Kid sfogliabile

Welcome back to Kid, the magazine that helps you learn English in a fun way! My name’s Pauline and this year I will introduce you to current events, fun facts, interesting topics and lots of games. In every issue you can learn lots of interesting facts about English speaking countries. You will find out about places and people around the world. Have you ever wondered where writers get their inspiration from? Look at page 4 to read about places that have inspired great novels. Don’t miss the interviews with our celebrities! Have you seen who is on page 10?

First of all, let’s start by talking about this amazing picture. I’m curious to know what you think it represents.

Pauline info@elimagazines.com

What is it?

Have you ever wondered...?

A Writer, a Place, a Book | Emily Bronte –Yorkshire, England – Wuthering Heights

Report | Important dates to remember

Food and Tradition | Yorkshire Puddings

Interview with… | BTS

Kid Travel Blog | Wildlife holidays

Films on release

Fun and games!

Hi, I’m Grammy. This month we’ll learn about:

- Past tenses

- Superlatives

- Passives

- Infinitive constructions

- Adverbs -ly

Describe the picture: what do you see?

In your opinion, what does it represent?

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Have you ever wondered...?

The oldest astronomical* clock in the world

The oldest astronomical clock in the world, which still works perfectly, can be found in Prague’s City Hall. The Prague Orloj looks over the Old Town Square and is one of the most amazing and curious monuments in the capital city of the Czech Republic. Built in 1410, it is truly a work of art and creativity. The astronomical part of the clock face shows the position of the sun and moon in the sky; another part, at the bottom of the clock face, shows the months of the year. But, the really amazing thing to see is when, every hour, the statues around the clock “come to life” and “walk” around it in a procession*. This very precise mechanism* attracts thousands of tourists, who come every day to see these amazing and “magical” figures.

LOOK IN THE MIRROR!

The Balloon World Cup

The third edition of the Balloon World Cup, one of the world’s strangest competitions, is about to begin!

The first one in 2021 was an idea of Ibai llanos, an internet celebrity, and the Spanish footballer, Gerard Piqué. Obviously, the rules of the game are very simple. It involves two players. Each player has to hit a balloon and keep it in the air, without letting it fall on the ground and allowing the other player to win a point.

To make it more complicated, the field is only 8 by 8 metres and there are various obstacles* to avoid. The competition takes place in the Spanish city of Tarragona, but is streamed live on social networks. Players from more than 30 countries take part in the event, which is followed online by millions of spectators*.

Glossary

Who invented the balloon? Look in the mirror and find out.

IN 1824, DURING ONE OF HIS EXPERIMENTS WITH RUBBER AND VARIOUS GASES, THE BRITISH SCIENTIST, MICHAEL FARADAY, CREATED THE FIRST BALLOON. HOWEVER, IT WAS NEIL TILLOTSON – AROUND A CENTURY LATER, IN 1930 – WHO INVENTED THE MODERN DAY BALLOON.

The answer is on page 15

astronomical: relating to the stars and planets mechanism: parts working together as a machine procession: people walking together at a ceremony obstacles: something put in front of you to stop you spectators: people who watch an event

Emily Bronte

– Yorkshire, England

Wuthering Heights

The county of Yorkshire inspired Emily Bronte’s famous 1847 novel, Wuthering Heights. Emily grew up in Haworth in a lonely area which she describes so well in this, her only novel. Her father was a parson* so the family lived in Haworth Parsonage*, now a museum dedicated to the Bronte sisters and their classic novels. Inspired by their

surroundings in the Yorkshire Moors, the famous sisters described this dark, wild area in their books. Near Haworth, a ruined* farmhouse called Top Withens was the inspiration for the location of the Earnshaw family house in Wuthering Heights. Its desolate* setting on the top of a hill is similar to Emily’s description in her

book. The ruin is on the Pennine Way, a walking destination so popular with Japanese literary tourists that some signs in the area have directions in Japanese.

Heathcliff and Catherine

Wuthering Heights is a tragic* love story set in the wild Yorkshire Moors, representing both freedom and danger, like the love between Heathcliff and Catherine. The novel, covering three generations, is told by different narrators, mostly in flashback. There have been many film and TV versions. The most famous one is the 1939 film, with Laurence Olivier and Merle Oberon. A Japanese film in 1988 called Arashi ga oka was set in Japan in a mountain setting.

FIND THE WORDS

Fill the spaces to find the words used in the article to describe Yorkshire.

The answers are on page 15

The English singer, Kate Bush, who wrote and sang the 1978 song “Wuthering Heights” was born 30th July, the same day as Emily Bronte.

