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1. Walt Disney grew up on a farm. He loved to draw animals. Later, he wanted to get a job as a cartoonist for a newspaper. He was not successful. Then he got a job to make cartoons for movies. This was near new business at that time. Disney liked this idea. Hollywood was a better place for this new business.

2. Walt Disney moved to Hollywood. He started his own movie company in 1923. In 1928 he made his first movie about Mickey Mouse. It was a big success. Then he made a movie about Donald Duck. Walt Disney continued to make long cartoon movies like Snow White and the Seven Dwarf Bambi, and Sleeping Beauty. His movies company was the biggest maker of cartoons in the world. Later, he made children’s movies like Mary Poppins with real actors.

3. In 1954, Disney started to build Disneyland in California. In the first two months, over a million people came to Disneyland. It was a huge success. Disney planned to open a larger Disney park in Florida. He didn’t see it open. He died in 1966.walt Disney World opened in Florida in 1971   Today, there are Disney parks in Tokyo, Japan, and outside Paris, France. People all over the world enjoy Walt Disney’s characters and stories.

One word in each sentence is not correct. Rewrite these sentences using the correct words. (beginners)

1. Disney wanted to get a job as a producer for a newspaper.

2. He started his own newspaper company in 1923.

3. Disney made children’s movies with real cartoons.

4. People all over the world enjoy Walt Disney’s actors and stories.

Answer the following questions (pre-intermediate):1. Did Walt Disney always like what he was doing?

2. What was the second movie he created?

3. What countries have Disney Parks?

4. What are the famous Disney characters?

Read the text and answer the following question:

What information can a DNA test give you?

What can genealogy tell you about?

What does a family tree show you?

What can you find in public records?

Board Games Beginners Pre - Intermediate

Have the role of a simple player

Have the role of a player and mentor for the “beginners”

Listening Beginners Pre -

Intermediate

Listen and select the correct

option

Listen and fill –in the missing wordsListen and answer the questions

When he was 17, James Cook worked in a bank / shop. He didn’t like it. He dreamt of being a navigator, so he studied maths /cooking and astrology / astronomy. He became a sailor and then a master and Commander in the Royal navy. In the 1760s, Cook made the first maps of Newfoundland. Then, in 1769 /1779, the British Admiralty decided to send a secret expedition to find Terra Australis Nondum Cognita (modern Austria / Australia). Europeans thought another continent existed – Magellan wrote about land in the area, but he didn’t know where exactly it was. Cook found Australia and drew maps of Australia and India / New Zealand too. He made maps of many places all over the world. He was killed in 1779 on the island of Hawaii / Elba.

When he was 17, James Cook worked in a ___________. He didn’t like it. He dreamt of being a navigator, so he studied ___________ and ___________. He became a sailor and then a master and Commander in the Royal navy. In the 1760s, Cook made the first maps of Newfoundland. Then, in ___________, the British Admiralty decided to send a secret expedition to find Terra Australis Nondum Cognita (modern ___________). Europeans thought another continent existed – ___________ wrote about land in the area, but he didn’t know where exactly it was. Cook found Australia and drew maps of Australia and ___________ too. He made maps of many places all over the world. He was killed in 1779 on the island of ___________.

Answer the following questions (pre-intermediate) :What school subjects did James Cook study?

What “land” did James Cook discover?

Who else wrote about this “land” before it was discovered?

Where did James Cook die?

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