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THE MUSICAL GLASS
Mary Elizabeth loved music. She was happy when she heard lovely sounds. She waited to hear the birds sing outside her window in the spring. She listened for the cricket's song when she swept the hearth in her mother's kitchen. The horses passing her papa's store made a "clip clop" sound. That was a song to Mary Elizabeth. These songs made her heart fill with joy.
Mary Elizabeth had only one wish. She wanted to make music on her own. She couldn't sing very well. Her brother, Matthew, had said, "You sound like the cat when Nana stepped on its tail." She loved music so much. Why couldn't she make music on her own?
Mary Elizabeth knew where to go when she was sad. Her Uncle Ben Franklin could always make her smile. Best of all, Uncle Ben loved music just like Mary Elizabeth. One morning, Mary Elizabeth stood outside Uncle Ben's workshop. She could hear him humming to himself. She knew something fun was going to happen. She opened the door and saw Uncle Ben at his work table. Oh, no! What had happened? Broken glasses were everywhere. There were big glasses, little glasses, and middle sized glasses spread out on his table. Wait a minute. Only the stems that held the glasses up were broken off. What was Uncle Ben doing? Uncle Ben saw the puzzled look on Mary Elizabeth's face. "Come, little songbird," he said. "I will show you how we can make beautiful music. We will use what is broken. We can turn it into something good."
by Jane Runyon
1.Mary Elizabeth hated music.
2.She was glad to hear lovely sounds.
3.Mary Elizabeth had a brother.
4.Mary Elizabeth had a sister.
5.Mary Elizabeth wanted to make music on her own.
6.Mary Elizabeth lived in Scotland.
7.One morning Mary Elizabeth visited her uncle.
8.Her uncle was playing the guitar.
9.Her uncle was humming to himself.
10.Her uncle was going to make beautiful music using broken glasses.
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THE FIRST WOMAN IN BUSINESS
At the start of the twentieth century the idea of women in business seemed crazy. In those days men held all the positions of power and made all the decisions about money. They believed that a woman` s place was at home, looking after her children, cooking for her family and managing the house. If a woman needed to work she could perhaps find a job in a shop or in a factory, but she had no chance of working as a businesswoman or a banker, or a lawyer.
Women` s fashions in the USA and Europe at that time supported their position in society. Fashionable women wore long dresses that almost touched the ground. This made it difficult for them to drive a car, ride a horse or even walk quickly.
But many women were not happy with their position in society, and they didn’t like the clothes they had to wear. One of those people was a French woman called Gabrielle ‘Coco’ Chanel. When she went into business in 1910, she planned to change clothes that women wore. But over the next sixty years she did much more than that, as she became the richest and the most successful businesswoman.
Coco Chanel had no experience of business when she opened her first hat shop in Paris in 1910. She was only twenty-seven years old and she came from an ordinary family. Many of Coco’s customers in her first shop were her young women friends. They loved the simple but beautiful hats and dresses that Coco made for them, and soon her shop started to do well.
David Evance
1. At the start of the twentieth century a woman couldn`t work as banker or lawyer.
2. At the start of the twentieth century a woman couldn`t work as a doctor.
3. At the start of the twentieth century men held all the positions of power.
4. At the start of the twentieth century women could find job in a shop or in a factory.
5. At the start of the twentieth century women who loved fashion wore short dresses.
6. It was not easy to drive a car for fashionable women.
7. Gabrielle Coco Chanel didn’t like the clothes they had to wear.
8. Gabrielle Coco Chanel had a sister.
9. Gabrielle Coco Chanel changed clothes that men wore.
10. Gabrielle Coco Chanel came from an ordinary family.
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IT’S ONLY ME
After her husband had gone to work, Mrs Richards sent her children to school and went upstairs to her bedroom. She was too excited to do any housework that morning, because in the evening she would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband. She intended to dress up as a ghost and she had made her costume the night before. Now she was impatient to try it on. Though the costume consisted only of a sheet, it was very effective. Mrs Richards put it on, looked in the mirror, smiled and went downstairs. She wanted to find out whether it would be comfortable to wear.
