NARRATIVE
A Narratives andconnectingwords
8 Biographical narratives
C Newspaper stories
Warmup: registerexercise
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5 Filmreview
6 Joke (spoke n)
7 Local histo ry sect ion of a g Uid e hook
8 Newspape rstory (fro m' po pular'p ress)Readthefollowingde s cr iptions(A- H)the n matc h the mwith thecontexts from
which they we retaken(1-8).
1 Obituary
2 Accidentrepor t
3 Letterof complain t
4 Johapp licationAfter graduating fromNewcastle Universityin1987,
I spent two years trave llingaround theworld(Europe,
India, Malaysia,Australia,South America). In the
co urse of the seco nd year ,I becamefluentin
Port~lgliescand worked as an aerobicsinstructorand
tenni s coac h forsixmonthsin SaoPaulo. As youwill
see fr,om my CV (enclosed) 1returned toNewcastle in
June 89 andworked as Community LiaisonOfficer
on the Byker Community Arts ProgrammeThe oncomingcar had taken thecorner t oo fast
andwa s on the wr ong side of the road. The car
in front of me , a Ford Escort, tried to pull
into t h e side of the road to avoidbeing hit.
The Fordma naged to avoida head-on collision ,
butnevertheless the driver's doorwa s ripped
offb y theg l a nc i ng impact. The speedingcar
wa s alsodamaged, andlost a wheel; it
rebounded towar d s me, sideways on. I swerved
to the l eft ina n attempt to avoidit[!J
There's thisnewmanworkingatCapeCanaveral.
It 'shisfirstdayatwork.Hesitsdownatthe
microphone. ' F ift y-fou rthousand,threehU~dred
a n dtwen t y -one...Sorry,I'llreadthatagain...
Five, four,t hree, two, one.'lEI ' I cannotunderstandwhy a lioness shouldste p
ove rs omeof my mates to have a go at me: he
said. Snoringwas one of the reasons put forward
by his colle agues. But London Zoo expert Doug
Richardsonsaid: ' Lions are notterriblybraveand
would morelikelyhave gone forsomeonequiet.'58 • Types of writing
BornFre de r ic Bulsara inZanz i ba r, he
moved to London with hi s farnilv in
1959 ,.and took hi s first exploratorv
step mto musi c with a gr ou p calle; 1
Wre ck a ge. lie joined Queen in 1 970
while studying Art a nd Desi gn an d
runmng a sta lla t Ken sin gton ~Iarket.
He~ls~m et~.Iar'yAustin, manageress
ofBibasboutique, Theylivedto gether
for seven years, a nds hc I'clnaincd a
closefriend.