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§2 Many people say that there's no food more delicious than the one you eat at Jack's Fish and that its service is the fastest in London... Some animals such as tigers and elephants used

The Paper Boy

Many people in Britain take two newspapers In the morning, they get one of the nationalnewspapers, and read it at breakfast or on the bus or the train And in the evening, they get alocal paper

The people who deliver these newspapers are usually schoolchildren Some work in theevening to deliver the local papers; some work in the morning

John has to get up at 4.30 every morning to deliver his papers to different houses in hisneighbourhood, even when it is dark and cold outside He has about eighty customers

John is saving his money to buy a new bicycle He is saving money for college also He hasalready saved £ 500 and he is very happy

At The SupermarketMrs Alison Harvey goes to the supermarket two or three times a week She has to buy foodfor her husband, her two children and the family cat

Food has become very expensive and Mrs Harvey has to be careful She has to choose thefood carefully in order not to spend too much money Her husband told her to stay within thefamily budget

Today she is buying food She is going to spend more than £ 50, but she is going to compareprices carefully Meat is very expensive so Mrs Harvey is going to buy chicken Her familycomplains but she tells them: "You have to learn to like chicken."

Mr Green

Mr Green works in an office near the bank He has two sons, Paul and Peter

Last Tuesday evening, when Mr Green came back home from work, he got a big surprise: hefound his little boy, Peter, sitting on the cat He had a pen and a piece of paper in his hand "Whyare you sitting on this poor animal?" Mr Green asked his son "The teacher asked us to write aparagraph on the family pet," answered the boy

The Olympic Games

The first Olympics took place in Olympia in 776 B.C Only Greece participated and therewas only one competition: 200 metres race The Olympics continued like this for 1,168 years.Then they were banned by the Romans in 394 A.D

The first modern Olympics took place in 1896 in Athens, Greece Thirteen nationsparticipated in the games, which were organised by Baron Pierre de Coubertin, a Frenchman Hewanted to encourage sports and friendship between all nations The most important thing in theOlympic Games was not to win, but to participate But today, it is very important to win becausethe winners get a lot of money

The symbol of the Olympics is five circles They represent the five continents The circlesare blue, yellow, black, green and red, the colours usually found on national flags The circlesjoin together to show the friendship between all the nations

A Day In The Country

Mr and Mrs White live in a large city One spring Sunday they went to the country Theytook some food with them Mrs White put bread, butter, eggs, meat, cheese and drinks in abasket

When they arrived they came out of the car to enjoy calm of the country Mr and Mrs Whitestood up near the car, closed their eyes and breathed deeply the pure and healthy air

A few minutes later, Mr White went to the car, brought the basket, put a cloth on the grassand emptied out the basket Mr and Mrs White sat under a large tree and ate lunch In theafternoon they walked in the fields and picked flowers

They drove home in the evening and went to a concert with friends

Monday Through FridayMonday through Friday, the King family is busy; Mr King is an accountant in a largecompany He works from 8.30 to 5.00 pm He drives to work in a car pool with other men.Mrs King is a librarian in a high school She drives the family car to work On the way towork, she leaves Kathy with the baby sitter Bruce rides the school bus to and from school Hegets home at 3.30 At 4.00 pm, Mrs King comes from work with Kathy

The Kings usually eat dinner at 6.30 After dinner, Bruce does his homework and Mrs Kingwashes the dishes Mr King sometimes brings work home from the office Ten thirty is bed time

in the King home Mr and Mrs King are usually tired after their busy day

A Visit From Grandfather

When grandfather Baily comes to visit his son, Paul and his family, Diane and Gary, hischildren are delighted Grandfather is kind and gentle and the children know that he will playgames with them He also takes them on walks through the woods and on trips to the zoo.Grandpa, as the children call him, also buys them chewing-gum, sweets, and ice cream Theylove him very much

But one of Diane and Gary’s favourite times is in the evening when Grandpa reads themstories He stops at the pictures and carefully explains them.Grandpa reads slowly anddramatically so that the stories come alive Diane and Gary thing that it is better than television!

Australian Aborigines

The Karadjere people live in the desert of Western Australia, where the climate is very hot Itrains from January to March, and the rest of the year is dry They do not live in one place, buttravel around on foot They sleep in shelters made of dry tree branches Their food is fruits, nutsand kangaroo meat, and they eat fish in the wet season; they also make bread from grass seeds.Water is often difficult to find The Karadjere like music, dancing and telling stories They donot wear many clothes

Amazon Indians

These people live in the Amazon Basin, in Brazil, where the climate is hot and wet It rainsfor nine to ten months of the year They live in villages.Their houses are made of wood, and theroofs are made of palm leaves Several families live in each house They travel by canoe Theyeat fruits and vegetables, fish and meat from animals and birds such as monkeys, wild pigs andparrots They like music, dancing and telling stories They do not wear many clothes

Mrs Brown lives in Canterbury, a little town between London and Dover A lot of touristsstop there because of the famous cathedral and the charming old town On her way to thesupermarket, a French journalist is interviewing her

“I love Canterbury! It’s not very far from London and it’s near the sea It’s a lovely littletown, famous for its cathedral, its old houses and its old school, the king’s school And it’s nice

to live here Shopping is very easy and pleasant because there are no cars in the town centre andthere are a lot of shops There’s a butcher at the corner of Butchery Lane and a baker quite near

We also have a lot of nice tae rooms and restaurants And there are three cinemas and a theatre,

so it’s interesting to live here And the people are friendly! Yes, my husband and I are happy inCanterbury.”

Computers

A computer is an automatic electronic machine that can be used as a calculator

Nowdays, computers are used in different fields, in universities, schools, factories, hospitalsand other public services and even at home

Computers can write, store and give information very quickly They can do the work ofhundreds of workers in a very short time Computers can help us in easy and difficult works andmake life easier

Today, Algeria is using them in different fields

The use of greenhouses in Algeria started in 1969 There are different kinds of greenhouses.Farmers prefer metal greenhouses because they last longer than wooden ones They usegreenhouses to protect the seedlings from wind, rain and frost

Greenhouses give better and higher production

Mohamed lives in Boufarik, on a big farm He has got many greenhouses Some of them areused for growing tomatoes and peas Others are used for bananas and melon This year,Mohamed is very happy because he has got an excellent quality of fruits and vegetebales

CherchellCherchell is a nice town in the north of Algeria, 120 Km west of Algiers It is situated in amountainous region with a thick forest not far from the centre of the town opposite theMediterranean There are about 30,000 inhabitants Cherchell is one of the oldest towns inAlgeria

A long time ago, the Romans came to Algeria and settled for years They built “Cesaree”.Today it is called Cherchell

There are still traces of the Romans The main attraction is visiting the ruins and the museumwhich contains fabulous collections, prints, old drawings, potteries…

One of the most important activities of this town is handicraft You can find local potteriesand jewels People practise basketball everywhere in the town If you visit Cherchell, you willsurely like it

Saturday, March 20th

Dear parents,

I arrived at Beni Yenni two days ago It’s a nice village My friend Mouloud and his familyare very nice with me Their house isn’t very big but it’s very nice It’s decorated with manykinds of potteries They are all made of clay Some are used for decorating Some for cookingand others for storing food It’s very nice to drink water out of a jar The water is very fresh and

it has got a good taste They offered me a beautiful jar and a pair of earrings made of silver I’msure you’ll like them I’ll come back home next Thursday

See you soon,Amine

Christopher ColumbusChristopher Columbus was born in about 1451 in Italy In 1476, he went to Portugal He wasthe first person who decided to search a direct way to Asia across the Atlantic Ocean The King

of Portugal refused to help him to realise his project but the Spanish government gave him threeboats He used them in his first travel It was a very important travel because Columbusdiscovered America in October 12th 1492

The Prophet Mohamed (prayers and peace on him) was born in Mecca in the year 570 Hisfather died before he was born and his mother died when he was still a child He lived with hisgrandfather and later with his uncle

Mohamed (prayers and peace on him) won a good reputation for his justice and honesty onhis business missions for Khadijda, a rich woman that he married later

At the age of 40, while he was praying in Hira Cave, he received the revelation through theAngel Gabriel The Angel Gabriel told him that he was the prophet of Allah

Thirteen years later, the Prophet Mohamed (prayers and peace on him) ordered hiscompanions to leave Mecca and to go to Medina The Prophet travelled with his best companion,Abu Bakar Their enemies tried to stop them but they didn’t succeed This long and difficult trip

is called the Higira

The Prophet Mohamed (prayers and peace on him) died in 632

Lamine DialoLamone Dialo is from Senegal He is 14 He is a tall thin boy with short dark hair and darkeyes His father is a mechanic and his mother is a dressmaker He has got two brothers and twosisters

Lamine is a puple On Sunday, he doesn’t study He often plays football or goes to themarket with his father

Serengeti National ParkSerengeti is the National Park of Tanzania in Africa It is the home of wild animals includingthe cheetah This is a member of the ‘big cat’ family, like the lion, the tiger and the leopard The cheetah is the fastest animal on land It can run 90 kilometres an hour It is now one ofthe animals which in danger of extinction.

