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YEAR XXIV - No. 1

Poster

York

Culture Corner

Halloween

YEAR XXIV • No. 1 September / October 2011 • Imprimé à Taxe Réduite

Music

The Jonas Brothers

The Smurfs :

from the forest to the cinema!

Whose is the voice? - In the film “The Smurfs 3D”, Smurfette has the voice of a famous American singer. Who? Britney Spears Katy Perry Christina Aguilera

Answer on page 15.

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Hello!

Welcome!

My name is Lynn. Do you want to learn English with me? I’m ready!

Let’s start! In Let’s Start you will find lots of news, games and cartoons…

Have fun!

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Music

The Jonas Brothers

Picture Dictionary

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At school

Report

At Circus School

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Something to make

A pencil pot

Culture Corner

Halloween

Let’s Play!

Lynn Hi! I’m Grammy!

In this edition of Let’s Start we’ll learn about: • present Simple • introduction to past simple • present simple revision • adverbs of frequency • past simple of verb ‘to be’

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Teacher’s notes

Poster

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York

Lifestyle

Meet the New Royal Couple

Test

What colour are you?

Audio CD

Common European Framework Elementary Level (A1/A2)

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The Smurfs are tiny blue people who live in the forest. In this new film, their adventures are in 3D! The writers of Shrek 2 and 3 wrote the new film. The Smurfs are not in their forest, but in Central Park in New York. As always, Gargamel, the bad wizard who wants to catch the Smurfs, causes lots of problems!

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Joe, Kevin and Nick Jonas are musicians, singers … and actors!

Let’s meet the three brothers of rock!

Nick loves musicals. He acted in Beauty and the Beast on Broadway. His brother Joe also loves acting. Kevin discovered his passion for music by chance; he found a book at home about learning to play the guitar!

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The Jonas brothers love driving … complete the words in the grid to find out.

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The Jonas brothers also work for the Disney Channel, a kids’ TV channel. In 2008 they made the film Camp Rock. The Disney Channel also made a reality show about their lives, their concerts in the USA and their hobbies.

Their hobbies

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These three brothers released their first album in 2005 and today they are international stars. In 2008 they won the Breakthrough Award at the American Music Awards.

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At school A True or False?

1 There is a pencil case.

2 There are two teachers.

3 The pencil sharpener is on the desk.

4 The boy has an eraser.

5 There aren’t any paints.

6 There are three school bags.

7 There is a teacher’s desk.

8 The girl is opening a schoolbag.

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B Look at the picture and write the correct words.

1 You use it when you erase something.

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2 There are pens and pencils inside.

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3 The person who teaches you at school.

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4 You use it to study.

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C Complete the sentences with words from the box.

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1 The ................................ explains the maths lesson.

2 Open your ................................ and do the exercises.

3 It’s time for art. We use ................................ to paint

a picture.

4 I put my books in my ................................

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Answers on page 15.

Colour the school bag red, green and orange.

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Report

At Circus

School Do you like the circus? Circus artists are very talented! But even they must go to school.

What do they study? Let’s find out.

Zip Zap Circus School

Jugglers A juggler throws balls, rings or other objects in the air and he doesn’t let them fall. A good juggler trains for many hours every day and has a lot of patience. Do you want to try? Start with three small balls.

Firstly, throw just one ball from your right hand to your left hand, then introduce a second ball, then finally a third ball. Throw the balls high so you can catch them more easily!

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It can be difficult and sometimes dangerous to be an acrobat. Every acrobat has a speciality: walking on a high rope, riding a bicycle with just one wheel, or flying above the audience on a swing! A good acrobat trains for many hours every day.

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Being a clown is … a very serious thing! It isn’t easy to be funny! Clowns have to be both actors and acrobats. Clowns are very different: a white clown talks and makes people laugh; a mime clown doesn’t speak but does some very funny actions. Then there are musical clowns, acrobatic clowns …

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The Zip Zap Circus School is in Cape Town in South Africa. Poor and sick children can go there to learn to be jugglers, acrobats and clowns. In this very special school, children learn other “subjects” like courage and hope. Zip Zap Circus School was created 20 years ago and works with the famous Cirque du Soleil and Doctors Without Borders.

www.zip-zap.co.za

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York It is one of the most historical cities in England, and one of the most beautiful too!

The city of York, in the North of England, has a very important Roman, Viking and Medieval history.

And there are many wonderful attractions to visit too.

