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B1/B2

Year XIL - N. 1 - September / October 2020 - Imprimé à Taxe Réduite

Kid News

London Fashion Week

Delicious Desserts… Scones

Report Emoticon ed emoji: l’invasione delle faccine!

Interview with… Billie Eilish

All the objects that soon we won’t use anymore

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ario Somm Contents Hello Everybody  Welcome to the first issue of Kid for this year. Are you ready to start this new adventure together? In our very first issue of the year, we have lots of interesting and stimulating articles for you to read. There’s something for everyone - recipes, quizzes, brain teasers, interviews and useful information for you to look at. Would you like to know more about the singer Billie Eilish then turn to page 10? If you’d like to prepare a delicious dessert then go to the recipe on page 4. Are you curious to know what objects won’t be around in the future, then have a look at the report on page 5? You can find all of these and much much more in this issue. Happy Reading! Angela info@elimagazines.com

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Quadro Comune Europeo (B1 – B2) Intermedio LivelloEuropean Common Framework Intermediate (B1 – B2)

In this issue of Kid you’ll come across: - past simple - present perfect - passives - future - gerunds and infinitives - nouns, adjectives, prepositions - conjunctions

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Train your Brain

What am I?

I can travel all around the world while staying in the corner.

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Brothers

There are three brothers. Sometimes they’re bad, sometimes they’re good. The first one isn’t here because he’s gone, the second one isn’t here because he’s arriving... there’s only the third one (who is the youngest of the three), but when he isn’t there, neither are the other two. Who are they? Answer: ...................................................................................

The birthday cake

On the birthday cake there are 16 candles. You blow out 10. How many are left? Answer: ................................................................................... The answer is on page 15.

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Test

question forms/infinitives/prepositions

Are you ready to change? 1. What’s the first thing you do when you get up in the morning? a) You remain another 5 minutes under the covers… or maybe 10! b) You look out of the window to see what the weather is like c) You get up immediately. A new day has begun!

2. You are facing a period of change. How do you manage it? a) With a little fear… changes aren’t always positive b) You hope to be able to do everything and well c) With determination. It will be a challenge you have to face

Mostly a): No hurry You’re very attached to your daily life. For you it’s reassuring to have a predictable routine, not having to take too many decisions and leaving things as they are. You don’t complain about your life because you’re happy with it and look back to the past with nostalgia*. A little piece of advice: when you can, try to change some small details and see if it was worth it. Sometimes swapping certainty for uncertainty can turn out* to be a marvellous discovery and can teach you something about yourself that you didn’t know.

3. When something worries you, you: a) want to be distracted as much as possible b) stop, take a deep breath and reflect c) try to understand why and solve the problem

4. It gives you more satisfaction: a) thinking back to something that made you happy b) living life to the full in the present and not missing out on anything c) knowing that you have a plan, a dream to fulfil

5. For you, it’s more important in life: a) to follow the path that you are already on b) to be yourself and if possible, to avoid problems c) to do great things

Mostly b): Only if necessary Live life to the full in the present, the “here and now”, is the most important thing for you. You’re concentrated on the moment, which makes you a very attentive and curious person. You welcome change with spontaneity, if and when it arrives, and you’re open to new things, but only if you don’t have a choice. But remember: if you want to reach a goal, you have to get busy thinking also about the future, to be able to assess better the opportunities that you will meet along your path. Start preparing yourself also for the things that haven’t happened yet!

6. It’s New Year’s Eve. You: a) reflect a lot about the past year b) enjoy the celebration with family and friends, dancing until dawn* c) can’t wait to see what the new year will bring

Glossary dawn: the time of day when the sun rises in store: about to happen nostalgia: when you look back at the past with affection turn out: to happen in a particular way

Mostly c): Born ready What guides you and inspires you in life is enthusiasm and the curiosity to know what’s in store* for you. For this reason the idea of change doesn’t scare you, on the contrary, in your opinion doing something different or finding yourself in a new situation is an opportunity for growth. You find the fact that you’re able to adapt to change exciting, and you’re very confident about the future. It’s an excellent attitude to have! But sometimes stop and look at what you have now, look around you and don’t be in too much of a hurry.

Delicious Desserts

present perfect/imperatives/prepositions

Scones

If you’ve visited Britain, you can’t have missed these iconic, typical ‘cakes’ that you can find on every teashop’s menu. They look like bread buns but they’re a cross between sweet and savoury. They’re made of wheat or oatmeal and sometimes have dried fruit in them or sometimes even cheese. But let’s find out more about scones, an integral part of afternoon tea.

First of all, let’s discover how to make them:

Ingredients 150g butter 475g flour 90g sugar 2 teaspoons baking powder a pinch of salt milk

How to make them - preheat the oven to 185°celsius - grease a baking tray - mix the sugar, flour and baking powder in a bowl - cut the butter into small pieces and using the fingers, gently rub the ingredients together until they become like breadcrumbs - add enough milk to make a soft dough*

- roll out the dough. It needs to be about 3.5cm thick - cut the dough into circles of about 6cm each - put them on a tray and bake for 15-20 minutes - serve them warm with strawberry jam and cream Scones served with strawberry jam and cream are typical of the cream tea, a light meal served in the afternoon together with a cup of tea, and some small sandwiches and cakes. Very British! This tradition probably dates back to Queen Victoria, who used to love scones and ate them regularly at 5 0’clock together with a cup of tea. But where do scones originate from? Scones are traditionally connected to England, Scotland and Ireland but nobody knows which country invented them. However, the first written record of a scone was in a Scottish poem called ‘The Aenaid’ written in 1513. The word was then added to the Oxford dictionary in the same year. The actual name of the scone is thought to originate from the Gaelic word ‘sgonn’ which means a piece of dough that has been cooked

DO YOU KNOW…? Scones are usually an integral part of ‘afternoon tea’ a light meal eaten late afternoon. It originated in the 1840s among the wealthy* people in Britain. It consists of a cup of tea and some small sandwiches but what kind?

a) Tomato sandwiches b) Cucumber sandwiches c) Jam sandwiches The answer is on page 15.

