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Intnoduction

Customr& Lilestylein the UK & Eeland

Timesavef
I pre5entsaspedsof Britishand kish (ulture and
lifestyletrom a teenageperspective.Eachlessonis
centredarounda vadty of topics{rom geography
and historyto day-to-dayteenagelife in multicultural
Britain.The materialsprovidEnglishlanguage
learnerswith stimulatingactivitieslor dis(ussionand
comparisonwith thir own cultursand experiences.
They also providthe teacherwith interestingand
rewardinglessonsthat involve minimalpreparation.

work; othershavespecificanswers.Thereis an answer

key at the backo{ this book. Referto this to check
students'workas a whole class,or photocopyit and
distributeit for individual
or pairchecking.
Many of the topicslead naturallyon to further projed
work. studentsan prepareprojectsbaredon British
and lrishcu tufe or basedon aspectsof their own
culture.The websitesbelow providemore
information
on the topicsin thisbook.

ABOUTTHISBOOK
VOCABULARY
Thisbook is dividedinto {ourteentopic. The topic, are
page(pages
outlinedbelowand listedon the Contents
4-5).Withlnea(htopictherearethfeevariedlessons
at
three different leveh.
A
V

- for studentswith
pre-inlermediate
1-2 yearsof Enqlish.

lcl
\t

intermediate- for ttudentswith 2-3

yearsoJ English.

,Cl
!,

upper-inlermediate forstudents
with morethan 3 yearso{ Enqlish.

Eachlessonconsistsof a double page of activdies.

Thethree lessons
within a topic eachcovera different
aspectof the topic, so you (an usemorethan one
lesson
with hisherievelclasses
andthey will stillfind
the materialstimulating
and interesting.
The length
of the lessons
will varydepending
on the levelof the
classand how the activitiesare tackled.Activitiescan
be exploitedin difierent waysaccordingto theif
appropriacy
{or the students
ln yourclass.
Most o{ the le5sons
containpresentationma'terial,
whi(h lntroduces
the topicand givesthe studen'ts
informationaboutthe subject.Ihis
is followedby
activitiesthat help the studentsunderstandthe text,
gapJilling,
includingmatching,
true/false
activities,
quizzes,
scanning
andskimmingactivities.
Thesecond
page usuallyprovidesextensiono{ the topic and/or
consolidation
activities
in the {orm o{ gamesand
puzzles.Photocopyboth pagesof your chosenlesson
Jor eachstudent9othat the lessonprogresses
{rom
presentationto freer activities,
Thetypesof activityarevariedand includeindividual,
pairworkand groupworkactivities,plusactivitiesthat
canbe usedfor homework.Someo{ the activitiesare
openelded or leddon lo di\(us\iondnderrerrion

Vocabulary
isgradedaccording
to lopicand level.
Thelanguage
usedis naturaland appropriate
to the
topicandthe agegroup,Sometopicsrequiremore
advanced
vocabulary
andstudents
at all levelswill find
dictionaries
or teacherinputuseful.Youwill noticethat
someof the wordsor phrasesin eachlessonhavean
asterisk{*). Theseare wordsthat might be beyondrhe
levelof the sludents,that are not illustratedor
explainedon the page and that studentsmay not be
ableto guessfrom (ontext.rhe note What is it in your
language?Findout! invitesthe student5to usetheir
diclionarie,,
and is an opportunity
for tf'em1o improve
their studyskills.Alternatively,the teachercan preteachthe words,or (in a monolingual
classroom)
providetranslations.

TOPTCS
What is Bnitein?
Thisunit is a livelyintroduction
to the geography
and historyof England,
Wales,Scotland,
lrelandand
Northernlreland.Thereis a lot o{ materialon the
InternetaboulBritain,especially
in relationto tourism.
useful web addresses:
. ww.v1/.number
10.gov.uk(UK)
. \a/wwtouristin{ormation-uk.(om(UK)
. ww.w.visitbritain.com
(UK)
. vv\a^/.geo.ed.ac.uUhome^cotland^ouristinf
o.html
(scotland)
. w\,!\/.ireland.ie(lreland)
Cultur and th citu
Thisunit presents
threefashionable
citiesin the UK and
lreland.Dublin,the capitalo{ lreland,is a livelycityfull
oJ young professionalpeopleand tourists.Brightonis a
seasideresortJamousfor its vibrant atmosphere,and
Liverpoolwas an industrialport that hastranslormed
itself into an attractivetourist venue,

Usful wcb addrsses:

. wwwvisirdublin.com(Dublin)
. wwwtourist-information-dublin.co.uk
(Dublin)
. wwwvisitbrighron.com(Erighton)
. www.visitliverpool.(om
(Liverpool)
. w\ /wme15ey'world.(om^ourism/attradions
(Liverpool)
Multicultural Britain
Thisunit introduces
students
to Britainasa
multiculturalcountrythrough the experiencerof British
ieenagerr.lt givesstudentsinformationabout the
ethnicaroupsthat live in Erjtainthrough a varietyof
textsincludingstudentstalking about their lamilies,an
introductionto teenageslang,fact {iles and articles
about new multi(ultural influences,

uietul web addlesss:

. www.riverthames.co.uk
(Ihe lbames)
. \ivww.liverpoolcanallink.co.uUmerseyf
est.htm
(Liverpool)
. www.thisisoxf
ordshire.co.uUoxf
ordshire/viriU
(Oxford)
attractions
. www.gtratford-upon-avon,co,uk
(Stratford-upon-Avon)
(Glasgow)
www.seeglasgowcom
(glackpool)
www.blackpooltouri5m.com
(gournemouth)
www.bournemouth.co.uk
(Newquay)
www.newquay.co.uk
(Wales)
www.wales
calling.corn/guide/brecon.htm
www.visithighlands.convnorthern-scoft
ish-highlands
(Scotland)

Useful wb addresses:
Goingout
. wwwmovinghere.org.uk(life in the UK)
TheEritirhlovegoingout andthisunit presents
the
. wwwcre.gov.uk/ethdiv/ethdivhtml
opportunities
teenager!havefromgoingto the cinema
(multiculturalfacts)
andhavinga pizza,to daysout at themeparks.lt al5o
. wwwbritkid.org (interactivteenagsite)
include5
in{ormation
aboutpubr- nota venuelor
. wwwbbc.co.uk/schoolVgcsebitesize/music/worldmusic
partof the Britishandlrish
teenagers
but an essential
(world music)
streetsceneand lifestyle.
Sport
TheBritishand lrishare 5portingnationsand this unit
providesinlormation about somefavourite5portsfootball,cricketand rugby.
lJsefulweb addresss:
. wwwbritishsportr.com(sport)
. !4 4/w.campaigns.visitbritain.com/uktheguide/uld
5porting/uk(sport)
. \4/ww.footballculture.net
(football)
. www.cs.purdue.edu/homeyhosking/cricket
(cri<ket)
Musi< and fashion
Thi5unit givesgtudentsan interestingand interactive
historyol pop musicand fashionfrom a Eritish
perspective.
Studentsare shownthe (ontribution made
by Eritishmusicians
to the developmentof pop and
rockand they seethe linksbetweenfashionand music
overthe pastfifty years.
Useful web addresss:
. www.home.clara.nevdigger/sixtietevents
(1960s)
. www.Jashion-era.com/l970s.htm
(1970s)
Bdtish urat15
TheuK and lrelandare surroundedby water and
peopleenjoygoing to the seasideand havingfun on
rive6.Thisunit givesstudentsan insightinto the British
at the beachon holidayand Eritishpeoplewho live in

Usfulweb addresses:
. www.paultonspark.co.uk
(Paultons
Park)
. www.ryedalefolkmuseum.co.uk
(RydaleFolkMuseum)
. www,bbc,co.uUgloucestershire/sporuextreme_sport
(painrballingl
paintballing.shtml
. wwwhistoric-uk.conVCultureUK/Pubsigns.htm
(pubs)
Fstivals and fun
SummerJetes,carnivals,musicand theatre,festivahand
dancing- theseare all different waysin which Sritish
and lrishpeoolehavefun. Studentslearn about a
varietyo{ typicalaspectsoI theseactivitie5.
Ugeful web addressea:
. wwwovervillage.co.uk/carnival2004.htm
(carnival))
. wwwbbc.co.uUdna/h292/A358788
(fete)
. wwwglastonburyfestivals.co.uk
(Glastonbuiyfestival)
. wwweif.co.uk(EdinburghFestival)
. womad.org(WOMAD)
. wwwreading-festival.org.uk
(Readingfestival)
. wwwedinburghtango.org.uUlatin/saba_mu5ic_
guide.html(salsa)
. wwwcommunigate.co.uk/yorugravitycontrolcrew
index.phtml(breakdancing)
. wwwcam.ac.uk/societies/round/ceilidh.htm
(aeilidh)

Shopping
Everyteenageflovesshoppingandthisunit xplores
tpendtheirrnoneyon
the thingsthat Britishteenagefs

useful web addtesses:

. wwwukstudntlife.com/Petsonal/Manners.htm
(customs)
. wwwbb(.co.uUhome5(homesand litestyle)

useful web addresses:

. wwwbbc.co,uk/coventry/features^eens/storieyteens-Celbrations
a
(clorhesshopping)
TheBritishand lrishliketo havea partyor celebrate
coventry-shopping.shtml
. wwwoxfam.org.uk/whatyou can dorhop
specialday.Thisunit talks about greetingscards,special
days,gchoolpromsand {ireworks.
(charityshops)
World of uork
teenagers
Althoughtheir parentspay{or the estentials,
in the UK and lrelandearnpocketmoneyat homeand
do a lot of part time jobs to get extra money-Thisgives
and a senseof responsibilitythem both independence
do.
the differentjobsteenagers
Thisunit explores

Usetul web addrcsss:

. www.birthdays.co.uk/whatsnew/hislory
maan.htm
(cards)
. wwwperfectproms.com
(Proms)
(fireworks)
. www.fireworks.co.uk/heritage/history.html

Useful web addrcsse5:

. www.tiscali.co.uk/money/f
eaturetpocketmoney/2
(pocktmoney)
(work experience)
. wwwwork-experience.orgl<ms

were
All websiteaddresses
publication.
MaryGlatgowMagazinesis not responsible
for any changeslo content on the websiteslistedhere.

Schools
of sthool.lt
Thisunit explores
studnts'experlence
looksat schoolrulesin the UK,schoolsubjects,the
educationsystem,and one student'sdiary of a day

lrseful web addresss:

. wwwjusldosomething.nevxsp/xsc.asp?uri=/home/zone
erent stageeof'school
/uk'9uide/ducation-Vthe-difi
(school)
. v,vww.bbc.co.uk/schools
(school)
Food and dnink
Foodanddrinktell usa lot aboutpeopleandlheir
In thir unit,we exploretypicalteenage
lilestyles.
breaklastsand lunches,comfort food and the eve.
popularethnicfavourites,not forgetting Britain's
favouritedrink-tea.
tlsetul web addresses:
. wwwoxfam.org.ukkoolplanevontheline/explore/
jo!rney/uk/food.htm (food)
. wr /w'bbc.{o.uulood/re(ipes/mostof
-tea.shtml(tea)
Thc Bnitish hom and lifslgl
Peoplein th uK and lrelandlovetheirhomes.But
typicalErlti!h
what arethey like?Thisunit explores
horres,the'r room5dndfrrr tu.e and (Jstomsin
the horne,

Contents
Whatis Britain2

ngland
Wals and Scotland
Inlandand Northrn lrcland
Mg Dublin
BPightonrocks!
Batlcmaniain Livcrpool

Culturcand thc citg

MulticulturalB.itain

What is bingBnitishP
A multicultuFal
mlx
ThAsianinflunc

SpoIt

Footballfun
Cnazgabout cdckt
Rugbg mania
The l95os and l96os
Th l97os and l98os
Th l99os to todag
Thc sasid
On th Fivcf
Th sasidrsort
Whal's on thls r!k?
Placs to go
Mtlngup

Music and fashion

Bnitishuatns

Goingout

Carnivalsandtcts
Musicandthcatrtstivals

Fcstivalsand fun

Lt's danc

5hopping

*
**
***

World of uroFk

Schools

Pockt moncg
PaFt-timjobs
*
**
***

Foodand dFink

ThBritish homc and lifstglc

ClcbFations

ThHighstrt
Tnshopping
Bargain-huntl.rg

*
**
***

Wotk xpdnc
School Fulcg
Schoolsubicts
Thc school sgstem
Lunchtim
Bdtish bFakfasts
6lobaltood
Tgpsol hom
xplore Bdtish hom
Bdtish customs
CaFds, cards, caads
School pnoms
Fi|rllo.ks in B.itain

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Cngland
When you hear the word 'England'. you probably think of red buset pretty
villages* and postcardsof Buckingham Pala<e.But did you know about the music
testival* in Glastonbury. the great fashion and mutic in London and the best night life in
Europe in Birmingham? Readsome fa<ts about England and look at the map.

. Glasgow

Edinburqh

SCOTLAND

TheNorthwasindustrial*,
but therearework

dff
\

t\,n_,

united
Chekeaand Manchester
Arsenal,
are world-famousfootball teamt.

ENGLAND

e Beatlescamefrom
Liverpool.
Shakespeare
and charliechaplin
wereako Engllsh.

waikingl

Manch

beautlfulandthere
is lotso{ farming
andfishing.

ox{ord and
Cambridge
are

Themostpopular*

mrngham

Thereis lots of work

in the Southbut it's
expensiveto live there.

. cambridge

WALES

universityc;ties.
capitalo{England
- 7 millionpeople
live there.

Thereare exciting
citiesand historical*
lowns with castles.
Glastonbu
CORNWALL

Manyfamiliesgo on holidayto the beach.

And there'sgreat surfingin Cornwall.

Thechannellunnel
underthe sealinks*
England
and France.

TRANCE

Inf}stop
ls Englandthe sameas Britain?
. No.England,
Scotland
andWalesare all
countriesin Eritain.Britainis the largestisland
in Europe.

Lookat the key

and complete
the map.

l,/

dT,

NONTHERI.I

Ir Britainthe sameas the IJK?

. No.The UK is Britainand Northernlreland.
. TheUK is a membr*oJthe European
Union.
ls QuenElizabeththe Queenot England?
. Yes,and morel She'sthe Queenof the whole
o{ the UK.Shelivesin Euckingham
Palace
in
Englandand she'sgot a home in S(otland.
What is the Unionflag?
. The red St George'sCrossof England,the red
St Patrick'sCrossol lrelandand the white
St Andrew'sCrossof Scotlandon a blue
background*
makelhe Unionflag.

UK

Eritain

Colourthe flags.

England

lreland

Scotland

England

Unionflag

Danis viiiting England.Find

ten mistakesin hi5 email.
Rewriteit with the @rrect
information,

HiLisa
HereI am in tondon. ltt the capitalol Eritain.lt3 a huge
place-ten million peoplelive here.That'scrowded*l
TheQueenlivesin Birmingham
Palace.
Englandk reallycool.Cambridge
isamazing.lt'sgot the
bestnight life in the world.
The Englkhare so funny.Many peoplego to the mountain5
for their holidays.There'sgreat skiingin Cornwall.But did
you know? Fishingir their favouriteoutdoor sport!
Britainis the smallestislandin Europe.The ChannelBridge
goesfrom Englandto Spain.
Seeyou soon
Danx

r What is it in your language?Hnd outl

Mwnais-r,n"rr

O-,

Wales and Scotland

Wales

Info-stop
Thisis the Wlshflag
- The RedDragon

. Thereare lots of castlesin Wales.Theywere

built in the MiddleAges*,whenthe Welsh
foughtthe English.

TheWelrhlanquageis one of the oldettin

We sh
ufope.20%of the population*speaks

. Waleri! calledcymruin welshDon'tcailWekhpeopleEnglish.

Theyaren't.Thy?eWelshl

TheWelsh
Do you likevegetabler?
i! a leek.
nationalsymbol
Areyou good at epeling?
A town n waleshasthe longestnamein Britarnl
gogerychwyrndrobwllllanttyLlanfairpwllgwyngyl
sillogogogoch

Everyyeartherearemusc
and art fertivak cal ed
Theybegan
Elsteddfods.
around1,000yearsago.

Readabout wales.
Findthe places
on the mapand
write the ltters.

,,/ Feelingsporty*?why not go

to a rugbymatch?Thereare47

r!Iji11l

Ui=-

Takea boattrom Cardigan

of seals
Bayand seethousand5

t"dd.,4i
t1

"i,

i:
Bayls
Go surfinglWhitesande
a hit* with surfers.And it! also
got greatswimmingand diving.

'-=-),.{','t

BaalWalesi5the most
importantsheepfarmingareain
lt3 got 11 millionsheep!
Europe.

WALES

you
Ancient!ln Anglesey
canseeremains*o{ Celtic*
villages.Celtsmovedinto
Walesaround4000BC.

Thehighestmountainin
Walesis Snowdon.lt's great for
walkingandclimbing.

GD-,I1a1:l:t*:ry"*" *

" "*l

;;;;;;;;

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Scotland
Jo ii on holidayin Scotland.
Completeher emailswith
the missingverb in the
pasttense.Thenmatch
themto the pictures.
buy be
take

go

be
walk

* whatis it in yourlanguage?
Findout!

yesterdayl thoughtil
in Glasgow
We .....................
wasthe capitalo{ scotland.wrongl But Glasgow
We .
6 the stylecapitalo{ Scotland.
thismotning.Someshopssellscottish
shopping
things like Tanan.That'sa traditional cloth. My
brothersaid he wanted to buy a kill (a skirt lor
.. . a/,-\
men).But he wasonlyjokinglHe ..............
tartan hat instead.
(_,

JohnO'Groats

Hi! we're in the North of Scotlandnow We?e at

the Highlandgames.Theydo somecrazysport!
'tossingthe caber'where
one of them is called
men throw a hea\,ywooden pole*l At the
weekendwe went to Ben Nevis,Eritain'shighest
to the top
We .............................
mountain.
It wasreallytiring*.
GlasgowEdinburgh
SCOTLAND
'-'-'''-'
k@,i'

,01

i.

l'm sendingthis {rom LochNess the lake with

the famousmonstr.We went out on a boat this
the monsterl
morningbut we didn't.........................
a ferry* to the
And two daysago we ........................
orkney lslands(Scotlandhas800 islandsl),and /-\
we sawthousandsof birds.Theywere so noisylf,

We're havinga greattime in EdinburghThar's

right, the capitalo{ scotland!lt's reallycrowded
becausethere'sar internationalartsfestival
there are hundredgof showslwe went to one last
great.And we climbedup
night it .........................
to the Caslle,too. I saw somebodyplaying
traditionalmusicon bagpipes.

lnelandand NonthennIneland
Info-stop

NORTHERN
IRELAND
Selfast.

what is Northern lreland?

. lt's physically*part of the island
o{ lreland.
. lt's politi(ally* part of the UK.
What is lreland?
. ltt a countryand a memberoJ the
European
Union.

IREIAND
Galway

What is Eire?
. lt'sthe Gaeli(*namefor lreland.Youcan
saylrelandor EIre.
Did you know?
. Don'tcalllrishpeopleBritish.
Theyaren't.
They'relrishl
ls Qucen Elizabeththe Queenof keland?
. No,sheisn't.she'sthe Queenof the UK so
she'ronlythe Queenof Northernlreland.

Find someone who ...

I f r n d st h e p l a c ew h F r e t h e y I i v e b o r i n g .

2 canrpeakGaelic.
3 is studyingcomputertechnology.
4 wantgto gtudyin London.

I live in Eelfalt. lt'! a moderncity.

It's had 5ometroublesin the past but
now itt a rafe pla(e to live.There
ar lotr of clubsfor young people
andthingsto do. I likeclothesand
l'd liketo be a fashiondesigner.
Belfasthasa good universitybut
l'd liketo studyin London.