Probably the most important attraction of all is York Minster.

It is a large gothic cathedral in the centre of York and it is almost 800 years old. It has a large central tower, which is over 70 metres high.

You can climb the 275 steps to the top of the tower and see the spectacular view of the city!

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What colour are you? adjectives to describe personality; like + -ing

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Test

What’s your favourite colour? Choose your colour and read the description of your character.

Green You are very calm and generous. You love nature and animals.

Blue You are intelligent and calm. You like having a good relationship with other people and you don’t like arguing.

Red You are a happy person with a lot of energy.

You like enjoying yourself and doing lots of different things.

Yellow

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Purple You are very curious.

You like reading, learning and meeting new people. And you also like things that are a little mysterious.

You are very clever and have a good imagination. You like having many friends and being the centre of attention.

Something to make

A Pen Pot You need: a roll of card

red, green and yellow paper

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glue

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Draw a flower on the red paper.

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Cover the roll of card with the green card.

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Draw some flowers on the yellow paper, cut them out and attach them.

Glue the roll of card to the red flower.

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Culture Corner What do you usually do on 31st October?

Do you dress up in a scary costume and visit your neighbours?

It’s

Halloween!

We celebrate Halloween on 31st October in many countries around the world. It is a very popular holiday, particularly in the USA and Canada and also in Great Britain. However, you also find many Halloween celebrations in Europe, Asia and Australia!

The History

adverbs of frequency; past simple verb “to be”; present simple questions.

We do not know the exact origins of the festival of Halloween, but it is probably a combination of the ancient Roman Parentalia (the Festival of the Dead) and the Celtic festival of Samhain (the Festival of Summer’s End).

Symbols of Halloween During the holiday of Halloween we often see pumpkins or turnips carved with scary faces and lit up with a small candle.

Many people, particularly children, dress up in costumes of witches, ghosts, vampires, skeletons and monsters!

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Apple Bobbing The game of apple bobbing involves filling a large basin with water and putting apples in it. Children then try to catch a floating apple from the water.

But they can’t use their hands; they can only catch the apples with their teeth!

And they nearly always get wet!

Trick or Treat?

The game of ‘Trick or Treat’ is typically played by children on the night of Halloween. They usually visit their neighbours’ houses asking the question “Trick or Treat?”, and they try to collect as many ‘treats’ (like sweets, biscuits or sometimes money) as possible. If the neighbours don’t give the children a treat, the children perform a ‘trick’ (a joke or prank) instead.

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Have you read "Let’s Start"? Now let's play!

What is it?

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Complete the names of the colours, then use the code and colour the pencil case!

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Look at the objects and complete the sentences.

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2 The _ _ _ _ _ _ / _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ is red.

3 The _ _ _ _ is green.

4 The _ _ _ _ _ is yellow.

5 The _ _ _ _ _ _ is orange.

3 = O _ _ _ G _ 4 = Y _ _ _ O _ 5 = B _ _ E Answers on page 15.

Wordsearch!

Can you find 16 words in the grid?

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SOLUTIONS - Page 2: Katy Perry. Page 3: 1 singers, 2 concerts, 3 rock, 4 acting, 5 brothers, 6 guitar, 7 musicals : go-karts Pages 4-5: A 1 true, 2 false, 3 true, 4 true, 5 false, 6 false, 7 true, 8 true. B 1 eraser, 2 pencil case, 3 teacher, 4 book. C 1 teacher, 2 book, 3 paints, 4 school bag. Pages 8-9: 40 jumbo jet aeroplanes Pages 12-13: Trick or treat? Smell my feet! Give me something nice to eat! Page 14: What is it?: 1 The pen is blue. 2 The pencil sharpener is red. 3 The book is green. 4 The ruler is yellow. 5 The eraser is orange. Colour!: 1 green, 2 red, 3 orange, 4 yellow, 5 blue. Wordsearch!: Across: paints, desk, yellow, orange, board, exercise book, school bag, pencil case, ruler. Down: pencil sharpener, teacher, book, blue, eraser, green teacher’s desk.

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Lifestyle...

Meet the

New Royal Couple William and Kate, the Duke and Duchess of Cambridge, are on their first royal holiday!

Just two months after the celebrations of the ‘Wedding of the Decade’ in April, the couple were on a royal tour of Canada, visiting places such as Ottawa (the capital city of Canada), Alberta and Quebec. It was their first official tour as a married couple.

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