The cheetah has a small head and pointed ears, and long powerful legs It always hunts andchases its prey on open ground This is a different way of hunting from the other ‘big cats’ Theylike to stay in and near trees to catch their prey The cheetah is also different from other catsbecause it can’t draw its claws

Ibn SinaIbn Sina was born in the year 371of the Higria, near Bukhara, a large city in Uzbekistan Helearnt the Koran before he was ten At the age of twenty, he was already a well-known doctor.One of his patients was the sultan of Bukhara He treated him for a serious illness When he wascured, the grateful sultan allowed Ibn Sina to come to his private library in the palace for readingdifferent books of medicine

Life became difficult in Bukhara during the Turks’ period So, he left the town and travelledround the arab world He wrote “The Canon Of Medicine” and a lot of other books He died atthe age of 57

DolphinsDolphins have become a popular attraction at zoos in recent years They are more interestingthan lions and tigers because they are lively and perform tricks like circus animals Dolphins arethe friendliest creatures in the sea They help swimmers in difficulty and they are very wellorganized Some scientists say that dolphins are intelligent creatures

The Bardo MuseumThe Bardo Museum is a very big and beautiful house surrounded by wonderful gardens It is

a historic monument built up in the 18th century by the Tunisian prince; Sidi Hadj Omar

It became a museum in 1927 There are two sections in the museum: one for prehistory andone cultural anthropology

One of the important attractions is the skeleton of Tin Hinan, the first queen of the TouaregKingdom It is exhibited with her treasure

The Bardo Museum is specialised in prehistory

TunisiaTunisia is situated in the north of Africa It is 155,830 Km² It is the smallest country inNorth Africa It is bordered by Algeria to the west and Libya to the south-east TheMediterranean Sea is on the north and the north east The Northern part of the country contains avery fertile soil where they grow cereals and olives The southern part is mainly a desert region

It contains very beautiful oases where dates are produced The two parts are separated by theAtlas Mountains The population of this Arab and Islamic country is 9,562,000 inhabitants

The TassiliMany tourists visit Algeria every year They come from different part of the world Most ofthem prefer to visit the Sahara Some of them are attracted by the Tassili This vast and aridregion is situated in the South-east of the Algeria Sahara It is bordered by Libya, Niger andMali The people who have already visited this region, say that it is one of the most fascinatingplaces They are surprised by the carvings, the drawings and the paintings on walls in caves.They represent the early people’s civilisation

Last week-end, I went to the park with some friends It was fantast

Ann and Mary are cousins Ann is 16 and Mary is 15 Two months ago, they visited theAlgerian Sahara They visited Biskra and El Ouad They liked the Sahara very much They took

a lot of photos and bought very nice souvenirs Ann liked the Algerian dates very much andbought 5 kg for her parents She said that dates are more delicious than apples and bananas

It’s Friday On Friday Salim doesn’t go to school He always stays at home or goes to hisgrandparents

It’s10 o’clock Salim is at home He is in his room He is watching cartoons on TV He likescartoons very much His two brothers, Karim and Amine are playing video games His sister,Meriem, is doing her homework’s His father is washing his car in the garage His mother is inthe kitchen She is preparing lunch On Friday, she always prepares couscous

My name is Tiziri I’m Algerian I’m 13 I’m a pupil at Amirouche School, in Azazga I’m ashort thin girl with long fair hair and green eyes My father is a mechanic and my mother is adressmaker I have got a brother and a sister Meziane and Ouardia

My sister Ouardia is married She has got a nice little girl Her name is Anissa She is 3 Shehas got short dark hair and brown eyes

Janet Anderson is my friend She is American She is 11 She is a pupil at Santana School Janet is a tall thin girl She has got fair hair and blue eyes She has got two brothers Peterand Tom Peter is a student at the university and Tom is a pupil Her parents are teachers

Janet likes sport very much She plays tennis and practises gym

The PostmanNeil Moor has been a postman for 20 years He has carried mail in heat and cold, in rain and

in snow He has delivered thousands of letters to homes in his mail route He lives in a smalltown and knows every family on his route At Christmastime, many families give him presents.They appreciate his dedication and good service

British Museum We spent about 6 hours, but we didn’t have time to visit all the galleries

They have got an amazing collection of Canadian, Indian, Egyptian things Wewill

probably go back next week The day after we went to Buckingham Palace This is where theQueen

lives when she is in London We watched the ceremony of changing of the Guard at 11.30 Itwas

great! Then, we went to the famous London zoo

Now we are having sandwiches in Hide Park Then we are going to do some shopping in Oxford Street

See you soon, Love from, Michel

26 Shakespeare Road

CambridgeDear Mum and Dad,

Well, I’ve arrived! And I’ve got such a fantastic room I must describe it to you

I couldn’t believe it, it’s so big! When you come in the door there is a big fire place on theLeft, and on both sides of it there are bookshelves from the ceiling to the floor Opposite the door there are two large bay windows, and under the one on the left there’s a large table with a chair Along the the wall opposite the fire place there’s a small single bed with a very nice sort

there’s a lovely small table where I put my stuff when I come in, just near the door

Well, I’ll tell you later about the city, the university and all my new friends

Love fromDave

Saturday, 11th

Dear Kate,

I’ve got a new job! It’s in that clothes’ shop in Park Street It’s a good job I work twohours every Friday evening and four hours every Saturday morning I get £5 an hour It’s a goodshop, too I know you often buy your clothes there There’s a new restaurant just opposite theshop Tim’s sister works there She says it’s nice Let’s go there for lunch next Saturday I’ve gotplenty of money now! And let’s go to the swimming pool in Wandworth after lunch Bring yourswimming trunks and towel with you

had a great time

On Sunday the weather was fine, so we walked around the seaside and we played tennis Then we

went to the fun-fair I spent all my money there but it was so funny!

On Tuesday it rained so much that we decided to visit the museum We didn’t see

everything

because Nicolas wanted to go to the cinema There was a good detective film on

On the last afternoon we went to the South Parade Pier We played bingo and electronic games I’m sure Nicolas enjoyed himself, he was so pleased!

How about you? What did you do last week? Did you have nice holidays?

Love,Simon

Mitton St

4th of OctoberDear Grandma,

How are you? It’s four o’clock and I’m at home because I haven’t got any lesson There was a

school excursion today I was at the London Transport Museum from 10 to 2.30 It was very nice

There are a lot of old horse buses I suppose there were horse buses when you were a little girl Now

I know everything about the London underground It is more than 100 years old and works with

electricity of course, but the first underground trains were steam trains I suppose it was very dirty in

the old days! This week I’ve got to write a composition about transport in London in 1920’ Can you

help me? I know you’ve got some old photos and postcards Please, send them to me!

I must stop now Lucy is waiting for me She wants to go to the zoo to meet Mum We are going To take the underground I’m sure she’s going to ask me a lot of questions

Good bye for now – Write back

Love fromSandy

Hello! My name is Jill Bennet, and I live in Dublin I work as a bus driver for the local buscompany.

I’m 32 and I’m the eldest of four My brothers and sister are called Stella ( she’s the youngest), Luke and Frank Strangely, they’re all married except me Stella’s husband is called Brian, andthey haven’t got any children Stella married very young: she’s only 22 now

Luke’s next – he’s 24 and he’s just started working as a junior doctor in a hospital in London.His wife’s name is Ruth and she’s a doctor, too They’ve already got a little baby, Douglas, whowas born last year Finally there’s Frank who’s 31, and who’s married to Dorothy They’ve gottwo children, Ken, who’s six and Millie, who’s four

We all live in different parts I was born in Manchester in the north west of England, andthat’s where

my Mum still lives She lives on her own - our Dad died in 1982 Stella lives quite close, inBolton, but

Frank lives in the USA He’s got a job with an American company

My name’s Zulu I was born in a brick house in Soweto, near Johannesburg in South Africa

We were poor My father was a factory worker and my mother was a maid

They worked very hard from the morning to the evening, but they didn’t get much money,and they were always tired My father died when I was six So my mother worked in two houses.When I was a small child I was always hungry and nearly always unhappy because life was veryhard White people were terrible to us

The winter holidays will start on December 20th Nadia’s cousin, Anissa , invited her to spendone

week with her in Cherchell Nadia is very happy because Cherchell is very nice and becauseshe likes her cousin very much Nadia is going to go on Saturday She is going to go by bus.Nadia and Anissa are going to do many interesting things They are going to visit the Romanruins , the museum and take photos there They are going to play video games and chess.Anissa’s birthday is on December 26th so they are going to organize a party and invite somefriends

Nadia is going to go back home on Saturday, December 28th

The 20th century is a century of change There are many new occupations and professionsnow, as a result of many inventions

Since the invention of television, there have been TV announcers, TV engineers and TVrepairman

The airplane is another invention that is changing our lives Pilots, stewards, air trafficengineers, etc… represent many new professions and occupations

The invention of the electronic computer is producing new professions including computerengineers and computer programmers

The 20th century is clearly a century of change: There is always something new

A long time ago, the Chinese discovered paper They made it from leaves of trees Before theyear 1400, the Egyptians used papyrus to write.

Papyrus is a kind of paper made of some plants The plants grow in Egypt Later, writers andartists started to use paper

Now, a lot of countries produce paper They make it from wood of trees

Today, the best quality of paper is made in Finland

The Ruins Of TimgadThe ruins of Timgad are located 30 kms from Batna Timgad is one of the oldest vestiges ofthe Roman colonisation It was a military capital of all the Roman provinces in North Africa andthe biggest administrative centre It is the oldest Roman city in Algeria, built around the year 100A.D Inside the ruins, we find the Roman Municipal Library

We can also see many statues of many important senators There are also several ruins such

as marbles, many pieces of pottery and ceramics dating from the Roman occupation The forum

of Timgad shows plenty of inscriptions with names of the members of the municipal committee

of the ancient city, names of high officials of the Roman Empire

Mr Watson is a very good doctor He never goes to work late He always gets up early, hasbreakfast and goes to work by car

Mrs Watson is a teacher of French She is always busy She doesn't work in the afternoon;she always starts work at 8.00 in the morning She has got two children: Christina andChristopher

There are thousands of languages all over the world India has the largest number

English is the most used language on Earth, but Mandarin Chinese is spoken by about 70%

of the Chinese population The oldest written language is Egyptian

English is the language of business and technology However, it is not easy to learn it It hasthe largest vocabulary English has borrowed many words from other languages such as Frenchand Arabic

MexicoOne of my favorite places for a vacation is Mexico I really like the weather because it nevergets cold there The people are very nice, too They never laugh at my bad Spanish And the food

Jack's Fish is specialized in fish It is situated at the corner of Haymarket Street, next to Barclays Bank (§2)

Many people say that there's no food more delicious than the one you eat at Jack's Fish and that its service is the fastest in London (§3)

Grandma knows bestWhen people have a cold, a fever or the flu, they usually go to the doctor for help, or they getsome medecine from grugstore But many people also use home remedies for common illnesses Here are some simple home remedies.

