Top Ten 3 Materialpaket

Elisabeth Lindén & Heidi Rouhiainen

TOP TEN 3 Engelska för årskurs 9

Materialpaket

SCHILDTS & SÖDERSTRÖMS

Innehållsförteckning Part ONE A bag of tricks ……………………………………………… 5

Exercises: Author: J. M. Coetzee………………………… 1 23 Exercises: A whole lot of books………………………… 1 25

Part TWO

Part FIVE

Sound right …………………………………………………

Homophones…………………………………………………

The TH sounds………………………………………………

Vowels and consonants……………………………………

Silent letters…………………………………………………

Puzzling sounds………………………………………………

10 11 12 13 15 17

Part THREE Extra activities for the texts…………………………… 28

UNIT 1 Text 1: A glimpse of the US of A…………………………

Text 2: A nation of immigrants…………………………

Text 3: Establishing a new state…………………………

Text 4: New York – The Big Apple ………………………

Text 5: A taste of Canada …………………………………

Text 6: The island mix………………………………………

Text 7: Native Americans and horses …………………

All texts ………………………………………………………

30 33 36 40 44 46 49 53

UNIT 2 Text 1: Spotlight on Australian cities……………………

Text 2: Food in Australia…………………………………

Text 3: Flora and fauna Down Under…………………

Text 4: The Kiwi Way………………………………………

Text 5: The Aborigines and the Maori…………………

Text 6: Visiting the Cook Islands…………………………

Text 7: Extreme sports………………………………………

All texts…………………………………………………………

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Text 1: A glimpse of the US of A…………………………

Text 2: A nation of immigrants…………………………

Text 3: Establishing a new state…………………………

Text 4: New York – The Big Apple ………………………

Text 5: A taste of Canada …………………………………

Text 6: The island mix………………………………………

Text 7: Native Americans and horses …………………

131 133 134 135 137 139 140

UNIT 2 Text 1: Spotlight on Australian cities……………………

Text 2: Food in Australia…………………………………

Text 3: Flora and fauna Down Under…………………

Text 4: The Kiwi Way………………………………………

Text 5: The Aborigines and the Maori…………………

Text 6: Visiting the Cook Islands…………………………

Text 7: Extreme sports………………………………………

142 143 144 146 148 150 152

UNIT 3 Text 1: “Where the sun never sets”………………………

Text 2: Ancient and young…………………………………

Text 3: India on my mind…………………………………

Text 4: “Unity in diversity”…………………………………

Text 5: “The love of liberty brought us here”…………

Text 6: Mahatma Gandhi…………………………………

Text 1: The United Nations………………………………

Text 2: From war to cooperation………………………

Text 3: EU 101………………………………………………

Text 4: Amnesty International……………………………

Text 5: For a greener environment………………………

Text 6: “Go confidently in the direction of your

dreams!”……………………………………………

Text 7: Exchange students in Finland……………………

93 96 99 102 105

BLOCK B Texter som inte finns i boken……………………………

The Amish……………………………………………………

Map of Australia……………………………………………

James Cook (1728–1779)…………………………………

English – a world language………………………………

Nelson Mandela……………………………………………

The unlucky ducks…………………………………………

108 111 114

Part FOUR Reading comprehension and literature ………………

Text: Author: Paul Auster…………………………………

Exercises: Author: Paul Auster……………………………

Text: Author: J. M. Coetzee………………………………

UNIT 1

76 78 80 82 85 88 90

UNIT 4 Text 1: The United Nations………………………………

Text 2: From war to cooperation………………………

Text 3: EU 101………………………………………………

Text 4: Amnesty International……………………………

Text 5: For a greener environment………………………

Text 6: “Go confidently in the direction of your

dreams!”……………………………………………

Text 7: Exchange students in Finland……………………

All texts…………………………………………………………

BLOCK A Hörförståelseversioner av bokens texter…………… 129

154 155 156 157 159 160

UNIT 4

UNIT 3 Text 1: “Where the sun never sets”………………………

Text 2: Ancient and young…………………………………

Text 3: India on my mind…………………………………

Text 4: “Unity in diversity”…………………………………

Text 5: “The love of liberty brought us here”…………

Text 6: Mahatma Gandhi…………………………………

All texts…………………………………………………………

Listening comprehension………………………………… 128

116 117 118 121

162 163 164 165 166 167 169 170 171 174 177 180 183 186

Part SIX Answer key for the book Facit finns som separat fil. Svaren finns inskrivna på bokens sidor, vilket gör det lätt att hitta uppgifterna och svaren. Dessutom kan du tack vare detta visa upp sidorna med svaren i klassen via dataprojektor eller på interaktiv tavla.

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Part ONE

A BAG OF TRICKS H채r presenterar vi kort bokens uppl채gg och anslag, samt materialpaketets struktur. Dessutom ger vi en del tips p책 hur man kan jobba med texter, teman och kommunikation.

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Om materialpaketets indelning Materialpaketet består av följande delar: •• Part ONE: A bag of tricks – en genomgång av läromedlets upplägg samt tips om hur man kan jobba •• Part TWO: Uttalsrelaterade uppgifter, med facit •• Part THREE: Extra uppgifter till bokens texter, med facit •• Part FOUR: Hörförståelsetexter samt uppgifter med facit (texterna kan även användas för läsförståelse) •• Part FIVE: Läsförståelsetexter samt uppgifter med facit •• Part SIX: Facit till bokens uppgifter Några ord om Part THREE och extra-uppgifterna där: Det finns kopieringsunderlag till varje text i boken.

Dessutom finns det kopieringsunderlag som täcker varje UNIT i sin helhet. Dessa sistnämnda arbetsblad omfattar en quiz (frågesport) och en ordövning.

