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App lE
GAIA IERACE

TOM and Cos

Adventures
in CYBERSPACE

Computing English
and Virtual Worlds

KEY
2002

Black Cat Publishing, an imprint of Cideb Editrice, Genoa, Canterbury

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Teachers are strongly

recommended to
check the sites before
using them in class.

Pages 4 and 5 1

The world of cyberspace

1.
3.
5.
7.

Speaker
Monitor
Hard Disk
Modem

2.
4.
6.
8.

Webcam
Floppy Disk
Mouse
Keyboard

1. E / 2. G / 3. C / 4. A / 5. B /
6. H / 7. D
Page 11 2 Listening
Listen to the statements and tick true or
false. You will hear the recording twice.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.

Page 13

Focus on vocabulary

The West Film Project and WETA:

http://www.pbs.org/weta/thewest/wpages/wpgs
400/w18_sit.htm
The Great Sioux Nation and their Picture
Gallery:
www.nativeculture.com/lisamitten/nations.html
The Five Tribes (Background information on
the south eastern tribes removed to Oklahoma):
www.mstm.okstate.edu/students/jjohnson2/oknative.htm
Indians of North America: project/ais/
www.csulb.edu/
Native American Studies Resources:
www.library.yale.edu/beinecke/native1.htm

Page 10 1 Understanding the text

1. Tom and Luke are in front of the

computer checking their e-mails.
2. On the screen there is a map of the
world, and it says Welcome Player
Number 2788.
3. Sebastian, the Virtual Butler is tall and
fat.
4. Sitting Bull seems very happy about
what he is saying to his people.
5. Susan has red curly hair and freckles.

PHOTOCOPIABLE 2002 Black Cat Publishing

EXIT TEST

INTERNET ADDRESSES

Chapter 1

1 Complete the following crossword.

5
6

Page 14 5 Listening

Mr Baldwin: So everyone, who was

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Sitting Bull?
Tina: He was an American 1 Indian. His
real name was Tatanka Yotanka.
George: How do you spell that?
Tina: (saying the letters) 2 T.A.T.A.N.K.A.
Y.O.T.A.N.K.A.
Mr Baldwin: He was born in 1831 and he
died in 3 1890. Does anyone know
where he was born?
George: In South Dakota? In the 4 US.
Mr Baldwin: Great, and the name of his
5
tribe?
Tina: The Sioux.
Mr Baldwin: Yes thats right, the Sioux.
The Sioux were forced by the
6
American government to live on
reservations, but they didnt want to. In
1876 they fought against the Army, in
the 7 Battle of Little Bighorn.
Luke: They won, but Sitting Bull was
forced to leave his tribe, and went to
Canada.
Mr Baldwin: Thats right. Did they 8 come
back?
George: Yes, they came back in 1881.
The Americans promised an amnesty,
and Sitting Bull 9 came back, but they
put him in prison anyway.

Page 13 4 Portfolio work

1. Native American name: Tatanka
Yotanka.
2. Date of birth: 1831.
3. Date he died: 1890.
4. Indian Tribe: Sioux.
5. Place of birth: South Dakota.
6. In 1876: The Sioux defeated
Lieutenant Custer.
7. In 1881: He went to live on a
reservation.
8. In 1885: He was allowed to leave the
reservation.
9. He was killed in a gunfight.

Listen to Mr Baldwins lesson on Sitting

Bull and fill in the gaps.

T
F (welcome player n. 2785)
F (tall and slim)
F he is sad/angry
T

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9
10
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ACROSS
1. Your personal secret code.
5. When you finish using a
computer you must
.................... it off.
6. Not online.
7. Something your computer
needs to connect to the
Internet.
9. A short name for the Internet.
10. After you create a document
you must ............. it before
you close it.
11. If you want to copy a
photograph onto your
computer you need a ......... .

DOWN
2. A document sent separately
with an e-mail.
3. When you go on the Internet,
you '............ the Web'.
4. Transfer information from the
Internet to your computer.
7. A small animal or an
essential object for your
computer.
8. The short name for
'Electronic Mail'.

