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October 30, 2012

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JK Rowling warned the budding writers that writing a book is QUICK QUIZ... hard work 1. How many times have the viewers of Nick News not picked the correct winner ahead of the presidential election? Photo: AFP 2. How is the outcome viewers of Nick News have chosen different from what many adults in the United States seem to be thinking?

Kids decide who should be the next US president

Voters in the United States are preparing to vote for whom they want as their next president. Four men want the job. They are Barack Obama, who is already president of the United States, Mitt Romney, Gary Johnson and Rocky Anderson. Barack Obama and Mitt Romney come from the two biggest political parties in the country the Republicans and the Democrats. Obama is a Democrat while Romney is a Republican. The two men have been holding lively debates that people have been watching on television. A television station that broadcasts news for children asked its young viewers who they thought would win. Most said Obama, by far.
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Obama wins by a landslide in US kid's poll

WASHINGTON, Oct 22, 2012 (AFP) - The youngsters of the United States have voted, the results are in -- and it's a landslide victory for Barack Obama. Sixty-five percent picked the incumbent president, and 35 percent his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, in a bellwether online poll conducted by children's current affairs show "Nick News with Linda Ellerbee." The outcome, released Monday, will raise eyebrows because, for five out of the six previous US presidential elections, the viewers of "Nick News" have correctly picked the winner several weeks before the actual vote. In grown-up surveys, Obama and Romney have been running neck and neck. "Obama won big," said "Nick News" anchor Ellerbee, who doubted that Romney's failure to join Obama in a "Nick
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News" election special a week ago on the Nickelodean cable channel might have swayed the outcome. "In 2004, when John Kerry refused to participate in the show, the kids still elected Kerry," who went on to suffer defeat at the hands of George W. Bush, she told AFP More than 521,000 votes were cast over the past week, Ellerbee said, a significant reduction in turnout "because Nickelodeon fixed it this time so you couldnt vote more than once." And while there was no way to guarantee that everyone who voted was under the legal voting age of 18, "it's safe to say the majority are kids," based on anecdotal evidence from previous years, she said. Launched 21 years ago, "Nick News" is the longestrunning news program for children in television history.

Sixty-five percent picked the incumbent president, and 35 percent his Republican challenger Mitt Romney, in a bellwether online poll conducted by children's current affairs show "Nick News with Linda Ellerbee." An incumbent president is the person who is the president while people are still busy with choosing who the next president will be. A bellwether is something that gives an idea of what is likely to happen in the future. In grown-up surveys, Obama and Romney have been running neck and neck. By running neck and neck, Obama and Romney are in a race that either could end up winning. "Obama won big," said "Nick News" anchor Ellerbee, who doubted that Romney's failure to join Obama in a "Nick News" election special a week ago on the Nickelodean cable channel might have swayed the outcome. An anchor is someone who manages a news story, by presenting it while talking to reporters who are reporting on the same story from different places. To sway the outcome of something means to influence the result. And while there was no way to guarantee that every-

one who voted was under the legal voting age of 18, "it's safe to say the majority are kids," based on anecdotal evidence from previous years, she said. Anecdotal evidence is evidence based on what people are saying, rather than on hard facts.
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Practise putting words into alphabetical order. a. 1. List all the common nouns in the article titled Kids decide who should be the next US president. 2. List them in alphabetical order. b. 1. List all the adjectives in the same article. 2. List them in alphabetical order. c. 1. Scan the article and list the names of people and places. 2. List them in alphabetical order.
ANSWERS: Quick quiz one; children say Obama will win easily, grown-ups think it will be a close race. A. Voters; they ; men; job; parties; country; debates; people; television; station; news; children; viewers; most. Alphabetical order: Children; Country; debates; job; men; most; news ; parties; people; station; television; they; viewers; voters. B. Next; four; two; biggest; political; lively; television; young. Alphabetical order: Biggest; Four; lively; next; political; television; two; young. C. United States; Barack Obama; Mitt Romney; Gary Johnson; Rocky Anderson. Alphabetical order: Barack Obama; Gary Johnson; Mitt Romney; Rocky Anderson; United States. Duncan Guy 2012

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ASIANews

Among all the changes, people have changed the way they eat.

