LET ’S READ!Reading booklet

Lina Alvarado Jantus

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UNIT 1 STUDENT LIFE

• Just a normal girl ...............................................3• The adventures of Tom Sawyer ..........................4

UNIT 2 CHALLENGES

• Flying over the South Pole .................................6• An amazing guitarist .........................................7

UNIT 3 ARTS AND ENTERTAINMENT

• Brave new world (Extract) .................................8

UNIT 4 HOW ABOUT WORKING?

• Abby’s diary: volunteering in India ..................10

INDEX

This reading booklet contains an interesting and varied selection of texts for you to use as a complement to your reading at school, or in your free time.The idea is to help you get acquainted with the different types and layouts of texts you may encounter in your academic environment or in your everyday life and also to provide you with stimulating material to encourage your reading outside of the classroom.On the last page, you will find a set of questions for each text, which will help you with comprehension and make you reflect upon the topics.

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Twirl: A spin usually made in ballet dancing. Make-up: cosmetics such as lipstick or powder applied to the face, used to enhance or alter the appearance. Blush: a reddish type of make-up, applied on the cheeks. Spotless: absolutely clean. Give (someone) lip: to argue or contradict someone. Taunting: something that provokes you or challenges you, which is really hard to deal with.

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I’d &like &to &think &of myself &as normal,Just &an &ordinary &girl.But I’m not &into butterflies,I &don’t &do &ballet &twirls.I &hate wearing make-&up,No &eye &shadow &or &blush.I &don’t &have &time &in &a morning,As I’m &always &in &a &rush.I &don’t &spend &hours &on &the &phone,Just &simply &chatting &away.I &only need &to &take five minutes,On my &hair &every &day.My &room &is not &spotless,My &room &is not &a &tip.

I don’t &put &powder &on my nose,I don’t &give &teachers &lip.I don’t &go &after &every &boy,That I &come &across.I &don’t &think I’m &better &than &everyone,Don’t &think &that I’m &the &boss.I &just want &to &get &through,These &taunting years &of &school.I &don’t &care what you &think &of me,I &don’t &care &if I’m not ‘&cool’.And I &do &have &a &good &time,A &laugh with &all my &friends.I &balance &it with &learning,This &is my &beginning, not my &end.

Just &a normal &girl(adaptation)

Taken from: Blount, L. (n.d.). Poems Website. In Best Teen Poems. Retrieved April 08, 2013, from http://www.bestteenpoems.com/.

I’d &like &to &think &of myself &as normal,

That I &come &across.I &don’t &think I’m &better &than &everyone,

I don’t &put &powder &on my nose,I don’tI don’t &go &after &every &boy,I don’t &go &after &every &boy,I don’t &go &after &every &boy,That I &come &across.

I &don’t &spend &hours &on &the &phone,Just &simply &chatting &away.I &only need &to &take five minutes,

I don’t &put &powder &on my nose,

Twirl:

Taken from:http://www.bestteenpoems.com/.

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“The harder Tom tried to focus on his book, the more his ideas wandered. So at last, with a sigh and a yawn, he gave it up. It seemed to him that the noon recess would never come. It was the sleepiest of sleepy days. The murmur of the twenty fi ve studying scholars soothed the soul like the spell that is in the murmur of bees. Tom’s heart ached to be free, or else to have something of interest to do to pass the dreary time. His hand wandered into his pocket and his face lit up with a glow of gratitude that was prayer, though he did not know it. Then furtively the percussion-cap box came out. He released the tick and put him on the long fl at desk. The creature probably glowed with a gratitude that amounted to prayer, too, at this moment, but it was premature: because when he started thankfully to go away, Tom turned him aside with a pin and made him take a new direction.

Tom’s best friend, Joe Harper, sat next to him. The two boys were sworn friends all the week, and embattled enemies on Saturdays. Joe took a pin out of his lapel and began to assist in exercising the prisoner. The sport grew in interest momently. Soon Tom said that they were interfering with each other, and neither getting the fullest benefi t of the tick. So he put Joe’s slate on the desk and drew a line down the middle of it from top to bottom.

“Now,” said he, “as long as he is on your side you can stir him up and I’ll let him alone; but if you let him get away and get on my side, you’re to leave him alone as long as I can keep him from crossing over.”

“All right, go ahead; start him up.”

The tick escaped from Tom, presently, and crossed the equator, and vice versa. This change of base occurred often. While one boy was worrying the tick, the other would look on, the two heads bowed together over the slate, and both totally disconnected from the rest of the world. At last, Joe was the one who got lucky. Just as Tom’s fi ngers would be twitching to stir the tick, Joe’s pin would deftly head him off, and keep possession.

