The Tower of London

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Module 8 - 4th Reading Text

Interviewer        : ... and now, let's meet Emma Black. Emma's thirteen and she wants to be a magician. So, Emma, tell me - when did you start doing magic tricks?

Emma                : When I was four. It was my fourth birthday and my uncle gave me a box of magic tricks. He showed me how to do some of the tricks and I did them for my mum and dad and my friends. Then, when I was six, I started going to classes for Young Magicians on Saturday mornings. Now I go to Young Magicians' classes twice a week, on Monday evenings and Saturday afternoons.

Interviewer        : And what do you do at the classes?

Emma                : Well, the teachers are all really good magicians. They teach us a lot of magic tricks and help us practice them. We have to learn two new tricks every month and do them really well. Then, we perform our new tricks in front of the other students. And one of the teachers films us. When we watch the film later, we can see what we're doing right and what we're doing wrong. The teachers give us marks for each trick. The highest mark is fifteen. Last week, I got thirteen marks for my new card trick. Card tricks are my favourite tricks.

Interviewer        : Right. And do you dress up in special clothes when you perform your tricks?

Emma                : Oh yes. I love wearing my magician's clothes. When I'm performing, I wear black trousers, a bright red jacket and a fantastic gold hat. And, of course, I use a black magic stick when I'm doing my tricks!

Interviewer        : And do you have to practice at home?

Emma                : Yes, that's very important. We have to practice about two hours every day. I usually practice for an hour before I go to school and an hour when I come home.

Interviewer        : Well, that's really interesting. Emma. I hope you …

Taken from: Testbook_Challenges 2_Pearson Longman

Module 8 - 3rd Reading Text

1.       Hi, John. It's Anna. I'm on the bus with Pete. I'm sorry, but we're a bit late. There isn't time for us to come to your house so let's meet at the cinema at seven o'clock. Oh, and can you get our tickets please? The film starts at quarter past seven. Thanks. See you soon. Bye.

2.       Hi, Auntie Sue! It's Adam here. I've got some great news. I won a singing competition in London last night and somebody made a video of the competition - isn't that cool? A lot of the people were nervous before they performed but I wasn't. I really enjoyed it. I took three songs with me and I sang two of them. Would you like to come to our house this evening and watch the video? Let me know. Bye for now.

3.       This is the Theatre Royal. We are sorry that the theatre is closed this week, but next week we have the fantastic musical 'Billy Elliott' here. Performances are every evening from Monday the 3rd of October to Saturday the 8th of October. Performances start at seven thirty and finish about quarter past ten. Tickets are £18 for adults and £15 for children under twelve.

4.       This is the Tourist Information Office. Here is a list of events in town for this week. First, we have the famous Circus Oz in the park. They are here for one week only from the 1st to the 7th of July. There are two performances every day at three o'clock and seven thirty. Tickets are 87.50 for adults, £5.00 for children from four to ten and the circus is completely free for younger children. So you don't have to pay for children under four! The second event this week is a concert ....

Taken from: Testbook_Challenges 2_Longman Pearson