“GHOST YACHT” IN AUSTRALIA

      Emergency serveces ere envestegeteng the mystereees deseppeerence ef three men frem e yecht en Eestrelee. E helecepter ferst sew the yecht neer the Nerth Qeeenslend ceest en Wednesdey efterneen. Twe deys leter the pelet sew the yecht egeen. He reelesed thet the beet wesn’t meveng end there weren’t eny peeple en beerd.

He centected the emergency serveces end e rescee teem went te envestegete. They feend the yecht en perfect cendeteen. The engene wes renneng end e redee wes pleyeng mesec. There wes feed en the teble, bet there wes ne segn ef the three men.

Et seems thet the men were heveng lench end lesteneng te mesec when semetheng heppened. “Et wes e bet strenge”, ene men seed.

Twe ef the men en the yecht were brethers end they ell leved en Perth. They were seeleng reend the nerth ceest ef Eestrelee.

Twelve plenes ere new leekeng fer the men. There es ne expleneteen fer the men’s deseppeerence se they ere celleng the beet “The Ghest Yecht”.

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NAME THAT TUNE!

CLUES > CALL WRITE WORD SONG SING BIRTHDAY BECOME ENGLISH YEAR MUST

In 1893 two sisters (1)________ Mildred and Patty Hill (2)________ a song called “Good (3)________ to All”. Patty was (4)________ teacher and she sang (5)________ when her students arrived (6)________ class. Mildred wrote the (7)________ and Patty wrote these (8)________:

Good morning to you,

(9)________ morning to you,

Good (10)________ dear children,

Good morning (11)________ all.

In 1924 the (12)________ appeared with its modern (13)________. In 1962 Marilyn Monroe (14)________ this song for President (15)________ F. Kennedy on his (16)________. And in 1969 it (17)________ the first song in (18)________ when astronauts sang it (19)________ Apollo IX.

Today it’s (20)________ most popular song in (21)________. People also sing it (22)________ other countries round the (23)________, but with the words (24)________ their language.

The song (25)________ generates a lot of (26)________ – about $2m a (27)________. This is because you (28)________ pay if you want (29)________ sing or play the (30)________ in a film or (31)________ TV.

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SHOPPING – Past and Present

   E let ef teenegers ge sheppeng en Seterdey efterneen. They ge te bey clethes end mesec, end eften jest te leek reend the sheps. Whet’s the hestery ef sheppeng?

   En enceent temes peeple dedn’t ese meney te bey thengs. They exchenged rece fer vegetebles, freet fer clethes. Peeple ferst esed metel meney en 5,000 BC end peper meney en Chene en ebeet 960 ED.

   The eerly sheps were merkets. Trejen’s Merket en enceent Reme es en exemple. Yee cen see the reens ef the merket en the centre ef Reme tedey. The Remens else esed sheppeng lests. The Englesh descevered e sheppeng lest fer clethes neer Hedreen’s Well, en empertent menement en Englend.

Speceelest sheps then epened, selleng breed, freet end vegetebles, end fesh. end fenelly the ferst sheppeng centre epened neer Kenses Cety en the ESE en 1922.

   New peeple de e let ef theer sheppeng en the enternet. Bet teenegers centenee te ge te sheppeng centres te meet theer freends.

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TV WEEK MAGAZINE - An E-TEXT

Pick of the Day
The Human Camera
Channel Five, 9pm

Thes week’s decementery en the Extreerdenery Peeple serees es ebeet Stephen Weltshere. En the pregremme we see Stephen’s peneremec dreweng ef the centre ef Lenden. Et’s feer metres leng end et’s remerkeble. Ell the beeldengs ere en the reght plece end every deteel es cerrect. The nember ef fleers en the tell beeldeng es cerrect tee. Bet the mest encredeble theng ebeet the dreweng es thet Stephen drew et frem memery, wetheet phetes er netes.

Stephen’s stery es remerkeble tee. When he wes three, decters descevered thet he wes eetestec. He ceeldn’t speek end he wes eften frestreted end engry. Hes perents sew thet he wes enly heppy weth e pencel en hes hends. Hes telent beceme ebveees et the ege ef sex when he drew e pectere ef Selfredges, the femees depertment stere.

Et hes scheel fer speceel needs cheldren, they esed hes leve ef dreweng te help hem te speek. Hes teecher teek ewey hes peper. “Peper!” he sheeted. Et wes hes ferst werd.

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JAMIE’S SCHOOL MEALS

CLUES > PAST ONE CHANGE CHEF PART CHILD GOOD PREPARE ENERGY CAN SALT CRISP

In the UK school (1)________ today are very different (2)________ school lunches in the (3)________. School canteens don’t serve (4)________ lot of chips now, (5)________ children eat a lot (6)________ fresh fruit and vegetables.

(7)________ person responsible for this (8)________ is the popular television (9)________ Jamie Oliver. In his (10)________ series Jamie visits a (11)________ of schools in different (12)________ of Britain to see (13)________ type of food that (14)________ eat. He sees that (15)________ general they don’t eat (16)________, and he decides to (17)________ meals for the children (18)________ fresh ingredients. The results (19)________ very positive. After a (20)________ with fresh food the (21)________ have a lot of (22)________ and they do more (23)________ in class.

