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Alan C. McLean

Illustrated by Cheryl Orsini

Hueber Verlag
This is the German version of Stars of Tomorrow

Stars of T o m o r r o w
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Author: Alan C. McLean
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Ellen Morrissey is walking in the Malvern Hills. She is with
girls from her new school. They are here with their teachers
for four days of walking. They walk in the day and at night
they sleep in a hostel.
The Malvern Hills are beautiful, but Ellen is sad. She is
thinking about the hills of Ireland. Ellen is from Ireland,
but now she lives in England with her mother. Ellen loves
Ireland. Her father lives there. Her mother never speaks
about him.
Where is he? Ellen thinks. What is he doing now? Then
she thinks, Here in England I have no friends.

It is past ten o'clock at night. In the hostel, the girls are

sleeping. But Ellen is in the sitting room. She is alone with
her guitar. Ellen likes playing her guitar. She writes songs.
My guitar is my friend, she thinks.
She starts to play her guitar and starts to sing a song. It's
Ellen's song.
Green hills of Ireland
Green hills of home
Here I can't see you
Here I'm alone...

'That's a beautiful song.'

Ellen looks around. A girl is standing behind her. She is
from the school, but Ellen doesn't know her.
'Do you like it?' Ellen asks her.

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 'Yes, I do,' says the girl. 'It's beautiful. But it's sad. Are
you sad?'
'I'm sad tonight,' says Ellen. 'I'm thinking about my
father. He's in Ireland.'
'Are you Irish?'
'Yes. My name's Ellen.'
'I'm Holly,' says the girl. 'You play the guitar well.'
'I'm not bad,' says Ellen.
'No, you're good,' says Holly, and she sits beside Ellen.
'Can you play the guitar?' asks Ellen.
'No, I can't,' says Holly. 'But I'm a good singer. I like
singing, but I don't know that song. Can you teach it to
me?'
That's my song, Ellen thinks. It's only for me. I don't
want you to sing it. But she doesn't say that. She smiles and
says, 'Yes, I can teach it to you. It's called Green Hills of
Home. Listen.'
Ellen starts to play the guitar and sing. Holly listens and
then she starts to sing too. She has a beautiful voice.
I can't sing like that, Ellen thinks. I don't have a voice
like that.
'Is that your song?' asks Holly.
'Yes, it is,' says Ellen.
'It's beautiful,' says Holly.
The two girls sing Green Hills of Home again. Their
voices are very good together. Ellen and Holly sing other
songs. Soon other girls come into the sitting room and
listen to them.
'You're good, you two,' they say. 'Sing us another song.'
So Ellen and Holly sing another song. The other girls
clap.

