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Mini dictionary A winter holiday 4-5

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Christmas in New York

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A magazine for your English

The English-speaking world Isle of Arran 8-9 Audio

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Hello friends, it’s time for another issue of your English magazine!

Do you like winter? In Storytime on pages 10 and 11, Skip and Lucy have fun in the snow!

Plus, on page 14 there’s an interesting ‘beans’ project to try.

Enjoy the Christmas holidays, Lots of love, Lisa

Frosty the snowman Frosty the snowman was a jolly happy soul With a corncob pipe And a button nose And two eyes made out of coal.

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Illustration: Margherita Micheli

Summary 2 Frosty the snowman 4 Mini dictionary

A winter holiday 6 Fun and games 8 The English-speaking world

Isle of Arran 10 Story time

Fun in the snow 12 Culture site

Christmas in New York 14 The Bric-a-brac page

Beans in a bag 16 The pet page

A pony

Frosty the snowman Is a fairy tale they say He was made of snow But the children know How he came to life one day.

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Mini dictionary Illustration: Manola Caprini

A winter holiday

Read the words out loud.

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snowflake

snowman

sledge

skis

ski poles

ice skates

ice rink

mountain

hot chocolate biscuits

reindeer

pine tree

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Fun and games 1 Find 12 words in the wordsearch.

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Then colour.

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2 Find the words in the wordsnake. Then use the

other letters to read the hidden sentence.

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Poster The English-speaking world

Isle of Arran The Isle of Arran is a Scottish island. Some people call it ‘Scotland in miniature’.

There are pretty villages, beaches, hills and mountains to discover. There are also lots of ancient castles to explore.

Guess!

1 What two animals can you see on the Isle of Arran? a b c b

elephants red deer whales otters

2 What is ‘Hogmanay’? a a castle b a cake c the celebration of

New Year’s Eve

in Scotland Answer on page 11.

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Story time

Fun in the snow Watch out!

Ohh, this is difficult!

No, it’s easy. Hold my hand.

It’s beautiful here!

Illustration: Manola Caprini

Wow! It’s snowing.

Look Skip!

It’s that robin again!

Come on, Lucy.

Let’s play

It’s morning. Lucy wakes up and looks out of the window.

Count the snowflakes. ......................................

Let’s have a race.

Ready, set, go!

Skip can’t wait to play outside.

He’s making snowballs.

Look at that robin.

A carrot for his nose and buttons for his eyes.

Skip puts on his ice skates and goes to the ice rink.

Mmm, hot chocolate and biscuits!

Here little robin... have a biscuit.

Lucy and Skip go for a walk in the mountains.

Colour the pine trees.

Hey, listen!

Oh look!

Bye bye robins.

Tweet tweet!

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It’s fun playing in the snow. Lucy decides to make a snowman.

Everyone is hungry now. The little robin is hungry too!

What a fun day! But now it’s time to go home. On the way home there’s a surprise for Skip and Lucy.

Answers: Pages 6-7:1. horizontal: skis, hot chocolate, ice skates, mountain, pine tree, Vertical: ski poles, snowflake, biscuits, ice rink, snowman, sledge, reindeer. 2. mountain, pine tree, ice rink, skis, sledge. Let's play snowballs. 3. 1e sledge, 2b biscuits, 3c skis, 4a snowflake, 5b reindeer. 4. In picture 1 there are three trees. In picture 2 there are four trees. In picture 1 the snowman has three buttons. In picture 2 he has two buttons. In picture 1 she is drinking hot chocolate. In picture 2 she is drinking juice.

In picture 1 he's got skis. In picture 2 he hasn't got skis. Pages 8-9: 1 B and D, 2 C. Pages 10-11: There are five snowflakes.

Pages 12-13: 1b, 2d, 3f, 4a, 5c, 6g, 7e. Page 16: 1 T, 2 F, they are herbivores. 3. T

Anthony has got a sledge.

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Culture Site © Shutterstock

Christmas in New York People around the world celebrate Christmas on 25th December.

On Christmas day in the USA, people eat roast turkey or ham with cranberry sauce. They exchange gifts and visit friends and family.

Have fun on the ice rink at Central Park.

A visit to the cinema on Christmas day is very popular in the USA. You can watch a Christmas movie and eat lots of popcorn!

New York is a magical place to celebrate Christmas! There are lots of things to see and do.

Visit the Rockefeller Centre and see the huge Christmas tree. It is a symbol of Christmas in New York.

Go window shopping and see the incredible displays.

In some shops you can also visit Santa and give him your Christmas letter!

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Mmmm... eat some candy cane. Candy cane is a hard sweet shaped like a stick. It is usually red and white and has a peppermint flavour.

How do you celebrate Christmas?

What do you eat?

Do you have any special traditions?

How do you say ‘Father Christmas’ in your country? Match the name to the country.

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Père Noël Dun Che Lao Ren Babbo Natale Father Christmas Kanakaloka Santa Claus Papá Noel

a b c d e f g

UK France Hawaii China Spain Italy USA

Answer on page 11.

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The Bric-a-brac page

ELI Readers

You need:

Discover the joy of reading in English!

dried black-eyed beans a small plastic food bag

Beans in a bag

1 Fill a glass with cold water.

Put three or four black-eyed beans into the glass and leave for 24 hours. Then lift them out.

Illustration: Pedro Giuffra Chocano

What to do:

a kitchen sponge

2 Cut a sponge so that it fits in the plastic bag.

3 Push the sponge into the bag so that it rests at the bottom. Then staple a line of about five staples down the sponge.

4 Add four tablespoons of water to wet the sponge. Then put the beans into the bag, so that they are resting on the lines of staples.

Graded Readers English • French • Spanish • German • Italian

5 Close the bag, then put the bag in a warm dry place.

Check the beans every day.

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Partner:

Beans are seeds. Watch how they germinate and grow!

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Respect your pets!

A Pony

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The pet page

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Can you ride a horse or pony?

A pony is a pet which needs lots of care and attention. But it’s also great fun!

True or false?

T F 1 Young ponies are called foals.

2 Ponies are carnivores.

3 They can sleep both lying down and standing up.

Answers on page 11.

How to care for your pony A pony needs: • clean water to drink • grass, hay and grains to eat • lots of exercise • a dry place to stand and lie down on • regular check ups from the vet