Marta, 17 Well, I don’t really like getting books because I never get what I want. My aunt always buys me a book I read when I was twelve – like “Anne from Green Gables”! I think it is not easy to buy books for teenagers, but she could at least ask my mum. I often give books as presents, however, because my parents love reading. My mum is a fan of criminal stories, she simply loves them and
It’s a good idea! Books are best presents. They are not as expensive as perfumes, but give you as much pleasure as new Chanel. Giving books is like opening a new world for people you love, giving new experience and new taste for life. Probably the worst thing which happens when you buy books for presents is that you see books for you everywhere… and it is not always easy to decide
About food We don’t want to encourage you to prepare the family dinner. We just want to convince you that cooking is fun and that if you really want, you can make some Christmas food or decorations everybody will enjoy! CRACKERS AND THE LIKE As you well know from your English lessons, there is no Christmas in England without crackers. Crackers were invented by a London baker in the 19th century. They
Shopping in Britain Christmas is the shopping time, but only if you live in Britain… Poland Christmas Eve 24th Fasting broken when the sun goes down. Decoration of the Christmas tree. w Traditional twelve-dishes dinner. Opening the presents at the first star in the sky. Nativity Play at midnight at church. Christmas Day 25th Family meetings Boxing Day 26th Family meetings Britain Christmas Eve 24th Parties Santa Claus comes during
Quiz Do you like winter? Check it! 1. First thing you do when you wake up in the winter morning: a. You turn on the other side and almost cry because you feel the cold outside and you do not want to leave your bed. b. You get up unhappy but promise yourself that you will be strong. Hot tea makes you optimistic about the day and you start looking
What about the weather? E-mail to: Laura Hi Laura, I am writing to ask you about your preparations for Christmas. I am so happy that you and your parents are going to spend these holidays with us. I am sure we will have a great time this year. Have you all already packed? You have asked me recently about the weather conditions this time in the mountains. I have decided to check the weather forecast
Quiz This little quiz that you have in front of you has been based on the traditional test proposed by Anne Moir and David Jessel. Are you ready to check whether your brain is feminine, masculine or perhaps both? Go! 1. You are alone at home. Suddenly you hear a cat miaowing. How well can you localize the cat? a) After thinking for a while, I can say where the cat is. b)
News from the universe Do you remember this date? The 24th August? Didn’t you feel different? Didn’t you feel the world had changed and nothing would be the same again anymore? If you did, you were right. Something had changed. Pluto stopped to be a planet. What happened? Did it vanish into thin air, full of stars? Was it swallowed by one of the black holes? Did it die? Was there an explosion changing it
Our stories DVD Manuals – story by Daniel When little leaflets that we get when we were buying some trendy equipment changed into bulky books, I realised that there is no point in reading them. Pages full of technical details, we are not prepared to understand, and simplified graphs making us feel stupid, are not taking hold of my free time. Because of that, I only buy the equipment that I’m able
Do you know that… Adhesives People probably always wanted to stick things together, but the first glue was invented about 1750. It was made of fish. Superglue was invented by accident in 1942. There was some research done in the Kodak company to find a new substance and when cynoacrylate (this is what Super Glue basically is) was discovered, the researchers decided it was too sticky for their purpose! They forgot
Quiz You go out with your friends and you can’t stop listening to your disc man? You sit by the Christmas table and you keep on sending messages to your friends? You don’t want to go camping because there’s no TV? It may be a problem. You may be addicted to technology! 1. Your mobile needs charging. What do you do? a. I look for a battery charger in panic. b. I charge it
Short story It was supposed to be the best weekend in my life. Simply perfect. My parents left for some family wedding and I had told them some simple excuses about tests and exams. It worked. They left on Friday evening with my nine-year old sister. The wedding was not far from Warsaw but they wanted to help with preparations. I had prayed for such a silence for a long, long time. I was finally
Best-Selling Computer Soccer Game The FIFA series of games, developed by EA Sports, has sold more than 16 million units worldwide. Launched in PC format on November 27, 1998, the game features a full pop soundtrack including tracks by such recording artists as Fatboy Slim. Now it’s selling a series with Legia Warszawa team vs FC Barcelona. EA Sports is based in Redwood City, California. Most Humanoid Robot The P3 is the world’s first
Curious topic The possibility of human cloning, raised when Scottish scientists at Roslin Institute created the much-celebrated sheep “Dolly”, aroused worldwide interest and concern because of its scientific and ethical implications. The feat generated also uncertainty over the meaning of “cloning” – an umbrella term traditionally used by scientists to describe different processes for duplicating biological material. The success rate of cloning has been low Dolly the sheep was born
Their fabulous life 300 Do you remember the fantastic film adaptation of Frank Miller’s comics, called “Sin city”? Another director has decided to film Miller’s comics. The movie titled “300” tells the story of the battle between 300 hundreds Greek soldiers and thousands of Persian troops near Thermopiles. The production is going to follow Miller’s vision in every technical detail. We can expect a wonderful picture and a lot of visual effects.
Gadgets tend to be more unusual or cleverly designed than normal technology and that’s why we love them. What is more, some of say that life would be dull without them. Let’s take a closer look at some of the latest gadgets… I love Sudoku All I want for my toilet is the world first Sudoku Toilet Roll Paper. If I had it, there would be no escaping Sudoku! All I could do is pull
Before you read about managing your time and using it better, first answer these questions… Simply tick all the statements you agree with: 1. I am often late for school. 2. I could do everything if I had more time. 3. When I am at school, time goes very slowly, when I am at home, it simply runs. 4. People have less time nowadays. 5. I often discover in the morning that I didn’t do some homework. 6.
Gramatyka Istnieje reguła gramatyczna dotycząca użycia przedimka określonego „the” przed nazwami gazet codziennych i tygodników. Tytuły gazet codziennych na ogół poprzedzone są przedimkiem „the” („The Washington Post”, „The Times”). Tygodniki na ogół nie są poprzedzone przedimkiem („New Scientist”, „Newsweek”), niektóre jednak mają przedimek „the” („The Economist”). Types of newspapers newspaper – gazeta daily – gazeta codzienna weekly – tygodnik magazine – tygodnik lub miesięcznik journal – periodyk o tematyce naukowej lub zawodowej,
Conterporary mass media may be a subject of discussion or essay during your matura exam. You may, for example, be asked to discuss an issue concerning the influence of modern media on our daily life or to write an essay discussing pros and cons of the development of television. Before we focus on examples of such examination tasks, let’s revise vocabulary and phrases concerning mass media. Uwaga! „Media” to rzeczownik o nieregularnej
Teenagers about school Ania, 19 What I like about my school are the teachers. For example, my History teacher always tells us very interesting things about Poland and the world, it makes all the stuff easy to remember. Even the dates and places of the battles we have to learn by heart seem trouble – free and useful. Also Maths teacher explains all the difficult mathematical patterns to us in the