5 wantsto liveabroad.
6 is interestedin fashion.
7 hatet folk music.
a livesin a smalllivelycity.
9 neverwantsto leavelreland.
10 playstraditionallrishmusic.

I comefrom Galwayon the West

coast.lt! a smallcity but very
lively-lt'5full of youngpeopleand
students.
I playin an lrish
university
folk bandand we do gigs*in pubs
and bars.l'm reallyinto Celtic
mythologyand l'm fluentin Gaelic.
when lwant to get awayfrom the
rrowds, I cycledown to the sea.
I love watchingthe wavescomein.

l'm a Dublinerand Dublinisthe

coolestcity in lreland.lt's hometo
U2,the be't band in the world, and
lotsof foreign studentscometo
TrinityCollege,
Inever
the university.
want to leaveDublin.l'm studying
computertechnology,Nowadaysthere
are lots of job opportunilieshere.
Cait
l'm f.om Allihies,
in
a 5mallvillage
the countyof WestCork.ltt a bit
boring here.Thereare lots o{ pub5,
but nothingfor youngpeoplto do.
Everyone
is into lrishfolk music,which
I hate! I love dancemusic.cork'sgot
a good musicscenebut it takeshourt
to get there by bus.I want to go
to Dublinand studylanguages.
Thenl'd love to live abroad.
Eileen

@whatissrrtain?

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TheGiant'sCausewayis an amazing
vol(anic*rocklormation in
Northrnheland.lt is made up
of hundredsof huge, hexagonal
pillars*of stone.
loin up the informationto Iind
out moreabout heland.

l Thelrishharpis
an instrument

)
2 JamesJoyce
caused*millionsof
popleto die.

you canseean old

illustrated
bible,the
Bookof Kells.

5
isa small

5 The 19thcentury

is usedin
Celticmusic.

peoplekissthe Blafney
sroneano oecome
brilliantal talking.

novel Ulysses.

c
7 TheSkellig
islands
are

monkslivedmany
enturiegago,

;s dressedin green
and bringsyou

W te the lettersin order and find

the nameof a luckykish plant.
1_2

3_4

5_

* What;sit in your language?Findout!

6_7_8

is blackandwhite.

Mg Dublin
Info-stop
. ltl a greatplaceto visltasthereare lotsof things
to seeand overa thousandpubsand clubs.Groups
of youngfrindscome{rom abroadto celebfate
theirstaq'andhen'nightshere.

. Dublinisthe capitalof lreland.

. Threemillionpeople,or abouthalfof lre and's
population*,
livehere.
. Dublinhasa veryyoungpopulationand it it
an excrtrnq

Gneatthings to do
Readwhat ten young Dublinerssaid about their lavourite things
Write the titles in the (orrect places.Then numberthe placeson the map on the next page

Go shopping
Go to college
See hou Guinness is made

See hout the Vikings lived

at out
Go gnaen

I go shoppinqln GraftonStreet.lt'sin the citycentre,

andstreet
andtherearea wayslotso{ shoppe15
jult look at the shopwindows
performers*.
Lu5ually
or meetmy friends.
Siobhan
2..
Thereare alwayslots of studentsthere, but the place
lt is a veryold bulldingin the
to go isTrinityColLegp.
centreof the city.I lovevlsitingthe Bookof Kells,an
amazingmedieval*book.Thegift shopiscooltool

Temple8ar isthe (oolestplaceon the planet*l

Youcaneat all kindsof food here.Thereare lots
oJ caf6sand pub5too. After yourmealyou canwalk
alongthe RiverLiffey.
clare

6uinness,th Jamousstoui (darkbeer),is madehr

Dublin hasthe largeststout brewery*in the world
450millionlitresa year.Themultimedia
and make5
museumisthe mostpopularplacein town.

Dubllnwasa VikingcitycalledDyflin.TheViking
Splash
Touris a ridein a truckthat goeson waterlike
And reallywet! | likeDublint
a boat- mega-cooll
VikingAdventure,too. You canvisit the streetsof
1,000yearsago.

5
Greenisthe colourof irelandandthereare lotsof
greenspaces
here.PhoenixParkisthe biggestparkin
I love
a zooand a vlsitors'centre.
the world.There's
goingtherefor a picnicwith my friends.
Laila
which things would you like to do in Dublin?You can
choosethree. Discussyour ideaswith your partner

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Dublin

S
The Claddagh ning
lrishand celticmythology* is {ull oI symbols*.This cltic ring is stillworn
by peopleall over the world. lt's lrom an Irish{isherman'svillag called
Findthe fing by (oloufing in the picture. (1 = yellow 2 = red
Claddagh.
=
3 blue).Thendo the anagramsand read about the ring.

rire!![

.....represents*rove.

rne @[

.............................
represent
friendship.

th" E@

. represents
fidelity*.

'stag
Gtossary:
night - an
eveningout with malefriends
{or a youngmanwho i9going
to get marned,
_hen
night- an eveningout
with femalefriendsfor a
youngwomanwho is going
to get marned,

w,
* What is it in your language?
Findout!

Bnighton nocks!
Info-stop
.

Brightonis one of the UK'stop ten tourist destinations*with its

promenades*.
fashionable
shops,colourfulhouseg
and geaside
'London
. In Victorian
timesit wasca led
by the sea. on sunnyweekendslots of Eritishpeoplego to Erightonfor the day.
lovethe pier*and all
There's
lotsfor all the {anily to do. Teenagers
the familyenjoysthe beachandthe shoppingl

! -,/ The Pavilion

Visitthe BrightonPavilion
[1]royal,
built in 1822,it is a {antaetrc
oriental*palacewith dragonsand
goldenceillngs.
lhe Palace Pier and
,-)
\--l sea Life centre
Gotothe Palace
Pierl2l. Don't
missthe PleasureOomewith
videogames,Jairground
rides.
and karaokesegsions*.
or meet
sharksfac to faceat the
SeaLife Cenrrelll.

Matchthe photosto th texts.

Thenwrite the numbersin bra(kets
in the correctplaceson the map on
the next page.

rnetestivat

! -,1rne srops

The North Laines[4] havegot lots

of lmall'hop' whereallthe cool
peoplehangout*. lt'sa greatplace
Shopping
in
to get unusualclothes.
TheLanes[5] i, fun,too. ltwas an
old fishingvillagebut now it ha5
jewellerymusic
continental
caf6s,
gift
and
rhops.

ln May there is the Erightonfestival

with fun fairs,strettheatre and
shows.Filmfanaticg*canwatch a
{iln at the Dukeof York'sN4edia
CentreI7l it has23 screensl

t / Sports
lf sport is moreyour style,cycle
along the seafrontor go to the
\-,/ The promenade
King Al{red LeisureCenlre[8]
Goto the beachfront Promenade and go bowlingandswimming.
[6] and snackon take-awayseafood. Or staybythe beachand go sailing
Or try a reallytraditional*British
or windsurfing-You canalsodo
dish fishand chips.lf you like
inline skating'onthe promenade.
sweetfood try someBrightonRock
- a traditionalcandystick.

Plana day trip to Brightonwith your partner.choosethree thingsto do.

Whereare Jim and Suzy?Readthe text messages

and write the pla(es.
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F0R HERflul,.
Tim and Suzymet two
{riendsat PalacePier.
Which of the prizes
below did they win?
(Usethe code breakerat
the bottom of the page if
you needhelp.)

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Timwon

Annewon.

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Beatlemania in Livenpool

ffi
David is in Liverpool.
Readhis diary and write the days next to the pictures.
Monday
LiverpooliJ the Beatles.We went to
the Beatles
story allaboutthe Fab
Four.Theyinvented*'cool Didyou
knowthe Eeatles
did 275glgrt
between1961and 1963?In the
alternoonwe went on a Magical
MysteryrTour on a busto seeplaces
from the Eeatlessongs.We saw
Fields,
PennyLane,and
Strawbefry
PaulMccartney's
childhood"home.
Tuesday
We went to the Museumol
Liverpool
life.Thecity is famous
for trade,football(Liverpooand
Everton)
and horseracing.In the
afternoonwe took a ferry across
the RiverMersey.We sawthe
worldiamousLiverBuildinq.
Itt qot two metalbirdson
it ca ledthe LiverBirds.
Uvednesday
Liverpoois a cityof docks*and
boats.We went to the Merseyride
Maritirnemuse!m.lt had really
good modelsof shipsanda history
of slavery*.
On the top floorwasa
grearcaTe

(EE1]:llly:*t*l;,-,,""*.t

Thursday
we took a boattripfrom the Pier
Headand raw greatviewso{ the
Thenwe sawsharksat the
skyline.
BluePlanetAquarium itt got the
world3longestwalkthroughan
underwater
tunnel.lt wascool
seeingall the saanimals.
In the
photo
afternoonI took a
of the
cavernwall of Fame,whlchhasa I
the namesof artistsand bandswho
playedat the Cavern that'sa c ub.
Friday
Shoppingit! not my scene,
realy.
But AlbertDocki! in warehouee*
buildingrby the dock!- | loveboats
andthefeare lot! of cafe!aswell as
shopsthere so was happy. After
lunchwe hadour lasttrip on the
waterln the YellowDuckmarinel
Getit? The'Yellowsubmarine'l
Dad
sangthe song how embarrasslng*l

Whi(hthingswouldyou liketo do
in Liverpool?You can(hoosethree.
Discussyour ideaswith your partner. 5 . . .

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Mcurureandthecity

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Usewords from th informationabout Liverpootto do the crossword.

Info-stop
Liverpool
h the
European
Capitalof
Culture{or 2008.
It isthe mostfilmed
Britishcity outside
Londonl
It hasa population
ot 450,000.
t hastwo cathedrals*
andlotsof museums
andtourkt sights.
It hasa busyand
It k the homeofthe
Beatles.
And it'sstiilthe
suc(essfui
new bands
comefrom Liverpool.

'| a largechurch
3 the Beatleswere known as
the {ab
4 a big boat
6 makingpeopledo hardwork
7 a placewhereyou buythings
8 oppositeof 'off'
9 a pla(ewhereshipsunload
theirgoods
r3 the riverin Liverpool
14_
birds
15 shortfor'fabulous'
t7 a g asscontainer
for fishand
sealife
18 a performance
by a pop group

*Whatis it in yourlanguage?
Findout!

Down
l thetime whenyou area child
2 a buswith two floors
4 the horizon
5Marsiga_,
10 a tourist trip by bus,car or boat
11 a house,office block.church,etc.
l2 a boat that regularlycarries
peopleirom one place
to another
'16a musical
group

What is being BnitishP

when you walk along the streets of British cities you can see a multicultural* mix ot
people. At school your dassmates are from different cultures and you learn to work
together and make triends. 50 what does it mean to be a British teenager? And what
do British teenagers think about Britain? Readabout four teenagers' lives.

saquib
Mymun anddadcameoverfromPakigtan
when

Danielle
My famllyis Afro Caribbean.
My grandparents
came
theywere l,ttle We hd'e d newspdper
sl'opIn
overfrom Barbados.
oad manages
a computerstore
Birmingham.
We iveabovethe shop.At homewe
ard Mum\ d secretdry.
ll,te wdlcl..rgry. going
speakPunjabi,
but we speakEngli5h
aswell.We're
shoppinqand listening
to muric.We eat traditional*
Muslims*but we aren'tverystrict*.We eat Pakistani food and playcaribbean
music,but lprefer hlp-hop
food, but I alro like burgerrand chipr.I loveEritain
musicto BobMarleyand reggae*lWhenI qo out
and beingBrltish.lt'sa coolcountry.
Asiancultureis
with my blackfriendswe sometimes
talk a special
(ool
really
nory too. I likewatchinqBoliywood
films
lanquage;
no one elsecanunderstand
itl I went to
with my friends theyhavgreatmusicanddancing. Barbados
onceto seemy relatives*.feel Caribbean
when l'm with my family,but l'm proud*to be black
and British.

Sam
My parentsarefrom Oxfordand we ,till ivehere.My
dad worksat the BMW.ar factoryand my mum
worksin a hospital.
llove English
food - llkeSunday
roast*.But my favouritefood isn'treallyEnglish;
lt's
pizza,burgersand curry*lI likeplaylngcomputer
gamesandwatchingTV.l'm a Chrlstlan*,
but we
don l 90 to chu .h vFrvofrFn.My'dvoJrilpspon i.
football- | playwith my fr end!. Whenthere'sa
footballmatch,lsLrpport*Enqland
of coureel

afil

Mi;"IU6MJ"'0.'I

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il|*;

ffi

ffi

Donald
My familyis Chinese.
They(ameoverto Londonin
the 1950s.
Mum and Dadhavea Chinese
restaurant
in Chinatown.
Mum and Dadwant me to becomea
doctorbut I want to studyphotography!
| speaka
bit of Chinesewith my parents.
We eat Chinese
food
at home,but I llkegoingout for a pizzawith my
friends.we areChri5tians
and we celebfate
Chinese
NewYearI lovebeingBritish.I get a bit annoyed*
if gomeone
callsme Chinese,
l'm not, I was
becauge

ffi

Wfitethe namesot peoplewho ...

Put thesewords with the correctethnicaroup.

l speakanotherlanguage
at home.

bla(k
Chinatown
reggae
ChineseNew Year
Pakistan Sundayroast
Earbados 8ob Marley Punjabi
Muslim Boll!4/ood

2 lkewatchingmodernIndianfilms.

3 | ke beingBritish.

Asian

Chinese

Afro CaPibban

Whit

4eal food from their cultureat home.

5 ikeeatingpizzas,
burgefsor chip5.

65peak
morethan one language.

75pe.ka specialanguage
with friends.

Swantto be a photogfapher

9play{ootball.

l0practise*
a religion.

Whataboutyour(ullure?
Complete
lhe Factfileaboutyou.
NEtionalltU:

M! tavoudtsport,

Bli9ion:

Dad'slob:

Languag:

whn thE's a football match,

I listnto:

* What is it in your language?Findout!

A multicultunalmix
Britain is a multicultural mix. lt has a total population.
of around 60 million
and 4 million a.e non-white. The ethnic'communitiesi
coln. f-i
.ff
over the world. Let3 check your geography fi6t!

#'{7

W \,r/-

:ii
Sd

Numberthe
countries.
,.......
Europe
..._....
Australia
North Ameri(a
CentralAmeri(a
and the Caribbean
SouthAmerica
Asia

t-aeethnicgroupsin the UKcomefromthe following

counties.Doyou knowwhat regionsof the worldthev
arein?Writea numberfromthe maptor eachcountry.
Thenusethe boldlettersto find anotherAsiancounrrv
with a largeethnicaroupin the UK.

b
This pie chart tells you how many peoplecometrom
the
differcnt ethnicgroups.
Ho!y5 your maths?Answerthe questions.

t Whi(hgroupisbiggesr?
2 Whichgroupsaresmallest?
3 Wh;chgroupi5hatfa mi ion?
4 Whichgroupit justoverhalt a million?
5 Whichgroupisjustunderhalfa million?

Did gou knoup

Neady300languages
arespokenin tondon.

tr Atbania
tr somalia
! rnuia
! uganaa
! ruty
!

ramaica
! lotano!

cnina! rrinicaa

the usl !

tat,stan

Mufti.uttrtatlrit"j^

g=\

Bdtish(andAmerican)teenagershave their own slang*.

Lookat thesenew words and exp.essions.
Many ot them com{rom the hip-hopmusi( scene.

Complete
what theseteenagersare saying.

You'rejokinglI think he's

* What is it in your language?Findoutl

Mutti.uttuGtlitah

6-\

The Asian influence

In the last ten years young Asian a<tort comedians* and musicians
have transformed the British public's ideas about the Asian <ommunity*.
People enjoy Asian films and music and watch Asian comedians on w.

Asian films - Bollywood

Eoll!,woodis a word madefrom Bombayand
Hollywood.
lt refers*to modernIndianclnema.
It isthe mostpopulartypeof {ilm on the planet
-dkes
and ir verysu(ress'Ll
In tl-eUK.Bolrywood
morefilmsthan Hollywoodandsellsmoretlckets
Indiandance
too. Thefilmsarefull of 5ongs,
routines*,
comedyand action.Theactorsand
wear beautifulco9tume5,
actrerses
andtherFis
a[{ays a love ltory but loversrarely* evenkissl
filmsbecomevery
Thestarsin BolLywood

Asian music - Bangra

BangrawasoriginallyIndianfolk musicwhich
celebratedthe harvestseason.lt hasa hea\,ry
drum
people
ge$
beatandJolksingingand
dancing.lt it
verypopularnow in the UK,not onlywith Asians
but
a so wrth you"g peoplegene'allyBdngraissJngin
Boll!aood moviesand it hasinfluenced
a whole
generation
of pop anddancemusicians.

Asian comedy - Goodaess GraaiousMe

YoungAgiancomediang
are now verypopularin
the UK.Onecomedyprogramme
called6oodne5s
GraciousMe is seriegof rketches*about the Indian
community
in the UK,Thecharacters
areveryfunny.
Thereis an Indianmotherwho alwaygsays'lcan
makeit at homefor nothing',and a Eollywood
superstar,lvlrChunkyLa Funga,who alwaysupsets*
hisgirlfriends.
Thethemesare universal
and make
(
Asian chat show - Ihe Ku,',,ars at No 42
The Kumarsare a veryfunny Asianfamily who have
their own homeTV studioal number42. Theyhave
lamour peopleastheir guests,includingRichardE
crant andJerryHall.Theguestringsthe doorbell
and goesinto the houseto the studio.The son,
Sanjeevwho believeshe is very good-lookin9,hosts*
the show.Thereis a granny,who asksvery personal
questions,a Jatherwho is only interestedin money,
and a mother who alwaysoffersfood. The famous
gustsneverknowwhat question
will comenextl
It is very populat and it haswon lots of awards.

(sa

WMuticurLrararitain
Nowdcidei{ the sentencesare true (T)or tals (F).
'| Bo ywoodmakesmoremoneythan Hollywood.
2 8o y\,voodactorsbecome{amouefor their passionate*lovescenes.
3 Bangrais a kind of {ood eaten at harvesttestivats.
4 Bangra
isonly popularwith Aslans.
5 Goodness
Grccious
Me is aboutall the ethnic*comrnunities
in the UK
5 Mr ChunkyLa Fungaisan actorbut he isn'tsuccesdul
with women.
7 TheKumars
at No 42 are a comic*Asianfamilywith a TVstudio.
8 TheKumare
invitefamouspeoplebut theynevergo on the show
9 Thegfannyin the Kumarfami y is only interested
;n money.
lOTheKumarsat No 42 is a very successful
show
partnerwhat you think.
Tellyour
Wouldyouliketo ...
seea Bollywood
fi m?
istento Eangra?
seelllr ChunkyLa Funga?
meetthe Kumars?

Sure
5ure
Sure
Sure

Asianuronds
Asianculturhasinfluen(dthe Englishlanguagelor centuries.
Matchthe wordswith thir de{initionsand then write the words abovethe oictures.
a llat (runchy*bread
we burntheseto nake a nicesmell

bunsalow
pyjarna,
blndi

jewellrywe wearon our wrists

josssticks
(hutney

a beautifuldressthat Asianwomenwear
a hourewith onefloor
a smallspotA5ianwomenwearon theirforehead
a rpicydishwe eat wiih rice
clotheswe wear in bed

oangre
kohl

2)

6)

7)

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5)

Whichword do you think has been in Englishrincthe tSth century?

Clue-therearemany rettaurantsthat sell it in England.And ir (an be deliveredto your house.
r Whatis it in your language?Findoutl

Football fun
Readthe facts about tootball and write these headingsin the corrcctplaces.

Pub football

nglish nules!

Sex sgmbol

It's old!

We ane the
champions!
It's populan!

Richardll banned*the game in the 14thcentury

becauseit was so dangerous,Footballbecame*rally
popular in the l9th century

Thereare morethan 50,000footballclubr in the LJK.

Over240 million oeoplein morethan 200countries
ay lootballjust for funl More people
wat(h football matchesin football

stadiums*
or on TV.