Arbetsbladen för de enskilda kapitlen består av antingen två eller fyra uppgifter. Alla texter i UNIT 1 och 4 har fyra uppgifter, medan det beroende på textens tema varierar i UNIT 2 och 3. De här arbetsbladen är differentierade: •• Exercise A–B: repetitionsövningar som i första hand håller sig till textens ordförråd.

•• Exercise C–D: fördjupande övningar antingen för snabba elever eller för hela klassen om man vill fördjupa sig i ett visst tema (t.ex. miljöfrågor, politik, natur/geografi, USA:s författning, etnicitet/ kultur…)

Om bokens indelning: UNIT 1–4 + GRAMMAR I Top Ten 1 har vi hållit oss nära eleven för att i Top Ten 2 lägga fokus på de brittiska öarna. Nu i Top Ten 3 förflyttar vi oss ut i världen till andra länder där engelska talas som första språk, om än inte alltid av största delen av befolkningen.

Den största gruppen engelskspråkiga hittar vi i Nordamerika, och därför ägnar vi hela UNIT 1 åt i första hand USA men också Kanada och Karibien. Sen går vi vidare till De två stora därunder, dvs. Australien och Nya Zeeland som tillsammans med Cook Islands fyller UNIT 2. I UNIT 3 ser vi på den övriga engelskspråkiga världen. Vi gör nedslag i Indien (som i kraft av sin historiska och moderna betydelse får stort utrymme), Sydafrika och Liberia. Dessutom tar vi upp Samväldet. Den sista delen, UNIT 4, lägger fokus på internationellt samarbete, internationella organisationer och också ideal och värderingar.

Grammatiken, både teori och uppgifter, finns samlad som ett block i slutet av boken. Därigenom kan du själv välja exakt vilka strukturer du tar upp och när. Att allt finns samlat längs bak gör det också enklare att differentiera – svaga elever kan repetera centrala strukturer och snabba elever kan fördjupa sig. Att strukturerna inte är explicit kopplade till enskilda texter gör även att man mer fritt kan välja exakt vilka texter som man vill intensivläsa.

Om intro-uppslag och faktauppslag: TEMAN, LÄNDER OCH ORGANISATIONER Varje UNIT inleds av ett intro-uppslag. Bilderna och bildtexterna på uppslaget signalerar vilka teman som behandlas i varje UNIT. Intro-uppslaget för till exempel UNIT 1: North America består av bilder från Karibien, en bild på Mount Rushmore och en bild från Niagarafallen, medan intro-uppslaget för UNIT 4 består av bilder från fyra olika länder där engelska har officiell status. Utnyttja intro-uppslagen för 6

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Part TWO

SOUND RIGHT I denna del finns både uttalsanvisningar (t.ex. TH-ljuden, tumregler för ”stumma bokstäver”) och övningar. Övningarna omfattar bl.a. homofoner, tongue twisters, enskilda språkljud och korsord med tips skrivna med fonetiska tecken. Facit till övningarna finns längst bak i delen.

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HOMOPHONES Exercise 1: Homophones Homophones are words that sound the same but are spelt differently. In Swedish examples of homophones are jul vs hjul and kål vs kol. Say the English words below out loud and then match the homophones.

1) eye

A) week

2) cent

B) through

3) flour

C) there

4) heal

D) sure

5) hear

E) two

6) sail

F) scent

7) shore

G) sale

8) their

H) know

9) weak

I) right

10) buy

J) here

11) for

K) heel

12) no

L) four

13) ate

M) flower

14) side

N) eight

15) threw

O) by

16) too

P) sighed

17) write

Q) site

18) sight

R) I

Exercise 2: Write!

Choose three of the homophone pairs and write six questions using them. Then work in pairs, ask and answer each other.

Mr Knott and Mr Watt on the phone – Hello?

– Are you Anderson?

– Who’s calling?

– No, I’m Knott.

– Watt.

– Will you tell me your name, then?

– What’s your name?

– Will Knott.

– Watt’s my name.

– Why not?

– Yes, what is your name?

– My name is Knott.

– My name is John Watt.

– Not what?

– John what?

– Not Watt. Knott.

– Yes. – What?

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VOWELS AND CONSONANTS Exercise 1: Odd one out – vowels Say the words below out loud. One in each group does not fit the description, which word?

SHORT VOWELS

DIPHTHONGS

1) These words contain the [ɪ] sound:

12) These words contain the [eɪ] sound:

peace brave day

win

women fin

sign

plane

2) These words contain the [ʌ] sound:

13) These words contain the [aɪ] sound:

bus

write nice slain fight

busy money sun

3) These words contain the [ə] sound:

14) These words contain the [ɪə] sound:

a

here pure ear beer

an men the

4) These words contain the [æ] sound:

15) These words contain the [eə] sound:

matter planet laugh bat

bear hare hair leave

5) These words contain the [ɒ] sound: plot boy not shot 6) These words contain the [ʊ] sound: put but sugar full LONG VOWELS 7) These words contain the [ɑː] sound: laugh farm above half 8) These words contain the [i:] sound: feel sheep cheap Polish 9) These words contain the [ɜ:] sound: nurse bird horse stir 10) These words contain the [u:] sound:

corn cool

choose lose

11) These words contain the [ɔː] sound: core law

caught mother

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SILENT LETTERS Exercise 1: The silence of the letters I

Sometimes two written letters combine to form one sound (for example TH becomes the [θ] and [ð] sounds and SH becomes the [ʃ] sound), and sometimes a letter is not pronounced at all.

For example: GUEST is pronounced [gɛst]. The letter U is silent.

DOUBT is pronounced [daʊt]. The letter B is silent.

