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'OXIFOIID U'NIVE,RSITY PlESS

K'imau and Mokuta wo Iked qui c'kly beside t~'e·brown African river, the

T ana R1v'e.:r Ii with I:ts crocodi [es olnd Its, h'Ip popotc muses" They were 10 'long

5 way frorn their cornp, and i.t was fote~ They could already see the moon and the stors in the sky. They could hear the lions ond other wi td an imols near the poth, in tne ~ong brown 'gres's. end

loth,!· smoU trees. The noises of the cnimcls mode this two boys wa~k faster and faster. They we re 1 n 0. hurry now.

~W,e must Iget beck to the. eo mlp 15 ttuh:k1Iy/ K~mau snid. He was

fr 191 h·te1n,ed.

ISh!t We, must be as .quiet as we con, too. The ~Ions c(te hunting for f,o'od .' . / M,akula suddenly stopped o'nd held up

20 ens hand. ~ Llist'enl!"

Th. ey 'i srene d .

tAn 'elephantl,' Makuta whispered" They waiked as qUlletly as ,they ,cou~d

along th.1 pafh, ,and stopped. behind a 25 bi g tree. There wins 01 ka"ge ef ephon~' tw'enty Imetrs·g in f ant o,f fhe:m on ,the path.

'D-' ~t II .j, ':Ji; L I~ r M" k' I

on' ~Ie;i" h neur usr r o .. UIIO

whispered.

30 Suddenrly t-he efephant turned. it

could hear them end sm,sU th'sm/ tao .. It put its long trunk up i nrc ~h'e cir.

(E lephants co nnol see very wei11 but they con hear wei ~ w;th their big ears

35 and It-he:)! co n smel I well w'ith ,the,j r rong trunks.]

The boys Ih~d behind the free and did not m 0. V'~· .•

Slowly the e~€'PhO'nf' ,carnie towords

AO ·the'lm. Then it stoppled, on1y five or six metres away fra'm, therir tree. It screamed I,oudty end langri~Yi ond waved Hs eers bo ckwords 0 nd forwards~

·45 '~~f':$ goi ng TO cttcck us!' wh is pared

M,okulla.

'We MVS,t do so,'me·thing ... r onswered Kim,au~ and he p.td~ed a bi,g brown poper bog from h'~s pocket

so There werle some sweets in"the bag.

He ~et the sweets 'fol~ into the long grolss and he s.t·orte!d to blow into the ba·g q us ckly. ~

~t made 01 very loud noise, like d gun~

The: elephant stopped, It, stood end

I ~ sten ed, The ~ if' sc r-ea med 'O!1 9 rl Iy CI 9 a i n 60 and srorted to' turn IClway. II,'~ ron thn:J'UQlh the 9 ross end its b~g strolnlg legs broke the brunches of the srnoll trees.

'Come on, Me ku lol Q'u~ck~ I s h outed K.i rna u I' 0 n d th etwo boys ro n bale k to 65 ,the camp 0:5 1,osl as they coul d.

A True artolse?

1 There are crocodi las a nd hi ppopotcrnuses in the Tone River.

2 Klmou c.'fWd Mo k.ula m,~'t.an a ng ry I ion nee r the river"

3 lh ere 'was on elepho nt on the path lin front of' the boys ..

4, The elephont could heor end smell Klrncu and MOllkulol.

5 The elephent wos angry and ~T ste rfred to trlta c k th e boys.

6 The Ir"H'JIISS' of IK~lma!.f's paper bog frightened the elephorrt aWOIY,.

B Read again. Answer tlhe questions.

1 (U'rne 6) s Ti1eycould allroody 8e'8 the moon .. ~I

W~e ore they?

2 (Line 115,) I He was friqhtaned.' Who ls he? :I (lIne 21) t They listened.' Who ore they? 4 (lIne 3,2) j! It put, i ~ / What is if?

S (lIne 41 ) "It screamed loud Iy ... ' Whot is if? , (li:ne 501) 'He-Iet,the sweets fell,. ! " Who is nt5?

C Finish I_~e words~ M,tI,tch the words wi,th the piciureslii I

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'1 111 the north . If Thall nd QI1 I side f a mountaln, [hi re .'. . small villase, It, name j Huev han, J1C

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village i in the middle 'Of ,I, 1 rge~

beautiful ~om.es' .. For hun treds yea: s Huey :. b ~ has been a qui t happy pla .

2 Dawania Jinjao was born iu the vir age. She has rved [hel' _ \vHh her fir rnily aU her [jfe~ She's l1QW Ii, teen years old .. he Loves the village and the fore 't ar unci it. Sh h al ~rly i pl ed in the forest with her friend's .. _ ogether they have climbed the

tre es and th ey 11a VI watched the anl m a 1s an d the bird ,. egether they have ehased bunerflies and they h ve fistened to t] 1_' tiger in tbl. I I re ~;c t night '.

3' . ut Iife lr Hu.ey Khan 11_ . changed. Hundred of men rom two bi.g eompam h· ve arriv .. d with chain sows ,a,- d tractors l iELDd tbey have

tarted to cut dov P rhe taU, . Id trees, he. me- hav,e cut down more '[han 3 J~O I hecafi·· or the fore t nea the vi _ a .--. The tractors have

pulled the logs dawn the mountain to the valley, and [orr"~· have carri .. :d th_ le away, After only ix months the forest at H' Lley '.,. han 11 as tarted to di. ( ppear, Dawania 1- annat play there wm'th her f iends any more ..

