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In the Country
6 naTure Let’s Talk About Nature
8 grammar FIxer More than U2
9 ConverSaTIon The Great Outdoors
10 geography Agent Ready in Ireland
12 anImalS The Strongest Animals
13 muSIC Niall Horan
14 lITeraTure / ComIC STrIp Arthur Conan Doyle: The Hound of the Baskervilles, Part 6
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17 mySTery / puzzle The Mystery of the Missing Camera
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TASK
Dear Readers,We love the springtime. The weather gets warmer, trees and flowers grow, animals have babies, and we can enjoy the countryside without our winter clothes. In this issue of Ready, we’ll practise talking about nature. We’ll also visit Ireland, a beautiful, green country, and some of the pop stars who live there. Do you know what the strongest animal in the world is? The answer might surprise you, and you can read about that in this issue, too. And as always, we have comic strips, puzzles and more fun waiting for you inside.
We hope you enjoy it!
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KEY MARCH VOCABULARY You can find these words in the magazine.
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WHERE IS THE TREASURE5?Look at the picture. Listen to CD Track 2. Mark the treasure with a red cross. It's near some water.
It’s spring1. Our friends Perzil, Yo-Yee and Lucy are taking a trip2 to the country. Look at the picture. Read and listen to the list3 of words (CD Track 1). Put the numbers you hear4 in the right boxes. Not all the words are in the picture.
TASK 1
TASK 2
In The CounTry
beach [biːtʃ]bridge [brɪdʒ]field [ˈfiːld]forest [ˈfɒrɪst]grass [ɡrɑːs]ground [ɡraʊnd]hill [hɪl]
island [ˈaɪlənd]lake [leɪk]mountain [ˈmaʊntɪn]plant [plɑːnt]river [ˈrɪvə(r)]road [rəʊd]rock [rɒk]
sand [sænd]sea [siː]sky [skaɪ]stone [stəʊn]sun [sʌn]waterfall [ˈwɔːtəfɔːl]
LANGUAGE POINTIt’s in the north / south / east / west. It’s in the northwest / northeast / southwest / southeast. It's to the north / south / east / west of... (e.g. the island). It's north / south / east / west of... (e.g. the mountain).
NORTH
EASTWEST
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SOUTHW
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READY March 2021 5
KEY MARCH VOCABULARY You can find these words in the magazine.
1 spring [sprɪŋ] jaro 2 trip [trɪp] výlet 3 list [lɪst] seznam4 to hear [hɪə(r)] slyšet 5 treasure [ˈtreʒə(r)] poklad 6 landscape [ˈlændskeɪp] krajina7 riddle [ˈrɪdəl] hádanka 8 land [lænd] zem(ě) 9 salty [ˈsɒlti] slaný 10 to murmur [ˈmɜːmə(r)] šeptat
VOCABULARY
Solutions in the TF
Try our quiz. Listen to the questions (CD Track 3). Circle the right answers.
A LANDSCAPE6 PUZZLERead the sentences and write the correct words in the puzzle. Copy the coloured letters in the riddle7. Finish the riddle. Do you know the answer?
TASK 4
TASK 3
send us your answers to tasks 3 & 4 by March 31st. two of you will win a prize!
ANSWER & WIN
Let’s talk about your country. ► Where are the mountains, lakes and forests? Are they in the north,
south, east or west of your country? ► What is the highest mountain / the longest river / the biggest lake /
the biggest waterfall…? ► Is there any sea? Are there any islands or beaches?
CLASS CHAT
1 A place with lots of grass
2 A very high hill
3 A place with lots of water
4 A place with lots of trees
5 A place in a river where water comes down from a high place
6 A place where you can drive a car
7 A small piece of land8 in the water
8 A place with sand next to the water
9 A small mountain
10 A place with lots of salty9 water, next to the beach
11 A place above the Earth where you can see clouds, the sun, the moon, etc.
a rIDDle
What always runs, but never
Often murmurs10, but never talks
Has a bed, but never p
Has a mouth, but never eats?
