LECTURAS PARA PRIMARIA
1ª READING. THE CORRS. The Corrs are pop group. They are from Ireland. The members of the group are Andrea, Caroline, Sharon and Jim –three sisters and a brother. Caroline is 26 years old. She is the drummer. Her big sister’s name is Sharon. Sharon is 29 and she is the violinist. Their little sister’s name is Andrea. She is 25 and she is the singer. Jim Corr is their brother. He is 35 and he is the guitarist. He plays the keyboard, too. Subraya las respuestas correctas. 1. Are the Corrs from the USA? Yes, they are/ No, they aren’t 2. Is Caroline 26 years old? Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t. 3. Is Jim the violinist? Yes, he is/ No, he isn’t. 4. Are Sharon and Caroline sisters? Yes, they are/ No, they aren’t. 5. Is Andrea the singer? Yes, she is/ No, she isn’t. 6. Are the Corrs popular in the UK? Yes, they are/ No, they aren’t.
2ª READING. THE SCIENCE OF DNA. Imagine: We are at the scene of a crime. The police haven’t got a lot of evidence. The have got one small hair from the criminal’s head. But with that hair, they have got a lot of information about the criminal -thanks to the science of DNA. Every person on this planet has got DNA in their body. And every person’s DNA is different. Scientists can look at one hair from a person’s head and say, for example: . The person is a man. . He hasn’t got brown eyes. . He has got black hair. Thanks to the scientists, we have got a picture of the criminal! Cambia las frases para hacerlas verdaderas. 1. The police have got a lot of evidence. _______________________________________. 2. They have got a hair from the criminal’s hand. _______________________________________. 3. The criminal is a woman. _______________________________________. 4. The criminal has got brown eyes. _______________________________________. 5. The criminal has got brown hair. _______________________________________. 6. We have got a picture of the scientists. _______________________________________.
3ª READING. SPORTS SCHOOL. Every summer, the State University of New York (SUNY) in the USA organizes a sports school. Young people from five to eighteen years old stay at the university for a week. They haven’t got lessons -they play sports in the morning and in the afternoon. They also make new friends and have a good time! The sports school doesn’t offer every sport –it offers seven different courses: baseball, basketball, hockey, gymnastics, American football, volleyball and wrestling (lucha). A typical day for a student on basketball course is:
7.45-8.30 a.m.
Has breakfast
9.00-11.30 a.m.
trains
12.00-1.00 p.m. 1.30-3.30 p.m. 3.30-4.30 p. m.
Has lunch Trains and plays basketball matches Goes swimming
5.00-6.00 p.m.
Has dinner
6.30-8.30 p.m.
Trains and plays basketball matches Has free time
9.00-10.45 p.m.
Subraya las respuestas correctas. 1. When is the sport school? In the summer/ in the winter. 2. Where is the sports school? In the UK/ in the USA. 3. How old are the students? Five-eighteen/ eight-fifteen. 4. Have the students got lessons? Yes, they have. / No, they haven’t. 5. How many different sports are there? Five/ seven. 6. Does the sports school offer skiing? Yes, it does. / No, it doesn’t.
4ª READING. PICTURE POWER! We see adverts every day –when we are watching TV or reading a magazine, or when we are walking in the street. We look at the adverts –but do we think about them? What are the pictures telling us? In this advert, two men are at the hairdresser’s. The young man is standing up. He is looking in the mirror. The old man isn’t looking in the mirror. He is reading a newspaper. Both men are wearing causal clothes. The young man is wearing a grey Tshirt and green trousers. The old man is wearing a white T-shirt, grey shorts and black shoes. He is wearing glasses, too. What is the advert telling us? a) read the newspaper? b) by casual clothes? c) wear glasses? Subraya las respuestas correctas. 1. Are the men talking? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t. 2. Are the men laughing? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t. 3. Are the men wearing casual clothes? Yes, they are. / No, they aren’t. 4. Is the young man standing up? Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t. 5. Is the young man reading? Yes, he is. / No, he isn’t.
