Read the text and choose correct answer, A, B or C.

LIVING IN ENGLAND

Part 3 – The Au Pair

Elena is a nineteen-year-old Hungarian girl. She lives in Primrose Hill, North London and she works as an au pair. She looks after the family’s two children in the morning and after school. During the day, she cleans the house, does the shopping and cooks for the family. Her working day finishes at six p.m. when the parents come home from work. Elena is happy but she knows that she is lucky.

Elena’s story:

It’s very important to find a good family. You can write to them before you get a job. Some families want you to do everything. You work nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week! My family don’t make me work that much and at the weekendand in the evenings I’m free. I eat with the family, I have a nice bedroomin their house and they take me on holiday.I also get £60 a week ‘pocketmoney’. It’s OK. Some people get £80 or even £100 but they don’t get food or holidays.

In my free time, I go to a languageschool to learnEnglish and to meet people.There are four au pairs in my class and I like meeting them. We often go to the park on Sundaysbut I’m the only one who is free on Saturdays so I can’t see them then. On Saturdays, I usually go shopping in Camden or walk around London.

In the evenings, I use my computera lot. I can’t listen to music becauseit wakes the children up. At home, in Hungary, I play the piano but there isn’t a piano here.

I sometimes look on the Internet for music schoolsbut they are all very expensive.

I chat to friends in Hungary and send a lot of emails to them and my family. Two of my friendswant to come to London to work as au pairs but I am worried about the idea. ‘My’ family here know people who want au pairs but I don’t know them.Are they kind? Are they friendly?I want my friends to like London and their work, not to be sad.

Read the text and choose correct answer, A, B or C.

LIVING IN ENGLAND

Part 3 – The Au Pair

Elena is a nineteen-year-old Hungarian girl. She lives in Primrose Hill, North London and she works as an au pair. She looks after the family’s two children in the morning and after school. During the day, she cleans the house, does the shopping and cooks for the family. Her working day finishes at six p.m. when the parents come home from work. Elena is happy but she knows that she is lucky.

Elena’s story:

It’s very important to find a good family. You can write to them before you get a job. Some families want you to do everything. You work nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week! My family don’t make me work that much and at the weekendand in the evenings I’m free. I eat with the family, I have a nice bedroomin their house and they take me on holiday.I also get £60 a week ‘pocketmoney’. It’s OK. Some people get £80 or even £100 but they don’t get food or holidays.

In my free time, I go to a languageschool to learnEnglish and to meet people.There are four au pairs in my class and I like meeting them. We often go to the park on Sundaysbut I’m the only one who is free on Saturdays so I can’t see them then. On Saturdays, I usually go shopping in Camden or walk around London.

In the evenings, I use my computera lot. I can’t listen to music becauseit wakes the children up. At home, in Hungary, I play the piano but there isn’t a piano here.

I sometimes look on the Internet for music schoolsbut they are all very expensive.

I chat to friends in Hungary and send a lot of emails to them and my family. Two of my friendswant to come to London to work as au pairs but I am worried about the idea. ‘My’ family here know people who want au pairs but I don’t know them.Are they kind? Are they friendly?I want my friends to like London and their work, not to be sad.

Read the text and choose correct answer, A, B or C.

LIVING IN ENGLAND

Part 3 – The Au Pair

Elena is a nineteen-year-old Hungarian girl. She lives in Primrose Hill, North London and she works as an au pair. She looks after the family’s two children in the morning and after school. During the day, she cleans the house, does the shopping and cooks for the family. Her working day finishes at six p.m. when the parents come home from work. Elena is happy but she knows that she is lucky.

Elena’s story:

It’s very important to find a good family. You can write to them before you get a job. Some families want you to do everything. You work nearly 24 hours a day, seven days a week! My family don’t make me work that much and at the weekendand in the evenings I’m free. I eat with the family, I have a nice bedroomin their house and they take me on holiday.I also get £60 a week ‘pocketmoney’. It’s OK. Some people get £80 or even £100 but they don’t get food or holidays.

In my free time, I go to a languageschool to learnEnglish and to meet people.There are four au pairs in my class and I like meeting them. We often go to the park on Sundaysbut I’m the only one who is free on Saturdays so I can’t see them then. On Saturdays, I usually go shopping in Camden or walk around London.

In the evenings, I use my computera lot. I can’t listen to music becauseit wakes the children up. At home, in Hungary, I play the piano but there isn’t a piano here.

I sometimes look on the Internet for music schoolsbut they are all very expensive.