English
fans*remember
when
Englandwerethe champions
in
the WorldCupat Wembleyin
1965.In the 2004WorldCup,
put
millions
of tnglishpeopl
the StGeorge's
llag on their
cars.Buttheydidn'twin!

A new British
tradition is watching
rmportantmatches
at the pub on

GeorgeBert was the

world'5firrt {ootball sex
symbol*in the 1960s!
DavidBeckham,an English
player,is a {ashionicon*

Although it's an internatonal 9ame,nglandmadelhe

ruler.That! why football pitchesall overthe world are
measuredin yardsand not metrer,

Playthe gameand find the nameof an Englishtootball player.Ciftle

the coordinates*
nextto the (orect endingof eachsentenceand find the ltterson the
,ootball oitch.

I The scoreis ,..

the pointsper team. 28
the numberof players.tE
2 Thegoaikeeper...
rsthe manager,1A
stopsgoals*.1E
3 A pitchis ...
the playingfield.4D
the first kick ofrhe ba . 5A
4 A team has...
elevenplayers.5A
twenty-lwo players.2c

the {irst kick o{ the match.7E

the lastkick ofthe match.3C
6 The referee...
takesthe tickets.4A
controk* the game.6D
7 Trainingmeans...
exerciseand practice.2D
travellingto the match.68
8 Halltime is ...
the scoreafter 45 minutes.SA
a break* after 45 minutes
of play.3A
9 Fansare ..,
airconditioning*.58
the followers*of a team. tA
10 To chantmeans,.,
to rng a specialfootball rong.2E
to losea match.5D
ll Thecoach...
paysallthe players.aB
trainsthe players.8C

Iheplayer
is...
l_2 3-4_5
6 7_8 9_I0-l1_,
$eyoungestfootballerto scorctor England.
Whoareyourlavouritetootballteamsand players?

* What is it in your language?

Findout!

Cnazgabout cnicket
Readthe interview and match
the questionsand answers.
Thencompletethe sentence
at the bottom of the page
with the lettersat the end

Did gou knou?

. Top cricketersare very
famousin the UK.
. Professional
cricketers
earn a lot o{ money.
. Thecricketballgoesvery
fast and it's very hard tool

Meet Tim M(Dowell,a young cricketprofessional'.

I What! so excitingabout cricket?

2 lsn'tcricketjustfor the English?

It startedin 1300 so that'r a long tlme ago! E

No, it isn'1.lt's got a traditionalt image,but it's
changing
allthe time.Thesedays,players
often
wear colouredclothesand the fans* are reallynoisyl
I think it's be(omingmore lik Americanbaseball.A

3 Whendid it start?

4 Soi5cricketreallyold-fashioned?

No wayl Cricketis playedall overthe world from

the west Indierto Australia,and from Indiato ltaly.
It'san international
rport.N

5 Do you haveto be fit?

Well,the rulesarea bit complicatedr,

but it
isnt that difficuh.H

6 ls cricketeasyto understand?

Yes,it has thingslikea 'duck',a'maldenover',a

'wicket' and a 'yorker',I won't try to explainthem. E

7 Hasit qot a lot of strangewords and expressions?

You haveto be veryfit to be a modernprofessional

playel we train as hard as athletes*.S

I what's your advice*for young cricketplayers?

Itt ex(iting becausegames(an changevery quickly.

Onemomentyouthinkyou'rewinning,andthe next
momenl you're losingl lt's an amazingsport,T
Go out and play and havea qreattime! S

Englandand Austfaliaare great cricketrivals*.Everytwo yearsthey try to win I

8-.

A simpleguideto cnicket!
' Therearetwo teamsof elevenolavers.
Oneteam
batsandthe otherbowls(orthrows)andfields*
Thebattingsidehastwo p ayerson the pltch,
thfielding,ide haselevenplayers.
Thtamwith the ba I bowl!the ba L
Theplayerwho bowlsi! calleda 'bowler'.

Labelthepicturewith thesewords.

f ri"ro",*i.1",

Theteamwith the bat hic the bal!.Theplayer

.
iscalleda 'batsman
Thebattingteamtriesto score'runs'orpoin$.
Thefie ders(theotherplayersin the bowllngside)
try to get the batsmenout by hitting the wicket
(threesticksin the ground)or (atchingthe ball.
Theteamwith the mostpoin$ wins.

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These
cricketers

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ry1
8obdidn'tgetasmanyrunsasJulia.
gotmorerunsthan8ob and Julia.
Ray
Agnesgot
tewerrunsthan Rayand Paul.
Jllagotrnorerunsthanone player.
Pa!gotmore.uns
thanAgnes,
Raygot
morerunsthanthreeotherplayers.

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Rugbg mania
Rugby facts
. Confusing Thereare two different kindt ol rugby
RugbyUnionand RugbyLeague.
. International Top RugbyUnioncountriesare
ltaly,NewZealand,
Australla,
tngland,France,
lrelandandWales.
SouthAfrica,Scotland,
. StrangeshapeTheshapeo{ a rugbyballmakes
it easyto carry.
. National heroes Nowadaysrugby playeAafe
xtremely
famous.Crowdsof youngpeoplegreetthe
playe6at airports.
JonnyWilkinsonis a sexsymbol.
. A rugby scrum Rugbyis a very physi(al*game.
alltogetherwith their
Whnyou seethe players
headsdown,it'scalleda scrum.
. Ilvo halves The game is playedin two 40 minute
halveswith a I0 minutebreakat halftime. Men and woften lt's a game playedby women,
too.Thereare a lot of women'srugbyteams

Put the sntencesin ordef and write the lftersat the

end of the senlen(esto answerthe questionbelow.

How many rugby playersare there in a team?

5 6_7
1 2 3-4

Did gou
Thisfamouschantstarted
at rugby matches.
Canyouchantit?

Oggy,oggy,oggy!
Oggy,oggy,oggy!
oi, oi, oil

A Very Short History of Rugby

In 1871the RugbyFootballUnioncreatd
a-)
\---l the rulesfor the new qame.T
Ihe iedchehthoughtthar Wirliams idea
f-)
\--l wasan improvmenl*to the qame.F
hundred
f-l RugbyUnionwaited another
\-/ yearsto becomeprofessionallN
rhe gane of 'ugby startedby accidenr'
f^\)
\--l at Rugbyschoolin 1823.F
a
Duringa gameof footballat RugbySchool,
l6-year-old
calledWilliamWebbEllispicked
up the balland startedrunningwith it. I
In the sameyearas that {irst internationalmatch,
E
RugbyLeaguebecamea pro{essionalgame.
In 1895,Scotlandand Englandplayedthe
RugbyLeaguematch
firstinternational
S(otlandwon. E

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o
o

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ki

Readabout Jonnywilkinson.

Name:JonnyWilkinson
Born:25 May,1979,England
Heighe 1.78metres
Weight 85 kilograms
Hobbies:cinema,goodfood,tennis,tootball
shirt
Pre-matchritual*: alwayswearsthe sameT-shirtunderhisEngland
Yeaas
honour
listi
an MBE' in the New
2003:received
2OO4:re(eivedan OBE'
Fir

GF'rlg

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Rugbyis a tough physicalgamq and playersneed to havethe right equipment*.

Lookatthe pi<tureand mat(h the descriptionswith the kit and equipment.

6um rhield
Thisis reallyimportant.A good gum
shieldproteds* the teeth and the gums.

Rugbyshortr
There
aremadeof cottonand
needto beveryhard-wearing*

Rugby ball
Traditionallymadeof leather,
the ball is now madeof
5ynthetic*materiah.Thk is
easierto hold in the rain.

Uppr-body protction
Thisisprotedion+someplayers
wearundertheirshirts.The
padding*covers
the shoulders.

Helmet
Helmets
are madeoI light
plasticmateriak.Theyprotect
the player'sheadfrom injury*.
Socks
Goodsockrare important
to keepyour feet {rom
rubbingagainstyour boots.

Rugby boots
The5e
arelikefootballboots.

Rugby shirt
Therugbyshirt(orjersey)wat
traditionally
madeof cotton.Thh
got heawin rainso now it is made
of synthetic
materials.
Therugby
shirtisalsoa fashionitem!

lhinkof a sportyou play.

Wdtea des(ription
ot the
kitandequipment.

Glossary:An MBE(Memberof
theOrderof the BritishEmpire),
and:oBE(OfficeroI the order
of theEritishEmpire)are'New
year!Honourstitles given by
theQueenon NewYear! Day.
'What is it in your language?
Fndout!

Dividethe classinto two teems.Onestudent is the quiz masterand askg

thesequestions.Scoretwo points per corred answer

Class rugbg match

1 What was the nameof the boy who startedrugby?
2 How old was he?
3 What are the two typesof rugby playedtoday?
4 How many rugby playersare there in a team?
5 Why isn, a rugbyballround?
5 When all the playersare togetherwith their headsdown, what h it called?
7 Namefour top rugby countries.
8 How long is a rugby game?
9 Chantthe rugby chant.
lO Whatwasa rugbyballoriginally
madeo{?
11 WhatyearwasJonnyWilkinson
bornin?
12 What doeshe do to havegood luck?
Why not wat(h a rugby matd? You fiight enjoy it!

S,
The l95Os and l96Os
At the start of the 1950s,most people didn't have TVs,teenage
Glotheswere boring and musi( was old-fashioned, But things
changedquickly! By the 1960sLondonwas the style and
music capital of the world. What do you know about
the 1950sand 1960s?Try this quiz!

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atl

Which pe6on wain't in The Beatles?

a) JohnLennonb) KeithRichards
c) Ringostarr

what war a new women'sfashionitem' in the

'1960s?
a) the miniskirtb) the bikinic) jeans

Whid word was new in the 1950s?

a) teenagerb) boyfriendc) cool
What was a new way to listento musi(
in the 1960s?
a) castetteplayerb) Walkmanc) re.ordplayer
Wherewas the trendy* placeto meet
friendsthe 1950s?
a) the coffeebar b) the shoppingcentrec) the disco
which Britishband had hits in the 1960s?
a) OireStraitsb) TheRoling Stones
c) lron lvlaiden
Which 1960sBritith band (ame from London?
a) The where b) The what c) The who

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Music
TheRollingStonesand The Beatleswere the top two Britishbandsof the 1950s.
Readaboutthe bands-Whi(h band is which?Write the band namesin the correctplacs.
TheRolling
Stones

TheBeatles

changedpop musrc
toreverl
Duringthe 1960s
the'FabFour'had21 TopTen
slngeli in the UK.Thousands
of teenagegirlswent to
thelrconcerts.
In 1965,they hadfivesingles
in the
Amerkan
charts*... at numberfive,fo!r, three,two
andonelJohnLennonand Pau/Mccartney
wrotenearly
al theirsongs,ln(luding yestetdayand Help!

parentsdidn'tlike
Teenagers'
Thisbandwasshocking*.
Theirconcerts
werevery
exciting.
Micklaggerand KeithRichards
wrotea lot o{
their famoussongs,suchas 5atlJfa.ttor.Theyare still
makingmusictodayl

Stgle

I
Matrhthe pictureswith th dscriptions.Ihenlabelth pictures.

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rror.er,motorOit
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Find
outl

rssosteddvaoy' -..
wore ugl't' I oJsFr(,nar'owr !|es
ard rolq jdrfFii
1960sMods ...
hadshorthair,woresuits,and

1950s Rockers
wore latherjacketsandjeansand

1960sHippis...
had long hair,woretlared*jeansor
long skirt5,lots of ethnic*jewellery

The f97Os and l98Os

There were huge changes in fashion and music in the 1970sand t98os. Teenagersspent
a lot of money oh new {a9hions.They bought the latest musi. and followed the charts*
every week. In the 1980s,cDs and videos changed the way people listened to music.
The most popular music o{ the 1970swas disco and soul* from the USA,
while from the UK <ame glam and punk.
Readabout glam and punk and decidewhere thesesentncesgo.

tnun'*, n*
o*orr"rri,"

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m*:l;xl^':.l"""gi''*
4.

It wasn'tdifficult to Perform*

The Sex prstols

L1/ererhF
most tamors prrnt
g.oup.

Glam ro<k
Glamwassho( for glamorous.
[ ]Theywore make-up,
jewelleryplatform*bootsand colourfulclothes.
oavid
Bowie'sgreatestq arn album* wa! fhe Rlseard Fal/of
ZiggyStarduttand the Spidersfrcm Mars\and ir was
one of the longestt tleseverl).T Rexwasa glamrock
band.[ ]Their leadsingerwasMarc8olan.Hewrote
strangeocl songsFe died " d La crdsHTheledd
singerof RoxyMuslcwasBryanFerry.

Thereare two different Godsavethe Oueens!One

isthe Brltishnationalanthem*,the otheristhe sex
PistoI song.Thesongcameout in 1977.TheBBC
refused"to playit, manyshopsrefused
to sellit
blt it stillwent to number2 in the Britishchartsl

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Punk
Punksongrwere{aet,aggresrive*
... andshortl[]
TheirleadsinqerwasiohnnyRotten- but theirguitari5t
the greatsymbol*o{ punk.Other
5idViciousbecame
They
biq bandrwereTheClashandTheStrangler5.
wore anti-fashionclothe!:work boot5,blackleather,
torn* clotheswith safetypins*,chainsand badges.
[ ]
Punk5wore makeupand hadcolourfulMohicanhaircuts
or shaved*heads.The great punk dancewas Pogo
danclng.
[ ] Yousimplyjumpedup and downl
Whi(h do you preler punk or glam?
Are there any glam or punk bandstoday?
Do you like thm?
Do you wear any (lothestoday that are like
thsclothes?

llnscramble
these words from the artide and nat(h them to the Dictures.
Thenwrit G (clam) or P (Punk)or GP(Glamand punk)tor eachitem.

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rt;tl

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Vicious'
meansaggrersiveand'rotten' meansbad or
hollible(for example,{reshfood goesrotten)-sid
Vicious
chanqedhisnamefrom John SimonRichieand
.,ohnny
Rottenchangedhis namefrom John Lydon.
Whydo youthink they chosethesenew names?
Doyou knowany other pop rtarsor actors
whochanged
thei. names?

What were their real name5?

l EltonJohn
a DavidJonet
2 DavidBowie
b GeorgiosKyriacos
3 BoyGeorge
c ReginaldDwight
4 GeorgeMichael d Georgeo'Dowd
Whichone totally danged his name? . What b it in
qt pE Pz I l:sJar suv

yourlanguage?
Findoutl

The l99Os to todag

Lots of new bands appeared* in the 1990sand Hip.hop or Rap came over from the
United States. Readabout this decade and complete the sentenceson the right.
Completethe sentences.
Usethe
oassiveform of theseverbs.
watch write choose influence
like compare create
I 8oybands...............................-.........by
both parentsand their kids.
2 8oy and girl bands
.......,.................._.........._...
oy mu5tc

managers,
Fiveyoungwomen
.................................._......
to be in The
Boy bands
Boybandslike Westlife,East17 and Boyzonewere huge in the 1990s.They
were good-looking,wore nice(lothesand sangnicesongs.Kids,teenagers
and their parentsliked them. Musicmanagerscreatedthem and wrot their
songs.The mort successtul
band was TakeThat.After the band split up*,
RobbieWilliamr becamean internationalstar
Girl po$rer
Musicmanagerscreatedgirl bandstoo. The biggert girl band wasThe Spic
6irls. A muri( managerchosefive young women and gavethem new rongs
and nicknames*- Glnger,Posh,scary Sportyand Baby.Eachgirl had her
own styleand everyonehad their tavourite.Their message
was 'girl power'
- girls can do what they want. Their{irst 5ingle,yyanrabee,went straightto
number 1 in the UK chartsand was a hit in 2! other (ountries.
Britpop
Oasisand Blur were the two biggestnew Britishbandsin the 1990s.They
wrote their own songs.They becamrivals*like The Beatlegand The Rolling
Stonesin the 1960s.But don't Jorget Radiohead,
Travigand Coldplay.These
were the next generationot lop Britishbands!
Hip-hop a|rd garage
Hip-hopor Rapstartedin the mid 1970sin the USA.Rapincludednreet
poetry and disco.Hip-hopinfluencedBritishpop culturein the 1990sand
there were many hip-hopgroupsin London.Ms Dynamiteis the most
famouship-hopartist to comelrom the uK. Garagemusicalso becamebig
in the 1990swith its strong bassbeat*.
Pop idol
In 2001there was a new kind oI TV programmecalledPop fdor.The public
lovedthis competitionfor hopeful* teenagesingersand enjoyedlistening
to the judges'comments.More than 13 million peoplewatchedthe final of
the firrt seriesand there were 8.7 million phonevotes.The winne.sbecame
famousovernight*.
Thewinnerin 2002wasWill Young.

SpiceGirls.
OasirandBlursongs
..............
......_......_...
by the group

Oasis
andBlur
.........................................
to The
Beatles
andTheRollingStones.
6 In the 1990s,Erhishpop culture

...................
by hip-hop.
t Thetinalofthe first Popldol
serier.,....,..........,....-..,,-,...--...--..
by 13
millionpeople.

Doyou likeboy andgirl bands?

Poshi5stillon the lront pages
of newspapeG
andrnagazines
worldwide.Why?Whafs her
neivname?
Doyou likehip-hopor garage?
Wouldyou liketo entera
competition
likePopldol?

Whoare the new tribes*?What do they wear?What do they listento? Somerecent

surveysfound thsetribes in Britain,but watch out! ThingschangeVERyqul(klyl
Canyou matchthe tribes to the picturesand fill in the form below?

Goths
IheGothcolouris black.Everlthing
i5blackl
TheirhaiLtheirclothes,
theirflngernails*.
Theyevenwear
gut theirfacesare
bla.kipstlck!
oftencoveredin white make-up.
They
wearlongbla.kcoats.They
kelvlariyn
Manson,
but TheCure
aretheben bandeverl

Grungers
Alongwith the Goths,they arethe
oldeetof the tribes.Theylove
- Kurt Cobainis
Nirvana,
of course
the kingl Theydon'twearexpensiv
jeans
clothes.
Theyliketrainers,
with holesin them,old T-shirts,
('hoodiei)and
hoodedsweatshirts
blonddreadlocks*.

l{u-Metallels
They
listen
to bandslike LimpB zkit
andElink182.Theylikehip,hop,
andtheylike it ioudI Theywear Tshftsoi theirfavouritebands.And
theyoftenhavelo$ of pier(ings*in
thelrears,lipsand eyebrows.

Gangstas
Theyloverap and hip hop.Theif
tavouritestarsare Eminemand
Destiny's
Child.Theyweardesigner
sportswearand ots o{ jewellery
('blinq').
They'vegot a lot of
'attitude'*.

Pop Prin.esses
Pink,pink,pink! lt'sth bestcolour
o{ their clothes,shoes,mobile
phones... eveMhing!And they like
lotsof silverjewellery.Theywatch
the PoplciolTV seriesand they love
WillYoungandGarethcates.Their
queenol pop is BritneySpearsl

Nu Metalle15

bodydecoration,
jewellery
hair5tyles,
favourite
bands.singers
t What is it in your language?Findout!

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rove
British
n",', ," .n"""llt"lr:,::'"=:O*:,"

it t. *..t
anddoeven

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clues and label the picture.", I
isn't great, Let's lind out more about the seaside.Look at the
llMusselsaresmallblack
shellfith. t
iAielll|fishisaseaanimat.ttcan6Youusea beachtowelafter
be dangeroui.
2 You wear fllppers on your feet.
They help you swim{aster
3You catchfish with a
fishing net.
4You usea su.f board to surf,
5A startish is a seaanimal.lt
lookslike a star.

