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(5) early  indications of the whereabouts of Osama Bin Laden before he was (6)  captured  Researcher Kalev Leetar said the study could now help analysts (7) spot  future trouble in potential hotspots around the world. Business strategists already do a similar thing to (8) advise  their clients. || (15) focused  on one place. Leetar likened his predictions to weather forecasting, saying: “It’s never perfect, but we do better than (16) random  guessing." ||   ||
 * 1. GAP FILL: Put the words into the gaps in the text.**
 * Researchers say they can use news stories to help predict the future. Scientists from the University of Illinois in the USA (1) imput <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> over 100 million news articles into a supercomputer for analysis. The stories went back as far as 1945 and came from many (2) <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">sources <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">, including the BBC and New York Times. The (3) <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">data <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> showed how much unrest and discontent there was in Tunisia, Egypt and Libya before their (4) <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">recent <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> revolutions. The computer also saw
 * <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Leetar explained the (9) <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">importance <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> of news to look into the future: “News gives you (10) <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">incredible <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> information about people, places, and organizations. It also tells you about the relationships between them, about how people (11 <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">view <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> each other,” he said. Leetar used terabytes of data to look at three (12) <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">key <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> areas. One looked at the tone of the journalists’ writing. It used 1,500 different (13) <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">emotions <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> to build an assessment of a country’s stability. Secondly, it examined geocoding to (14) <span style="color: #e212ba; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">track <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;"> references to people’s movement. A third technique was network analysis to show how much news channels
 * <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 17px; line-height: normal;">2. Listen and check your answers. **

**<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">3. THE FUTURE: What are your predictions? Complete this table and share what you wrote with your partner(s). Change and share again. ** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Good things bad things: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">pass the school-year/ repeat course again. **  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">This year for you: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">win the lottery .** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Your country: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">Valencia. **  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Sport: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Run y Swim. **  <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">Inventions: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">That the cars can fly. ** <span style="background-color: #ffffff; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">The world: **Economic situation will finish.** <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt; line-height: normal;">Your old age: **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">85/87. **

**<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">4. Talk to your friend and complete the predictions. **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">By the year 2020 we will both have **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">have my own ****<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">flat with ****<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">friends **

<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">In ten years' time we will both be **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">working and ****<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">being totally independent **

<span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">By this time next week I will have **a lot of exams** and my friend will **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt;">she will be ****<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">cured ****<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 12pt; text-align: -webkit-auto;">of her problem. ** <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">This time tomorrow I will be **<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif;">walking around ** <span style="background-color: white; font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 13pt;">and my friend.

__** INFORMAL LETTER **__ <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">From: Amparo__95@hotmail.com <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">To: Maria_hg_198@yahoo.es <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Hi, Maria! <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Guess what? Hopefully, by this time next month, I’ll have sowed up enough money to buy that motorcycle I’ve always wanted! <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">It’s so cool, so I’ll be able to ride everywhere. It has also got and an excellent bodywork and saddle. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">The only problem is which brand to choose. I think I’d like a Vespa, but the Aprilia is very attractive. What do you think? <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">I want to hear from you, so drop me a line. <span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Love. __<span style="font-family: Arial,sans-serif; font-size: 14pt;">Amparo __ __ = CAROLINE =

My best friend Carol must be one of the most interesntig people at school. In fact, I've never met anyone like her!
==== Caroline is petite, with a short and fat body, wavy brown hair. She's cheerful, has got a great sense of humour and can always make people laugh. She's really into history. Moreover, she knows a lot of about nature and music. ==== ==== Carol is absolutely mad about animals too. First of all, she's got a rabbit and a tortoise. In addition, she volunteers taking of her neighbours dogs during school holidays. She's always got interesting to tell me about her experiences. ====

In short, Caroline is different from all teenagers. She's fun to be with and entertaining to listen to. I'm glad that she's my best friend!
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