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4 The village p nple ha e become very angry, The have decIded to fight the companies, _ hey want. ()

top the men and save then fore t.

Without [ e trees, he rain j' now washing at I the. good earth do,., the mountain in 0 the river.: ew rees cannot groVh'_ Already the arunlaj '. liwe birds and lliL ' butterflies ha e moved away to other rnou tains away fion the noise of the men \vith traetors afl'~ aws, The tnountaia 81t

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uey F(b~n ms becorning a de> ert,

Answ,er the questiolnsll

1 'Where is T'he vi'Uage of Huey Khan?' 21 Who. has always played in the forest near the vi'llag,e?'

3 Who hag c rrived i r1 the vi Ho'ge of' H lU;~y' Khan?

4 What have the ,mien dOilrilS in "the forest near the vi I tag"s?

5 Who' have ,the people of IHuey K.han decided to do?

6 Wher,e hove oU the animals, birds and butt'erf~ ies ,gone?

C Find words.

atch e sentence with 'he paragraphs. Write th. numbers"

The peolp~e of Huey Khan wan to stop the men and seve their 'for'est.

O'Qwon ~a an d ttt'e' other ch i ld fen of the viUag:e havle, always played in t~le f1)resf" near the v~Uagle.

Huey Khan has al~woy$. been a qUi'E't vit~ IOgl9 I~ n the m ~dd ~e of the fo,n~':sfs r n Thcilcnd.

Now things have ,changtsd in HOley Khan. Men from big cornpnnies have arrived and they ore cuUI~ng down ali the ~rees.

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Junko l ab8~ is a smell, strong woman. She has short, black hoir and a brightJ s'milijng fa,ce~ She ti'ves'wih herfom~ly neerIokyo, in Jarpanm

Junko was 11he Hr~st woman to climb to, the fop oflhe hv.g,hest rmiount'a~n ~n ,the world, Mount Everest She reached the summit of Everest on 16,fih MaYJ 1975..

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Exercises

A Answer'lhe que,stions~

1 H,ow many people went to the expedition' s Bose (:,am p?

2 How high up the mountoin was the EhlS.'e1 Camp?

3 How mlCl'riY climbers; from th'e expedition tded to climb h) the summit?

4 A~· 'W h at f~ rna did they sto rt to climb from BOise 'C,clmp to the summit?

5 Ora 'what dote did Junko Tcbei reach the summit of MOIJInt Everes1t?

B Putthe sen,tences in order.

D ~fTer ,e,i ght hou rs Junko T abej'bec~~e the fi rst we m tJl n to st a nd on thl8 to p of ,M,ou nt Evers"st.

m Th_ecdijb~rs ~ndtl1e Sherposwalkedfo~ more than 1 ao kilometres to reach the may ntoi rr,

D 0: ~ ~ 6th "M,CI'Y _'1. 9'~ 5 fo u r, c ~ i m ~be rs sto rte d t'OI chm,b very eady In the: rnorrung.

D T~,~ Ic~~'m,bers wen~ up to ,their Bose Camlp on 11 5th M'CPf 1 975.

D ~~e~'t~_ree' hours two ofthe other climbers stopped.

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C 'Write the words in lihe squClllres.

• They had g'Qod .,,,.,. on 14th and ~15th Mtly.,

2 On 15th Moy 'they climbed '111000 ... ,',.~ to Bose C,om,p.,

3 Th,ey stood. 011 the .•...• offer eight hours. 15

4 The Sherpas corded thai r food~, .,.,.~. and axyg,€H1. L...--

,5 ,MoJunt ~.u~ is the h~~ghe'sT mou nh]~ n ~ n the world,

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Do ¥ou enjoy sport?'

Come sWimlming and saili'ng w~th us at Lake Da:wn I

Do YD,U like ,ek'citemen,' a'ReI danger?

Corne rock .. cJlgmbing, tanoe~ng and horse-riding at Lalka Dawn", Compute program . Ing?1

Cooking? Chess?

Choose your favonre ho'bbies and sports, and carne on hol'hj,ay with us at Lak[e Dawn!

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What wiU you do ev ry dy' a _ur L'ke Dawn H'oUday Camp?

Breakfast

Start the day with a big Amert.can 'breakfas~ at the Lake Dawn Ciner at eight (ioJock.

Morning'

M,eet us a~ ~he beach at nine. There'~.s a good wind. The, sun 'f; shining. ~fs a great day to 'go sailing an the hake' . i • or canoe~ng ,(H t~shing~ You can choose. Our instructors are ready to help you" Later lee's go back to the ~lOO and g'o swirnm f119. OUf instructors are' ere, too.

uncti ... time

Are you hungry 3'Q,afn? The Diner has burqers, pizzas, salads, ice-creams, fru it ~ al~ yo ur ,S, Vlonte food, and as much as you can aatl

The Quiet HOUf'

Video time! Cartoons in :he film theater. Or would you like an hour 01 computer programming in the computer room? 0 ur i nst . ctors wililli help, you:lto write your own programs in BASfC on one' 011 the twenty i,Apph:f ,computers 'there.

Or do you want to read your book Quistly by the poeJ? You can do that~ too,

After _oon

Whai next? Horse- rid ~ ng 0 [rock' cHmb·ng beside the, 113. _Ie? Again1 the instnJc:tors ars ready, sa ret's g01

Or do you want to do sorns coakmQ in 1he {Cookho use~1 'Ther~s ave rythln 9 th£tra -you can ,make your own cakes I p~ as an d cooki es,

Even'ing

Thera's a. bsrbecu e down on ~he beach or dar-Hids In the Diner. ThereJs si n~ il1g rou nd 'the, f'rre and d anel I1g a~ the Lake Da'wn eHS.DO. WO!lJld ynu

enj oy pi aytn ~ a g uh3-t 9 a mer o~ che S5 mon~'? Cflao~e, anyth~ng ... and haYls a good tjme!