The answer:
v
1 a Europe b Antarctica c Australia
2 a Aconcagua b Mount Everest c Mont Blanc
3 a the Amazon b the Nile c the Mississippi
4 a Vatican City b Monaco c San Marino
5 a in Alaska b in Siberia c in Antarctica
A1–A2 | Nature | Auburn Scallon (USA)
let’s Talk about nature1
READY March 20216
We celebrate2 the end of one year and start of another on our birthdays and at New Year. We also celebrate important3 religious4
days, such as Easter and Christmas. And on two days in March, we celebrate the natural world. March 21st is the International Day of Forests, and
March 22nd is World Water Day.
Why are Forests Important?Forests are more than a nice place to walk. Natural areas with lots of trees (and not many people) can help to keep the planet healthy5. Forests give homes to many animals – and those animals would not be happy in a city or town. Trees also help to clean the air6 for everyone to breathe7, and none of us can live without breathing. However, forests around the world are disappearing8 to make space9 for new houses, farms or businesses.
Why Is Water Important?That sounds like a silly question, doesn’t it? We use10 water to drink, to shower and to cook, to name just a few examples. However, all of those things need clean water. Some parts of the world don’t have water coming into the kitchens or bathrooms of people’s homes. In the US city of Flint, dirty water is coming through the city's pipes11 into people's houses. Many people got very sick because of it. People need to have water, and they need it to be clean.
When
is World
Water
Day?
READY March 2021 7
1 Something you can drink __________________________________
2 You can swim in it __________________________________
3 Somewhere you can go __________________________________
4 Think of the colours brown and green __________________________________
5 What’s in a river or lake __________________________________
6 Filled with trees __________________________________
7 We can’t breathe in this __________________________________
8 Be careful if you see a bear here __________________________________
9 Think of the colour blue __________________________________
10 We need these to keep breathing __________________________________
Solutions in the TF
Write either forests or water on the lines. TASK
1 nature / natural [ˈneɪtʃə(r) / ˈnætʃrəl] příroda / přírodní
2 to celebrate [ˈselɪbreɪt] (o)slavit, oslavovat
3 important [ɪmˈpɔːtnt] důležitý 4 religious [rɪˈlɪdʒəs] náboženský,
církevní 5 healthy [ˈhelθi] zdravý 6 air [eə(r)] vzduch 7 to breathe [briːð] dýchat8 to disappear [ˌdɪsəˈpɪə(r)]
mizet 9 space [speɪs] prostor, místo 10 to use [juːz] (po)užívat 11 pipe [paɪp] potrubí 12 rubbish [ˈrʌbɪʃ] odpad(ky) 13 stream [striːm] potok 14 to protect [prəˈtekt] chránit,
ochraňovat 15 to imagine [ɪˈmædʒɪn]
představit si
VOCABULARY
International Day of Forests ► When you think about forests, which countries do you think of? ► What does a forest look like in spring / summer / autumn / winter? ► How many animals can you name that live in the forest? ► Imagine15 that you moved to a forest and a deer moved into your
house. What things would be difficult for each of you?
World Water Day ► What does water mean to you in your home? ► What can you do with cold water, warm water and hot water? ► Is water an important part of your culture or any other holidays? ► If you found dirty water coming into your home, what would you do?
CLASS CHAT
*GLOSSARYto post – to put a message or picture on a website or using social media
how can you celebrate the International Forest and Water Days?1 Enjoy them. You can go hiking
(without leaving any rubbish12 behind), or find your nearest river, lake or stream13 and enjoy the beauty of being in the countryside.
2 Protect14 forests and water. Plant a tree or use less water when you shower or brush your teeth.
3 Talk about them. You can post* on social media using #IntlForestDay and #Water2Me to talk about why nature is important to you.