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 Then the door opens. It is Miss Colvin, one of the
teachers. She is angry.
'What are you girls doing?' she asks. 'It's eleven
o'clock. Go to bed - now!'
The other girls leave the room and go to bed. Ellen and
Holly start to leave too, but Miss Colvin stops them. Now
she isn't angry. She smiles at the two girls.
'Your name is Holly, I think,' she says.
'Yes, Miss Colvin,' says Holly. 'I'm Holly Tyler.'
'And you're a new girl,' Miss Colvin says to Ellen.
'What's your name?'
'Ellen Morrissey, Miss.'
'Well, Holly and Ellen, you sing well,' says Miss Colvin.
'Sing another song for me.'
And Ellen and Holly sing Green Hills of Home for Miss
Colvin. She smiles again.
'That's a beautiful song,' she says. 'I don't know it. Is it
an Irish song?'
Ellen wants to say, It's my song. But she doesn't.
Holly looks at Ellen and starts to speak. 'Miss Colvin,
that song is -'
'Yes, it's Irish, Miss Colvin,' Ellen says.
'Well, it's beautiful,' Miss Colvin says. 'And you girls
sing well together. I want to listen to you again. But not
now. Go to bed, both of you!'
And Ellen and Holly leave the room and go to bed.
Ellen isn't sad now. She smiles.
Now I've got a friend, she thinks.
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Now Ellen and Holly are back at school. Ellen sees her new
friend every day. Every Saturday they play and sing
together.
One Saturday Ellen gets a text from Holly: Hi, Ellen.
Come to my house. I've got news for you!
So Ellen goes to Holly's house. Holly is sitting at her
computer.
'What is it, Holly?' says Ellen.
'Look at this,' says Holly, and she points at the
computer screen.
Ellen reads:
Are you under 16? Can you sing?
Then you can be in
STARS OF TOMORROW
Enter now!
'What's Stars of Tomorrow?' asks Ellen.
'It's a TV show. Don't you watch it? It's a singing
competition. The winner of the competition gets £10,000/
'Wow!' says Ellen.
'We can enter,' says Holly. 'We sing well together. Do
you want to enter?'
'What do we have to do?' asks Ellen.
'We have to make a recording of a song and send it to
the show,' says Holly. 'We can make a recording here, on
my computer. You can play the guitar and we can sing
together. What do you think?'
'Well... I don't know this show,' says Ellen. 'What's it
like?'
'It's on TV every Saturday at half past six.'
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 'Then we can watch it tonight!'
So at half past six they watch Stars of Tomorrow. A man
on the TV screen is smiling and talking.
'That's Mike Fernie,' says Holly. 'I like him.'
Mike Fernie says, 'And now, from Leeds, here's Angle
Dixon.'
A girl comes on stage and starts to sing.
'She's not a very good singer,' says Holly.
'She's not bad,' says Ellen.
Angie Dixon sings her song and Mike says, 'Thank you,
Angie. Now, what are our judges going to say?'
There are three judges. Two of the judges, Marty and
Julia, are nice. They say nice things to Angie. But one
judge is not nice. His name is Paul.
'Angie, that's terrible,' says Paul. 'You can't sing. Go
home, Angie!'
Angie starts to cry.
'I don't like that man,' says Ellen. 'He's horrible.'
'Yes, I know. Paul is always like that with bad singers.
But it's going to be okay. He's nice to good singers — to
singers like us.'
'But I'm not a good singer,' says Ellen. 'I can play the
guitar but I'm not a good singer like you. I'm frightened of
Paul.'
'Don't be frightened, Ellen. You are good,' says Holly.
'And don't think about Paul. He's not going to be horrible
to you. We have to enter, Ellen.'
'I don't know.'
'Miss Colvin likes our singing. We can talk to her about
this.'
On Monday the two girls go and talk to Miss Colvin.
'I've got an idea,' Miss Colvin says. 'Make two
recordings - one with Ellen singing and one with Holly
singing. Then you can both enter the competition.'

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 'Welcome to Stars of Tomorrow! I'm Mike Fernie. We've got
some great singers for you tonight...'
It's Ellen and Holly's night on the show. They are
waiting to go on stage. Holly is smiling.

