Module 8 - 2nd Reading Text

● Saturday 11^th Aug

Well here we are in Scotland. During the journey THREE people were sick on the bus, so we’re all very happy when we arrived! The hostel is great – it’s quite small and it’s in the middle of nowhere! There are six of us in each room. No time to write more – dinner time! I’m REALLY hungry.

● Monday 13^th Aug

Yesterday started well, but then something horrible happened. In the morning we got ready to go walking. Before  we left the hostel, the teachers checked our equipment. Each group had a map and an emergency bag with a mobile phone and some food.

Our problems started when we got lost. Ben Williams decided to go and look for the others. This was a BIG mistake! We waited and waited but he didn’t come back, so we decided to use the emergency mobile. Then we suddenly remembered – Ben was carrying it!

Honestly, it was terrible. We were really scared. We tried to find the hostel but it was getting dark and we were going round in circles. After about an hour one of the teachers found us. Later, we found out that Ben had a broken leg and was in hospital.

● Wednesday 15^th Aug

We went to see Ben in hospital today. He’s okay but he’s really bored. He’ll be there for a week. His parents are travelling to Scotland – they’ll take him home when he’s a bit better.

Module 8 - 1st Reading Text

A Very Unusual Doctor

Doctor Who is one of the most famous TV shows in Britain. It's a science fiction story about an alien 'time traveller' (the Doctor) and his young assistant. They travel through space and time in a very unusual 'spaceship' – it's a blue phone box! To find out more, we have to go back many years (like the Doctor!).

The first Doctor Who show appeared on British screens in 1963. In those days, there were two kinds of phone box – red ones and special blue ones. The blue ones were for emergencies. People used them to call the police, and policemen used them, too. The writers of Doctor Who wanted the Doctor's spaceship to be an everyday object – and they picked a blue phone box (it's called 'the Tardis' in the show). These days, there aren't any blue phone boxes on British streets, but Doctor Who still travels in one!

The Tardis is always the same, but the actors often change. In the story, Doctor Who sometimes disappears, and then reappears with a different body! His assistants sometimes change, too – but his worst enemies don't. Who are they? They are metal robots on wheels, and they are called 'the Daleks'. They look and sound strange (and funny) but they always try to kill the Doctor, so they are terrifying! In the sixties, children watched the Daleks from behind the sofa. These days, they are doing the same!

 Adapted from: Workbook - Challenges 2 Pearson Longman