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What’s on?

Saint Andrew’s

Festival

Cinema

Suraj Sharma

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REPORT Glee: The rhythm

POSTER

TEST

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Stop!

making a video! We’re going to be famous!

Let’s get our instruments

and go!!!

This is the road to

success, my friends!

Yes! It’s the first step towards victory*…

Imagine… thousands of hysterical* fans …

an enormous stage …

A video!!! That’s wonderful!

We’ll be famous!

We’ll be stars!

P COMICS

Les Musicos

victory: success hysterical: very excited

*GLOSSARY

The Road

to Success

Complete the article below with words from the box.

BIRDS • THEM • SCIENTISTS’ • EXPERIMENT

The Department of Scientific Engineering at Oxford University

has begun a new : the zoologist* Ben

Sheldon and the engineer Stephen Roberts have decided to create a

special study to try to understand the habits and social behaviour*

of

Thanks to a number of transponders*, all of the birds’ movements

have been recorded The programme has

allowed to understand why certain birds become “best

friends” and why others remain simple acquaintances, just like in a

real animal-social network !

How are the first months of school going? Hard work?

Don’t worry This edition of Tot has been designed for you

to really have fun… as always! This month there’s an article about a new actor, Suraj Sharma, and there’s also a report about the TV series of the moment, Glee! We’ll also pay

a visit to the Saint Andrew’s Day Festival in Scotland And

if that’s not enough, you can enjoy yourselves with the fantastic friendship test on page 11! So, have fun and … happy reading!

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Cinema Suraj Sharma

Jo’s stories

Report

Glee: The rhythm

of friendship

Poster

Stonehenge

Test

What kind of friend

are you?

Tot Mail

What’s on?

Saint Andrew’s Festival

Games Corner

Visit

Cambridge

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In this issue you’ll learn about:

P present simple

P past simple

P superlative adjectives

P relative pronouns

Answers on page 15.

social behaviour: (here) how animals,

in this case birds, behave when together

zoologist: scientist who studies

animal behaviour

transponder: a type of microchip

*GLOSSARY

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An average schoolboy …

In 2010, Suraj Sharma was a

normal schoolboy attending the

Sardar Patel Vidyalaya High school

in New Dehli, when he decided to

audition* for a role in a new film,

directed by the award-winning

film director Ang Lee

Suraj beat 3000 other actors to

win the starring role in the film

Life of Pi Suraj had never acted

before but the director said, “he

filled the room with emotion,

much of which he conveyed*

simply through his eyes”

audition: a type of interview for a

part in a film or play

blockbusters: very successful films

conveyed: expressed

challenge: a very difficult task

furry: covered in hair

lifeboat: a boat used for rescuing

people

sinks: (here) goes down in the

water

zookeeper: someone who is in

charge of a zoo

*GLOSSARY

An award-winning director…

Ang Lee is the director of Life of

Pi, which will be in cinemas in

December This well-respected Hollywood director had an impressive career so far He has directed over sixty films, including blockbusters* such as

Sense and Sensibility, The Ice Storm, Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon and Hulk.

This film in particular represents

an enormous challenge* for him because it will be in 3D An even bigger challenge for Lee, however, was finding a way of filming the scenes which take place on a small lifeboat* These scenes star Suraj as the main character, Pi, with his co-star Richard Parker, a Bengal tiger!

and a Bengal tiger!

The film is the story of an Indian boy, Pi Patel, who is the son of a zookeeper* Pi’s family decides to move to Canada, taking their zoo animals with them When the ship that they are travelling on sinks*, Pi finds himself alone on

a lifeboat with a zebra, a hyena,

an orangutan and a Bengal tiger named Richard Parker! The film tells the story of his adventure and survival of months at sea with his furry* friends!

Are the following sentences true or false?

1 Suraj Sharma is American

2 Life of Pi is Suraj’s first film.

3 Ang Lee is a Hollywood actor

4 Richard Parker is a zebra

5 Pi Patel is the son of a zookeeper

Suraj

Sharma

Cinema

Say hello to Suraj

Sharma, the 19

year old, previously

unknown, actor from

India who stars in the

3D fantasy film Life

December

What’s in a name?

In the Hindi language the name Suraj means sun While the surname Sharma is regarded as

a very important family name In the Sanskrit language, it can mean happiness, joy and protection

P present simple

introduction to present

perfect

relative pronouns

T F

Answers on page 15

Jo’s

the concert!?

I’ve won a

ticket for the

concert!! I have to wait Oh, no!

in the queue!!!

Oh, no!

It’s starting

to rain!