EXIT TEST

PHOTOCOPIABLE 2002 Black Cat Publishing

Focus on the story

.. e. The students visited the set of a science fiction movie.

Mr Baldwin: 10 How long was he kept in

prison?
George: Two years.
Mr Baldwin: Good, and after that?
Tina: Sitting Bull finally went to live on a
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reservation.
Mr Baldwin: And in 1885 he became an
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actor in the Wild West Show. OK,
make sure you all remember these
dates for the test on 13 Friday. Any
questions?
Students: No... Ugh the test... I think Ill
be sick that day... 14 OK!

.. f. Susan gave Joanna a book for her birthday.

Page 15 6 An Indian puzzle

.. g. Guy Fawkes' night is on 6 November.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
7.
8.
9.
10.

1 Are the following statements true or false? Correct the false ones.
.. a. To travel in Cyberspace, you only need a computer.
.. b. Tom saw a picture of Sitting Bull in his history book.
.. c. Mr Green wanted the students to join a pen pals' club.
.. d. Brad, Joanna's pen pal, is from Austria.

.. h. Alex wants to study Japanese.

.. i. Alex wants to meet Susan on Saturday afternoon.
.. j. Luke decides to go to Italy because he loves Italian cooking.

Focus on writing

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N
N
Y
N
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Y
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in other 2 countries.
Students: Yeah! Great!
Mr Walker: I hope you 3 all remember
your username and 4 password youll
need to personally 5 log on.
Tom: What if 6 we cant remember them?
Mr Walker: Have a look in the 7 secret
place where I asked you to write them
last 8 week.
Tom: Jason, where 9 is your pen friend
from?
Jason: From America, Tom. He 10 lives in
New York. Wheres yours from?
Tom: Africa. She lives in a tiny village
where everyone shares the 11 same
computer!
Susan: Oh Great! I got a message 12 from
my friend in the Netherlands. Did you
get a 13 message, Jo?
Joanna: Yes! 14 Look Susan! A letter from
a girl called Michelle. She lives 15 in
South Africa.
Susan: Wow!

(South Dakota)
(The American Army)

(he was a lieutenant)

(Canada)
(USA)
(on a reservation)

Pages 24 and 25 3 Web section

Mistakes
2. spaces missing: Y iam, comeover
3. cancel spaces: Y well
4. Spelling: Y: 1 learning / 2 ues /
3 the / 4 Dear / 5 write / 6 on
5. Upper case: Y, I

KET 1 Complete Susan's email to Hans.

Write ONE word for each space. The first one is done for you.

Corrections
2. spaces missing: space I over
3. cancel spaces: ell well
4. Spelling: 1learning 2 use 3 the 4Dear
5write 6 on
5. Upper case: i, I

Dear Hans,
Thanks .. 0 for.. your email. It was nice to hear from you.
I 1.............. to tell you what I did yesterday.
Luke, Tom 2.............. I won a virtual 3.............. ticket on
the 4.............. . I decided to travel to the United States
and 5.............. Netherlands. It was so cool! In Los
Angeles I saw a lot of skyscrapers and the views were
fantastic. Then I went to 6.............. Park and I saw some
beautiful scenery and wildlife.
Finally, I visited your country. I rode around the city by
7
............... There are so many canals in Amsterdam. It's
an amazing city, you are so lucky 8.............. live there.
Write to me soon.
Susan

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Chapter 2
Page 22 1 Understanding the text

Page 26 4 Fun Time

1. A / 2. F / 3. D / 4. B / 5. E
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1. surprised face
3. sad face
5. smiling face

Page 23 2 Listening
Listen and fill in the gaps. You will hear
the recording twice.
The first is done for you.

2. kissy kissy face

4. winking face

INTERNET ADDRESSES
http://www.learnthenet.com/english/html/
25smile.htm
http://members.aol.com/bearpage/smileys.htm

Mr Walker: Good afternoon, everyone.

Students: Good afternoon, Mr Walker.
Mr Walker: Today we will be using the
pen pals 1 club to write to pen friends
0

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scary. There was a code written on
the gravestones that you had to crack
in order to solve the puzzle.