In the words below, one letter is not heard at all. Say the words out loud and underline the silent letter.

1) DEBT 2) ISLAND 3) ANSWER 4) TALK 5) HONEST 6) CLIMB 7) HALF 8) LISTEN 9) GUESS 10) SIGN 11) GIVE 12) WHOM 13) DOUBT 14) SALMON

Exercise 2: The silence of the letters II In the following words two letters are silent. Underline the silent letters.

1) KNIFE 2) THROUGH 3) TALKATIVE

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PUZZLING SOUNDS Exercise 1: Puzzling sounds? LEVEL I Fill in the crossword.

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Across 4) [ˈlɪs(ə)n] 6) [haʊ] 8) [ˈaɪlənd] 10) [dʌm] 11) [gɛst] Down 1) [huːz] 2) [kɑːm] 3) [nəʊ] 5) [klaɪm] 6) [hɑːf] 7) [aʊə(r)] 9) [det]

2 3 4

5

7

6

8

9

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Exercise 2: Meaning?

Match the words in Exercise 1 to their Swedish equivalents.

1) hur 2) gäst 3) vems 4) skuld 5) lugn 6) ö 7) dum 8) lyssna 9) veta 10) klättra 11) halva 12) timme 17

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PUZZLING SOUNDS

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Exercise 7: Puzzling? LEVEL IV Fill in the crossword. Note! There are some homophones (words with the same pronunciation but different spelling) in the crossword.

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Across 1) [saʊθ] 3) [nəʊ] 5) [raɪt] 6) [ˈfɑ:ðə(r)] 7) [briːd] 8) [breθ] 9) [tru:] 11) [ˈfɒrən] Down 1) [ʃaʊt] 2) [θru:] 4) [raɪt] 7) [briːð] 10) [nəʊ]

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6 7

8

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Exercise 8: Meaning?

Match the words in Exercise 7 to their Swedish equivalents.

1) nej 2) genom 3) skrika 4) utländsk 5) syd 6) rätt 7) skriva 8) föda upp; avla 9) far 10) kunna 11) andetag 12) andas 13) äkta, sann 20

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Part THREE

EXTRA ACTIVITIES FOR THE TEXTS Här hittar du extra övningar till samtliga texter i Top Ten 3. De flesta övningarna fokuserar på ordförråd, men det finns även övningar på strukturer och läsförståelse.

De flesta texterna har en eller två extra uppgifter (Exercise A-B).

Om det finns fler, så är dessa (Exercise C–D) mer utmanande och fördjupar tematiken i texten.

Det finns facit till varje kopieringsunderlag.

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NORTH AMERICA Exercises included for the unit: Text 1: A glimpse of the US of A Exercise A: Quiz about the USA! Exercise B: Here and there Exercise C: Opposites Exercise D: Write!

Text 2: A nation of immigrants Exercise A: Down and across Exercise B: The cardinal points Exercise C: Word families!

Exercise D: Answers?

Text 3: Establishing a new state Exercise A: Facts!

Exercise B: Get creative!

Exercise C: Legal English Exercise D: “We the People” – The Constitution of the United States Text 4: New York – The Big Apple Exercise A: Sights Exercise B: A weekend in New York Exercise C: Culture and Money Exercise D: Ground Zero Text 5: A taste of Canada Exercise A: Quiz about Canada!

Exercise B: Nature words Exercise C: Aspects of Canadian nature Exercise D: Facts about the geography of Canada Text 6: The island mix Exercise A: Word search Exercise B: Music from the Caribbean Exercise C: Geography?

Exercise D: Nations of the Caribbean Text 7: Native Americans and horses Exercise A: Puzzling?

Exercise B: Horsing around Exercise C: Ethnic and cultural Exercise D: Aboriginal peoples All texts Exercise A: Quiz!

Exercise B: Gaps!

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TEXT 4

New York – The Big Apple Exercise A: Sights Check the text on pages 32–33 in the book. What NY sights are mentioned and/or pictured?

Write them below.

Exercise B: A weekend in New York Imagine that you got the chance to visit New York for a weekend. Which places and sights would you visit? You can choose all the things you’d like to see, for example Central Park, The Statue of Liberty, musicals on Broadway, shops in Manhattan… You name it! Plan a programme for a weekend and discuss and compare with a classmate!

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TEXT 4

New York – The Big Apple Exercise C: Culture and Money In New York there are two streets that virtually everybody has heard of: Broadway and Wall Street. The former stands for “theatrical performance”, the latter stands for “big finance”. Look at the words below.

Match them to their Swedish equivalents and then write B (for Broadway) or W (for Wall Street) after each word. Note! One word fits in two places.

1) aktie accountant actor audience banking the corporate world director economy finance musical performance play

2) aktiemarknad 3) bankväsende 4) börsen 5) ekonomi 6) finans 7) föreställning 8) företagsvärlden 9) musikal 10) pjäs 11) publik

stage

12) regissör

stock

13) resultat

the stock exchange

14) revisor

stock market

15) scen

theatre

16) skådespelare 17) teater

Exercise D: Ground Zero “Ground zero” refers to the site of a massive explosion. In the US, the phrase “Ground Zero” is commonly used to refer to the site of the terrorist attack on the World Trade Centre in New York. Find out about the current status of the site. What can you find there today?

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New York – The Big Apple Exercise C: Culture and Money 1) stock W 2) stock market W 3) banking W 4) the stock exchange W 5) economy W 6) finance W 7) performance B 8) the corporate world W 9) musical B 10) play B 11) audience B 12) director B 13) performance W 13) accountant W 14) stage B 15) actor B 16) theatre B

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UNIT 1

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Exercise A: Quiz!

Answer the questions. All answers can be found in UNIT 1 of the book.

