1 PART 1 A Wildlife Cameraman I earn a living as a freelance wildlife cameraman working all over the world. It is my job to provide the (1) ….. material from which a natural history programme is (2) ….. up. If the lifestyle agrees with you, the travel and the filming can be great. There is fantastic variety: I often do not have the slightest (3) ….. where I am going or what I will see. There is also a certain pleasure in (4) ….. some of the film you take on TV, though as I am often away working, I do not always (5) ….. the programmes when they are shown. It is unusual to get an ‘easy’ filming job. One of the most challenging things is (6) ….. your sense of humour under sometimes difficult circumstances. I (7) ….. to work in the region of 300 days a year and I often (8) ….. I had more time to play my guitar or see friends. Sometimes there is no (9) ….. even unpacking, when I get home. But it is an amazing job, even though there are frustrations. What I hate most is flying – I really cannot (10) ….. with that. All things (11) ….. , if it were not for the flying, this job would be (12) ….. about perfect. PART 2 Throughout history people have worn clothing of one description or another. Apart (13) protection against the weather, clothes were also often used to show the wearer’s status and wealth. Over the years, numerous fashions in clothing have come and gone. (14) some of these have been popular for relatively short periods, others have lasted longer. Until the first half of the 20th century, the ability to follow fashion was limited to those (15) had the money to (16) so. But following fashion did not only demand money, it also required large amounts of leisure time. Wealthy people took fashion very seriously and close attention had to (17) paid to detail. Wearing the correct clothes for different occasions was very important, despite the (18) that this often meant changing clothes five or six (19) a day. More recently, fashionable clothes have come within the reach of ordinary people. The traditional 2 craft of dressmaking, (20) usually involved sewing (21) hand, was both costly and slow. But today, large-scale manufacturing has made it easier for people to keep (22) with changes in fashion (23) having to spend a great (24) of money. PART 3 Over the past few years, tourism in the East African country of Tanzania has been growing fast. Tanzania has a really (25) FASCINATE multi-cultural history and is home to many different tribes. They live peacefully together and have a wide range of (26) OCCUPY , such as farming and making traditional (27) JEWEL. Visits to tribal villages, notably to those of the Masaai in the north of the country, are often a highlight of travel itineraries. Last year, Tanzania welcomed about 290,000 visitors, which made tourism the (28) THREE most important source of foreign exchanges; only coffee and cotton brought in more revenue. Tourists are attracted to Tanzania because of its (29) GOLD beaches and its unusual (30) GEOGRAPHY features. It has lakes of amazing (31) DEEP, and in Mount Kilimanjaro boasts the highest mountain on the African continent. Tanzania also has more land devoted to natural parks and game reserves than any other wildlife destination in the world. Everything, including the coral reefs, is protected by government law. Tanzania is (32) IDEAL placed to increase its tourist trade by offering a (33) VARY of activity holidays. At the same time, it aims to avoid the ‘mass tourism’ that has been a rather (34) FORTUNATE development in other areas of similar beauty. PART 4 35 I think Robert is too young to look after his brother. CARE 3 I think Robert isn’t of his brother. 36 Tomas put up a fence so that people didn’t walk on his garden. PREVENT Tomas put up a fence on his garden. 37 The twins are eager to see their cousins again in the summer. LOOKING The twins their cousins again in the summer. 38 The last time Enrico saw Gloria was the day they left school. SEEN Enrico has the day they left

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