A1–A2 | Grammar Fixer | Paul Farrington-Douglas (UK) | Grammar Fixer, Checker
More exercises in TF – Grammar Fixer and Grammar Checker
1 folk music [ˈfəʊk ˌmjuːzɪk] lidová hudba
2 playlist [ˈpleɪlɪst] seznam (hraných) skladeb
3 alone [əˈləʊn] sám, samotný 4 fan [fæn] fanoušek 5 to agree [əˈɡriː] souhlasit 6 to rock out [rɒk] pařit
(na hudbu) (hovorově)7 performance [pəˈfɔːməns]
představení, předvedení 8 songwriter [ˈsɒŋraɪtə(r)]
skladatel písní 9 to joke [dʒəʊk] vtipkovat 10 to tap [tæp] poklepávat 11 to break up [breɪk] rozejít se 12 service [ˈsɜːvɪs] služba
VOCABULARY
► Listen to the three artists. Which one do you like best? Why? Which one don’t you like?
► What kind of music do you like listening to: hip-hop, pop, rhythm and blues, electronic dance music, folk, rock...?
PRESENT CONTINUOUS(AT A1 LEVEL)
CLASS CHAT
We love Irish music, from folk music1 to U2 and the Pogues. But we’re not listening to that just now. There are some new Irish pop stars who are making great music. You might not know them yet, so here are
some we have on our Spotify* playlists2 at the moment.
READY March 20218
NEW IRISH POP
STARS
more Than u2
*GLOSSARYSpotify – a digital music streaming service12. It has millions of songs, podcasts and videos from artists all over the world.streaming – playing audio or video on the internet. “To stream” means to watch or listen to streaming audio / video. The number of “streams” is how many times people have played the audio / video.goth – a style of rock music and fashion. People who like goth wear black clothes and make-up.
Songs to be alone3 ToOur favourite new star is Smoothboi Ezra, aged 18, from the seaside town of Greystones. Because of covid-19, they (Ezra uses they/them pronouns) aren’t working in music studios, playing live concerts or meeting music journalists. Instead, they’re making music in their bedroom. Ezra says their music is “a safe place for people”, so it’s perfect for these times. The fans4 agree5: Ezra has more than six million Spotify streams* already.
rocking out6
Here’s an artist for anyone who wants guitars and goths*. Kynsy (real name Ciara Lindsey) is another “covid artist”. Her first song, “Cold
Blue Light”, came out in 2020. Kynsy wrote and produced it alone at home. “I made the video in my garden,” she says. In January, she did
a special performance7 of the song at home for the BBC. That’s the one we’re playing all day on Spotify.
The Sad BoyJC Stewart (his friends call him Callum) is a singer-songwriter8
from Northern Ireland. He sings sweet, sad and romantic songs with names like “Break My Heart” and “Pick Up Your
Phone”. He jokes9 that he is “a professional sad boy”. We’re tapping10 our feet to “Have You
Had Enough Wine?”, a song about breaking up11 with his
girlfriend. Poor sad boy!
JC Stewart
READY March 2021 9
Solutions in the TF
Track 4 | Liam Peach (UK) | Conversation | A1
1 to suggest [səˈdʒest] navrhnout
2 arrangement [əˈreɪndʒmənt] dohoda
3 suggestion [səˈdʒestʃən] návrh
VOCABULARY
► Read the conversation (CD Track 4) in the Recording Scripts. Role-play it with your friends. ► Read the Language Corner. Work in pairs. Talk about what outdoor activities you can do at
the weekend in spring, for example ride a horse / go running / sleep in a tent / go camping / go fishing / go hiking / ride a bike / walk a dog / have a picnic… Make suggestions and arrangements.
THE GREAT OUTDOORS
CLASS CHAT
It’s a beautiful day. Lucy wants Perzil and Yo-Yee to go outside with her. Listen to the conversation (CD Track 4). Which activities is Lucy suggesting1? Tick the right sentences.
Finish the sentences with the right words. Listen to the conversation again and check your answers.
TASK 1
TASK 2
1 Lucy: What are you ....................................................?
2 Lucy: Let’s go ....................................................!
3 Lucy: What .................................................... having a picnic?
4 Perzil: I don’t think it’s a good ...................................................., Lucy.
5 Yo-Yee: Yes, riding the dog. That .................................................... good!
6 Perzil: What .................................................... are you going?
7 Yo-Yee: We’re a bit busy now, Lucy. Maybe .................................................... .
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LANGUAGE CORNER MAKING ARRANGEMENTS2
MAKING ARRANGEMENTS ANSwERSWhat are you doing?Do you want do come?What time are you going?Where shall we meet?Let’s meet at...