I chat to friends in Hungary and send a lot of emails to them and my family. Two of my friendswant to come to London to work as au pairs but I am worried about the idea. ‘My’ family here know people who want au pairs but I don’t know them.Are they kind? Are they friendly?I want my friends to like London and their work, not to be sad.

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 What are male TV newsreaders like?

NO  TO  TVSEXISM!

Do you watch the news on television? Do you ever think: 'Why are the men middle-aged and serious but thewomen are young and attractive?' Where are all themiddle-aged women? The news is a seriousprogramme. It isn’t a fashion show. We don’t watch it for fun, but because we wantto know what is happening in the world. Whenwe watch the news,we need to know that the stories are true and that the peoplereading the news can tell us clearly and calmly what is happeningand why.

So, why do TV companies only employ attractive, slim young women?The answer is sexism! They look at themale newsreaders and see peoplewho are intelligent and serious.They don’t have to be handsomeor young. The female newsreaders are there for a differentreason. The TV companies think that men just want to look at them. Theyhave to be attractive for the male viewers watching.

They also have to wear elegant clothes and have nice hairstylesfor the female viewers.

This is a very old-fashioned and wrong way of looking at women and their place in society.It tells women that when they reach middle-age we don’t want them. It also tells girls not to worry about studying. They just needto worry about their appearance. That’s the best way for them to get on in life. Only we can change this situation.

Sign your name below to show your opinions. I say ‘no’ to TV sexism.

HelenChatteris Craig Simons

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 Why do people watch the news? 

NO  TO  TVSEXISM!

Do you watch the news on television? Do you ever think: 'Why are the men middle-aged and serious but thewomen are young and attractive?' Where are all themiddle-aged women? The news is a seriousprogramme. It isn’t a fashion show. We don’t watch it for fun, but because we wantto know what is happening in the world. Whenwe watch the news,we need to know that the stories are true and that the peoplereading the news can tell us clearly and calmly what is happeningand why.

So, why do TV companies only employ attractive, slim young women?The answer is sexism! They look at themale newsreaders and see peoplewho are intelligent and serious.They don’t have to be handsomeor young. The female newsreaders are there for a differentreason. The TV companies think that men just want to look at them. Theyhave to be attractive for the male viewers watching.

They also have to wear elegant clothes and have nice hairstylesfor the female viewers.

This is a very old-fashioned and wrong way of looking at women and their place in society.It tells women that when they reach middle-age we don’t want them. It also tells girls not to worry about studying. They just needto worry about their appearance. That’s the best way for them to get on in life. Only we can change this situation.

Sign your name below to show your opinions. I say ‘no’ to TV sexism.

HelenChatteris Craig Simons

Read the text and answer the question:

 What kind of women do TV companies employ? 

NO  TO  TVSEXISM!

Do you watch the news on television? Do you ever think: 'Why are the men middle-aged and serious but thewomen are young and attractive?' Where are all themiddle-aged women? The news is a seriousprogramme. It isn’t a fashion show. We don’t watch it for fun, but because we wantto know what is happening in the world. Whenwe watch the news,we need to know that the stories are true and that the peoplereading the news can tell us clearly and calmly what is happeningand why.

So, why do TV companies only employ attractive, slim young women?The answer is sexism! They look at themale newsreaders and see peoplewho are intelligent and serious.They don’t have to be handsomeor young. The female newsreaders are there for a differentreason. The TV companies think that men just want to look at them. Theyhave to be attractive for the male viewers watching.

They also have to wear elegant clothes and have nice hairstylesfor the female viewers.

This is a very old-fashioned and wrong way of looking at women and their place in society.It tells women that when they reach middle-age we don’t want them. It also tells girls not to worry about studying. They just needto worry about their appearance. That’s the best way for them to get on in life. Only we can change this situation.

Sign your name below to show your opinions. I say ‘no’ to TV sexism.

HelenChatteris Craig Simons

Read the text about An Amazing Walk. Choose the answer

ANAMAZING WALK

School textbooks are full of stories about Columbus and Magellan and their journeys across the world. Perhaps Dave Kunst should be in there too.

On June 20th, 1970, Dave and his brother John left their home in Minnesota on foot, with their mule, Willie Makeit. On October 5th, 1974, Dave returned home after walking all the way round the world. But, was he the first person to do this? George Schilling walked from 1897 to 1904 but no one is sure if he walked the whole way or not. Dumitru Dan, from Romania, certainly walked around the world between 1911 and1923 but he had to stop for several years because of the First World War. Dave was the first person to complete the whole walk in one journey and that’s why he is the most famous of the three.