For burns, put the burn under cold water or put a cold handkerchief on it It’s important not

to put ice on the burn

For colds, many people rub oil on their chest Other people drink a mixture of red pepper, hotwater, sugar, lemon juice, and milk or vinegar

Apply an ice pack or cold cloth to your head, or splash your face with cold water It’s also a good idea to put your hands into hot water and leave them there for several minutes

For insomnia, drink a large glass of warm milk It’s also a good idea to soak in a warm bath

Two New Restaurants in TownThis week I tried two new restaurants - Michelle’s and Anton’s They are both French

restaurants downtown Michelle's is a small place with about twenty tables The waiters and the waitresses are very friendly, and the service is excellent I ordered chicken with orange sauce along with rice and a salad Then I had chocolate cake and coffee The chicken was delicious, but the cake was too dry The meal cost about twenty dollars

Anton’s is a much bigger restaurant, and it was very crowded on that night I waited twenty minutes for a table Anton’s is noisier than Michelle's, and the waiter was very slow with my meal I ordered soup and a steak with fried potatoes and vegetables The soup wasn't very hot The steak was OK, but the vegetables weren’t very good For dessert, I had ice-cream The meal was really expensive - about forty-five dollars! Now you know why I would go to Michelle's again, but not to Anton’s

Mrs Watson is a very old woman She is small and slim with grey hair and brown eyes She lives in a nice flat in London She cannot go out because she is ill She always asks me to do shopping for her Mrs Watson is very kind She usually gives me sweeties and chocolate

Steve and Jill do their shopping at the supermarket on Saturdays They go there by car The supermarket is not very far from their house It is a big blue building on the right side of the avenue There is a car park next to the supermarket

Steve and Jill buy some vegetables, fruit and meat there but they prefer buying their

lemonade and milk in a small shop near their house Jill is a good cook She always prepares delicious dishes and she likes that

James CookJames Cook was an English explorer He was born in 1728 He loved adventures He

travelled to discover the Pacific Ocean He discovered Australia, New Zeleand and New Guinea

He also found Hawaii He died there in 1779

There are so many cars on the roads nowadays that driving in big towns is not pleasant at all.Some time ago, a friend who works in a part of the city I do not know very well, invited me It took me hours to get there and find a place to park As I was late, I hurried off on foot, thinking that these days it is much easier to walk than to drive At noon, just as I was leaving my friend’s office, I suddenly realised that I had no idea where I had parked my car I walked down street after street, examining each car closely but without any result Feeling quite tired, I gave up the search and went off for lunch Some time later, I left the restaurant and walked slowly down the street I turned the corner, and there was my car, right in front of me but on the window was a little ticket It was a fine for bad parking

Next time I visit my friend, I’ll take a taxi

Yesterday morning at 9.30a.m, two bikers died in a tragic accident on a sharp bend on Airport Road The bikers were talking to each other while they were overtaking a lorry which was travelling in the direction of Heathrow Airport Apparently they were having morning exercise in preparation for the Tour de France Two motorcyclists were coming from Heathrow Airport while looking at a low-flying landing airplane “They were riding very fast”, an

eyewitness said The collision between the motorcyclists and the bikers blocked the traffic for more than two hours Two policemen were investigating the accident when we arrived on the scene

Flights Schedule

company

Flightnumber

Delayed

1.00 pm Moscow4.30 pm cancelled

Algérie 2213 Algiers4 pm 6.30 pmLondon Boarding

Willy and Mary Bradford are brother and sister Willy is fifteen Mary is eleven They live in Denver, Colorado, in the United States of America Their father, Paul, is a mechanic Their mother, Kate, is a nurse at the local hospital Willy is a second-year student at the local junior high school He isn't as good as his sister at studies If he doesn't get good results this year, he'll leave school and work with his father Mary is better than her brother She gets very good marks and is top of her class If she gets a scholarship, she'll go to Grossmont College She'll study there for four years Then, she'll go to university

Abdelhamid Ibn BadisAbdelhamid Ibn Badis was born in Constantine on the 4th December 1889 When he was 13 years old, El Cheikh Mohamed El Madassi taught him Arabic language and helped him to learn the Koran.

After that, his father sent him to El Zaytouna University in Tunisia He stayed there two years; he studied hard until he had the license

When he came back to Algeria, he had good ideas He used them to develop the society He loved his country and he loved the mosque too; he made it the center of teaching Arabic and Islamic religion For this objective, he made a program He taught young persons in the evening,men the day and women every Friday

Abdelhamid Ibn Badis was a teacher and a writer He wrote four newspapers: El Souna, El Sirat, El Chihab and El Mountakad He also wrote poems «Chabou El Djazairi moslim» which means «Algerians are moslim» is very famous

In 1936, he founded «Djamiate Oulama El mouslimine» and was its first president El Cheikh El Bachir El Ibrahimi was his assistant

Abdelhamid Ibn Badis was a great and famous personality and he will be our example for ever

Being Fat

"You should exercise more and eat less, Karim" his father advices However, Karim refuses

to listen and continues gobbling down the bar of chocolate in his hands His father sighs Karim

is too fat and lazy His father does not want him to get any illness

One day, while Karim is jogging during PE, he collapses His teacher takes him to the doctor and calls his parents At the clinic, the doctor says that Karim is too fat His heart is not working well enough If he continues to gain weight, he may get a heart disorder Karim is afraid and starts to exercise Now he has lost four kilograms

Fast FoodMany children love eating fast food This includes food such as burgers, pizzas, hotdogs and fish and chips Although such food is tasty, it does not provide us with enough vitamins,

nutrients and the goodness that our bodies needs This food is not very healthy as it usually contains a lot of fat Eating fast food often can result in weight gain

However, you can make a meal at the fast food healthier by choosing a burger which has lots

of vegetables in it, by skipping the fries and by having plain water instead of carbonated soft drinks

The Holy Month of RamadanRamadan is the ninth month in Islamic calendar All adults must fast Ramadan They are not allowed to eat or drink between dawn and sunset Fasting strengthens a person by increasing his self-control It also helps a Muslim to remember Allah and his obedience to him Some are excused from fasting Some may be too old or too ill Others are on journey Women who are expecting or nursing a baby cannot fast Eid Al-Fitr comes after Ramadan Muslims all over the world celebrate it Muslims enjoy themselves with friends and relatives

How to produce leather

To produce leather, we need natural animal skins such as: cows, oxen, goats and deers … etc

as soon as the skins are delivered to the factory, they are cleaned Then, they are salted and stored for three days under the sun After that, they are washed again and put into a machine where they are tanned with chemicals The leather is then transferred into centrifuge machine where water is eliminated Next, it is cut dyed before it is dried Finally, the leather is ready to betransformed in clothes, bags, shoes … etc

People are very lucky today We have all the facilities in our homes which make doing our everyday chores much easier Our grandfathers and grandmothers were not so fortunate when they were young

People who grew up in the past experienced many hardships They did not have a ready supply of water and electricity in their homes They had to fetch water from wells which were usually far away from their houses During the dry season, the wells would dry up and they had

to walk even further to the streams or rivers to get water

They cooked on wood or charcoal stoves There were also no cables wires bringing

electricity into their homes They had to light up kerosene lamps or candles to brighten up their homes

AstronautsHas any one of us ever got the slightest idea about what astronauts eat in space? Well A typical daily meal for American astronauts in space is tomato soup, chicken, mixed vegetables and strawberries First, the food is frozen on earth and the water is taken out The astronauts, then, put cold water onto the food from a water gun which is connected to the food pack The astronauts, as everyone else does, eat the food with a knife, fork and spoon, but they have to be very careful because in zero-gravity bits of food can fly through the air! For snacks they often eat peanuts and dried fruits They also have a hot-water gun to make coffee and tea, and the astronauts have to drink through a plastic tube If one day you eat such a special meal, would you enjoy it?

Louis PasteurLouis Pasteur was a French scientist who discovered that bacteria caused diseases Before his discovery, people suffered from all kinds of illnesses and infections which could actually have been avoided He found out that by applying heat for a certain period of time, germs in dairy products and other types of food could be destroyed The process of using heat to kill bacteria in food is now called pasteurization Now, following Louis Pasteur's discovery, many food items are processed in this way to keep away bacteria and to prevent it from thriving in food products

Unsatisfied Tourists

A group of tourists who recently visited Algeria after reading an ad brochure on a web-site complained about the unsatisfactory conditions They said there was on water in their rooms, badaccommodation, lack of transport … The food they had was not as delicious as promised in the

ad and the service was terrible

They said if did not have their money back, they would write an official complaint to the authorities

WaterNearly three-quarters of the world is covered by water The Pacific Ocean has a larger surface area than all the dry land on earth This water is not good for drinking It's salty

There are several different sources of drinking water In some areas, dams prevent rivers from returning rainwater to the sea Reservoirs are formed to provide drinking water all year around In other places, rainwater drains through the earth's surface and collects in lakes or riversunderneath The largest source of fresh water in the world is in Antarctica People use water for washing (dishes, clothes and themselves) in toilet, in industry It is used in the making of

electricity and irrigation

A large number of accidents happen in the home The most common accidents are falls, burns, scalds, electrocution suffocation and poisoning

Small children are very active They put everything in their mouths They play with sharps things They put plastic bags in their heads Mothers have dangers in the kitchen like burns, cuts,from kitchen utensils and open tins

Bachir Menaceur is a third year student at Mohamed Dib School, in Tipaza Yesterday, he had a radio interview with Abdelkader, a presenter at the Algerian English service radio

Abdelkader told him to say what he would do if he suddenly became rich He answered: ‛If I became rich, I would pay a fishing boat for my father, so that he would never work for a boss anymore’ He also said that he would travel around the world, pay a visit to Sidney, to see his pen-friend and attend an international rugby match And if his dreams came true, he would become a naval engineer and would work for the Algerian Navy

But unfortunately, this is just a dream Bachir is very poor Perhaps he will become rich

S.O.S animals in dangerMany animals in the world are in danger For many of them the biggest danger is humans People have always killed animals for their meat and for their skins Others are killed because they eat crops or attack the farmer's animals Some animals such as tigers and elephants used to live in great numbers in countries like India People have hunted them, so there are not many today However, there are now laws in India which protect them

In south America, many different birds and animals have lost their natural homes in forests because thousands of trees have been cut down or burnt People then used the land for farming

or building roads and towns

Some species are nearly extinct Only few of them live in some parts of the world Others live only in zoos or special parks

Zoos are important because they help some animals to live in security They also permit to care for animals and learn more about them

Miss Green's FlatMiss Green is a schoolteacher She lives alone in a large house In the evening she corrects her pupils' papers and watches TV in the sitting room The sitting room, the kitchen and the dining room are downstairs Upstairs, there are two bedrooms and a bathroom

This is weather forecast for the next twenty four hours in Britain It will rain tomorrow morning in the South of England The North will be colder with temperatures around four to fivedegrees Celsius The East will coast will be warmer There will be heavy rain and snow in the late evening in Scotland …

The cat and the miceOnce upon a time there was a cat which terrorized the mice in an old house They felt

threatened, and their lives were in danger at every moment In order to find a solution to this problem, the mice had a meeting All of them had wonderful ideas "If we do this" said the one

"No, no not that" said the other

Then the oldest mouse of all proposed:" Let us put a bell around the neck of the cat, so that when we hear the bell, we will know that the cat is nearing and we will have time to hide." The rest of the mice jumped for joy at this clever idea At last they would live at peace!But later, one of the mice asked:" Who is going to hang the bell around the neck of the cat? Who Will have so much courage to do this!"