1) Which countries belong to North America?

2) The Niagara Falls is a popular sight in two countries, which two?

3) Which country is often called ”The Land of Opportunity”?

4) Which American president was assassinated in 1963?

5) When do the Americans celebrate their Independence Day? 6) What was the name of the European who sailed to the New World and landed in Bahamas in 1492?

7) Which two sides were there in the American Civil War? 8) New York is famous for a specific statue. What is the statue called?

9) What happened on 11 September 2001 (also known as 9-11, “nine-eleven”)?

10) Why do people speak both English and French in Canada?

11) Which winter sport is often associated with Canada?

12) What is Creole?

Exercise B: Gaps!

Fill in.

1) What’s the

(huvudstaden) of the USA called?

2) We celebrate our (the 6th of December).

3) How many 4) The people

(självständighetsdag) 6 December (invånare) are there in Ottawa? (grundade) a permanent

5) They decided to write a new 6) The Finnish

(bosättning). (grundlag).

(regeringen) has its headquarters in Helsinki.

7) The American Civil War took place in the 19th 8) Did you know that Canada is a 9) There are many famous 10) The official 11) The family crossed the 12) The

(århundrade). (tvåspråkigt) country? (sevärdheter) in New York. (statsöverhuvud) is Queen Elizabeth II. (gränsen) to the USA. (ursprungsbefolkningen) were called the Caribs.

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Exercise A: Quiz!

Key: 1) The USA, Canada, Mexico and the countries of the Caribbean 2) Canada and the USA 3) The USA 4) John F. Kennedy (also known as “JFK�)

5) on the 4th July 6) Christopher Columbus 7) The North and the South 8) The Statue of Liberty 9) The terrorist attack on the Twin Towers in New York 10) Because Canada used to be made up of both English and French colonies.

11) Ice hockey 12) A language developed from the mixing of parent languages

Exercise B: Gaps!

1) capital (city) 2) independence day 3) inhabitants 4) established settlement 5) constitution 6) government 7) century 8) bilingual 9) sights 10) head of state 11) border 12) indigenous people

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DOWN UNDER Exercises included for the unit: Text 1: Spotlight on Australian cities Exercise A: Hidden message!

Exercise B: Past and present?

Text 2: Food in Australia Exercise A: Across & down Exercise B: Local cuisine?

Text 3: Flora and fauna Down Under Exercise A: Animal body parts Exercise B: Animals, zoos and national parks in Australia Exercise C: Plants Exercise D: Berries!

Text 4: The Kiwi Way Exercise A: Puzzling?

Exercise B: Creative mind Text 5: The Aborigines and the Maori Exercise A: Preparing food Exercise B: NZ food Exercise C: Race? Culture? Fact? Belief?

Exercise D: We & They / We vs They Text 6: Visiting the Cook Islands Exercise A: Word search Exercise B: A Cook Island atmosphere Text 7: Extreme sports Exercise A: Sporty words Exercise B: Finnish sports Exercise C: Not for hotheads Exercise D: X why?

All texts Exercise A: Quiz!

Exercise B: Gaps!

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TEXT 3

Flora and fauna Down Under Exercise A: Animal body parts Match the Swedish and English equivalents.

beak claw fore leg

1) näbb 2) tass 3) framben

fur

4) bakben

hind leg

5) vinge

paw

6) klo

scales tail tail feathers wing

7) fjäll 8) päls 9) svans 10) stjärtfjädrar

Exercise B: Animals, zoos and national parks in Australia a) Go through pages 76–80. Write down all Australian animals that you can find there. b) Next, imagine that you and your friends have got the chance to visit a zoo or a national park in Australia.

Which animals would you like to see and why? Share your thoughts with a classmate or two!

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TEXT 3

Flora and fauna Down Under Exercise C: Plants Match the English and Swedish equivalents. Note! Two English words have the same Swedish equivalent. branch bud conifer crown deciduous tree flower fruit leaf petal roots seed shoot stem tree top trunk Tip! Deciduous trees, are, for example, birch, aspen and maple.

Conifers are evergreen trees like, for example, pine and spruce.

1) stam 2) stjälke 3) gren, kvist 4) kronblad 5) löv, blad 6) trädkrona 7) blomma 8) rötter 9) knopp 10) skott 11) frukt 12) frö 13) barrträd 14) lövträd

Exercise D: Berries!

Here are some berries typically found in Finland. What are they called in Swedish?

1) strawberry 2) wild strawberry 3) raspberry 4) cloudberry 5) lingonberry 6) blueberry 7) gooseberry 8) sea buckthorn 9) redcurrant 10) blackcurrant Choose three of the berries and describe 1) what the berry looks like, 2) how it tastes and 3) where it grows.

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TEXT 3

Flora and fauna Down Under Exercise A: Animal body parts 1) beak 2) paw 3) fore leg 4) hind leg 5) wing 6) claw 7) scales 8) fur 9) tail 10) tail feathers

Exercise B: Animals, zoos and national parks in Australia b) koala, wombat, kangaroo, emu, platypus, tiger snake, redback spider, crocodile, blue-winged kookaburra

Exercise C: Plants 1) trunk 2) stem 3) branch 4) petal 5) leaf 6) crown, tree top 7) flower 8) roots 9) bud 10) shoot 11) fruit 12) seed 13) conifer 14) deciduous tree

Exercise D: Berries!

