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YEAR XXX - No. 1

Kid Cult

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Year XXX - N. 1 - September/October 2011 - Imprimé à Taxe Réduite

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Sherlock Holmes:

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Have you ever thought about making the dining room bigger?

And to come down I don’t use any!

I wonder why we built the stairs with 24 steps, if you only use 3!

Sara, sorry.

Can I copy your history notes?

Yeah, but you have to give me your maths notes.

Okay.

Unauthorised photocopying is illegal.

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I really think we need to buy longer furniture or shorten* our son.

EDITORIAL

Tintin at the cinema Are you keen on the cinema?

Then don’t miss The Adventures of Tintin: The Unicorn’s Secret.

It’s the first of 3 films about the likeable*, courageous* cartoon character who was created by the Belgian illustrator Hergé in 1929.

Two directors, Steven Spielberg and Peter Jackson, have joined together to direct the three films. They are all in 3D and were made using the technique performance capture, which copies the facial expressions of the actors onto the cartoon characters created by computer. The actors, whose faces will be used, are a guarantee of success Jamie Bell, famous for Billy Elliot, will be the courageous reporter Tintin, and Daniel Craig, who played James Bond, will be the evil*pirate Red Rackham. In the film, Tintin goes in search of hidden treasure in a submerged, sunken ship*.

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Hi boys and girls, Welcome back! Summer is over and we have another year of ‘Kid’ ahead of us. In this first fun-packed issue you’ll come across some new features such as ‘Halfway Hotel’ a mystery story, Kid on the Case, where we take a look at some famous detectives and Kid Cult where we meet some important teenage stars. For all you social network addicts we have an article about Facebook in the future!

Happy reading!

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Kid comes together with: • Audio CD • Teacher’s notes

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Common European Framework Intermediate level (B1 – B2)

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KID CULT

Justin Bieber Put your hand up if you’ve never heard of Justin Bieber? So where have you been living for the past few years? Justin is the teen idol of the moment and is loved by teenagers all over the world.

So read on to find out more about this YouTube phenomenon.

His early life Justin was born March 1st 1994 in Stratford in Canada.

While he was growing up, he became interested in many things, but especially music. In fact, he taught himself to play the piano, drums, guitar and trumpet. He also started writing songs and some of these he recorded and uploaded* onto YouTube.

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YouTube and success He became an overnight success as many people saw his videos and immediately loved his pop/rhythm and blues style. Shortly after he was contacted by Scooter Braun who invited him to Atlanta, USA to record his songs in a studio. His debut single was released in 2009 and reached a high position in the music charts*.

So many awards* Justin has been nominated for and has won many different awards since he became famous.

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awards: prizes charts: a classification of the most successful songs club: a stick to play golf with flashy trainers: bright and colourful sport shoes gon’: a short form of ‘are going to’ them: often used in spoken colloquial language instead of these/those uploaded: send information from your computer to a larger system using internet

In 2010, he won the American Music Awards and was nominated for Best New Artist and Best Pop vocal album at the Grammy Awards. At Christmas he was invited to the White House where he performed a Stevie Wonder song for Barack Obama and his family.

His image After he started to become successful, Justin changed his ‘normal’ image to a more ‘streetwise’ look. He started wearing baseball caps, hooded tops and ‘flashy’ trainers*.

Recently he’s also had his hair cut, but his original hairstyle was well-loved and was one of the most copied hairstyles by teenage boys. After he changed his hairstyle, a piece of his hair was sold on eBay for $40,608 and the money was given to charity.

Song Look at the following lyrics from Justin’s song One Time. Can you complete it with the missing words?

MOUNTAIN

WON’T

WENT

CLIMBING

MET

LOVE

BUTTERFLIES When I ______ you girl, my heart _______ knock knock Now them* _________ in my stomach, ________ stop stop.

And even though it’s a struggle, _______ is all we got And we gon’* keep _______ to the _________ top

Do you know...?

What’s Justin’s middle name? a. b. c.

Drew Brad Nick The answers are on page 15

Justin Trivia - In October 2010, Justin published his autobiography. It’s called Justin Bieber: First Step 2 Forever - He’s left-handed - He speaks French fluently - His song Down to Earth was about his parents’ divorce - His favourite colour is purple - The craziest present that a fan has given Justin was a rubber golf club* - His nicknames are J-Beeb, Beebs, Bustin Jieber and Bieber.

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REPORT

Facebook forever?

By next year Facebook will probably have exceeded* 600 million users.

Who will be its friends and who will be its rivals?*

Who will use it the most?

Probably the biggest age group will be those between 18 and 34, like today. However, the over 65s will see the fastest increase in users (+ 124%) and teenagers between 13 and 15 (+ 82%). If the trend* continues like this, Facebook will be used by all age groups.

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Who will collaborate*?

