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Kid | Contents

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Famous Faces | Jennifer Lawrence What’s on in the UK? | September/October Report | Is it possible to live without the Internet?

Poster | Nick Jonas An anniversary to remember | J.R.R. Tolkien Kid News | And the award goes to …….

Film of the month | This is us Fun and Games!

In this number you’ll come across : • past simple • present perfect • will • prepositions • relative pronouns

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Welcome back guys!

Hope you’ve all had a great summer with lots of sun and fun! Well, now it’s time to go back to school and start studying once again! Hope you remember your English and even managed to do some practice during your holidays!

There are lots of new things for you to read about in Kid magazine. For example, you have the chance to exchange your ideas and opinions starting with the photo here below. You can discover what’s happening in the UK with our new feature What’s on in the UK? and for all you cinema lovers you can find out about the latest films that have been released. So what are you waiting for? Happy reading! J

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Kid | Famous Faces

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Jennifer

Lawrence The beginnings of a star Born and brought up* in Louisville, in Kentucky, she was noticed by a photographer while she was on holiday at 14 years of age. This was the start of her modelling career, but she then discovered that her real passion was acting. She finished high school two years earlier than normal as she wanted to dedicate herself to acting. She convinced her family to move to Los Angeles and she obtained her first roles in TV series such as Cold Case and Medium.

Success on the big screen Jennifer arrived on the big screen in 2008 with the dramatic film The Burning Plain, which immediately highlighted* her talent. Two years later she appeared as a courageous

adolescent in Winter’s Bone and received her first Oscar nomination. In 2012 she played Katniss Everdeen in the Hunger Games saga and a few months later she won a Golden Globe and Oscar as the leading* actress for her role in Silver Linings Playback.

The night of the Oscars 2013 Jennifer won’t easily forget the emotion she felt when she received her Oscar on 24th February. When it was announced that she’d won the award for best actress, she got up out of her seat but her foot got caught* in her long white dress and she tripped* on the steps going up to the stage. Encouraged by the audience’s applause, she thanked everyone with a short speech.

She’s the actress of the moment.

Winning the Oscar at only 22 years old made her the second youngest actress in the history of the Academy Awards to receive the statue.

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Jennifer Shrader Lawrence Jen, J-Law 15th August 1990 1.72 m blue blonde

Not everyone knows that …

Can you…?

Here are some of Jennifer’s quotes. Can you fill the spaces with the missing gerund? «.………….............…….. famous has never made an impression on me. Being recognised by people doesn’t mean being particularly special».

- Jennifer went along to the audition* for the part of Bella in Twilight, but the part was given to Kristen Stewart.

- To prepare herself for the role of Katniss in Hunger Games, she took archery* lessons with an Olympic champion, as well as doing yoga, jogging and climbing every day.

«One of my greatest wishes? .………….............…….. a bath in a tub full of pasta!»

«It took me a while to get used to Los Angeles, then I started .………….............…….. friends. Now, I’m settled here and I like .………….............…….. here».

The answers are on page 15.

Glossary archery: a sport where you have to hit a target with an arrow brought up: raised, educated got caught: (here) remain trapped inside

highlighted: made it easier to see leading: main, most important tripped: fell over

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Kid | What’s on in the UK?

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September October

Welcome to our new monthly feature What’s on in the UK? where we take a look at some of the fascinating and unusual events that take place during the year in the UK. You can find festivals and traditions that are rich in history and based on ancient customs and rituals.

Read on to find out more!

Murder mystery

Scary spooks

Do you like intrigue* and suspense? Then, this is the event for you! It’s the Agatha Christie Festival that takes place every year in mid-September in Torquay in the South-west of England. The famous murder mystery writer was born in this town in 1890 and the festival is on during her birthday.

Her fans come from all over the world to take part in a week of events and performances based on Agatha Christie, her life and her books. You can watch films based on her works, live performances by the Agatha Christie theatre company, visit her house and participate in murder mystery parties and dinners. Sounds fun?