When all realized that the idea was very dangerous, all they could do was to hang their headsand keep on thinking They did not let their imaginations run away with them this time

The SaharaThe Sahara is the largest desert in the world It stretches from the Atlantic Ocean in the West

to Egypt and Sudan in the East In Algeria, it occupies more than 4/5 of the area but has less than10% of the population

Our desert has one of the lowest rainfalls in the world This means that very few animals andplants can live there

"The Blue Men" are the natives of the far South They are mainly a nomadic Berber people called the Touareg They have their own culture, their customs and a special life style Their caravans are always in movement Their evening gatherings around glasses of mint tea are simply marvelous Lovely starlit nights, heavenly music generally played by women and

splendid traditional dances performed by men wearing veils

Moral

Solutions to problems should be

practical and possible to make

The Bermuda Triangle

At 2 pm on 5 December 1945, five US bombers took off from Fort Lauderlale in the USA for

a training flight in perfect weather Shortly afterwards, the pilots radioed that their flight

instruments were all malfunctioning Two hours after take-off, all contact with the planes was lost A reconnaissance plane was immediately dispatched to search for the missing planes Within 20 minutes, radio contact with it had also been lost No trace of any of the planes was ever found In all, six planes and 27 men had vanished into the air

The disappearance of the six planes was far from being the first mysterious incident in the area: for years, navigational problems and strange magnetic forces had been reported The disappearance was not even the greatest disaster within the triangle The Cyclops, a 19,000-ton

US ship was sailing from Barbados to Norfolk, Virginia In March 1918, when it vanished with its crew of 309 from the surface of he ocean without making a distress call and without the slightest wreckage ever being found

The losses of boats and planes in that area defy explanation The disasters are the origin of a new phrase in the English language – the Bermuda Triangle and this phrase has entered legend The Bermuda Triangle has been called the Devils' Triangle, the Triangle of Death, the Graveyard

of the Atlantic It has swallowed up 140 ships and planes and more than 1,000 people Today many airmen and sailors are still afraid of that area of the Atlantic Ocean

Mac Donald's: A HUNDRED BILLION HAMBURGERSOnce upon a time, a businessman named Ray Kroc discovered a restaurant owned by two brothers The restaurant served just four things: hamburgers, French fries, milk shakes and coca cola But it was clean and inexpensive, and the service was quick Mr Kroc liked it so much that

he paid the brothers so that he could use their idea and their name: Mc Donald's

Beef, big business and fast service were the ingredients when Mr Kroc opened his first Mc Donald's in 1955 Four years later, there were 100 of them Kroc knew Americans liked success

So he put signs saying how many millions of Mc Donald's hamburgers people had bought In just four years, the number was one hundred million Now, there are more than 13,000 Mc Donald's restaurants from Dallas to Paris and from Moscow to Beijing

Anyone who wants to open a Mc Donald's must first work in one for a week Then, they do anine-month training programme, in the restaurants and at 'Mc Donald's University' in Chicago There they learn the Mc Donald's philosophy: quality control, service, cleanliness and cheap prices Mc Donald's has strict rules, Hamburgers must be served before they are ten minutes old, and French fries, seven

Mc Donald's has never stopped looking for new methods to attract customers, from drive-in windows to birthday parties Chicken, fish, salad and, in some places, pizza are now on the menu Mc Donald's in Holland even sells a vegetarian burger Their international popularity shows they have found the recipe for success

Mystery QueenChristie was probably the most successful writer in history She wrote 78 crime novels, six other novels, 150 short stories, four non-fiction books and 19 plays That represents two billion books sold: more than William Shakespeare!

Christie became a writer by accident She was bored when her husband was away in the FirstWorld War Agatha was working in a hospital dispensary (which is where she learned all the information about poisons that she used in her books) She decided to write a novel to pass the time She chose a detective novel because she loved reading them Her first novel, The

Mysterious Affair at Styles, was an instant success Each book had a new ingenious plot

Readers loved the books, particularly because Christie always gave the readers all the

information they needed to find the solution

Christie loved travelling When she became rich she could go all over the world She used the travels in her writing Agatha Christie died in 1976, but her stories are still immensely popular Many have been adapted for film or television

In the past, a lot of people died because there were not any treatments for many illnesses Butduring the last few years, a lot of medicines and vaccines were discovered Now, influenza, diabetes and some other ills are easily treated and people die less thanks to the big progress in the field of medicine But scientists are still working hard to find vaccines for other diseases as AIDS

Some scientists think that to be in good health, people should eat fresh food, practise sport, drink a lot of water and juice, sleep early and get up early …

Leaving HomeYoung people leave their parents' homes at different ages in different parts of the world

In the United States, a lot of college students do not live at home Many choose to go tocollege in different cities - away from their parents At college, they live in university housing.After college, most people prefer to live in their own homes They often live alone, but somepeople rent apartments with others

These people are roommates By the age of 22, few young people in the United States livewith their parents

Families stay together longer in many Asian countries and cities In Hong Kong, forexample, nearly all university students live with their parents Rents in the city are veryexpensive, and few students have the money to pay for their own apartments

Very few young people live alone or become roommates in a shared apartment Many youngpeople in Hong Kong continue to live with their after they marry

In Bangkok

We went to Thailand for our summer vacation last year It was our first trip to Asia We loved it We spent a week in Bangkok and did something different every day We went to the floating market very early one morning We didn't buy anything there, we just looked Another day, we went to Walt Phra Keo, the famous Temple of the Emerald Buddha It was really

interesting Then we saw two more temples nearby We also went on a river trip somewhere outside Bangkok The best thing about the trip was the food The next time we have friends over for dinner, I'm going to cook Thai food

In Bangkok Last summer, we spent our vacation in Thailand We were very excited - it was our first tripthere We spent two days in Bangkok Of course, we got a river bus to the floating market We bought some delicious fruit there The next day we went to a very interesting temple called the Temple of the Emerald Buddha We didn't have time to visit any other temples However, we went to two historic cities - Ayuthaya and Sukhuthai Both have really interesting ruins

Everything was great it's impossible to say what was the best thing about the trip

Modern LifeModern Life magazine asked two people about their neighborhood

Diana: My neighborhood is very convenient - it's near the shopping center and the bus station.It's also safe But those are the only good things about living downtown

It's very noisy - the streets are always full of people! The traffic is terrible, and parking is a bigproblem! I can never park in my own street I'd like to live in the suburbs

Victor: We live in the suburbs, and it's just too quiet! There aren't many shops, and there are certainly no clubs or theaters There are a lot of parks, good schools, and very little crime; but nothing really happens here I would really love to live downtown

BudapestFor many centuries, Budapest was two cities, with Buda in the west side of the river

Danube and Pest on the east side Budapest became one city in 1872, and it has been the capital city of Hungary for about eighty years

The population of Budapest is about three million, and the city is a very popular place for

tourists Visitors like to take boat rides along the Danube Budapest is also known for its excitingnightlife The best time to visit is the summer since Budapest is very cold in the winter

Los AngelesLos Angeles was founded in 1781 With 3.5 million people, it is now the biggest city in California and the second largest city in the United States It is famous for its modern freeways, its movie stars, and its smog When the city is really smoggy, you can't see the nearby

mountains The weather is usually dry and warm Visitors like to go to the film studios and to drive along Hollywood Boulevard There are some good beaches near the city, and Los Angeles

is also close to Disneyland

TaipeiSince the finding of Taipei in the eighteenth century, the city has grown to a population of2.3 million and has become the cultural, industrial and administrative center of the island ofTaiwan Taipei is an exciting city, but the weather is humid and not always pleasant

It's also a very busy city, and the streets are always full of people There is an excellent museum that tourist visit Taipei is a fairly expensive city, but not more expensive than some neighboring cities such as Hong Kong and Tokyo So more and more tourists go to Taipei to shop

SleepMost people need seven to eight hours sleep a day Some people need less than this, andsome people need more.

According to sleep expert Dr Robert Schachter, many people have difficulty sleeping, butthey do not know why Most people know it is important not drink coffee or tea before they go tobed both beverages have caffeine Caffeine keeps people awake However, not everybody knowsthat some medicines, such as cold tablets, also have caffeine in them Stress can cause insomnia,too Busy people with stressful jobs may not be able to sleep at night

Dr Schachter suggests: «You shouldn't use your bedroom as a TV room or an exerciseroom You should use it for sleeping only It's a good idea to have a regular sleeping schedule.Get up and go to bed at the same time every day It's also important not to eat before bedtime.Eating may keep you awake »

And if all this doesn't work, try counting sheep!

