enaia? | english oo AdNe& Under the street Underground railways AChinese boy in London La 0 [1g Food festivals Magic tricks ‘Amazing adaptations ‘Tyrannosaurus Heroes and horsesPearson Education Li Edinburgh Gate Harlow Essex CM20 UE England ‘and Associated Companies throughout the world wwwwvenglish-adventure.net © Pearson Education Limited 2005 Disney material © 2005 Disney Enterprises, Inc. All rights reserved: no part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise without the prior written permission of the Publishers. First published 2005, ISBN 0 582 791871 Printed in Poland by Zapolex. Illustrated by Mike Phillips and Chris Rothero, Designed by Cathy May (Endangered Species). ‘We are grateful to the following for their permission to reproduce copyright photographs: Alpix page 12:Are Directors & TRIP pages 5 bottom (Rob Brown), 7 bottom (Helene Rogers); Catherine Ashmore page 2;Tom Brakefield/ CORBIS page 13 top: Dk/Paul Kenward page 16 bottom; Sally & Richard Greenhill page 6; Chris Hellier/CORBIS page 8; Hulton-Deutsch Collection/CORBIS page 5 top; ‘The Image Bank/Ghistain & Marie David de Lossy page 3; National Gallery page 16 top; Rex Features, pages 5 middle, 7 top, 9, 13 bottom,Heroes and horses ad Heroes in stories often ride horses. Hercules has a big horse. King Arthur and his knights have horses too. In many paintings of heroes, there are horses. Look at this painting. How many horses can you see? This painting is by Paolo Uccello, a painter from Italy. The painting is about 550 years old. It shows a famous battle. The man on the white horse is an Italian prince. He is in the centre of the painting because he was the hero of the battle. You can see paintings of horses in museums and art galleries. Or you can look for statues of horses in the street. Are there statues of horses in your town?This is Carrie Ford. She's ten, She likes cycling and dancing. She's got a dog and a guinea pig. She goes to school every day, except Saturday and Sunday. Carrie is an English girl. She's a rabbit too! ‘I'm a rabbit on Tuesdays, Thursdays and Saturdays,” says Carrie. A rabbit? Is she joking? No, she isn’t. Carrie is an actor. She goes to the theatre three times a week. She plays a rabbit in The Wind in the Willows. It’s a story about animals. ‘Llike acting,’ says Carrie. ‘I go to a school for actors. We have normal subjects, like English, and we have acting, dancing and singing." Q: What are fossils? A: Fossils are dead animals that turn into rock. 3 After thousands of years, the 4 Water and wind move the rock. skeleton is under lots of rock. Now we can see parts of the The bones, teeth and claws turn fossil. into rock. Q: Where can you see Tyrannosaurus today? A; There is no living Tyrannosaurus. The biggest ‘Tyrannosaurus fossil is in the Field Museum in Chicago. There are dinosaur fossils in museums throughout the world. Q: Are any living animals like the dinosaurs? A: Crocodiles and other reptiles were alive at the time of the dinosaurs.Tyrannosaurus Questions and answers about the famous dinosaur Q What's its full name? A; Its full name in Latin is Tyrannosaurus rex. Q: What does that mean? A: It means ‘king of the tyrant reptiles’ Q: How big was it? A: It was about 12 metres from head to tail. It was taller than a bus. But Gigantosaurus from South America was bigger than Tyrannosaurus. Q: How big were its teeth? A; Some of its teeth were 15 centimetres. Q: Was it dangerous? A; Yes. But it was heavy, so it wasn’t good at running, Its small arms weren't very useful. Q: Where does Tyrannosaurus come from? A: Tyrannosaurus comes from North America. Carrie likes singing. She writes songs and plays them on her guitar. ‘My heroine is Shakira,’ says Carrie. ‘She writes fantastic songs.” Carrie's favourite sport is judo. She does judo on Wednesdays and Saturdays. ‘I'm good at judo because I’m good at dancing. I like all sports — except swimming. like swimming in the sea, but I don't like going to swimming pools.’ Carrie goes to the theatre at six o'clock. She puts on her costume and her make-up. ‘I like putting on make-up, but the costume is hot,’ says Carrie, ‘Ido my homework at the theatre. Sometimes I eat a sandwich. The Wind in the Willows starts at eight o'clock. I go home at ten o'clock. Then I have dinner and go to bed.’Giant anteaters The giant anteater has a long tongue too. Its tongue is 60 centimetres long. It's got a long nose too. The giant anteater pushes its nose into ants’ nests and catches ants with its tongue. It can push out its tongue 150 times a minute. What's under the street? Let's see. lephone cables We need public telephones in the street. There _ are cables for the telephone under the street. Drains Look at the anteater's strong feet. It needs strong feet to dig when it wants to The giant anteater find ants’ nests. Its long nose and from South America. strong feet are important adaptations. There are drains under the street. It’s raining today. The water is going down the drain. Electricity cables