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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 Unauthorised photocopying is illegal. 2 t have tosay o something! That’s it,I t sit together. It’s niceto That’s notquite what Imeant. What isit, dear? One day,you’llmiss your parents. Cartoon time whenwecanallbe right, dad. Dinner timeistheonly together. Please,let’s What didyousay, You’re Guys! Comeon! sit together. dad? Sorry. together. to stick family has The dargaud © 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.
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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
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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).
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* 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!
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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 Internet words; past simple; the word “Googol” which Milton question words Sirotta invented. Sirotta was (who, why, when); relative pronouns the nephew of a famous (who, which) mathematician called Edward glossary Kasner. “Googol” is the name * navigate: surf, use, advertisements, of a very large number which ads: search the Internet publicity popped up: came lets doesn’t actually exist: it is 1 allows: up suddenly followed* by one hundred 0s. 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 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 6 tot followed by: 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.
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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. London. Now, millions of people from all over the world visit it
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The answer is on page 15
tot You ve got mail!
It’s that time of year again when we all have to go back to school. Some of us don’t like going back because we dread* certain subjects and can’t* face our teachers and our friends. We are publishing Simon’s letter because we are sure that many of you feel the same way as him.
Dear Tot, my name is Simon and I’m 13 years old. Dear Simon, I’m writing to you because I am dreading what you feel is not nice, but it is going back to school. The reason is that something that most of us feel at some I absolutely hate art. I can’t draw and point in our lives. Art, like music, is very every time our teacher gives us homework, hard when you are not particularly J I just stare* at the blank* sheet of paper artistic: some people seem* to be able to draw anything, quickly and and freeze*. The worst thing is that I’ve got accurately; others take* ages to draw loads of ideas, it’s just that I can’t draw. simple shapes! Your teacher doesn’t Our teacher is also giving us more and want you to feel like this and is more complicated things to draw and probably trying to give you new things to try and improve*. Why don’t you find I am getting* left behind. Please, please out about the history of art? You can give me some advice! read about some famous artists that you like. Your teacher will appreciate Thank you, this and you can begin to enjoy art in your own way. Good luck, Tot Simon
Celebrity quotes Pablo Picasso was a very famous Spanish painter, but not everybody thought he was very good. Can you put this famous sentence by Picasso in the right order? Have you ever felt like to Picasso | “I wish they were!”. | A Simon? Do you have man said | Picasso answered: | any advice for him? that his drawings were like a glossary 5-year-old’s. | blank:* white, nothing on it Send us your thoughts The answer is on page 15 can’t face: don’t want to do something and ideas. dread: feel frightened at the idea of doing something Unauthorised photocopying is illegal. freeze: (here) stop because you can’t do something getting left behind: staying behind everybody else improve: get better 10 tot seem to: look like stare: look at something for a long time take ages: take a long time Stars in your eyes
g Biography Place of birth: Pomona, California, USA Date of birth: 28 April 1981 Star sign: Taurus Father: Mexican Mother: French-Danish
Jessica Alba past simple, had to (obligation), Jessica Alba is an actress. In 2000, she played a part in adverbials of time (when) She started acting when another TV series called Dark Angel. She had to spend eleven she was 13 years old. months training* in a gym, she had to learn martial* arts and she * glossary Jessica’s childhood also had to learn to ride a bashful: shy blushes: When Jessica was little, she lived motorbike! For the part she goes red in the face break: opportunity, chance in many different cities in played in The Eye, Jessica had to drama school: a school where you America. Her father was an air learn to play the violin, too. learn to act martial arts: pilot and the family had to move a sport massive: a lot because of his work. She Bashful* beauty huge, very big paid her much attention: went to drama* school when she Not only is Jessica a very talented her or looked at her talked to was 12. She got her first acting actress, but she is also very training: (here) exercise for your body break* at 13 with the film Camp beautiful. When people tell her Nowhere. She then became that she is very pretty, she famous when she played Sue blushes*. When she was at school, Which of these films also Storm in the Fantastic Four series. nobody paid* her much attention became a videogame? and she had to wait for ages 1 The Fantastic Four Acting is hard work before anybody invited her out. 2 The Fantastic Four: Rise In 1996, Jessica played Maya in of the Silver Surfer the TV series Flipper. Maya was 3 Sin City a mermaid who befriended some The answer is on page 15 dolphins. Jessica had to move to Australia for two years to film Did you know that .... Flipper. She also had to learn to scubadive. - Jessica is a massive* football fan? - Jessica loves playing golf? - Jessica’s nickname is Sky Angel? - Jessica’s got two dogs, Sid and Nancy? Unauthorised photocopying is illegal. tot 11 Learn and play in the UK
Here at ELI, we believe that learning is fun both in the classroom and outside the classroom. This is why we’ve decided to take you on a trip* around the UK to see what lessons we can learn outside the classroom. Our first lesson is cooking and it takes place in Herefordshire, in the Wye Valley in England.