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Row*, Row, Row your boat

The annual Great River Race takes place every year on the River Thames and is 34km starting in Ham, London and finishing in Greenwich.

There’s just one rule – boats have to be moved using oars* or paddles, not with an engine or sails. It’s a fun and colourful spectacle as participants often wear fancy dress* and each boat has to carry a flag.

About 300 boats take part and the public can watch from the bridges along the Thames or from the river bank. Since 2008, all participants are given a GPS tracking system* so that their progress can be monitored by logging onto* the Great River Race website.

If you like being scared out of your wits* then this is the place for you! Nine days of spooky* events at the Ghost Hunts Festival at Oxford Castle. The castle itself is over a thousand years old and has been used in many different ways throughout its history – for example, it’s been a prison, a royal household and is now a hotel. The festival takes place in the original underground dungeons and tunnels of the castle and you can participate in events such as ghost hunts, seminars about ghost hunting, demonstrations by clairvoyants*, psychics and paranormal detectives. Prepared to be scared!

Do you know…?

Agatha Christie is in the Guinness Book of World Records as the world’s bestselling author.

Her books have sold more than 2 billion copies in 44 languages.

She’s also in the Guinness Book of Records as one of her plays is the longest running ever. It first came to the theatre in London in 1952 and continues to the present day.

But what’s the name of this play?

In the mirror PARTESUOM EHT The answer is on page 15

Celtic* customs

In the town of Perranporth, in Cornwall, in the South-west of England there’s the annual festival of traditional Celtic music, songs and dance. It’s called Lowender Peran and occurs mid-October every year. The festival was first created about 35 years ago and is a celebration of Celtic traditions and customs. Performers come from Cornwall but also Ireland, Scotland, Wales, Brittany in France and the Isle of Man, which all have links with Celtic traditions. The public can participate in events such as concerts by Celtic bands, storytelling of traditional tales, a costumed parade and a Ceilidhs (pronounced kay-lee) which is a traditional Scottish or Irish gathering* of traditional music and dance.

Historic cars

Do you like vintage cars rich in history? At the Goodwood Revival you can see hundreds of cars and motorbikes from the 1940s and 50s at the Goodwood racetrack, in Chichester in the South of England. Goodwood used to be the UK’s most important racetrack (1948 – 1966) and major events were held there including Formula 1.

Participants who want to take part in the show must bring a car or motorbike that dates from 1948 to 1966 and they must dress in the fashion of that period.

Food and drinks that were typical of the period are also served.

Glossary Celtic: refers to the language or culture of the Celts, an ancient group of people that lived in some parts of Western Europe clairvoyants: people who can predict the future fancy dress: wearing a costume gathering: a meeting, a get-together GPS tracking system: a sort of satellite navigator to show where people are intrigue: suspense, mystery logging onto: entering your password on the Internet to enter a website oars: long wooden sticks to help you move a boat row: to move a boat through the water using oars spooky: scary, frightening scared out of your wits: very scared

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Kid | Report

Is it possible to live without the Internet?

It’s called a “digital fast” and means completely giving up smartphones and tablets and living without the ease* (and distractions) of the Web.

Us … and the Web We can’t deny* it: by now we use the Internet to get information, to study, work and play, to chat with friends, to watch films … the Web is a fundamental part of our lives, but someone has tried to give up* all this in order to detoxify the mind and body and demonstrate that you can survive without.

Paul Miller’s experiment Paul Miller is 27 years old and he has spent at least 15 in front of the computer: first as a web designer, then as a journalist specialised in technology. Then, one day he decided to stop. On 1st May 2012 his year without the Web began. He bought an old mobile (just for phoning and texting) and cancelled his internet subscription*.

Life “offline” The first few months without Internet connection were liberating. He had

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lots more free time for reading, going out and seeing friends, doing sport outdoors and going for bike rides……. he also started writing a book! But with the passing of time he began to feel isolated, bored, depressed. «I felt out of sync* with life», he admits.

