Libro 1 Diego
Libro 1 Diego
Libro 1 Diego
Stage 1
happening at the boat house? Why are some people from the team ill?
Was the fire at the boat house an accident? Sam and his friends dont
think so, and they need to find out.
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Mystery Fair Play
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The Boat
Race Mystery
Illustrated by Thomas Campi
Te e n Readers
The authors would like to thank:
all the team at Eli and E. Chuther.
A special thanks to Michael Swan and Sidney Theskwid.
ELI Readers
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Paola Accattoli, Grazia Ancillani, Daniele Garbuglia (Art Director)
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Airone Comunicazione - Sergio Elisei
Layout
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Contents
6 Main Characters
8 Before you read
10 Chapter One Shorty Comes Home
18 Activities
20 Chapter Two Fire!
28 Activities
30 Chapter Three Get an Ambulance!
38 Activities
40 Chapter Four Talking to Max
48 Activities
50 Chapter Five The Race
56 Activities
58 Focus on... Oxford and Cambridge
60 Focus on... The Oxford and Cambridge
Boat Race
62 Test yourself
63 Syllabus
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Before you read
Vocabulary
1 Sports. You will find these words in this story. Match
them to their definitions.
2 Find the words in the word snake. Put them into the right
column.
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3 Put the adjectives into the right sentences. Use your
dictionary to help you.
angry
1 Teachers sometimes shout when they are ....................... .
2 Some people are ....................... of flying.
3 In some countries its ....................... to see a black cat. In
others it isnt.
4 When you have a cold, you feel ....................... .
5 I cant find my pen! Im ....................... I put it on the table.
6 You feel ....................... when you do something well.
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Chapter 1
a voice you use your voice when you to laugh when you think something
speak. Your voice makes the noise is funny, you often laugh. You make a
noise because you are happy
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The Boat Race Mystery
like sometimes like is a preposition. It to get off when you get off your bike,
means the same as or in the same way you stop riding it. You walk or run
to shout when someone cant hear you,
you make a lot of noise when you speak
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Chapter One - Shorty Comes Home
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Chapter One - Shorty Comes Home
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Sam couldnt sleep that night. Whats the problem at
the boathouse? Why did someone put the money in
Shortys bag? he thought. Why does everyone think it
was my brother? Shorty doesnt cry.
At about four oclock in the morning, he turned on the
light*. I need to make a plan*, he thought. Its Saturday
tomorrow. I need to talk to Lisa. We need to know who
took the money and who put it in Shortys bag.
The next morning, Sam had breakfast very early. He
put on his jacket and got his baseball things. Weve got
a game, see you later, he said to his father as he ran
outside.
It was half-past eight when Sam arrived* at Lisas
house. It was very quiet. He decided* to send a message.
Meet me outside now with your baseball things.
Five minutes later, Lisa came outside.
Im sorry that I shouted at you, yesterday, said Sam
in a quiet voice.
Thats OK. Whats wrong? she asked. Is it Shorty?
Sam told Lisa everything.
We must start at the boathouse, she said. The
answer is at the boathouse.
a light when a room is dark you need a light to see to arrive you arrive at school in the morning
to make a plan a plan helps you to know what to and you leave school in the afternoon
do. When you say, first Ill do this, then Ill do this, to decide Sam doesnt know what to do. He
then Ill do this, thats making a plan thinks for a minute, then he sends a message.
This means he decides to send a message
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The Boat Race Mystery
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Chapter One - Shorty Comes Home
boat race today. Well, the final* eight and two others.
Everyone else goes into the second boat.
Mmm, said Lisa. Thats a motive.
What does motive mean? asked Jason.
Its why you do something. The police always look
for a motive. Shh.
Some more rowers came around the corner, got off
their bikes and left them outside the boathouse. They
went inside. Then, more rowers arrived with the coach,
but no-one looked at the three friends on the wall.
Sam, Lisa and Jason waited outside. Jason was bored,
and he got off the wall and he started to play with the
ball. He threw it to Sam, who threw it back to him.
An old man in work clothes came outside from a
small door in the boathouse. Hello, Sam, he said.
Hello, Mr Pullen, said Sam, throwing the ball again.
Im sorry about Shorty, said Mr Pullen. He didnt
take that money, Im sure. And hes a very good rower.
Pullen! Someone shouted from the boathouse.
Come and help me with this seat*!
Coming Max, said Mr Pullen and he walked into
the boathouse.
the final (here) the top eight people. The a seat you sit on a seat
final also means the end or the last
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After-reading Activities
Writing
2a Lisa didnt want her mum to understand her message to
Sam. Use the key below. Can you read her message?
EQF NGX EGDT ZG ZIT KOCTK ZGDGKKGV? WKOFU
NGXK WQLTWQSS ZIOFUL.
CAN
___ ___ ____ __ ___ _____ ________?_ _ _ _ _
____ ________ ______.
2b Can you see how the code works? The message below
will help.
SGGA QZ Z I T STZZTKL GF Q ATNWGQKR.
____ __ ___ _______ __ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
2c Work in pairs. Use the key. Write your own message for
your partner.
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Vocabulary
3 When there is too much rain, people cant row. Look at the
Oxford rain chart. Write the months in the sentences.
Before-reading Activity
Speaking
4 Work in pairs. Look at the picture on page 27 and answer
the questions.
1 What time of day is it?
2 Who can you see in the picture?
3 What are they wearing?
4 Where is the fire?
5 What do you think? Who started the fire?
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Focus on...
History
The first Oxford and Cambridge Boat Race
was in 1829 and Oxford won. In 1856, the
universities started to have the race every
year on the River Thames in London. The first
womens Boat Race was in 1927, but they
didnt have the race every year till the 1960s.
The Course
The Boat Race is on the River Thames in
London and it goes from Putney Bridge to
Mortlake, which is 4.2 miles or about 6.8
kilometres. The fastest race was in 1998, when
Cambridge won in 16 minutes and 9 seconds.
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happening at the boat house? Why are some people from the team ill?
Was the fire at the boat house an accident? Sam and his friends dont
think so, and they need to find out.
Tags
Mystery Fair Play
Original
With
Audio CD
TE e B 97
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