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T H E MAGAZINE FOR Y O U R E N G L I S H • • • • • •

Year XX N° 1

o f E n g l i s h

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My life

A d h i a m b o

Urban UK

Windsor

Poster

I c e A g e 2

C e l e b r i t i e s

K e l l y H o l m e s

D a m e

Where there is light …

Guys*!

Check out* these

amazing* concert

lights!

The more you play on

this, the brighter the

lights are!

Are you ready?

Play as loud as

you can!!!

Let’s

do it!

Wow! These lights

are so strong!

I know!

They’re tanning* lights!

G L O S S A R y

amazing: incredible

brilliant: fantastic

check out: (slang) look at

cool: (slang) great

guys: (slang) boys and girls

tanning: they make your skin go brown (like the sun)

News from the world

What a view!

American-Indians love their

environment*. They love it so

much that they want everybody

to enjoy it. The Hualapai tribe

have built a glass and steel bridge

over the Grand Canyon. The view

from the bridge is breathtaking*!

The bridge is called Skywalw, it is

21 metres long and is 1300 metres

above the Canyon. It has a glass

bottom so you can see below.

The bridge cost 30 million

dollars. It can carry 120 people

and is earthquake-proof*.

Have you got

the guts* to walk across it?

Quiz question

What’s the tallest building in the world?

the Taipei Financial Center

the Petronas Tower in Kuala Lumpur

the Eiffel Tower in Paris

Sears Tower in Chicago

the Pirelli skyscraper in Milan

the Two International Finance Towers in Hong Ko n g

G L O S S A R y

Answers on page 15

b r e a t h t a k i n g : i n c r e d i b l e,

a m a z i n g , wonderful

(it takes your breath awa y )

e a r t h q u a k e - p r o o f :

it doesn’t break when there

is an earthquake

e n v i r o n m e n t : n a t u r e

g u t s : (colloquial) courage

Celebrities

Dame Ke l l y - H o l m e s

12 Urban UK

W i n d s o r

Mr G. Rama

The Clacsons

A surprise ending

The game zone

Hi! I’m your grammar

detector.

This month is on:

• present simple, past simple

and present perfect

• conjunctions

• adjectives and intensifiers

Hello everyone! Welcome

to A Tot of English.

I’m Julia and I write your

English magazine.

We’re going to have lots

of fun this year. We’re

going to read about your

favourite celebrities, play

lots of games and learn

lots of interesting facts

about the world.

Are you ready?

6 The big issue

Did you know ...?

Don’t look now !

8 Poster

Ice-Age 2

tot comes with:

Common

European

Framework

Level A2-B1

teacher’s notes

Have fun! I know I will ...

Julia

10 My life

Adhiambo

l o ves nature

AUDIO CD

info@elimagazines.com

Celebrities

Kelly Holmes made

history at the Athens

Olympics because she

won the 1500m and

800m gold medal in

athletics. She was 34

years old. The Queen

gave her the title of

‘Dame’ because of her

outstanding*

achievements*. Let’s

find out more about

this remarkable*

sportswoman.

D a m e

K E L L Y H o L m e s

Kelly was born on April 19

1970 in Pembury, Kent,

England. She hasn’t always

been a sportswoman. She

has worked as a re c re a t i o n *

assistant, as a nursing

assistant and as an arm y

s e rgeant (she was the

physical* training

i n s t ruc tor). At 18, she joined

the army's Women's Royal

A u x i l i a ry C orp (part of the

a rmy ) and drove four- t o n

t rucks. She has also been an

a rmy judo champion and

has run in the men's 1500m

at the army athletics

c h a m p i o n s h i p s .

In 2004 she .

• set* the European re c o r d for the 1000m indoors

at 2:32.96 (2 minutes, 32 seconds, 96 tenths)

• won Gold at the OLYMPIC GAMES for the 800m

• won Gold at the OLYMPIC GAMES for the 1500m

• set the New British re c o r d for 1500m at 3:57.90

• came first in the World Athletics Final - 1500m

• won BBC Sports Personality of the Ye a r

• was European Athlete of the Year

Game

Can you match Dame Kelly’s achievements with the

corresponding year?

1 In 2003 she won

a the Gold Medal for the 1500m at the

Commonwealth Games

2 In 2002 she won

B the Silver Medal for the 1500m World

Indoor Championships

3 In 2001 she won

C the Silver Medal for the 800m at

the Goodwill Games

4 In 2000 she won

D the Bronze Medal for the 800m

at the Olympic Games

G L O S S A R y

a c h i e v e m e n t s : the things

you do well

o u t s t a n d i n g : i n c r e d i b l e

physical tra i n i n g : i n t e n s e

physical activity

re c r eation assistant:

helping people with

physical activities

re m a r k a b l e : i n c r e d i b l e

s e t : g o t

Answers on page 15

D a m e

KELLY HoLmes

A surprise ending*

It’s Linda’s birthday and

I don’t know what

to get her …

I’ve been into so many shops!

Let’s try this one ...

Hello.

I’d like to buy a book

for my friend Linda.

It’s her birthday.

Do you know what she likes

reading?

Uhmmm, let’s see.

What about a love story?

What about science-fiction*?

No. But she’s 15 ...

No, no! Those

books are

massive*!

No, I don’t like love

stories…

AUTHOR

TITLE

A book of jokes?

That’s it!

That’s perfect for Linda!

What about a thriller*.

It’s quick and easy to read…

I don’t

know...

HA! HA!

No.

Happy birthday, sis*!

Mmm… interesting book,

Alex … it’s certainly got

a surprise ending!

What a great book!

Thanks, Alex!

G L O S S A R y

massive: very big

science-fiction: fantasy

sis: (slang) sister

surprise ending: the end

is a surprise

thriller: suspenseful story

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