Online again On 1st May 2013 Paul went back online, and described his experience on his blog. He’s not the only one to try life without the Internet. Those that, like him, went back online have recounted* the experience. Who knows, however, how many have completely detoxified and no longer use the Net. Their stories will definitely tell a different tale.

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The French: offline and happy For more than 1.7 million French people, living without the Internet is better. The news comes from a study published by the newspaper Le Parisien. In France, above all, young people between 25 and 49 choose to disconnect: the people interviewed affirm that they use the web less than an hour a week and very often for work.

Internet addiction* is extremely widespread* these days. These addicts feel that they can’t do anything without the Web. When we don’t know a word we google it or look for it on Wikipedia.

Social Networks absorb a lot of our attention and concentration and we spend hours reading people’s posts and sharing links.

If you also want to try and detoxify yourself from the Web for a while……

To start, you need order and organisation. Here’s what you can do in a few easy steps: block the connection on your iPhone or smartphone, cancel your profile on Facebook and Twitter, turn off Wi-fi, put your iPad in a drawer and pull out the plug*. Trying can’t hurt!

Can you….?

Back in 1984 the American psychologist Craig Brod discovered that a prolonged exposure to technology can cause real health problems.

The symptoms? Headache, stress, anxiety and agitation, little concentration and physical ailments.

Brod gave a name to this new “illness”, and called it … resolve the anagram to find out!

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Glossary addiction: when you’re obsessed by something and can’t stop deny: the opposite of admit ease: the ability to do something easily give up: stop doing something out of sync: working at different times or in different ways plug: an object used for connecting equipment to the electricity supply recounted: told people about what had happened subscription: money you pay in order to receive a service widespread: happening or existing in many places

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Kid | Poster

Happy Birthday Nick!

This month sees the birthday of a teenage idol.

Let’s take a look at him!

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Nick Jonas was born September 16th, 1992. That makes him 21 this month!

He was born in Dallas, Texas, in the USA and has three brothers Joe, Kevin and Frankie.

He has many talents. He’s a singer-songwriter, musician, actor and can play many different musical instruments. He’s probably best known for being the youngest member of the band The Jonas Brothers.

He started his career when he was very young and already at 8 years old, he was performing at the theatre on Broadway. In fact, he was discovered at the age of 6 in a barber’s shop, while he was getting his hair cut! He was spotted by a professional show business manager!

He’s appeared many times on TV and at the theatre and starred in the Disney Channel’s films Camp Rock and Camp Rock 2 as well as Les Miserables in London’s West End.

Do you know….?

Can you……..?

In 2010, Nick embarked on a solo career, without his two brothers. What was the name of this solo project?

Complete the missing words from the song Send it on which Nick sang together with Miley Cyrus, Demi Lovato and Selena Gomez as a charity song for Disney.

Nick Jonas and The a) Organisation b) Administration c) Demonstration

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Til you ……………….. what you say And love isn’t love Til you give it ………………..

mean | make | away | word We’ve all gotta give Yeah something to give To ……………….. a change The answers are on page 15.

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Kid | An anniversary to remember Forty years ago on 2nd September 1973, John Ronal Reuel Tolkien died. He was a valued professor at Oxford University and author of immortal books such as Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. His literary works are read and well-loved throughout the world and continue to be great inspirations for artists and directors.

J.R.R. Tolkien The man and the writer Born in 1892, Tolkien is considered to be the ‘father’ of modern fantasy novels. During his studies he got interested in classical languages (Greek and Latin) and old English. When he was 18 he fell in love with Edith Bratt, who he married in 1916, just before leaving for the First World War. Years later, on a hot summer’s day he got his inspiration – on a blank* piece of paper he wrote “In a hole in the ground lived a hobbit”. This sentence was all he needed to start writing the story and adventures of Bilbo Baggins, a hobbit from the Shire in Middle Earth.

