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Test Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

Culture Corner Pets for Life

Report Zoos… for freedom

Personaggi italiani

Music

Taylor Swift Also online (see page 2).

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Return of...the in 3D vampires!

Vampires return to our cinemas in November with The Twilight Saga: Breaking Dawn - Part Two, which is the last film in the Twilight series.

The film stars Kristen Stewart and Robert Pattinson. In the film the Cullens ask for the help of other vampires to protect their daughter from their enemies.

How will the story end?

Game

How many films are there in the Twilight series?

four five six

Answer on page 14.

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Hi everyone!

Welcome back!

In this edition of Let's Start we’ll learn about animals and we’ll visit some of the best zoos in the world!

We’ll also learn about special pet days at a British zoo. And there is also sport, music and lots of other interesting info. So, what are you waiting for? Let’s start!

Lynn

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In this issue you’ll learn about: • present simple and introduction to the future simple • there is / there are • prepositions of place • superlative adjectives Common European Framework Elementary Level (A1/A2)

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Music

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Picture Dictionary

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Report

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Poster

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Taylor Swift

At the zoo

Zoos… for freedom

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Little Genuis

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Culture Corner

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Cornwall

Volcanoes

Pets for Life

Let’s Play This Month

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It’s Guy Fawkes’ Night!

Test

Are you an optimist or a pessimist?

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News

Music

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Taylor Swift

present simple; introduction to present passive.

She’s a world-famous singer/songwriter and country music performer.

Let’s find out more!

In 2006 her first album, Taylor Swift, sells more than 5 and a half milion copies. The song Love Story, from her second album, quickly becomes the best selling song of all time. The song White horse wins two Grammy Awards. Her second and third albums both win the title “Album of the year”. Taylor Swift is named “Woman of the year” at the Billboard Music Awards 2012 for her many great musical successes.

Fact • she loves koalas, cats and horses; • she loves cooking and her favourite dish is pasta; • her favourite colour is white; • she adores clothes with flowers and cowboy boots.

Game

What is Taylor Swift's lucky number? Find 5 words in the word-snake; the remaining letters spell her lucky number!

UMESUCCESSESN USICISONGRCOU THM N T RY T E A LB Answer on page 14.

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Picture Dictionary

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At the zoo

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A Who is it? Look at the picture and answer.

the letters in order to make B Put animal names.

1 It’s got 4 paws, it’s big and … it’s eating. ........................

2 It’s in the pond. It’s green and it’s got a lot of teeth! ........................

3 It’s in the cage and it’s got a long neck. ........................

4 It hasn’t got paws, a tail or a neck. ........................

1 RAPTOR 2 KOMENY 3 GETIR 4 NILO

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What’s your favourite animal?

Why? .............................................................

bear

giraffe

monkey

paw parrot

tail

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6 words in the grid and C Find find the name of the biggest zoo in the UK.

P W L H I M A H I P P O R P O S N N R A N D E K O S N A K E T I G E R Y

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Answers on page 14.

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Report

Zoos… for freedom The Thoiry Zoo The Thoiry zoo is in France, near Paris. Here animals live freely in open spaces with no cages.

Visitors go around the zoo by car. This zoo respects animals and their natural environment.

The zoo has more than 500 animals. There, you may visit the different gardens: the autumn garden, the scent garden, the English garden, the maze....

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description of a place, there is / there are, - adverbs of place – introduction to superlative adjectives

In which zoos around the world do animals live better? Let's see....

Fasano Zoo Safari This zoo is the largest zoo in Italy and is located in Puglia. Many animals, such as lions and giraffes, live freely among trees and bushes.

Visitors can take a tour around the zoo by car or in a small train. The zoo has areas dedicated to birds, tortoises, snakes and tropical fish.

Jurong Bird Park

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The biggest bird park in the world is in Jurong, Singapore: there are about 8000 birds which fly in huge cages. One of these cages is 3000 square metres and as tall as a 9 floor building!

That’s a lot space for flying.

GAMES True or false?

Animal phrases!

Complete the phrases with the correct animals. lion

crocodile

1 To be as brave as a .....................................

(to be very brave) 2 To cry ..................................... tears (pretend to be very sad) 3 To repeat something ..................................... - fashion (repeat something without thinking about it) Answers on page 14.

1 The Thoiry zoo is near Rome.

T F

2 The Thoiry zoo respects its animals.

T F

F 3 The Fasano Zoo Safari is the smallest zoo in Italy. T 4 At the Fasano Zoo Safari there are no birds.

T F

5 At the Jurong Park there are 3000 birds.

T F

6 At the Jurong Park there are no cages.

T F

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In this edition of Let’s Start we explore the magical county of Cornwall.

Cornwall is the most southern county in England. It is situated on the southwest coast at the point where the Celtic Sea meets the English Channel. Many people believe that the legendary King Arthur was born and lived in Tintagel Castle on the north coast of Cornwall.

The coast and countyside of Corwall have inspired many poets, writers and

artists including Daphne du Maurier, Athur Conan Doyle and J.K. Rowling.

Corwal is famous for its water sports, too. Surfing and sailing are part of daily life for many people in Cornwall.

In fact, in 2007, 300 surfers at Polzeath beach set a new world record for the highest number of surfers riding the same wave!

In the 2012 London Olympic Games a sportsman from Cornwall won his fourth Olympic gold medal for sailing.

What is his name?

Find out with the secret code!

A = M B = E E = z I = Z L = 8 N = 4 S = G

Ez4 MZ4G8Zz Answer on page 14.

present simple; superlative adjectives

Game

Test

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Are you an optimist?

Find out with this test!

The Christmas holidays are starting. What do you think?

A I will have to study and do my homework.

B It will rain every day.

C I will have a wonderful holiday!