Photo: AFP

Chinese remember the old foods

China has become a very modern country, very quickly. Among all the changes, people have changed the way they eat. Some fear they are forgetting how to make the kinds of food that their parents and grandparents lived on. So theyre going back to growing the sort of plants needed to make traditional foods. Many modern foods have all sorts of factorymade substances added to them. Many people find it far easier to buy and eat such foods because their lifestyle is so rushed. However, some find that eating them has affected their health.
QUICK QUIZ...

1. In which country did the Slow Food movement start? 2. Can you name two types of rice that were highly popular in ancient China?

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Black rice and tea in Italy as China shows its green side
TURIN, Italy, Oct 27, 2012 (AFP) - As economic giant China ploughs ahead with modernisation and industrialisation, small-scale farmers and producers are creating pockets of resistance by going back to their roots. "China has made incredible steps forward but we're paying the price in terms of our health and are losing traditional ways of farming and eating," Zhou Jinzhang told AFP at the world's biggest food fair in Turin in northern Italy. Zhang founded a non-profit association, "The Farmers' Friend," in 2004, amid the towering skyscrapers and bustling streets of the industrial city Liuzhou, in order to protect the use of local meats, cooking methods and ingredients. "It's all about speed and convenience: with all the chemicals in farming and additives in food such as glutamate, many dishes have lost their flavour," said Jinzhang, who began by setting up a network of environmentally-aware farmers. In 2007, "the Farmers' Friend" took a gamble and opened its first restaurant using ingredients from local, organic producers: "people said we were mad, that we were too ambitious, trying to create a utopia -- or living in the past." When he began fighting to preserve Chinese traditions and promote healthy food Jinzhang had not even heard of Slow Food -- the movement founded in Italy to fight fast food -- but grabbed the chance to show off his project in Turin. Among the foodstuffs under threat of disappearing are black and red rice -- highly popular in ancient China -- and a rare type of flour from the south. Jinzhang's speciality, on offer to the thousands of international visitors at the fair, is an ancient tea recipe made with leaves from the Guangxi region and infused with sun-dried steamed rice, fried with meat and spring onions. Nearby, 53-year-old Zhang Zimin sits quietly amid the bustle, as crowds of youths and school children hop from stall to stall, snapping up food samples. Zhang used to work for China's largest food processing and manufacturing company, COFCO, but gave it all up 12 years ago to become a farmer, moving out of Beijing to set up the country's first organic farm, "God's Grace Garden". "From 1990 to 1993, Chinese culture and society underwent great changes -- and with the change came Coca Cola factories, chemically-treated fruits, vegetables and animal foods, and an overwhelming use of pesticides," she said. "I began getting sick, I couldn't sleep and knew I had to change my way of life. I had no experience of how to farm, I just started by myself and learnt along the way," said Zhang, whose family remained living in the city. Like Jinzhang, Zhang said people thought she was crazy at first, but the idea caught on and she has many supporters who help on the farm when they can. "If people don't change their ways, it will be a catastrophe for humanity. In China, we're destroying our heritage, we'll reach the point where we have no more fresh food, only mass produced, chemicallyaltered products," she said. Zhang said she started the farm partly to see if it was still possible to go back to traditional methods, and partly to spread the Slow Food philosophy. "The downside of the economic boom is that farmers are badly treated. No one wants to be a farmer anymore, and no one bothers to educate young people about food. We've forgotten how to connect with the land -- but we have to relearn." While Zhang and Jinzhang may have begun their missions to promote clean, wholesome food alone, their message finds fertile ground among growing numbers of protesters worried about the health fallout from the industrial boom. "We want people to know that China is not just a country gone mad with modernity, there are people like us promoting Slow Food values, and we will carry on doing so. This is a mission for life," Jinzhang said. Page 3 Duncan Guy 2012 Page 4

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pockets of resistance Resistance means being against something. If there are pockets of resistance it means that there are small groups of people scattered about in different places who are against something. "It's all about speed and convenience: with all the chemicals in farming and additives in food such as glutamate, many dishes have lost their flavour," said Jinzhang, who began by setting up a network of environmentally-aware farmers. Additives are things that are put into factory-made foods, sometimes to give them flavour or to make them last longer. Glutamate is glutamic acid, which is a substance that is in plants and animals that is used to make foods tastier. In 2007, "the Farmers' Friend" took a gamble and opened its first restaurant using ingredients from local, organic producers: "people said we were mad, that we were too ambitious, trying to create a utopia -- or living in the past." Organic foods are produced without using chemicals and fertilizers.

