Sport
Scotland
Livingstone
The USA

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

SPORT

KOBE BRIANT

Numbers:

Ecris les nombres et dates en toutes lettres.

2001 : two thousand and one

25 :twenty-five 5.5 :five point five

1978: nineteen seventy-eight

210 :two hundred and ten

95.3 :ninety-five point three

Height and weight (Taille et poids):

How tall is he? is he?
He is one meter ninety-eight tall.

How tall are you?
I am one meter fifty-four tall.

How much does he weigh?
he weighs ninety-nine kilos.

How much do you weigh?
I weigh thirty-six kilos 13 thirteen 30 thirty

His life:

When was he born?
he was born on the twenty-third of August nineteen seventy-eight.

When were you born?
I was born on twenty-fourth of June nineteen-ninety

Where was he born?
he was born at Guard

Where were you born?
I was born in Paris

His personal life :

Lis les cinq phrases et choisis si les phrases suivantes sont vraies (True) ou fausses (False).

1. His parents named him after a type of steak (kobe) seen on a restaurant menu before he was born.

2. Spent eight years of his childhood in Italy and is fluent in Italian.

3. Has two older sisters, Sharia and Shaya.

4. His father, Joe "Jelly Bean" Bryant, averaged 8.7 points per game in 606 career games in the NBA.

5. Lists "Star Wars" as his all-time favorite movie.

True / False :

• His name comes from Italy. F
• His name comes from Japan. F
• His name is the name of a restaurant. F
• His name is the name of a steak. T
• He lived in Italy before he was born. F
• He lived in Italy when he was very young. T
• He is Italian that’s why he speaks Italian. F
• He doesn’t speak Italian. F
• He is keen on science fiction. T
• He loves “Star Wars”. T
• His father played basketball when he was young. T

What sort of films do you like?
I like watching detective films.

Write a list of ten different sports.

Match the sport and where you play that sport.

1: basketball outside
2: windersurfing at the sea
3: water polo underwater
4: rock climbing on a court
5: snorkelling in a swimming pool
6: badminton in a gymnasium
7: skiing in the moutains
8: tennis inside

Essay :

Write a short text – about 80 words – about sport. Speak about the sports you are keen on, when you practise sport …

I do sport .It’s the handball.I practise that sport every Wednesday in the afternoon.But in that sport I don’t like goal.I wear tennis shoes ,a T-shirt,a green jersey and white socks.I am beginning because it’s my first year .My coach is a boy. I started that sport in September at Saint-Jean. I play handball from one o’clock to half past three in the afternoon.

 

Nessie

 

Who is Nessie?
Nessie is a creature. It is the Loch Ness monster.

• First part :

When was it?
It was in October eighteen seventy-one.

What time was it?
It was twelve o’ clock.

Who was the person?What was his or her name?
The person was D.MACKENZIE.

What did he see?
He saw a creature

• Second part:

When was it?
It was in eighteen eighty-five.

What time was it?
I don’t know what time it was.

Who was the person? What was his or her name?
The person was Roderick Matheson.

What did he or she see?
He saw a big thing.

What did it look like?
It looked like a horse with a mane.

• Third part :

When was it?
It was in eighteen eighty-eight.

What time was it?
I don’t know.

Who was the person? What was his or her name?
The person was Alexander Macdonald.

What did he or she see?
I don’t know what he saw.

What did it look like?
It looked like a salamander.

Find the meaning of the word “elusive” in a dictionary on the Internet.

Now write the translation in your Word document.

Elusive : insaisissable

Why is Nessie an elusive creature?
It is elusive because it is strong and powerful.

 

 

SCOTLAND

What language do people in Scotland speak?
In Scotland,the people speak English.

Is it the only language spoken there? [Only : seul, seulement].
No,there is.

What other language is spoken in Scotland?
There is also Gaelic.

Find out where Gaelic is spoken in the world.
Gaelic is spoken also in Ireland.

Find out what the six big cities are. Write their names. Find two adjectives to characterize the cities.
The six big cities are:Glasgow,Edinburgh,Aberdeen,Dundee,Stirling and Inverness.

How far is Glasgow from London? (Write the answer in letters!)
Glasgow is to six hundred and forty-two km.

How long does it take to go from London to Glasgow by car?
It takes six and a half hours.

How long does it take to drive to Inverness?
It takes nine hours and five minutes.

Does it take longer to drive to Aberdeen or to Edinburgh? Why? (Comparative of "far" is "farther").
It takes longer to drive to Aberdeen because it is farther.

 

David Livingstone

David Livingstone:

Who was he?
He was a missionary.

When was he born?
He was born in eighteen thirteen.

When did he die?
He died in eighteen seventy-three.

What was his first job?
His first job was a doctor.

What did he explore?
He explored Africa.

What did he discover?
He discovered the interior of Africa and the 'Dark Continent.

Who did he meet?
He met an American journalist.

 

 

THE UNITED STATES

 

Find out (trouve) what the letters U.S.A. stand for (=represent).Write it in your Word document.

u: United

s: States

a: America

Find out how many continents there are in the world. Write it in your Word document

There are five continents in the world.

Find out where the United States is situated. Write in your Word document.

The United States is situated in North America.

What is the country situated south of the United States?

It is Mexico.

What is the country situated north of the United States?

It is Canada.

What is the ocean situated west of the United States?

It is the Pacific Ocean.

What is the ocean situated east of the United States?

It is the Atlantic Ocean.

Find out how many states (états) there are in the United States.

There are 50 states.

Find out how many states are between Canada and Mexico

There are 48 states between Canada and Mexico.

Find out the name of the state situated north west of Canada. Look at the map if you don't know.

Alaska is situated north west of Canada.

Find out where Hawaii is situated. Look at the two maps. Write two sentences to explain where it is.

Hawaii is situated in the Pacific Ocean south west of the United States.

Copy the text in your Word document and fill in the blanks. (Complète les phrases).

Washington D.C. is the capital of the United States. The capital of a country is the place where the government makes important decisions, where the president lives and where Congress meets.

The name Washington D.C. comes from the name of George Washington who was the first President of the United States.

Washington D.C. became the capital of the United States at the beginning of the eighteenth country.

Do you remember how many states there are in the United States? So how many stars are there in the flag? Logical, isn't it?

yes, there are 50 states in the united states. there are 50 stars in the flag. Yes, it’s logical.

Try to situate where the thirteen original states were in the United States.

the 13 states are in the east of the united states.

Click on the letter corresponding to the letters here.

C is for Congress and for capitol . Congress is the part of the government . Congress meets in a building called the Capitol.

F is for Flag. The first American flag was made in 1777.

H is for Holiday. Holidays help us to remember famous people and events from American history

I is for Independence. Independence is another word for freedom. The United States of America declared its independence from Great Britain .

L is for Liberty Bell. The Liberty Bell is an important symbol of American freedom. The bell has a large crack.

M is for Monument. A monument is a building or sculpture built to help us remember some famous person or an important .

R is for Rights. These rights and freedoms are listed in a document called the Bill of Rights.

U is for United States of America. The name United States of America first appeared officially in the Declaration of Independence.

V is for Vote. American citizens have the right to vote. This is how we choose the people who represent us in government.

W is for White House. The President of the United States lives at the White House. It is located in Washington, DC, our nation’s capital.

Y is for Yellowstone. Yellowstone is the first and oldest national park in the world. At Yellowstone, you can see many wild animals.

Z is for Zoo. Now that Ben has finished learning his ABC’s, he’ll visit the animals at the National Zoo.