Do YOLW want to knDw more f! Are you

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ready to join L!Jg~Write nowJ We. are at:

Lake, Dawn HflLida,y Calmp ~rmrc. P,O. Box 1:4:94 - BR~ Snakl9 Rwer, ColoJa:d 0 853 S5.

Exercises

C Which lof these things, Ida y'lou diD outsidle? Which dOl YDU Ida insid,e'?

Wr"'te the w10rds ;n, rh,e _Io,xes,~

A True or false?

1 You can gal swimmingl in the' pool at lake Down,

I Some peop~e enjoy 'fi'shing by the lake necr the IC'O mp~

3 Instructors at tih,e camp '~ei(lch ChlB'S$, ,4 The 'Loke Down DIner' is; the cornp's re sto u ro nt .

5 IB,ASICI' is. the name, of a certocn 'film.

soi I i'ng,

cooking woh::hl'ng videos rcck-cl ~ mbi ng fisiuin'g

complul'l€t prog,ramlM ing

horse-ridinq p.la,yii ngllc:he,ss,

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canoernng

dancilrlg

BAns el ,the qu,estiQ'n5~

'I 'Whut is the' addn!s:5' of the Lake, Dawn H()I'idoy Comp?

2 Wh~ch c:olunrry- is i'T in?

3, What can 'you hove for breekfost at the Lalka IDawn D'iner?

4 'WhOlt (JJn you hove for III un ch iat the Diner? 5 'WhQ'y do people USilMJ~ly do in the

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Steve: IUs,fen to this, D'ougl~ 'Liso AJngelo is in town.'

Doug ~ lisa Angier",? She's the Arnarlccn s i nger~, isn't she?

Steve; Thct's right. And ~I,ook ~ she's

stCJlr,t'~ ng ort th is hotel, tool I' wcu Id like to sele her here., Her records ,cU"e greH] : ..

D.oug: IHey; [ook, Steve., Thot's ,her ,OV,0Jr there, isn't Jf'? The women in the wh~te coed.

Steve: Yes, a isJ That must be her Rolls ROY1ce.

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Steve: There's lisa Atnge~o ,cgClli'n,

Doug .... Qlnd f'here' Cl,re those' tw,o men

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D 'S'h I' L, • -l,ll b Ii'"II A d II!...

augl', e s ~n a nurrv, ISn r sne t » 'n, me

two men ore fol ~o.'win,g her, 0 ren'r they'? Sreve: Why isn't :sh,e' wcdf'il1gl for hler Gar?

Whene is her co r?

Doug: 'don't know. Let's follow her, Steve. Perhaps shells in trouble, i .1

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Douq: Look, Steve. Those 'two men are wochmng her, 10_ ,eln't ,they?

Steve; Yes, ~ th~ nk f'hey ore. She's stopped to look ot the number of thot house, end they've stoppled beh~nd her, too.

D'oug:. They're g,e'ti'ing lout of ,the cor, i think th,e'y're g,oling ~'O kidncp herl

Steve: You're dglhif. They're trying to make, h~r g!e~' into the cor wi1',n t~e.m.

Doug: She looks fri'ghtened, doesn't sh,s? Steve: Yes. Let's help h,Sf. We lean stOlP th,os,e menl Come on!

Stevie: ~'ve cough' you now, my frJend .. Lrsa: Oh~ than k you,! 'Y ou' re not police IOlfficlers~ a re you?

Doug: No, we"'re not. We come to heip you because we SOlW tlhQs's' two men 'ro~lowing\ you., They. w,anted to kidnep you, d~dn't th,ey?

Liso: Yes, they did. I don/f' know why.

Lisa: I decided to wal'k to ·~~s 'it~~ ~ beccuse n'ly ,(:or wos lote. U wasn't oldsid€ the resteu rent, SlJdden,ly these two men tF~ed to push 'me i nto thei r cor, They tried to kfdn{lp me. But 't~en these two young men carnie T'O help me because I was in trouble. The kidnoppers let me go' and storted to run away . ~ .

Steve! But we-stepped thelm,.f offi cer, Doug;· And then your men arrived to help US~

O'ffi'cer~ W@.I'~~ you were ve,lry brave. Well

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Lisa: And thank yC·tJ f

A 'Put the sentenees :inl order.

D l.isc left the restcuront and started to wclk 'b;j-rhe studio .

. IIIID'ou91 and Steve sow Usa Ang.;e.loJ the singer, at 'their hotel, D IDo·ugl and Steve soved Lisa: and cO'[Jght 'flh,~ TWO' kidneppers. o 1 wo men tr'~ed to make lisa g:et into o bl cck cO r with them. D Usa looked frig~hened.

o l.ise le~t fh!@ hotel ond went ... o 0 restc urcnt in her Ro lis Royce.

BRead Glndl match I

1 Usa Angelo is a famous .5inl'gerl •• , •

2. Thot's her ~a lis Rc;rYlce over th,e're, .... 3 Those two men ore foUowi'ng her, ' .. 4 You're not police officers, . ~ .

5 She looks. fri ghlened r ~ ' ••

, The two men were kidnoppers, .. "

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· ... doesn't she?

· . , weren't they'?

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· .. , isn't she?

; .. ~ are, you?