1) jordgubbe 2) smultron 3) hallon 4) hjorton 5) lingon 6) blåbär 7) krusbär 8) havtorn 9) röda vinbär 10) svarta vinbär

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TEXT 7

Extreme sports Exercise A: Sporty words Match the English and Swedish equivalents. Note! Two English words have the same Swedish equivalent. athletics climb

1) hoppa 2) surfa

cross-country skiing

3) surfbräda

downhill skiing

4) klättra

free climbing

5) vattenskidåkning

javelin throw

6) längdskidåkning

jump luge parachuting raft

7) forsränning 8) flotte 9) rodel

ski jumping

10) störtlopp; utförsåkning

surf

11) backhoppning

surfboard

12) fallskärmshoppning

track and field waterskiing white water rafting

13) spjutkastning 14) friklättring 15) friidrott

Exercise B: Finnish sports Jake from New Zealand is in your hometown as an exchange student for a year and would like to try out some typically Finnish sports. Which sports do you think he should try and why? Discuss different sports with a classmate!

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TEXT 7

Extreme sports Exercise C: Not for hotheads Match the English and Swedish equivalents. Note! Two English words have the same Swedish equivalent. adrenalin rush challenge

1) våga 2) våghals

danger

3) talang

dangerous

4) spänning; iver, upphetsning

dare

5) fara

daredevil

6) farlig, farofylld

endurance excitement physical ability physical injury

7) utmana sig själv 8) skicklighet; färdighet, kunskap 9) fysisk skada, kroppsskada

push one’s limits

10) fysisk förmåga

risk

11) risk

risky

12) riskfylld

skill stamina talent training

13) träning; övning 14) adrenalinkick 15) utmaning 16) uthållighet

Exercise D: X why?

It is hard to define exactly what an X-sport or extreme sport is. There are, however, some common characteristics. First, read the statements below, about extreme sports in general.

1) There is considerable risk of serious physical injury in extreme sports.

2) Extreme sports tend to be solitary, i.e. not something done as a group. (Rafting is one notable exception.)

3) Extreme sports require both considerable skill and physical ability.

4) Extreme sport events are done outdoors and “in nature” under circumstances that cannot be completely controlled. For example weather, terrain and other natural phenomena always affect the outcome.

5) Many extreme sports require specialised equipment.

Then discuss or write a short essay on the theme “Extreme sports – who and why?”

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Extreme sports Exercise A: Sporty words 1) jump 2) surf 3) surfboard 4) climb 5) waterskiing 6) cross-country skiing 7) white water rafting 8) raft 9) luge 10) downhill skiing 11) ski jumping 12) parachuting 13) javelin throw 14) free climbing 15) athletics, track and field

Exercise C: Not for hotheads 1) dare 2) daredevil 3) talent 4) excitement 5) danger 6) dangerous 7) push one’s limits 8) skill 9) physical injury 10) physical ability 11) risk 12) risky 13) training 14) adrenalin rush 15) challenge 16) endurance, stamina

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UNIT 4

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INTERNATIONAL COOPERATION Exercises included for the unit: Text 1: The United Nations Exercise A: Criss cross Exercise B: Odd one out Exercise C: In times of crisis Exercise D: Cause or effect?

Text 2: From war to cooperation Exercise A: Word search Exercise B: Write!

Exercise C: Perfect match!

Exercise D: The USA vs The EU Text 3: EU 101 Exercise A: New words Exercise B: Two statements Exercise C: Ministers Exercise D: Area of responsibility Text 4: Amnesty International Exercise A: Hidden message Exercise B: Meaning?

Exercise C: Human rights Exercise D: Debating Text 5: A greener environment Exercise A: Scrambled words Exercise B: The environment Exercise C: The question of the environment Exercise D: R4 Text 6: “Go confidently in the direction of your dreams” Exercise A: An Olympic quiz Exercise B: What’s the word?

Exercise C: A sport is a sport?

Exercise D: When and where?

Text 7: Exchange students in Finland Exercise A: Word families Exercise B: Some, any, no?

Exercise C: Urban and rural Exercise D: A road trip through Finland All texts Exercise A: Quiz!

Exercise B: Gaps!

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The United Nations Exercise A: Criss cross

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Fill in.

Across 2) röst (i ett val) 4) övergrepp 6) skadlig 9) skydd 10) fred 11) organ (i en organisation)

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Down 1) röst (för att kunna tala) 3) utbildning 5) ansvarig 7) förbättra 8) utveckla

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Exercise B: Odd one out Which word does not belong? Explain why.

1) UNICEF children 2) exploitation abuse 3) consider develop

rights ethnicity protection conflict improve protect

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The United Nations Exercise C: In times of crisis The United Nations help when disasters strike, both man-made and natural disasters. Match the event/ hazard/risk to the right group. Are there any disasters you could put into both groups? Why? Man-made disasters

civil unrest conflict crime wave

drought earthquake epidemic

Natural disasters

flood global warming hurricane

nuclear explosion oil spill terrorism

tsunami volcanic eruption war

Exercise D: Cause or effect?

Here are some causes (=orsak) and effects of disasters, both man-made and natural. First, match the words to their translations. Then discuss with your partner and decide for each item if you think it’s primarily (= i första hand) the cause or the effect of large-scale (=omfattande) disasters.

Cause Effect 1) fattigdom

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2) radioaktivt nedfall = 3) skogsskövling

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4) hungersnöd

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5) jordskred

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6) flyktingström

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7) hagelstorm

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8) evakuering

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deforestation

famine

landslide

radioactive fallout

evacuation

hailstorm

poverty

stream of refugees

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The United Nations Exercise A: Criss cross

Exercise B: Odd one out

Across 2) vote 4) abuse 6) harmful 9) protection 10) peace 11) body

1) ethnicity 2) protection 3) consider

Down 1) voice 3) education 5) responsible 7) improve 8) develop

Exercise C: In times of crisis Man-made disasters civil unrest conflict crime wave nuclear explosion oil spill terrorism war

Natural disasters drought earthquake epidemic flood hurricane tsunami volcanic eruption

Discuss: Where does global warming go?