Streetlights use electricity. There are electricity cables under the streetlights. / Slow sloths Sloths live in the trees, like chameleons, But sloths hang upside-down. They can’t walk on the ground. Roots ¥ The tree has got lots of roots. They're growing under the street. Big trees need deep roots or they fall down, ' The sloth’s claws are like hooks. They can hold onto the tree so the sloths don’t fall. This is a useful adaptation because sloths are upside-down all the time. They even sleep upside-down, Sloths like sleeping. They sleep for twenty hours a day. Sloths live in the forests of South America, Look at its long claws.Amazing adaptations Underground railways Colourful chameleons In big cities, people need underground railways, There are underground railways in nearly a hundred cities in the world. Imagine you can change colour. Imagine you are in a forest and you turn green. Chameleons change colour when they want to hide. It’s a useful adaptation. In nature, there are millions of bie} first a amazing adaptations. undergroun! railway This is London in 1863. The underground railway in London is very old. This is the first underground train. Most chameleons live in Moving stairs Africa and Madagascar. They live in trees. They've got long hands and feet, so they can hold onto the tree. They have long tongues so they can catch flies. A chameleon’s tongue is as ong as its body. Underground railways are deep. We need escalators Underground palaces Is it a palace? No, it’s a station. It’s in Moscow in Russia. The railway in Moscow has fantastic stations. Where's the driver? SX This is a new underground railway in Chameleons catch insects with their tongues. London. There is no driver in the train. It works by computer.A Chinese boy in London Billy is ten, He lives in London and goes to Hillcrest, School. His favourite lessons are Science and English. Two different schools Billy can speak English and Chinese. He speaks English with his friends at Hillcrest School. But on Saturday mornings, he goes to a different school. In this school, all the children speak Chinese. It's a Chinese school in the middle of London. ‘My mum and dad are from Hong Kong in China,’ says Billy. ‘They can speak English, but at home we always speak Chinese. I can speak Chinese, but I can’t write it very well. At the Chinese school, children learn to read and write Chinese.’ Magic squares Try this trick with your friend, You: Look at the boxes. Choose a number. Don't tell me the number. Your friend: OK. You: Which of the squares is your number in? Your friend: The green square and the blue square. You: It’s number nine. Your friend: Yes. That's amazing ! What's the secret? The first number in each box is important: 2, 4, 8 and 1. Your friend says ‘The green square and the blue square’ : you must look at the first numbers: 1 and 8. Add them together : 1 +8 The answer is your friend’s number : 9.Magic tricks The magic tube Do you want to be a magician? Here is a magic trick. It’s easy, but you need to practise. 100K AT MY TUBE. yn 7 >, | wae ¥ \ ah | HANDKERCHIEF f INTHE TUBE! What's the secret? 1 You need a tube and a cup. Cut the end off the cup. 2 Paint the tube black inside. Paint the cup black too. Stick them together. 3 Hide the handkerchief in the tube. Letters or pictures? Chinese letters are different from English letters. Chinese letters are like pictures. The Chinese language has two thousand different letters. a ° This Chinese letter means tree. This letter means man. Chinatown Lots of Chinese people live in London. Near the Chinese school, there are Chinese restaurants and Chinese supermarkets, This neighbourhood is called Chinatown. ‘If you come to Chinatown, come in February,’ says Billy. ‘In February, we celebrate the Chinese New Year. We watch # the Dragon Dance. The dragon _ is a big puppet. It dances in the street.’ Lucky packets At New Year, Chinese people put money in red packets and give them to their friends. Red is a lucky colour in China.Food festivals The lemon festival in France We don't usually like eating lemons because they're sour. We sometimes drink lemon juice with sugar. On a hot day, lemon juice with sugar and water is fantastic. It’s healthy too. It's got Vitamin C. The people of Menton like lemons very much, Menton is a town in France. There are lots of lemons and oranges in the region of Menton. Every year, there is a Lemon Festival. There are parties and fireworks, There is a big parade. You can see big statues in the park. There are thousands of lemons and oranges in the statues. They're made Do you like tomatoes? Yes? Then go to Bunol. Bufol is a town in Valencia in Spain, There are lots of tomatoes in Valencia. Every year there is a tomato festival. It's called La Tomatina in Spanish and it’s really crazy! The tomato festival in Spain People put on old clothes and throw tomatoes at their friends. Thousands of people come to the festival. They throw 50,000 kilograms of tomatoes in one day. Then they jump in the river and wash.