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DaMBB.O

,E]s'trsn mnnths and smeen ~ys f:ram Moon Sta£tiou ~Gl to this small, flat planet: Calulia, We have landed .near 8. y,eUOW lake that h~ a lar~' BQuare isJland, :in the midrue of it,. From nere, 'the ,island, ];Qaks gulde:u~ Vfhen we landed, tJJJ9 ~8ky BiNi,' msde no 1'a'ind and. there was no dust, Ths: ~cW'1d hers~ which:18 'whits 'I 'is very h~di It 1m white rock.,

W'19 wajtedt inside the 'Sky Btrdl for thFse hours and watched the lake and !i,be isJ.anr.1 carefully ~ ~ot_hlng moved, When w,e: listened

through the' outside mierophones, we' heard no1thmg~ Is t.be:rs' a'lJ\Y life, on CaltIlla? .Even. 'llie ,yellow lake· ]a, ealm and fl,at, mth no waV'8S~

Da;y all

TodlfhY Capoom 'W s,lls, and !;' got .:anto the s,pace treetor and we left the spaeesbJp., Doetor. :Nixon, who, stayed with 'the otheFS mside the,

~B" .q_d'~ T,l~i!:!I'tt'll·1..',;§dl U~I "~,~'Ii'?"'iid' '~k~, ...."...~'~~,·.F.iIII~ ,J"l,"'Y,~ 't'l""':'i' \.d • .iL.v, "~ lll>!.JI..Il,Lg 1w.J.~' uu"'olU!~

ica:rrte~a:s ~

When we get outside, we (rut t--wn !l,man p!ecs;s from 'the [ground near the "Bird' and then we wo~,~ to the yellow l~. We took thr;ee small jars of tilS ·tm~ yellow Uqwd fr,o,m ~he lake ~ which is: as thick as oll ar' boney.

D8.J'IB'2

After' bre~kfa5,t we 'put th~ skiSr on the ·tr~wP and I crossed DV'f:n~ Ehe y~llow liquid of ·the lake: with Captain Wells. The tractor moved 've'F7 slowly caver 'the La'ke towa-ros: the Island, W'@ fir,at w,snt round t'ne island but 'W~' saw n~ JltOving. The i~lMd .i:s St,[Ra;re, vrttb. strMght aides. We landed 'Ileal" one m:l1~n,er Df it and we climbed up 'the' side "Witll, our ropes to 'th,e· to];:t The top is ,almost flat,. Agam we out twtl pieces ti?om ths ground of the island. 'Wie wanted to look, at It in 'the' latH]Fato~'. rt is 'v'eray soft. W'e' could

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On the top Q,f the ,mla;nd 'theFB were no bulldmga and 'we ,saw nothi:ng moving~ Captam Wens~ who had her small 'video cam~,pa with her, waIl)wd -to go back to thel space trMtor and get same more film for' It., I stayed on too top of the ialand for twenty' minutes. But 8'omethhlg went wrong.

Capltl.Jn Wells did not come back, Aftrer twenty minutes .I be,gan to worry i I de~jd.ed 't~1 look: for her.

I went back, to 'the space tractor", 'whioh. 'was ;still at the' corner of the island, but I could not see Captaln W soJlIs.. ] tri'ed 'to contact her on IDJ7' 'mdio, but she did. not answer. I tri€d to radio baek ·tlOI the ~ Sky" Bird 1,

but agsm there w,~s no an13WST" Was my radio bra,keD? ,r deoiued to tak€' the' traotor and g'o round. the isle-no agam. I trted to find Captain Wens, ... but I could ,not find her ~

Day :is,3·

I am very wor-r-ied now. ysstsroay , deuJided to come b(;lck to the i SJw' Bird i fa' - !91 new r-adio. and to' get help from Doctor- Nixon .. Wben I ];Is'ached the ~'Birdl'P, I found all 'the

dOCJiPS of the smp op en", There was no lane 011 the s,b1p. It W,91~ empty.

Dlv.,aS,B

" have waited norw for two ,dayS, and I have watched the video sereens all the tWU3. I have not seen Captam Wells, Doctor Nixan or amy' of'tl'le othe'rs lSig&.m. Ther€ has been nosound. Cahilla is quiet and ] am alone. . '" Or am I?: Is somsoo d.Y Ulare? Are t,hlsy watching me? Are they w,~1,ttng?

t 1 How II,on'Q 'W~J'S the spaceship's "Jlourney from the Moon to Celulic?

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. 2' Who we'nt outsid i the spoceship on their second day' on Colulic? (IDlay 3S1)

· ~ Whe're d ~d they gl,o to ,on the' s,pace 'tractor on Day 3.52'7

.9' Why did Ccptein Wells go' back to the space trcctor? (Ooy 3521

'5 What did her friend decide to do, when ICaptain WeUs did nOif come beck qluild~dy'? (D~ay 35'2)

B, Wre who or' w,hic,h II

1 Thley cut srnul] p~eces from the ground, was very hard",

Oo'ctor INrxlon; shJ)l'ed inside the spaceship, wah:hed them.

They took three' jars of J'iquid fto'm the loke, was yenow.

They. put i'he skis on the troctor, WQ,S, outside the spaceship.

He w'cHs'd for CCilpta~n Wells; went to get some more film.

6; H,e tried k) radio Doctor lNixol1J did not onswer him.