That’s a good idea! Fine.Good idea.Oh, yes please!Nothing. Why?Great. Let’s meet at...Don’t be late!
MAKING SUGGESTIONS3 ANSwERSHow about going...?What about going...?Let’s go...Shall we go...?
Let’s do it.Good / Great idea. That sounds good.No, thanks. I don’t like...I don’t think this is a good idea.
� Let’s have a picnic.
� Let’s have some ice cream.
� Let’s ride a horse.
� Let’s watch television.
� Let’s walk the dog.
� Let’s go to the park.
� Let’s go outside.
� Let’s go swimming.
READY November 202010
A2 | Geography | Ryan Lereve (USA) | Track 5 | Activities
Do
you think
learning abo
ut countries
is boring? M
aybe it’s ju
st
your school
books that
are
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Ready. I’m a spy
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This year, w
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some secrets
2 about Englis
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the world.
Agent Ready in Ireland
Info BoxCountry Name: Ireland /
The Republic of Ireland
Country Size: 70,273 km2
Number of People: around 5 million
Languages: Irish, English
Capital: Dublin
Leaders: President Michael D. Higgins,
Taoiseach [ˈtiːʃəx] (= prime minister3)
Micheál Martin
Money: Euros
History: The Potato Famine4
From 1845–1852, when Ireland was controlled by Britain, the potatoes growing in Ireland caught a disease5 and no one could eat them. About a million people died6 from hunger and illness, and another million left the country to find a better life.
The Irish language, also called Irish Gaelic, is one of the oldest languages in Europe. It uses the same letters
as English, but the letters make very different sounds. Today, English is most Irish people’s first language, but there are some parts of the country where Irish is the first language. You can even learn it on the Duolingo app.
The country of Ireland (or the Republic of Ireland) is on the island of Ireland. But the north part of the island is Northern Ireland,
a different territory which is part of the UK. In the Irish language,
the island and country are called Éire [ˈeːɾʲə].
dublin
the great famine
a shamrock
Irish people weren’t hungry because there wasn’t enough food – there was enough. But the farmland was owned7 by Britain, and Britain wanted money. The British sold most of the food in other countries instead of8 giving it to the Irish, who were sick and hungry. The British were very racist9 towards Irish people. They talked about them like animals, kept them poor, and tried to destroy10 their language and culture. Today, things are much better.
Solutions in the TF and an extra exercise in TF – Activities
Listen to CD Track 5 about leprechauns18. Circle the correct answers to the questions.
TASK
Agent Ready in Ireland
When you think of Irish symbols, you might
think of the shamrock13. But this isn't the most important symbol of Ireland.
The country’s symbol is a harp14. You might also know the story that St Patrick chased15 away all the
snakes, but in reality, there were never any snakes in Ireland. There are also no moles16 or weasels17, even
though there are lots of them in England. On March 17th it is St Patrick’s Day,
a very important Irish holiday.
the emerald isle
READY March 2021 11
1 Which is not a name for fairies19?
A the mushroom20 folk21 B the fair folk C the little people
2 What colour clothes did leprechauns wear in old stories?
A green B brown C red
3 What do leprechauns make?
A jackets B trousers C shoes
4 Why do people want to catch leprechauns?
A to visit rainbows B to get their gold C to learn magic22
5 In the story, what did the leprechaun do to the boy?
A He tricked him. B He hurt him. C He broke his promise23.
6 What do we know about leprechauns?
A They always lie24. B They are friendly. C They are very clever.