To be ambitious means to want to do better. Utopia means an imaginary, perfect country, where nothing goes wrong. infused To infuse something means to soak it in water. pesticides Pesticides are chemicals used to kill pests that feed on plants. heritage Ones heritage is what one values from ones history. It may include traditions and beautiful things such as fine old buildings. wholesome Food that is wholesome is healthful. industrial boom An industrial boom happens when industries do well and make lots of money.

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1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. 7. 8. 9. The Farmers Friend is a

Join the correct sentences: a. b. c. d. e. f. g. h. i. j. five years ago. in Beijing. a mission for life highly popular in ancient China. comes from the Guangxi region non-profit organisation. largest food processing and manufacturing company lose their flavours. to fight fast food. an organic farm.

Additives, such as glutamate, have caused many traditional Chinese dishes to Black and red rice were Gods Grace Garden is An ancient tea recipe made with leaves, sun-dried steamed rice, fried with meat and spring onions Farmers Friends opened its first restaurant Zhou Jinzhang sees promoting Slow Food values as The Slow Food movement was founded in Italy Zhang Zimin once lived

10. COFO is Chinas ANSWERS: Quick quiz Italy; black and red. 1 - f ; 2 - h; 3 - d; 4 - j; 5 - e; 6 - a; 7 - c; 8 - i; 9 - b; 10 g .
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ENVIRONMENTNEWS

Not enough ice for aircraft: too much for ships

Down in the Antarctic are several bases where scientists work for long periods without seeing anyone or receiving new supplies. They look forward to visits by ships and aircraft. Its becoming difficult for aircraft to land there, because ice on the runways is melting. But a ship is having a hard time out at sea because the wind has blown ice towards it, making it impossible for the vessel to move.
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Photo: AFP

Its stuck 200 nautical miles away from the base its headed for.

A nautical mile is a measure of distance used by people who sail ships and fly aircraft. It is used because it takes into consideration the shape of the Earth. One nautical mile is equal to one minute of a line of latitude. Lines of latitude on a map are those that are parallel to the Equator, the Tropic of Capricorn, the Tropic of Cancer, the Arctic Circle and the Antarctic Circle.
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Journalism

Whats on Jimmys mind is to come up with a story that is even better than the one he has missed. He was lucky to get a seat on board the plane flying to the Antarctic, and also lucky to see the ship stuck in the ice. Jimmy can therefore start his story off with a few lines about how, for aircraft, theres the danger of too little ice, and for ships theres the danger of too much ice. Then he can tell the story that the other newspapers got first that the Antarctic is getting warmer. This is known as backing into a story.

EXERCISE

The aircraft takes off from an airport near Hobart, which is in Tasmania, Australia, and on the 43 degrees South degree line of latitude. The aircraft flies straight towards the South Pole, but stops at a runway in the Antarctic, which is at 70 degrees South latitude. There are 60 minutes in each degree. How many nautical miles would the aircraft have flown between Hobart and the runway in the Antarctic?

ANSWER: 70 43 x 60 = 1620 nautical miles.

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BUSINESSnews

If all goes well, this sale should raise three million US dollars.

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Special, old pictures for sale

For 125 years, National Geographic magazine has been publishing amazing pictures from all around the world. Some of these pictures are going to be sold at a special sale in December. If all goes well, this sale should raise three million US dollars. The sale will be an auction, which means that people who want to buy the pictures will have to offer prices they are prepared to pay. These are called bids. Whoever offers the highest bid at an auction may buy what is being sold.
QUICK QUIZ...

1. There will be pictures on auction from a country in mainland Asia. Which country is this? 2. Which auctioneering business will carry out the auction of National Geographic pictures? Page 3
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National Geographic to sell archive photos

NEW YORK, Oct 22, 2012 (AFP) - Photos and art depicting some of the most inaccessible and eye-catching places around the world will go on auction in a sale of National Geographic archive works. The collection is expected to raise more than $3 million when it goes on the block December 6 at Christie's in New York. "National Geographic has been bringing its readers to the farthest corners of the earth with its groundbreaking images for 125 years, and we are thrilled to have the opportunity to offer these images to the people that they have
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inspired," Katherine Brambilla, at Christie's, said. The works range from the 1800s to contemporary and also include paintings by Andrew and Newell Convers Wyeth. The proceeds will support National Geographic's archives and programs to nurture emerging photographers and artists, Christie's said in a statement Monday. The images include portraits from Afghanistan, Alaska, the Arctic and remote corners of Papua New Guinea.

