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YEAR XXXIII • No. 1 - September / October 2020 • Imprimé à Taxe Réduite

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Report

Our climate changes... what about us?

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Halloween’s origins in Ireland

This month...

Belfas t Mons ter Mash

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Me and my hobby

Welcome, my tiny friends

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Ecology

The Environment

A floating farm

‘Green’ energy!

Two renewable energy sources are mentioned in the article ... which ones?

Link the two compound nouns in the article with the corresponding icons.

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A. solar energy

B. wind energy The answers are on page 14.

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Contents

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Report Our climate changes ... what about us?

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Me and my hobby Welcome, my tiny friends

This month …

Belfast Monster Mash

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Find out about ...

The Giant’s Causeway, Northern Ireland

Music Inhaler, a band to keep an eye on!

Classrooms around the world Weather forecasts

Test How ‘green’ are you?

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31 October Halloween’s origins in Ireland Games Galore

Welcome everyone! It’s been a busy and eventful year.

We’re starting another Let’s Start adventure together with an edition dedicated to the environment. In this issue, we discover a floating farm, and make sure you take the quiz to find out how ‘green’ you are! We’re also visiting Northern Ireland – the city of Belfast and the fascinating Giant’s Causeway ... let’s get started!

Happy reading!

Samantha Hi! I’m Grammy! This month, we’ll learn about: - Vocabulary related to the weather - - Vocabulary related to the environment - - Use of the infinitive form - - Introduction to the Past Simple - - Use of adjectives

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Use of the superlative form Practice of the Present Simple Prepositions Use of ‘will’ for future promises

Teacher’s Notes Subscribed teachers are able to download both the MP3 audio files and the Teacher’s Notes in PDF format.

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At the port of the city of Rotterdam, Holland, there’s a truly unique farm.

It’s a … floating farm! It’s 100% environmentally-friendly, designed to combat pollution and look after the animals there as well as possible.

‘Floating’ cows produce milk, cheese, butter and yogurt for the city. Solar panels and wind turbines produce the energy needed by the farm. The cows eat grass cut in city’s stadiums and parks. Their faeces are collected and transformed into fertilizer. Now, the floating farm in Rotterdam has become a tourist attraction!

Music

Inhaler,

Inhaler come from Ireland, from Dublin. The band is made up of four twenty-year-old boys: Eli (Elijah) Hewson (vocals), Robert Keating (bass), Ryan McMahon (drums) and Josh Jenkinson (guitar). They met at school, and each of them has a great passion for music.

They’ve been playing indie rock music since 2015, and they are already very good.

Not everyone knows this, but the singer Eli

Hewson is the son of Paul Hewson—that is, of Bono Vox. Bono is the lead singer of U2, the Irish band that made music history. But this group has nothing to do with U2.

None of the songs have been written or produced by Bono Vox. In fact, Eli’s parents weren’t happy with Eli’s decision to make music.

They dreamed of a normal life for Eli: college and study. Then they understood that Eli was serious about a music career, and above all, they realised that the group has talent. Eli has a beautiful voice, and ... he doesn’t want to imitate his father!

Interesting fact!

The band is called Inhaler.

Do you know why? a [ ] Robert Keating and Ryan McMahon’s parents are doctors. b [ ] Josh and Ryan wanted to study medicine. c [ ] As a child, Eli suffered from asthma. Asthma sufferers regularly use an inhaler,

a kind of spray.

The answers are on page 14.

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use of the infinitive form – introduction to the Past Simple – use of the superlative form

© ELI Italy 2020 - ELI srl, C.P. 6, 62019 Recanati, Tel. (071) 750701, Fax (071) 977851, E-mail: info@elionline.com - Direttore responsabile: Lamberto Pigini. Realizzazione testi: Lynn Bulmer. Autorizzazione Trib. di Macerata N. 278 del 29 luglio 1987. Realizzazione: Tecnostampa, Loreto.

a band to keep an eye on!

W eat h er forec a s t s 4

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sun

night

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day

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storm

rainbow

rain

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stars

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snow

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wind

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lightning

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hail

fog

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weather vocabulary – use of the Present Simple

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rough sea

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Classrooms around the world

Hello guys!

My name is Adália. I’m Brazilian, and I come from a very big city called Belo Horizonte. Today, in class, we all pretended to be a weat her forecas ter, like on television! My friends love t he sun, but I also really like t he rain! When it rains, I always go out and have a lot of fun!

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Conjugate the verbs in the brackets using the third person of the Present Simple ... and use the icons to fill in the other gaps.

1. At

__________ John (to watch) __________ the __________ .

2. Today Sue __________ (to put on) her coat as it (to be) __________ very 3. After a a

__________ . __________ there (to be) __________ always

__________ .

4. When there’s

__________ Susan often (to slip over)

__________ .

5. Mike __________ (to see) the __________

and a

__________ shaped like a bear in the sky.

6. When there (to be) __________

__________ , Pete

__________ (not can see) anything.

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__________ (to be) __________

__________

that (to fall) __________ from the sky.

8. The

__________ (to hit) __________ a tree.

9. I like it when the __________

(to blow) __________

hard.

The answers are on page 14.

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Our climate changes ... what about us?

Greta Thunberg has been interested in environmental and climate change issues since she was a child. On August 20, 2018, at just fifteen, she decided to take action.

She prepared a sign and, alone, held a sitin in front of the parliament of Sweden, her country. Since then, Greta has met with political leaders and famous people from all over the world, to ask them to take action against climate change.

Causes and effects

We know that climate change refers to the rising temperatures we are experiencing on planet Earth. The causes of these increasing temperatures are many, such as the gases produced by industries and transport, the pollution of the seas and deforestation.

What are the effects of climate change?

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The ice melts.

The seas rise more and more and ‘eat’ the coastlines.

Many areas become arid and turn into deserts.

Many animal and plant species become extinct.

Floods, hurricanes and violent storms become increasingly frequent ...

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weather and forecasting vocabulary – prepositions – the Present Simple

Us and our environment

Match each image to the correct heading!

• deforestation • desertification • avalanche • recycling • melting ice • protesting for the • pollution of the seas environment • flooding The answers are on page 14.

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2 ____________________

3 ____________________

4 ____________________

5 ____________________

6 ____________________

7 ____________________

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This month...

Do you love Halloween, ghosts and monsters?

use of adjectives, use of will for future promises

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What can I expect?

At the end of October every year, there is a very special event in Belfast, Northern Ireland – welcome to the Belfast Monster Mash. A ‘monster mash’ is a monster party!

Let’s find out more.

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What time does it start?

Entertainment kicks off at Titanic Slipways in Belfast from 4pm and finishes at 7pm.

Should I wear a costume?

Of course! Witches, wizards, ghouls and vampires are all invited to come along dressed in their most imaginative costumes. Of course, there will be prizes for the most terrifying outfits!

Beginning at 4pm, the entertainment line-up will feature street shows and performers, fire shows, themed arts and craft workshops, monster fairground rides, and live music on stage. There will also be a range of sweet treats and hot food available too.

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Which adjective is the ‘odd one out’?

All of the words below are similar in meaning to ‘scary’ ... all except one? freaky creepy terrifying breathtaking spooky frightening hair-raising spine-chilling

Song

There’s a well-known song called ‘Monster Mash’ by Bobby Pickett.

Fill in one of the verses with the following words: mash x2

flash

smash

They did the mash, they did the monster ______________ The monster mash, it was a graveyard ______________ They did the mash, it caught on in a ______________ They did the mash, they did the monster ______________

The answers are on page 14.

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