1 spy [spaɪ] špión, tajný agent2 secret [ˈsiːkrət] tajemství 3 prime minister [ˌpraɪm ˈmɪnɪstə(r)]
předseda vlády, premiér 4 famine [ˈfæmɪn] hladomor 5 disease [dɪˈziːz] nemoc 6 to die [daɪ] zemřít 7 to own [əʊn] vlastnit 8 instead of [ɪnˈsted] (na)místo9 racist [ˈreɪsɪst] rasistický 10 to destroy [dɪˈstrɔɪ] zničit 11 emerald [ˈemərəld] smaragdový 12 the Northern Lights [ðə ˌnɔːðən ˈlaɪts]
polární záře 13 shamrock [ˈʃæmrɒk] trojlístek, jetel 14 harp [hɑːp] harfa 15 to chase [tʃeɪs] vyhnat 16 mole [məʊl] krtek 17 weasel [ˈwiːzl] lasička 18 leprechaun [ˈleprəkɔːn] zlomyslný skřítek
z irské mytologie 19 fairy [ˈfeəri] skřítek, pohádková bytost, víla 20 mushroom [ˈmʌʃrʊm] houba, houbový 21 folk [fəʊk] lidé 22 magic [ˈmædʒɪk] kouzlo, magie 23 promise [ˈprɒmɪs] slib 24 to lie [laɪ] lhát25 greedy [ˈɡriːdi] chamtivý 26 to tie [taɪ] přivázat, uvázat 27 shovel [ˈʃʌvl] lopata
in the Recording Scripts
VOCABULARY
The Emerald11 Isle (= Island)
Ireland is a very wet place and it rains about half
the year. That’s a lot of rain, but it means there
are a lot of plants. It’s a very green and beautiful
place. In some parts of the country you can see
the Northern Lights12 (the aurora borealis) for
some of the year. And there are around 30,000
castles in Ireland. There’s a lot to see.
READY January–February 202112
A1–A2 | Animals | Patrick Phillips (USA) | Tracks 6, 7 | Activities
What does a dung beetle1 need the dung2
for?
Do you like poo3? I love poo. I love to eat poo! Do you like to eat poo?
Read and listen (CD Track 7). There is a mistake in each sentence. Correct it.
TASK
READY January–February 202112
1 dung beetle [ˈdʌŋ ˌbiːtl] vruboun, hovnivál (hovorově)
2 dung [dʌŋ] hnůj 3 poo [puː] bobek, hovínko 4 to weigh [weɪ] vážit, mít hmotnost 5 eagle [ˈiːɡəl] orel6 important [ɪmˈpɔːtənt] důležitý 7 to push [pʊʃ] tlačit 8 hole [həʊl] díra, otvor 9 to fight [faɪt] bojovat (s)10 to lay [leɪ] klást 11 to hatch [hætʃ] (vy)líhnout se,
(vy)klubat se12 scientist [ˈsaɪəntɪst] vědec 13 to roll [rəʊl] kutálet, válet 14 navigation [ˌnævɪˈɡeɪʃən] navigace 15 the Milky Way [ˌmɪlki ˈweɪ]
Mléčná dráha in the Recording Scripts
VOCABULARY
The STrongeST AnimAlS
I love poo because I’m a dung beetle. Dung is animal poo.
I love poo so much that it’s in my name. Would you like to be called a poo person? I like it.
Dung beetles are the strongest animals in the world. Are you surprised? I can carry over 1,400 times more than I weigh4. That’s like a child carrying six buses filled with people. I want to see you carry six buses!
There are other strong animals. Eagles5 are the strongest birds. Anacondas are the strongest snakes. But they are not as strong as I am. I’m the strongest.
Dung is very important6 to me. When I find some dung I take it home. First, I make it into a ball. That way it’s easy to push7. Then I push the ball into a hole8 in the ground. Other dung beetles try to take my dung. I have to fight9 them. It’s very hard work fighting a dung beetle.
Balls of dung are great! I eat them. I lay10 my eggs in them, too. When my eggs hatch11, my babies have lots to eat. I can also make a house from the ball of dung. Can you eat your house? I can eat mine.