In different countries like China, it’s forbidden* to connect to Facebook. But Wang Jianzhou, head of the biggest Chinese telecommunications company, met Facebook’s founder, Mark Zuckerberg in January.

Mark said: “We’re considering the possibility of working together in some way”.

Who won’t be able to use it anymore?

In 2010, the Ontario teacher’s association (Canada) forbade* 230,000 teachers to accept requests for friendship by their students on Facebook.

Who knows if others will do the same?

Who will be its rivals?

In the film The Social Network (2010) the director (Fincher) tells the story of Facebook. The most famous phrase in the film is “You don’t get to 500 million friends without making some enemies”. According to the experts, the most likely* competition will be Diaspora, Google me and Path.

Facebook’s rivals Diaspora: it’s a software that you have to download onto your PC. It isn’t a social network. It was created by four friends who abandoned Facebook because it didn’t protect personal information.

Google Me: Its creator Adam D’Angelo says that “Google Me will soon be reality”. But nobody has said yet what it’ll be like, only that it will be simple to use.

Path: it’s called a “personal network” because it only allows you to have 50 friends. On Path you share information about people, places and things in a comfortable and practical environment.

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break off: end a relationship collaborate: work together colour-blind: unable to distinguish colour exceeded: be more than forbade/forbidden: not permitted huge: enormous likely: very probable rivals: competitors trends: tendencies

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1. Mark Zuckerberg chose the colour blue for the Facebook logo because he’s colour-blind*.

2. On average each user has 130 friends.

Accidental Billionaires 3. A hooded sweatshirt, worn by a Facebook employee was sold on eBay for the huge* sum of $ 4,050.

4. Mark Zuckerberg was nominated Person of the Year by Time magazine in 2010.

5. Facebook is forbidden in North Europe. future simple / future perfect / 1st conditional

The answer is on page 15

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The film The Social Network is based on the book Accidental Billionaires by the writer Ben Mezrich. It tells the story of Zuckerberg and Saverin, both Harvard students and computer geniuses.

After having invented Facebook, they both become famous but have problems and break off their friendship.

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The Highland Games

Every year all over Scotland we can find a very important and exciting event called the Highland Games. It is a celebration of Scottish and Celtic culture, and also takes place in other countries around the world, especially in the USA, where people of Celtic origins live.

The games include tests of strength such as the Caber Toss (throwing a long pole), the Stone Put (throwing a heavy stone using only one hand), the Scottish Hammer throw (throwing a round metal ball attached to a chain) and much more.

There are also contests of Scottish dancing and music contests using traditional Scottish instruments like bagpipes and drums.

In September you can visit the Braemar Highland Games in Aberdeenshire, Scotland. This event is attended every year by the Royal Family.

Do you know‌..?

The Kilt plays an important part of Celtic culture.

But what do you do with a kilt? a. b. c.

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HALFWAY HOTEL

WHERE IS FELICITY? Felicity, the President of the State of U.Z.Z.A’s daughter has disappeared*!

After the fire at the Halfway Hotel in Bombay, nobody has seen her.

Has she been kidnapped*?

Special agent Mr.O is looking for her at the Halfway Hotel a dangerous place, a dangerous history!

Hey! This isn’t a place for young girls!

What an awful place, eh Wolf? Somebody has had some fun here with fire.

Music?!

The story is getting interesting!

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Catch him, Wolf!

A. What does Wolf have to catch? Look carefully at the picture and find out!

Where is she?!

Try to find her, Wolf, look!!!

We’ve found something!

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Yesssssss!!!

WE’RE IN THE RIGHT PLACE!!!

Yes, it looks like a piece of Felicity’s dress.

In the meantime…

awful: terrible, horrible disappeared: can’t be found kidnapped: taken away by force meantime: the time between two events

Did he see you?

It’s me!

No, luckily.

Hey! He’s turned on his computer.

Well…

Let’s see…

What will his password be?

B. Look carefully. Which is the right password in your opinion?

DRAGON WOLF MYSTERY SOLUTION

In English detective stories are also called… a

Cluedo

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Whodunnit?

Ah!! Now I need a hot shower!

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KID ON THE CASE

Sherlock Holmes Elementary, My dear Watson!

This famous, fictional detective needs no introduction. He’s well-known throughout the world thanks to the many books written by Arthur Conan Doyle and the many films and TV series he’s appeared in.

But what’s so special about this master of logical reasoning*?

Read on to find out more.

The birth of Sherlock Holmes The author Conan Doyle first wrote about Sherlock in 1887, which makes him a very old man! He took inspiration for his character from a certain doctor called Joseph Bell, who Conan Doyle used to work for when he was a clerk* at the hospital. They share the same ability to make conclusions from the smallest details.

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His loyal assistant We can’t possibly talk about Sherlock Holmes without mentioning his faithful assistant and companion Dr Watson. The pair even share the same lodgings* at 221B Baker Street, London until Watson gets married.