Glossary

inspiration: ideas for art

parson: old name for an English priest parsonage: house where a parson lived ruined: destroyed, not in perfect condition tragic: very sad, terrible

Important dates to remember

The year 2023 is almost over but there are still many dates to celebrate and stories to tell: for example, stories about great people like John Fitzgerald Kennedy and Martin Luther King, Gustave Eiffel and Walt Disney. Do you know who they are?

A dream 60 years long

On 28th August 1963, in front of a huge crowd of 250,000 people, Martin Luther King made one of the

most famous speeches in history, the one which contained the well-known phrase I have a dream. King was 34 at the time and one of the most

important political activists* in the fight for the civil rights of the African American people. His words, full of hope for a freer and more just world, sounded powerful when spoken in front of the Lincoln Memorial in Washington, where crowds of demonstrators* had gathered* at the end of a protest march against racism. The following year, Martin Luther King received the Nobel Peace Prize.

The assassination* of JFK

Just a few months after Martin Luther King’s unforgettable speech, on 22nd November, the President of the United

States of America, John Fitzgerald Kennedy, was shot and killed by three bullets. The President was being driven in an open top car with his wife, Jacqueline, during a visit to Dallas. The terrible, and now historical, images of the assassination were being transmitted live by many television cameras at the time. It was the first time that this had happened. For four days, all the tv channels followed the developments of the tragic event: it was the longest news item ever. JFK is still considered the President most loved by Americans: his assassination shocked the whole world and marked an era.

More than two centuries of great art

It has been 230 years since the opening of the most well-known and most visited museums in the the world. Before it was transformed into a royal palace, it was originally a medieval fortress. Then, in 1793, during the French Revolution, the Louvre opened its doors to the public for the first time, as a national museum, in order to share the art treasures of France with its people. Since then, it has become one of the most important museums in the world. It contains an extraordinary collection of artworks, ancient objects and historical treasures, which includes one of its most famous paintings, the Mona Lisa by Leonardo da Vinci, and one of its most recognised sculptures, the ancient Greek statue, the Venus de Milo

From Paris to New York

Gustave Eiffel died on 27th December 1923. He was the engineer and creator of the tower of the same name, now the iconic symbol of the city of Paris. It is undoubtedly one of the most famous and most photographed monuments ever, but, at first, the Parisians didn’t like the iron tower and it even risked being destroyed. Not everyone knows that Gustave Eiffel also worked on the interior of the Statue of Liberty, designing a flexible steel structure which allowed the statue to move with the wind, without causing any damage.

Happy birthday, Disney!

This centenary is one of most eagerly awaited anniversaries of 2023! On 16th October 1923, two brothers, Walt and Roy, decided to open the animation film studios, Disney Brothers, in Burbank, California. And so began the adventure with the motto* “If you can dream it, you can do it”. A real and proper dream factory, timeless and innovative, it is now 100 years old. Its unforgettable characters have remained in the hearts of generations of children, past and present: from the original Mickey Mouse to Snow White, from Alice in Wonderland to Cinderella, right up to Pinocchio, Elsa and Anna, Woody and Buzz Lightyear.

OVER TO YOU

A United Europe

On 1st November 1993, there came into effect* the Maastricht Treaty*, signed the year before by representatives of the 12 member states of the European Economic Community (EEC). On that day, the European Union (EU), as we know it now, was born. The Maastricht Treaty set precise rules for the future single currency*, foreign affairs and security. In the years that followed, the EU changed even more after more treaties, like the Treaty of Lisbon in 2004, and the entry of new member states, which took the total number to 27.

Choose one of the anniversaries above and write a short summary of one or two sentences below.

Today, the Walt Disney Company has joined with other production companies like Pixar in 2006, Marvel in 2009 and Lucasfilm in 2012, so expanding its universe to include super heroes and the Star Wars galaxies “far far away”.

Glossary

activist: person who acts for a political cause

assassination: murder, killing come into effect: start being operational

currency: money

demonstrator: person who protests publicly with others gathered: come together

motto: slogan, saying

treaty: agreement, pact

Yorkshire puddings

If you order roast beef and potatoes in an English restaurant, you will probably get Yorkshire pudding and gravy with it. Yorkshire puddings originated in the county of Yorkshire in the 18th century, but are now eaten all over the United Kingdom. You can even buy them frozen from the supermarket! Individual Yorkshire puddings are baked by pouring a mixture of milk, flour and eggs into small oiled baking pans, which then rise in

the very hot oven. Originally, they were served as a first course with thick gravy so that the diners would eat less of the more expensive meat in the next course. Poor families often had them as the only course with just a gravy or sauce, to moisten the pudding.