\,_

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you twim to dry youEelf

7 Shells are beautiluI objectsand
the homet ol shellfish.
8A (rab is a seaanimalwith 8 legs
and two big arms You caneat it
gYou wear a maSk on your face.
loPebbles are smallround stones
you {ind on the beach-

#-^

You caneat them

12 You sit on a de<k chair on
the bea'h
l3You put a snot*l in your mouth
so you can breatheunderwater'
t4se'wed is a seaplant - it
growsin the sea
lsYou wear a wetsuit to keep

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Readth arti(le and write the missingwords.

swlmmingbeachstudentboring !urfer clean Cornwalltrouble games

lhis week,we'relalking to
SteYeAndeilon, a lile guard
al Perranpor:h,aornuall.
You'vegot a greal iob, Steve!
Yah,
its fun. meerlorsofpeopeAndImourside*
al the lime - so when t's a niceday,its bdllianr
But it isni hke Ba'@atch Werc in
al
. not Califo.nia!
What do you likc about the iob?
I mee! lots of gids I like that And | .ea ly lke talking

to lhe su|frc lm a bl
ovehearng their stofs.
Are thsr any bad things?
0 h s l n l l t c t s nb e a b i t c l . . . . . . . . . . . . . .
A n d p e o p l ed o s o m e s i l y t h n g s . S o m e t i m e st h e y
swrmtoo far from the beach and ihey get Into
dl
. . . . . h a v et o s w i m o L r ti o h e p
rhm Sometrnes they float* a long way from the
beachon ar beds. I use tel sks to get to Lhem
quckly And people drop rubblsh on the el
.. . I lell them to pick it Lrp.
fs i-poftd'rr Lo leep rhP beach f) ..
Oo th Brhish lot e seaside holidays?
0h yeahlThey come down if the rnorningand they
slay a daylThey br ng pcnics, books, newspaperc
. . . . . . . . . a n d b e a c hu m b r c l l a sT h e y
9l
bdngiumperc and lckets, too t can get cod on

Read
the articleagainand put the
picturr
in ordef.

r Whatis it in your language?

Findout!

\\

What was your most frightening* mom.nt

this year?
Well, I saw a sharkabouta month690.

And the most exciting?

hl
.. ........ .......wiLhdolphinsl
Theywere

What do you do in the wintr?

Actually,
Im a il
.... .Im studying
scienceal universrly.
This s just a summerjob.
Whr are you studying?
At SussxUniversity
in Brighton I'm nearthe sea
all year,so lhats greatl

On the niven
The British love playing around in boats. And if they aren't
very near the sea - well, there's always th river!
Canyou namethese boats? ya(ht ferry

rowing boat canoe barge power boat dinghy

-'----.-.--.------_---.---L->:...--------.GF:.-.E

?74.334Readabout the ra(esand matchth photoswith th des(riptions.

RACINGON THCRIVR

1 Oxlord CambridgeBoat Ra(e,

RiverThames,March
ThisworldJamous
racein
Londonis betweenEngland
s
two olde5tuniversities.
Rowing
teamsfrom eachuniversity
ra(e
againsteachother Millionsof
peoplewatchit.

2 HenleyRoyalRegatta,River
Thames,lune
Thh is the oldstriver regatta in the
worldandltartedin 1839.lt lasts
for five days.The racerare a mile
longand go againstthe flow* of
the riverlThereare 100races.
Some
peoplestillweartraditional*19th

3 GreatRiverRace,RiverThames,
sptember
Thereare lots o{ nrange boatsin
the mostspctacular*raceon the
Thames.
TheyincludeChinese
dragonboats,Hawaiian
war*
(anoesand Viking longboats!

I
1

Write the namesof the races,

1 lt's betweentwo universities:
2 Thereare boa$ from all overthe world:
3 lt't a very old race:

taEIM-,ffi

Did gou knoul?

'Regatta'ir an ltalianword.
It meansa Venetiangondolarace

4
6
7
8

It'salway5nice to live near the water We talked to tnagerswho live by fivers.

Whatdo thy like abour it?

I livein the university(ity, Oxford.We havean

unusual
home- it3 a houseboat
on a canal*I'r ure
c ty centre.You haveto look hard to find us! We have
an address
likeotherpeopleand a letterbox.I live
withmy munr,dad and brother.lt kn't verybig,but
it'sqot everlthing.
There\a livingfoom,a kitchen
andbathroom.
l'vegot a verysmallbedroom.I tove
it. I canfeed the ducksfrom my window

Glasgow
livein clasgowin Scotland,
on the RiverCtyde.My
mum,my brotherand our dog livein a modernflat
witha balcony*.
I go canoeing
oncea weekwith the
canoeing
club.We usualiygo on the Forthand Ctyde
canalinthe cily(entre.TheClydeis quitedangerous
because
it's nearth lea so the water sometime5
t ows*quite fast. At the weekendwe walk the dog
alongthe Clyde it's like being in the country.

l,lowdecideif thsesentencesar true (T) or talse (F).

I
2
3
4
5
5
7
8

Kirntravekfrom town to town in a boat.

Roberthasgot a dog.
Gavintakesthe ferry to schooleveryday.
Serena
oftengoesrunning.
Oxfordis on the RiverMersey.
TheRiverClydeis in England.
Liverpoohasa rlverfestiva.
Shakespeare
carrefrom stratford,upon-Avon.

Stratford upon Avon

- the birthplace*of
I live in Stratford-upon,Avon
WilliamShakespeare.
Asthe nametellsyou, it i5on
the RiverAvon.I livein a big house,with my mum,
dad andsister.
Our gardenis by the riverand we have
a little boat. I learntto row* when I was smalland I
stillloverowing.We alsogo runningalongthe river.
Itt fun. We get up early on Saturdaymorning that3
hardin the winter but we seeanimakand birds,
- it'slovely
andthe seasons
chanqing
Serena

Liverpool
I livein a smallhousewith my mum,dad andtwo
sistersin Liverpoolon the RiverMersey.My favourite
lree time a(ivity is{khing.I often go out all daywith
my Jriendsto the river bank*. We don t catchmany
fishl When friendsvisitwe go on the Merseyferry.
You canseethe city {rom the river.In summerthere,s
a riverfestivalwith music,streetrhows,and water
jet s|\|in9,
sports- wrldsurfing,
sailingandnoeing.
Gavin
Whichpla(e would you like to visit?Why?
15there a river near your home?
Do you do any activitiesnearor on the fiver?

* What is it in your language?Findout!

The seaside nesont

people don't
Do you think it's cold and rainy in the summer in Britain and that British
got a lot of coastline*
swirir in the sea? Well, you're wrong! Britain is an island and it's
that bad' you know!
isn't
*iii fe.,ltirur beachesand seasidJresorts. And the weather
Readabout the resortsand wdt their namesunderthe pictures
llluminating* Bla<kPool
Thistraditional resorti5 in the North o{ England,
and it is still very populartoday-lt's got a prer,the
famousBlackpooltower,and wide sandybeaches
with lotso{ fun thingsto do ln the autumn don't
missthe illuminaiions- amazing,decorative*street
Iights.Thesecaneven be seenfrom spacelBlackpool
Beachis a massive*theme park on the
PleasLrre
beachwith brilliant rides And the good newsis that
it's free to get in. You only haveto pay for the rides!
study English in Bournefiouth
Thisk a resortin the south of England
Bournemouthhasa good climate*with lots of
Thereis a piel,
and lovely!dndybeaches.
sunsl.ine
of
accommodation*,
gardens,
lots
and
beautiful
a
includ;n9luxuryhotek.Althoughit is considered
place
placewhere old peoplego to retire*, it's ako a
for the young.Bournemouthis the top European
destination*for studentsstudyingEnglishoutside
London.Thereare lotso{ language5chool5to
.for?
choosetrom. Sowhat are you waiting
Surf capital - llewquay
Cornwallis a top holidaydestinationbecauseit has
lots o{ sunshine,{antasticbeachesand beautiful
scenery".lt alsohasbig wavesffom the Atlantic
Newquayi5the most popularresortin Cornwalland
it is the UK surf capital Beginnerscantake surfing
while surfing{ans* canwatch the world
lessons,
IJyou want a breakfrom
championships.
surfing
not
try water skiing,
your surfboard*,why
And in the
windsurting,or parascending*?
eveningyou can hang out in the lown s
trendybarsand nightclubs.

lmagineyou are in one of the seasidctowns.

Writ a postcardhome

Completethese holidayconfessions
with the following words.

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girl{riend holiday parascendingcloudy carnping tent

tough fel
saillng Spain good trouble seals

My worst holiday everl

Lastyeat I went on a t

holldayin SouthWales.lt wasAugust,

but in Britainthat doesn'tguarantee

2 .
wascoldand 3 ..........
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. weatherTheJirstday

but dry,andwe put up the 4.....

After that, it rainedeveryday. In fact, it rainedeveryday for two weeksl

Wed d d fFw nicet1 rg5 ikewdl. rrag 5 ..

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boat.But I argueda lot with my sister,

and I got into 6 ...............
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with my parents.
5o what arewe doingthisyear?We?egoingto
sunny7 ..........
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My best holiday ever!

Thissummer,
I went on an adventure
A .........

in Scotland.

It wasamazing.
I stayedin a big countryhouseby the 9
I learntto surl but | 10. .........
lwent t1 . ..

in the seaa lotl I went lcubadiving.

.......
on the sea andtherewasa storml

wentnrountain
biking(thatwas12

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just lkeRobinHoodlAnd I went 13 ..........

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exciting
thing I haveeverdone.And therewasone othergoodthing.
I metnry14...........................
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Tom
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youridealholiday?What activitieswould you do?

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What's on this ureek?

Want to 90 out this week? There! so much to do if you know where to go.
Readthe guide and answer the questions.

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mu,riprex
cinema

Upto I differentfilmsshowingat anyonetime

seats
BigcomfortEble
15 metrescreens
Digitalsound$/stem
Under14s only5.oo
Con.jepL

Danee

chtlt

Tuerday: under l8s night

Thursday: Weeklystudentevent
Friday: Garagand housemusic
Saturday: Chart* and dance

TheRive6ide Leisurccentre
13-screen
cinema
4 restaurants
2 bart

DizzaCily
Ihe venue'for livemusic.
Differentactteveryweek.
and
Dancingon Wednesday
nighG!
Thursday
Eangra,
R& B
Hip-hop,
Garage,

Ilice ice

- The coolestplaceto have{un

- Olympic-sized
ice rink*
- Familytime 10.00am to
1.00pm weekends
- DJclassi(s*Thursday

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Enjoyour hotpitality*
2s diffrent3ort5of pizz.
specialpice betore 7.00pm
Modernd.orr with a iun atmosphere*

6[',filts

R"tsDf"mOil{
traditional* pub with good beers,
relaxing* atmospherc,
good food and live lrish music
Pubquiz every Tuesday.

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6 choosetrom a variety*o{ placesto eat?

2 watch films?
3 playa game?........................-....-......

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, go ice-skating?

4 eat something?................................

8 dance
9 90 dancingiI you are under 18?

5 paylessit it'searly?
Wherecanyou go out in youatown?

What'sshowing at Oxygenrhis week? Write the type of film under the posters.
detective horror

romantic action

cartoon

hiltorical

comedy

musical sciencetiction

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Practisethe dialoguewith a partner.

No,l'm afraidnot.Thedoorsopenin ten minures.

OK.Thats f10, ptease.

We?eboththirteen.
Thanks.
Canwe go in yet?
Yes,
of couue.Howo d areyou?
CanI h.vetwo ticketsJorthe film on Screen
5, please?

Thanks.
Hereareyourtickets.

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Places to go
Theseteenagershave reviewedpla(esthey visited.One problem- thir scoreshavegot lost.
Whal do you think their scoreswer?Colourin the numberof star5.
* terrible ** not great *** OK *li*
perfect
cool *t*tt

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Pair balling
I went paintballingwith a group of my friends.lt's
the latestoutdoort game-you go out into the
woodswith a'gun'that shootspaint balk. You chase
eachother and try to hit eachother. lf someonehits
you with a paintballyou get splashedwith paint and
losea point. We got covered*ln mud (and paint) but
it was reallyexciting.You haveto wear protective*
clothesand a mask*becauseit hurls a bit when the
paintballhitsyou. We were reallytired at the end of
the day.

OaaisWater Fun Park

Lastweekendwe camehere for the afternoon.The
Acquaslide
wasbrilliant.lwent down it abourren
timesl lt's reallytast and you make a huge splash*as
you hit the water I liked the pool, too - and the wave
machinewas fantastic.Afterwardswe went for a
burger and I ate an enormout i(e-cream!lt was a
good day out,

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Pa(.kons Park
We went to PaultonsJor the day.We went on some
Rydale Folk Museum
good rides.I liked the WaveRunnerbest.We sat in
Ryedaleis an open air museumwith lotsof old houses boatson fast-flowing*water and got reallywet. On
and shopsshowingwhat Englishvillage lite was like
the Astroglidewe sat on tray5*and raceddown the
in the past.Therewas an 1800scottagewith ladiesin
slides.That was great,tool lMyyoungersisterand
traditional* clothescookingbreadoverlhe Iire. We
her friend went on the Pirateboat and visited
went insidea cute gypsycaravan*,tool I learnt how
Dinosaur
World.Mum mademe go with them.I felt
to makea rugi and took it home with me. I had a
so stupid,especially,in the FlyingFrog!lt was a
great day but I wouldn't go again- there was no cafe good day,bul there wasnl reallyenoughtor people
and the shoowasn't oreat.
my age and the rideswerenl scaryenough.
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Thepub
Thinkof Eritainand youthink of pubtl Pubshave
alwaysbeenthe (entre of sociallife and the place
to go at lun(htimeand in the evening.
Although
iraditionally*
they werefor adults,nowadays
theyare often for familiesas we L And you
caneatfood orjust havea drink.

Pub history
TheRomanrbroughttaverns*to England.
Thesehad memorable*names.
In the MiddleAgesmanypeoplecouldn'tread,
on them,too.
so the 5ignshad pictures
A pubwasofiginally*calleda publichouse.lt was
(andstillis)a housewith a llcence*
to sellalcohol*.
ordered
ln the 17thcenturyKingJamesof Scotland
that a red lionshouldbe put on everypublichouse.

Matchthe beginningsand endingsof the senten(esto find out the facts.

Pubfads
l Darts,bi liard!and dominoe!
2 ' P u bg r u b i s
3 A'Gastropub'
4 Goingfor a pub lunch
5 only peopleover18
6 You(an Jind
7 Pubsoften
8 Cunomersoften
9 Pubsoften have
10At 14youcanentera pub

Therepub namesare the most commonin the UK.

Matchthem to the pub signs.

havelivemusic.
standup andsinga songin an lrishpub.
a slangterm for pub food.
large screenrys and show big {ootball mat(hes
is a trendy pub servinghigh-quality*foodcanbuyalcoholin a pub.
aretraditionalpub gamet.
is a verypopular*Britishactivity.
but you can'tbuya drinkthere.
lrishpubsa loverthe world.

The Crown The RoyalOak TheSwan TheBell

Horse The Redlion

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Meetingup
What's the most popular free-time activity tor British teenagers?
It's hanging out! And whe.e do they do that? Readon and tind out.
Tickthe pla(e5where you think British
teenagershang out.
O
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O
O
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the youth club

school
home
the shoppingcentre
the tibrary

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Q
O
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the cinema
the swimmingpool
the museum
the park
a fait tood restaurant

We90 two evenings

a weekit3 goodfun.We'vegot a 5eason
ticket.Afterswimming
we hang
out in the caf.
Olivia,Cadiff

Write the namesof the olaces.

There'ra good skatboardpark

and l'm a keenskateboarder
We hang out and (hat. We even
havea favouritebench*!we play
cricketin the summerandJootball
in the winter
Mohammed,Bftdford

It! cheapandwe canhangout

together.I lovehamburgerr,
but
sometimes
I havea saladto please
mymuml
Liam,Oxford

We often go on Saturdayand
there'slotsto do. We go shopping,
havea coffee,or just sit around

Onceor twice a month I go to the

multiplexwith my {riendsand it't
my favouritepla(e.We seeallthe
laten {ilms.We alwaysbuy a big
box of pop(orn.I love it!
Aarcn, Canteftury

EIla, Southampton

We meet two veningsa week.

We just sit round and chat in the
lounge,watch sport on the TV or
play games we've got tlvo pool
tablesand a tabletennistable.
We?ebuildingan Internet
room at the moment.
Lewis, Dublin

Findthe words and expressionsin the reporL

W listento music,read
magazinesand talk about clothet
and make-up. Sometime5
we
havea sleepover*.We watch
DVDSin my room and my
lriends staythe night.
Jade, Manchettet

6 Youcanchoose
lrom lotsof differenttilmshere.

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like. s..............................-..
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2 You sit on this in a oark or oarden.b..

3 A kind of food madeof corn. p. .. ... ........ ... ....

t Yougo to thisplaceto useyourskateboard.

p..............-..................
s.................................
I Thisgameir similar*to snookerp.................................

4 A tummer sport
5 A pany when friendsstaythe night. s.

Doyou likedoinganyof therethings?

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Cannivals and fetes

How do the British have tun in the summer? one way is go to a carnival or a fete.
carnivals take place in streets all over the <ountry. Summer fetes take
place outside in a large space.Everyone hopes tor a sunny day!
Reorderthe words to make th6 questiohs in this interview.

Summenfetes
I

livF whe F yoL do- .

I livein a vil age in Yorkshre in the Northo{ England.

2 tl'F whdt \JrrmerhdppersInl
Ouruchoolhar a summerfe1everyyear.All the fam ly (omes.My mum alwaysmakesa cakefor the cake
but sheneverwlnsl
competition*
3 at do ',!hatli\e you berl lele lhe)
likethe qames.Oneis ca ledThrowthe sponget.Thetea(hersput their headsthrougha holeand we all
My brotherlovesthe egg andspoon
at them.lt'sfunnylAnd thereare lot! of sillyraces.
throw wet sponges
ng*l
race.Me and my friendsaretoo o d for that. But my dad alwayrrunsin the race!Embarrass
4 hke was fete la't wl'ar lhel
O h , i t w a s f a n t a s t i c .A n a c t r e s !{ r o m m y f a v o u r i t eT V p r o g r a m m eo p e n e d

the fete.she'srealy good'ooking*lI got her autograph*

b"y did a1y{hinovoL?
stall.I boughta 1970s
Spacelnvade6game
Yes,at the WhiteElephant
greatl
It'sreally
fooddbourwhat thel
with burgr!andsausages.
And they
Therewasa realy good barbe(ue,
soldlotsof cakestoo. Yum!
wrn you dnythingdrd'
wasrealy lucky,sheboughta tombola
No,but my girlfriend,DanieLle,
too.
tlcketand won a hlge boxof cho(oate!.And shewon a coconut,
Usethe words in bold as captionsfor these oi(ures.

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Cannivaltime
Thinkabouta streetcarnivalyou
know about. Answerthese
questions.
1 Whenis the carnival?
2 Whatdo peoplewear?
I Whatdo peopleeat?
4 Whatdo peopledo?

Angelaansweredsome
abo0ther town. Match
que5tjons
and an5wers.
t Wheredo you live?
2 Whathappensin the summer?....
..
3 Whathappens
on the day?
4 Whatafethe costumes
I ke? ....
5 Whatwasthe themelastyear?....
5 Whowasthe CarnivalQueen?
....
7 s thereanlthing to eatl
....
8 Whattyourfavouritething? ....

a The (arnivalstartsin the afternoon.There'sa procession*with floats*

Theydrive reallyslowlydown the st.eet_There,slots of musicand
dancing,
and peopledo realy sillythings.
b Actuallyit waeme! lwore a beautifuldressanda crown*.
I hadto sit on a thron*on a {loatandwaveat oeoole.
Well, we havea streetcarnivalherewith beautifutfloats floats are
decoratedrlorries.Eachyearthere! a theme and eachteam decorates
a lloat and makescosturnes.
Thebestfloat winsa prize.
d llive in Some6etin the southwestof England.
Yeah,hot dogsand burgers andcandyfloss*!
f Themusic.lts so loud- itt greatlAnd thereare lotsof livebands,too.
Peopleependmonthsmakingthem.
I They'rereallybeautiful.
Someof them arecrazyl
h An(ient Egypt.lt was fun. My mum,sofii(e did Tutankhamen,s
tomb.
What are the diffren(esand similaritieswith other carnivalsyou know?