Chapter 3
Page 27 Brainteaser number 1
Sitting Bull sends you to Halloween.

1. C / 2. A / 3. E
Page 29 Brainteaser number 2
Page 35

From Halloween you fly to the future.

INTERNET ADDRESSES

Page 31 Brainteaser number 3

Here are some newsgroups about films.

uk.media.films
alt.cult-movies
alt. movies.hitchcock
alt. movies.indiana-jones
alt. movies.goonies
alt. movies.spielberg

The Prime Minister of the United Kingdom

in the year 3050 is a robot.
Page 33 1 Understanding the text
1. B (Hollywood) / 2. B (strange) / 3. A /
4. C / 5. B (its late and they have to go
to Joannas birthday party) / 6. C
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Page 36

Page 34 2 Listening

INTERNET ADDRESSES

Listen to Susan talking to Mr Green

about the Virtual Treasure Hunt. Susan,
Tom and Luke went to visit 3 virtual
people. What does Susan say about
each person or place?
Write a letter from A to E next to each
person. You will hear the conversation
twice.

About Halloween
http://www.halloween.com
http://www.4.halloween.com
http://wilstar.com/holidays/hallown.htm
Page 37 4 Memory Test
1. October 31.
2. a Halloween decoration / a pumpkin
with holes cut out of it.
3. the soul of a dead man who couldnt
enter either Hell or Heaven.
4. orange and black, orange like a
pumpkin and black like death.
5. witches, ghosts, vampires, goblins and
devils.
6. trick or treat
7. sweets, play a funny trick

Susan: Do you know about the Virtual

Treasure Hunt, Mr Green?
Mr Green: No, tell me about it!
Susan: You choose a country or a
century you want to travel to, and
then someone from there gives you a
brainteaser to solve.
Mr Green: Oh! Where did you go to
then?
Susan: I chose to speak to the Prime
Minister in the year 3050. She was
at the hairdressers! She had a
strange voice like a British robot!
Mr Green: And Tom and Luke?
Susan: Tom chose Sitting Bull, the
American Indian. He was not very
happy at all. He spoke about how the
settlers were destroying the
country
Mr Green: How interesting! We can
look at that in the computer club!
Susan: Yes! And then Luke wanted to
go on to the scene of a horror movie.
It was in a dark cemetery, it was a bit

Page 37 5 Halloween report

31st, October, pumpkin, candle, orange
and black, trick or treat, treat.
Page 39
INTERNET ADDRESSES
About Guy Fawkes
http://www.innotts.co.uk/~asperges/fawkes/
indexx.html
http://www.gunpowder-plot.org/people/
g_fawkes.htm
http://www.bonfire. org/guy/

KEY TO THE EXIT TEST

PHOTOCOPIABLE 2002 Black Cat Publishing

Focus on content
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a. F You need a computer, a modem, a telephone line and an account
with an Internet Service Provider.
b. T
c. T
d. F Brad is from Australia.
e. F They go to the set of a horror movie.
f. F She gave her a CD.
g. F It is on 5 November.
h. T
i. T
j. T
Focus on writing
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2.
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want
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globetrotter
Internet / Net / Web
the
Yellowstone
bike
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Page 72 1 Understanding the text

There were major floods in the San

Francisco region overnight, and
authorities think that the situation could
get worse.
At Sydney University in Australia, there
was an important breakthrough in cancer
research this week.
Tonight in London we can expect a cool
night. There will be a drop in temperature
of three degrees with no rain expected.
Stay tuned for the latest sounds coming
out to you on Radio Groove.

1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.

