On the Move 2 Student's Book

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Mo e # 10 – THE THINGS PEOPLE DO!

IS IT POSSIBLE to blow a fish through your nose?

MEET A PERSON WHO loves to run after a cheese! navel to blow

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What can you find in your

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a wife carrying competition!

IS BALLET ONLY FOR GIRLS? READ BILLY ELLIOTT’S STORY

Dear reader We all need to relax now and then. What would life be without Internet games, films and dancing? Most people have hobbies that they share with many others. Most people do sports that we know from newspapers and TV. But, some people are different.

They have hobbies that we may never have heard about or that we think are strange. They love sports that seem very odd to most of us. In this issue of On the Move you will read about such things.

Maybe you will be inspired to start a new hobby?

You will have the opportunity to practise your reading and writing skills, to use your imagination and to find out more about certain things and people. What you find out, you may want to tell others about. Maybe you will have a good laugh together? Welcome to the wacky side of sports and hobbies!

Susan Whitman Editor-in-chief

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å slappe av å dele merkelig/merkeleg en/ei samling en/ein fantasi original, sprø, skrullete

In this issue Your hobby is what?!

p. 40

Say cheese!

p. 44

Ask Alvin

p. 48

Wife carrying

p. 50

My collection: Navel fluff

p. 54

What’s wrong with ballet?

p. 58

Puzzled?

p. 61

Bring it on!

p. 62

Moving on …

p. 66

hang on

– holde/halde fast

CALVIN AND HOBBES © 1987 Watterson. Dist. by UNIVERSAL PRESS SYNDICATE. Reprinted with permission. All rights reserved.

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Some people have the strangest hobbies.

I don’t think many of your friends love to blow fish out of their noses? Or maybe see how far they can spit snails? Well, there are people out there who do! For the record, the most fish that have been blown out of somebody’s nose are 509 fish in one hour.

The world record for spitting living snails is 10.4 metres and belongs to a Frenchman.

Others love to throw things, like rolling pins, peanuts and people. Juha Rasanen from Finland, for example, threw a 60 kilo person 5.4 metres. The story says the poor man landed safely on a thick mattress ...

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In England, ditch snorkelling has become popular. This means that people swim through a ditch full of mud. They have to wear a mask to protect their eyes and can’t see very much at all. They also use a snorkel to be able to breathe. Can you understand why anybody would want to do this?

Some time ago 9 year old Joe Allison discovered that he could make spoons stick to his face. He started out with a spoon on his nose and went on until most of his face was covered. Then 16 of them were nicely placed on his nose, his forehead, his cheeks and his chin. This meant that the world

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record for “covering your face with spoons” was his. He got his name and hobby in the Guinness Book of Records and was very proud. He wants to go on to beat his own record but has to wait until he grows a bit.

For now his face is already filled up to his hair. People say that without those spoons he is a handsome young man!

Many people collect something: stamps, mini cars, dolls etc. Some people have collections that are not so usual: toe nails, toilet paper rolls and air-sickness bags (unused ones, I hope?). An American couple started collecting toasters. They now have

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their house filled with old and new toasters and little space to eat their toast … An Indian man has 625 radios in his house and a British couple has 790 lawnmowers.

Life is what you make it .

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Where they find room for them, I don’t know. Let’s hope they have a large garage and a big garden!

Of course it is nobody’s business what you collect or what kind of hobby you have.

Life is not all work. We need something that can brighten our life. If that is a wacky hobby, so be it!

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for å være/vere nøyaktig, bare/berre så det er sagt et/eit kjevle en/ei grøft søle å beskytte en skje / ei skjei en/ei panne et/eit kinn en/ei hake pen (brukt om hankjønn) en/ein spypose ubrukt en brødrister / ein brødristar en gressklipper / ein grasklippar original, sprø, skrullete

5 quick ones 1. What does the text say about Juha Rasanen?

2. Explain what ditch snorkelling is.

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3. How did Joe Allison get his name in the Guinness Book of Records?

4. Which of the collections mentioned in the text do you think is the wackiest?

5. What does the expression "It is nobody’s business" mean?

THE BOTTOM LINE How many wacky hobbies can you think of? Talk about it in your group.

Can you find at least 10 strange hobbies or sports?

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Say cheese!

