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Of English a -.:: Didaktis THE MAGAZINE FOR YOUR ENGLISH YEAR XXI N°1 www.elimagazines.com A2-B1 © Getty images a of English Celebrities Geri Halliwell YEAR XXI N°1 • August September October 2008 • Imprimé á Taxe Réduite Taxe August September October 2008 • Imprimé á YEAR XXI N°1 • 6 8 12 The big issue Poster Learn and Google! Famous buildings play in the UK Cooking Cartoon That’s it, I have to say What is it, Guys! Come on! something! dear? Dinner time is the only time when we can all be together. Please, let’s sit together. You’re One day, you’ll miss Sorry. The It’s nice to right, dad. your parents. family has sit together. to stick together. That’s not quite What did you say, what I meant. dad? Unauthorised photocopying is illegal. © dargaud 2 tot Welcome to Tot Contents Hello everybody, and welcome to A Tot of English, your ticket Celebrity news 4 to the world of English. We’ve got exciting news from Geri Halliwell the UK and from all over the world for you to read The Clacsons and listen to. So come on board and let’s start! 5 Have fun! Julia The big issue 6 Google! www.elimagazines.com [email protected] Poster 8 Famous buildings Good news for the environment* You’ve got mail 10 Back to school Stars in your eyes The world’s largest 11 water reserve* Jessica Alba Learn and play in the UK 12 Cooking The largest water reserve in the It is an area of outstanding* world is in Kiribati in the Pacific beauty where the views are Brain teasers Ocean. Kiribati is a small area breathtaking*. There are 14 made up of 33 little islands. beautiful white beaches, crystal* In Kiribati there are many species clear waters and incredible Did you know ...? 16 of coral, fish, sea birds and turtles. wildlife*. The reserve is called Phoenix Islands Protected Area. Mr G. Rama In this issue we cover: • past simple One of the islands is called • question words Butaritari. Can you guess (who, why, when) what it is famous for? • relative pronouns (who, which) ■ A coconut trees glossary transparent B ■ bread trees * environment: nature C ■ cherry trees breathtaking: something outstanding: incredible that takes your breath reserve: a protected area The answer is on page 15 away because it is very wildlife: animals and beautiful plants that live in nature Tot comes with: crystal clear: very clear, freely teacher’s notes AUDIO CD Common European Framework Level A2-B1 tot 3 Celebrity news Geri Halliwell Ex*-Spice Girl, UN* ambassador and now children’s author*, Geri certainly knows how to spice* up her life. Read Geri’s biography and match the headings to each section. Geri’s background Going solo A B Geraldine Estelle Halliwell, aka* Geri Halliwell or Ginger Spice, was In 1998 Geri Halliwell split from born on 6 August 1972 in The Spice Girls and launched* a Watford, Hertfordshire, UK. successful* solo career* with four In 1996, Geri joined an all-girl pop number ones. Her image changed band called The Spice Girls. Before and she became a UN Goodwill becoming a member of The Spice ambassador. She published her Girls, she was a club dancer in autobiography* If Only. Majorca, a TV presenter in Turkey, In 2008, Geri Halliwell published an aerobics instructor, a cleaner another book called Ugenia and a barmaid. Lavender, a children's book about The other Spice Girls were Emma the adventures of nine-year-old Bunton (aka Baby Spice), Melanie Ugenia and her friends. Chisholm (aka Sporty Spice), Melanie Brown (aka Scary Spice), and Victoria Beckham (aka Posh Spice). past simple of regular and irregular verbs * glossary (here) Geri represents the ambassador: United Nations’ (UN) work in different Here is a summary of Ugenia Lavender. countries. This means that she talks to young Use the words in the box to complete it. people about children’s rights and problems. aka: also known as a person who writes books Thoughtful, ___________and sassy*, Ugenia Lavender is an author: a book about your life autobiography: amazing________. With loads of energy, tons of attitude (here) intelligence brainwaves: and brainwaves*, Ugenia leaps into ___________that are as career: work, job packed with personality as their____________, Geri Halliwell. ex: not any more started Each book in the series contains three __________ plus launched: sassy: fashionable and clever Ugenia's Big News, Top Tips and extra Brain Squeezer puzzle spice up: make exciting pages. very good successful: Unauthorised photocopying is illegal. KID BRAVE CREATOR The answer is on page 15 4 tot STORIES ADVENTURES Talking pictures The s Caught in the Web Doing a web search It’s dad’s birthday tomorrow. Of course I am. is easy. Are you sure you know what There’s a web site here present you’re looking for? with gift ideas. Look, it