CRISTIANO RONALDO

Cristiano Ronaldo is a Portuguese football player. He's playing in Real Madrid now. He lives in Madrid or in Madeira in the city centre. He lives with his girlfriend Irina Shayk. At home his pets are two dogs. One long-haired and the other is a golden. 
Cristiano is quite tall and he's got dark hair and litlle brown eyes. The good thing about him is that he's generous with the poor people although he can also be serious.

He's very active and he likes playing football. He also likes expensive cars and he often what football on the TV.

TV HIGHLIGHTS (JORDI LLADÓ)

The highlight of this week's TV was definitly the quiz show BOOM. The last five participants were saying all the correct answers and finaly they won 25.000 euros. It was exciting and interesting.

Channel 6's the news EL INTERMEDIO was also worth watching. From Monday to Thursday Wayomi explained the news about Bankia and Pujol. It was veryn funny and I was laughing all the time.

Finally, something which also caught my eye was a documentary about wild animals and what they eat. It was a bit scary because there was a momen when a snake ate two mice.

ANGELINA JOLIE

This year,Angelina Jolie plays the villain in the film Maleficent. But the Hollywood actress has spent much of her lige doing good...

A difficult start

Angelina always wanted to be an actress. She got her first film role at age seven, but she was teased by the other kids at school in Beverly Hills, LA.
She became a rebellious teenager wearing black clothes, getting tatoos and listening to punk music. Often, film diredctors didn't choose her because her image was "too dark".

The Lara Croft heroine

Angelina's first big success came in 2001 with the film Lara Croft Tomb Raider video game. Angelina had to speak with an English accent and do intensive martial arts training. She became an international action star, but the film changed Angelin's life in another way too...

Helping the world's children

While filming Lara Croft in Cambodia, Angelina met children who were landmine victims. She was shocked and so she started visiting refugee camps worldwide and became a United Nations Goodwill Ambassador. In 2002, she adopted a baby boy from Cambodia who she named Maddox. Since then, she has helped construct schools and health centres in Cambodia.

Angelina and Brad

Angelina adopted two more children, Zahara Marley from Ethiopia, and Pax Thien from Vietnam. But this time the children had a dad too - the actor Brad Pitt. Brad and Angelina met when they were filming Mr & Mrs Smith

Glamor and generosity

One of Hollywood's most glamorous actresses, Angelina has also benn named the most beautiful woman in the world. But she is still committed to humanitarian causes. When Angelina and Brad Pitt had their biological children, they sold the first photos to celebrity news magazines for millions of dollars and then donated the money to charity.

READING MAGAZINE: I LOVE ENGLISH

READING MAGAZINE: I LOVE ENGLISH

HI WORLD!

Pages 2-3

Before you read

1. Which famous Gothic novel was written by the English writer Mary Shelley?

a) Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde b) Dracula c) Frankenstein

2. What do people do at Halloween?

a) wear costumes and have fun b) give presents c) make pancakes

3. What do you think pupils do to celebrate World Teacher’s Day?

a) have a party b) give gifts to their teachers c) stay at home

4. Which food do Americans love?

a) pumpkin pie b) curry c) rice

5. What do we call a person who dances ballet?

a) a balleter b) a ballerina c) a baller

While you read

Read pages 2-3 more carefully and then match the list of numbers and dates to the corresponding information:

1. 4,000 a. is Frankenstein Friday. 3

2. 500 b. is the age of Bruno Mars. 5

3. 31 Oct c. dollars in prizes for the best Halloween costumes. 2

4. 16 d. gymnasts take part in the World Gymnastics Championships. 1

5. 29 e. is the age of Simone Biles, Artistic Gymnastics Champion 4

CINEMA & MUSIC 

Pages 4-5

Before you read

Work in pairs to match the words with the definitions.

1. the place where dirty water goes under the city a. maps 7

2. by means of b. twice 4

3. labyrinth c. hat 6

4. two times d. sewer 2

5. a child with no parents e. maze 3

6. you wear this on your head f. orphan 5

7. these help you find your way g. via 1

Read the texts on pages 4-5 quickly to find the words from the pre-reading exercise in context.

Then read the texts again more carefully and answer the following questions:

1. When were the Ninja turtles first in a comic book series? In 1984

2. Where is Thomas trapped? In a place colled The Glade

3. What is the maze full of? Horrible creatures

4. Who adopts Eggs? The Boxtrolls

5. How many times has Ariana performed in the White House? 2 times

6. Who is “The Godfather of Soul”? James Brown

7. When did Maroon 5 meet? In 1994

PEOPLE: Angelina Jolie

Pages 6-7

Read the texts on pages 6-7 more carefully and then answer the following questions:

1. What kind of teenager was Angelina? Rebellious teenager

2. Why didn’t film directors choose her for their films? Because her image was too dark

3. What did she have to do for her role in Lara Croft Tomb Raider? She met children who were landmine victims in Cambodia

4. In which country did she meet children who were victims of landmines? Cambodia

5. Why was the film Mr and Mrs Smith important for Angelina? Because she met the actor Brad Pitt and she adopted two more children