Canyou gusswhat th
themeir for a6.o5tume?

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fropicallsland

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Music and theatnefestivals

Festivals

Where are the best placesto go lor music, theatre

and fun? Where are the hip+ places to be every
summer? Here are our readers' recommendations*
of their top festival hot spots.

A The Glastonbury feslival

Thisisthe biggertmusicfestivalin Britainand it
happens
on a farm in the westof EnglandlThefirst
festivalwasin 1970with only 1,500peoplelNow
peoplecomeandyou (an seefamou5
about 140,000
actslike REM,coldplayand RobbieWillianrs.
Thereb
a theatre,a cabaret*,a circus,
a cinemaand loadsot
stails*sellingclothesandfood,too. lt'senormousl
I alwayscamp.lf it rainr,it getsreallymuddy* but
that'spartof the funl Themoneygoesto charities*
likeGreenpeace
and Oxfam.Youhavea fantastic
time and you helpthe world.tool

B The Edinburgh Festival

TheEdinburgh
Festival
isthe coolesteventin the
world! lt'5in Augustand lastsfor fiveweeks.In fact,
- the offlcial*one with lotsof
therearetwo festivals
plays,ballet,operaand stuffandthe unofficial*
TheFfingels biggerthanthe officia
FringeFestival.
festivalandthereare moreunurual*playsand
comedy.
TheFringesellsovera milllonticket!every
yearlNearlyeverypub,bar and rtreeicornefhaEa
show! | love the comedy*shows.They?ereallyfunny.
TheJestival
endswith an lncredible
fireworkdirpay.

C The WOMAD Festival

WOMADstandsfor the World of Music,Arts and
Dance.Everyyear,the world comesto ReadinglYou
(an 9eeperformers*
{rom difierentcountries
and
Youcanlistento musicfrom lrelandand
cultures.
Thaiiand,
danceto Afficandfummers*and learnhow
ma!k!*.Youcanchillout* to the
to makeSrazilian
go
to a reggaegig*.Thereare
musicof Tibetor
differentkindsof food to eat andethnic*thingsto
buy.You meet people{rom other (ountries.Lastyear,
I met a boyfrom Spain.Now l'm studyingspanishl

D Reading Fesiival
Thisisthe oldestrockfestivalin Britain- andthe
bestltt startedin 1960when it wascalledthe Jazz
and Bluesfestival.
In the 1960s,
therewerealsobandt
suchasTheRolllngStones
andTheWho.I lovethe
ReadingFettivalbecauseall my favourite bandsand
playhere- Blur,Eminem,
singers
oasis,RedHot chilli
Peppers,Marilyn Manson-lt's so cool.And it's big,too.
Peopleeat morethana quartero{ a millionburger
and hot dogsin threedayslCanyou believeit?
Baz

Readabour the lstivalsand find th answersto thesqueslions,

I Whichisthe oldestrockfestival?
5 Whichtwo citieshavetwo festivals?
you
2 At whi(h two festival!can
5 which festivaltakesplaceon a tarm?
90 to the theatre?
7 whi(h festivalchangedits name?
3 Wherecanyou seelotsof plays?
4 Whichfestivalhasmostlyethnicmuric?
8 where do you give moneyto charity?
which festivalwould you like to 9o to? Haveyou ever beento a pop, theatre of film festival?
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Let's dance!
whether you prefer breakdancing, morris dancing, salsaor dirco, dan<ing
is a great way to keep fit and to meet people. Read tlre intewiew
below and write the type of dancing next to the pidures.
Do you want to dance?well, get
out your bells,ribbons*, hankiesr
and flowrs, and lefs go ...
morris dancing!

1 ..................................................
Why do I need all those things?
Theyare the traditional decorations*of morris
dancers.lheyadd them to their clothesto make
them look more(olourJul-andto makea noi9e,
That doesnl soundvery modern.
Morrisdancingis at leastfive hundredyearsoldSomepeoplebelieveit comesfrom Spain.Others
think it comesfrom ancientCeltictraditions.
But what is morrisdandng?
Well, it isn't as easyas discodan(ing. Peoplepractire
jumping
togetherregularly*.
Morrisdancinginvolver
and hitting 5tick5*with other dan.ert.
Do many young peopledo it?
Well ..., no. ltt a minority* interest.A more popular
dancewith youngerpeopleis salsal
But that isn't Britishl
Of cou6e not, but the UK haslotsof peoplewho
lovedancingsalsa.lt3 hip* to sahal

It's a LatinAmeriGn dan(e, isn't it?

That'sright. lt3 fun, asyto learn and a good way to
keepfit. And maybethe ben thing is ... you need a
panner,so i't'sa great way to mak{riends.But ifthat
isn'tyour taste.don't lorget breakdancing.
Great!Hip-hop3my lavourite music.The only
problemi5 ... I don't know how to do itDonl worry Thereare danceclasses
all overthe UK.
But you haveto be titl
Fit?
Breakdancing
is like a mix ot athleticsand acrobatics.
You needto be strongand havea good senreof
balance*.Breakdancers
spenda lot of time with their
headsor handson the ground.And they do a lot of
spinning*on their knees,neck,handt elbowsand
head!You can get hurt, so you haveto be care{ul.
Mmmm.That soundsdiffi(ult. Maybel'll learn morris
dancing!

Whichdance...
I can be dangerous?
2 usesa lot of objectr?

7 is dancedwith a partner?

3 may comefrom Spain?

4 is danedto rap?

involves*partsof the body touchingthe {loor?

want to party?why not go to a ceilidh?

(pronounced'kaytie,)
A Ceilidh
isa Gaelicword,the nativetanguage
of Scotland
and lreland.lt wasoriginallyan informat*meetingof
people
with folk riusic,singing,dancingandstory-telljng.
In the old
daysin lrelandand Scotland,
peop/eusedto meetin cottages
and
pass
the time with musicand song.
Today,
it's a party for peopleof all ageswith foik* dancingand
a traditional
band.Theinstruments
mightincludea violjn,a
squeezebox,
a guitar,a harmonica,
a bhodrananda piano.you have
to larnthe dancemoves.But don,t worry,there is alwaysa ,cajter,.
Hetels youwhat to dol
Whatarethese instruments?Write their namesin the crossword.

Learna ceilidhdan(e!
The CircassianCircle
I Menandwomenform a circle
and hold hands.
2 All dancers
advance
four steps.
3 All dancers
go backfour steps.
4 Womenadvancefour stepsand
ciaphands.
5 Womengo backfour steps.
5 l\len advancetour stepgand
claphands,
7 Men turn clockwise*and rnove
to the woman who was on
theirJeft.
I All dancers
!pin" with their
9 Partnerscrosshandskjght to
right and Jeftro lefr).
l0 All dancers
walkanti-clockwise*
aroundth room.

Nowstartagainl

lwhath it in youf language?

Findout!

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The High Stneet

Most teenagers love shopping and the High Street is a good place to look for clothes'
music and magazinesor to meet triends for a coffee or a sna'k'
Can you label these clothes and accessories*?
T-shrrt

jacket
sntrt
belt

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to someqreat
1 36t m Listening
musrc.
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a postoffice
b newsagent's
d bookshop

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I want to buysomesuncream
for mv holidav.
tt
t'm rravinoa nicecoffee.
t'm qoinqto 9o nornesoon tf

, 631'm lootlnqat somemagazines

I don t thrnkl'll buyonetodayt,
buy
5 130 t don't t<nowwtrichone to
or
The detective*story
the love story.tt
6 65t'm in eonOstreet There3a bit of a
queJe . l o1'vwdar io-e 5Lamps
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' 63 t m try ng on thisreallybrilliant
secondhand* 19603jacket
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h musicshop
i stationeas
j charityshop
k departmentstor
I electricalstore

f clothesshop
I shoesnop

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Let's90 shoppingin the High Street.

canyou sort out thesedialogues?Rewritethem on the lines.
The shoeshop

Reorganise
the dialogue.

l'm afraidthey?etoo small.

of course,what sizeare you?
lust a moment.Hereyou are.
Size7.
Yes,Thegeare mu(h better,thanks.
oK, wouldyou liketotry a biggersize?
please.
l'd liketo try on thesetrainers,
Th bookshop

Rearanoethe sentences,

like hi buy to book I'd this

f5.99be that'll
you are here

you wouldlike baga

thankSno
The chemist's

complGtethe gaps.

you?
Can1..........
...........
It much have This
only looking one help

Yes,I'm .......................
for a red lipstick.
.........,....,.....,,,
one5 nlce.
How .......... .........is it?
..........'r
f10.99.

you got a cheaper.............

?
Oh,..................
Thisonet niceand it3 ......................
f5.99.
Thanks.
The newsagent's

Solvethe anagrams.

cnalvhea a ehopnadcr,selpae?
hihwcradclowudouy ilek?
a fl0 neo,sleepa,

kahnts.
Now you try Go to diflerent shops.Work with a partnerand take tufts to
be the shoo assistantand the customer.
*What is it in your language?Findout!

Teenshopping
Britishteenagersdo part.time* jobs and get pocketmoneyfrom their parents.
Theyhavea lot of spendingpowortl 5o what ar they buying?

I clothesand accessories

6 CDsand downloadedrmusic

games
8 computer

9 booksandmagazines

andringtones tS*
5 mobitephonecards

to stationery

Whataretheseteenagers
Lookat the lin aboveandwritethe numbr.
buyingin the shops?
Gareth
l've got some
shampooand
shavingcream.

I've got the latest

HarryPotternovel,

Tamsin.......
l've got somecrisps
and a bar of
chocolate!l'm
nungry!

l'vegot somepens
and a notebookfor .
school.How
boringl

Martin...............I'vegot a pairof
designer*
trainert,

l've got someeye

make-upanda
new liprlick.

what do you buy?

--

Hi,my lamily are (oming to the UK. I'd like ro know

what'strendy.What (hain store5*do you shop at?
What's(oollo wear?
Sritney?
New Look
I likethisshop.lt', reallytrendy*.lt'sgot clothesthat
youseein magazines
and they?equitecheap.The
astthinglbought herewasa pairoftroueers.
Abigail

Borders
It'sa bookshopand a CDstore.lt's cool becauseyou
can listento any CD in the shop.Thereare lots of
placesto sit and read books.Thret a caf6,too. I
often hangout* herewith my friendsl

JDSports
I lke skateboardjng
and wind!urfingandlD 5ports
hasa goodchoice.
Theirtrainersand clothesare
grat,but they are a bit expensiveeornetlmes.
That's
theproblemwith designer
clothesl@ 6

HMV
Thisis my favouriteshop.I go with my friends.They
havethe latestmusic,and a huge collectionoJ DVDS_
And there'sa greatcomputergamesdepartment.

TopShop
Thisi5an amazingstore.The one in OxfordStreetin
London
is hugelAnd you sometimes
seetamou!
people
buyingclothesherelI liketheir range*of 60s
and70sclothes.
lbought a realy coolcoatthere.
Je'ricaO
TheGap
Thiss a reallygood shop.lt hasgreatjeansandtops.
Theonlyproblemisthe changingroom!.There's

Lush
Theshopsmells
so goodwhenyou go inl And I really
pfoducts*.
likethe
They'reall natural*.Theyall have
such(ool names,
too. llikethe soapbest.
Lizzie @ A
TK Max
I lovegoingto thisdiscount*
store.tt'shuge you
,hop with a trolley*l You neverknow what you are
qoingto find.lf you'reluckyyou cdnget derigner
clothesreallycheaply.
Thatsthe fun of goingthere.
Sabrina| |

Where
wouldyou go to ...
I buy6os-style
clothes?
2 buythe atestchartmusicand computergames?
3 finda desgneroutfit at a good price?
4 buygreatjeans?
buysomnice-smelling
toiletries?
doole somesportsclothes?
I buythedothesyou seein magazines?
8 buyCDsand bookt?
whkhofthesestore5wou|dyouliketovisir?Why
tuetherc
chainstoresin your country?Whichstoresare your favourites?
(

rM6Avh.usroMs,lrr5rturr

tind out!

Bangain-hunting

3 Marketi
1 car boot* sales
Manytowns havea rnarketday.And you canget lots
car
boot
A I overBr tain everyweekendthereare
bags,jewellery
Therearecheapclothes,
of bargains*.
sales.PeopLe
arriveln theircarsandsel the things
therearestalls*sellingethnic*
and makeup. Usually
theydon'twant anymore:books,CDt,videos,toys,
Portobello
Roadin
ornaments.
candles
and
find
clothes,
You
can
and
ornamentsi.
kitchenequipment*
you
where
market
on
Saturday
people
has
a
brilliant
London
anythinglJ you lookl t3 greatfun and lotsoi
vintage*
clothe!.
canfind otsof
buythings.Nothingcostsverymuch 50por fl, and
you cana waystry and get a betterprice!Famiies
often usecarboot salesto throw o d thlngsaway.

4 Sales
2 Charity* rhops
All the chain
wait for the sales.
Go down any Briti5hHighStreetand you(an find lots Manyteenagrs
prices
clothes
at the end of the
cut
the
of
their
peopLe
in
stores
who
work
Many
of
the
shops.
of charlty
The TV has
are
at
New
Year.
The
best
sales
you
season.
The
money
spend
charityshopsarevolunteers*.
knows
Christmas
so
everyone
over
adveriisements"
goesto helpthe charity.
A lot ol peoplebuysecond
very
crowdedr
when the salesstart.The bestsalesare
Theyre (heaperthan
andjewellery.
hand*cLothes
and it canbe tiringlSomepeoplequeueovernlght
for
vintage
clothes.
it's
fun
looklng
new and
outsidebi9 storesto get the bestbargains.
Matchthe types of shoppingwith the definirions.
I when shopsand storesoffer their goodsat reducedprices
clothesand goodsto he p people
2 they sellsecond'hand
3 peoplesellthingstheydon'twant anymorefrom the backof theircars
day
4 they are llkeshopsbut theysellgoodsln the openair on a special
What would you try to sell at a caf boot sale?Write a descriptionot three things on a pie(e oI paper
Decideon a pri(e for eachone.Try to sellthem to your partnerl

Gfrsrrl:l::ggl:

Areyou old enoughto shop?l-et'stind out about the legal agesin the UKI

At 12you can...

At 15you can ...

At 17 you can ...

. buyvideosandcomputer

. buyvideosand computer

. buyan air rifle

games
tuitable
for yourage

At 13you (an ,..

gamesruitablefor yourage

At 16 you can ...

. buy cigarettesor tobacco

At 18 you can ...

. buy alcohol

. buy videosand computer

gamessuitableJor your age
. buy liqueur*chocolates

. buy any videosand

computer9ames

Whatabout thesethings?At what age do you think you can do them?

Writethem in the (orrect age (ategories.Checkyour ideasat the
bottomot the page.

buylotterytickets
9ointoa pub but you can'tbuy alcohol

X/hat
afethe age limits {or theseor
limilafactivitiesin your country?

buy a pet
buyfifeworks

get a tattoo
buya knife

oolls] ? la6 'sljo^^orllInq :81 lrer e.{nq 'allqroplu e

Inq :1! :a,ru)ie Inq 'slal)!l tu3uot Inq :91 jtoqo)teInq
r,us) no^ rnq qnd e olur 06 :tL jlad e,{nq tL :r.tamsuv

*what is it in
your tanguage?
Findout!

Pocket moncg
Most British parents give their teenagers pocket money.
Teenagersget between f7 and f20 a week, They spend it on fast food,
designer* dothes, the cinema, concerts,magazinesand mobile phones.
Lazyparents?
to cleanthe lounge.
37%of parentspayreenagers
takethe
66%of parentspayteenagersto
rubbishout.
haveto laythe table,but most
33%of teenagers
parentsdon't payfor this.
Lazyteens?
don't rnaketheirbedsbefore
51%of teenagers
only 13%ofteenage|swashthe carJormoney.
Someparentseven pay the r teenagersto
do lheir homework.
Equality?Not yet!
Boysget more moneythan girls for mostodd jobs.
Forwashingthe dishes,
boysget aboutf4 and
girlsget aboutf 1.
Forcleaninga pet'rcage,boysget aboutf3 and
girlsget aboutf1.

4 And it you needsomemor money?

Teensget an extra f250 a year out oJ their
parentgon top o{ pocketmoney!
About 50% of teensget gifis* o{ moneyfrom
their grandparents.
Go ro lvlumif you needertra moneylShegive5
morethan Dad,
Whereyou live makesa diffrence!
andthe Northof Englandgive
Parents
in Scotland
most pocketmoney.
Spending
51%spendtheir moneyon clothes.
jewelleryand toiletries*
390/"buy cosmetics*,
Lelsthan 50% oJ teenagerssaveany money.
Matchthe Dicturesblow with the sectionsabove.
What'sit like in your country?Whatt the same?

what'sdifferent?

Parentssay that over 50% of teenagersare happyto help, but 25% don,t want to!
Howdo teens help in the home?And how mu.h do thir parentshaveto pay them?
How much?!
Average pay for odd jobs
hoovering*the lounge
f1.50
takingthe rubbishout
f1.30
washingthe car
t2.30
helpingto cleanthe house
f2.15
laying*and clear;ng*
the table
loading*and unloading*the dishwarherf2.50
(leaningthe pet3cag
f1.90
makingthe bed
15p

Thit is BryanAverage'slist oI thing5to do. How muchdoeshe get in one week?

He wants to buy an MP3playerthat cost5f200. How long does he haveto save{or?

Brg413job
Teke rhe tubbieh out ooce a week
load and dbad
M@dag

rtE d;slwadcr

oi

WedDeedas end ftidag

Make gou? bed e\.erg dag excq

gndag

Heh to cleah tte house oo Sahndag

Cle.aD Pete tt'e S>a.rot c cage once a *eel.
Hootet rle bqge @ce a week
Wash the car' once a week

Weaskdrome tenagersto tell u5 about their

| get f15 a week iJ I keep my room tidy. ll I help my

mum round the house,I gel more money.
Lina, 14 Exeter

lqetf35 a month.I haveto takethe rubbi5h

out and
Enma,15,
Edinhurgh
lgetf 10a week.But I haveto cleanthe caf,hooverthe
house
andloadand unloadthe dirhwasher
I usually

I get f80 a month. I know that's generous*.I haveto

pay for clothesand cosmetics
and phone(ards.I help
to cleanthe houseand tidy my room.
Sanirah, l6.qedfotd

I probablyge$ the mo5tmoneyt.......

.............
... ...
lgetf7.50a week.I haveto be
lo doanyjobs{or the money.

but I don't hav

probablygett the ledstmoney?..

3 probablydoesthe mon workt

.........
...........
.... ..

4 helpsthe neighbou|s?
lgetf5 a week.But our neighbours*
go awaya iot and
theygiveme f25 a week for looking after their cats.
Richatd,
13,Belfast

5 doesn'thaveto do any jobs?

6 getsmor iJ they help more?
.What is it in your language?Findout!

Pant-timejobs
Many teenagers in Britain do part-time jobs to earn more money. But there are laws
about how long young people can work and what sort ol lobs they can do.
Radthe information and decide which jobs these teenagers do,
babysitter

(_

1..
]'vegot a newjob. I work at the supermarket.
I
il.
hdle lwo,l lhrFeeve.l195a weel. fromr'r lo
ten. I haveto put produ(ts*on the shelves*.
The
ltaff arenl allowedto havea chat exceptin the
breaks.[ ] | earnf4 an hour whi(h i5OK.But it's
harddoingmy homeworkbeforelqo out to work.