says there’s A fishing kit! Perfect! a special offer here. That’s exactly SPECIAL what dad OFFER wants. MEN KIDS WOMEN MOTHERS- IN-LAW… Let’s click here ... Shall I order? Is it safe? Great! Now all we have to Can do is wait for the postman. I have Of course it is. the credit Done! card? SEND THEO’S BIRTHDAY Uhmm! I think they like the cake, too. Happy Birthday! !!! Unauthorised photocopying is illegal. tot 5 The big issue Google! Google is an Internet search engine. It is the most popular search engine on the Web*. It is 10 years old and millions of people all over the world are googling right now! Let’s find* out more. Who invented Google and when? Larry Page and Sergey Brin are the inventors of Google. They were two university students who loved computers and who loved the Internet. They were also very good at maths. Larry and Sergey wanted to invent a system which classified* information on the Web. They wanted users* to be able to search* for specific information, like images or music or books. One day, in 1998, Larry and Sergey invented a complex* system which is now so easy for us to use. What does “google” mean? The word “google” comes from the word “Googol” which Milton Sirotta invented. Sirotta was the nephew of a famous Internet words; past simple; mathematician called Edward question words Kasner. “Googol” is the name (who, why, when); of a very large number which glossary relative pronouns * (who, which) doesn’t actually exist: it is 1 ads: advertisements, navigate: surf, use, followed* by one hundred 0s. publicity search the Internet allows: lets popped up: came awards excellence: up suddenly gives a prize to search: look for excellent projects spreads across: covers as well as: also Stock Market: a list of Unauthorised photocopying is illegal. came up with: invented the richest companies classified: divided into in the world 6 similar groups users: (here) people tot complex: complicated who use the Internet find out: discover Web: the Internet followed by: something comes after it When did it become successful? What else can google do? In 2000, Larry and Sergey came* The google “family” is now very up with another great idea. big. There’s GoogleAlert which They created AdWords, an allows you to send information Internet search programme which to an email address; there’s matches words to ads*. GoogleMaps and there’s This meant that every time a user GoogleEarth which allow you to searched for a word, an ad find any place in the world using popped* up. By 2004, Google was satellite technology; there’s on the Stock* Market. It won the GoogleCalendar which reminds Marconi Fellowship Award which you of important dates. awards* excellence in business And there’s lots more! and communication. What is Google like now? Google has more than 6 million web pages. Every day, users do more than 200 million searches in more than 80 different languages. You can download, save and print books, films and music as* well as photos, lessons on any subject and gossip about every celebrity. Google allows* us to navigate* for information in a way that was not possible before. True or false? T F 1 Google Story is a book by David Vise and Mark Malseed about the history of Google. Internet words; past simple; question words 2 The word “Google” is associated with (who, why, when); relative pronouns “goggles” which protect our eyes. (who, which) 3 Googleglossary is the name of a planet. * navigate: surf, use, 4 “Google”ads: advertisements, is a formsearch of magic the Internet used in Africa publicity popped up: came beforelets going on a hunt. allows: up suddenly awards excellence: search: look for covers gives a prize to spreads across: ojects a list of excellent pr Stock Market: as well as: also invented the richest companies Answers on page 15. came up with: in the world classified: divided into here) people Unauthorised photocopying is illegal. users: ( similar groups who use the Internet complicated complex: Web: the Internet find out: discover something followed by: tot 7 comes after it Poster Famous buildings © shutterstock Can you guess what this building is? It is London’s national gallery every day. It contains art from of international modern art. the 1900s to the present day. It is located on Bankside, on the It has a permanent art collection River Thames. It is one of a family which includes these very famous of four galleries. The other European artists: Picasso, Matisse, galleries are in Liverpool, St Ives Rothko, Warhol, Magritte and another one in London. and Dali. This famous gallery was created You can walk from here in the year 2000 from a disused to St Paul’s Cathedral over power station in the heart of the Millennium Bridge.
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