The adventures of Tom Sawyer

Soothe (v): to gently calm, relief pain. Ache (v): to suffer from pain Percussion-cap box (n): a metallic box used to store percussion caps (a fulminant explosive). Tick (n):a parasite arachnid, usually found in dogs and other animals. Pin (n): a thin piece of metal with a sharp point at one end and a round head at the other. Slate (n): a flat plate of slate used in the past for writing on in schools. Bow (v): bend the head or upper part of the body. Whose (d): belonging to, or associated with which person. Whack (n):a strong and sharp blow with a hard object. Shan’t (v): shall not Tiptoeing (v): walk quietly and carefully on the tip of your toes.

At last Tom could stand it no longer. The temptation was too strong. So he reached out and lent a hand with his pin. Joe was angry in a moment. He said:

“Tom, you let him alone.” “I only just want to stir him up a little, Joe.” “No, sir, it’s not fair; you just let him alone.” “Blame it, I’m not going to stir him much.” “Let him alone, I tell you.” “I won’t!” “You shall—he’s on my side of the line.” “Look here, Joe Harper, whose is that tick?” “I don’t care whose tick he is—he’s on my side of the line, and you shan’t touch him.” “Well, I’ll just bet I will, though. He’s my tick and I’ll do what I blame please with him, or die!”

A tremendous whack came down on Tom’s shoulders and its duplicate on Joe’s; and for the space of two minutes the dust continued to fl y from the two jackets and the whole school to enjoy it. The boys had been too absorbed to notice when the master had come tiptoeing down the room and stood over them. He had contemplated a good part of the performance before he contributed his bit of variety to it.”

Taken and adapted from: Twain. M. (1906). The adventures of Tom Sawyer. Broadview Press, 2006.

At last Tom could stand it no longer. The temptation was too At last Tom could stand it no longer. The temptation was too

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Byrd was born in 1888, in Boston, Massachusetts, and he was always adventurous and brave. He attended the Virginia Military Institute, and learned to fl y in World War I. During this time, he developed a passion for fl ying, and was a pioneer in the use of techniques for navigating airplanes over the open ocean.

In 1926, Byrd attempted a fl ight over the North Pole, but a leak in his oil tank forced him to go back to base when he had traveled about 80% of the distance. A year later, he accomplished his fi rst Trans-Atlantic fl ight, with a crew of three more people. He fl ew from New York to France.

It was in 1929 when Byrd started the expedition that would end up being his most important achievement. He put a crew together, and they constructed a small base on the Ross Ice Shelf, in Antarctica. From there, they set off towards the South Pole on a tri-motor plane, reaching their objective on the 28th of November. This mission entered Byrd into the history books, making him the fi rst man to ever fl y above the South Pole.

Byrd remained a promoter of Antarctic exploration, and was involved in fi ve more expeditions to this continent, before dying of a heart ailment at his family home in Boston.

Byrd’s story is tangible evidence that, if you commit to something and accept the challenge, you can make history!

Taken and adapted from: Enciclopaedia Britannica (n.d.) Richard E Byrd, American explorer (adapted). Retrieved April 08, 2013, from http://www.britannica.com/

Do you consider yourself a brave and adventurous person? How far would you go to achieve your dreams?

One of these people was Richard E. Byrd, a U.S. naval offi cer who made history by being the fi rst man to fl y over the South Pole.

Achieve: successfully reach an objective or result. Pioneer: someone who is the first to develop a new area of knowledge or activity. Leak: a hole in a container through which some content may accidentally pass. Crew: a group of people who work on and operate a ship, aircraft, etc. Set off: begin a journey or travel. Ailment: an illness.

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Antarctica is the coldest, windiest, and driest place on earth.Richard E. Byrd

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Andrés Godoy is a Chilean musician, but he’s not the average one.

He was born in 1953 in San Antonio, and started taking guitar lessons at the age of 12. When he was 13, he had his first experience performing in a band, called Los Halcones.

When he was 14, his life changed forever. While working at a family mill with heavy and dangerous machinery, Andrés had an accident which resulted in the loss of his entire right arm.

It was very difficult for him to adapt to this new situation, but he he loved music too much, so he just couldn’t give up on it. At age 18, he picked up the guitar again, and started developing his own technique to play with just one hand. He called this method tatap, and it consisted of scratching and tapping the strings with the fingers of his left hand, making harmony and rhythms all at once.

His passion for music, imagination and perseverance made him discover how to turn what he first saw as a disadvantage into a success and a new way for musicians to relate to a guitar.