Did you know…?

The biggest scone in the world is 141.8 kg and was baked in Belfast, in Northern Ireland on 22nd November 2017.

for a few minutes or the Dutch word ‘schoonbrot’ which means fine or beautiful bread. There is some debate as to how the word ‘scone’ is actually pronounced. In Scotland and North England the word is pronounced as “skawn” or “skahn”, while in Southern England it’s pronounced “skoan” or “skown”. How would you pronounce it? Scone lovers claim* that they’re best eaten hot from the oven with melted* butter or with strawberry jam and cream. However, some people like to make scones with sweeter fillings such as chocolate, nuts or berries. Some people though, prefer savoury fillings such as smoked salmon or ham and cheese. What would you put inside your scones?

Glossary claim: state that something is true dough: a thick mixture of flour and liquid used for baking into bread or cakes

melted: when something solid becomes liquid usually at high temperatures wealthy: rich

Report

All the objects

that soon we won’t

use anymore

With giant strides, technology changes our daily lives and also the objects that we’re used to having in our lives. Some, which now seem indispensable*, are destined to disappear by 2030. Will they end up* in the attic or become museum exhibits*? We’ll see…

The battery recharger

Who doesn’t have with them all the time their battery recharger for their smartphone? With Whatsapp chats, videos on YouTube, photos on Instagram and posts on Facebook, our

mobiles need to be recharged often. Well, soon we won’t need cables as not only will we be able to recharge our phones without using them but also from a distance! The technology to do that already exists and it’s being

Report

the future/nouns/passives

circulation of driverless cars, car mirrors will no longer have a reason for existing. tested at the moment. It works exactly like WiFi and will allow us to recharge wirelessly all our electronic devices from 10 metres away.

Mirrors…

In a few decades* mirrors will begin to disappear from our houses as they’ll be substituted by high resolution monitors that will give us new opportunities - make close-ups, obtain information about our health, look at ourselves… dressed in different clothes or with a different hairstyle. Totally virtual but incredibly real! Thinking about it, they are things we already do with our smartphones, when we take selfies and experiment a new look thanks to the filters offered by many apps.

… and car mirrors

For some years now more and more cars are installed with video cameras, especially to make manoeuvres like reversing easier. Video cameras provide us with a wider and clearer vision, even 360 degrees, and probably soon car mirrors will be obsolete. In addition, with the increasing

Keys and wallets

Let’s say goodbye to house keys, car keys and keys for the office as they’ll be transformed into something else. Keys of the future will be electronic and digital and we’ll be able to open

the door using our phones. Some hotels have already eliminated keys and magnetic cards. The guests can enter in the rooms using a simple app. There will also be more room in our bags and rucksacks when we get rid of* our wallets. “Virtual” payments (by app and smartphone) will eventually take the place of notes, coins and credit cards.

Magazines, newspapers and maps

How long are printed magazines and newspapers still going to be found on newsagents’ shelves? Digital papers and magazines are very widespread*, as we know. In addition to the TV, the internet and in general, social networks, provide news and information in real time and usually for free. In the same way, also maps won’t last for much longer. Now, you just have to press a button, and with Google Maps we have the whole world in the palm of our hand.

Glasses

In an era of robots that seem more and more “human”, in the next few years it will be normal for us to become a little “bionic”*. Artificial organs and robotic limbs* already exist, but we could also have other technological help to improve our body’s efficiency. Super intelligent electronic contact lenses are coming (which zoom in and out or take photos when you bat your eyes) or eye drops that automatically correct your sight (even making it perfect). Wearing glasses won’t be a necessity any more but just a matter of aesthetics*.

However, there’s still hope for paper, which doesn’t seem to have lost its appeal. With the trend of e-books and audible books, paper books were starting to be forgotten, but recently they are being bought more. The same thing happened with music. With music in streaming and music that we can download in seconds online, there are some people who still prefer “real” music and continue to buy CDs and records, which have also become a cult!

The washing machine

Already in 2012 some Chinese researchers, followed then by Australians, created prototypes of material that cleans itself. It’s covered by nanoparticles (really tiny particles) that react to sunlight, eliminating marks and bacteria and cleaning and disinfecting it. Studies and experiments have shown that this type of material is able to “wash itself” in just 30 minutes in the sun. An invention that will help us use less water and at the same time safeguard our planet from pollution caused by detergents.

OVER TO YOU Which of these objects do you think you will miss the most in the future and why?

......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... ......................................................................................................................... .......................................................................................... The answer is on page 15.

Glossary aesthetics: the study of beauty and taste bionic: having an artificial body part decades: periods of ten years end up: finally be or do something exhibits: puts on show get rid of: eliminate, throw away indispensable: absolutely necessary limbs: arms and legs widespread: extended over a large area