Trattoria RomanaTrattoria Romana is an excellent Italian restaurant It has a quiet and relaxing atmosphere, and the service is very good It's always crowded, so make a reservation early The menu is not very big There are only four entrees on the menu, but everything is fresh The chicken with pasta is wonderful Dessert is their specialty - rich and delicious! It's a little expensive but very good You'll spend about $25 pre person

DynastyLast Saturday, I was the only customer at Dynasty, a new diner on 57th Street It's not a goodplace to go The waiters are slow and unfriendly The atmosphere is boring, and so is the menu

It specializes in American food - mostly steak and potatoes; but my steak was raw, and the fries were greasy It isn't cheap, either It cost me $22 If you go to Dynasty, you certainly won't need

a reservation My advice, however, is « Don't Go»

Beirut café

Beirut café is a great Lebanese restaurant The specialty is meze - lots of different small

dishes, some with meat or fish, and others with vegetables The atmosphere is lively, and the service is very friendly There's live Lebanese music and dancing on weekends Beirut Café is surprisingly inexpensive - about $18 a person, but you need to make a reservation

Antarctica

ANTARCTICA is the most southern continent in the world It is like

nowhere else on earth Larger than Europe, and nearly twice the size of Australia It is an icyplateau with the south Pole at its centre Antarctica is the coldest and windiest place in the world,even colder and windier than the North Pole In the summer, the sun shines for twenty-fourhours a day, but in the winter it's completely dark for about three months Very few plants growthere, but there is some wildlife, including whales, seals, and penguins

When Captain James Cooks sailed around the continent in the 1770s, he found no one livingthere Today, a few scientists work in Antarctica, but they only spend fairly few periods there.Many scientists in Antarctica are studying the ozone layer The ozone layer is getting thinner andthinner worldwide The biggest « hole» is over Antarctica, where the weather is getting warmer.Scientists think that this cold and lonely place can teach us a lot about the earth and how to keep

it safe

www.telephone.comNot so long ago, people only used the telephone to make phone calls Now, thanks tocomputers, people use their phones to do much more They can bank by phone, rent videos byphone, and even shop by phone It is also possible to send letters and reports by faxing themover telephone lines People can even use their phone lines to send messages from one computer

to, another one by electronic mail, or e-mail

But you don't need to be at home or at the office to use the phone anymore You can carry a cellular phone in your pocket or keep one in your car With a cellular phone, anyone who can

talk and walk can also phone and walk You don't have to look for a pay phone to make a call

anymore Now you can take your calls with you everywhere

My grandmother is more than ninety years old which makes her the oldest person in thewhole family Since her pilgrimage to Meccah in 1980, everybody is calling her “El Hadja”.Despite her old age, her memory is still fresh She always tells us that many things used to bedifferent when she was young

My grandma used to begin her day very early Before sunrise, she was already busy atwork, while everybody else was still in bed

Grandma used to do the house work by herself She used to make clothes for her children Asfor

her outdoor work, she used to raise some chicken for their eggs and sheep for milk and meat Shealso

used to help males to grow vegetables

When a member of the family was ill, she used to show him which herbs to use They collectedthem

from a near forest At that time many people used to cure illnesses by taking medicinal herbs

More people are trying to learen English than any other language in the world English isthe language of political negotiations and international business It has become the internationallanguage of science and midicine Internatonal treaties say passenger airplane pilots must speakenglish

English is the major foreign language taught in most schools in South America andEurope school children in the Philippines and Japan begin learning English at an early age.English is the official language of more than seventy-five countries including Britain, Canadathe United states,Australia and South Africa

In countries where many different language are spoken English is often used as anofficial language to help people communicate India is a good example English is thecommon language in this country where at least twenty-four languages are spoken by morethan one million people

My favourite holiday was last year I went to Jamaica with my friend We went by plane inOctober The trip was very long and hard The seats were very small and uncomfortable.

We stayed in a hotel in Montego Bay The hotel was very big and beautiful There were three swimming-pools, big gardens, a disco, a gym and five restaurants The weather was

horrible ! It was very hot and wet

We got up early in the morning because we went to an excursion We visited a lot of

beaches The beaches were very nice in Jamaica We went to a small safari We saw birds, crocodiles…

In the afternoon, we went shopping I bought t-shirts, pictures, towels, coffee and

figures We had dinner in the hotel The food was very good There was pizza, meat, fish, fruit, typical Jamaica´s food, ice-cream, etc…

After that we went to the disco We went to bed very late We stayed in Jamaica for seven days We came back to Spain by plane We were sleeping all the trip I loved Jamaica

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When I was a baby I couldn’t talk, but I could sleep 12 hours a day Before I went toschool I couldn’t read nor write, but I was able to speak English When I visited Barcelona Icouldn’t understand what people were saying, because I couldn’t speak Spanish then Inkindergarten I couldn’t add 2 + 2, but now I can do multiplication and division

When I was 3 years old I couldn’t ride a bicycle , but now I can ride a bicycle

and a horse! When I went to camp for the first time I couldn’t sail a boat I will be

able to sail 10-meter boats In the beginning of first grade I couldn’t write Greek or

English, but now I can write in both languages

At the age of 5 years, I couldn’t manipulate a computer, now that I am 7, I can

use a computer and an i-phone When I was young I couldn’t play football, but now I

can score lots of goals In my second level grade I couldn’t swim very well, but

now I can swim long distances

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I live in a small town near London There are some clothes shops and shoe shops There

is a restaurant but there isn’t an airport There are two banks, a fire station and a market.There isn’t a factory so my dad goes to work by train every day We live near the school Myfavourite place is the park where I play football with my friends We sometimes go to thetheatre to London by bus

I like my town very much

Facebook is a social service that connects people with friends and others who work, study and live around them People use Facebook to keep up with friends, upload an

unlimited number of photos, share links and videos, and learn more about the

people they meet

Anyone can join Facebook and all that's needed to join Facebook is a valid email address To connect with friends or classmates, use your school or work email address to register Once you register, join a regional network to connect with the people in your region

At Facebook, we believe that people should have control over how they share their information and who can see it People can only see the profiles of confirmed friends and the people in their networks Unconfirmed people can't see your information of course You can use your privacy settings at any time to control who can see what on Facebook

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Nassima is my friend She practises tennis She gets up at half past six in the morning and goes running for half an hour Then, she has breakfast at quarter past seven At half past nine, she takes her racket and ball and goes to the tennis-court She wears her T-shirt and skirt She trains with her coach for two hours At the weekend, she plays matches against her friend Amina

Dear Dr khaled,

I’ m writing to seek your kind advice I’m a four year Middle School student I took my

Brevet last June and had a pass with merit The problem is that I’m facing a dilemma as to the

choice of the stream in which I’ll’ register in

the Lycée.

My parents want me to register in the scientific stream whereas my choice goes for literary stream.Indeed, if I decided to register in the stream of my choice, I would realise the dream of my life which consists of becoming a translator I would work very hard to get a

literary stream baccalaureate which would allow me to register at a department of translation at

Yours sincerely,

Karim

I live in a very old town which is surrounded by beautiful woods.It is a famous beauty spot On weekends ,hundreds of people come from the city to see our town and to walk through the woods.Visitors have been asked to keep the woods clean and tidy.Litter baskets have been placed under the trees, but people still throw their rubbish everywhere Last Wednesday,I went for a walk in the woods What I saw made me very sad I

counted seven old cars and three old refrigerators The litter baskets were empty and the ground was covered with pieces of paper, cigarettes-ends ,old tyres ,empty bottles and rusty tins.Among the rubbish I found a sign which said:"Anyone who leaves litter in these woods will be prosecuted"

From First Things First,Alexander

Text : Ladies and Gentlemen , welcome to London

We are going to start our tour in about five minutes.Our first destination will be the Tower

of London.We shall see there the Crown of jewels and the Tower guards who are called

« beefeaters » At 11am , we’ll be outside Buckingham palace to see the Queen’s guardChanque.At lunch time,we will go shopping in Oxford Street to buy some souvenirs At

3 pm,we are going to take a break to have some afternoon tea In the evening, it is time to buytickets and go to see a West End Show

My name is Tom I wake up in the morning at 7o’clock My dad makes breakfast Afterbreakfast, I get dressed for high school I don’t wear a uniform at school I can wearanything I like Usually, I walk to school with my friends I am in the fourth year atRichmand high school Next year, I hope to go to university, so I study very hard

School starts at 9a.m and finishes at 4p.m But I like to meet my friends before class

We meet in the library We study and talk At 9a.m, classes begin I want to study journalism

at university So, I chose French, Spanish, music, economics and geography My friendswant to study Engineering and Science So they take different classes

Our classes are one hour long Each subject has a different teacher that’s why wemove from classroom to classroom We have an hour for lunch I meet my friends in thecafeteria for lunch

Different schools have different hours After school, I practise music or swimming.Then, I go home for dinner After dinner, I always have homework to do

The Dalton’s Sport Complex is in Rincon, an American city It is big It has got a football

stadium It holds 80 000 spectators It is in the middle of the complex between the swimming pool and the restaurant The Volley ball ground is on the right, near the restaurant It has 8000 places And the Tennis court is near the swimming pool It has space for 9000 spectators

In Britain, It is compulsory for everyone aged between 5 and 16 to go to school Harry Pottergoes to “Hogwarth” school It is a comprehensive school Comprehensive schools are

schools for students aged between 11 to 16

School day starts at around ten to nine, when the teachers take the register They call the students by their names to check who is present and who is absent After registration, all students must assemble in the school Hall to listen to the headmaster The headmaster reads apoem or a passage from a book Then he says a prayer and informs the pupils and teachers about what has happened in the school The lessons start around 9.30 when the assembly is over The students study Maths, Science, Geography, Art, History and Drama

School ends in the afternoon After lunch, in the school canteen, the pupils have to walk inthe playground for an hour, before going back to their classes On weekends, the students don’t have to wear their uniforms so, they are always happy to put on their jeans and T-shirts

Adapted from” Snapshots of Culture” IPN Course book

Last summer, I went to Barcelona I went with two friends by car We stayed in a hotel inthe city centre The first evening, we went out to dinner to an Italian restaurant After that

we went out to a disco, there I met a foreign man, he was very funny We also visited

many monuments For example: The Sacred Family Cathedral, Gaudi´s house and others.The next day, we went to buy some souveniers for our family and friends One day we

went out to Port Aventure It is a funfairtheme park, where there are many attractions Weenjoyed ourselves a lot The next day, we went to a beach resort near Tarragona, there wesunbathed One day we rented a boat and we went sailing I was afraid, because I can´t

swim The next day my friend Gloria was ill, we went to a hospital After that we came

back home, I drove her car because, she couldn´t drive

Food Waste

Food is wasted all the time People buy as much as they think they need Then they leave

food in the fridge past the expiration date, throw it out and buy more!