Andrés has toured extensively, performing with many famous artists, and has also been teaching his method to disabled musicians all around the world, inspiring people from different places to overcome their disabilities and believe in themselves.

Andrés is a great example of courage and resolution. His whole life is hard evidence that everything is possible, if you put your mind and heart to it.

Taken from: Andres Godoy. Biography (adapted). Retrieved April 08, 2013, from http://www.andresgodoy.com/ Average: a number expressing the central or typical value in a set of data, obtained by dividing the sum of the values in the set by their number. Mill: a building equipped with machinery for grinding grain into flour. Loss: the fact of losing something or someone. Give up on it: stop having faith or belief in something. Scratch: rubbing something with something sharp, in this case, one’s fingernail. Tapping: a technique used in guitar, in which you hit the strings only with the tips of your fingers. Tour: travel around the world promoting your music and performing live. Overcome: having success in dealing with a problem.

An amazing guitarist

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“The director and his students stepped into the nearest elevator and were carried up to the � fth � oor.

INFANT NURSERIES. NEO-PAVLOVIAN CONDITIONING ROOMS, announced the notice board.

The Director opened a door. They were in a large room; half a dozen nurses were engaged in setting out bowls of many different types of � owers in a long row across the � oor. The nurses stiffened to attention as the Director spoke. “Set out the books,” he said.

In silence, the nurses obeyed his command. Between the rose bowls, the books were properly set out. The nurses opened invitingly each of them at some colored image of beast or � sh or bird.

“Now bring in the children.”

They hurried out of the room and returned in a minute or two, each pushing a kind of tall dumb-waiter, carrying eight-month-old babies, all exactly alike, and all (since their caste was Delta) dressed in khaki.

“Put them down on the � oor and now turn them so that they can see the � owers and books.”

Turned, the babies at once fell silent, then, began to crawl towards those clusters of sleek colors, those brilliant shapes on the white pages. The roses looked extremely attractive, and a new and profound signi� cance seemed to � ll up the shining pages of the books. From the ranks of the crawling babies came little squeals of excitement and pleasure.

The Director rubbed his hands. “Excellent!” he said. “It might almost have been done on purpose.”

The babies were already at their goal. Small hands reached out uncertainly, touched, grasped, unpetaling the trans� gured roses, crumpling the illuminated pages of the books. The Director waited until all were happily busy. Then, “Watch carefully,” he said. And, lifting his hand, he gave the signal.

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The Head Nurse pressed down a little lever.

There was a violent explosion. Alarm bells maddeningly sounded.

The children started screaming; their faces were distorted with terror.

“And now,” the Director shouted (for the noise was deafening), “now we proceed to give them a mild electric shock.”

He waved his hand again, and the Head Nurse pressed a second lever. The screaming of the babies suddenly changed its tone. There was something desperate, almost insane, about the sharp spasmodic yelps to their screams. Their little bodies twitched and stiffened.

“That’s enough,” he signaled to the nurse.

The explosions ceased, and the bells stopped ringing. The babies relaxed, and what had become the sob and yelp of infant maniacs turned into a normal howl of ordinary terror.

“Offer them the � owers and the books again.”

The nurses obeyed; but at the approach of the roses, the infants shrank away in horror, the volume of their howling suddenly increased.

“Observe,” said the Director triumphantly, “observe.”

Books and loud noises, � owers and electric shocks – already in the infant mind, these couples were compromisingly linked; and after two hundred repetitions of the same or a similar lesson, they would be indissoluble. What man has joined, nature can’t divide.

“They’ll grow up with what the psychologists used to call an ‘instinctive’ hatred of books and � owers. They’ll be safe from books and botany all their lives.” The Director turned to his nurses. “Take them away again.”

Still yelling, the khaki babies were loaded on to their dumb-waiters and taken out, leaving behind them the smell of sour milk and a most welcome silence”

Huxley, A. (1931). Brave New World. New York, London: Harper & Bros.

Notice board: a board for displaying notices. Stiffen: become stiff or rigid. Alike: similar to each other. Khaki: a dull, brownish color. Crawl: move forward on the hands and knees, close to the ground. Sleek: smooth and glossy, full of glow. Squeals: a long, high-pitched cry. Crumple: crush something so that it becomes wrinkled. Lever: a rigid bar used to activate or deactivate a certain mechanism. Yelp: a short sharp cry, especially of pain or alarm. Twitch: give or cause a short sudden convulsion. Sob: cry loudly. Howl: a long and painful cry. Shrank (past of shrink): to become smaller in size. Linked: joined, connected. Hatred: intense dislike, hate.