T
F (Saturday half past five)
T
F (Lebanon and Canada)
T
F (has a friend there and loves Italian
food)
7. T
8. F (onions)
9. F (by bike)
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Page 73 4 Listening

K
12

Pages 79 3 Online Shortcuts

1. FAQ / 2. TTTT / 3. DNT / 4. NC /
5. LMA / 6. NRN / 7. ASAP

2. What time is Alex's train?

Alex: I want to go to the West End.
Which train do I take please?
Station attendant: You can catch the next
train to Waterloo station. It leaves in 5
minutes, at 4.30.
Alex: Oh, it leaves at half past four?
Station attendant: That's right. And then
from Waterloo you take the tube to
Leicester Square.
Alex: Oh OK, thank you, umm...can I buy a
ticket then please?
Station attendant: Certainly, that'll be 4
pounds 50, thank you.
Alex: OK (counting out money) four
pounds...and fifty p.

Chapter 4
Page 46 1 Understanding the text
Susan: has a brother called Tom, bought
a CD for a present, thinks Alex is cute,
has ginger curly hair, visited the British
Prime Minister in 3050, writes to a
friend in the Netherlands
Joanna: is having a party, got a CD as a
present, wants friends to feel at
home, is having a birthday, has a pen
friend in Australia, likes to dance to
funky music,
Alex: took a year off, really likes London,
comes from L.A., is tall, is travelling
around the world, has short curly
blond hair
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3. What time is the train going to leave?

Announcer's voice: The 4.30 train for
Waterloo is 10 minutes late. British
Rail apologises for the delay.
Alex: Oh no! The train's late, I hope I won't
be late!
Announcer's voice: (repeating) The four
thirty train for Waterloo is 10 minutes
late. British Rail apologises for the
delay.
Alex: Wow, I really hope they'll wait for
me, I don't want to miss them. This
train won't leave now until 20 to!

Page 47 2 Listening
Listen to each dialogue and answer the
questions. You will hear each dialogue
twice.

1. B / 2. C / 3. B
Pages 48 and 49 3 Web section

1. Which country did Alex like the most?

Alex: I travelled to Australia, New Zealand
and Singapore last year.

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Susan: Oh! Which country did you like the
best then?
Alex: I loved New Zealand, the countryside
is beautiful, but I really enjoyed the
beaches in Australia the best. Yes,
Australia was definitely my favourite
place.
Susan: Oh so you liked the Australian
beaches? Our Australian pen friend
says they're beautiful too...and
Singapore?
Alex: Very hot and humid!

October 30th
10.00 a.m.
I talked to Tom and his friends about their
treasure hunt.
They told me about their adventure in
Hollywood.
The director asked them a brainteaser
about Halloween.
Susan decided to travel in time and talk to
the British Prime Minister.
Cleopatra is a naughty cat.
She ate my notes.
Bad day!
Vanessa

exercise 1
1.E-A / 2. H-D / 3. B / 4. G-C / 5. F

Good evening. This is Radio Groove and

the time is half past 8.
Here is the news.

Page 41 8 Virtual Journalists

Listen to our virtual journalists report
about Tom & Cos latest adventure and fill
in Vanessas diary.

Page 76 Exit Test

Radio Broadcast over the Internet

Listen and fill in the blanks with the words
from the list. The first is done for you.

2 Parents / 3 Friends / 4 Movies /

5 Fashion / 6 School

1. B / 2. C / 3. A / 4. C / 5. C /
6. B / 7. C / 8. B / 9. A / 10. B /
11. B / 12. A
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16

Listen to the conversation and answer the

questions.
You will hear the conversation twice.

Music and Culture

Tom: It's 6 o'clock. Let's see Halloween

Horror!
Luke: Yeah! A horror film, I love 'em..
Susan: Oh no, I prefer Romance.
Joanna: Me too, I don't really like horror
movies.
Susan: Ah, you neither Joanna? See Tom?
I'm not the only one.
Joanna: Umm, they scare me too much.
What about you Alex?
Alex: Oh, I don't mind. I quite like the
Jungle Book movie also...I saw it years
ago!
Susan: Yes, the music's great!
Joanna: Well, why don't we all go to
different films and catch up afterwards?
Tom: OK. Luke do you wan to see
Halloween Horror then?
Luke: Yep. Absolutely.
Susan: Alex?
Alex Erm, I guess I'll come and see
Romance with you two. Do they give
student discounts?
Susan: Student discounts?
Alex: Yeah, I have my international
student card.
Joanna: Yes, yes. We can all use our
student cards.
Susan: Ill get the tickets. So three tickets
for Joanna, Alex and me. We are
going to see Romance, arent we?
Alex and Joanna: Yeah.
Susan: And two tickets for Luke and Tom,
for the horror film.
Luke and Tom: Yeah, Halloween Horror.