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 Holly's happy, Ellen thinks. She loves this. But I'm
nervous. I'm worried about Paul. I don't want to go on stage
tonight. I like writing songs, but I don't like singing in front
of people.
'How do you feel, Ellen?' asks Holly.
'Not good. I'm nervous.'
'Don't worry. It's going to be okay.'
Ellen and Holly watch the show.
Mike Fernie says, 'Tonight we're going to start with
Errol Blake from Bristol. Is he going to be one of our Stars
of Tomorrow? Good luck, Errol.'
The people clap. Girls shout, 'Errol! Errol!'
Errol smiles. The music starts and he sings. The people
clap and shout again.
'He's good,' says Ellen.
'Not bad,' says Holly. 'What are the judges going to
say?'
The judges are talking. Paul is writing.
'So,' says Mike, 'what do our judges think?'
'Very good, Errol,' says Marty. 'You sing well.'
Julia says, 'Errol, you have a beautiful voice.'
Paul laughs. But it's not a nice laugh. 'Errol, I'm sorry,
but you don't have a beautiful voice. You sing like a dog.
Woof! Woof!'
Errol isn't happy. He doesn't smile. The people aren't
happy. They don't like Paul.
But Mike smiles and says, 'Thank you, Errol. And now
we have a girl from Preston, Georgia Parker. Good luck,
Georgia.'
Georgia Parker sings, and then another girl and another
boy sing.
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Then Mike says, And now, from London, here's Holly
Tyler. Good luck, Holly.'
Ellen says, 'Yes, good luck. Holly.'
Holly walks onto the stage. The music starts and she
starts to sing.
She has a beautiful voice, thinks Ellen. I can't sing like
that.
The people listen, and then they clap. People shout
Holly's name.
'Wow!' says Mike. 'Thank you, Holly. Now, what do
our judges think?'
'Holly, I like your voice,' says Marty. 'You sing very
well.'
'Beautiful, Holly,' says Julia. 'Thank you.'
What's Paul going to say to Holly? thinks Ellen.
Paul doesn't speak. He looks at Holly. Then he says,
'Holly, you have a great voice. I love your singing. You are
going to be a star.'
The people clap again. Holly is happy.
Ellen hugs her friend. 'Paul really likes your singing!'
'Yes, it's great,' says Holly. 'Paul is nice.'
But is he going to be nice to me? thinks Ellen. Now she
has to sing, but she's nervous.
And now we have Ellen Morrissey from Ireland,' says
Mike. 'Good luck, Ellen.'
Ellen is very nervous. The music starts and then she
starts to sing. She sings well, but then she stops. She can't
remember the words of the song. The music starts again
and Ellen sings, but it's no good. She stops again.
Mike comes and stands beside her. 'It's okay, Ellen,' he
says. 'It isn't easy to sing on Stars of Tomorrow.'
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 'Mike's right,' says Julia. 'It isn't easy.'
'Don't worry, Ellen,' says Marty. 'You have a nice voice.'
Then Paul says, 'Ellen, you're not going to be a star -
not a star of today, not a star of tomorrow. You can't sing.
Goodbye, Ellen.'
The people clap and Ellen walks off the stage. She is
sad, but she thinks, I'm not going to cry.
Holly hugs her and says, 'I'm sorry, Ellen. Don't listen
to Paul.'
'No, Paul's right,' says Ellen. 'I can't sing. But you're
going to win, Holly. I know it. Listen.'
Mike Fernie is talking. 'The winner tonight is going to
be in the final of Stars of Tomorrow. And tonight's winner
is... Holly Tyler!'
The people clap and shout. Ellen hugs her friend.
'I can't believe it!' says Holly.
'Now you're in the final,' says Ellen. 'And you're going
to win!'
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After school on Monday the two girls are sitting in a cafe.
'I can't believe it,' says Holly. 'I'm in the final.'
'Yes, you are,' says Ellen. 'It's great.'
'But how do you feel, Ellen? Aren't you sad?'
'Yes, I am sad. But I'm happy for you.'
'You can help me in the final, Ellen,' says Holly.
'Can I?'
'Yes, you can. In the final I have to have a new song. I
can't write songs, but you can. You write great songs. Can
you write a song for me, Ellen?'
'Yes, of course I can,' says Ellen. 'Do you want a happy
song or a sad song?'
But Holly doesn't answer. She is looking across the
room.
Ellen says, 'Holly? What is it?'
Holly says, 'There's a man over there and he's looking at
you. Do you know him?'
Ellen looks at the man. Her mouth opens.
'Who is he?' asks Holly.
'That's my father,' says Ellen.
Ellen's father comes over to her table. He's smiling. Ellen
stands up and hugs him.
'Hello, Ellen,' says her father.
'What are you doing here, Dad?' says Ellen. 'You're not
in Ireland?'
'No, Ellen,' her father says. 'I'm here now. Your mother
and I are talking... and we're going to get together again.'
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 'Oh, Dad, that's great news!' says Ellen.
Holly is watching Ellen and her father. She is smiling.
'Oh, sorry,' says Ellen. 'Dad, this is my friend, Holly.'
'Hello, Holly,' says Ellen's father. 'I know you. You're in
the final of Stars of Tomorrow. You're a very good singer.'
'Thank you, Mr Morrissey.'
'I'm going to write a song for Holly,' says Ellen. 'She's
going to sing it in the final.'
'That's great,' says Ellen's father. 'You write very good
songs, Ellen.'
Ellen is very happy. She goes home with her father.
Ellen's mother is waiting for them. She is happy too. Ellen's
father tells them about his life in Ireland.
'Now I'm going to work in England,' he says. 'I'm going
to live here with you. We're going to be a family again.'