Where does your leftover food go? The garbage? And where does your garbage go? To

landfills Yard waste, which is landfilled, breaks down very slowly due to the lack of oxygen As

it decomposes, it produces methane gas and acidic leachate, which are both environmental

problems."

People just don't care enough about the environment We are wasting land for our food

waste , which is 30% food! There are plenty of other ways to use your food instead of just

throwing it away Composing is helpful for the community and the environment With the

decomposed material, you can fertilize your flower and vegetable gardens, or even houseplants Food is a wonderful thing Most of us are lucky to have plenty of it, yet we waste so much

Why not get involved and save the world from food waste? Don't waste food, compost it!

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Bicycle Passenger

When I first told my wife that I am going to buy a bicycle next week and I am

using it to get to work, shejust laughed But after I got the bike and began to pedal the

three miles to work rather than take the car, I think she was impressed

Of course, I had two good reasons for using a bicycle to commute to work:The first was my need for exercise, and the second was to save money on gasoline At

first, I was a little bothered by the traffic, but now I am quite at ease and can move in and out

among the cars with a good deal of speed and skill My children are also impressed They think

that their Dad is “realcool.”

Apple is the common name of genus Malus of the family Rosaceae widely and oldest cultivated tree

7500 varieties exist all over the world with 2500 variety which can be found in USA only But for commercial reasons the cider apple is the most used Apples are consumed in different ways :cooked ,

as juice or just as a dissert size ,sweetness and aroma vary from one variety to another.Its colour ranges from shades of red to yellow or green

This is Juan Uribe He’s from Madrid in Spain but he lives in Argentina He is an actor MrUribe is 23 years old He works for TV ARGENTINA He also studies; he studies Journalism atthe University of Argentina Mr Uribe likes football and swimming but he does not like boxing

He loves hip-hop music and he always listens to it from 5:10 am to 8:45am After this he hasCoca Cola for breakfast and goes to university Mr Uribe is a very good student He speaksSpanish, Portuguese, and English Mr Uribe lives in a house His house number is 133 Mr Uribeloves cats and dogs

Nowadays, having a mobile phone have become more of a necessity for everyonethan a luxury Mobile phone is not only a tool for staying connected to your family and friends all the time but also serve the purpose of numerous devices and gadgets Mobile phones have many functions: they come with camera, radio, calendar, calculator, stop watch, reminders and things to do, and so on You do not have to carry a separate

calendar, camera, audio and video player, voice recorder, calculator and all other gadgets that you need, when you have a mobile phone with all these features

Mobile phones may be a great security for the parents as they can now be connected to their children every time Parents are always concerned about their

children’s safety as their children spend most of the time outside and are involved in more and more activities Children should also be taught the proper time and place to usetheir Mobiles Most parents set limits on the amount of calls that their kids can make Children must also be taught not to use their phones during school hours unless there is

an emergency

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Mohamed Dib was a great Algerian writer He was born in 1920 in Tlemcen, Algeria When he was 10, he lost his father Like his family members, Mohamed started working as a carpet maker At school, he was very clever He studied French then entered the High school for teachers in Oran He worked as a teacher of French in the south-west of Algeria in 1939 He didmany other jobs In 1959, he went to France Mohamed Dib died in 2003 He wrote many

books like “La Grande Maison 1952 , L'incendie 1954 and Le Métier a Tisser 1957”

It is Monday morning and it is sunny and hot Some of the students are sitting inthe school library Sara and Elias aren’t doing their homework They are talking on theirphones Carla and Lucia are laughing Luis isn’t reading a book He is writing in it with

a pencil Yaiza and Aida aren’t playing a game They are listening to the music Victorand Oleg are running after Alba Miss Belén, the teacher isn’t teaching a lesson She isshouting at the students

My name is Sally I get up at 6:40 everyday I always go to school on foot I start school

at 9:00 a.m and I finish school at 4:00 p.m I sometimes practise sports at weekends Myfather ,Bill, is a doctor He always gets up at 6:00 a.m He has breakfast then leaves home at7:30 a.m He generally goes to work by car He always starts work at 8:00 a.m He often haslunch at work He never returns home before 4:00 p.m

The dialogue

Mohamed: How about going to Algiers next weekend?

There is a good exhibition at Bardo Museum

Baraa: I’m afraid I can’t Exams are coming and I have to revise my lessons.

Mohamed: Shall we go for a walk this afternoon then.

Baraa: I’d love to, but I’m going to finish my homework this afternoon

Mohamed: what about going to concert tonight?

Baraa: I don’t really like concerts Let’s go to the cinema instead.

Mohamed: Ok, fine See you then.

Spotlight On English ( Book Three)

The Text:

Aghata Mary Clarissa Christie was one of the world’s most famous detective

storywriter She was born in Devon, England She was the third child of Clarissa and

Frederick Miller She did not go to school but was educated at home by her mother Her father died when she was eleven

During World War 1, while she was working in a hospital dispensary, she learnt

about chemicals and poisons, which proved to be useful to her in her late career

In a very quiet room, she wrote her first detective novel: *The Mysterious Affair at Styles* in 1920 From that time, she wrote 79 novels and plays, and became famous

throughout the world However, behind her great work, she was a painfully shy woman whose life was often lonely and unhappy

Dear Alan

We are on holidays in Dublin this week

Our hotel is very nice old and comfortable _Alen Bates _

The people are very friendly The English school

and the food is delicious Viale Carso _

Irish music is good and the city is lovely _44-46 Rome _

Dublin is really beautiful It is a big city Italy

with a lot of old buildings and

it isn’t expensive The weather is horrible

It’s wet and it’s cold.

See you soon

Love Dona and Sergio

My father is a doctor His name is John My mother, Helen, is a teacher My brother Tim

is a pupil, too He is 10 years old How about you? Yours, Peter

Thomas Edison

Thomas Edison was born on November 2nd, 1847 in Ohio, USA He was a greatAmerican inventor As a boy, he loved adventures Later, he worked as a telegraphoperator At the age of twenty-two, he went to New Jersey, where he set up a factory Hewas interested in electrical problems During his carrier, he patented more than 1.000inventions, including the electric light, the phonograph (talking machine) and the motionpicture camera Form 1879 to 1900, Edison produced most of his devices The American

call this period ‘’the age of Edison’’ Thomas Edison died in 1931

1. Susan: Hello Lydia, you look happy today What’s up?

2. Lydia: I have a new teacher of English

3. Susan: What’s his name?

4. Lydia: Mr Green

5. Susan: What does he look like?

6. Lydia: He is tall with brown hair and dark eyes

7. Susan: And what’s he like?

8. Lydia: He is really calm, serious and cheerful

Susan: Oh, you’re very lucky Lydia Mine is rather strict

Fast Food

Most of the children love eating fast food This includes burgers, pizzas, hotdogs, fish andchips Although such food is tasty, it doesn't provide us with enough vitamins, that our bodiesneed This food is not very healthy as it usually contains a lot of fat Eating fast food often canresult in weight gain

However, you can make a meal at the fast food restaurant healthier by choosing a burgerwhich has vegetables in it, by skipping the fries and by having plain water instead of carbonatedsoft drinks

No one can avoid being influenced by advertisements Much as we may

pride ourselves on our good taste We are no longer free to choose the things wewant, for advertising exerts a subtle influence on us In their effort to persuade

us to buy this or that product

Advertisers discovered years ago, that all of us love to get something for

nothing These days, they not only offer free samples, but free cars, free housesand free trips round the world as well

They devise hundreds of competitions which will enable us to win huge

sums of money Radio and television have made it possible for advertisers to

capture the attention of millions of people in this way

CHEZ QUICK

You like fast food, don t you? You are fond of pizza, aren t you? You

dream to eat in an American restaurant There is no food more delicious than

the one you are served in quick

Come to our fast food restaurant You won t be disappointed Come and

taste our hot, rich and nutritious hamburger Our service is the fastest of all therestaurants

Our address? Very easy to find us Go along Ben M hidi Street You ll findEmir Abdelkader Statue Quick is in front of it The restaurant is at the corner of the street

Whales are lovely intelligent animals However they become endangered

species because many people hunt them

Dramatically the fishermen transform a large part of whales meat into cosmetic

or pets products It s important to know that whales play a vital role in the

balance of our environment and killing them would destabilise the ecological

system Eventually Green Peace has strongly criticised this horrible practice

Therefore we must protect them Moreover the United Nations should stop

whales hunting by imposing severe sanctions against whales offenders

Coca Cola was originally invented by john Pemberton a pharmacist in

Atlanta, Georgia, USA In 1886, he made up a new kind of medicine to cure

tiredness and headaches But it tasted bad and almost nobody wanted to buy it

In the first year, Pemberton gained fifty dollars from it

Then, a businessman bought the recipe and advertised it, no as a medicine

but as a refreshing drink All he did was mix it with water and carbon dioxide!

It worked Everybody wanted to buy it and in only a few years Coca Cola

became the national drink in the United States

During the Second World War, American soldiers drank three million bottles of Coca Cola a day! They helped to spread the name and the taste forcoke all over the world Today, millions of bottles are drunk every day all overthe world

Most children are very stressed during exams Therefore, their results are

generally below their capacities So, doctors are thinking to find a

solution to reduce this stress So, what can we do to help them?

Preparation for the test is very important and it starts at home

Preparation is the work that pupils do before the test The majority of the

pupils revise only the week of the exams This method may possibly be

good for few children, but for the majority it may well be the cause of

their failure in the exams

Preparation in groups may be the best solution to get good results

You may ask me how? I will tell you Children who revise in groups may have better chance of success than those who revise alone because when

they work they can help each other by asking and answering questions

that they might have in exams Group preparation may also reduce stress

if the children test each other just if they were taking an exam

You like Algerian food, don t you?

Bourek is a famous Algerian dish, isn t it?