Photos and art depicting some of the most inaccessible and eye-catching places around the world will go on auction in a sale of National Geographic archive works. To depict something means to show what it looks like. Somewhere that is inaccessible is very hard to get to. Archive works of art are those that are kept in storage rather than being on display. The collection is expected to raise more than $3 million when it goes on the block December 6 at Christie's in New York. When something goes on the block, it gets auctioned. People also talk of something being

auctioned as going under the hammer. Christies is a huge auctioneering company that does art auctions at its offices all over the world. The works range from the 1800s to contemporary and also include paintings by Andrew and Newell Convers Wyeth. Contemporary means to do with now. The proceeds will support National Geographic's archives and programs to nurture emerging photographers and artists, Christie's said in a statement Monday. Emerging photographers are photographers who are starting out in their careers and are likely to become successful and famous. To nurture them means to help them and guide them. ANSWERS: Quick quiz Afghanistan; Christies. Continents: 1. Americas; 2. Europe; 3. Asia; 4. Americas; 5. Asia; 6. Europe; 7. Africa; 8. Americas; 9. Europe; 10. Europe. Subcontinents: 1. Indian; 2. Southern Africa; 3. Scandinavia; 4. South-east Asia; 5. Central America.
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Geography

On which continents are the following countries? 1. Chile; 2. Andorra; 3; Laos; 4. Belize; 5. Bhutan; 6. Norway; 7. Burundi; 8. Guyana; 9. Estonia; 10; Croatia. On which subcontinents are the following countries? 1. Bangladesh; 2. Lesotho; 3. Finland; 4. Vietnam; 5. Nicaragua.

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SPORTSNews

Ronaldo stopped playing last year and has put on weight.

QUICK QUIZ...

1. Which two years in a row was Ronaldo

Fifas World Player of the Year? 2. In which city in Brazil is the club Corinthians based?

Photo: AFP

Ronaldo goes on diet

Brazil has produced some amazing football players. One is Pel, whose 72nd birthday was last week; another is Ronaldo who is 36. Ronaldo stopped playing last year and has put on weight. Now hes on a special diet to become healthy again. In his retirement, Ronaldo has become very involved in preparation for the next Fifa World Cup, to be hosted by his country. He has also gone into business as the owner of a sports promotion firm. He has no problem telling the public in Brazil about the bad health he has fallen into because he wants to encourage his compatriots to live healthy lifestyles. Page 10

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TV diet for Ronaldo: apples instead of burgers

Sao Paulo (dpa) - Legendary Brazilian striker Ronaldo has had enough: he weighs too much, he runs out of breath too fast, he gets tired too quickly, and he is going on the offensive. Ronaldo, 36, who shone at Barcelona, Inter Milan and Real Madrid among others, is changing his eating habits and doing sport again before millions of eyes, as part of a reality show. "I'm completely exhausted!" the former football superstar says, covered in sweat. He runs, cycles, lifts weights, swims, plays tennis and walks for hours on the golf course. The top goal scorer in the history of the World Cup has done "zero sport" for close to two years. He is out of shape and needs to start all over again. Now, he has the scales instead of the goalkeeper as his main rival, and he is relying on healthy, balanced food and a lot of movement in his fight against excess kilograms. Brazilians can follow his progress on television and the internet over three months of testing efforts. "I am hungry," Ronaldo says, as he walks around the golf course. In his pockets, he finds a banana and an apple. "I would normally have eaten a sandwich right now," he admits, taking a bite at the apple. Until recently, the menu would have included burgers and fries, or a juicy steak with beans, rice or potatoes and four beers. But Ronaldo gave those up a few days ago. The retired footballer, who stands 1.84 metres tall, stood on the digital scales at the start of the show: 118.4 kilograms. "The scales - a trauma," he admitted in the TV programme Medida Certa (Right Measure in Portuguese), where he is undertaking a change of course. The goal of physical trainer Marcio Atalla is for the former star striker to lose 10 kilos over three months, but Ronaldo himself is more ambitious.