Three hours later…

The next day…

The day of the concert…

Great!

It’s starting!

Wet … Atchooo!!!!

Hi Jo! So?

How was the concert?

TICKET

QUEUE

SPOTLIGHT

MICROPHONE

SPEAKER

STAGE

Cartoon

The first episode was

a great success!!

Three years later, Glee

is still one of most

loved teen shows on

A social phenomenon

In a short time Glee has

become a real social phenomenon, with an audience of around eight million viewers per episode

The serious fans call themselves Gleeks; a combination of the word glee (happiness) and geek (clever but clumsy and socially awkward)

Quite a few stars have had roles in the television series including the rapper Eve, Olivia Newton John, Britney Spears, Gloria Estefan, Ricky Martin, Lindsay Lohan, Gwyneth Paltrow and Whoopi Goldberg

Successful losers!

Rechel Barry: She’s the real

Glee club star, beautiful talented She’s also very selfish*

Finn Hudson: Rachel’s fiancé

He’s very good at playing football and singing

Mercedes Jones: She loves fashion, singing and performing, too

Kurt Hummel: He also loves

fashion, and he is a very good soprano* with a magnificent voice

Artie Abrams: He has just one

passion, music! He has to use

a wheelchair and is often the victim of unkind jokes

The Glee club

The only extra-curricular

activities that the students of

the William McKinley

High-School follow are football and

cheerleading championships*

Will Schuester, the

high-school Spanish teacher, hopes

to restore the Glee club, the

school song and dance group,

but initially his idea isn’t a

great success

The only people happy to join

Schuester’s club are a group

of misfits* who are considered

“losers” by the others But

these students soon reveal

their rich talent* and their

enthusiasm So, with great

satisfaction, Professor Schuester

starts the new Glee club

Don’t stop believing!

The Glee club is not only a

chance to sing, dance or play

music It is a place where every

member of the group is free to

talk about himself and where

wonderful friendships are

made Singing, dancing and

making music is just an excuse*

to teach these young people

something more: to rely on

each other, be more confident

and never stop believing

in their dreams Don’t stop

believing!!!

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\ REPORT

Tina Cohen Chang: She loves

heavy metal and emo-core music! And she has a very particular sense of style!

Noah Puck Puckerman: Not

very nice He joined the Glee club as a joke

Santana Lopez: She joined the

Glee club to try to destroy it But she finds out that she likes it!

Brittany Pierce: She is a very

good dancer, but she still persists in singing in the Glee club chorus

Mike Chang: He’s the best Glee

club dancer, sweet and quite shy*

In 2011 the 3D film Glee: the

3D Concert Movie was released

It was a documentary about

the fantastic concerts in North

America and Europe which

starred the cast of Glee!

Mr Schuester comes across a lot of hostility and difficulties from some

of his colleagues In particular from

1 Lisa Armstrong – the PE teacher

2 Sue Sylvester – the cheerleading coach

3 Mr Shakespeare – the English literature teacher

cheerleading championships:

competitions held in the United States between cheerleading teams from different high schools

excuse: (here) opportunity misfits: losers, not winners selfish: having no consideration

for other people

shy: someone who is reserved and

doesn’t talk much

soprano: a voice which can reach

very high notes

*GLOSSARY

P present simple, language for expressing abilities, introduction to the present perfect

Answer on page 15

Stonehenge

poster

Welcome to Stonehenge,

in the English county of Wiltshire; probably the most famous prehistoric stone circle

in the country It is estimated that construction began on this iconic stone circle around 2200B.C and that it probably took over one hundred years

to build

The circle is made up of over

150 stones, some from the local area and some from as far as Wales! The stones are different sizes, but some of the larger ones weigh more than 4 tonnes (4,000 kilos)!

There are many different theories about why Stonehenge was built and how

it was used; some of these stories even include wizards and magic spells! However, Stonehenge was probably built and used as a meeting point for religious festivals and celebrations

It is one of approximately 900

prehistoric stone monuments

which can still be found all

around the UK Let’s take a

closer look at Stonehenge.

a of English

Find 6 adjectives

from the text in the

word circle.

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Answers on page 15

Dear Tot,

Our names are Maggie, Jane

and Peter and we’re in the 2nd

year at secondary school Our

head-master is trying to raise*

money to rennovate the school

and he has decided that the

school should enter a journalism

competition The school who

enters the best school newspaper

will win money for its school

The head-master has given us

the task of looking after the

newspaper this year and he’s sure

we can win the competition

We, on the other hand, are

terrified of doing it all wrong

Can you share some of your

secrets with us?