G '!utt ,sethings, '"n"'-. ard,,~y· o~~lre d a ',Qut,thelll in the p_'os,s .. 'ag ;I

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D film D spaceship D screens D radio II] microphones D cameros D froctor

1 Pri nee Wi! liom was, hie son of ths o~d king of Bavario,~ in G'e,rm'ClnYI many y"8Cl'fS ,ago., When he W'O'S CD youngl man, he a~wI(lys enjoy'ed cdventures. This is th,e storY' o'f one tCrf his, adve'ntures.

2 Prince 'wn~~a'ml was sto1ying with his family in the srnnl] town of Augsburl9~ Th,e IColpta in of th e IP 0 II lice ~ n the' hJ'wn we s very ~az·y. He was not doing his job and fhe peop~ of A,ug:sburg were be_com,ing unhappy end {lngry,. The,ir Mloney was not safe' in ,the banks ,of the town, There were (j I~ot of thi'eves in the s reefs, Prince Wililiam heard about th is and de,cnded to moke the' pOl11ice work herder .. 1 e ~,(]d a p~,onl.

3 One night he c:hanged into en ordinory shirt end irous,ers and, with two rri'9'nds, he II,eft the kingis polece laTie ot nilght. The tlhree y,oungllm,en went out of a door at fhe side of the pcloce. The stre·ets WI9'n'!' very dork becouse there wcs no moon. They d~d n01' 'talk.

4 They were watkins' do,wn a smell street when f1h,sy saw 'tW'Q men. The two men were cerni ng slow~y end quietiy down '~he street. They' were ,co',rrying CI heavy wooden box,

,5 The young prince and his twa, friend~1 'waited ,qi~iei '~Y' in the shadows. Suddenly

tLe orince shouted ~S-tnplf

Ill." IF"'n "~"., " '.' !Ii;;;:: V .. l,

6 The two men did not stol'~ lhey dropped the box Cllnd 'hey ra,l1, bur 'the prince and this frlilends were yovngl and strong. They could run fast T~~u!'Y ca'U~gh't rhe tw'o men eos i ~y Icnd to ok H,em berth be ck to the polcce, lnside the wooden box "hey '~olund 10 lot of gofd end silver from the biggest' bank in! Aug'sbur'g~

7 The next day Prince WiUiam went to see 1'he ceptcin of the police, The cClptciln was sitting fln his, ,office. He w~s eoillngl1c pie, He iumped up q]lJick~y when he sew the

8 "Haveou fou nd th'9 gol.d and s ilver from file bank?' thl! prince asked. He W'ClS s .JHngl.

9 0' course the police captain knew noflhi,ng about it Hie caUed 01 few of his policemen. No, ,they knew nothing about

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the 9'0 Id from the bank .. They were n~)t very happy wh'sn the prince took tlhe'm back to the; pcloee and showed them the tWOI th~eve$ and the box of gold ,and silver,

E· erelses

A T[rue _:'r ;false?

'I The police captain 'Dn Augisburg 0. ~ways worked herd,

2 Prince W·U1o.m, decjded to help the pie It 'CIS,

3 The tWOI men corrvi ng the h·e~ovy Ibox were thu~~ves~

4 The prince end his two friends caughT ina Two th~eves~

5 The po nee clap-to in knew nbout

h . ~ [Ii

t e prince s pmn .

B . at"h the words wllh.e meanings.

dark ~azy old

not y.oung or new usuo] or not. specicl sad ond not hoppy not wanhng to W'O~ Ik

with vls,ry Ht11e or no ~I~ght

ordinory unhoipPV

C Choose the right word or words. 11 The prin ce all ways (was ti ki ngfl iked] an ,o_dventu reo

2 The people [of Avgsburg (WOS./WEWS') becoming, unh,apP'Y and angry. 3 The two men (was/were) [to.rrylng 10 heavy wooden box,

The, police caple;n wes {eating! erot,en} QI pile in his office.,

5 The policemen (knew/were knowrngl) nroth'i,ng [about the 9,old from the bunk.

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'1 Put a: liHIls teo into Q teapo't Pour soml1e" hot w,ah." into the \pe,f. H'QVl9 a (UP of tela. But whot, is teo l' Where doe,s ~t come from?

s ln the h~9'h mountains of SrillanlKg,.

[ndio clnd East Afrilco you can see beoutiful fie'ds of sml'oU green bushes on ,tJhe hi III sild',es., The bush es wliClv,e flat tops and very bright g'reen leclves".

10 The')! leek nk'8' green ccrpets, A lot 0" '~h', world's t€H'l comes from-these beautrfnJ] fields. They ore co ne.d tee

i g CI rd!, n 51 •.

Every few days 9'fOUpS of men and

15 women, the reo- pii'ckB\FSI1 pick the

~ 'aves tram the ·fkd tops of the bushes .. They oniy p"ilek the y·oung·est' leaves frolm each tea bush. These ore the leoves 1that meke our fee. They pur the

20 young Ile-olves, iinto baskets ,o'n he'ir becks,

When the tea picker's ba,$I;ket ~'S fU'~J she tclli<es ~f to ,0 ~ofry 'which willi tOlke the ~eO'vle's to the '~eo factory~ At the

2'5 f'acto1ry, 'workers spread ,cut '~he leov,es in a larg's room. The leav,es 'sTan' to dry s~owly.