Just as Mrs Richards was entering the dining-room, there was a knock on the front door. She knew that it must be the baker. She had told him to come straight in if ever she failed to open the door and to leave the bread on the kitchen table. Not wanting to frighten the poor man, Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small store-room under the stairs. She heard the front door open and heavy footsteps in the hall. Suddenly the door of the store-room was opened and a man entered. Mrs Richards realized that it must be the man from the Electricity Board who had come to read the meter. She tried to explain the situation, saying 'It's only me', but it was too late. The man let out a cry and jumped back several paces. When Mrs Richards walked towards him, he ran away, slamming the door behind him.
Just Funny Stories
1. Mrs Richards was alone at home.
2. In the evening Mrs Richards would be going to a fancy dress party with her husband.
3. Mrs Richards had 3 children.
4. Mrs Richards dressed up as a ghost.
5. The costume consisted only of a sheet.
6. Mrs Richards lived in a big house.
7. Mrs Richards wanted to frighten the man.
8. Mrs Richards quickly hid in the small kitchen.
9. Mrs Richards tried to explain the situation the man from the Electricity Board.
10.The man run away.
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THE GIANT PANDA
An endangered species, the giant panda can only be found in the mountain bamboo forests of Western China. There are only about 1,000 wild giant pandas left in the world. Giant pandas are members of the bear family, and they are mammals. Even though giant pandas look just like bears, they certainly do not behave like bears. Unlike their meat-eating relatives, giant pandas are vegetarians for the most part of their time. Their favourite food is bamboo. Giant pandas must eat a lot of bamboo every day to get enough nourishment. In fact, they spend at least 12 hours every day eating about 33 pounds of bamboo. However, if they are extremely hungry and bamboo is nowhere to be found, giant pandas may eat grass, fruits, or sometimes, small animals like chicken.
Giant pandas do not live in groups. They are loners! They only leave their territory from March to May to look for a mate. Female giant pandas usually give birth to twins. Baby giant pandas are very small, blind, pinkish, and weigh about 5 ounces at birth. Strangely, mother giant pandas tend to choose to raise just one baby and leave the other to die. Mother giant pandas feed their babies with milk. A baby giant panda opens its eyes at six to seven weeks. It starts to learn how to walk when it is about three or four months old. Mother giant pandas look after their babies for about 18 months. Once the young is strong enough, it bids farewell to its mother and moves out to live independently.
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1.The giant panda is an endangered species.
2.The giant pandas can be found in South America.
3. The giant pandas do not behave like bears.
4. The giant pandas must drink a lot of water to keep fit.
5. Their favourite food is meat.
6. The giant pandas are loners.
7. Mother giant pandas feed their babies with grass.
8. Mother giant pandas build den for babies.
9. A baby giant panda opens its eyes at 42 to 47 days.
10. Mother giant pandas look after their babies for about 1,5 year.
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FLIGHT
For many centuries people watched birds and dreamed that they could fly. We cannot fly like birds: we don`t have enough strength in our arms to move wings up and down. We also really need the power of an engine to drive up forward. Many people died learning these lessons, before controlled flight became possible.
The first flying machine which could carry a human being was built in Spain in 875. Reports tell us that the inventor flew some distance, but the landing was hard: the man hurt his back badly and was never able to fly again.
It was possible that the news of his flight reached England, carried there by men returning from war in the Middle East. Whether this is true or not, in 1010 a man called Oliver jumped off a church roof in Mulmesbury. This time we know the distance of his flight - 125 steps.
In the last years of the 15th century, the Italian Leonardo da Vinci studied the flight of birds and made a number of drawings of flying machines. His early machines tried to copy the movement of birds` wings, which he didn’t fully understand. But less than 10 years before his death in 1519, he drew a machine with wings that didn’t move. One of the machines was built and it did fly.
In 1536 in France, Denis Bolor returned to the idea of moving wings. He tried to fly using wings that were moved up and down. The idea didn’t` t work and he fell to his death.
Inventions That Changed the World
1. For many centuries people wanted to fly.
2. Many people died learning to fly.
3. The man who built the flying machine in Spain in 875 flew 35 meter.
4. In 1010 a man called Oliver flew the distance equal to one hundred twenty five steps.
5. The Italian Rafael studied with Leonardo the flight of birds.
6. The Italian Leonardo da Vinci lived in Paris.
7. One of the machines of Leonardo was built and it did fly.
8. Denis Bolor tried to fly a machine with wings that didn’t move.
9. Denis Bolor worked with Leonardo.
10. Denis Bolor died using wings that were moved up and down.
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