Exercise D: Cause or effect?

1) poverty 2) radioactive fallout 3) deforestation 4) famine 5) landslide 6) stream of refugees 7) hailstorm 8) evacuation Is it a cause or an effect? Discuss!

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Part FOUR

READING COMPREHENSION AND LITERATURE Här hittar du ett par läsförståelsetexter – alla med litterärt fokus.

Dessutom finns här övningar som tar upp en del litterära begrepp (bokens delar, genrer osv.).

Läsförståelserna behandlar Paul Auster / The New York Trilogy och J. M. Coetzee / Boyhood. Tematiskt kan de passa bra i samband med Unit 1 respektive Unit 3, men du kan förstås använda dem när som helst. Övningarna kring vissa litterära begrepp och verk, A whole lot of books, kan du använda när som helst, de kan också lämpa sig som förberedelse på läsprojekt.

OBS! Lägg märke till att det finns fler texter för läsförståelse i Part FIVE. Skillnaden är att de sex texterna även finns inlästa, medan texterna här inte är inlästa.

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Author: Paul Auster Paul Auster is an American author. He is, perhaps, most famous for his work The New York Trilogy (1985–1986). Below is an excerpt from Ghosts, the second story in the trilogy.

It has been many years since Blue crossed the Brooklyn Bridge on foot. The last time was with his father when he was a boy, and the memory of that day comes back to him now. He can see himself holding his father’s hand and walking at his side, and as he hears the traffic moving along the steel bridge-road below, he can remember telling his father that the noise sounded like the buzzing of an enormous swarm of bees. To his left is the Statue of Liberty; to his right is Manhattan, the buildings so tall in the morning sun they seem to be figments. His father was the great one for facts, and he told Blue the stories of the monuments and the skyscrapers, vast litanies of detail – the architects, the dates, the political intrigues – and how at one time the Brooklyn Bridge was the tallest structure in America.

The old man was born the same year the bridge was finished, and there was always the link in Blue’s mind, as though the bridge were somehow a monument to his father. He liked the story he was told that day he and Blue Senior walked home over the same wooden planks he was walking on now, and for some reason he never forgot it. How John Roebling, the designer of the bridge, got his foot crushed between the dock pilings and a ferry boat just days after finishing the plans and died from gangrene in less than three weeks. He didn’t have to die, Blue’s father said, but the only treatment he would accept was hydrotherapy, and that proved useless, and Blue was struck that a man who had spent his life building bridges over bodies of water so that people wouldn’t get wet should believe that the only true medicine consisted in immersing oneself in water. After John Roebling’s death, his son Washington took over as chief engineer, and that was another curious story.

Washington Roebling was just thirty-one at the time, with no building experience except for the wooden bridges he designed during the Civil War, but he proved to be even more brilliant than his father. Not long after construction began on the Brooklyn Bridge, however, he was trapped for several hours during a fire in one of the underwater caissons and came out of it with a severe case of the bends, an excruciating disease in which nitrogen bubbles gather in the bloodstream. Nearly killed by the attack, he was thereafter an invalid, unable to leave the top floor room where he and his wife set up house in Brooklyn Heights.

There Washington Roebling sat every day for many years, watching the progress of the bridge through a telescope, sending his wife down every morning with his instructions, drawing elaborate colour pictures to the foreign workers who spoke no English so they would understand what to do next, and the remarkable thing was that the whole bridge was literally in his head: every piece of it had been memorized, down to the tiniest bits of steel and stone, and though Washington Roebling never set foot on the bridge, it was totally present inside him, as though by the end of all those years it had somehow grown into his body.

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Author: Paul Auster Exercise A: Expressions Find the English equivalents of the following expressions in the text. The words are in the order that they appear in the text.

1) till fots 2) minne 3) ljud, oljud 4) fantasifoster, inbillning 5) litania, lång lista på

otrevligheter eller klagomål 6) pålar/pålverk i hamnen 7) färja 8) behandling 9) värdelös, utan effekt 10) vattenmassa 11) sänka ner (i vatten) 12) ingenjör 13) underlig berättelse 14) byggerfarenhet 15) kasson (vattentät behållare) 16) dykarsjuka 17) kväve 18) teleskop 19) bokstavligen 20) sätta sin fot på bron

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Author: Paul Auster Exercise B: Questions Answer the questions.

1) What makes Blue think of his father?

2) What can you see from Brooklyn Bridge?

3) Why did Blue’s father think that John Roebling died in vain?

4) What is hydrotherapy?

5) What were Washington Roebling’s professional qualifications?

6) How did the accident happen?

7) What are the bends?

8) How did Washington’s wife help him?

9) Why did she draw pictures?

10) How did Washington remember the bridge?

11) Why do you think Blue still remembers every detail of his father’s story?

12) Describe the relationship between Blue and his father.

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Part FIVE

LISTENING COMPREHENSION

I materialpaket ingår två slags hörförståelser: 1) BLOCK A: För det första finns här kopieringsunderlag med luckövningar��������������������������������������������������� �������������������������������������������������� för alla texter i boken. På dessa kopieringsunderlag har ord plockats bort från texten – och då i första hand ord som inte finns i styckeordlistan. “Hörförståelseversionerna” kan du använda för att introducera eller repetera texten. Vi har hållit kvar fet stil på de ord som finns i styckeordlistan. Bokens text utgör facit till kopieringsunderlagen.

2) BLOCK B: För det andra finns här texter som inte finns i boken.

Dessa texter, kopieringsunderlag samt facit kan förstås även användas som läsförståelser.