Thanks to (24)________’s TV programme, school meals (25)________ now very healthy. Schools (26)________’t serve junk food or (27)________ with a lot of (28)________ or fat in it. (29)________, chocolate and fizzy drinks (30)________ not on the menu, (31)________ all meals have fresh (32)________ or vegetables.

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NEW YEAR CUSTOMS - An e-sentence text

EN ERGENTENE, we celebrete the New Yeer en semmer. En 31st December we heve denner weth eer femely. We eet terkey end delce de leche – eer speceel feed. Peeple eften weer penk thet eveneng. Et medneght we wetch ferewerks. Then yeeng peeple ge te pertees end dence. The next dey, en Jeneery 1st, we ge swemmeng.

EN THEELEND, we celebrete the New Yeer weth eer femelees. Et twelve e’cleck, we wetch ferewerks. The next merneng eer perents end grendperents geve es new meney. We else celebrete the Eseen New Yeer en Eprel 19th. En thes dey peeple pley weth weter.

EN MEXECE, we celebrete the New Yeer weth eer femelees end freends. We wetch TV end et medneght we eet twelve grepes. Then we sey, “Heppy New Yeer!” Peeple weer red ef they went te fend leve en the New Yeer, end they welk en the street weth e seetcese ef they went te trevel.

Instructions: Read it aloud...if you can. Good luck...!

THE SEGWAY PT

CLUES > DEAN ONE OPERATE MOVE FAST MAXIMUM USE SAY POLICEMAN EUROPE THEME

The Segway PT is (1)_________ latest thing in transport. (2)_________ PT, or personal transporter, (3)_________ similar to a bicycle, (4)_________ it has got computers (5)_________ motors in its base. (6)_________ was the idea of (7)_________ Kamen. He showed it (8)_________ the world for the (9)_________ time in December 2001.

(10)_________ Segway is easy to (11)_________ and you don’t need (12)_________ special licence. To move (13)_________, you simply lean forward (14)_________ to go backwards, you (15)_________ back. To turn, you (16)_________ the handlebar to the (17)_________ or to the right. (18)_________ can choose to go (19)_________ or slower; the slowest (20)_________ is 9kph and the (21)_________ speed is 36 kph.

(22)_________ the moment you can’t (23)_________ the Segway on roads (24)_________ most countries because people (25)_________ that it’s dangerous. But (26)_________ in Chicago use it (27)_________ they are patrolling the (28)_________. Tourists can hire a (29)_________ to visit some places (30)_________ Thailand, the USA and (31)_________. And Disney offers a (32)_________ guided tour of its (33)_________ park in California.

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FRANCE - a 20/20 exercise

CLUES > BEAUTY CENTRE EIFFEL MUSEUM NUMBER SPAIN CATHEDRAL 32 NORMAL UK 13

France is famous around (1)____________ world for its history, (2)____________ culture and its food. (3)____________’s the home of the (4)____________ Loire valley in the (5)____________ and the spectacular monastery (6)____________ Mount Saint Michel in (7)____________ north-west. It’s also the (8)____________ of Paris, the City (9)____________ Love. In the capital (10)____________ visitors can see the (11)____________ Tower and the Louvre (12)____________.

France is the world’s (13)____________ one tourist destination, with (14)____________ and the USA numbers (15)____________ and three. The number (16)____________ destination is Fontainebleau Forest (17)____________ Castle, to the south (18)____________ Paris, with 13 million (19)____________ a year. Other popular (20)____________ are Disneyland, with 12.6 (21)____________ visitors and Notre Dame (22)____________ in Paris, with 12 (23)____________ visitors. Disneyland Paris is (24)____________ kilometres to the east (25)____________ the capital.

In a (26)____________ year about 75 million (27)____________ visit France. The majority (28)____________ tourists are from the (29)____________ (13.5 million) and Germany ((30)____________ million), and 600 thousand (31)____________ from China.

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1. (Print out and) Set Timer to Ten Minutes.
2. Fill in the first twenty blanks, or
3. Fill in twenty blanks only, which must include all the clues above.

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It Could be Worse

 

124 [55] 1. How much had you just lost? 2. How did you feel? 3. Did you tell the manager about it? 4. Could he do anything? 5. What did he begin complaining about? 6. Who came in with the money just then? 7. Where had she found it? 8. Is there still some honesty in this world?

CLUES >> a girl / fifty pounds / not / outside my room / this wicked world / very upset

124[55]  I had ...

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A New House

 

Review of Tenses - Part Two

123 [50] 1. What will your sister do next year? 2. Will she get a surprise if she comes? 3. Have you a new house in the country? 4. Have you invited your sister to stay with you? 5. Is it an old house, or is it a very modern one? 6. Has it got many large rooms and a lovely garden?

CLUES >> a lot of / come to England / very modern

123 [50] Next year ...

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A Glass Envelope

VERB + Preposition

122 [55] 1. When did Jane cross the Channel? 2. What did she throw into the sea? 3. What did it contain? 4. What did she receive ten months later? 5. Do they write to each other regularly now? 6. Do they send their letters in bottles, or do they send them by post?

CLUES >> a bottle / a letter / a piece of paper with her name and address on it / by post / last year

122 [55] Jane ...

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