One afternoon, the girls are at Ellen's house. Holly is going

to sing in the final of Stars of Tomorrow at the end of the
week.
'Is my song ready yet?' she asks. 'I have to give it to the
people on the show. And I have to learn the words. There
isn't much time.'
'Yes, it's ready,' says Ellen. 'Are you nervous?'
Holly laughs. 'Yes, I am,' she says. 'Now I'm like you -
I'm frightened of Paul.'
'But Paul likes you. You know that.'
'I know, but I'm nervous.'
'Don't be nervous,' says Ellen. 'You're going to be great.'
'I want to hear your song, Ellen. Is it a sad song?' asks
Holly.
'No,' says Ellen. 'It isn't sad - it's a happy song.'

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 'What's it about?' 'Yes, then you can start to learn it.'
'It's about a man,' says Ellen. 'He lives in another The two girls sing together and Holly learns the song.
country. It's not his country and he is sad there. His family 'Do you want to sing it in the final?' asks Ellen.
lives far away.' 'Yes, I do, but...'
'That's sad,' says Holly. 'But what?'
'Yes, it is,' says Ellen, 'but listen. The man comes home. 'But am I going to sing it well?' asks Holly.
He sees his family again. They all live together and they are
happy.'
'So it's a happy song in the end?'
'Yes, it is.'
Holly looks at her friend. 'Does the man have a
daughter?' she asks.
'Yes, he does,' says Ellen.
Holly and Ellen smile.
'That's a song about your father,' says Holly.
'Yes, it is,' says Ellen. 'Listen.'
She picks up her guitar and sings.
The sky is dark and grey
And sad rain falls on me
It isn't easy living far
From friends and family...

Ellen's song tells the story of the man. He comes home

to his family.
... The sun is shining down
It's shining down on me
There's sunshine all around me now
Everywhere I see.

"What do you think?' asks Ellen.

'I love it,' says Holly. 'Can you play it again?'

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It is the night of the final. There are three boys and three
girls in the competition now.
Ellen talks to Holly before it starts. 'Now remember, you
are a great singer. You're going to win.'
'Yes,' says Holly. 'But I —'
'Say it for me,' says Ellen.
'I'm going to win,' says Holly, and she smiles.
'Good luck, Holly,' says Ellen. She hugs her friend, and
then she goes to sit with her mother and father.
Mike Fernie comes onto the stage and the people clap.
'Welcome to the final of Stars of Tomorrow,' says Mike.
'Tonight three boys and three girls are going to sing for us.
But only one of them is going to be our Star of Tomorrow.
Who is it going to be? Now, tonight the boys and girls are
going to sing new songs - their songs. Okay, are you ready
for some great music?'
All the people shout, 'Yes!'
'We're going to start with Judy Foster from York. Good
luck, Judy.'
Judy Foster comes onto the stage and starts to sing.
'She's good,' says Ellen's mother.
'Yes, she is,' says Ellen's father. 'But she's not like Holly.
Holly's a great singer.'
Julia and Marty like Judy's voice.
Paul likes Judy's voice, but he doesn't like her song.
'You've got a good voice, Judy. I like it. But I don't like your
song. It's terrible.'
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Four other boys and girls sing. They're all good, but
Paul doesn't like their songs. Now Holly has to sing.
'And so we come to singer number six,' says Mike. 'Give
a big welcome to Holly Tyler from London. Good luck,
Holly.'
The music starts and Holly starts to sing Ellen's song.
'You see?' says Ellen's father. 'Holly has got a beautiful
voice.'
'And Ellen's song is beautiful too,' says her mother. She
smiles and hugs her daughter.
At the end of the song, the people clap and shout.
'Holly is great,' says Ellen's father.
'But what are the judges going to say?' asks Ellen's
mother.
'What is Paul going to say?' asks Ellen.
Julia and Marty love Holly's song. But now Paul has to
speak. What is he going to say?
Paul doesn't speak. He has his hand over his eyes. The
people wait.
'Well, Paul?' says Mike. 'What do you think?'
'He's crying,' says Ellen's mother.
'Paul Rogers - crying? I don't think so!' says Ellen's
father.
But Paul is crying. He looks at Holly and then he
speaks. 'Holly, you have a great voice. I love it. But your
song - it's sad and it's happy. It's a beautiful, beautiful
song. I can't say anything.'
'Paul, you don't have to say anything,' says Mike. 'I'm
going to say it for you. Holly Tyler, you are the winner. You
are our Star of Tomorrow!'
All the people clap and shout. They stand up. Holly is
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 smiling. Ellen and her father and mother are clapping.
'Congratulations, Holly!' they shout.
'Congratulations, Holly,' says Mike. 'You're the winner.
How do you feel?'
'I feel great,' says Holly. 'Thank you. Thank you. But I
want to say something about my song. It's not my song. It's
by my friend Ellen. Do you remember Ellen Morrissey
from Ireland? I'm the winner of Stars of Tomorrow, but
Ellen's a winner too. It's her song.'
'Is Ellen here tonight?' asks Mike.
'Yes, she is,' says Holly.
'Come out here, Ellen Morrissey,' says Mike.
Ellen goes onto the stage. Holly hugs her. Ellen and
Holly smile, and the people clap and shout again.
'Ladies and gentlemen,' says Mike. 'Tonight we have
two winners! Ellen Morrissey and Holly Tyler - you are
our Stars of Tomorrow!'