6. How many children has Angelina got? Three

REPORT: My American school 

Pages 8-11

Read the four pages more carefully and check comprehension by completing the following sentences:

1. Eliott chose to study at an international school.

2. His school is proud of its cultural diversity

3. Students must be able to speak one foreign language

4. Exchange students come from all round the world

5. Eliott didn’t like wearing a uniform

6. It was against school rules to have long hair

7. In his class students worked in small groups

8. In America there are discipline problems on school buses

LOOK!: The Tower of London 

Pages 12-13

Read the texts more carefully and answer the following questions:

1. When was the Tower built? 1078

2. Where can you see the Crown Jewels? Jewel House

3. Who had 20 servants when he was in the tower? One Scottish prisioner

4. What do you usually find in a moat? Water

5. Where were prisoners executed? Tower Green

6. What do the Beefeaters do? They guard the Tower and also take care of the ravens

7. When was the White Tower completed? 1078

8. Who completed it? William the Conqueror

Read and decide if the following sentences are true or false.

If they are false, then correct them:

1. The biggest piece of gold in the world is in the Jewel House. False (diamond)

2. Some visitors left graffiti on the walls of the prison. True

3. The King’s polar bear used to fish in the moat. True

4. The Beefeaters live inside the Tower walls. True

5. A robber was the last prisoner in the Queen’s House. False (Nazi criminal Rudolf Hess)

SUCCESS STORY: Nintendo! 

Pages 14-15

Read pages 14-15 of the magazine and answer the following question:

Where was Nintendo created?

Read pages 14-15 more carefully and complete the following table with one of these answers:

Game Boy / Tetris / Mario / Wii / Mickey Mouse

1. Tetris is the most famous video game character in the world.

2. More children recognised him than Mickey Mouse

3. In the 1990s Nintendo created a portable console called Game boy

4. In 2006 the Wii changed the video game experience.

5. Mario by Nintendo is the best-selling video game.

CRAZY 

Pages 18-19

Read the texts more carefully and answer the questions:

1. Where was the swimming pool full of balls? In a hotel in Shanghai

2. Why are flight attendants in China learning kung fu? To calm passengers

3. What is the Queen’s portrait made of? Buttons

4. Can you eat the sweet shoes? No, you can't

5. What is the Transformer made of? Parts of old cars

VOCABULARY:

Find the word.

All the words appear on pages 18-19.

• Another word for very old (Ansient)
• A painting of a person (Portrait)
• Round object used to fasten clothes (buttons)
• A person who is very enthusiastic about something
• The American word for biscuits (Cookies)
• To make something more personal (Customize)
• Not cheap (expensive)
• Artificial (synthetic)
• The colour of grass (green)
• Unusual, not normal (extrange)
• Things children play with (creatures)

MY BEST FRIEND

MY BEST FRIEND

Eloi and I are friends. He lives far me here in Banyoles. He lives in a big new house. We don't go in the same because this year he changed Casa Nostra to Pere Alsius. But I see him every day in football tournaments and he explain me things about his new school.

Eloi is forteen years old. He's tall and he's got short fair hair. The good thing about him is that he always makes me laught and is friendly. He can be serious sometimes but that's a normal thing.

Eloi is happiest when he's playing football and meeting friends. He likes going out in the festivals with his friends. There's a beautiful lake in the town centre and we often go there. He also likes swimming and running and sometimes we do that together.

Lladó Masó, Jordi

ARIANA GRANDE

MUSIC

ARIANA GRANDE

Ariana's single, "Problem" was a big hit last summer -you probably know it even if you don't realize that you do! The  21-year-old American singer has now released her second album, My Everything, and it's a hit too. Ariana makes pop and R&B music with elements of funk, dance and hip hop. It's a winning combination... The American President Obama and his family are fans and Ariana has performed twice at the White House.


Ariana Grande

GAME BOY AND THE DS

In the 1990s, Nintendo created a new concept, the GameBoy. Kids everywhere wanted to have one. This portable console was the first to have cartridges, so it could play many games, including Mario, Pokemon and Tetris, an addictive puzzle game. Then in the 2000s, a better version of th GamesBoy was invented: the DS. It was the first portable console with dual screens.

1990s                                                                    2000s

SUMMER HOLIDAYS

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What do you know about Halloween?

Halloween is a yearly celebration in some countries. Typical festive Halloween activities include trick-or-treating (or the related "guising"), attending costume parties, decorating, carving pumpkins into jack-o'-lanterns, lighting bonfires, apple bobbing, visiting haunted house attractions, playing pranks, telling scary stories, and watching horror films. 

Today's halloween customs were influenced by the Celtics and also by christianity.

The most famous symbols for Halloween are wiches, pumkines, skeletons, vampires, zombies...
Candy apple also represents a traditional food from Halloween.

Trick-or-treating is a customary celebration for children on Halloween. Children go in costume from house to house, asking for treats such as candy or sometimes money, with the question, "Trick or treat?" The word "trick" refers to "threat" to perform mischief on the homeowners or their property if no treat is given.


Halloween