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Arrival in India“I have arrived in India, along with my fellow group of 10 Latitude Global Volunteering volunteers have been taken to our hostel where we will stay for 5 days. It s̒ very hot and noisy here and the streets are packed with children, dogs, people, rickshaws, and cars honking their horns. It is monsoon season, and although it wasn t̒ raining when we arrived, after food at the hostel (2 bananas, an egg and a piece of bread) and a quick shower, we stepped out again to find the road deep in 5 inches of muddy water! So we took a rickshaw!

Blue Diamond SchoolplacementThe classrooms are on the top floor, with the kindergarten classrooms, office and bathroom on the ground/middle floor. Laura and I are to share a bedroom beneath this level, next door to the 9 boarding childrens̒ shared bedroom, and the kitchen. Out the back of the school is a small patch of brown dust with a guava tree – the playground.

wasn t̒ raining when we arrived, after food at the hostel (2 bananas, an egg and a piece of bread) and a quick shower, we stepped out again to find the road deep in 5 inches of muddy

Arrival on placementWe are here! After a 12-hour sleeper train, we arrived in Siliguri where the rest of our volunteer group were taken by mini bus up to Darjeeling and beyond, where their placements were. My project partner, Laura, and I were met by our host Mr. Thapa who took us the 2-hour drive up the mountain to the village school. On our arrival into the small village of Gharabari, we were greeted by all the school children, all holding banners saying ‘Welcome GAP volunteersʻ and with small posies of flowers for us. The school is a blue and white tumbledown building on the side of the road, almost falling off the hillside.

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Packed: a very crowded place. Rickshaw: a light, two-wheeled passenger vehicle used to transport people. They are very common in Asian countries. Honking: sounding the horn of a vehicle. Monsoon: seasonal bad weather, usually bringing strong winds and heavy rain. Greet: receive somebody politely, making a gesture. Tumbledown: a very deteriorated building or object. Nursery: a place where little children are cared for during the working day. Facilities: a place or amenity provided for a specific purpose. Journey: a long and, usually, very significant trip.

First classesWe teach all classes, from nursery and kindergarten (3 – 4 year olds) up to Class 9 (15 – 16 year olds) and our main focus is English. We spent our first week observing lessons and seeing what level the children were at and getting ideas about what we might do.We also were sent to the branch schools to teach. They were two; neither have road access, electricity or running water, and it takes about 2 hours to reach them on foot. The children are so friendly and fun though, and we played games and sang songs with them and used some books that we had brought from England. It was amazing to see how we managed to teach with almost no facilities and materials at all, and yet the children were really beginning to grasp English and were fantastic to work with. We also went to stay with some of Mr. Thapas relatives in one of the villages for a night, which was, certainly, an experience, as the whole family (plus 2 children, an aunt and a grandmother) and us slept in one room and went to bed at 7pm, when it got dark, and got up with the sun at 5am!

LeavingSaying goodbye and leaving my placement has been the hardest thing I have ever had to do. This family is like my family, I am so close to so many of the children and Laura and I have been on such an incredible journey these past 4 months that I can t̒ find the words. We shall take away so many memories (and photos!) and some things I will never forget”.

Taken and adapted from: http://www.lattitude.org.uk/volunteer-stories/volunteers-diary

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QUESTIONS TO HELP YOU THROUGH YOUR READINGUNIT 1Just a normal girl1. What are the girl’s feelings towards her school life?2. Do you enjoy school? If you could change something there,

what would it be?The adventures of Tom Sawyer1. Is Tom excited or bored at the beginning of the class? Explain.2. What catches Tom and Joe’s attention?3. Why do the boys start to argue? Explain.4. Have you ever felt like Tom and Joe during class time? Explain.

UNIT 2Flying over the South Pole1. What was Byrd’s first expedition, before going to the South

Pole? Did it go well?2. Do you think flying over the South Pole was difficult during

those times? Why?3. Why do you think some people decide to go on these

extreme journeys?

An amazing guitarist1. How did Andrés manage to continue to play the guitar only

with one arm?2. Do you know of any other cases of people who have

overcome their disabilities in a similar way?3. How would you deal with a situation like this?

UNIT 3Brave new world (Extract)1. What is the purpose of the process described in this extract?2. Have you seen any similar situations in real life? 3. Do you think mind control is acceptable in some cases?

UNIT 4Abby’s diary: volunteering in India1. Why do you think Abby decided to go to India?2. What do you think she learned from her experience as a

volunteer there?3. Do you think there are people who need help in your own

country?4. Would you like to do some volunteer work? Where would

you go?

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