JOB:
3
Iuesday
Hl,there.l'm backfrom my paperround.l'm
I do thisfivetimesa week.I get up at
exhausted*.
6.00am. I haveto get to the paperlhop earlyto
get the newspapers.
I a waysde iverto the same
streetsso I knowwhichhousehaswhichpaper.[ ]
Why do peoplewant to read moreon a Sunday?
I
earnf25 a week the money's
useful*.I haveto
go now and get readyfor school.
That'sr ghtl
I do thisbeforeschooll

.roa:
5
Saturday
Wel , it's7.00a.m.and I haveten nrinutes
beforel
leavelI work in a computershop.I do it because
I
knowd lot dboJl lT.I lrkehFloingthe (,.r5ro-er5.
eventhe rudeoneslI get extramoneyif I sella
computer,
whichis brilliant.Ye5terday
lsold a
laptop*to thiEquy*.[ ] | neverget bored.Well,
l'm workingwith computeE and I lovethm.l d
liketo work herewhenI eaveschool.

:9E

shopa

,;
2
Friday
'm sotired.I'veworkedthreeevenings week
this
n the localfast food restaurant.| (ome home and
havea showerbefore I go to bed becausem,
clothessmel of grease*.My job is to cook the
burgersandchips.Al evening!We haveto weara
special
uni{ormwhi(h I hatetoo. I get paidbadly,
but I do it so I can9o out wilh my mater.[ ] tt
mustbe betterthan makingthe food.

JOB:
4
....
....
Saturday
Hil l'm writingthisat I1 o'clockat night.I do
babysitting,
and l'vejustgot backlI lovechildren
I likeplayinqwith them.[ ] Oncethey'rein bed,I
canwatchTV.ThisevenlngI did my homewofk.
ThefamilyI babysitfor left me a pizzaand a cola.
Theybroughtme hometoo. I get f3.50an hourfor
- | think it'sgood money.l'm savjngfor
babyrittinq

Wheredo thessntencescomefrom?
a But I don'tlikegettinqthemto bed!
b l'd llketo serve*ihe food.
c Then| (an havea laughwith my mates.
tl'e papersl.aveeit a 'efi,on('
d 01 Sundayi
andthey arereallyheavy.
e He boughta prlntertoo.

Monegmanagement
How muchdo you spendin an average*week?Are you good at.ontrolling your money?
Doyou manageto saveany money?Lookat what theseteenagersspendeachweek and
answerthe ouestions.

1 5pends
rnoston goingout with friends?

5 savesmost?

2 spendta lot of moneyphoningpeople?

6 hasan unusual*pet?

3 goesto the cinemaregularly*?

7 likesfashion?

4 buysmusic?

8 playscomputergames?

rdir:Irlil

EEIiEfi

OUTGOINGS*

AVERAGEPERWEEK
Ahmed

Lu.y

Goinqout with friend5

Foodanddrink
Cosmetics
and make-up
CDs
DVDs

f4
f3

f8

Cinema
tickets
games
Computer

f4

Other
TotaLoutgoings
pocketmoney,9ifis, job5

Chris

Melissa

t5
f3

f2
t4
f2
f3
f3 (foodfor persnare)

t15

f15

f10

f20
f5

f15

f12

No!

f8 (clothes)

t22
f7

Whataboutyou?Fillin the moneyplannerand{ind out!

Golng
out with friends
Food
anddrink
Cosmetics
and make-up

garr]es
Competer
Totaoutgoings
Totalincome
from
pocket
monet 9ifts,job5
*What is it in your language?find outl

Wonk expenience
From the age of 15,90o/oof British students xperien(e what work is like by having
a iob placement with a company.They work up to 40 hours a week. Studehts don't
get paid - but they learn what full-time work is really like! They write a report
for their school,Theysometimeskeep a personaldiary,too.
ReadMaxs reDortand answerthe questions.
1 ln whi.h company
was hl, work experience?
2 W r d r s o r o i r o b sd d h e d o ?
3 Wharwas\/( P e-rire likFl
4 Dld Maxenjoyh s work experience?

My work experience
lspenta veryinterestlng
weekat Bainbridge
Pubishlng.My superviror*
wascalledlvlsPrentrce
and shewasalwaytveryhelpfuiandgaveme lots
of usefu advi(e*.I did jobslike photocopyins,
fri rg' dld ( he(||ag do,Jrfe' ,5 lerJoy"dthr\
andtime seemedto pa!sveryqu ckly.
of belngon t me.
soon earnedthe lmportance
or made
don'tthlnk I had anybadexperien.e!*
I ikedmy co leagues*
a ot ancl
anybig mistakes.
we oftencha(ed aboutfa!. natingthinq!.I just
want to tay that I think Ms Prentlce
wasreally
niceand I hopeshereadsth s. Max

Now readldax'sdiary How manydiffren(es

canyou find?
q9!daL

I!qr!@v

I ant SQ ti.ed. tt s .ezlg bdinq. t m donrq hnrgs tike

filir'q, checking letters atd rhn,qs for n,isrzkes znd
photo.opsinq. Ms desk is ih a cone4 rhzt s qood.
It meat's I cat t sleep eometihest Ms Prehtice nU
is a bit wen d I
epervisu

Onlg ten titirLtes lare. I cen t keep my eges oPert.

lve qot ro do el rhzr phordopgingl
Bat t cah do
it t@onow.

of tode!1. I bouqhr

E4ev

I got ir late Ms Pretrtice

he.e arc Eals

wash t retE happg. All the

oht.iettdg

rheg dotit

talk. Tt'ey

dont.rrile

Al fheg do ie look zr the ct'upid compurers

et dag end dtu,k rea and coffee. I had a cah of cola end t cpiled

tus+
the lotenef'
qlkd
and
I
checked
@ftte CDe

out eotne e@l ||ebsite4.

T!e!qav
people

tve been sJtiing

ir zI over nU kegboerd.

Eig misrekel

fheg hed to qive me a new one.

Biq ttouble! I zr.ived at a qua.tep to ts,.rni Ms

Pret'tice war'ted tte photocoptes at nn,e o clock!
I hadD t dohe them. rhetl st]e discove.ed alltbe
weLsites I .i tisited yest-..das. Ahd theh she fouhd
n'y diarV fhaf s nqhf I vote this at work. I have to
see her ih ftue ..indtes. t thnt< | hee t'o apoloEsd!

wednesdqL
I hzd to do tozds ofphotdopging
z,CnO

paqes. And I phott).opied

Me PEt,tice

weht rezllg

|G!F,,-1jt-g::l-,,:l---y

"edl

rodzg

ft,ere were

the w"onq stLtrf!

I htue to do rheir

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Whatthingsdid Max do wrong?

Whatdo you think is the worstthing he did?

j:]tr.lt,..::ltl.rl't

Jobs uopd scapch

Unscramble
th anagramsand find the lobs in the word search.

1 TETRA
CHC

2 RDREARHIESS

3 YARTCRESRE

4 REYALW

5 ENEINREG

5 SANIUTOLJR

7 ELCPIO
FECOIFR

8 HFEC

9 REAELCN

1OEARTWI

11TCRAO

12 RAFRME

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l3CROOTD

T4CEAETRH

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*What is it in your language?Findout!

School nules
Every school has its rules. But what do these British students
think about them? Let's tind out!

@
/w\
We haveto arriveat schoolon
time.We haveto get to all our
classes
on time.ltt a problem{or
rne becauseI don't wear a
watchlAnd we mustn'trun
alongthe corridors*.
Asma

ln the computerroomwe can

usethe nternet,but the teachers
checkthe sites*we visit.And we
mustn'tgo onto a chatroom*.
Butthatt a good ru e, I think.
Tracey

We mustn'twear make-up.
we mustn'tchew* 9um. And
we mu(n t listento our iPods.
Thats terriblel Jara

We don't haveto weara school

uniform at my s(hoo . We just
- a
haveto wearsmartclothes
sweater,tfousers,shoes- we
mustn'twearjeansor trainers.

We canonlyusemobilephones
duringbreaksand at lunchtime.
We mustn'tusthem during
lessons.
Someo{ my matessend
messages
duringexamsl
text
Itt wrong, but it's difficult for
teachergto stop it../amie

7--s

:faei
'ic l
\.,'

We haveto standup whenthe

teacherentersthe room. We
haveto weara uniform- a
blazer*and a'tle.And we have
to do two hours'homework
everyevening.
We mustn'tgo
out of the schoo gatesat

Look at the picturesand saywhat they are doing wfong.

svl
\

.F$
,,K

Whatmust studentsdo? What mustn't they do?

Writthe schoolrules.

wear use run do lislen chew arrive gmoke

YOU MUST FOLLOWTHC RULs

r'

x
Pe,

..

;,tfu

$x

Doyou havethe sames(hool rules in your s(hool?

,nventsome ruleslof your ideal school,

tw

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School subjects
Students in British schools study a lot of different subie.ts.
Readon to find out what they study.
Find the s(hool subjects by matching the two halves.
write the subjects hefe.

3o=

aF"14
'tl-',*(
!Geog

\L)

@,

z5
ai

^o

Dra

CoftPuter 5c

Jane has to go shopping before the nw schoolterm. What is she studying. Write the subjcts.
I

S l ' eh d s r o b J y p a i l t s a l d a s l e r c l ' - b o o k

2 s h e h . 5 t o h d r e d ( d l L u l " t o r' .
3 s h e n e e d sa n e w a r a s '

4 shehasto buya violin.

5 Sheneed!a new tracksuit
andtrainers.
5 5heneedsto !pdate* her software*.

Barryneverfinirhed his timetable.Canyou completeit for him?

1 He doesn'tdo Geographyon Tuesday,
Wednesdayor Friday.
2 He does Englisheveryday exceptFriday.
3 He hasthree Art lessonsa week.At the
end o{ the week he hasa double lesson
4 HedoesDramaafterMathsone morning.
5 He does P.E.in the morning before ceogfaphy.
6 HedoesFrenchon the samedayasdoubleScience.
7 He doesComputerS(ienceon the 5ame
day as Drama,
Geography French Drama
ComputerScience P.E. Art English

Monday

Tuesday

Wednesday

English

Malhs

Englirh

Maths

French

PE.

Science

Science

7=*1

Thureday

p5.t.'
Geography

English

Whichsubjedsdo you study in your school?

What3 your favourite subject?Why?
Whats your leastfavourite subjed?Why?

ot'

Math5

Hinory

Science

F iday

Maths

Glossary:'P5E- Personaland SocialEducation:Thisincludes

di5cussions
about thjngsthat concernteenagers,including
'DT relationships
and personalhealth.
Designand Technology:
Thisincludestechnicaldrawino.metalwork and wood work.

Studentstalk about their {avouriteteachers.But what do they teach?

Mrs Jamieson's
reallyinteresting.She'rvisitedlots of
countrie5,
different
ro 5hemakerthe 5ubjectcomealive.
Mr Alln'sgot a goodaccent*.Hk wife is{rom Paris,
sothat helpsl
l'm not very good at working with numbers.
8ut Ms Magraneis reallynice and patient.
veryfunny.Hetellsjokesand helpsusto relax.
[/r Clarke's
play
games
We
as well. You can feel a bit nervous*
when you haveto act,so it's reallygood.
Mr Hall usedto be a professionalfootballer He'sreallyenthusiastic*l

* What is it in your language?Findout!

M*loots

Sa

The school sgstem

What do you know about the Eritishschoolsystem?
Whn do studentsstart at primaryschool?When do
they 90 to secondary5(hool?Look at the intormation
and comDletethe tabl.

u haveto stayat
schooluntil you?e sixteen.
But about70%of students
stayon for another2 years

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LoadsoJ peopletake a
gap year now. That'sa year off between
schooland university.Theygo travellingor
get somework experience.lt'5a good
opportunity*to seethe wor dl

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. Fulltime educationin the UK is compulsory*
betweenthe agesof ..... and .......
93% of pupilsreceive
.. ......
go lo .......
7d/a

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. Forchildren
between
5 and11.
secondary s.hool
. Forstudnts
of 11yearsplus.
. Schoolstartsat about............
...............
. and
finishes
at about........................
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. Studenrerake
nationdle\dm\ ir
and science
at 14.

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quali{ications*.
I took nine
GCSEs
when I was sixteen,
and I passed
all of them.
And then, two yearslater,
| got three A levels.

. StudentstakesGCSEexamsat . .........
, AS level
examsat 17,and A levelsor Advancedlvel

University
. ManystudentE
takea
betweenschooland university.
. Approximately
.............
oJyoungpeoplein
England
andWales,..............
in Scotland
and
in Northernlrelandgo to university.
Private schools
Theseare lchoolswhere parentspay for their
childfen'seducation.Thereare somevery tamous
old privateschools
kdlledPubli.rchoolts'ichas
Etonand Harrow,
* What is it in your language?Findout!

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Mg dag at school
ReadJimmy'sdiary and numbrth pictures.
Monday
fodag waa a bit ofe dkaeref. I weht to bed
reaA lae laer nighr beeause I hed to fhish 4J
hmewdk.
I krcw. I left it to tte lasr hmenr
ar the
Bot who wa,te to do hhework
weekendT Angweg I was so ri.ed I didn t tear
the alarm clock. So Jescice was ebeadg in tt e
bath@h
and dE takee a lohg rime. IIE?e wze t
nhe for b.ea6aet 30 | eeid g@dbge to Muh zDd
I En @t of tt'e fause. gut I didht .*ch tle buB. I
miesed it bg aecondel So I had to wak to 3chool
ard I got the?e at hafpaet m1e.
Mr He iea the ecience teacl-,e., wes t@ibE
REaIg lor.iAe. fherc were three main Eesone.
One: I wes lde. fwo: I waen't weaing mg tie. Ahd
ttree: I didn t ha\e 4J h@1e@rk. I left tlE talse
so quieklg that I fdqot ftA ne and all ft\r bookel
I explaihed exaetlg what happened but tE didh't
belie\E he Whg are teacherc eo suepicioad?
wae OK. Mathe wee
fhe Est of the tuninq
bor;hg. Hietory was bding. Aod then rr was
lunchtune. Bur t hzd a prcbleh - | didn t have ang
I'Jnch. Ye9 th4'e .iql,t. I fagot .lry san lrvicf,eg
ro bug a snack.
too. And I didh t hde ang @e9
I fek eo hrhgpg! Mg bat hate Johnno qate me
eome chocolare. I ate it rezA qu;cklg bd it
D@ing the French claes Alieoh ehd he. hiends
poin ed at tue and lzLtgtred. I like Alie@. I heaa
I REALLY fl<e tE. She e wohde.ful. B'n I d@ t like
peopE lauqhing at me. ftJeh tte te4t'er said.
'JanE.. go
to the .loar.toom ahd cleah goo face.
I left the rcom- When I l.,oked in the doakrch
hitrcr ther'e was cfacolate a orer me. I gtess I
ate the ch.Eolate t@ qdcklg.
And ttea ih hg Enqlkh class I fel aeleep. I
coddn t telp if I was eo ti"ed and hu1gry. 90 Mc
Anderch
*)ke nE '-p and eent tE ro rte
leedhesteL
Mr Blake ie a tall biq man ahd he
wash't vetg heppg. ln faq te gaue tue kEde of
I got a rext neeeege frch Alisa a fe\ tuinotes
ago. tt eaid. Sd.g {d taughih4. lhdt was nice
ofhe.. Di.l l mehtbn that ste s fantusficau
gettihg late. I rhinl< rtg
It e tai o clock rcw.lts
time to etart mg homewotk.

Alison?MrBlake?Mr Harrison?
.Jessita?
Johnno?MsAnderson?

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Lunch time
At school, British teenagers can have s<hool dinners, tak sahdwi.hes or buy sandwiches
at school or from sandwich bars nearby. What do these teenagers have for lunch?
What do you have lor lunch?
i havea packedlunch.
Usuallyit's a baguette*,a
packetof crisps,
an apple
anda chocolate
bar

I t a k ea l u n ( h
boxto school.I make
s a n d w i c h e sa, n d I t a k e a
pie(e of fruit, a yoghurt*
and ffuit juice.

I h a v el c h o o l
l u n c h .T h e r e ' ,a
g o o d c h o i c e * .l l i k e
c h i c k e nb u t l d o n ' t l i k e

vegetableg
verymuch,

I havea packedlunch.
I makemy own sandwiches.
My favourit
fillingis chese.
And I liketomatoesI usually
take milkto drinkand a

I buya sandwich
ffom the
schoolcanteen*- my favouritefilling*
i! hamandsalad.[,4umgivesme 2
a dayto spend,I sornetimes

lpreferred*the old school

dinners- you know,chips,pizza,burgers.
Nowtheyare doinghealthier
food like
meat,vegetablesand potatoes.tt oK
I suppose.and better for youl

Mary
Stephanie
S
tephanie

Dan

Write one or more names.

I buya baguettefrom the localsandwich

bar.50metimes
I havea smoothie*,
too. I likedrinking
milk andthe fruit is sood for you.

I hasschoolunch?
2 haspackedlunch?
3 goesout tor lun(h?
4 makestheir own sandwlches?
5 like,salads?
6 hascrisps?
7 doesn'tlikevegetables?
8 hasfruit?
9 do youthink hasthe healthiertlunch?
'l0do youthink hasthe unheathiest unch?

in the schoolcanteen.
Theydo
reallynicethingslikecarrotsalad
andtuna salad.And I usually
drinkfrujt juice.
which lunchdo you like best?
what do you hav6 for lunch?

Circle's tavourite sandwiches

Tota y tuna
Coolchicken
Cheekycheeseand tomato

Circle drinks
Fun erkl detieioB - try @ ftuit s@rhi&l
e1 . 9 0
Brilliantbananasmoothle
1.SO
Marvellousmangosmoothre
E2.20
S lly strawbemysmoothre
t2.50
Charmingchocolatesrnoothie
tl.70
Cola
t1.50
Mineralwater

2.90
2.50
f2 40

e280
Excelent egg mayonnaise
Breakfastbacon

82.30
82.50

DesseFts'
'Dealh
by chocolate'cake
Funkyflapjack*
Blueberrymuffin*

82.20
1.SO
t2.20

How much?What are the totals for the food and drink?

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Mike and Emilyare at the sandwi.h Bar.Canyou completethe dialogue?

Assistant: Hi, guys.What can I get you?

l'd

Assistant: Cool.Anything else?

Emily: Mmm.(2).
Miker (3).....

.......
likthe (hocolatecake,please.
pleale'
l havea Jlapjack,

Emily: How (4)...................is that?

Assistant:That! f 13.30.
Mike; Hereyou (5).............
Work with a partner.You are at the Circle
sandwichBar One o{ you is the assistantand
one ii the (ustomer.Make a dialoguetogether.

Can

have

*What is it in your language?Findout!

please?
and a bananasmoothie,
Mike: Can| (l). ............ a tuna sandwich
Emily: And can I havea (heeseand tomato sandwichand a coke,please?

much are

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Bnitish bneakfasts
Canvou mat h the5etavourite Britishbreaklastswith the desdDtions?
It isn't eaten everyday,but it is still a {avourite.
A {ull frled bfeakfast
includes
egg,bacon,
tomatoes,
mushrooms
and bakedbeans.
5au5a9e,

a Croissants

Thisis a real(latsi('.Fourmillionbowlsof
cornflakesare eaten everyday! Supermarkets
selllotsof varieties.

b English
brakfast

ThisFrenchbreakfast
bfeadcamefrom Hungary.
It is a popularr Britishbreakfarttoo, and it tasres
besteaten warm, 5ervedwith coffee.

c s(rambledegg

Put a sliceof bread in the toalter. Wait a minute

for it to pop out, and spreadit with buttef
and marmaladel

d Cerealand milk

A lot of Eritishpeopleonly havea hot drink

beforethey leavehomein the morning.

e Bacongandwich

Thlsis a popularbreakfast.
lt'squickand
easyand goodfor you.Britons'favourite
is
the bananal

It's good Jor you, and lots of peopleeat it for

break{ast.They often eat it with fruit or cereal.

g coffee

It's great if you want somethingsavoury*.Grill

somebacon,and put it betweentwo slicesof
bread.About 1.5millionareeateneveryday!
Theseare beaten* eg9s,cookedgently and
5tirred*at the sametime.Theyshouldbe
niceand li9ht.