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to chase enough steep to spend time to catch muddy scratches bruises completely nutty terrified twice

On the Move has met a young man with a very special interest. Here is Jack to tell you all about it: "So, Jack, what is this hobby or sport that you like so much?"

"It is called “cheese chasing” or “cheese rolling”. I would say it is a sport of some kind. At least it gives me enough exercise for a day!"

"What do you actually do?"

"Well, to make it simple: I run after a cheese that is rolled down a steep hill."

I want to start laughing but try not to.

I don’t want to hurt his feelings! But really, can grown-up people actually spend time chasing after a cheese?

– å forfølge / å forfølgje, å jage etter – nok – bratt – å bruke tid – å fange – sølete – skrammer – blåmerker/blåmerke – fullstendig – skrullete, sprø – livredd – to ganger / to gonger

"So you run after a cheese. I suppose this would be a big, round cheese?"

"Yes, you are right. It rolls pretty fast down that hill, I can tell you!"

"Have you ever caught it?"

"No, I haven’t. I hope I will some day.

Up to now, all I have got are muddy clothes and lots of scratches and bruises.

Some people have broken arms and legs but I have been lucky so far."

"You called it a sport – I would say it is an extreme sport…"

"Yes, it is. It could be dangerous. You can really get hurt, especially since there are so many people running down the hill at the same time. And the hill is very, very steep.

It is hard to run down it and not fall."

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I ask Jack how he got into this special sport and he tells me it was when he started at university.

"I met some people who were really into cheese chasing. At the time I thought they were completely nutty! I went along to see how it was done – and that was it!

It looked like so much fun and I wanted to try it myself. So I started practising.

You need to be in good condition to be able to run after the cheese, especially if you want to catch it. I was just terrified

the first time I tried. I never thought I would get down the hill alive!"

"But you did!"

"Yes, I did. Since then I have taken part in many races and I want to carry on."

"And what if you get seriously hurt?"

"Then I might think twice about it, I suppose."

Our photographer wants to take a photo of him to go with the interview. “Say cheese,” I tell Jack. Then he smiles – a broad, happy smile.

5 quick ones 1. Explain what kind of sport Jack is doing.

2. What makes it so dangerous?

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3. How did he get into this sport?

4. What do you think about the sport?

5. When you want people to smile for a photo, you say “Say cheese” in English. What do you say in Norwegian?

THE BOTTOM LINE Your school is going to arrange a cheese chasing race. Make a poster to announce it. Describe what it is, where it is going to be arranged and what the prize is.

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Ask Alvin Hi there Alvin

Dear Alvin,

I play the violin. Some of my mates at school tease me and say this is a stupid hobby. I don’t agree! I think it’s just not cool enough for them. I really like playing my violin and I think it sounds nice.

Who decides what is cool or not?

Sean

Why do some people do so many strange things to set a record? Sitting in a bathtub full of poisonous snakes, putting scorpions in their mouths – yuck! I bet they just do it to get famous. What I would say to these people? Get a life! What do you think, Alvin?

Eve

Hello Sean, Good question! What I am sure of, is that your mates do not decide what is cool or not! These people do not sound like good mates to me? Go on playing your violin, and you may become a great violinist one day. You have a fine hobby there. Good luck to you!

Alvin

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Some time after Sean wrote this letter to Alvin, something happened on his way to violin practice. Sean wrote to Alvin again. Write Sean’s letter.

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Dear Eve, It is hard to say why people do what they do. Maybe these people need more excitement in their lives? We are all different and have different needs, don’t you think so?

Alvin

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What do you think? Is record breaking all about getting famous?

Have a discussion in your group. a bathtub poisonous famous excitement a need

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Dear Alvin,

Hello Alvin,

Who is the youngest person who has been to the North Pole? I am fourteen and I wonder if I might set a record if I get to go there?

How are you doing? I’m writing to you because I’m worried about my mum. She started a small collection of buttons some years ago, then came dolls, then toys of different kinds, bicycles, hats and mugs.

Our house is full of these things that just sit there! What can I do to make her stop?

Lily

Bud

Dear Bud, I checked with the latest edition of Guinness Book of Records and I am sorry to say that you are some years too late to set a record! Alicia Hempleman-Adams was only 8 years 173 days old when she set foot on the North Pole. She came in by plane to meet her father who had been part of an expedition to the Pole. Sorry!