A legendary saga* After the Hobbit in 1937, Tolkien wrote the trilogy of the Lord of the Rings (published between 1954 and 1955),

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probably his most important work. The “professor” invented a fantasy world populated by men, wizards, trolls, elves, dwarves and hobbits. He also created a language for his characters - Elvish (with its own grammar and pronunciation), very similar to Finnish.

Since then his book has sold more than 100 million copies and has been translated into more than 50 languages. It has been made into a cartoon and since 2001, also a film trilogy.

Literature and cinema The films, which were directed by the New Zealander director Peter Jackson, got a total of 17 Oscars: four for The Fellowship of the Rings, two for The Two Towers and an amazing eleven for The Return of the King. They were an

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Incredible but true!

The first people who were interested in a film adaptation of the book The Lord of the Rings were The Beatles. Their version of Tolkien’s masterpiece* was supposed to have Paul McCartney in the role of Frodo Baggins, Ringo Starr as Sam, George Harrison in the role of Gandalf and John Lennon as Gollum. The Beatles proposed the idea to the director Stanley Kubrick, but it was never put into practice as it was considered to be too difficult.

enormous success and consequently, Peter Jackson decided to return to “his” Middle Earth in Wellington, in New Zealand, to get down to* work again. The result is a new trilogy based

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on the book The Hobbit. The first film An Unexpected Journey, came out in 2012, while the second chapter, The Desolation of Smaug, will arrive on the big screen in December.

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Kid | News Welcome back to our regular feature Kid News where we take a look at things going on around us. This issue we’re taking a look at the many award ceremonies that occur in the months of September and October. Read on to find out more!

MTV Video Music Awards

Probably the most famous awards ceremony of this period is the VMA, MTV’s Video Music Awards. It’s been called the ‘Oscars for Youth’ and takes place every year in mid-September and is broadcast* live on MTV. The winners of the different categories are presented with a statue of an

The Hugo Awards

The Hugo Awards have taken place since 1955 and it’s science fiction’s most prestigious award. The ceremony is held in San Antonio, Texas at the beginning of September during the World Science Fiction Convention. The award was named after Hugo Gernsback, a famous magazine editor who made science fiction popular.

Categories for the award are Best Novel, Best Short Story, Best Professional Artist, Best Editor, Best New Writer and lots more. The award itself is of a rocket* made out of chrome*.

The Scream Awards

These awards are dedicated to horror, science fiction and fantasy films. The awards started in 2006 and are shown live on Spike TV, an American cable* TV channel, in October each year.

Awards are won for Best Horror Movie, Best Superhero, Best Villain, The Scene of the Year award and so on. The 2012 awards ceremony was cancelled but in 2011 Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows –Part 2 and X-Men both received 14 nominations each. Other films that received a lot of nominations were Captain America, Thor, True Blood and Game of Thrones.

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astronaut on the moon. At the 2010 awards*, Lady Gaga broke a record for the most nominations in a single show – she received 13! At the 2012 awards, One Direction won the most awards for Video of the Year, Best New Artist, Best Pop Video and Best Video with a message. So who are your nominations for 2013?

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BET Hip Hop Awards

The awards ceremony first took place in Atlanta, in the USA, in 2006. It’s a celebration of the hip hop movement and awards are given to hip hop artists, producers and music video directors. At the 2012 awards ceremony, Best Hip Hop Video was ‘HYFR’ by Drake/Lil Wayne and Best Live Performer was The Throne (Jay-Z and Kanye West).

Canadian Country Music Awards It takes place every year at the beginning of September in Edmonton, Canada. There are performances by some of Canada’s most important country singers during Edmonton’s Country Music Week such as Shania Twain and K.D Lang.

Taylor Swift received her Award from the Canadian Country Music Awards last year. During the ceremony, there’s also an Award of Achievement given to a country performer who has supported humanitarian causes through their music.