A It's time to get up!

B Who knows what today will bring...

C Finally, the day has begun!

It's your birthday: what will your friends and family give you?

A Probably something useful.

B Something you won’t like...

C Something you will surely like!

A Maybe it will go well...let's hope so!

B I will have to work hard!

C Everything will be all right!

When you start something new, you think:

With time things … : A change!

B always stay the same!

C always get better!

Main ly A's:

Main ly B's: Sometimes you look at things from a negative point of view and you think they will go really badly. Come on, nothing is impossible!

Things can always get better!

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You are an easy-going person. You live calmly and you always find the right solution to solve problems. You are not a pessimist but you are also not really an optimist. You see things the way they really are.

Main ly C's: You are an optimist and positive person.

You think things will go well. You are not afraid of problems and you smile when things don't go well.

introduction to future simple – superlative adjectives

To your surprise, a friend invites you to his/her house.

What do you think?

A I like surprise invitations!

B He/she will probably need help with his/her homework.

C We will have a lot of fun!

When your alarm clock rings, you think......

Little Genuis

Volcanoes You need:

1 cup of flour

1 cup of salt

1 small plastic bottle

50g bicarbonate of soda

2 cups of 30ml water washing-up liquid

100ml vinegar

2 drops of red food-colouring

To make:

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1 Mix the flour, salt and 1 cup of water.

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Make a small volcano around the plastic bottle.

Leave it to dry.

3 Mix the bicarbonate of soda, washing-up liquid and food-colouring in a cup of water.

Put it all in the volcano and add the vinegar.

Fun facdtthe steam train?

E = M ente ut.

Who inv to find o e d E o c

= t G secre Use the z H = N = Z M EM8GE O = 8 P = 4 8Z R = G 3 Z M z 3GM4 S = 3 T = G Answer

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Culture Corner

Pets for life at Twycross

Zoo

Almost 50 years ago, this zoo opened its doors to the general public. Let’s discover more about Twycross Zoo. Francois Langur

The History Molly Badham and Natalie Evans founded the Twycross Zoo in the summer of 1963.

They were both owners of pet shops in the area, but they decided to open a zoo together to raise awareness about rare and endangered animals. Now the zoo is one of the most important zoos in the United Kingdom and next summer it will celebrate its 50th birthday!

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Twycross Zoo is home to around 1000 different animals. Perhaps the most important of all are the primates; there are 40 different species of primates here and the zoo has become the most important primate centre in the western world. In February 2012, a very rare primate was born at the zoo. The new arrival was a Francois Langur which is an endangered species!

Past simple regular and irregular verbs.

Monkey business

Meercats

Other animals Twycross is not only a primate centre.

You can see many other species of animals there too: giraffes, elephants, meercats, wallabies, ostriches and lions. There are also lots of scary animals including taratulas, boa constrictors and even a few Madagascan hissing cockroaches!

Pets for Life On 24th and 25th November Twycross Zoo will hold two very special activity days called “Pets for Life” days. You can learn all about how to care for different types of pets, from rodents to reptiles! Anyone can attend the sessions to learn more about how animals are cared for at the zoo and how to take care of pets at home.

Wallabies

Game Do you know what types of animals these are? Put them into the correct category in the table below. bonobo • flamingo • corn snake • giraffe • • wallaby • tortoise • macaw • iguana • reindeer • chimpanzee • gibbon • owl Primates

Other mammals

Reptiles and amphibians

Birds

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Answers on page 14.

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ANSWERS - Page 2: five. Page 3: music, song, country, album, successes: Thirteen. Pages 4-5: A: 1 bear, 2 crocodile, 3 giraffe, 4 snake. B: 1 parrot, 2 monkey, 3 tiger, 4 lion. C: parrot, lion, monkey, hippo, snake, tiger: Whipsnade.

Pages 8-9: Ben Ainslie. Page 11: GEORGE STEPHENSON Pages 12-13: Primates: bonobo, chimanzee, gibbon; Other mammals: giraffe, wallaby, reindeer; Reptiles and amphibians: corn snake, tortoise, iguana; Birds: flamingo, macaw, owl. Page 14: A: 1 bear, 2 tiger, 3 lion, 4 monkey, 5 cage, 6 tail, 7 paw, 8 pond.

B: 1 b, 2 c, 3 d, 4 a Page 16: 1 explosion, 2 James, 3 parliament, 4 king, 5 firework, 6 London: PARKIN CAKE

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giraffe

D 4 I don’t like this animal because it has very big teeth.

parrot

3 I like this animal because it has a very long neck.

that I say!!!

2 I don’t like this animal because it repeats everything

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bananas, too!

monkey

1 I like this animal because it eats bananas and I like

B

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Read and match.

A

1 E B A R Z

5 EGCA

2 GRETI

6 LIAT

3 IOLN

7 WAP

4 MYKOEN

8 ODPN

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Solve the zoo anagrams.

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This month

Guy Fawkes’ Night

Now, every winter, we put on our warmest coats and hats and we go out into the streets for a celebration. There is usually a fire, where we roast potatoes, sausages and chestnuts, a firework display and lots of games and activities for both children and adults.

Game

Complete the crossword with words from the text to find the name of a typical cake which we usually eat on Guy Fawkes night.

1 E 2 3 A 4 5 F 6 L

L M L I

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Answer on page 14.

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On 5th November every year in England we celebrate Guy Fawkes’ night. It is a historical celebration of when, in 1605, a group of people planned to kill King James. The group’s leader was a man named Guy Fawkes and the king’s men caught him planning an explosion under the Houses of Parliament in London.

present simple; past simple regular and irregular verbs; relative pronouns.

Remember, remember the 5th of November… It’s winter and it’s time to light the bonfire and celebrate Guy Fawkes’ night!