Alvin Alvin may have misunderstood Bud’s question. Maybe he wanted to know if he could set a record being the youngest person to walk or ski to the North Pole? In that case, what do you think Bud needs to do to be able to get there? Write and tell him.

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Hi there Lily, This was a tricky one. Your mother is a grown-up person, and it is her house and her life. But I can very easily understand that you are worried about the situation and sick and tired of meeting parts of her collections wherever you go! Have you tried to talk to her about it? Maybe if another grown-up person could help you talk to her it would be easier? I agree with you – something must be done.

Alvin (who is just fine, thank you!)

How do you think the conversation between Lily and her mother went? Make a role play and act out the situation.

You may choose to let Lily and mother talk alone or let another person join the conversation.

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a button a mug

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annual a competition an event a backpack insulted impatient a couple to prepare Estonian upside down a waist to prefer piggyback style to stagger to admit

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årlig/årleg en/ein konkurranse en begivenhet / ei stor hending en/ein ryggsekk fornærmet/fornærma utålmodig/utolmodig et/eit par å forberede seg / å førebu seg estlandsk opp-ned en/ei midje å foretrekke / å føretrekkje som en/ein sekk på ryggen å sjangle, å vakle å innrømme

WIFE CARRYING We are in a small place in the eastern part of Finland to watch the annual wife carrying competition. Actually, it is the World Championship of Wife Carrying, an important event. People have been coming here since early this morning and it seems everybody is having great fun. We have met Arnold Johnston and Linda Swartz from Birmingham, England, who will tell us what this competition is all about.

"So, are you going to compete today?"

"Oh yes, we always take part in the competition. Sometimes we do well, sometimes we don’t. But we have fun anyway!" Linda laughs.

"You are not married, are you? How can you take part in this competition then?"

"Well, even if it is called 'wife carrying',

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you can actually carry any woman, as long as she is more than 17 years old and weighs 49 kilos or more. If she does not, she has to carry a backpack to make her weigh 49 kilos."

"Do you know how this madness started?"

"Yes, but I would not call it madness!"

Arnold looks almost insulted. "It is based

on a story from Finland, of course, a long time ago. The leader of a gang wanted to find strong men that could join him. The men had to go through a difficult route with a heavy sack on their backs. Today, the sacks have been replaced with women.

Some people also say the sport is inspired by the old days when men could pick up a woman they liked and run off with her on their backs."

Things seem to be happening over by the starting line and Arnold and Linda get impatient. The first two couples are ready to start. Our two friends will start in the

third heat, so it is time for them to prepare for the race. Soon the competition is on.

An Estonian man runs as fast as he can with the woman hanging upside down on his back. She has her feet fastened around his neck and her arms around his waist. I have learnt that this is called 'The Estonian' after the nationality of the first couple who did it. The other couple in the heat, who are Americans, prefer the good old piggyback style. They run 253.5 metres through sand, grass and water and over stones and hills. Nobody is surprised when the Estonian couple wins the heat. The second

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heat is won by an Australian couple and to our joy our British friends win their heat. Couple after couple stagger across the finishing line; dirty, wet and tired.

It is soon time to find out who the World Champions are. It turns out they are the Estonians from the first heat. Arnold and Linda have done well this year – fourth place is great, they think.

"Congratulations, you two!"

"Thank you, we are really happy to have done so well!" Arnold says. "We thought we were finished when Linda fell off near the end and 15 seconds were added to our

time. Luckily, our time was good enough anyway."

"What now?"

"Now we will have a nice shower, change into clean clothes and have a fun evening with the rest of the group!"

"Will you compete in next year’s World Championship?"

"You bet!!!"

Will I ever compete in a wife carrying competition?

Not very likely! But – it was fun watching, I can admit to that!

5 quick ones 1. Mention some of the rules for wife carrying.

2. What is the background for this sport?

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3. Describe the wife’s position in the Estonian style.

4. Describe how the couples look when they cross the finishing line.

5. What is meant by “not very likely”?

THE BOTTOM LINE

to convince

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You are trying to get wife carrying into the Olympic Games programme. What would you say to the Olympic Committee to convince them? You have to use good arguments. Find somebody to work with and act the situation.