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they cholnglB colour from green TO dark. b ~("wn. After 'hlree or four dalys

30 ,the ·factory workers move the Ileaves and iPut them in '0 hu,ge mcch i nes whic'h ro~~ the'm end cut them into small piec as, Th e te,a w·h cd we ce n buy in packets is in very sma~!~ dark brown

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35 preces,

There is anothl!" mochlne which b~ows winld gerrMy thlfoUgh the dry;. eu't Ileaves end divides them into differew1t sizes and erodes. You con buy tea

40 whu:h is in bijgger pieces or lin very smell filfH3 pieces P'oUJr ell few lOT file leuves from a pack,e1' of tea onto your hand Aria ,the pieces of fhe tee - leoves qui re big or ore ·they v.ls'ry fine, nke

4c5 dust?1

Th e fo'ct 0 ry we rke rs then pock the different 9 rcdes of te 0 r n TO, Ilia rg we 'WIQ ad en boxes, ,~nd lorrie~ ,toke the

50 boxes to s hips". The, sh ~ p s

bri n'Q the tea 'hJI our diHe!ren't' C,OI UI ntr ~ es 0 II, 10 V er the, W,O r'11 d I and Wf!j ddnk it

Exercises

A plut, the, senjfa,nrC,es lin order >i D MOL~if1leIS r0111 d'nd Ct.U' the dry' leoves i nto sme ~ll pieces,

D ~:a ct'cuy workers pock the grad ad tee 'i nto 1'0 rge, wood en boxes.

D A lorry tokes the lecves to lhe, tea 'f,~(;tory. rn Th e tee- p:~ c k ers p ick t'h e ~,~ c v~s. fro m ,t h e bushes olne IPU'~' them into bcskets.

D Workers £l,pread out t~e lsoves to' dry for three' or Iour days.

B Ch,oose he best ems __ er.

1 H(l'W do 1'h e 'h~~:QI- ~eaves;, go frolm ,thf! f~eld:s 'to the factory?

T'he:rI9IO a i r11 a basket b ~ n a bOM e in a larry

2 How do t~e tec~lleaves dry?

They dry a i'n small, f~ne pieces b slowly, on file floor , inl machines

3 How' do th,e wooden boxes o*"t'eo-~eoves 'travel h'J other coentries?

They trovel a in p(H:'k~d's b in ships e in factories

C Write, IIh,e, wo,r'ds 'in 'Ihe square's,.

1 Tea bushes. g:row in beeutifu I ~~~ .. on the [hi llsides,

2 Teo-pickers pi,(~ tnS! leoves from 'Fh'e! fied' "., ... of the bushes. 3 A hac fi,e~d is c!cl~[.e:d a tee J, •• , •• .',

4 I~Hook5 like '0 9 Ferran ~ ... ~ .

5 .. " .. briingl the 'f-ga to our countries in wooden boxes,

6 The, pickers put t'lle leoves i nte """.~ on their bock5~ ,6.,

7 '. '.; .. t a ke t ~ e b O:iM'd!'S of te a to the sh i IPS;.

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JIJve got onei loolk,j Otti,s.~ It's huge.' Otis, the old fishermen, came and stood beside me ICl't" he back lof tnlle bo'oi'. We wah:he:d thl9' huge silver fish

5 ot the end of Imy , ish ~ng~1 ine, If'was. jump~ng an'grily~ ,trying to escape.

'I'" ' h K' " :, IF' L'I H " Ill..

t S '~ e: 1119 oi 1'.1'8 1-1',Sri,. re 5 ~ne~

biggl,est fish in thiS SEK1! Hie' ~~' H ght' teo,' he sci d quietly. He 'was, excift',ed '

10 lihe King vouQlht hard. My arms

became, ti red, but erAer two hours he was tired too and II pulled ,the ~~'ne in S~OIW~'Y. We got him into the bertom o the boat and hie I~Oy' tlnlen!' wi'th one eye,

'151 open, lookmn:g at us alngray~

IHe's onglry/ Otis SOlid, h.lughing., He turn'ed the boat and we wenf' tuwards home. We were ten kilometres from the beach and ~·t wos 20 cd ready evening.

Sudderdy there was 'C1 Joud noise:

CRASHI The whcl'le, bOlot shook. Then there was onolher crash on the other side, ICrclshJ crush, Icgcin and cilgla~ n. A~J

25 oround he boat in the sea th ere "were big .saver ish. They were swimming frOst, aUt1ck~n9 'OUf' boct,

'rhey wonttheir K~'ngIJ ~ the old man sand" He WICS 1110~ ~Iaulgh ing now,

,30 'Shan we put him beck?' f osked. i

did not wOlnf to kill 'fh~s IheouNfur l:ulg fish, tlhe K~ng. 'They mo,y moke a hole ~n th ' side of ~he boot . . 1

Otis was quiet, hlnking.

35 'Yes~ thley Ima'v,' he onswsred. ~BIJI,t

yOlu m,ay n ever see or cc't ch he great Kinlg of the Fish again,~ r

'l dc ,. '·"dljl~" 'd 'I' orrv fo

," on W rrunc '" I so II. • m SO'trry or

him. ~ wont' to let him go,,'

40 So we ~~'fled the Ki,ng carefulli'y end

dropped him beck into the 5'eOI. IHe lay on h us si de and looked up, c11 me. He 'WCQ'S sm,illingl at Imel Then he turned olnd , , ived down i nto ~he b lue w'ote.r.

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45 Sudden Iy th ere we re lots of si lver f~7i-;i~h-""__----=--~

rn the sea round CHoU· boat. They

jium pea out of ,the woves []1f!1d ttu!~y danced., The·}' were sw,lmmi.ng wi·th us now I' but thfl'Y d ~d not h::uJch thJts' boat

Exercises

A. Answer'th,e· questions~, 1 Where were the' TWO people in this story?

2 How feU" aWlcy from lend were they?

3 What vi rrH~: of day WOIS ~t?

4 'Wh at ,ath] CI~ ed the s ides olf ,t he i r boot?