1 Dung beetles can carry 1,400 times more than eagles.
2 Dung beetles make their houses from their eggs.
3 Dung beetles use the sun to find their way home.
4 Scientists12 in France put little hats on some of their dung beetles.
5 The beetles with hats rolled13 their balls of dung straight home.
Solutions in the TF and an extra exercise in TF – Activities
The DUng BeeTle
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ANSWER & WIN
READY March 2021 13 Solutions in the TF
Look at these words from the text. Put the words into the right order11 so that the first letters make the name of one of his albums. Write them on the line.
TASK
READY March 2021 13
1 to recognise [ˈrekəɡnaɪz] (roz)poznat
2 to hear [hɪə(r)] slyšet; min. č. – heard [hɜːd]
3 to break up [breɪk] rozpadnout se; min. č. – broke up [brəʊk]
4 golf management company [ˈmænɪdʒmənt, ˈkʌmpəni] společnost, která školí, jak se strategicky rozhodovat při hře golfu na hřišti
5 to injure [ˈɪndʒə(r)] / injury [ˈɪndʒəri] zranit, poranit / zranění
6 surgery [ˈsɜːdʒəri] operace 7 sense of humour [ˈsens əv
ˈhjuːmə(r)] smysl pro humor 8 squirrel attack [ˈskwɪrəl
əˌtæk] útok veverky 9 to dye [daɪ] (o)barvit (si) 10 to discover [dɪˈskʌvə(r)]
zjistit, odhalit 11 order [ˈɔːdə(r)] pořadí
VOCABULARY
Jackie Fox (NZ) | Music | A1–A2
Niall Horan is a 27-year-old Irish singer. He started singing when he was young. In fact, Niall’s aunt recognised1 his talent when he was about six. The first time she heard2 him sing they were in a car. At first she thought it was the radio. She told him he was going to be famous. And she was right.
Niall’s career started in the boy band One Direction when he was 16. After the band broke up3 in 2015 he
went solo. His solo albums were big hits. His first album, Flicker, went to number one in the US, and his second album, Heartbreak Weather, went to number four.
Music is not his only love. He loves golf so much that he started a golf management company4. He also loves football. But he injured5 his knee in a game. It was so bad that he even needed surgery6. He still kept his sense of humour7. He joked that the injury was because of a squirrel attack8.
Niall also had a secret for years. He was always known as “the blond one” in One Direction. After he went solo he stopped dyeing9 his hair. His fans discovered10 he actually has brown hair.
CAREER / LOVE / FACT / INJURED / KNEE / RECOGNISED / EVEN
Niall Horan
Where is Niall from?
Solutions in the TF and an extra exercise in TF – Activities
A1–A2 | Literature / Comic Strip | Ryan Lereve (USA) | Track 9 | Activities
READY March 202114
1 hound [haʊnd] lovecký pes2 to return [rɪˈtɜːn] (na)vrátit
se 3 moor [mɔː(r)] bažina, močál4 cave [keɪv] jeskyně 5 don’t worry [ˈwʌri] nedělat
si starosti 6 murderer [ˈmɜːdərə(r)] vrah 7 important [ɪmˈpɔːtənt]
důležitý 8 alone [əˈləʊn] sám, samotný 9 victim [ˈvɪktɪm] oběť 10 kind [kaɪnd] milý, laskavý 11 to use [juːz] využívat 12 to kill [kɪl] zabít 13 to follow [ˈfɒləʊ] sledovat
VOCABULARY
An extra exercise in TF – Activities
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READY March 2021 15
READY March 202116
1 hero [ˈhɪərəʊ] hrdina2 power [ˈpaʊə(r)]
schopnost, síla3 strange [streɪndʒ]
zvláštní, (po)divný 4 to happen [ˈhæpən] stát
se 5 to flash [flæʃ] blikat 6 magic [ˈmædʒɪk]
kouzelný, magický 7 sphere [sfɪə(r)] koule8 to touch [tʌtʃ] dotknout
se 9 lightning [ˈlaɪtnɪŋ] blesk10 to use [juːz] (po)užít,
využít 11 to decide [dɪˈsaɪd]
rozhodnout se 12 to imagine [ɪˈmædʒɪn]
představit si
VOCABULARY
A1–A2 | Literature | Nicolas Farrington-Douglas (UK, CR)
meeT your heroeS1
Solutions in the TF
Billy is a normal kid. He has no mum or dad. He has lived with different families all his life. Now he lives in a family with five other children like him. One of them is his best friend, Freddy Freeman.
