
;";
63
G?*ffi{vX$tfiX {.fi(il{
Reflexive pronouns
we use reflexive pronouns (mysell yourself, himsell hersell itself, ourselves, yourselves,
and themselves) when the subject and the object of a verb are the same.
We use can (can't) / could (not) + infinitive without fo to express ability, permission,
or requests.
Veracouldn'trunanyfaster.
hurt
Can
we can also use reflexive pronouns to emphasize who did something, or for things that
a person does alone without anybody else.
Read Vera's diary. Complete the text with the words in the box.
Hi.;r*rr
f--r.*rI ly'.jf
-tf
tlg5*es_
_-ry'_.1_u."1_
myseif---
ygtl1li-
*l
snro,
woLL
trustVLtar,
fle
....
as
he,
danlt
jnst
aLL
wawts frngu
ta
looL
sarryfor
[in,
VLtar
.....
lomorroru wr'ru
Sarg
ta
fl . . .
at aLL, De,ar
at
l4Lan so fi t^
......
bh,e
sr',lt
noL
(-
necessary)
You mustn't do
that 1-
past.
He had to leave.
as
.
0f
..
nparbawb
and
we,
da
caurso,paar frrye
'Caw
reaLQbo
'l have
can to go back
to
arvd dawlt
trnst VLtarl
Angie.
b) .
c)
now.le)
d)....
... ".trustViktor
that he hit his own head and said that it was Vera. Oh, why did our parents
die in a crash? Before that, my poor sister g)
can't
but shelJ-luJdlN
Viktor said,'You must / have be very careful, Vera. I know too much about you.
strong. But he
a
b
c
d
e
i
sano q,Lo5tt;,
u[, .)
sperrds
...bhl
Sal,Lanbno,'s
d)
Qcago was
eru
a5Lhlc)......
, Thnjs aron't janj
ab
ar.;dDar.
aLL,
speakto him.
(= prohibition)
ffur,jthepLarle
....er\dbwasnlbtlwlrsttne,,VaLdenar
b)......
l'
httu
1o11,,,,,,,,,,,1se1ves
I must speak to
It
asL a) . . . .'rn)e
obligation)
I have to
I aftor,
ability)
on the windshield?
itself
issadallthetime.lh)....
.....
f).
...
drive
.. ...
laugh. Now, she
forgettomallthatlettertoValdemarAllofus
.. believe
ro
GRAMMAR CHgCK
Tag endings
Gfi&fvlA{Affi
Yott r on drive,
with
ctn'
you?
Vero ha:,n't
Viktor hod a r l,
you?
left
the computer
on, rlidn,t l?
what did viktor say to Angie? comprete the questions with tag
endings.
,t
iil 1voice.
he?
tef , has she?
I le isn't a vampre, i5
fi{(K
10
a
b
*as6,fiu-drt
interested.
Viktor had same exctng / excited new ideas to help the company.
After her brother's death, Angie feltfrightened /frightening of the future
Maybe Don was bored / boring with his job at Ballantine!.
llwas
surprised
/ frightening.
What did Angie say to Viktor? Use the prompts to make sentences.
you
/love
we
not having
Vera
my shoes
you
be
worried
much luck
/ good friend
7
marry me
/worrying
bored.
....... Y.q!a..lqye.fig,.dpn'1..)aq........?
me
surprising
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