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People and pillows If your older sister or brother sneaks out of the house with your nice, soft pillow under her or his arm, be careful! You may never see that dear thing again – at least not in the condition it was when your head rested on it the night before. Good old pillow fighting has become popular among university students all over the world! When we were children we had fun pillow fights with sisters or brothers or friends that spent the night at our house. Today, young men and women meet at a big open space somewhere in a city and hit left and right while feathers fly. The fights are announced on the net and gather thousands of people and pillows. Why they do it? To make childhood last a bit longer, maybe?

Growing up is not always such fun.

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Make an invitation to a pillow fight. Give information about the place and time for the fight and say something about costumes people may wear. There should also be some rules for the fight, so you have to say something about that too.

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: N O I T C E L L O MY C F F U L F L E V NA

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We decided to ask some people to write about their special collections and promised to print the best one. There was no doubt who was the winner – and here is his story: Hi everybody! My name is Graham Baker and I live in Perth, Western Australia. What I collect is something that cannot be bought and I don’t have to look very far to find it: I have been collecting my own navel fluff since I was 24 years old. This was back in 1984, on a wet and stormy night in Brisbane. It was too rainy to be outside, too hot inside to do very much and I was bored to death. My attention was suddenly drawn to my belly button and what did I see? You are right – fluff! It must always have been there but this was the first time I had studied it properly. I picked it out, looked at it and became curious. How much navel fluff does an average person produce? Would it be enough to stuff a pillow? (I told you I was bored to death ...)

There was only one way to find out, so I started my collection then and there.

Now I have several jars of it, one for each year. Picking my navel before showering

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has become a habit and I don’t think I could stop now even if I wanted to.

People often ask me why I do it. I usually answer, “Why not?” I think this is the perfect collection. It is unique, for one thing. Lots of people collect stamps and coins, but I am probably the only person in the world who collects navel fluff! It is also very rare. Nobody else will ever be allowed to collect Graham Baker’s navel fluff! My collection is almost complete, since I have been picking my navel for more than 20 years now and seldom missed a day. The fluff is in good condition as it is kept undisturbed in a glass jar. It really is a priceless collection.

Over the years many TV and radio stations all over the world have asked me to be on their programmes and countless newspapers have asked me for an interview. I have said yes to some of them. In this way my navel fluff has given me lots of fun experiences and opportunities to see parts of the world that I would not have seen if I had collected stamps! In June 2000 somebody at Guinness World Records asked me to send the material they needed to have

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my collection marked as a world record.

I did, and in the Guinness Book of Records for 2002 I and my navel fluff were presented (on page 131, if you are interested).

I have my own website, which I set up in 1998. In 2001 it was presented in the book “500 of the World’s Best Websites”, which made me very proud.

So how much navel fluff does a person produce, let’s say in a year? I honestly don’t know. People’s navels are so different, aren’t they? I know that my navel produces around 3.03 milligrams of fluff a day. It may not sound like much to you, but it is like gold to me. The one and only Graham Baker navel fluff collection in the world.

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tvil lo som samler/ samlar seg i navlen oppmerksomhet/ merksemd en/ein navle ordentlig/ordentleg nysgjerrig gjennomsnittlig/ gjennomsnittleg en/ei pute en/ei krukke, et glass / eit glas en/ein vane unik, spesiell et/eit frimerke en/ein mynt sjelden/sjeldan uforstyrret/uforstyrra utallige/tallause

5 quick ones 1. Why did Graham Baker start collecting navel fluff?

2. Why does he think his collection is priceless?

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3. Where does he keep his collection?

4. How has his collection become famous?

5. Did he really find out how much navel fluff a person produces?

THE BOTTOM LINE Write an e-mail, a postcard or a letter to Graham Baker and tell him what you think about his collection. Maybe you have some questions to ask him as well?

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Lotito The Frenchman Michel d of metal, , he would eat any kin gs do t ho d an a zz pi gobbling down he was set was not safe when TV a or cle cy bi A er. glass or rubb 150. plane once, a Cessna air e ol wh a e at en ev around – he on his ate not only the food he , ris Pa in t an ur sta Once at a re oons … e knives, forks and sp th , elf its e at pl e th o plate, but als a child. started when he was ts bi ha g tin ea ge an str Michel’s tertainer. He gan his career as an en be he er, ag en te a s When he wa performance Mr Eat-it-all. Before a – t ou et ng Ma r ieu ns was called Mo down easier to help the “food” go oil me so ink dr lly ua he would us his meal. glasses of water with few a ite qu ed ed ne and he also He died to a long life, though. d lea t no d di et di o’s Mr Lotit in 2007, 57 years old.