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 B. Circle T for true or F for false for these sentences.
1. Ellen loves Ireland. T / F
2. Ellen has a lot of friends at her new school. T / F
3. Ellen is Irish. T / F
4. Holly can play the guitar. T / F
Before y o u r e a d
C. Complete these sentences.
A. Look at the picture on page 5 and circle the correct answers.
1. Where are these people? 1. In the Malvern Hills, the girls and their teachers walk in the
day and at night they sleep in a .
a. in a classroom b. in a city c. in the country
2. What are they doing? 2. Ellen writes .
a. walking b. swimming c. driving 3. When she sings, Holly has a beautiful .
4. Miss Colvin comes in and tells the girls to go to .
B. Find these words in your dictionary. Use them in the sentences.
D. Write short answers to these questions.
sleep singer other angry
1. One boy is tall but the boy is short. 1. What room is Ellen in when she plays her guitar?
2. I like to for eight hours every night.
3. Who is that ? She sings very well. 2. When Ellen is sad, who is she thinking about?
4. Dan and Tom always talk in class and the teacher gets
with them. 3. Who teaches Holly to sing Green Hills of Home?

C. Listen to Track 3 on the CD and answer these questions. 4. What is Holly's last name?
1. Who is standing behind Ellen?
a. a boy b. a girl
2. Where is Ellen's father? LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
a. in Ireland b. in America A. Write the correct prepositions in the spaces.
3. What is Ellen playing? in beside at from
a. a guitar b. a piano
1. Ellen is with girls her new school.
2. She is alone the sitting room.
After y o u r e a d
3. Holly sits Ellen.
COMPREHENSION 4. Miss Colvin smiles the girls.
A. Circle the correct answers.
1. Who does Ellen live with now? B. Write the missing vowels to make verbs from Chapter 1.
a. her father b. her mother c. her teacher 1. pl _ y 3. 1 _ st _ n
2. Where does Ellen live now? 2. s _ ng 4. cl _ p
a. in England b. in Ireland c. in Scotland
3. Who wrote the song called Green Hills of Home? W H A T D O YOU T H I N K ?
a. Holly b. Ellen c. a teacher Do you think that Ellen and Holly are going to be good friends?
4. Who is Miss Colvin? Why do you think so?
a. Ellen's mother b. Holly's mother c. a teacher