By Helmut Reuter, DPA

"I want to manage 18," he says. The forward, who stood for close to 20 years under the spotlight of world football and was voted FIFA World Player of the Year in 1996, 1997 and 2002, remains a disciplined man. He proved it time and again in his sports career, notably in 1999 when he made a comeback after a one-and-ahalf-year absence due to knee injury. He endured many tears and a lot of pain in that 17-month rehabilitation, but he took it step by step and by 2001 he was back in top form. A year later he led Brazil to their fifth World Cup title, with eight goals to his personal count In 2008, Ronaldo returned to Brazil to play with the Sao Paulo club Corinthians, where his performances were at times good. There, however, the man previously nicknamed "O Fenomeno" (the phenomenon) was increasingly called "O Gordo" (the fat guy). By then, he had been diagnosed with hypothyroidism, and his weight fluctuated between 90 and 98 kilos at the time. By February 2011 he could not take it anymore. "I am fighting against the scales and the pain," a tearful Ronaldo said. Since he retired, Ronaldo has devoted his time to his sports marketing firm, and above all to his role in the leadership of the host committee of the Brazil 2014 World Cup, as the country's most prominent sports figure after Pele. Ronaldo's public diet is a brave move. He hides nothing, and he talks about trivial stuff ("I hate tomatoes") and about weaknesses that most people share. He shows his protuberant belly and tells the audience how hard he finds it to keep his weight in check. However, he made the decision to do this publicly "to show Brazil that sport helps with health issues and that one lives a lot better practicing a sport." Ronaldo puts on a swim cap over his unmanageable frizzy hair, gets on his flippers and makes his way through his lane in the pool. It is time for crawl and breaststroke. He is keen to get started, but the once fast and powerful forward soon runs out of breath and must stop by the pool side. And the training session is only just starting.
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Legendary Brazilian striker Ronaldo has had enough: he weighs too much, he runs out of breath too fast, he gets tired too quickly, and he is going on the offensive. To be on the offensive means to be on the attack. Now, he has the scales instead of the goalkeeper as his main rival, and he is relying on healthy, balanced food and a lot of movement in his fight against excess kilograms. Ronaldos excess kilograms are those he doesnt need. "The scales - a trauma," he admitted in the TV programme Medida Certa (Right Measure in Portuguese), where he is undertaking a change of course. Trauma is the shock one feels after an awful experience. The goal of physical trainer Marcio Atalla is for the former star striker to lose 10 kilos over three months, but Ronaldo himself is more ambitious. People who are ambitious want to do better. By then, he had been diagnosed with hypothyroid-

ism, and his weight fluctuated between 90 and 98 kilos at the time. Hypothyroidism is a condition in the body that is caused by a gland, called the thyroid, not producing enough thyroxine, which the body needs for all sorts of functions. If his weight fluctuates between 90 and 98 kg, it changes often between those two amounts. Since he retired, Ronaldo has devoted his time to his sports marketing firm, and above all to his role in the leadership of the host committee of the Brazil 2014 World Cup, as the country's most prominent sports figure after Pele. Prominent means famous and important. He hides nothing, and he talks about trivial stuff ("I hate tomatoes") and about weaknesses that most people share. Trivial means unimportant. He shows his protuberant belly and tells the audience how hard he finds it to keep his weight in check. When something is protuberant, it bulges or sticks out.

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Comprehension
Look very carefully at and discuss this rubric before you begin the exercise on the next page.

Self assessment rubric Sentence Comprehension Dictionary work Study reading Understanding the questions Answering the questions

I coped well with this skill

I am not too sure on this one

I still have a lot of work to do on this

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Part A

Paragraph Comprehension

Read this paragraph from the SPORTS NEWS article very carefully and then answer true or false. Ronaldo is half Pels age, but he could be a lot healthier. Both football legends come from the Fifa 2014 World Cup host nation. Ronaldo has become health-conscious having lost his fitness after two inactive years. Pel, for his age, remains as fit as a fiddle. He showed this when he danced on the stage in London after Brazil took the Olympic flag as host of the next games.