5 Why did the silver fish donee around their boot?

, (Line 1) 2 ~L~ne 5-) 3 (line'17)

(Line 30) S [lii'ne 47)

C Find wor'ds~

1 Think of alii' th'e d{lfe'rentg,cmes '~hat people pJoy: 'golmes for one player, I;~ke some C:Olrd-,game.s~ 'games for two ployers, ~ike tennis or chess; glomes

5 ~ or tee ms, nlke faofbafl

DCI you have one favourite game that yeu play oh'~ln with your fr,i'ends? Whlich gamles de youlilke most?

,ChildrGn hove pklyed gc.m,IE$ for

'0 thousands of years. Sam'a chBdren's Q,ames ere VQ'Fr old. "There' were swings, for excrnple, ,on ,thle Glr,eek

islo nd of Crete about 3~6'OO years a'go.. Children in Ancien 'Greece p~Clyled fhlle

1:5 QClime of tjocksJ' w'jl'th stones, too.

Some 'Qomles have become more p,opu/arfrom cenhJlry to century., Other Siomes helve beeorne less popullor and have a~most' diseppeered For

20 example, not many people in'ow plclY gaml8's thot hurt or ~<HI onimc Is.

And people have, discovered 'Of invented new ,things which have changed tlhe hi's,~ory of ch~ ldren's

25 games" Do yO'U lever play 'with a beU, for example? A rubber boll? For

'rh 0 us 01 n ds of' )N3 a rs p eop I e. Pll'clyed wii t h

20

he rd' wo aden or I e CI~h er 1~).<CJ ~ 5 ~ But

ru "bel" comes, out of rubber trees an .

30 someone discovered this. They made new, soft' bolls of rubber ... which bounced. Games, wiv'h bolls then became much more. popu lor. Mos~ chi'ldren no,w hove 0 rubber baU ot

35 home,

Hlcve 'y.ou ever plc'yed wi'fh a ki'te?

Helve you got a kite ot home?' Kites f~rst came. from Chi no. T rovel lers brought ·them across Asia to EUfop'e

40 end Nortl~ Afric:CI~

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Junko l ab8~ is a smell, strong woman. She has short, black hoir and a brightJ s'milijng fa,ce~ She ti'ves'wih herfom~ly neerIokyo, in Jarpanm

Junko was 11he Hr~st woman to climb to, the fop oflhe hv.g,hest rmiount'a~n ~n ,the world, Mount Everest She reached the summit of Everest on 16,fih MaYJ 1975..

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Exercises

A Answer'lhe que,stions~

1 H,ow many people went to the expedition' s Bose (:,am p?

2 How high up the mountoin was the EhlS.'e1 Camp?

3 How mlCl'riY climbers; from th'e expedition tded to climb h) the summit?

4 A~· 'W h at f~ rna did they sto rt to climb from BOise 'C,clmp to the summit?

5 Ora 'what dote did Junko Tcbei reach the summit of MOIJInt Everes1t?

B Putthe sen,tences in order.

D ~fTer ,e,i ght hou rs Junko T abej'bec~~e the fi rst we m tJl n to st a nd on thl8 to p of ,M,ou nt Evers"st.

m Th_ecdijb~rs ~ndtl1e Sherposwalkedfo~ more than 1 ao kilometres to reach the may ntoi rr,

D 0: ~ ~ 6th "M,CI'Y _'1. 9'~ 5 fo u r, c ~ i m ~be rs sto rte d t'OI chm,b very eady In the: rnorrung.

D T~,~ Ic~~'m,bers wen~ up to ,their Bose Camlp on 11 5th M'CPf 1 975.

D ~~e~'t~_ree' hours two ofthe other climbers stopped.

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C 'Write the words in lihe squClllres.

• They had g'Qod .,,,.,. on 14th and ~15th Mtly.,

2 On 15th Moy 'they climbed '111000 ... ,',.~ to Bose C,om,p.,

3 Th,ey stood. 011 the .•...• offer eight hours. 15

4 The Sherpas corded thai r food~, .,.,.~. and axyg,€H1. L...--

,5 ,MoJunt ~.u~ is the h~~ghe'sT mou nh]~ n ~ n the world,

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Do ¥ou enjoy sport?'

Come sWimlming and saili'ng w~th us at Lake Da:wn I

Do YD,U like ,ek'citemen,' a'ReI danger?

Corne rock .. cJlgmbing, tanoe~ng and horse-riding at Lalka Dawn", Compute program . Ing?1

Cooking? Chess?

Choose your favonre ho'bbies and sports, and carne on hol'hj,ay with us at Lak[e Dawn!

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What wiU you do ev ry dy' a _ur L'ke Dawn H'oUday Camp?

Breakfast

Start the day with a big Amert.can 'breakfas~ at the Lake Dawn Ciner at eight (ioJock.

Morning'

M,eet us a~ ~he beach at nine. There'~.s a good wind. The, sun 'f; shining. ~fs a great day to 'go sailing an the hake' . i • or canoe~ng ,(H t~shing~ You can choose. Our instructors are ready to help you" Later lee's go back to the ~lOO and g'o swirnm f119. OUf instructors are' ere, too.

uncti ... time

Are you hungry 3'Q,afn? The Diner has burqers, pizzas, salads, ice-creams, fru it ~ al~ yo ur ,S, Vlonte food, and as much as you can aatl

The Quiet HOUf'

Video time! Cartoons in :he film theater. Or would you like an hour 01 computer programming in the computer room? 0 ur i nst . ctors wililli help, you:lto write your own programs in BASfC on one' 011 the twenty i,Apph:f ,computers 'there.