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 B. Circle T for true or F for false for these sentences.
1. Mike Fernie is on Stars of Tomorrow. T / F
Before y o u r e a d 2. There are ten judges on Stars of Tomorrow. T / F
3. Holly Tyler is from London. T / F
A. Look at the picture on page 11 and circle the correct answers. 4. Ellen is nervous when she sings on the TV show. T / F
1. How many girls are watching TV?
a. one b. two c. three C. Complete these sentences.
2. What is the man on TV doing? 1. One judge is not nice. His name is .
a. talking b. running c. reading 2. Miss Colvin has an idea. The girls make two .
3. Stars of Tomorrow sends each girl an .
B. Find these words in your dictionary. Use them in the sentences. 4. Paul says that Holly is going to be a .
introduce nervous show winner
D. Write short answers to these questions.
1. The of the race gets a gold medal.
2. I like watching Holiday. It's a new on TV. 1. Who is Ellen's new friend?
3. Let me you to my friend Sam.
4. I am about doing the test tomorrow. 2. Where is Angie Dixon from?
C. Listen to Track 4 on the CD and answer these questions.
3. What is the name of the singer from Bristol?
1. When does Ellen get a text from Holly?
a. one Saturday b. one Sunday
4. When the girls go on Stars of Tomorrow, who is the winner?
2. What is Stars of Tomorrow?
a. a movie b. a TV show
3. How much does the winner of the competition get? LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
a. £10,000 b. £100 A. Write the correct prepositions in the spaces.
from at on onto
After y o u r e a d
1. Holly points the computer screen.
COMPREHENSION 2. The girls make their recordings the computer.
A. Circle the correct answers. 3. Ellen gets a text Holly.
1. When do Ellen and Holly play and sing together? 4. Holly walks the stage and starts to sing.
a. every Saturday b. every Sunday c. every Monday
B. Write the missing vowels to make words from Chapters 2 and 3.
2. Where does Ellen read about Stars of Tomorrow?
1- t _ n _ g h t 3. t _ d _ y
a. in a newspaper b. on Holly's computer c. in a book
2. t _ m _ rr _ w 4. n _ w
3. Who can be in Stars of Tomorrow?
a. people who are under 16 b. people who are 16
c, people who are over 16 W H A T D O YOU T H I N K ?
4. What time is Stars of Tomorrow on every Saturday? Do you think Holly will win Stars of Tomorrow? Why do you
a. half past four b. half past five c. half past six think so?

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 B. Circle T for true or F for false for these sentences.
1. Holly asks Ellen to write a song for her. T / F
2. Ellen is sad to see her father. T / F
Before y o u r e a d
3. Holly has to learn the words of the new song. T / F
A. Look at the picture on page 18 and circle the correct answers. 4. Holly wants to sing the new song in the final. T / F
1. Where are Holly and Ellen?
a. at school b. in a cafe c. at Holly's house C. Complete these sentences.
2. Who are they looking at? 1. Ellen's father tells her she writes very good .
a. a girl b. a man c. a woman 2. Ellen's father tells them about his life in .
3. Holly is going to sing in the final at the end of the
B. Find these words in your dictionary. Use them in the sentences.
learn help country ready 4. In Ellen's song, the man lives in another .
1. I'm from Canada. What are you from? D. Write short answers to these questions.
2. Dinner is . Please come to the table and eat.
3. We're going to some new songs and sing them 1. Who does Ellen go home with from the cafe?
for the school next week.
4. Ann and Rosie the teacher to give out the 2. What are Ellen, her mother and her father going to be again?
books.
3. In the end, is the new song happy or sad?
C. Listen to Track 5 on the CD and answer these questions.
1. Who do the girls meet?
4. Who is the new song about?
a. Ellen's father b. Ellen's mother
2. What are Ellen's parents going to do?
a. sing on TV b. get together again LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
3. What is Ellen going to write for Holly? A. Circle the correct verb forms in these sentences.
a. a song b. a book 1. 'I can't believe it,' say / says Holly.
2. Holly is l o o k i n g / is look across the room.
After y o u r e a d
3. You is / are a good singer.
COMPREHENSION 4. You can start learn / to learn the song.
A. Circle the correct answers.
B. Write the missing vowels to make words from Chapter 4.
1. What does Holly have to have for the final?
a. new shoes b. a new song c. a new dress 1. f _ t h _ r 3. d _ _ g h t _ r
2. m _ t h _ r 4. f_m_ly
2. Where is Ellen's father going to live now?
a. in England b. in Ireland c. in America
3. Who is Holly frightened of? W H A T D O YOU T H I N K ?
a. Paul b. Ellen c. Ellen's father How does Ellen feel about her friend Holly being in the final?
4. How does Holly feel about the final?
a. angry b. sad c. nervous

