READING

BULLETIN
 Water fights with elephants
 Physical Fitness
 The Silk Road

ISSUE 1 – 23.04.2013
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Water fights with elephants

People in Thailand celebrated the first day of their New Year. Local people and tourists painted drawings on
elephants and then they started water fights. People sprayed water on elephants and elephants sprayed
water on people. Some people enjoyed the celebration very much.
During the three day celebration, people also visit the temples and pour water on Buddha statues. This
celebration comes at an ideal time because in April it is the hottest month in Thailand. Temperatures can be
higher than 40°C. So it is very nice to be cooled in such a cool way.

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Physical Fitness

The body is an amazing object; the more you ask of it, the more it can do. If you are inactive most of the
time, your body will quickly become tired when it should be active. But if you are active many times each
day or week, your body will get used to the hard work and it will become easier to do. Children who want to
play active games with their friends should exercise regularly so they have the energy to play as long as
they want.

Many young people want to be physically active because it helps them look and feel good. Activity burns
more calories than just sitting , so it is important for keeping a healthy weight . Exercise also makes your
muscles and bones stronger and keeps your body in a good condition .

Physical activity also helps people stay healthy. Exercise strengthens the immune system , and helps the
body fight off illness . Daily exercise also helps people sleep better. Active students don’t complain about
being tired. They have a good night’s sleep and have the energy to work hard and have fun every day.

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The Silk Road – Ancient Trading Route Between Europe and Asia

The Silk Road is a name given to the many trade routes that connected Europe and the Mediterranean with the
Asian world. The route is over 6,500 km long and got its name because the early Chinese traded silk along it.
Although silk was the main trading item there were many other goods that travelled along the Silk Road between
Eastern Asia and Europe. In the course of time, medicine, perfumes, spices and livestock found their way
between continents.

The Chinese learned to make silk thousands of years ago. For a long time they were the only ones who knew
how to make this precious material. Only the emperor, his family and his highest advisers were allowed to wear
clothes made of silk. For a long time the Chinese guarded this secret very carefully.
The ancient Romans were the first Europeans who became aware of this wonderful material. Trading started,
often with Indians as middlemen who traded silk with the Chinese in exchange for gold and silver which they got
from the Romans.

Travelling along the route was dangerous. The hot desert, high mountains and sandstorms made travelling a
rough business. Most of the goods along the Silk Road were carried by caravans. Traders sometimes brought
goods from one destination on the Silk Road to another, from where the goods would be transported by
someone else. Over the centuries people settled along the ancient route and many cities emerged. Later on
there were fewer hardships to overcome, but by no means was it easy.
Religion, languages and diseases also spread along the Silk Road. Buddhism, which originated in India, spread
to China along this route. European traders probably brought the plague from Asia to Europe along the ancient
road.

In the early Middle Ages traffic along the route decreased because of the decline of the Roman Empire. Trading
along the Silk Road and became stronger again between the 13th and 14th centuries, when the Mongols
controlled central Asia. During the Age of Exploration the Silk Road lost its importance because new sea routes
to Asia were discovered.