Or do you want to read your book Quistly by the poeJ? You can do that~ too,

After _oon

Whai next? Horse- rid ~ ng 0 [rock' cHmb·ng beside the, 113. _Ie? Again1 the instnJc:tors ars ready, sa ret's g01

Or do you want to do sorns coakmQ in 1he {Cookho use~1 'Ther~s ave rythln 9 th£tra -you can ,make your own cakes I p~ as an d cooki es,

Even'ing

Thera's a. bsrbecu e down on ~he beach or dar-Hids In the Diner. ThereJs si n~ il1g rou nd 'the, f'rre and d anel I1g a~ the Lake Da'wn eHS.DO. WO!lJld ynu

enj oy pi aytn ~ a g uh3-t 9 a mer o~ che S5 mon~'? Cflao~e, anyth~ng ... and haYls a good tjme!

Do YOLW want to knDw more f! Are you

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ready to join L!Jg~Write nowJ We. are at:

Lake, Dawn HflLida,y Calmp ~rmrc. P,O. Box 1:4:94 - BR~ Snakl9 Rwer, ColoJa:d 0 853 S5.

Exercises

C Which lof these things, Ida y'lou diD outsidle? Which dOl YDU Ida insid,e'?

Wr"'te the w10rds ;n, rh,e _Io,xes,~

A True or false?

1 You can gal swimmingl in the' pool at lake Down,

I Some peop~e enjoy 'fi'shing by the lake necr the IC'O mp~

3 Instructors at tih,e camp '~ei(lch ChlB'S$, ,4 The 'Loke Down DIner' is; the cornp's re sto u ro nt .

5 IB,ASICI' is. the name, of a certocn 'film.

soi I i'ng,

cooking woh::hl'ng videos rcck-cl ~ mbi ng fisiuin'g

complul'l€t prog,ramlM ing

horse-ridinq p.la,yii ngllc:he,ss,

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canoernng

dancilrlg

BAns el ,the qu,estiQ'n5~

'I 'Whut is the' addn!s:5' of the Lake, Dawn H()I'idoy Comp?

2 Wh~ch c:olunrry- is i'T in?

3, What can 'you hove for breekfost at the Lalka IDawn D'iner?

4 'WhOlt (JJn you hove for III un ch iat the Diner? 5 'WhQ'y do people USilMJ~ly do in the

'e kh . '?

- ale) ". no lJ:5'EE: _

Inside;

Out:side:,

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T h EN11 (l,b out' f'O'Vf h u nd r,ed yeo rs agIQ~, people storted to' use games for te(lching and lea rn ing' in schools" There was a populor Ql,eoglmp,hy

45 glo me '; ,the: teeeher cu t 'Olut ,th e she pes of courdries and '~he children tri,ed to p ut t~,e co u nrri BS: j' Fa th e r;'g ht pi cces

019 c I~ n. T h if s 'was th e fll! rst 1 ~ Qi'S'91W' P IJI~ Z le. Do you eve r do j i Q.saw puzz les?

50 Now' w,e pi oJY 19 ames' I i Lee; sno kes

end ladde.lrsl f'olr lea rrt ing and fur ,snioyilng ourselves. 'Snekes and

I ad de rs' h IC] S b eceme one of tlh e m'os.m popular game:s in the world,

A True or la.ls·e?1

11 Same cOlrdJ-g(lmlfiHi ore only for one plover.

2 Ch i lid Fen f rst played with '~(U::lk:s/ in Crete,

3 Gcmes which hurt enirncls have become mere populor.

4 People p'1~aye~d wi'~h wQode,n' bells

IlL 1L t',L IL rd bbs .

U"S'rore' u'e-y I~U] , If"UlU.·,er ones~

5 P~'oph!3: fi rst' used jigsaw puzzlea to leorn 9.eo,Qra'phy~

Chaos. the b sl answ'er~

1 'd.i"Heren;'g(lm~gl (lIne 11) ore ,gomes, a whi'cholre ail the SQim,€'

b 'wni:ch are not ell ihe same e 'whh:h are not easy

2 Your ~tav,o'urife'game' (nne 6) is the"game a whmch you lilks: rnesl

III 'wh iii ch you ~ i [k,e III eos,]"

c w.hmch y'ou P,I01Y ! ost

,3 A 'pop u/lcr:Q'a mel [line '11) 'is a go:mls; a 'whk:h (] lot cd people like

b wh]ch very' f:e,w people, like

c which hurts onimols

Ie Put, Ihese games or 10ys in the ONe,r yau lrea,d about th,em .n the pa&Sage~

D snakes IIlnd lodders [!] swings

DIL"""

~ufe!5

D jacks

o wooden 01' leather balls

D r~bber bolls

D jigsaw puzzles

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a beach

{1 comp

dust

bounc~ng

o C·I noe

c chcdn-sCJrw

a desertri

earth

c burqer

'0 bush

. ...ji •

[JIIIV ngl

f+ IL·t'

~g III 'I'll 9

chess

a donut

flat

N olle~ I CO 0 ki,e.t and r d CU~U1i to re American Engl is h i-

nn] Brit'ish tErtglpsh yDU use IbjSIi:IUit' (lind (doughnut·,

c gun

,/ sh'aigh1'

lines

ICl po I CI ceo

a screen

o

a shadow'

[J hole

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rubber

o

Cl kin.g

soililng

skis

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