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This ceremony takes place every September and is shown live on TV. The four most important American TV channels (CBS, ABC, NBC and Fox) host the ceremony in rotation*. The awards are considered to be the equivalent of the Oscars ceremony for films and they reward* TV programmes shown at primetime (usually during the middle of the evening, 8 to 11 pm). Categories include Outstanding* Comedy Series, Outstanding Drama Series, Outstanding Miniseries, Outstanding Lead Actor or Actress in a series and lots more. The Simpsons have won the most Emmys for an animated series while in 2012, the award for Outstanding Comedy Series went to Modern Family for the third year.

Can you separate the words from Clint Eastwood’s speech when he won an Oscar for Best Director for the film Million Dollar Baby?

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The answer is on page 15

Glossary awards: prizes given to people who have done something good broadcast: transmitted on TV cable: a system for broadcasting TV programmes where signals are sent though underground wires chrome: a hard metal used for covering other metals outstanding: excellent reward: something you receive for the good work you’ve done rocket: a vehicle shaped like a tube that travels to space rotation: replacing one thing with another in the same group in a fixed order

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KId | Movie of the month

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- The British boyband achieved* success after they participated in the English edition of X Factor in 2010, and after only three years they’ve sold millions of records and won important international awards.

- Last May One Direction announced their next tour, the “Where We Are Tour 2014”.

- The band’s fans are known as “Directioners”.

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declared Spurlock, «is an incredible opportunity. I’m so proud to be a part of this project». Travelling the world with the band has been the best way to observe their amazing adventure up close*.

The film dedicated to One Direction will soon be at cinemas all over the world.

Thanks to exclusive film it will portray how the five bestThe poster loved guys of the moment One of the surprises reserved for live with their success and their many fans is the preview* of it will take us backstage on the official poster of the film, which their world tour.

A docufilm The film’s director, Morgan Spurlock, filmed all the stages of the band’s last world tour filming the boys in public and in private, in order to tell the stories and unusual things going on behind the scenes. The film will also be available in 3D.

The director’s words Being able to share* with the fans their dreams and emotions,

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came out last May. The background is a mosaic composed of thousands of photos sent by fans from all over the world to the website www. onedirectionmusic.com. Here it’s possible to see each photo blown up*: http://www.1dthisisus-movie. com/feature/mosaic.

Glossary achieved: something important that you’ve done or obtained blow up: make a photo or picture bigger preview: an opportunity to see something before the public share: give a part of something to someone else up close: only a short distance away

Do you know….?

The protagonists Do you know the names of the band members? Choose the right answer! a b c d e f

Harry Horan, Niall Malik, Liam Styles, Zayn Payne, Louis Tomlinson Harry Styles, Niall Payne, Liam Horan, Zayn Tomlinson, Louis Malik Harry Malik, Niall Tomlinson, Liam Payne, Zayn Styles, Louis Horan Harry Styles, Niall Horan, Liam Payne, Zayn Malik, Louis Tomlinson Harry Payne, Niall Horan, Liam Malik, Zayn Tomlinson, Louis Styles Harry Tomlinson, Niall Styles, Liam Horan, Zayn Malik, Louis Payne The answers are on page 15.

Kid | Fun and Games!

True or False A Have you read the report? Put yourself to the test with our True or False exercise!

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1 The Internet is an important part of our lives.

2 Paul Miller spent a month without using the Web. 3 During his digital fast, Paul continued to use his mobile.

4 His experience without the Web was totally positive.

5 Paul was the only one to try this type of experience.

6 Miller is a technology expert.

7 For many French people, living without the Internet is possible.

8 Technology doesn’t cause health problems.

One actress, a thousand roles …

Jennifer Lawrence is also known for her role in the 2011 film X-Men – First Class. What’s the name of her character? Complete the chart below with words from page 3 and find out!

Answers Page 2: Slogan: 1) 2) 3) 4) Free answer.

Page 3: Jennifer’s words: being;taking/having;making;living.

Page 4-5: Agatha Christie’s play: The Mousetrap.

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One actress, a thousand roles…..: model, Kentucky, saga, nomination, interpretation, quotes, audition, actress: Mystique.

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