In 1990, the Sherlock Holmes museum was opened at the above named address, where you can visit a reproduction of how the place might have been in the 19th century.

Sherlock’s Character We can learn a lot about Sherlock’s character from reading his books. We find out that he’s a master of disguise* and a forensic* expert. He is able to use

a variety of weapons to fight his enemies such as a sword, a pistol, a cane*, his fists and even martial arts.

At times he appears arrogant and he enjoys baffling* the policemen with his deductions*. His rooms are very untidy but he is able to find everything he needs in the chaos. He has strange eating habits and often doesn’t eat for long periods while he’s trying to solve a crime. He smokes a pipe and this is often one of the symbols connected to Sherlock Holmes.

The end of Sherlock In 1893, Conan Doyle decided to kill off* his character as he wanted to devote more time writing historical novels. The book was called the Final Problem in which Sherlock was pushed over the edge of a cliff* by his archenemy Moriarty. Sherlock’s fans were

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not very happy with this decision and finally after 8 years, the writer decided to bring back Sherlock to life.

He continued writing about him for many more years.

In his final book ‘His Last Bow’ Holmes retires to the countryside where he starts beekeeping* as a hobby.

Sherlock and the big screen While Conan Doyle wrote 4 novels and 56 short stories concerning Sherlock, numerous films and TV series have been made about him. In fact, Sherlock has appeared in the Guinness World Records many times as the most portrayed* film character with 75 actors playing him in more than 211 films. In 2009, a modern version starring Robert Downey Junior and Jude Law was released with great success. The sequel is going to be released this year and is called Sherlock Holmes: A game of shadows.

baffling: unable to understand it beekeeping: activity of having bees and collecting their honey cane: a wooden stick used for walking clerk: someone who works in an office cliff: the steep side of an area of high land deductions: discovering information by considering the evidence disguise: change the way you look so people can’t recognize you forensic: using scientific methods to solve crimes kill off: make a character in a book or film die lodgings: a rented flat or rooms portrayed: shown or described as reasoning: thinking about something in an intelligent way in order to make a decision

Do you know …?

Look at the titles of some Sherlock Holmes’s books. One word is wrong in each title.

Can you correct them? a) The Dogs of the Baskervilles b) The Sign of the Five

Can you…?

Look at this famous Sherlock Holmes quote.

Can you complete it with the missing words.

REMAINS

TRUTH

ELIMINATED

IMPROBABLE

d) The Mountain of Fear

When you have ___________ the impossible,

e) The Departure of Sherlock Holmes

whatever _________.

However _________ must be the _________.

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c) A Study in Blue

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8) Justin ___________ himself to play the piano. (teach)

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FAMOUS FACES

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disguised: change the way you look so people don’t recognize you keen on: like, enjoy polyglot: someone who knows a lot of languages set: the place where a film is shot won over: won the affection of fans

2011 is a golden year for the beautiful and talented American actress who has won over* everybody with many films and an Oscar.

and even Juliet for Luhrmann. If the scenes are too strong, she doesn’t accept. This year she won the Oscar for the thriller The Black Swan by Aronofsky (2010), in which she plays a tormented ballerina. Having studied ballet since she was a child, came in very useful in the film.

All kinds of films

Life off set*

This year Natalie Portman has appeared on the big screen four times. If you’re a fan of romantic films, you’ll surely have seen No Strings Attached. If you prefer science fiction you’ll have admired her in Cloud Atlas. If, however, you prefer comedies, you’ll have enjoyed Best Buds.

If you’re keen on* mythological films then you’ll certainly have seen Thor where Natalie plays a young scientist who meets on Earth a very tall, blond God who is disguised* as a normal man.

Natalie is a vegetarian. She keeps herself fit dancing and skating and reads a lot. Animals are her passion and she is involved in the organization PETA. Obviously she has her own pet, Noodles, which she’s very attached to.

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Natalie Portman

Natalie reached great success in the film Leon, directed

by Luc Besson, but she continued studying and followed courses at the prestigious acting school Stage Door Manor Performing Arts while she was studying at university.

Her successes and her refusals Directors such as Woody Allen (Everyone says I love you), Lukas (Mars Attacks) and Mike Nichols (Closer, 2004) have wanted her in their films. But Natalie is also able to say ‘no’ and she refused to play Lolita for Adrian Line

* Natalie is a polyglot :

look at the following anagrams and try to work out which languages she speaks.

INPASHS

CHENFR

WEHREB

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_____________

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GLESHIN

MANREG

SEPANEAJ

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_____________ The answer is on page 15

relative pronouns 1st conditional past continuous

Kid n. 7 - 2011 - Poste Italiane S.P.A. - Sped. in abb. post. - D.L. 353/2003 (Conv. in L. 27/02/2004 n. 46) Art. 1, comma 1, DCB - Ancona

Success and study