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This month’s Read WHAT’S WRONG WITH BALLET? Sometimes people may think some sports or hobbies are for girls or boys only. In this story, Billy Elliot is given a hard time when his father discovers that he goes to ballet lessons when he is supposed to be in boxing class. Billy lives in a poor mining town in northern England in the 1980s and boxing is the 'right' thing for a boy to have as a hobby. Here is what happens when Billy’s father finds out about his son’s hobby: "Pick up your leg, Billy. Swing it!

Swing two three, round two three, up two three. What do you call that?

Let’s have a bit of grace, Billy Elliot!"

I was swinging me leg round, slow circle, trying to make it as smooth as cream – and I looked up and there was me dad standing in the door.

Christ! I just froze in me tracks.

I thought I was going to die. I thought he was going to rush out and kill me.

Miss was still going on...

"Up two three. Like a princess, Deborah. Beautiful necks. One two three ... what’s up with you?"

She said that when she saw me standing still. Then the music stopped and she turned round and she saw Dad.

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He’d gone blood red.

"You! Out! Now!" he snapped. [...]

The door banged behind me. He grabbed my arm and pushed me in front.

"Right, you’ve got some explaining to do," he said. And he marched me home.

He didn’t say a word all the way back.

That’s how he does it, he makes you sweat. All the way home, down Union Street, up the High Street, along Macefield Road. Not a word. The bastard.

Back home he pointed at a chair behind the table, staring at me all the while he was taking his coat off. Then he sat down opposite me. And he still hadn’t said a word. See? The longer he goes without saying anything, the worse trouble you’re in. This time I was wondering if he was ever gonna speak to me again.

I knew what he wanted. He wanted me to say sorry. Well, I wasn’t going to.

He could wait for ever. It was stupid.

What had I done wrong?

"Ballet," he said at last.

"So what’s wrong with ballet?" I said.

Me Nan was sitting on a chair by the window eating a pork pie and watching us like we were on the telly. I looked at her.

It was easier than having to look at him.

I could see him turning red again out of the corner of my eye.

"What’s wrong with ballet? Look at me, Billy. Are you trying to wind me up?"

"It’s perfectly normal," I said, turning to face him.

"Normal?" I was scared. He’d gone all white around the lips.

"I used to go to ballet," said me Nan. "See?" I said.

"For your Nan. For girls, Billy. Not for lads. Lads do football or boxing or wrestling or summat."

"What lads do wrestling?’ I asked, and I had him there, because no one I know does wrestling round here.

"You know what I mean."

"I don’t know what you mean."

"Don’t start, Billy."

"I don’t see what’s wrong with it, that’s all."

"You know perfectly well what’s wrong with it."

"No, I don’t."

"You do."

"No, I don’t."

"Yes, you bloody well do. Who do

you think I am? You know quite nicely."

"It’s just dancing. That’s all.

What’s wrong with that?"

The thing is ... All right, I knew what he meant. Ballet isn’t what boys do – it’s not what we do.

Excerpt from "Billy Elliott"

by Melvin Burgess

mining grace me cream a track a neck to snap a bastard opposite Nan pork pie the telly to wind somebody up

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room? anding in the st r e th fa is h he saw illy feel when why not?

1. How did B r felt? Why / e th fa is h w o nderstand h ialect.

2. Can you u ern English d h rt o n a k a e is father sp 3. Billy and h is text? e that from th se u yo n ca ith you?"

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D E L Z PUZ Who took Mr Peterson’s diamond collection?

Private detective Agatha Smith was called out one morning.

Her friend Jack Peterson’s diamond collection had been stolen and he needed her help.

“Now, Jack,” Agatha said as she was standing in Mr Peterson’s living room. “Where was your diamond collection?”

“Right here in the living room, I’m afraid,” Jack answered. “I had taken it out of the safe to have a look at it when the doorbell rang. I answered the door and had a hard time getting rid of some salesman. I heard my housekeeper screaming so I hurried into the living room again. Then the diamonds were gone and the window was open.” “Can I talk to the staff?” Agatha asked.