5ª READING. AMAZING ANIMALS. Humans are incredible. Olympic champions can run at 35 kilometres per hour and swim at 8 kilometres per hour. And humans can read, write and talk, too. Animals can’t read o write, bur they can do some incredible things. A dolphin can swim at 50 kilometres per hour. A cheetah can run at 100 kilometres per hour. A polar bear can swim 150 kilometres in one day. A cobra can kill when it’s only five minutes old. A raft spider can kill fish. Subraya las respuestas correctas. 1. Can humans swim at 50 kilometres per hour? Yes, they can. / No, they can’t. 2. Can animals read? Yes, they can. / No, they can’t. 3. Can cheetahs run at 100 kilometres per hour? Yes, they can. / No, they can’t. 4. Can a polar bear swim? Yes, it can. / No, it can’t. 5. Can a cobra kill when it’s only five minutes old? Yes, it can. / No, it can’t.
6ª READING. THE DEEP OCEAN. Imagine: You are on a boat in the middle of the Pacific Ocean. It is hot and sunny. There isn’t a cloud in the sky. You go down into the water in a special submarine. At 20 metres underwater, it is warm. There are some plants and some fish. At 1000 metres under water, it is cold and dark. At 2000 metres underwater, you are on the ocean floor. It is very, very cold. There aren’t any plants. But incredibly there are some animals here. There are some holes in the floor of the Pacific Ocean. Very hot water (400 ºC) comes out of the holes, and some amazing animals live there. There is a special type of worm and there are some snails, too. Sometimes, the worms are three metres long. The snails haven’t got any eyes, but they have got hair! Subraya las respuestas correctas. 1. Are there any plants at 10 metres under water? - Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t. 2. Are there any fish at 10 metres underwater? -Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t. 3. Are there any plants on the ocean floor? - Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t. 4. Are there any animals on the ocean floor? - Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t. 5. Is there a special type of worm on the ocean floor? - Yes, there is. / No, there isn’t. 6. Are there any dolphins on the ocean floor? -Yes, there are. / No, there aren’t.
7ª READING. FAMOUS STUDENTS. Famous people were often different from other children when they were young. But were they always good students? The answer is: no, they weren’t. Einstein was a great mathematician. But he was unhappy at school, and he wasn’t a good student. Bill Gates was a student at Harvard University. His subject was computer Studies. But he was only at Harvard for two years. Now, he has got his own computer company (Microsoft) and a personal fortune of more than $ 36,000,000,000! Picasso was a great artist. At school, he wasn’t very good at Maths or Science, but he was brilliant at Art. At the age of fifteen, he was a student at the School of fine Arts in Barcelona. The entrance exam for the School of Fine Arts was very difficult. For most students, it was a month’s work. But it wasn’t a month’s work for Picasso. It was only a day’s work! Subraya las respuestas correctas. 1. Were famous people often different from other children? -Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t. 2. Were famous people always good students? -Yes, they were. / No, they weren’t. 3. Was Einstein happy at school? - Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t. 4. Was Bill Gates a student at Harvard University? - Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t. 5. Was Picasso good at Maths? - Yes, he was. / No, he wasn’t. 6. Was the School of Fine Arts exam difficult for most students? - Yes, it was. / No, it wasn’t.
8ÂŞ READING. FANTASTIC FEASTS. Every year we celebrate festivals, for example, Christmas and Halloween. Normally, we have special food. In the UK, people eat turkey at Christmas. In the past, people celebrated festivals, too. And they cooked special food. The Ancient Egyptians lived 3,500 years ago in Egypt. They celebrated their festivals with enormous feasts. They cooked fish, beef and chicken. They served fruit, too. The servants carried jars of wine on their heads. People played music and danced. The Aztecs lived 400 years ago in Mexico. They celebrated their festivals, with feasts, too. They served a chocolate drink. And they served very interesting food! They cooked a special type of pancake. These pancakes contained snails, insect eggs and worms! Escribe True (verdadero) o False (falso). 1. In the UK, people eat turkey at Christmas. 2. The Ancient Egyptians lived in Mexico. 3. The Ancient Egyptians cooked beef. 4. At Egyptian festivals, people danced. 5. The Aztecs lived in Egypt. 6. The Aztecs served very interesting food.