Salon Magazine : www.salonmagazine.com

Rolling Stone : rollingstone.com
New York Magazine: www.newyorkmag.com
Media and culture: www.media-culture.org.au

Fashion and Women

Elle: www.elle.com
Web and the Internet

Page 57 2 Listening

Net Magazine of Europe: www.netmag.co.uk

Webnovice: www.webnovice.com
Web week: www.webweek.com
Net Pro Magazine: www.netpromag.com

Page 50 4 Sending an e-mail

Sequence: 3, 5, 2, 1, 4
Matching: 1. E / 2. D / 3. C / 4. A / 5. B
Page 51 5 Fun Time

1.D / 2.B / 3.B / 4.B / 5.D

Pages 58 and 59 3 Web section

1. 1987 / 2. goanna -bush food cooked
in a pot / 3. Rikishi / 4. Dog River-Nar
el Kalb / 5. Turmeric (Haldi Powder) /
6. 1965 / 7. 1672

Page 56 1 Understanding the text

News and General

Time: www.time.com
Enews Online Newstand: www.enews.com
People Magazine: www.pathfinder.com/people
Planet Magazine: www.planetmag.com
Pre Text Magazine: www.pretext.com

Chapter 5

INTERNET ADDRESSES
If youd like to find some information about these
topics, you can look up these online magazines:

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3. Anita, Polish, Warsaw, 14, to write to
her relatives in New York, to chat.
4. Tony, Irish, Cork, 15, to play video
games, to find new video games.
5. Tim, Australian, Perth, 16, to find
information and to study for his pilots
licence and prepare his exams.

Page 61 6 Listening
In this city, there are no walls. There are
people from every religion, race,
nationality, and age. They are computerliterate, and love chatting. Lets meet
some of them.
Listen to the tape and fill in the grid
below. Then match the people with the
photos from a city in their country.

A.4 / B.5 / C.2 / D.3 / E.1

Page 62 7 A virtual agony aunt column
Text 1
1. Two boys, Jeff and John, like her.
2. She is from Dallas, Texas.
3. She is 13.
4. John has big eyes and long, straight
hair. He is shy and sweet.
Text 2
1. John doesnt know what to do because
a girl thinks he likes her but in fact he
likes her best friend.
2. He is from Dallas, Texas.
3. She talked to John at a school party,
she is telling everyone that John likes
her.

Hello! Im Anita. Im Polish. I live in

Warsaw. Im fourteen years old. I use the
Internet to write to my relatives. They live
in New York. We spend hours chatting,
and its free!
G'day! I'm Tim from Perth, Western
Australia. That makes me Australian,
obviously. I'm 16. I really love flying and I
want to get my Pilot's Licence. I can get
information from the Internet to help me
study for the exams.

Page 63 8 Fun Time

Hi! Im Julie. Im French. Im thirteen years

old and I live in Paris. I use the Internet to
study, to find information for school
projects and, of course, to meet new
friends.
Hello! Im Richard. Im Canadian. I live in
Toronto. Im twelve years old. Why the
Internet? Because I love music and I can
find all the web sites of my favourite rock
stars. I can also write to them. Isnt that
great?
The secret message:
Postal mail is snail mail.

Hello there! Im Tony. Im fifteen years old.

Im Irish, I live in Cork. I love playing
games on computers. I use the Internet
to find new video games.

Chapter 6
Page 66 Brainteaser number 4
60 S in a Minute
60 M in a Hour
24 H in a Day
How many seconds in a day? 86400

1. Julie, French, Paris, 13, to study, to

find information for school projects, to
meet new friends.
2. Richard, Canadian, Toronto, 12, loves
music, to find web sites of his favourite
rock stars, to write to them.