“Of course,” Mr Peterson said. “Only the driver and my housekeeper are here, but I’ll get them at once.”

The housekeeper was sobbing when she came in.

“I was so scared,” she said. “I came into the living room to clean the tables when I saw a man climbing out of the window.”

“What did he look like?” Agatha wondered. “Well, I only saw him from behind, but he was tall with dark hair. He was wearing jeans and a blue t-shirt. That’s all I can tell you.” “What about you,” Agatha asked the driver. “Did you see anything?” “I’m afraid not,” he said. “I was busy polishing the car and didn’t look up until I heard Mary here screaming.” “Oh,” the housekeeper said, “I suddenly remembered something else! The man’s t-shirt had a picture of a dog in front – there can’t be many of them!”

“Certainly not,” Agatha said slowly. “Well, Jack, my friend, I have solved the case!”

Who is the thief? How do you know?

to get rid of a housekeeper the staff to sob

– å bli kvitt – en husholderske / ei hushalderske – staben, de ansatte / dei tilsette – å hulke

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N O T I G N I R B le!

Four-leaf clovers for sa

ct four-leaf clovers?

Do you happen to colle ction myself, but I have quite a big colle it or change it for I have decided to sell to start collecting something else. I want of clowns. clown suits or pictures ing else to offer, Or, if you have someth has my name tell me! On the Move and e-mail address.

Circus fan

a four-leaf clover a suit to offer

– – –

en/ein firkløver en/ei drakt å tilby

Practice makes perfect!

Man does not live by . bread alone

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Doctor jokes Hi everybody! I am a great fan of doctor joke s.

Here is one of my favo urites: Doctor, doctor, I keep thinking I’m a dog!

How long have you fel t like this?

Ever since I was a pupp y!

Do you know any docto r jokes?

Please contact me and we can start a doctor jokes list on the net or something.

Wouldn’t that be grea t? a puppy

Gerry

– en valp / ein kvalp

Do you want to try for a Guinness record?

I would like to get into the Guinness Book of Records. Would you? Here is the plan: You send me an e-mail, (On the Move has my e-mail address) and I will send you an e-mail back.

Then you forward this e-mail to ten of your friends who send it on to ten of their friends etc. Hopefully, we can make a record for the

a chain letter

– et/eit kjedebrev

longest chain letter by e-mail!

Are you with me?

In your e-mail, just write: This will be the longest e-mail chain in the world!

Optimistic e-mail writer

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N O T I G N I R B da I won! s and I ha d n ie fr y m most Last week ld eat the u o c o h ...

W n: who won s s e competitio u G ? o g rs in one em hamburge seven of th t a e to d e anag I can I did! I m challenge, a s a w e st on cord? (but the la eat my re b y d o b y n Can a tell you!)

Henry a competition in one go to manage a challenge

k and r o w l Al akes m y a l . no p ll boy u d a Jack

en/ein konkurranse på en gang / på ein gong å greie en/ei utfordring

A waiter joke Waiter, waiter! What is this fly doing in my soup?

It looks like backstroke, sir.

Fun, isn’t it?

Lahra

backstroke

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– – – –

– ryggsvømming/ryggsymjing

Do you know of any unusual instruments?

I have been trying to learn how to play as many unusual instruments as possible. Up to now I have managed to play a melody on a vacuum cleaner. I have also played on glasses filled with water (different levels of water in the glass make different tunes). I’m trying to learn how to play on grass straws but need more practice in that area! Do you have any ideas what I can try next? Please let me know! Write to me through On the Move.

Jeanne a vacuum cleaner – en støvsuger / ein støvsugar a level – et/eit nivå

a suggestion

– et/eit forslag

!

1. Do you have a collection that you want to sell or maybe you need something for your collection? Write to Bring it on!

2. Make a collection of “doctor jokes” or “waiter jokes” in English, and tell them to each other.

3. Do you have a suggestion for an instrument that Jeanne can try to play next? Write to her or talk about it. Maybe some of you know how to play an unusual instrument?

4. Do you have an idea for a record-breaking activity that you can try in your group?

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»

»

MOVING ON 1. A FUN RECORD Can you find a fun record to tell the others in your group about?

• Find as much information as possible about the record. The Guinness Book of Records could be a fine source. Also try the Internet.

a source

–

en kilde / ei kjelde

• Make a nice presentation with pictures and text.