The Day everything ChangedBilly was in the metro when something strange3 happened4. The lights started flashing5 and the metro train stopped. The doors opened and Billy saw a strange old man and a magic6 sphere7. The man told Billy that he is a very special person. He told Billy to touch8 the sphere. It gave him a new power: the power of Shazam. After that, when he says the word “Shazam!” he turns into Shazam!
Shazam!When he is Shazam, Billy looks like a grown-up. He has a lot of special powers: he can control lightning9, he can fly, he can speak many languages, he is very strong and he is very fast. He has lots of other powers, too. But he still thinks like a teenage boy.
Where to find BillyThere are lots of comics and books about Billy. There is also a movie, Shazam! (2019).
name: Billy Batsonage: 14
Billy Batson
Freddy Freeman
First Things FirstBilly told his friend Freddy about his new power and showed it to him. The boys think it is cool that Billy can look like a grown-up. They try to use10 the power to buy beer and do other things that kids can’t do. In the film version, they also make videos for the internet. Later Billy decides11 to use his power to help people. ► Imagine12 this happened to you. What would you do with
your powers?
What are
Billy’s
special
powers2?
Find words with these meanings in the text.TASK
A Aged between 13 and 19 _ _ _ _ _ _ _B Electricity from the sky _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
C Going on and off very quickly _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _
D Special things someone can do _ _ _ _ _ _E Something round, like a ball _ _ _ _ _ _
READY March 2021 17
The MysTery1 of The Missing2 CaMera
Parker* Pocket, teen detective3, is helping his friends Sean and Aoife*. They lost Aoife’s camera in the countryside. Where is it? Parker is ready to solve4 the mystery.
THE WITNESSES5
Read the texts. Each person tells Parker what they remember6. Use7 the information to finish the map of the countryside. Write one word in each box. Draw a line to show where they walked.
Look at the map and read what Sean and Aoife say again. Where do you think the camera is? How do you know? Listen to CD Track 8 to check your answer.
TASK 1
TASK 2
SEANAoife“Our village is all the way in the
northwest, just north of the beach. We went to the mountain. That’s all the way in the northeast. First, we went east to the forest, then we turned southeast to cross the bridge8. That goes over the river that comes from the lake to the north and goes west to the sea. Then we just walked across the field to the mountain and climbed it. We had
lunch at the top. We went home the same way. When we got to the bridge,
I couldn’t find my camera.”
“We were in the countryside all day. We started early in
the morning. We got to the top of the mountain around noon. Aoife took lots of photos of the hills9 to the south and
the waterfall to the west. It’s beautiful there. I know Aoife had the camera after lunch, because she took some more photos of animals while we
were walking.”
*LANGUAGE NOTE Unisex NamesA unisex name is a name that can be for boys and girls. Is Parker Pocket a girl detective or a boy detective? You can choose.Irish NamesThe Irish language uses the same letters as English, but they sound10 very different. “Sean” sounds like “Shorn” and “Aoife” sounds like “EE-fa”.
1 mystery [ˈmɪstəri] tajemství, záhada
2 missing [ˈmɪsɪŋ] ztracený 3 detective [dɪˈtektɪv] detektiv 4 to solve [sɒlv] (vy)řešit 5 witness [ˈwɪtnəs] svědek 6 to remember [rɪˈmembə(r)]
pamatovat si7 to use [juːz] (po)užít, využít 8 bridge [brɪdʒ] most9 hill [hɪl] kopec10 to sound [saʊnd] znít
VOCABULARY
READY March 2021 17
Activities | Track 8 | Ryan Lereve (USA) | Mystery / Puzzle | A1-A2
Solutions in the TF and more exercises in TF – Activities
NORTH
EASTWEST
NORTHW
EST NORTHEAST
SOUTHW
EST SOUTHEAST
SOUTH
beach – bridge – field – forest – hills – lake – Mountain – river – village – waterfall
PUZZLe TiMe TASK 1
A1–A2 | Puzzles
SCRAMBLED1 LANDSCAPE2 Unscramble3 the words and write them on the lines. Page 4 will help you. Find the words in the river. The remaining4 letters will help you find the answer to the riddle5.