A big competition for delicious Bourek will take place at El Hana

Restaurant next week You want to participate? Think of your special

recipe using our ingredients:

- Pancakes - tomatoes - onions- - potatoes - olives minced meat - cheese - tuna - egg - salt and pepper

Winners will get free weekend for two at El Aurassi Hotel in Algiers

Most children suffer from test anxiety when they take exams As a result, they perform below their abilities So what can we do to help them reduce stress andscore their best? To find out the answer to this question, USA Today spoke toProfessor Malcolm Kane of the University of Texas We asked him to starttalking about exam preparation Here is his answer: preparation for the test isvery important and it starts at home Perhaps I should explain the meaning of the term preparation By preparation I mean the work that pupils do before thetest But just how do you go about it? You may ask Well, the majority of pupils revise for exams alone This method may possibly be suitable for some

children, but on the other hand it may well be the cause of the failure of many others

Harry and his diet

My friend Harry has always been fat, but things went so bad recently that hedecided to go on diet a week ago First of all, he wrote out a list of all the foodswhich he mustn t eat The list included most of thing Harry loves like: butter, rice, chocolate and sweets

Yesterday, I paid him a visit I was not surprised to see that he was as fat

as he has ever been He led me into his room and immediately hid a parcel under his desk It was obvious that he was embarrassed When I asked him what

he was doing, he started laughing and then put the box on the desk

Harry explained that his diet was so strict that he had to reward himself occasionally Then, he showed me the contents of the box It contained fivelarge bars of chocolate, some biscuits and three bags of sweets

The robot is the most amazing invention that man has ever made For

example, in 1987 an American surgeon was able to instruct a robot from a NewYork hospital to do an operation in Strasbourg In the same year astronautswere able to pilot another robot to take pictures of Mars Robots are already capable of doing many difficult and dangerous jobs You can see them working

in car factories, in mines, in fire departments and in nuclear plants

Many people think that robots are stupid This may be true for the oldgeneration robots But the new generation robots are not stupid machines at all They can hear and speak They can even smell Someday soon, I m sure

scientists will be able to invent robot cooks, which you can instruct to prepareyour breakfast in the morning They may be able to invent robot students to doyour home work while you just lie in your bed listening to music And whoknows? They might even invent robot mechanics, which will repair broken robots Can robots become the rivals of man in the future? Well they cannot forone simple reason They have only artificial intelligence, so it is impossible forthem to be man s rivals

Breakfast is the most famous British meal But people in Britain do not

have time for a big breakfast on weekdays anymore

Lunch is not a very important meal in Britain in weekdays City workersdon t usually eat at home They have sandwiches or light food in a pub or in arestaurant Most people have only one hour for lunch but the most importantlunch is Sunday traditional lunch The main dishes are: roasted potatoes andsteamed vegetables and of course pudding which is a cake served with cream Dinner is the evening meal It s the big meal of the day that all the

members of the family take together

The British are the biggest sweet eaters in the world For them, any time iseat a sweet time : tea break at work, recreation period at school, watching TV

at home, in the cinema or theatre, Christmas, birthdays, mother s day, St

Valentine s day are occasions for the British to offer sweets

Joanna and Amy Roberts live in Cambridge Sometimes their mother is out

in the evenings (she teaches evening classes on Tuesdays and Thursdays) and

Mr Roberts is too tired to cook so they get a takeaway

Joanna s favourite is fish and chips They get it from the fish and chip shopnear them The woman in the shop puts the fish and chips in a paper bag and thechildren pour salt and vinegar on to it

Amy likes pizzas, so they ring up a company called the flying Pizza Avan comes to their house with their pizzas It s a strange van with a yellowtelephone on top of it

Their father loves Indian takeaways and so sometimes they get their foodfrom the Indian restaurant in Mill Road They ask for meat or fish or vegetables

in a curry sauce, which is sometimes very hot They always order pillau rice, which is yellow

Mrs Roberts likes Chinese food so they get it from the Chinese restaurant

in Roberts Street They order spring rolls and fried rice

There are many differences between London and Canberra although both

of them are capital cities London is the capital of Britain whereas

Canberra is the capital of Australia

Canberra is located in the south east of the state of New South Wales

on the Molonglo River London is located in the south east of England,

on both sides of the Thames River Canberra is less populated (300, 000

inhabitants) than London (ten million inhabitants)

London was founded 43 AD by the Romans; it is much older than

Canberra whose construction started in 1913

Both cities are commercial centres, but Canberra is less important than London which is one of the greatest cities in the word and a big financial

place with a great number of banks and insurance companies

London, alike Canberra is also a cultural centre with art galleries The

Australian National Gallery in Canberra is however, not as large as

London Museum

In both cities there are big universities, libraries and monuments set up

to celebrate heroes, such as Captain Cook Memorial in Canberra and

Trafalgar Square with the statue of Admiral Nelson in London

On week days, British people are busy working all days long They don t havetime to prepare their meals at home They buy takeaways What s a take

away ?

It s a quick meal we get in a restaurant but we take it home to eat The English takeaway is a speciality of fish and chips It s a kind of fried fish served with chips We find takeaway restaurants everywhere in Great Britain, like the

Jack s fish and chips corner restaurant They are typical of the British life On week-ends eating a Sunday lunch is a tradition in the British families Themain dishes are roasted beef and the delicious Yorkshire pudding But the

pudding is not a cake and it isn t served as a dessert It s a kind of salted pie The hamburger is the most eaten food in the whole world An American chef called Louis Lassen made and sold the first hamburgers in Conneticut in 1895 Louis called them hamburgers because some sailors, from Hamburg in

Germany, gave him the recipe Hamburgers became a favorite in America in theearly part of the twentieth century Their popularity grew even more after theSecond World War Teenagers preferred fast to family meals and bought them

in large quantities

In 1948 two Dock and Mac Donald opened a drive-in hamburger

restaurant in San Bernardino, California Since then over 26,000 Mc Donald srestaurants have opened world wide and now 35 millions Mc Donald s

hamburgers are eaten everyday in 115 Countries

Tommy Harrison is exactly 100 years old, he s a retired engineer His wife, Maude, died 14 years ago, they had no children and now he lives alone in hisflat in Bristol, Tommy has smoked all his life First he smoked cigarettes, about10 a day, but 40 years ago he changed to a pipe He has only been ill once

in his life; and that was just before the first world war, when he had rheumaticfever The only time he visits his doctor is to get certificate to say that he can still drive his car

Every day he has a full English breakfast: bacon, eggs, toast and

marmalade He went abroad once, to France during the war He says I still godancing and swimming but I don t want to live for ever, perhaps 12 moremonths My father lived until he was 99

The British Isles

To the North West of France, we can see two large islands and smaller onesround them They are called the British Isles The larger of the two is calledGreat Britain The smaller one, to the west, is Ireland

There are three countries in Great Britain: Scotland in the North, England in thesouth, and Wales in the west Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, Cardiff is thecapital of Wales, London is the capital of England and also the capital of thewhole United Kingdom

Ireland has two parts: in the south there is the Irish Republic or Eire, with itscapital Dublin The north of Ireland is part of the United Kingdom It is calledNorthern Ireland or Ulster Its capital is Belfast London is one of the mostimportant cities in the world The oldest part is quite busy It is the financial centre of Europe Manchester is a big city, too But it is not as important as London However, it is more important than any other town in England

Finding healthy balanced diet food can be tricky, especially in a world where

you can find a fast food franchise on every corner

Food is made up of carbohydrates, proteins, fats, vitamins, mineral salt andfibre Vitamins are very important for natural health Vitamins A, B, C, D and Eall serve different purposes in the body Mineral salt include iron, calcium, sodium and iodine which all serve different purposes Fibre is needed for

digestion A lack of fibre can lead to serious colon and rectum issues

To have a healthy balanced diet you have to eat foods that make up thesecomponents

In order to find healthy balanced diet foods you must first calculate youractivity level These foods would include bread, cereal, rice and pasta for thecarbohydrates The proteins would include meat, poultry, fish and eggs

The vitamins can be obtained from eating vegetables and fruit Both thesegroups are very important

Milk, yoghurt and cheese are also very important They are rich sources of calcium which is vital for bone strength

Fats should also be consumed but only in moderation Oils and sweets can

be very beneficial but in very small amounts

William Shakespeare was born in Stratford-upon-Avon, on April 26th, 1564 Hisfather was called John and his mother Mary Arden William was calm andmodest and he used to be very brilliant at school His teachers taught himEnglish and Latin He was obliged to leave school very early in other to help hisfamily that had problems of money

In 1582, he married Anne Hathaway who gave him three children:

Susanna and twins: Hamlet and Judith Three years later, he went to London and worked in a theatre There, he started composing new tragedies which were

an immediate success

He became a famous and wealthy actor, and a great dramatic poet Hewrote thirty eight plays Hamlet, Romeo and Juliet were some of them Pupilslearnt them all over the world He died on April 23rd, 1616

From WIKIPDIA Last week, a woman had a lunch in a small restaurant When she finished, she looked for her bag but it wasn t there She was looking for it when thewaiter arrived Did you have a good lunch, madam? He asked Yes, thankyou She answered But I can t pay because I can t find my bag I put it on thatchair She added The waiter laughed and went out Two minutes later, hereturned with the lady s bag I m sorry Here is your bag My dog took it intothe garden It often does this he said

The Dolphin Restaurant

Are you looking for a great restaurant? Do you know where to find perfect

grilled fish? Do you want the best fresh sea food? Well, you ll find all this atthe Dolphin Restaurant in Tamanfoust, a beautiful sea side village

Where will you find us? Walk down the principal street, turn right on theRuins Street, the restaurant is near the port It is a small French house with abeautiful little garden, opened in summer If you go early, try to get a placeupstairs They are nicer than the one downstairs and the service is better

To begin your meal, try the tasty, spicy, grilled salmon on the rice saladprepared at your table Grilled fish is the specialty of this restaurant but thedifferent fish soup is delicious, too For dessert, try special coffee ice- cream on chocolate cake or other excellent drinks

The dolphin is opened everyday except on Saturday You don t need tobook during the week, but on weekends it is necessary

Forests are very important They produce the oxygen we breathe everyday They are the source of wood and the home of many plants and animals They are also comfortable places where we can relax during week-ends and holidays Unfortunately, every summer we hear about terrible forest fires which destroy millions of trees Most of these fires are caused by man

When people go for picnic, they mustn t leave the forest before putting outtheir fires

And, of course, car drivers and passengers mustn t throw cigarettes out of theircar windows

If we want to see and keep our country always beautiful, we must protectnature

Seven per cent (7%) of British school children go to private schools calledindependent schools There are about 2.400 independent schools and they havebeen growing in number since 1980 s

Parents pay for these schools about 50£ a term for a private nursery to3,000£ a term for secondary school Some independent schools are calledpreliminary schools because they prepare the children for the Common

Entrance Exam which they take at the age of 13 This exam (CEE) is for entry into the best schools

The most famous schools are called public schools and they have a long history and tradition Children of rich families often go to the same publicschool as their parents and their grand parents Eton School is the best known

of these schools

Adapted from Cambridge

In the future, I want to be a train driver because I love trains I like speedand I am fond of travelling Daddy, who is the station master of the little town where we live, thinks it is a very good idea Mammy does not She says I shall make myself very dirty and who will wash my clothes? Herself of course andshe will never be able to do it with all her other work

My- sister Jane thinks that it is better if I become an air pilot I can t

become an air pilot because I do not have enough education I am not a goodpupil in class and I could never pass the examination but I know I shall easily pass the test set up by the railways

One of the conditions to be a train driver is to have a good eyesight which

I have and a perfect colour vision which I also have I never used my eyes in reading books not even my lessons So there is a justification in being a badpupil Jane, my sister, who is always first of her class wears glasses!