»

2. MONSIEUR MANGETOUT Find out more about Michel Lotito and his life.

• What was his childhood like?

a booklet to prefer

– –

• What things did he eat?

et/eit hefte å foretrekke / å føretrekkje

• What kind of life did he lead?

You may make a nice booklet with text and pictures or talk about him in your group. If you prefer, you can get together with others and make a role play about him and his life.

»

3. MY EXHIBITION You are organising an exhibition to show your special collection and now you want people to come and see it. Make a poster to announce your exhibition.

• What have you collected?

an exhibition a collection to announce

– – –

en/ei utstilling en/ei samling å annonsere

• When will you show your collection?

• Where will your exhibition be?

Since this is a fantasy exhibition, you can have anything you like in it!

» a prize

–

en/ein premie

4. THIS IS MY STORY Use one of these openings and write the story of the person’s life: • When I was seven years old, I discovered that I was able to …

• The day that I won first prize, was the best day of my life. I started doing this sport when …

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• My special hobby has taken me all over the world.

I collect …

»

»

MOVING ON 5. THE WACKIEST HOBBY Three people are being interviewed on TV because they have some strange hobbies. At the end of the show the audience is going to decide which person has the wackiest hobby. Your group will be the audience.

the audience to prepare

– –

publikum å forberede / å førebu

• Find three strange hobbies and find out as much about them as you can.

• Prepare some questions and answers that will be used in the show.

• Let the audience decide which hobby is “the winner”!

» to prepare a prize

– –

å forberede / å førebu en/ein premie

6. THE PRESS CONFERENCE You have just taken part in a cheese chasing race, and you actually managed to catch the cheese! There is a press conference after the race. Here are some questions that you may have to answer: • How did you prepare for the race?

• What happened during the race down the hill?

• What is the prize you have won?

Act out the situation.

»

7. WHAT DO THEY COLLECT? What do different people at your school collect?

• Ask pupils and teachers questions about their collections, if they have any.

to collect a booklet

• Make some kind of presentation, a booklet or a written report about it.

– –

å samle på et/eit hefte

• Try to get hold of some pictures to go with the text or presentation.

» to create

–

å skape

8. HOBBIES Use “hobbies” as your keyword and create a presentation around it. Your presentation could include: • poems

• music

• a painting

• a short role play

• a short video cut that you have made You may very well work in a group to do this task.

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On the

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Mo e 1–3 Berit Haugnes Bromseth og Lene Mydland On the Move er et spennende og helt nytt læreverk i fordypning i engelsk for ungdomstrinnet. Verket gir grunnlag for forståelse og mestring for alle elever og skaper aktivitet i elevgruppa. On the Move tar utgangspunkt i elevenes interessefelt, bygger på et utvidet tekstbegrep og har fokus på digitale ferdigheter.

Dette magasinet er ett av kapitlene i On the Move 2 Student’s Book, elevboka for 9. trinn. Læreverket består av en elevbok, en lærerveiledning, en cd og et gratis fagnettsted for hvert årstrinn.

Elevboka består av 8 kapitler, der hvert kapittel er en ny utgave av ungdomsmagasinet On the Move. Både tekster og oppgaver er tydelig differensierte i to nivåer, og elevene møter stor bredde og variasjon innen temaer, sjangere og oppgavetyper. De enkleste tekstene og oppgavene er merket med grønn farge, og tekster og oppgaver av middels vanskegrad er merket med blå farge. Det fins tekster og oppgaver av høyere vanskegrad som kopieringsoriginaler i lærerveiledningen.

Alle komponenter for 8. trinn er i salg.

On the Move 2 Student’s Book (978-82-02-29965-1) vil foreligge våren 2009.

On the Move 2 Teacher’s Book (978-82-02-29972-9) vil foreligge innen skolestart 2009.

Nettsted: http://onthemove.cappelendamm.no On the Move for 10. trinn vil foreligge til skolestart 2010.

Forfatterne arbeider som lærere på ungdomstrinnet og har lang erfaring som engelsklærere. De underviser begge i fordypning i engelsk samtidig som de skriver On the Move.

ISBN 978-82-02-30774-5

On the Move 2 Cd (978-82-02-29976-7) og nettstedet for 9. trinn vil foreligge høsten 2009.