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174 PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Press one hundred and seventy-four Five years ago, my family left the big city of Leeds and moved to a small village 1 called Moreton-in-Marsh. We first arrived in the summer, and everything was so pretty. I took lots of photos! Tourists visit Moreton-in-Marsh, or Moreton, as we call it, because there are lots of very old houses in the village. People built many of the houses on the High Street in the 1600s or the 1700s, and now they often use the street to make historical films. The famous fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien visited Moreton, too. In Tolkien’s book The Lord of the Rings there is a town called Bree, and a lot of it is like Moreton. So why did they make the film The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand, and not in Moreton? Probably because of the terrible English weather! There is a library and lots of tourist shops in Moreton, but there aren’t many places for young people to go. For me that’s OK because we’re only 27 kilometres from Stratford-upon-Avon. I can also get to London in two hours by train. My friends all live near me, so I like going to their houses or meeting in a café. I really love walking in the country around Moreton too, because it’s so beautiful. Moreton is a great place to live, and I don’t want to move anywhere different. Lucy Sutherland, 14 TOWN and country Some young people can’t stand living in small places, but others hate big cities. Two teenagers tell us about where they live. I was born in a small village in Pakistan, but my family came to Birmingham when I was five years old. At first, my parents didn’t like Birmingham. They missed 2 their country, and their family at home. Birmingham was big and noisy 3 . There was traffic on the street day and night, and they didn’t sleep very well. But now they like living here. And I don’t mind hearing the cars outside. In fact, when I went back to the family village in Pakistan on holiday I didn’t like being in a really quiet 4 place. There was nothing to do there, and nowhere to go. In Birmingham, our house is behind a market, in the city centre. Birmingham is a great city because there is so much to do here. There are great cafés, shops, cinemas and theatres everywhere – and many of them are very close to us. There’s a sports centre opposite us too, and I love going there for a swim with my friends after school. Birmingham is home to Aston Villa Football club, and Edgbaston cricket ground. My dad and I watched England and Pakistan play there last week. It was a really exciting match, but I didn’t know who to cheer for – England or Pakistan! Anwar Tahiri, 13 Glossary 1 small village paesino 2 missed sentivano la mancanza di 3 noisy rumorosa 4 quiet tranquillo Nome Classe Data Potenziamento B
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174 PHOTOCOPIABLE © Oxford University Pressone hundred and seventy-four
Five years ago, my family left the big city of Leeds and moved to a small village1 called Moreton-in-Marsh. We first arrived in the summer, and everything was so pretty. I took lots of photos! Tourists visit Moreton-in-Marsh, or Moreton, as we call it, because there are lots of very old houses in the village. People built many of the houses on the High Street in the
1600s or the 1700s, and now they often use the street to make historical films. The famous fantasy writer J.R.R. Tolkien visited Moreton, too. In Tolkien’s book The Lord of the Rings there
is a town called Bree, and a lot of it is like Moreton. So why did they make the film The Lord of the Rings in New Zealand, and not in Moreton? Probably because of the terrible English weather!
There is a library and lots of tourist shops in Moreton, but there aren’t many places for young people to go. For me that’s OK because we’re only 27 kilometres from Stratford-upon-Avon. I can also get to London in two hours by train. My friends all live near me, so I like going to their houses or meeting in a café. I really love walking in the country around Moreton too, because it’s so beautiful. Moreton is a great place to live, and I don’t want to move anywhere different.Lucy Sutherland, 14
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countrySome young people can’t stand living in small places, but others hate big cities. Two teenagers tell us about where they live.
I was born in a small village in Pakistan, but my family came to Birmingham when I was five years old. At first, my parents didn’t like Birmingham. They missed2 their country, and their family at home. Birmingham was big and noisy3. There was traffic on the street day and night, and they didn’t sleep very well. But now they like living here. And I don’t mind
hearing the cars outside. In fact, when I went back to the family village in Pakistan on
holiday I didn’t like being in a really quiet4 place. There was nothing to do there, and nowhere to go.
In Birmingham, our house is behind a market, in the city centre. Birmingham is a great city because there is so much to do here. There are great cafés, shops, cinemas and theatres everywhere – and many of them are very close to us. There’s a sports centre opposite us too, and I love going there for a swim with my friends after school. Birmingham is home to Aston Villa Football club, and Edgbaston cricket ground. My dad and I watched England and Pakistan play there last week. It was a really exciting match, but I didn’t know who to cheer for – England or Pakistan!
Anwar Tahiri, 13Glossary
1small village paesino2missed sentivano la
mancanza di
3noisy rumorosa4quiet tranquillo
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4 Rileggi il testo e rispondi alle domande.
1 What time of year did Lucy and her parents move to Moreton?
2 What did Lucy do when she first arrived? 3 Why is it easy for Lucy to see her friends? 4 Where do Lucy and her friends like meeting? 5 What did Anwar’s parents miss when they
came to Birmingham? 6 Why didn’t Anwar like his parents’ village? 7 What did Anwar do with his dad last week?
Writing5 Pensa a un luogo (paese, cittadina o grande
città) che hai visitato e che ti è piaciuto. Rispondi alle domande.
1 Where did you go? 2 How did you get there? 3 What did you see there? 4 What can people do there? (for example, eat
great food, go shopping, go to the cinema, etc.) 5 What did you do there? 6 Why did you enjoy visiting this place?
6 Scrivi un breve brano (50−75 parole) sul luogo che hai visitato. Includi le informazioni che hai scritto nell’es. 5.
Reading1 Leggi velocemente il testo e completa le
frasi con una o due parole.
1 Lucy arrived in Moreton-in-Marsh ago.
2 People make films there because of the village’s beautiful .
3 Lucy thinks they didn’t make The Lord of the Rings in Moreton because of the
.4 Anwar’s family come from
in Pakistan.5 At first, Anwar’s parents
Birmingham.6 Anwar’s house is a market.
2 Decidi se le frasi sono vere (T) o false (F). Correggi le frasi false.
1 Lucy didn’t like Moreton when she first arrived.
2 Lots of people visit the village. 3 Moreton is an exciting place for young
people. 4 Anwar can’t stand the noise in Birmingham.
5 Nobody in Anwar’s family is interested
in sport. 6 There are lots of things to see and do in
Birmingham.
3 Chi direbbe queste cose? Scrivi Lucy o Anwar.
1 ‘I’m happy that we live in this country.’
2 ‘I love walking near here in the summer.’
3 ‘It’s an exciting place to live and there’s lots to do.’
4 ‘You can see people with cameras on the streets all the time.’
5 ‘I often go to the pool with my friends.’
6 ‘History is everywhere around you here.’
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