1 scrambled [ˈskræmbld] promíchaný
2 landscape [ˈlændskeɪp] krajina
3 to unscramble [ˌʌnˈskræmbl] rozluštit
4 remaining [rɪˈmeɪnɪŋ] zbývající
5 riddle [ˈrɪdl] hádanka 6 root [ruːt] kořen
VOCABULARY
READY March 202118
1 oumtnnai ………………………………………………………………
2 dguorn ………………………………………………………………
3 efwltaral ………………………………………………………………
4 dnas ………………………………………………………………
5 iebdrg ………………………………………………………………
6 nasidl ………………………………………………………………
7 ecbah ………………………………………………………………
8 keal ………………………………………………………………
9 ase ………………………………………………………………
10 noset ………………………………………………………………
11 odra ………………………………………………………………
12 rssga ………………………………………………………………
13 krco ………………………………………………………………
14 elfdi ………………………………………………………………
15 lihl ………………………………………………………………
16 ysk ………………………………………………………………
A RIDDLETALLER THAN TREESWhat has roots6 that nobody sees
Is taller than trees
Up, up it goes
And yet never grows?
The Answer: A _____________________________
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1 to use [juːz] (po)užít2 temperature control power [ˈtemprətʃər
kənˌtrəʊl ˌpaʊə(r)] schopnost kontroly teploty
3 warm [wɔːm] teplý 4 power of mind control [ˈpaʊə(r), ˈmaɪnd
kənˌtrəʊl] schopnost kontroly mysli 5 toe [təʊ] prst (na noze)
6 to shout [ʃaʊt] (za)křičet7 to point [pɔɪnt] ukázat 8 to believe [bɪˈliːv] věřit
in the Recording Scripts
Solutions in the TF
TASK 2 MY CATLook at the poem1 about a cat. where do the missing2 lines go? Hint3: for some lines, you can use4 a rhyme to help you. For some lines, you have to think about what they mean.
Vocabulary for the comic strip The Normal Kids (p. 20).
send us your answers to tasks 1 and 2 by March 31st. two of you will win a prize!
ANSWER & WIN
1 poem [ˈpəʊɪm] báseň 2 missing [ˈmɪsɪŋ] chybějící 3 hint [hɪnt] tip, rada 4 to use [juːz] použít 5 fur [fɜː(r)] srst6 to cause trouble [kɔːz
ˈtrʌbəl] vyvolávat potíže 7 to cuddle [ˈkʌdəl]
obejmout 8 rule [ruːl] pravidlo9 to curl up [kɜːl] stočit se
VOCABULARY
My cat has fur5, short, soft and black
He’s sweet as sweet can be
He only causes trouble6 when
He wants to cuddle7 me
When I sit at the computer
1 ___________________________________
2 ___________________________________
Which is quite against the rules8
When I’m sitting on the sofa
3 ___________________________________
4 ___________________________________
So his face is all I see
Don’t think that I don’t love him!
5 ___________________________________
6 ___________________________________
He sleeps right on my head
A When each night I go to bed
B With a book I want to read
C Doing all my work for school
D He curls up9 in his favourite spot
E He sits right on the pages
F My cat sits on the keyboard
World Poetry Day is March 21st. It’s the perfect day to read and write poems.
9 ase ………………………………………………………………
10 noset ………………………………………………………………
11 odra ………………………………………………………………
12 rssga ………………………………………………………………
13 krco ………………………………………………………………
14 elfdi ………………………………………………………………
15 lihl ………………………………………………………………
16 ysk ………………………………………………………………
An extra exercise in TF – Activities Vocabulary for the comic strip on p. 19.