Yoghurt

h Toast

Fruit

Takethe lettersin bold {rom a-9 to {ind a popularScoftishbreakfast@real

Takethe lettersin bold from h-i to find what it is madelrom.
.........5
.
P...........................................
.....is madefrom ......,.
ThisbrakfastG a Scottishclassic.
The cerealis cookedwith water or milk
andservedhot in a bowl.Peopleoften addrugarand milk.
what about you?
Do you have breaklasteveryday?
what do you havfor breakfast?
Haveyou ver eaten any ol thesebreakfasts?
which oI these breaklastsdo vou think are international?

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Comfontfood
Comfort food is food that makesyou lel happyand relaxed*!lt is often a
tradilional* food. Hereare somelavourite L,Kcomfort foods.

)1
Sausages
Fivemillionsausages
areeateneverydayin the UK.Sausages
and mashed*potatoi5called'bangers
and mash'.Halfof British
9ausages
are eatenfor an eveningmeal.And moresausages
are
cookedon Satufday
in tnglandthanon anyotherdayl People
ako likeeausage
sandwiches
and barbecued
sausages.
spongepudding

Puddin95t
In the 1690sa Frenchvisitorto Londonwfote, 'Ah, what an
excellent
pudding'.Spongepuddings
thing is an English
are
sleamed*in water in a saucepan.
Theyare like a hot cakeand
are servedwith custard*.Other {avouritepuddingsare rice
puddings,
puddings.
fruit piesand Christmas
Nowadays
{amilies
don't havea puddingeveryday,but it is still a favourite.People
often buy ready'made*
traditionalpuddings
now

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kettle

Ta and biscuits
165millioncupsof tea aredrunkeachdayin the UKITeais often
servedwith biscuitsand 98% of Bfitshaveit with milk. You'll find
two tea-makingthings in everyBritishkitchen:the kettle,which
is usedfor boilingthe water,and the teapot, which is usedfor
makingthe tea.But nowadays
manyleenagers
don'tdrinktea
and prefercolddrinks.

Traditional roast lun<h

Thisis usually
servedat lunchtim
on Sunday.
lt iswhenfamitis
get together.lt consists*of roastmeat, usuallybeef, lamb or
Yorkshire pork, servedwith roastpotatoes,Yorkshirepudding (a kind
puoorng of savourybatter*),vegetablesand lotsof gravy*l lt is ofien
followedby a traditionalpudding,tool Sundaylunchi! a
popularmealto eat out at the pub.And students
away
ffom homemissit because
a roastlunchmeansfamilyli{e.

Now decideif thesesentncesare true (T)or lalse (F).

1 FivemillionplatesoJ bangers
and mashare eateneachday
'.l
2 About 50o0o' 5dusdqe!
dreearer t1e evening.
3 Peopleeat moresausages
on Saturday
than Monday.
4 Spongepuddingls servedcoldwith custard.
5 Peopledon'toften cooksteamedpuddings
now
6165 miliionBritishpeopledrinktea everyday.
7 Britishpeopleusea kettle to boil water.
I Roastlunchis seruedin the eveningon Sunday.
9 Yorkshirepudding is eaten with roastmeat10 BfitishpeoplelikeeatingSundayroastin a pub.

Would you like thesecom{ort{ood5?

What'sthe comlort lood and
drinkin your country?
*What is it in your language?Findout!

Did gou knou?

lf you saysomething'knft your cup of

tea', it meansyou don't like it.

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Global food
Do you know what thesefoods are?
Whichones have you eaten?Did you like them?
lf you haven'ttried them, would you like tot
Do you think any ot these foods are disgusting?
Whichloodr are not ;n the text below?

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Whereare these dishesfrom? Readthe descriptions.

Then unscramblethe words to find the countriesoI orioin

tilay/hetSUA panaj
natladih diani
nicah .ixome
nidai/tibrani

sweet and sour <hicken

Chinese
restaurants
andtake aways*havebeen
popularin the UK for over 30 years.Britonslove
the taste o{ sweetand sourand are very fond*
of thisdish.
Thai green urry
lhai{ood is now verypopularin Britain.Thereare
lotsof Thai restaurantsand many peopletry to make
the food at home.Thai curriesare flavouredwith
coriandethot chillisandcoconutmllk.

chi<kencurry

Pizza
Thisltalianfood firstbecamepopularin the USA.
It is now a favourite{ood in the UK.lt is a flat bread
with mozzarella
cheese
andtomatoon top, bakedin
the oven.You can buy it in ,upermarketsor ffom
+asi'oodresta"ra'rts
and pizTerias.
Britishpeope
likeunusualtoppings*,
includingpineapple!
Chi(ken tikka massala
Thisis now considered
Eritain!nationaldish
It combines
an Indiandish,'Chicken
Tikka',with
the Britishloveof gra\,y*,the'Massala'.
lndian
restaurantsserve23 million portions* everyyeat
and you canbuychicken
TikkaNlassala
flavoured*
sandwiches,
crGpsand evenpizzal

Britishpeopleenjoygoingto an lndianrestaurant
or'curryhouse'.
And they alsoenjoymakingcurryat
homewith spicesor ready-made*sauces,
servedwith
rice.You canalsoorder an Indiantake-awayor buy
ready'madecurryfrom a supermarket.
Nachor tortillas, and t
PeopleserveMexicanfood at parties.Tortilla(hips
(corncrisps)or nachosand tacos(flat breads)are
servedwith Mexicandips*.Someof them are very
hotl Dipsincludebeanpaste*,tomatoand
(avocado
guacamole
dip).

sushi
Thereare hundreds
of sushibarsin Britainandyou
canbuysushiin mostsupermarkets
for lunchor
dinnerlt consists*
o{ smallrjce'fingers'stuffed
with raw fishandwrappedin seaweed.

Time for tea!

TheEritishhavedrunktea for 350yearrlThe{irsttea camefrom Chinaand later
from India.In the North oJ England,'what's {or tea?' mans'What'sfor dinner?'
Thisis becausepeopledrank tea with their meal.Why not learn how to
makea perfectcup of tea and impresr*your Britishfriendsl
kettle

Teafor turo

a kettlefor boilingthe watr

a teapotbig enough{or four cups
threeteaspoongof tea or three teabags
two tea cups,teaspoonsand saucerg
a jug of coldmilk

cupsandsaucers
l/latchthe instructionswith the pictures.Thenput them in order.
F Add sugarto taste.
A Put on a kettle of water to boil.
G Put the tea or tea bagsin the pot.
B Pourthe boilinqwateronto the teaC Pourthe tea on top o{ the milk.
H Let the tea brew* for five minutes.
D Warm the teapot with hot water,then pour it away.
I Poura smallamountof milk into eachcup.
E Put the lid on the teapot.

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for makinga drink from

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Tgpes of home
Homes are similar* all over the world, People cook, eat and sleep in them. But look at
the delails and you cah discover* things about the way people live - and what makes
them different. The British spend a lot of time in their homes, perhaps because
the weather is often cold and wetl But they love their gardens lool
Look at the picturesoI typical Britishthings. Findthe words in the word square.

R T

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Youboilwaterin this.Youneed
it for makingtea.

E D

E B

E T

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R T

In a coldclimate*thesekeepthe

G
G

Halfof Britishhomeshave
8 Thismakesthe floor warmer.
P

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c..
Oneot the mostpopuiar*ways
to eat in summer iJthe
weather's
dryI
B

TheBritishbuy moreready
made*meakthan other
European
countriee
and heat*
M

9 lf yo! loveyourlawn you have

!o cut itl
L

About half of Britishhomshave

one of these.Canyou find another
word in the word square?
MostBritishgardenshaveone.
Peoplekeepgafdenfurniture
and picture9 in theml

s......................

5 lt3 a factlTheBritishloveplants,
ersandtheiriawns.
*what is it in your language?
G
Findout!

Ihe B tieh hom and lifestyle

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3 ......
..........
...............
.............

1..

who livegin which home?

Hi, my namet lerry.
I live in a semi-detached*
housein London.We live near
a tube* stationso it's easy
to get around.

Hello,my name'sFatimaI live in a detached*housein

York-l'm in a bandandwe
practisein the garage-

Hi,mynametEllie.
I livein a Jlatin thesuburbs*
ol Edinburgh.
I reallylikedogt
but I can'thavea pet.lt't

Angela.
Hi,my name's
I livein a terra(ed*house
in Dublin.Our houseissmall
and l'm kind of noiry.our
neighbourrdon't like

againgtthe rules.

Hello,my name'sPaul.
I livein a bungalow*in
Bournemouth.lt's OK, but it's
difficult to get awaytrom
my Parentsl
Hi,l'm James.
I live in a cottage in Wales.
Life in the countrycan be pretty
boring. My mum hasto drive
me to the station,

The UK in numbers
what do you think? ciKle the numbers.checkyour answersat the bottom of the page.
1 BritishDeoDlewatch 10 hours/ 15 hours/ 25 hours of Tv a week.
2 3 million/7 million/ l5 million peopleown a dog.
3 2oo/o
I S0o/.I a'rk of Deoolelive in a houte.
4 2 3134 I 4-5 peoplelivein the average'Eritishhome.
5 2oo/o
| 50r/oI aoo/oof Britishpeopleregularly*do a sport.
6 3oo/o
l60r/. laoo/oo[ B|ltishhomeshavea microwave
oven.

0 8 90 s 9 t - z t 0 8 eL ? s z l
what typesot homesdo peoplehavein your(ountry?

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Cxplonea Bnitish home

A typical Britishhousehasa smallfront garden{1) with a gate (2)
and a path (3).Thereis often a porch(4) over the front door (5).
Thereis a larger backgarden(6) with a shed (7) in ir.
The houseusuallyhasa loft (8).
Somehomeshave a garage(9)
wirh a drive (10).Canyou
find thesthingsin
the picture?

o
Whredo these things go? Write lhe numbersin lhe (ofted rooms.
2 fireplace

ery
4 basin

kitch"r,

living room

tink

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\t

5 conlputer

ffi

1l'v'/
&:
8 washinq --

3 wardrobe

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-fl-;\

I li., e""l

lliltF'
t{il'l
1Ofridge

9 armchair

'll cupboards

ki

' 1 2i o i i e t

1s dishwasher

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Comeon a guidedtour of a Britishhome!And Iill in

the gapswhile you readl
has called love playing spend isn't
use watch eat listen sit have

Bathroom
Thetoilet
Bidets*aren'tcomrnonin Britishbathrooms.
is sometime!in a separateroom from the bathroom.
.....
..........
....the'loo'.
It'soften (7)....
Living room
...TV
Thecenlreof Britishllfe.People(1) ....
to rnusicandoften eattheif
here,(2).........
...
theif
dinners.In fact,peopleoften (3).........
dinneron a tray* whilewatchingTV.The{loor has
to (4)........
.....
a (arpetso it is corn{ortable
havecentralheating*,the
Althoughmosthouses
fireplaceisthe focusoJthe room.

Bedroom
Of course,there are the usualthings,but one in three
(8).....
a TV.The lvoical
... ..
BI|tishteenager)
.romeis sma'l50'lany families
(9) . ...............
bedroomsfor studyingand surfingthe net*. Teenagers
(10). .........
and
.......
a lot of time in theirbedrooms
put up postersand photosof their favourite pop stars.

Kitchen
th
With lots oJ work eurfa(es*and appliances*,
........
..differentfrom othef
Britishkitchen(5)...........
kitchens
aroundthe world.Buttheyalmostalways
(6).......................
and an electrickettle.The
a mlcrowave
washingmachineis usuallyin th kitchentoo. Peoplesit
and chatin the kitchenandthereis oftena big table.

Readabout Britishhoms.what are the similaritiesand

differen(eswith your home?
*What is it in your language?Findout!

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Garden
...
theirqdrdens
Britishpeople(11)......
preler
gardeningis a Javouritehobby.Teenagers
(12). ....................
footbailand gameson the lawn.
And in th summet Jamiliesoften havebarbecues

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Bnitish customs
A famous saying is'When in Romedo what the Romansdo'. This meansthat
when you visit a <ountry. you should (opy the customs o{ the people who
live there. lmagineyou are going to Britain.How well do you know
what th Britishdo? Try this quiz ahd fihd out.

1 You afe lntroducedto yolr (lassmate'sfriend, Chris.

Do you ...
a) klsshim on both cheeks?
b) shake*hishand?
c ) j u s ts a y ' H o wa r ey o u ? ' o r ' H i ' ?
2 You'rea guest at someone'shouse,You'venever
been there before.You needto go to the toilet,
Do you say,.,
a) 'CanI useyourbathroom?'?
yourtoilet,please?'?
b) 'Where's
c) 'l needto go to the toi et.'?
3 You are invited to your lriend's housefor dinner.
D oy o u . . .
a) takenothing a gift i!n't expected*?
b) takea smaI sift su(hasa bunchof flower!or a
smallboxo{ chocoater?
6 You accidentallybump* into someone.Do
present,
) takea large
luch a! a big boxof chocolates,
a)'Sorryl'?
b) 'oh, dearl'?
4 You want to buy somestampsin the PostOtfice.
c)'Pardoni'?
Thereare somepeoplewaiting.Do you ...
a) decidewherethe quelre*endsandstandthere?
7 You arriveat someone'shouse.Do you ...
b) go to the wlndow and try to get the attention o{
a) t"(e off your,hoe,dnd wall irto tl-e housein
the c erk?
c) askloudly,'Whoi,last? andstandbehindthem?
b) wlpe* yourshoerwell on the mat but keep
5 You have to be at a friend'shouseat 10 o'clock,
You'regoing on a day trip with his family. Do you ...
a) turn up at twentyto ten to showyou are keen*?
b) turn up justa few minutesearly?
<) turn up at twenty pastten aslt'srudeto be on tlme?

Countup your scoreand readthe results.

1 a1 b2 c3
5 a2 b3 c1

2 a3 b2 c1
5 a3 b1 c1

3 al b3 c2
7 a1 b3 cl

4 a3 b] (2
I al bl .1

c) take off your shoesand put on the slippersyour

host offersyou?
8
a)
b)
c)

Youaregoingto bed,Do you say...

'Goodbye
?
'Goodnight'?
'cood evening'?

t7-24wowt Are vou ,ure vou aren.t Britjsh?

Youwill fitin perfJtly*!
11-16Not bad.you maymakea few gaffer*,
but youwon,tupsetpeopte.
0-1O Oh dearl Everycountry hasits waysof doing
thlngs.Youneedto learnthem beforeyou gol

The bestanswershave a scoreo{ 3. Comparethesecustomswith your own country

Which onesare the sameor similar?Whichones ar difierent?

rneBiti,nhonea^dliresryte

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Millionso{ {oreign studentsgo to the UK everyyear to study English,speciallyin the summer.They often stay
with Britishfamilies(host families).They experiencereal British{amily lile and learn a lot about the culture.
Readsomestudenty impressionsot lite in the UK. Matchthe beqinningsand endsol the sentences.

LlllTlt

diffic!rt
tosreep

a the soundof the milkman,but I likethe freshmilkon my cereall

b they do thingsafterdinnerllkesportor golngto the pub.

( which they heat in the mlcrowave.

3 Thefamilyeatsearly

d comesout of separatetaps - the hot water is boilingl

4We eat an amazingvarietyof food

dinners,
My familyeatsa lot of supermarl.et

e they preferto pick me up by car it's very kind of them.

f because
lightcome!throughthe curtains.

5 Thedog ls allowedto sit on the sofa

on the bedl
9 andthe cat sleeps

don't havecommercials
7 SomeTV channels

l'm staying

9 Theydon't

withoutbreaks.
h !o it'sgreatwatchlnga programme

publi(tranrportafterdark,

10 ln the morningsI get wokenup at sixo'(lockby

Do you think the commentsare positive,negativeor neutral?

Are any of thesethings true for youf country?

i from a I overthe world - it's great-

i nearlyall the shopsareopen.

*what is it in your languag?Findout!

Cands,cands, cands!
The British buy more greetings* <ardsthan any other people in the world.
And they send cards for lots of differnt reasonsl
writ the messageson the cards,

Happybirthday
Loveyou
Sorfyl
Getwell soon

Goodluckl
you
N,4iss

Choosethe right cardfor these people.

I Rosahasher Englishtesl tomorrow.
2 Stevehasgot hi! examresults*- and they'reJantasticl
3 You borroweda DVDfrom a friend. Oh dear you can't {ind itl
4 Yourbestfriendiestudyingin the USA.
5 lt's your Dad'sbirthdayl
6 lt'sValentlne's
Day.Timeto senda cardto yourboyfriendor girlfriendl
7 It wasyourbirthdaylastweek.Yourgot an iPodfrom youraunt!Whatan amazlnggifil
I Oneof yourfriendshasgot a terfiblecoldand ha! to ,tayat homein bed.

Congratulations
Thankyou

Special Dags
When is it?
Well, itt any day of the yeafl You canchoose.
Really? So what is it?
It's a very specialday.Firstyou choosean actlvityfor your friend or a
member*of your fami y. Thenyou pay{or it_Alter that you send.them
a card.The cardtells them all about their fantasticday.

7 Go scuba
divingin
Cornwall

What kind o{ thing <an you do?

Thereare lots of thingsto choosefrom. Takea look at the theseideas_

lGo
snowboarding!

2 Enjoya
pajntballing

3 Learnto
playgolfl

4 Trybunjee
Jumprng

8 Learnto cook
with chocolatel

5Adayat
Nlanchester
United

9 Haveskydiving

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6 Havehorse
ridinglessons

l0 Go mountain
climbingin
Scotland

I'Wl
Llr',

Look at the SpecialDay activities.

Whichone do you think is ...
. the mostexciting?
. the mostfrightening?

Whereare they? Readthe speechbtrbblesand decide.

,u-6;ur=\

( hishup.Andnowr)
\have to jumpl/,/

. the mostboring?

likeplanesl
Whata weekendllcan't
Can'tbelieve
I saw WayneRooney
thismorninol

*What ii it in your language?Findout!

Choosea SpecialDay for your partner.

isamazingfrom
thisrockl

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School pFoms
School proms are the latest thing in the UK,
and like many thingt they started in the UsA,
Readabout prom nights and labelthe picturewith thesewords.

'lr

ballgown proml rg
promqueen tuxedo

flowers lheme
jewellery

1 .......................'.r

Promnight is one of the biggestevents*of the yearln

Arnerican
hiqhs(hools.
At the endof their lastyearat
highschool,studenttgo to a hugeparty.lt'sgreatfun.
ballgowns
Boysweartuxedosand girlswearexpensive
floweri.
andjewellery.
Couples
tradltionaly* exchange

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everyyear
Promsusualy havea themethat changes
It coud be Holywoodor the 1960s... of anythingl
Students
choosethe musicandthe theme,

Andproms
aren,t
onyrunrhey,re
competitive*,
too
students
voterora promKinsandeueen,a princ"
d n d P ' 1 c e . 5 .d n o d D J k e -

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Readwhat Britishteenasers
thinkaboutpromnights.

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prom?

which teenagershave alreadybento a school

Whichones like the idea of a s(hool prom?
Do you have schoolpromsin your (ountry? Do you think it's a good idea?

f7

Pnomnight
It takesmonthsto prepareJor 'Promnighf, First,studentshaveto Jorm a committee*becauseihey have
to make
lotr of important de(isions.Theythen decidewhere to havethe prom. (tt often isn,tat the schoor).After
that. the
commtteechooses
the themeandth musicfor that year.Nextstep- theychoosethe {ood and drink.Thenthey
arfange
the transport.Hired*rimousines*
areverypopurar,
especia|y
with boysrrhen the girrsbuyo. hiretheirbaI
gownsand the boysbuy or hire their tu)(edos.Fina y, on the day of the prom,studentsgo
ptit on
to hairdresrers,
theirpromout{itsand make-up,
and weara smilel

Canyou put these picturesot prom preparationsin order?