1. 2. 3. 4. Part B

Pel is twice Ronaldos age. ___________ Ronaldo no longer cares at all about his health at all._________ The last Olympic Games were held in Brazil. _____ Pel played a musical instrument called the fiddle while on the stage in London. _________

Vocabulary

Skim read the article and then underline any words which you do not understand. Now look up these words in a dictionary if they are not already in the glossary. Write down the words and their meaning. __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ __________________________________________________________________________________ _____________________________________ Part C

Story Comprehension

Study read the article and the questions below before writing down the answers. 1. 2. 3. 4. 5. 6. How is Ronaldo trying to make other Brazilians health-conscious? What weight would Marcio Atalla be happy for Ronaldo to weigh in three months time? How does one say the fat guy in Portuguese? Which sport, involving wheels, does Ronaldo practice in his fitness programme? Which two club teams in Spain has Ronaldo played for? Think and discuss. Do you think it is understandable that Ronaldo slacked off and gained weight, or do you think that he should never have allowed this to happen?

1. Answers: Quick quiz 1996, 1997; Sao Paulo. A. 1. true; 2. False; 3. False; 4. False. C. 1. By being open about his own health problems; 2. 108.4kg; 3. O Gordo; 4. Cycling; 5. Barceona; Real Madrid.
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TODAYINHISTORY
October 30, 2012

AMERICANS FEAR MARTIAN INVASION (1938) On this day seventy-four years ago, in 1938, a play called The War of the Worlds went out over the radio in the United States. It was about Martians invading the Earth. There were fake news reports in the play. Some listeners believed them to be true and became worried that creatures from Mars were coming to take over the Earth.

EARTHQUAKE IN TURKEY (1983) On this day twenty-nine years ago, in 1983, there was a powerful earthquake in the east of Turkey. Hundreds of people were killed. This month, people have been astonished that a court in Italy has sentenced seven scientists to jail for not being able to work out that a deadly earthquake would happen, and therefore not warning people of it. QUEBEC VOTES TO STAY PART OF CANADA (1995) On this day seventeen years ago, in1995, people in a province of Canada called Quebec, where lots of people speak French, voted to decide whether or not Quebec should become a separate country to the rest of Canada. The people who wanted Quebec to remain part of Canada only just won. SRI LANKA TRAINS WOMEN MILITARY PILOTS (1997) On this day fifteen years ago, in 1997, the air force in a country called Sri Lanka, which is on an island near India, started training women as pilots. This was because so many men had been killed flying military aircraft in a war between the government and rebels called the Tamil Tigers.

SOVIETS SET OFF HYDROGEN BOMB (1961) On this day fifty-one years ago, in 1961, the Soviet Union tested a very powerful hydrogen bomb. Many other countries thought it was very wrong of the Soviet Union to do so. In those days, the Soviet Union was the leader of the communist world. The United States was the leader of the Western world. The two powerful countries used to support armies fighting on opposite sides in wars in different parts of the world. However, they never actually fought against one another. These times were known as the Cold War. MUHAMMED ALI KEEPS BOXING TITLE (1974) On this day thirty-eight years ago, in 1974, one of the worlds greatest boxers, called Muhammed Ali, knocked out George Foreman in a fight held in Kinshasa, in the Democratic Republic of Congo. In those days the country was called Zaire. Muhammed Ali was the world heavyweight champion before the fight. By beating George Foreman he kept that title after the fight.

If its your birthday today, you share it with a famous Argentinean soccer player called Diego Maradona. He turns 52 today. HAPPY BIRTHDAY TO DIEGO MARADONA AND TO YOU!

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Part A

UNJUMBLING WORDS:

Imagine how terrified people must have been when they actually believed the fake news reports that Martians were about to invade the Earth! Unjumble the letters below to form words which could describe how they felt. The first letter of each word has been underlined. r e f i i t d r e _______________ c h s e o d k______________ r d a e c s __________ h d n i f e t g e r _______________ i a d f r a ______

Part B

FILL IN THE MISSING WORDS

1. The Democratic Republic of Congo used to be called ________

2. The bomb the Soviet Union tested 52 years ago was made from ___________

3. Diego Maradona would have been born in the year ____________

4. Turkey and Italy both suffered ____________

5. The capital city of the country that Diego Maradona comes from is ___________

Now, choose two of these words and use them in two sentences of your own.

ANSWERS: A; terrified; frightened; shocked; afraid; scared. B. 1. Zaire; 2. Hydrogen; 3. 1960; 4. Earthquakes; 5. Buenos Aires.
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