The flavours of Herefordshire Seasonal food
Herefordshire is an area of England near the Welsh Seasonal food is food that grows naturally and border. It is an area rich in pastures* and rivers locally* at certain times of the year. October is the which produce the natural ingredients for the most month in which you can find apples, mushrooms, delicious food: Wye salmon, Hereford beef and pumpkins, beetroot, lamb, mussels and courgettes. Herefordshire apples. Seasonal food tastes nicer and is better for you because it grows naturally. Food festival Monkland Cheese Dairy The Herefordshire Food Festival takes place between October 25-26. This is where famous chefs Hereford is famous for its Little Herefordshire show you how to cook with pride* and passion in Cheese, a local cheese made by hand. At the their Food Theatre. You can learn more about bees Monkland Cheese Dairy you can watch and help and how they produce honey. You can go on a Food farmers make this delicious cheese which uses local, Trail and learn to carve* pumpkins, press fresh apple fresh milk. juice or try apple bobbing. The Herefordshire food festival is also where you can learn about edible and poisonous mushrooms, how to catch fish and how to make ice-cream with local milk and cream. Unauthorised photocopying is illegal.
12 tot * glossary carve: cut and make into a shape locally: near where you live pastures: fields where animals can graze pride: happiness about something you can do scratch up: (here) use a fork to break the ice trip: journey
Seasonal recipe Here is a recipe for apple sorbet. Use the verbs to complete the instructions for making it. infinitive of purpose (how to do something), imperatives for instructions Ingredients 1 litre of freshly pressed apple juice a little icing sugar lemon juice
Method
1. ______a little icing sugar and lemon juice into your apple juice. 2. ______into plastic dishes 2cm deep and______them in the freezer. 3. Take them out of the freezer when the mixture is just frozen (but not hard) and scratch* up into a soft sorbet with a fork. POUR 4. ______PUT
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Test your memory of this month’s Tot with our quiz page! Google Fill in the gaps Larry and Sergey were ______with a passion for maths. When they were 25 years______, they founded Google. They wanted to find a system for classifying ______on the Web because they wanted to help people to find information______. Google doesn’t advertise. It makes money because other people ______on Google. People who work at Google spend 20% of their time thinking up new______.
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1. Carving a pumpkin is ______than carving a turnip. 2. The ______pumpkin in the world weighed 513 kilos. as little as 3. The ______pumpkins can weigh just 1 kilo. 4. You can get blue pumpkins orangebiggest ones. 5. Pumpkins can weigh ______1 kilo. as well as smallest easier 14 tot Answers on page 15 primary elementary lower- intermediate intermediate advanced school intermediate advanced
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Here are 10 interesting pumpkin facts. Which one is false?
1. Pumpkins come from the same family as the Perçue Riscossa/Taxe Tassa cucumber.
2. You can grow pumpkins all over the world - except in Antarctica. B - Ancona B -
3. The pumpkin capital of the world is the USA. Morton, Illinois is the place to go for your pumpkins.
4. Pumpkin’s are easier to carve than turnips.
5. There are over 50 different types of pumpkin.
6. The smallest pumpkins can weigh as little as 1 kilo, whilst the largest can weigh over 70 kilos.
7. If your pumpkin lantern shrivels* up, you can restore it by soaking* it overnight in olive oil to rehydrate it.
But remember to take out the candle, first. Answer on page 15.
8. Did you know that you can get blue, green and white pumpkins, as well as the traditional orange glossary * a disease where ones? de-worming: worms go into your body relieve: (here) make better 9. Gerry Checkon of Altoona in Pennsylvania, US, become dry and shrivels up: grew the biggest ever in 1999. The monster vegetable get smaller weighed in at 513kg. soaking: leaving in water
10. Pumpkins are medicinal, as well as fun and tasty. - Sped. in abb. post. D.L. N°7 - 2008 Poste Italiane S.P.A. Art. 1, comma DC in L. 27/02/2004 n. 46) Tot 353/2003 (Conv. The seeds are used for de-worming* and the pulp is often used to relieve* burns.