Maggie, Jane and Peter

Hi guys,

Well, you’ve come to the right people! Our magazine is really great and we have a lot of fun writing it, too!

But maybe we’ll disappoint you a little if we tell you that there is no special secret Passion and creativity are very important in this job, but success depends on many other things, like commitment, consistency and patience

A school newspaper should

be fun and it should show everyone that going to that school is really great, in the words of the people who actually go there: the students You should find a young designer who can help you

to make it even better with good photos and original* illustrations

Good luck, “colleagues”!

The Editor

Tot Mail

raise: (here) to collect money from

different places

original: new, different

*GLOSSARY

1 Your pair of friends is:

a Shrek and Donkey

b Pumba and Timon

c Why just two? I prefer a big

group!

2 How many text messages do you

send and receive in a day?

a 10/20

b More than 20

c I don’t count them anymore

I’ve lost my mobile phone!

3 What animal do you like the most?

a Dogs

b Cats

c All of them!

Mainly A’s

You are a good friend, but you

also like to be on your own,

thinking or just listening to the

silence You enjoy being with

the others, but sometimes you

need your own private space for

a little solitude

Mainly B’s

Friendship is very important to you,

is a special link between two people, who choose to spend time with each other and share everything You’re careful* about how you choose your friends and you are loyal to them for the rest of your life

Mainly C’s

Friends are never enough! You can never be on your own! You get bored! Your motto is: “The more the merrier!” You easily make friends because you are an open and happy person

What kind of friend are you?

Would you like to spend all your time with your friends or would you

like to spend more time on your own?

Find out with this quiz!

4 Your best friend is sad and you:

a I tease* him to see how he

reacts

b I spend a nice afternoon

with him

c I call all our friends and organise a surprise party

5 Choose a colour:

a White

b Orange

c All the colours of the rainbow

careful: pay attention tease: make fun of

*GLOSSARY

6 Your perfect afternoon is:

a At home, sleeping, listening

to music or playing on the computer

b Having crazy adventures

with my best friend

c Home or somewhere else with all my friends

7 It’s your birthday You decide to spend it:

a With my best friend

b With a small group of friends

c With my schoolmates and

my friends

The Saint

Andrew’s Day Festival

What’s on?

It may be the beginning of winter, but Scotland

is celebrating its patron saint*

on the streets of Fife!

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Saint Andrew’s Day

Saint Andrew is celebrated as

Scotland’s patron saint on 30th

November; the day is an official

public holiday in the

Northern-most country of the British Isles

However, it is also an important

holiday in many other countries

around the world Saint Andrew

is not only the patron saint of

Scotland, but also of Ukraine,

Russia, Romania, Patras in Greece,

Amalfi in Italy, Luqa in Malta, and

Esgueira in Portugal, too!

Andrew was a fisherman in

Galilee (now part of Israel),

along with his brother Simon

Peter (Saint Peter) The brothers

became followers of Jesus Christ,

founder of the Christian religion,

and Andrew travelled around

the world telling people about

his beliefs He was named as the

patron saint of Scotland in the

10th century

Celebrations

Saint Andrew’s Day is traditionally celebrated all over Scotland on 30th November with parties, Scottish dancing, bagpipe*

music and typical Scottish food, including hotch-potch, a traditional soup made with meat and vegetables

In the town of Saint Andrews

in the Scottish county of Fife, celebrations last for ten days, beginning, this year, on Friday 23rd November and ending

on Sunday 2nd December The festival will host a number of Scottish artists from actors and street performers to dancers and traditional Scottish bagpipe bands! The celebrations also include a food festival, a torch*-light parade and a spectacular firework display!

Romantic Customs

At midnight on 29th November, the day before St Andrew’s Day, it was traditional for girls to pray to

St Andrew for a husband They would make a wish* and look for

a sign that they had been heard

A girl who wanted to get married would:

• Throw a shoe at a door

If the toe of the shoe pointed

in the direction of the exit, then she would marry and leave her parents’ house within a year

• Peel* a whole apple without breaking the peel and throw the peel over the shoulder

If the peel formed a letter of the alphabet, then this suggested the name of her future husband

patron saint: the named saint of a

town or country

bagpipe: a traditional Scottish

musical instrument

torch: a small light used to see in

the dark

wish: something that you would

really like to happen

peel: (here) take off the outer

layer or the skin

*GLOSSARY

P past simple present passive introduction to would

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The flag of Scotland is blue with a white cross and is

Complete the crossword with words from the text to find

out

Answers on page 15