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A glimpse of the US of A Undoubtedly, everybody has some kind of an ________ that comes to mind when mentioning the United States of America. The Statue of Liberty, hamburgers, the sandy beaches of Florida and ________________ are just some of the things that could be associated with the USA. But how much do you actually know about the ______________ itself? Have a look at these cards to find out more!

The ABC of USA! – Part 1 The United States is a federal constitutional ________________ consisting of ____ states. The capital city is called Washington, D.C. and it’s located in the District of Columbia on the east coast. With well over 300 million inhabitants, the USA is the third largest country in the world. It’s also one of the most ______________________. Some of the biggest cities include New York, Los Angeles, Chicago, ______________ and Philadelphia.

The films! __________ _____ ______ ______________, the American film industry has mainly been based in Hollywood, California. Some of the most well-known movie icons ______________ John Wayne, Marilyn Monroe and Walt Disney. Star Wars and Titanic belong to the commercially most successful films of all time, and they’ve both ______ ________________ by studios in Hollywood. The USA has also got the highest number of TV viewers in the world.

The music!

The Afro-American music has ___________________ many of the popular music styles in the States: who hasn’t heard of blues, jazz and Louis Armstrong or rock’n’roll, Elvis Presley and Chuck Berry? A couple of new music styles ______________ in the USA are hip hop and house; Beastie Boys, 2Pac, 50 Cent, Inner Circle and Todd Terry are all American ______________. Some of the most famous __________________ include Bob Dylan with ”Blowin’ in the Wind” and Irving Berlin with ” White Christmas”. Michael Jackson and Madonna are ________________ the most well-known _____ __________ from the States.

The food!

The USA is the Promised Land of the hamburger and the pizza, but there’s a lot more to American food.

The traditional American ______________ includes things like turkey, sweet potato, corn and maple syrup. Crab cakes, __________ _____, chocolate chip cookies and potato chips are also ____________ American. There are lots of different fast food restaurant chains in the USA, of course, but also a lot of ethnic restaurants – Lebanese, French, ______________, Chinese and many more.

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A glimpse of the US of A The sports!

Americans love sports. Baseball is the national sport, and other popular ______ ____________ include basketball, American football and ice hockey. Cheerleading, snowboarding and skateboarding are American ______________________ and have spread around the world. Boxing, horse racing, golf, auto racing and mixed ______________ ______ (MMA) are all individual sports with many viewers.

The ABC of USA! – Part 2 Some random facts about the USA: – Independence Day is celebrated on the 4th of July.

– Americans have ____________ for dinner on Thanksgiving, which is celebrated on the fourth Thursday in November.

– There are _____ time zones covering the States, including Alaska and Hawaii.

– 48 per cent of all Americans live in ______________.

– The most popular ______________ ________________ at school is Spanish, followed by French.

– The American green card is not __________ ; it can be, for instance, pink.

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Map of Australia Now let’s complete the map of Australia, and draw the borders of the six states and two territories.

Start on the south coast and draw a line from A to B, and from B to C. The big state west of this line is Western Australia. The biggest city here is Perth on the southwest coast. Draw a line from B to F, and from F to G, and you have Northern Territory, with its biggest city Darwin in the north. Alice Springs is the most important town of central Australia, situated in the southern part of Northern Territory.

Draw a line from F to D, and from D to E, and you’ll have the state of South Australia with Adelaide on the coast in the southeast. The line from H to I separates the state of Queensland in the north from New South Wales in the south. The biggest city of Queensland is Brisbane, a coastal city in the east.

A line from K to L separates New South Wales from the state of Victoria, where the city of Melbourne is the most important. The inland city not far from the coast in New South Wales is Canberra, the capital of Australia. Draw an oval-shaped ring around the capital and you’ll get Capital Territory. The city northeast of Canberra is Sydney, the largest city of New South Wales; and the whole of Australia.

Tasmania is the island off the southeast coast. It is the sixth state and Hobart is the main town.

Australia is surrounded by the Indian Ocean in the west and the Pacific Ocean in the northeast. South of Australia is the Great Australian Bight, north of it is the Timor Sea, east of it the Coral Sea and east of Tasmania is the Tasman Sea. South Australia has one big lake in the northeast corner, Lake Eyre. In Northern Territory, southwest of Alice Springs, is Ayers Rock, an enormous monolith and one of the “musts” for tourists in Australia.

Off the coast in the northeast is the Great Barrier Reef, the most spectacular and most famous coral reef in the world and also a tourist attraction.

Now you have completed your map of Australia.

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EXERCISES

Map of Australia Now let’s complete the map of Australia, and draw the borders of the six states and two territories.

Also mark the names of the states, territories, waterbodies and cities.

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Map of Australia Timor Sea

Pacific Ocean

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Darwin

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Northern Territory Queensland

Ayers Rock Western Australia

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Alice Springs

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Brisbane

Lake Eyre

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South Australia

Adelaide

Great Australian Bight

I New South Wales Sydney

A Perth

Coral Sea

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Indian Ocean

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Canberra

Capital Territory Victoria Melbourne

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Tasmania

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Tasman Sea Hobart

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English – a world language We often think of English as being the world’s number two language, after Chinese, spoken everywhere by everyone. Has it ever occurred to you that the English language has gone through a long period of development?

At the beginning of our era, the British Isles were inhabited by Celtic tribes, who spoke old Celtic languages. When the Romans invaded the Isles they spoke Latin, which was later mixed up with the languages spoken in Britain. It was not until the ninth century that you could really talk about the English language, however. Germanic invaders came to Britain after the Romans had left and they brought with them their own languages, which were mixed up with the local dialects. The first linguistic variety is called Old English, and was written in runes, a type of alphabet derived from Celtic.

With the Norman invasion in 1066, the language was enriched by a lot of words from French and Latin.

