VIII. Discusión…
2. Selección de Dosis Letal y dinámica de la infección experimental
1 th Albania has exposed the danger 2 fa Europe's last communist regime as it tries to liberalise 3 w losing control.
Troubles that began a week ago with student demonstrations in the capital Tirana spread as 4 th along a trail of gunpowder to Shkoder in the north and the comfortless resort town of Sarande in the south. Violence was particularly marked in Shkoder and the dreary steel town 5 Elbasan near Tirana, though 6 yesterday the situation appeared calmer. Government forces were 7 rep to be in control with tanks patrolling the streets of Elbasan. President Ramiz Alia has been trying to move
Albaniaout of backwardness and isolation since he 8 over as communist boss after the death of the post war revolutionary and tyrant Enver Hoxha in 1985.
At talks with student leaders last week Alia 9 p to allow independent political parties to take part in elections to the national assembly already 10pl_ for February.
Ramiz Alia 11 a told the students that he 1 2 _ sacking seven 13 m of the ruling politburo. It is improbable, 14 , that gestures of this kind will have much 15 ef . The regime's dilemma was brought into 16 sh focus in October when the 17 greatest writer, Ismael Kadare, defected while 18 a visit to Paris.
Kadare said then that he had 19 to the conclusion that Albania's 20 reg could not be reformed. 21 would come only by getting 22 of it.
Last week's events 23 sug change may come violently. Albanians were encouraged by the 24 of Ceausescu in Romania into25 they could get rid of their 26 o harsh regime. Last week both Kadare and intellectuals in Albania 27 exp apprehension at the 28 pr of violent change. The country has an old29tr____ of feuds to the death between tribes and families, and many scores are waiting to be settled 30_ almost half a century of unremitting repression.
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Compound nouns derived from phrasal verbs 6 In compound nouns derived directly from phrasal
verbs the adverbial particle goes last. (e.g. to knock
out - a knock-out; to fight back - a fight-back). Stress
is always on the first word in the compound. For each group of definitions, six verbs are given below. Using your dictionary, combine each verb with an adverbial particle (e.g. out, up, down,
over) to produce a compound noun which
matches with one of the definitions. The first has been done for you.
a something which causes delay hold up b end of a romantic relationship
c taking of control over a company etc
d value of business done by a company e sudden, severe repression
f drastic reorganisation of personnel
crack take hold break shake turn g undignified retreat from previous claims,
admitting you were wrong
h large-scale concealment of scandalous facts
i a problem stopping you from continuing with your plans
j a newspaper review k multiple road crash 1 disappointment
write pile climb set let cover m arrangement of objects, material etc
0 the way an organisation is arranged
p someone who likes to appear clever or impressive
q the act of mistaking one thing or person for another
r a very successful show, for which all tickets are sold
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7 Use one of the compound nouns to fill in the gaps in the following sentences.
a I'm afraid there's been a . I'm D.H. Smith, not DJ. Smith.
b The group's US tour was a huge success; every concert was a .
c There are rumours that a multinational company is to attempt a of British Copper, which has an annual __ . of over £10bn.
d The discovery of the new drug is a _ , which will revolutionise treatment of heart disease, e In a humiliating , the administration has
admitted the previously denied involvement of the President in the scandal, which had been hidden in a massive operation.
f The ____^ of their marriage was unexpected. They had seemed to be getting on fairly well. g Police have launched a vigorous __ on drug
dealing.
h What a ! I expected something much better!
1 In the Cabinet , many Ministers have changed jobs, and three have been sacked.
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j Security checks at airports take time and cause , but they're necessary.
k Fog has caused a catastrophic on the Ml motorway, involving 142 vehicles.
1 The advertisement looked much more attractive after they had changed the
m I thought that film was quite good, but it got a terrible in the newspaper.
Comparison and contrast
8 Fill the gaps to complete the sentences below comparing and contrasting dolphins and humans. Sometimes, the first letter of a word is given. 1 dolphins, humans communicate by making noises to each other. However, dolphins, 2 u humans, seem to have no interest in investigating the languages of other species. 3 humans nor dolphins can breathe water. Strangely, however, although dolphins breathe air, they soon die if they are out of the water. Humans, 4 , are fairly happy in either medium.
5 humans and dolphins are believed by humans to be highly intelligent.
Humans are social creatures, tending to live in societies. 6 S , dolphins live in groups. Being mammals, 7 n dolphins 8
humans lay eggs. 9 dolphins, humans can be trained to play skilful games with balls. 10 U humans, however, dolphins are not paid for displaying their skills.