Organiseyour own classprom.

Put a drcle round the best idea- or invent one lor yourselt.

What venue?

ln,g"(

a hotel a dis(o the sdool gym other?

Whattheme?
the 1970s the Tllantic the movies other?
Whal kind of music?
disco hip hop punk other?
What kind of food?
pazzasChinere 5andwichesother?
What kind ol drink?
tizzy drinks fruit cocktails tea and coffee other?
Bow are you going to arrive?
a helicoptera limousinewith parnts other?.............
................
What are you going to take with you?
a handbag a flower a mobilephone other?. .....
....................
..
You can de<ide these answeE!
Who areyou goingwith?...........
......

oneto drivel0
people...

Who tsgoingto be the promKing?..

Who is go'ngto be the promeueen? .. .....
*What is it in your language?Findout!
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Fineuonks in Bnitain
Britain has a long tradition of fireworks.Here are some of the highlights*!
Readabout the historv of fireworks in Britain.

}E

RogerBacon,an Englshmonk*,wrote abouthB

with fireworksin 1242.
exper;ment,
I watchedthe earliestrecordecl
QueenElizabeth
firework!dlsplay*in Englandat WarwickCastle
in 1572.She ikedthem,and morefireworkdisplays
followed.Theflreworkehada lot of go d and
silverexploslons*.
TheThameshasbeena popularlocatlonfor
'ireworL( 'o' 400yed5 -he 'ir(r disoay wasin
1613for the mdrriageof Kinglames'dauqhter.
the
The blggenrecent*onewasto celebrate
new Millennlumin 2000.

Now coverthe article.Canyou

rememberwhat thse numbers

1242 1512 1613 20,000

2000 1149 14,500 5th

Therewa! a hugefireworksdisplayln 1749over

GreenParkin London.lt took sixmonthsto plan,
r.usicwaswriitenand a spe.ialbuilding(the
special
Te-ple)wasbuilt.lrrof f I4.500- d lo1of morev .
therewar an accldent
and
thosedayslUn{ortunately,
the Templecaughtfirel
TheBrockfamilymadefireworksln the 1gthcentury.
Palace.
Theygavemanyfantastic
dispaysat Crystal
Ar rr.e'ir5rFverl. herewe e over10.000peoplel
night
Thetraditionaldayfor fireworksis G!y Fawkes'
on 5th NovemberGuyFawkes
failed*to blow up the
HousesoJ Parllament.But thesedays,fireworksare so
popJldryou,"" lFe drd l'e" herr lhe wholeiearl

Two ol thesefactsare false.can you guesswhich ones?

Answersat the bottom of the page!

Fireuork facts
1
2
3
4
5
6
7
8

about2,000yearrago.
Fireworks
wereinventedby the Chinese
Fireworks
wereintroduced
to Brltain;n 1066.
per hourl
Rockets
arefastlTheycantravelat 210kilometres
Sparkers*are hotl Theyblrn at over15timesthe boilingpointof water
Therewere no co oured f feworksbeforethe 1800s.
There's
a .naximum
iine* of f5,000for throwlnga fifeworkin the street.
Themostpopularrecentfireworkis called'TheDavidBeckham'weresetoff at the sametlme in Je6eyln 1997.That! a
39,210rockets
'Z :Sr3^ SuV

instructiont
lh FireworkCodecontainssimplesafely* instructionsunfortunately'the words in these
havegot jumbled.Canyou put the words in the right order?

when's your {avouritetime lor fkeworks?

Readthe opinionso{ these Britishteenagers.

**

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Did anything surpriseYou?

When do you have firwork displaysin your country?

* What is it in your language?Findout!

Ansurens
p a g e 51 2 a n d 1 3

MY DUBLIN

ENGLAND
0

Fqt

Greatthings to do
1 G o s h o p p i n g2 G o t o c o l l e g e3 E a to u t
4 Seehow cuinnessis mad 5 see how the Vikinqs ived 6

a5 b3 c5 d4 e 1 t2
The claddaghring

p a g e s1 4 a n d 1 5

BRIGHTONROCKS!
A The shop5B The Pavilion C Ihe PromenadeD Sports
E The iestivalF The PalacePier

HiLisa
H e r el a m n L o n d o nl.t ' s t h e c a p i t ao f B r t a i n .l t ' s a h u g
p l a . e- s e v e n ( 1 ) m i l l i o np e o p l el i v eh e r e .T h a t 3c r o w d e d i
rhe Qleen livsin au.kingham (2) Palace.
E n g l a n ds r e a l l yc o o l .B i r m i n g h a m( 3 ) i s a m a z i n gl.t s g o t
the bestnighl life in Eurcpe (4).
The Englth are so funny. lany people go to the beach (5)
f o r t h e i rh o l i d a y sT.h e r e Sg r e a ts u r f i n g ( 6 ) n C o r n w a l lB. u t
did you know? Walking (7) ir their favourite outdoor sportl
B r t a i nr st h e l a r g e i t ( 8 ) i sa n d i n E u r o p eT. h eC h a n n e l
runnel (9) soesfrom Enqlandto France (10)

pages8 and 9

WALESAND SCOTLAND
le 2t 3b 4d 5a 6c

1 wer went bought (pi.ture b)

2 w a l k e d( p i c t u r ea )
3 lee took (pictu.ed)

p a g e r1 0 a n d 1 1

IRELANDAND NORTHERN
IRELAND
Findsomeonewho ...
I E i l e e n2 L i a m 3 C a i t 4 J o n n y 5 E i l e e n
6 l o n n y 7 E i l e e na L i a m 9 C a i t 1 0 L i a m
The luckykish plant is the

GIiI *

where are Tim and suzy?

1 sea Life Centre 2 BrightonPavilion 3 Promenade
4 PalacePier (Pleas!reDome) 5 King Alfred LeisureCentre
6 Duke of York'sMedia Centre 7 The Lanes
S u z yw o n a t e d d yb e . r
Trmwon a computer9ame.
Anne won an alarm dock.
Adam won a pencilcase.
pages16 and 17

BEATLEMANIAIN LIVERPOOL
I Thu6day 2 Friday 3 Tlesday
4 w d . e s d a y5 M o n d a y

warswe,s

pages18 and 19

pages25 and 27

WHATIS BEINGBRITISH?

CRAZY ABOUT CRICKET

I S a q u i bD o n a l d 2 S a q u i b3 S a q u i bD a n i e l l eD o n a l d
4 s a q u i b D a n i e l l es a m D o n a d 5 S a q u i b S a m D o n a l d
6 SaquibDonald 7 Danielle 8 Donad 9 Sam
l0 saquibsam Donald

lg 2c3a4b 5f 6d 7eth

Asian Pakistan Puniabi ,4uslimBoll!ryood

Chinese Chinatown ChineseNew Year
A f r o C a r i b b e a n b l a c k r e g q a e B a r b a d o sE o b M a r l e y
white Sundayroast

Everytwo yea6 they try to win

T h eA s h e s .
Cricketrules
1 (icket bat 2 cficket ball 3 batsman 4 bowler
5 f i e l d e r 6 c r i c k ept i t c h 7 w i c k e t
P a l l 1 0 0 R a y 9 0 A g n e s7 0 l u l i a 4 0 8 o b 2 0

pager 20 and 21

paee,28and2e

A MULTICULfURAL MtX

RUGBYMANIA
I North Ameri(a 2 Europe 3 Asia 4 CentralAmerka and
the Caribbean 5 Africa 5 south America 7 Australia

A VeryShort Historyof Rugby

Thereare FIFTEEN
Dlave6in a rearr

Ethnic groups
2Albania 5Somalia 3lndia 5 Uganda 2ltaly
4lamaica 2 Poiand t the UsA 3 Pakistan
3 China 4 Trinidad

t helmet 2 gum shield 3 upper body protection

4 r u g b ys h i r t 5 r u q b y b a l l 5 r u g b y s h o r t s
7 s o c k s 8 r u g b yb o o t s

The other Arian (ountry is

Bangladesh
HoWsyour maths?
l l n d i a n 2 C h i n e s eB
/ a n g l a d e s h ib3l a c kC a r i b b e a n
4 Pakirtani 5 blackAfrican
Slang
1 l'm just chillin with my crew.
2 What do you think o{ my Tony Blairs?
T h e yr e r a l y p h a t l
3 | l o v eh i m . H e bs of i t .
Y o u t e j o k i n g ll t h i n k h e s r a r e .
4 D o nt d i s s m e l

Clarsrugby match
1 William Webb Ellis
2 15
3 R u g b yU n i o na n d R u g b yL e a g u e
4 15
5Thethapemakesiteasiertocary.
5 a scrum
7 e.g-Aunralia, England,France,ltaly,New Zealand,
SouthAfrica,Scotland,treland,Walet
a 80 minutes
9 Oggy,oqgy,oggy ...
10 leather
11 1919
1 2 H e a l w a y s w e a 6 t h es a m eT s h i d u n d e r h i s
E n g l i s sh h i r t

pages22 and 23

pages30 and 3l

THEASIAN INFLUENCE

THE1950sAND 1960s

Irue or fahe?
lT 2f 3F 4F 5F 6T ?T AF 9F 1OT

The Beatletchangedpop musicforever.

T e e n a gp
e a . e n t id i d n ' tl i k eT h eR o l l i n gS t o n e t

Aiian words
l c u r r y 2 p o p p a d o m3 b i n d i 4 b a n g l e 5 j o s ss t i ( k e
5 kohl 7 chutney 8 pyjamas 9 bungalow 10 rari

a jewellery b sklrt c sandak d leatheriacket

ejeans f motorbikegsuit h scooter ijacket
j tie k trousers

The word 'c!ffy' has been in Eng ish sincethe 16th century.
pager 24 and 25

FOOTBALLFUN
1 lt3 oldl
2 We are the championsl
3 S e xs y m b o l

4lt's popularl
5 Pubfootbal
5 E n q l i s rhu l e s

The player ir Wayne Rooney, the youngen footballer to

style
1950sTeddyBoys4
1960sRockers2

1960slvlods3
1960sHippies1

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Mx,,et

pages32 and33

pages38 and 39

THE 1970s AND 1980s

ON THE RIVER

Glam rock
25

'I ferry 2 canoe 3 ya.ht 4 barge 5 rowing boal

6 d nghy 7 power boat

Punk
314

1. Mohicanha KUt P
3e torn dothes P
5i safetypin P
79 makeup G/P
9a badge P

2d p atform boot5 G
4h work boots P
6f earing G/P
Ab chains P

pages34 and 35

1 c2 b : | a
1 Oxford CambridgeSoat Race 2 Great Riverrace
3 HenleyRoyalRegatta

1F 2T 3F 4T 5F 6F 7T 8]

THE'l99os TO TODAY

pagr40 and 41

1 were liked 2 were (eated 3 were chosen

4 were written 5 were compared 6 was influenced

THESEASIDERESORT
l Bournemouth 2 Blackpool 3 Newquay

Goths(picturer)

l c a m p i n g 2 g o o d 3 c o u d y 4 t e n t 5 s e a l s6 t r o u b l e
7 S p a i na h o i d a y 9 s e a 1 0 f e l l ' l l s a i l i n g
l2 tough 13 parascendingl4 girlfriend

w h i t e m a k e ! p b l a . k l i p s t i c kb l a c kf i n q e r n a i k
M a f i y n [ I a n s o n T h eC u r e
Nu'Metalle15(pictufe4)
T-shirteof favourite bands
piercingsln ears,lips, eyebrows
L i m pB i z k i t B l i n k1 8 2

1T 24

3A 4T 5T 5A

pages42 and 43

WHAT'5ON THISWEEK?
'|

6runge15(picture2)
t r a i n e r sj e a n sw i t h h o l e si n t h e m o l d T j h i ( s h o o d e d

zodiac The Red Lion

Oxygen lhe RiversideLeisureCenve

3
The RivelsideLis!reCentre The RedLion
HollwvoodArena PizzaCity

N i r u a n aK u d C o b a i n

The RiversideLeitureCentre
7

Gangnar (pictue 5)

C o n c e pD
t a n c eC l u b Z o d i a c

9
E mn e m D e s t i n y C
' sh i l d

1 action 2 romantic 3 sciencefiction 4 hktorical

5 cartoon 6 horor 7 mlsical 8 comedy 9 detective

(pirturc 3)
Pop P.in(e5ses

1 Can I havetwo ticketsfor the {ilm on

Screen5, please?
2 Yes,of co'rrse.How o d dre you?
3 We're both thirteen.
4 O K ,t h a ( sf l 0 , p l e a s e .

wlil Young GarethGates Britney5pean

pag$ 36 and 37

THESEASIDE
a sud board b wetsuit . flippersd snorkel mask
t d e c kc h a i rg , e a w e e d h f i s h i n sn e t i m u $ e l
j beachtowel k crab I starfish m je iyfish

5 Thanks.Herare yourtjckets.
7 Thankr.Canwe go in yet?
8 No, l'm afraid not. The doo6 open in ten minutes.

Eeachlile!
a cornwall b suffer . boring d trouble e beach
f d e a n 9 g a m e sh s w i m m i n gi n u d e n t
'tE 2D 38 4A 5C

QlljIryI:T1,ffifu

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trus.

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Manswets

p.ges 44 and 45

1 Tombola 2 white Elephantstall 3 Cake.ompetition

4 Throw the sponge 5 Egg and spoonrace 5 Barbecue

PLACESTO GO
2

'I

'ld 2c 3a 49 5h 6b 7e 8f

a
4

I T r o p i ( a l l s l . n d2 G h o n 5 3 P i r a t e s4 S t a r w a r s

pages50 and 51

MUSIC AND THEATREFESTIVALS

I
9

10

I R e a d i n g2 G l a n o n b u r yE,d i n b u r g h3 E d i n b u r g h
4 W O M A D 5 E d i n b ! r g hR
, e a d i n g6 G l a n o n b u r y
7 R e a d i n ga G l a s t o n b u r y
lnsen completedword rearchfrom page 511

Darts,billiardsand dominoer are traditional

2 ' P u bq r u b ' i s a n a n gt e r m f o r p u b f o o d .
3 A ' G a n r op u b ' i t a t r e n d yp u b s e r v i n gh i g h
c o i n g f o r a p u b l u n c hi s a v e r yp o p l l a r
Britishactivity.
5 O n l yp e o p l eo v e r1 8 c a nb u y a c o h o i n a p L r b .
5 You can find lrish pubsall over the world
7 Pubsoften haveliv muslc.
a Custome6often nand up and sinq a sonq in an
4

PJbsoften have la'ge \(reen rv\ and \how big

footballmatches.
10 At 14 you can e.ter a pub but you can't buy a

1 Masive Attack 2 RobbieWilliams 3 Motorhead

4 Atomic Kitten 5 DavidEowie 6 Westlife
7 Coldplay A The Darknets 9 Radiohead
1 OF a t b o y5 l i m 1 1 S u g a b a b e ls2 P h i l C o l l i n s
1 3 P l l p 1 4 5 0 S o l i dC r e w 1 5 B l u e 1 5 B u s t e d
1 ? O a s i s1 a l r o n M a i d e n 1 9 M s O y n a m i t e
pages52 and 53

LET'SDANCE!
I Moris dancing 2 Brakdancing
3 Salsa
I breakdan.ing 2 morit dancing 3 morrisdancinq
4 breakdan(inq 5 salsa 6 morrisdancing 7 salsa
8 breakdancing
Want to party?Why not go to a Ceilidh?

I T h eC r o w n 2 l h e S t a r 3 T h e R o y aO
l ak
4 The Red Lio. 5 The Be 6 The Sh p 7 The swan

pages46 and 47

1
g

MEETINGUP

3
4

I t h e p a r k 2 t h e s h o p p i n gc e n t r e3 t h e y o u t hc l ! b
4 the swimminqpool 5 a fan food renaurant
5 t h e c i n e m a7 h o m e

1 5ea5onticket 2 bench 3 pop corn 4 cicket

5 teep over 5 multip ex ? rkateboardpark 8 pool
pages4a and 49

CARNIVALSAND FETES
1
2
3
4
5
5
7

Where do you live?

W h a t h a p p e n sl n t h e s u m m e r ?
what do you like ben at the fete?
What was the last fete Lke?
D i dy o ! b l y a n ! , t h i n g ?
What about the food?
D i dy o uw i n a n y t h i n q ?

pages54 and 55

THE HIGHSTREET
'| shirt 2 sweatshirt3 bet 4skirt 5 T-shirt5 cap 7 coat
8 tacket9 trousers lO boots

-_]

Which rhops is Janinecallins from?

'lh 2e 3m 4b 5d 5a 7j 8c

pages52 and 53

The shoe shop

l'd like io try on thesetrainers.please.
of course.What size are you?
Size 7.
Justa moment. Hereyou arel'm afiaid they're too sma .
OK, wou d you like to try a bigger size?
Yes,these are much better,thanks.

ILabe jobs for key?Heregiven as page layout]

H i , l ' d l i k et o b u y t h i s b o o k .
That'll be f5.99.

PARTTIME JOBS

I Shelfstackef

2 Cook
4 Babysitter

5 5hop assistant
Where do these5entencescomefrom?
a Babysittef b Cook c Shelfstacker
d Paperboy e Shopassktant
Money management
I Lucy 2 Ahmed 3 Ahmed 4 Chris 5 Melissa
5 Chrk 7 l',4elissa
a Lucy

W o u l dy o u l i k e a b a g ?

pages64 and 65

WORKEXPERIENCE
The chemistS
2 photocopying
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pages56 and 57

TEENSHOPPING
Gareth2

Will 10

Kerry9

He arrived late th.ee times.

H e s p i l e dc o l ao v e f h i sk e y b o a r d .
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2 having lunch out of s.hool.
3 u5in9a chat room.
4 usinga mobil phone during a lesson.
5 wearins traine6.
6 lirtening to an iPod.

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3 Mary 4 David Srephanie5 Atice 6 Lisa,Stephanae7 Nack
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1 Yoo mun wear the schooluniform.
2 You munn't usevour mobile ohone.
3 You mustnt run in the corridor.
4 You mun do your homework.
5 You mustnt listento your iPod.
6 Y o ! m u n n ' t c h e wg u m .
7 Y o ! m u n a r r i v eo n t i m e .
8 Yo! munnt smoke.

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English
Biology
Art

Phy'icarEducationDrama

Maths
History
[,4usic

Mike and Emily

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I Art 2 Maths 3 Geography 4 Muric

5 Physi(alEducation 6 Compute.Science
Monday Geography
Tu6day French
Wednesday Drama computer science
Thursday PE. English

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GLOBAL FOOD

Mr Jamison: Geography
Mr A en: French
Ms Magrane: Maths
Mr Ctarke:Drama
Mr Hall: PhvsicaEducation

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CARDS,CARDS,CARDS!
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e G o o dl u c k ! f s o r r y l g H a p p yb i r t h d a yh C o n g r a t u l a t i o n s

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The other word in the word sqlrareis (omputer

a l r e a d yb e e nt o a s c h o opl r o m C h a r l i K e v i n T r a c y
l i k e st h i d e ao f a s c h o opl r o m- A m a n d aM a r i n e

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EXPLORE
A BRITISHHOME!

FIREWORKS
IN BRITAIN
Keeptireworksin a dosed box.
Followthe inst(ictionr on eachftework.
L q h t a f i r e w o r k sa t a r m ' sl e . g t h .
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Neverput fireworksin yo!r pocket.
Neverthrow fireworks.
A l w a y sl i g h t o n e s p a r k l e r : ta t i m e .
N e v e rg i v es p a r k l e ri so c h i l d r e nu n d e rf i v e .

L i v i n gr o o m r y c o f f e ei a b l e I r e p l d c e a r m c h : i r
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