Dave walked a total of 23,255 km through 13 countries. To start, Dave and John walked east to New York and thenflew across the Atlantic to Lisbon in Portugal. From there, they walked acrossEurope, into Turkey where they entered Asia. In Afghanistan, bandits attackedthe two brothers with guns. Sadly, John was badly shot and died and Dave spentfour months in hospital recovering.

When he was better, his other brother, Peter, came to join him and they continued into Pakistan and the famous Khyber Pass. They crossed India to Calcutta and from there crossed the Indian Ocean to Australia. They had to leave Willie Makeit behind because animals can’t enter Australia but, when they arrived in Perth, the Australians gave them a new mule.

Halfway across Australia, Peter had to return home to work and Dave was alone but he soon met a school teacher called Jenni who travelled with him all the way to Sydney. Dave said goodbye to her there and took his final flight to California. From there it was an ‘easy’ 2,500km home on his own!

Thestory has a happy ending. Soon after he finished the walk, Dave returned toAustralia and, a year later, he and Jenni got married.

Read the text about An Amazing Walk. Choose the answer

ANAMAZING WALK

School textbooks are full of stories about Columbus and Magellan and their journeys across the world. Perhaps Dave Kunst should be in there too.

On June 20th, 1970, Dave and his brother John left their home in Minnesota on foot, with their mule, Willie Makeit. On October 5th, 1974, Dave returned home after walking all the way round the world. But, was he the first person to do this? George Schilling walked from 1897 to 1904 but no one is sure if he walked the whole way or not. Dumitru Dan, from Romania, certainly walked around the world between 1911 and1923 but he had to stop for several years because of the First World War. Dave was the first person to complete the whole walk in one journey and that’s why he is the most famous of the three.

Dave walked a total of 23,255 km through 13 countries. To start, Dave and John walked east to New York and thenflew across the Atlantic to Lisbon in Portugal. From there, they walked acrossEurope, into Turkey where they entered Asia. In Afghanistan, bandits attackedthe two brothers with guns. Sadly, John was badly shot and died and Dave spentfour months in hospital recovering.

When he was better, his other brother, Peter, came to join him and they continued into Pakistan and the famous Khyber Pass. They crossed India to Calcutta and from there crossed the Indian Ocean to Australia. They had to leave Willie Makeit behind because animals can’t enter Australia but, when they arrived in Perth, the Australians gave them a new mule.

Halfway across Australia, Peter had to return home to work and Dave was alone but he soon met a school teacher called Jenni who travelled with him all the way to Sydney. Dave said goodbye to her there and took his final flight to California. From there it was an ‘easy’ 2,500km home on his own!

Thestory has a happy ending. Soon after he finished the walk, Dave returned toAustralia and, a year later, he and Jenni got married.

Read the text about An Amazing Walk. Choose the answer

ANAMAZING WALK

School textbooks are full of stories about Columbus and Magellan and their journeys across the world. Perhaps Dave Kunst should be in there too.

On June 20th, 1970, Dave and his brother John left their home in Minnesota on foot, with their mule, Willie Makeit. On October 5th, 1974, Dave returned home after walking all the way round the world. But, was he the first person to do this? George Schilling walked from 1897 to 1904 but no one is sure if he walked the whole way or not. Dumitru Dan, from Romania, certainly walked around the world between 1911 and1923 but he had to stop for several years because of the First World War. Dave was the first person to complete the whole walk in one journey and that’s why he is the most famous of the three.

Dave walked a total of 23,255 km through 13 countries. To start, Dave and John walked east to New York and thenflew across the Atlantic to Lisbon in Portugal. From there, they walked acrossEurope, into Turkey where they entered Asia. In Afghanistan, bandits attackedthe two brothers with guns. Sadly, John was badly shot and died and Dave spentfour months in hospital recovering.

When he was better, his other brother, Peter, came to join him and they continued into Pakistan and the famous Khyber Pass. They crossed India to Calcutta and from there crossed the Indian Ocean to Australia. They had to leave Willie Makeit behind because animals can’t enter Australia but, when they arrived in Perth, the Australians gave them a new mule.

Halfway across Australia, Peter had to return home to work and Dave was alone but he soon met a school teacher called Jenni who travelled with him all the way to Sydney. Dave said goodbye to her there and took his final flight to California. From there it was an ‘easy’ 2,500km home on his own!

Thestory has a happy ending. Soon after he finished the walk, Dave returned toAustralia and, a year later, he and Jenni got married.

Read the text about An Amazing Walk. Choose the answer

AMAZING SAILING

There have been many famous sailors in history. The ones we generally read about in history books were, of course, all men! Here we tell the stories of three pioneering women who showed women are just as brave as men when it comes to sailing around the world.

Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz from Poland was the first woman to sail solo around the world. She sailed from the Canary Islands in February 1976, and returned there on 21 April 1978,completing a 57,719 km journey, sailing from east to west. The voyage took 401 days. She returned to Poland in June 1978, and she is still a national hero there.

Naomi James was the first woman to sailsolo around the world via the dangerous seas off Cape Horn in South Africa. Sheleft the UK on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8June 1978 after 272 days. Naomi was born in New Zealand and couldn’t swim untilshe was 23 years old! During her voyage, she had no radio for many weeks socouldn’t call for help.

Kay Cottee from Australia was part of a sailing-mad family and went sailing for the first time when she was only a few weeks old! She became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and without any help. She completed her journey on 5 June 1988 after 189 days at sea. Tens of thousands of people waited to cheer her as she arrived. It was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman. In the Southern Ocean, Cottee was washed into the ocean but got back onto her boat. When she passed Cape Horn, the southernmost part of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and bread, and a bottle of Australian wine.

As well as being an amazing sailor, Cottee raised over $1 million for charity! After her trip, she also went on an 18-month schools tour around Australia, speaking to more than 40,000 high school students. She wanted to give them the important message that you can make your dreams come true if you work hard and work carefully towards them.

Read the text about An Amazing Walk. Choose the answer

AMAZING SAILING

There have been many famous sailors in history. The ones we generally read about in history books were, of course, all men! Here we tell the stories of three pioneering women who showed women are just as brave as men when it comes to sailing around the world.

Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz from Poland was the first woman to sail solo around the world. She sailed from the Canary Islands in February 1976, and returned there on 21 April 1978,completing a 57,719 km journey, sailing from east to west. The voyage took 401 days. She returned to Poland in June 1978, and she is still a national hero there.

Naomi James was the first woman to sailsolo around the world via the dangerous seas off Cape Horn in South Africa. Sheleft the UK on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8June 1978 after 272 days. Naomi was born in New Zealand and couldn’t swim untilshe was 23 years old! During her voyage, she had no radio for many weeks socouldn’t call for help.

Kay Cottee from Australia was part of a sailing-mad family and went sailing for the first time when she was only a few weeks old! She became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and without any help. She completed her journey on 5 June 1988 after 189 days at sea. Tens of thousands of people waited to cheer her as she arrived. It was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman. In the Southern Ocean, Cottee was washed into the ocean but got back onto her boat. When she passed Cape Horn, the southernmost part of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and bread, and a bottle of Australian wine.

As well as being an amazing sailor, Cottee raised over $1 million for charity! After her trip, she also went on an 18-month schools tour around Australia, speaking to more than 40,000 high school students. She wanted to give them the important message that you can make your dreams come true if you work hard and work carefully towards them.

Read the text about An Amazing Walk. Choose the answer

AMAZING SAILING

There have been many famous sailors in history. The ones we generally read about in history books were, of course, all men! Here we tell the stories of three pioneering women who showed women are just as brave as men when it comes to sailing around the world.

Krystyna Chojnowska-Liskiewicz from Poland was the first woman to sail solo around the world. She sailed from the Canary Islands in February 1976, and returned there on 21 April 1978,completing a 57,719 km journey, sailing from east to west. The voyage took 401 days. She returned to Poland in June 1978, and she is still a national hero there.

Naomi James was the first woman to sailsolo around the world via the dangerous seas off Cape Horn in South Africa. Sheleft the UK on 9 September 1977 and finished her voyage around the globe on 8June 1978 after 272 days. Naomi was born in New Zealand and couldn’t swim untilshe was 23 years old! During her voyage, she had no radio for many weeks socouldn’t call for help.

Kay Cottee from Australia was part of a sailing-mad family and went sailing for the first time when she was only a few weeks old! She became the first woman to sail round the world alone non-stop and without any help. She completed her journey on 5 June 1988 after 189 days at sea. Tens of thousands of people waited to cheer her as she arrived. It was also the fastest sailing trip around the world by a woman. In the Southern Ocean, Cottee was washed into the ocean but got back onto her boat. When she passed Cape Horn, the southernmost part of South America, she celebrated with a lunch of crab, mayonnaise and bread, and a bottle of Australian wine.

As well as being an amazing sailor, Cottee raised over $1 million for charity! After her trip, she also went on an 18-month schools tour around Australia, speaking to more than 40,000 high school students. She wanted to give them the important message that you can make your dreams come true if you work hard and work carefully towards them.