The form of English that developed is known as Middle English, and was used by poets such as Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century. Two centuries later, Shakespeare was writing in Early Modern English. These two varieties can be understood today to some extent, unlike Old English, which is far from the language we know.

The move to Modern English began when Henry VIII broke with the Pope in Rome and made himself Head of the Anglican Church, the Church of England. He decreed that the language spoken in churches should be English, not Latin, and the Bible, or parts of it, were translated into English. The King James Bible of 1604 is regarded as a milestone in the development of the English language. It has been called England’s first book of classical prose, and it influenced the language for more than 300 years.

The 17th century saw the beginning of the era of the British Empire, and English spread to different parts of the globe.

With the colonisation of North America, the language spoken there took loanwords from the languages of the Indian natives, and from the Spanish spoken by immigrants from the south. This was the beginning of American English, which has diverged from the British variety in some respects. Different words may be used for the same things – for example the British say the boot of a car while Americans call it the trunk.

And, what is even more confusing, the same word may mean different things – for example vest and suspenders. There are also some differences in spelling, but it is the pronunciation that really gives the game away!

The phrase “two nations divided by a common language”, referring to Britain and the US, has been attributed to Winston Churchill, George Bernard Shaw and Mark Twain. It could be extended to include all English-speaking communities. The more people travel and settle in different parts of the world, the more the varieties will merge into what could be called Global English.

English on both sides of the Atlantic The Englishman in New York may soon notice the difference between his mother tongue and the American variant. On the way from the airport the cab driver will take the freeway to downtown Manhattan rather than the motorway to the centre. He will look for the hotel registration desk and will only find the check-in counter. He may ask if the lift attendant will help him with his luggage, and be told that the bellhop (or elevator operator) will take his baggage. He will set off walking on the pavement, only to find himself on the sidewalk. The list goes on!

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English – a world language English – a world language Answer the questions.

1) Which is, according to the text, the world’s number one language?

2) Which people lived on the British Isles at the beginning of our era?

3) What language did the invading Romans speak?

4) When can you really talk about there being an “English language”?

5) What is the first linguistic variety of English called?

6) When did the Norman invasion occur?

7) Which variety of English did the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (in the 14th century) use?

8) Which variety of English did William Shakespeare (in the 16th century) use?

9) What is another name for the Church of England?

10) Why is the King James Bible of 1604 important?

11) When did English start to spread to other parts of the world?

12) American English was influenced by which languages?

13) The British say “the boot of the car”, the Americans say…?

14) How can you tell American and British English apart?

15) The Americans say “freeway”, the British say…?

16) The Americans say “downtown”, the British say…?

17) The Americans say “check-in counter”, the British say…?

18) The Americans say “baggage”, the British say…?

19) The Americans say “sidewalk”, the British say…?

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English – a world language English – a world language Answer the questions.

1) Which is, according to the text, the world’s number one language?

Chinese.

2) Which people lived on the British Isles at the beginning of our era?

Celts.

3) What language did the invading Romans speak?

Latin.

4) When can you really talk about there being an “English language”?

The ninth century.

5) What is the first linguistic variety of English called?

Old English.

6) When did the Norman invasion occur?

1066.

7) Which variety of English did the poet Geoffrey Chaucer (in the 14th century) use?

Middle English.

8) Which variety of English did William Shakespeare (in the 16th century) use?

Early Modern English.

9) What is another name for the Church of England?

The Anglican Church.

10) Why is the King James Bible of 1604 important?

It is regarded as England’s first book of classical prose, and it influenced the language for more than

300 years.

11) When did English start to spread to other parts of the world?

The 17th century (with the rise of the British Empire).

12) American English was influenced by which languages?

Native American languages as well as Spanish.

13) The British say “the boot of the car”, the Americans say…?

The trunk.

14) How can you tell American and British English apart?

Different words, different spelling, different pronunciation.

15) The Americans say “freeway”, the British say…?

Motorway.

16) The Americans say “downtown”, the British say…?

Centre.

17) The Americans say “check-in counter”, the British say…?

Hotel registration desk.

18) The Americans say “baggage”, the British say…?

Luggage.

19) The Americans say “sidewalk”, the British say…?

Pavement.

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Nelson Mandela Nelson Rolihlahla Mandela was born at Qunu in the Transkei in 1918. His father was a principal councillor and Nelson soon showed an interest in becoming a lawyer. He knew the history of his people and their struggle for even basic human rights.

He went to college to study law, and was suspended for joining a protest boycott. He later completed his studies in Johannesburg. It was there he joined the ANC, the African National Congress, in 1942. He and his co-workers managed to change the ANC into a mass movement, a liberation movement for millions and millions of illiterate people.

The ANC advocated boycotts, strikes, civil disobedience and non-cooperation. Mandela soon became one of its leading lights, helping people with their legal problems. He struggled against injustice, political persecution and police brutality.

The South African authorities were determined to arrest Mandela and to stop his work. He became known as “The Black Pimpernel” during the early 1960s, moving from place to place disguised as a labourer, chauffeur or mineworker. He was arrested and sentenced to life imprisonment. At his Rivonia trial he said: “I have cherished the ideal of a democratic and free society. If needs be, it is an ideal for which I am prepared to die.”

Nelson Mandela spent about three decades in prison, mostly on the notorious Robben Island, seven kilometres off the coast of Cape Town. He was finally released on the 11th of February 1990, and immersed himself wholeheartedly in his life’s work. He was elected President of the ANC in 1991, and President of South Africa in 1994.

Although apartheid is now history, Mandela’s fight against racism goes on. He remains the best-known and most-loved hero in South Africa. He is a role model for all young people, living proof of the fact that one person really can change the world.

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