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 B. Circle T for true or F for false for these sentences.
1. Judy Foster is a bad singer. T / F
Before y o u r e a d 2. Paul likes all the songs. T / F
3. The people clap and shout at the end of Holly's song. T / F
A. Look at the picture on page 24 and circle the correct answers. 4. Holly tells everyone that the song is by Ellen. T / F
1. Where are Ellen and Holly?
a. at the TV studio b. at a cafe c. at Ellen's house C. Complete these sentences.
2. How are they feeling? 1. Ellen tells Holly, 'You're going to .'
a. very nervous b. very sad c. very happy 2. When Mike Fernie comes onto the stage, the people

B. Find these words in your dictionary. Use them in the sentences. 3. Mike asks Holly, 'How do you ?'
anything Congratulations cry music 4. At the end, Mike says, 'Tonight we have two
1. The dancers are waiting for the to start. !'
2. There's no light in here. I can't see .
D. Write short answers to these questions.
3. ' !' says Brad to the winner of the race.
4. The little boy falls over and starts to . 1. Who says, 'Welcome to the final of Stars of Tomorrow'?
C. Listen to Track 6 on the CD and answer these questions.
2. Where do the singers stand when they sing?
1. Who does Ellen go and sit with?
a. her mother and father b. the judges
2. Who is the first person to sing in the final of Stars of 3. Who is singer number six in the final?
Tomorrow?
4. How does Holly feel when she's the winner?
a. Judy Foster b. Holly
3. What does Paul say about Judy's song?
a. 'It's beautiful.' b. 'It's terrible.' LANGUAGE ACTIVITIES
A. Write the correct prepositions in the spaces.
After y o u r e a d
by over before in
COMPREHENSION
1. There are six singers the competition now.
A. Circle the correct answers. 2. Ellen talks to Holly the final starts.
1. How many girls are in the final of Stars of Tomorrow? 3. Paul has his hand his eyes.
a. three b. five c. six
4. The song is Ellen.
2. Where is Judy Foster from?
a. Ireland b. London c. York B. Write the missing vowels to make verbs from Chapter 5.
3. What is Paul's last name? 1. sh t 3. sp k
a. Fernie b. Tyler c. Rogers 2. s _ ng 4. s _ y
4. After Holly sings, why can't Paul speak?
a. Because he is laughing. b. Because he is singing. W H A T D O YOU T H I N K ?
c. Because he is crying. Who are the two Stars of Tomorrow? Why are they both stars?

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 hug v. umarmen
idea n. Idee
Ireland n. Irland
adj. adjective; adv. adverb; n. noun; pre., preposition; Irish adj. irisch
pron. pronoun; v. verb judge n. Preisrichter
laugh n. Lachen
about prep. uber v. lachen
alone adj. allein leave v. verlassen
angry adj. wutend, verargert life n. Leben
another adj. ein anderes, noch ein like v. mogen
anything pron. (irgend)etwas p r e p . w i e
beautiful adj. wunderschon music n. Musik
be f r i g h t e n e d Angst haben nervous adj. nervos, aufgeregt
believe v. glauben news n. Nachrichten
be worried about other adj. andere/r/s
sich Sorgen machen iiber p o i n t at v. zeigen auf
by prep. von ready adj. fertig; bereit
cafe n. Cafe recording n. Aufnahme
clap v. klatschen screen n. Bildschirm
competition n. Wettbewerb send v. schicken
congratulations n. Gliickwunsch show n. (Fernseh-)Show
country n. Land sing v. singen
cry v. weinen singer n. Sanger, -in
easy adj. Ieicht sitting r o o m n. Wohnzimmer
end n. Schluss, Ende sleep v. schlafen
everywhere adv. tiberall smile v. lacheln
feel v. sich fuhlen song _ n. Lied
final n. Finale stage ' n. Buhne
g o o d luck viel Gliick star n. Star
great adj. toll, groBartig start v. anfangen
guitar n. Gitarre terrible adj. schrecklich
help v. helfen text /tekst/ n. Textnachricht, SMS
horrible adj. schrecklich think v. denken
hostel n. Jugendherberge together adv. zusammen

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voice n. Stimme
wait v. warten
watch v. ansehen
welcome ' n. Willkommen
win v. gewinnen
winner n. Sieger
worry v. sich Sorgen machen
Wow Toll!

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