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1 celebrate kutlamak 52 burn yanmak,yakmak
2 first ilk,birinci 53 more daha
3 local yerel,bölgesel 54 just sadece,henüz,tam
4 tourist turist 55 important önemli, gerekli
5 paint boyamak 56 healthy sağlıklı,güçlü
6 drawing çizim,plan 57 weight ağırlık,yük
7 elephant fil 58 muscle kas,güç
o zaman,öyleyse,ondan
8 then 59 bone kemik
sonra
9 fight kavga,dövüş 60 strong güçlü,sağlam,demli
10 spray püskürtmek,fışkırmak 61 condition durum,koşul, hastalık
11 enjoy hoşlanmak 62 physical fiziki,bedensel
12 celebration kutlama,şölen 63 stay kalmak,harcamak
13 during sırasında,esnasında 64 strengthen güçlendirmek
14 also -de, -da,ayrıca 65 immune system bağışıklık sistemi
15 visit ziyaret etmek,gezmek 66 fight off mücadele etmek
16 temple tapınak 67 illness hastalık
17 statue heykel 68 daily günlük
18 ideal uygun, ideal 69 sleep uyumak
19 because -dığı için, çünkü 70 complain şikayet etmek
20 hot sıcak, acı 71 work çalışmak,işlemek
21 temperature sıcaklık,ısı 72 hard güçlükle,şiddetle
22 high yüksek,çok,fazla 73 fun zevk,eğlence
23 so bu yüzden 74 everyday her gün
24 nice iyi,hoş,nazik 75 give vermek,sunmak
25 cool soğutmak,serinletmek 76 trade ticaret,iş
26 such böyle, bu tür 77 route yol,yöntem
bağlantı
27 way yol,yöntem 78 connect
kurmak,ilişkilendirmek
üstünde, ile
28 body beden,gövde,ceset 79 over
ilgili,boyunca
ticaret yapmak,takas
29 amazing şaşırtıcı 80 trade
etmek
30 object nesne,cisim,eşya 81 silk ipek
the more ... the
31 ne kadar ... o kadar 82 although -e rağmen
more
32 inactive hareketsiz 83 main ana,asıl,temel
33 quickly hızlıca,çabuk çabuk 84 item madde,parça
34 become olmak 85 goods mal,eşya
35 tired yorgun,bitkin 86 travel seyahat etmek
36 when -dığı zaman 87 medicine ilaç,tıp
37 active hareketli 88 perfume parfüm
38 if eğer, -se/sa 89 spice baharat,çeşni
39 get used to alışmaki alışkın olmak 90 livestock çiftlik hayvanları
40 easy kolay 91 continent kıta

41 play oynamak,çalmak 92 learn öğrenmek,haber almak

42 friend arkadaş,dost 93 only bir tek, yalnızca

43 exercise alıştırma yapmak 94 precious değerli
44 regularly düzenli olarak,sık sık 95 material malzeme, madde
45 as long as -dığı sürece 96 emperor imparator,hükümdar
46 young genç 97 family aile, soy
47 physically fiziki olarak 98 adviser danışman
izin vermek,olanak
48 help yardım etmek,yararı olmak 99 allow
tanımak
49 look bakmak,görünmek 100 wear giymek,yıpranmak
50 feel hissetmek,duymak 101 guard korumak, nöbet tutmak

51 good iyi,güzel,uygun 102 secret sır

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103 carefully dikkatlice 154
104 ancient eski 155
105 aware farkında 156
106 wonderful şahane, çok güzel 157
107 start başlamak,çalıştırmak 158
108 often sık sık,genellikle 159
109 in exchange for -e karşılığında 160
110 gold altın 161
111 silver gümüş 162
112 dangerous tehlikeli 163
113 desert çöl 164
114 mountain dağ 165
115 sandstorm kum fırtınası 166
116 rough pürüzlü,sert, yaklaşık 167
117 business iş,işletme 168
118 carry taşımak 169
119 trader tüccar 170
120 sometimes bazen,ara sıra 171
121 destination varış yeri 172
122 transport taşımak,nakletmek 173
123 century yüzyıl,asır 174
124 settle yerleşmek 175
125 emerge ortaya çıkmak 176
126 later on daha sonra 177
127 few birkaç,az 178
128 hardship güçlük 179
yenmek,üstesinden
129 overcome 180
gelmek
130 by no means hiçbir şekilde 181
131 religion din,inanç 182
132 language dil, lisan 183
133 disease hastalık,rahatsızlık 184
134 spread yaymak,dağılmak 185
135 originate başlamak 186
136 probably muhtemelen 187
137 plague salgın hastalık 188
138 decrease azalmak,azaltmak 189
139 because of -den dolayı 190
140 decline düşüş,azalma 191
141 again tekrar, yeniden 192
142 control kontrol etmek,denetlemek 193
143 lose kaybetmek 194
144 importance önem 195
145 new yeni 196
146 discover keşfetmek, bulmak 197
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