Progress of science has deeply changed man s life on earth Many

inventions are improving our way of living, making our life easier and morecomfortable New medicines and vaccines have doubled man s lifespan

Scientists have also helped to the development of technology The computer

is the best example of these modern achievements It has facilitated our lives in different fields

Computers can help us doing our tasks in a little time and very quickly, theaccess to internet has given many people the possibility to study at home, send

or receive messages in a short time They can also communicate or chat with anyone else all over the world

Success depends really upon your efforts If you work hard, you will

succeed If you don t make efforts, you will never feel the pleasure of success

If you do not work by your own, no one will give you anything Perhaps

someone will help you once or twice but won t continue helping you forever You are pupils, start by working to succeed at your exams It s your last year atthe middle school, so try to get good results and go to the secondary school This will be possible only if you have good results If your general average isequal or superior to the pass mark 10/20, you ll be admitted to the first year of secondary school where you will spend three years before you take your

baccalaureate exam Then, you ll probably realize your best dream and feel thepleasure of success

Friends of the Earth is an organization that works to improve the

environment; we try to persuade people in the governments and elsewhere toprotect nature We also let people know what s happening in the environment

by producing brochures, books and magazines

Friends of the Earth fights for nature protection in many fields Theseinclude the destruction of wild life habitat such as forests, rivers, seas, oceansand lands We are also concerned by pollution

In Britain, Friends the Earth has over 200,000 supporters and local groups These groups fight all over the country for a better environment

If you are not already a member of Friends of Earth , why not join usnow? Now, more than ever, the Earth needs all the friends it can get

Avicenna (Arabic, Ibn Sina), 980- 1037 was a Persian philosopher who

spent his life as a physician and scholar-in-residence at many Islamic courts Hedied while in service in Isfahan

Many of his writings were translated in west Avicenna s works are concise, précis and complete, the most notable being a philosophical encyclopaedia Asdid other Muslim scholars of Greek school, he attempted to put together

philosophy and Islam For Avicenna, philosophy was the true path to

understanding His summaries of Aristotle reveal a Neoplatonic outlook, especially in his emphasis on the dualism of mind and matter He saw matter aspassive and creation as the act of instilling existence into this passive substance;only in God are being and existence one Avicenna also wrote numerous works

on medicine His best known is the Canon of Medicine, Based primarily on Greco-roman medical tracts An extraordinarily popular work, it was translatedinto Latin and served as a foundation of medical learning in European

universities for centuries

My grandmother is more than ninety years old which makes her the

oldest person in the whole family Since her pilgrimage to Mecca in 1980, everybody is calling her El Hadja Despite her old age, her memory is

still fresh She always tells us that many things used to be different when she was young

My grandma used to begin her day very early Before sunrise, she wasalready busy at work, while everybody else was still in bed

Grandma used to do the house work by herself She used to make clothesfor her children As for her outdoor work, she used to raise some chicken fortheir eggs and sheep for milk and meat She also used to help males to growvegetables

When a member of the family was ill, she used to show him which herbs

to use They collected them from a near forest At that time many people used

to cure illnesses by taking medicinal herbs

" Ladies and gentlemen , welcome to London I hope you an exciting sightseeing tour of this great city Here is an opportunity for you to view London from the top of our famous open top –bus You'll enjoy watching all the historic and interesting places You'll drive through

on this tour of Westminster and the city You'll discover the Bridge of London , Big Ben Clock Tower , Buckingham Palace and many other major sights "

Dear Bill ,

I was so happy to hear that you've a new son His name is very beautiful

Long life to the new baby ! Love, Mathiews

Do you like action films ?

Are you fan of "Jean Claude Vandamn" ?

Then don't miss : " Hard target "

Exclusively on MBC2,tonight at

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Half a century ago , the vast majority of people of virtuality in every country

used to live in the countryside They used to work in agriculture , the primary sector of the

economy

Uncle Hassan was one of them He used to be a farmer Every morning , he used to get

up early to milk his cows before breakfast He used to spend the whole day in the field

cultivating different seasonal crops He didn't use to go shopping in the town very often because

he produced everything he needed

Today , uncle Hassan lives in the town Where he works in a factory It's the second

sector of the economy He usually wakes up at 6 o'clock Before going to work , he buys milk , bread and some fruit He spends the day working till 4 :00 p.m

Uncle Hassan is tired of always pilling boxes

Mandela joined the "A N C " ( African National Congress ) in 1942 In June 1964, he was

arrested and sentenced for life imprisonment and remained in prison until February 1990

After that, Mandela was elected the first black president of South Africa from July1991 to

December 1997 Mandela and Deklerk shared the Nobel Prize of peace in 1998

Dear aunt Hakima ;

Can you help me? At the end of every term school,we have a through examination in every

subject

I always revise my lessons for these exams, but on the day of the exam, I feel really anxious and

I get into panic when I see the test I never manage to score well Please tell me what I should

do

Yours ; Rachida

Dear daughter Rachida ;

Don’ t worry ,it is quite normal when taking your exam, your class-mates feel the same as you

do

But you are right to think that panic is a big problem Many pupils fail their exams because

they

loose self-control There are three main reasons:

they take the exam just for the scores, they are not positive, they adopt the wrong approach

First , you should start thinking positively, secondly keep in mind that you

can’ t do the exam

for the scores Finally ,make sure you don’ t answer the exam questions as soon as the teacher

gives the paper

In the North of Europe to the North West of France, lie two large Islands and other

small ones , the whole makes up the British Isles

The largest Island is Great Britain with England in the South , Scotland in the

North and Wales in the West The second largest is called Ireland It’s smaller than

Great Britain It contains : Northern Ireland (Ulester),and Southern Ireland (Eire)

Ulester and Great Britain form The United Kingdom

Each of the four countries of the U.K has its own capital city London is the

capital of the U.K and England, Edinburgh is the capital of Scotland, Cardiff is that of

the Wales and Belfast of the Northern Ireland The official language of the British is

English Besides English, Welsh is spoken in Wales, Gaelic in Scotland and Ireland

The United Kingdom has got an area of 244044 square kilometres and a

population of sixty million inhabitants The density is 233 inhabitants per square

kilometre London with

its seven million people is the most populated

* You like cars, don’t you ? You’ve

always

dreamt of driving a new car,haven’t

you ? Then come and benifit the low

prices ! Visit our exhibition at Emir

Abdelkader Avenue 22, Algiers

Dear Peter ; We’ll clebrate Ann’s birthday party

at Kingston Hotel on Thursday 21st from 6 to 9 p.m

Come and share with us the celebration if you’re free Yours Mary

One afternoon , a big and ugly wolf was very hungry in a deep forest While he was looking for some food , a little girl came along She was carrying a basket of food He stopped her and asked :"Where are you going little girl ?" She answered that she was carrying some food to her grandmother who lived in the forest

"And where is your grandmother's house?" asked the ugly wolf The girl showed him the way and disappeared

The wolf arrived to the house before the girl He came in , put grandmother's night cap round his head and slept in her bed

The Flu is a serious disease It's as deadly as the Cholera There are many kinds of flu The first

k ind is called the Spanish Flu It appeared in 1917 It killed about 20 million of people There are other kinds of the Flu : The Chinese Flu , and the Asian Most of them are mortal

The Flu is associated with high temperature , cough and respiratory problems

Dear web pal ;

My name’s Suzan Krap I live in Toronto, Canada I’m 14 I’m a tall girl with green

eyes and fair hair I’m rather shy girl I’m 1,60 m and weigh 35 kg I want to meet new

people I like surfing the internet and chatting with young people all over the world.

I like music and reading but I don’t like sport I’m looking for a new web pal

Here’s my e-mail : Suzan @ hot mail Com Suzan

There are two (2) kinds of animals : domestic and wild

Domestic or tame animals live with man like : cows, sheep, goats, horses, donkeys, camels, cats, dogs, rabbits…

Wild animals don’t live with man ; they live in forests and jungles like : lions, tigers, bears, giraffes, elephants,fennecs, foxes…

Some animals feed on grass,fruit,plants and others on meat

Si Si Abdallah is a farmer He always gets up very early He has breakf ast at 5p.m and milks his cows

ju just after Then , he feeds the other animals

He is very busy He is always in his field at 6p.m He never stops work before 8p.m

He sometimes relaxes in Winter when he finishes work at 4p.m …

A tourist school guide is speaking

Good morning , boys and girls I hope you slept

well last night and that you are not very tired

Today , we are going to leave Algiers for Beni Saf

and here is an opportunity for you to discover a new

area Get ready the bus is leaving in 30 minutes

On our way to Beni saf , I will give you some

information about our destination

On the bus

Beni Saf is a seaside town situated in the north west of Algeria It is famous its tourist resorts and for its ports We are staying there for four days So, we will have plenty of time