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Unit 1
Kids and sport
 A popular sport
The main reason why people take up a sport is to enjoy them selves while others like to get fitter and stronger. Whatever sport you try, remember that you don’t have to be good at it to enjoy it, taking part is fun. Sports also give you lots of opportunities to meet people and make new friends.
One of the most popular sports you can take part in is table tennis, it is very well-known and a lot of people enjoy it. It’s an indoor game, and can be played by two or four players. Anyone can play it, men, women, or mixed.
Table tennis is an easy sport, it starts when one of the players hits a small light ball using a bat. The ball goes back and forth across a table divided by a low net, until a player makes a shot that an opponent is unable to return.
Try playing table tennis and you’ll like it!
Volleyball is an interesting team sport that was invented by William G.Morgan in America in 1895. It is played by twelve players (six players in each team).
It is played in a court which is 9 by 18m and divided into two sides by a net. It is based on hitting the ball back and forth over the net.
Volleyball is easy to play and a lot of people enjoy it. An estimated 800 million people play it throughout the world.
Unit 1
Kids and sport
 A famous athlete (sport player)
Diego Maradona is an Argentinean footballer. He has been playing football for twenty years since he was fifteen years old. He started playing football on the street when he was young. One day a man from the local club was watching him playing, so he asked him to join the club, and he became famous. Maradona is enthusiastic about most sports, but he is crazy about football.
Maradona trains about 3 hours a day, 5 days a week. The training sessions start at 4 o’clock and last until 7 o’clock.
Being addicted to sports, Maradona faces many problems. He worries about injuries a lot, he has broken his leg many times! Another problem is that he travels a lot so he doesn’t have any time for his family and friends.
Maradona has participated in lots of matches and many world competitions and he has won many cups and awards. He has always believed that one day he will become the most famous sport player in the world!
Unit 2
Having it done
 A letter about winning a prize!
P.O. Box XXX,
XXX, Bahrain
20th March, 2002
Dear XXX,
Hi, how are you? I hope you’re fine. I’m writing this letter to tell you about what happened to me last week. I won the number one prize in the lottery.
I’m very happy at the moment, because I won 1,000,000 dollars. I was told by my friend that my name was in the newspaper and that I’ve won the first prize. I couldn’t believe it at first. I still can’t believe it and I’m over the moon about it. I became rich!
I haven’t got a clue about what I’ll do with the money yet, but I have some plans to improve my life. First of all, I will give some of the money to my parents, and I’ll give some for charity. I will go on a spending spree in Seef Mall and I’ll buy a lot of clothes and records. I will also spend some of the money on my room. I’m going to have it painted in blue, and I will have my furniture changed. One more thing I want to do is to save some money for the future.
Anyway, I have to leave now, hoping to hear from you soon…
XXXX
Unit 4
Expedition
 Writing about an explorer
James Cook is a famous captain and explorer. He was born in 1782. He was married to Elizabeth Batts and had 6 children. He served in the Royal Navy for 13 years and dies in 1779. Cook had many expeditions, one of the most famous expeditions was in 1776 when he left England in two ships called “Resolution” and “Discovery” to try to find a route around North America. He sailed to the Pacific ocean and discovered the Hawaiian islands in 1778. He also sailed north along the west coast of America and got very close to Alaska.
Cook faced a few problems during his trip. He couldn’t finish it because he was forced back by the ice. He also got in a scuffle with the Hawaiians over a stolen boat and not only that… He got killed in that scuffle!
Cook is known for his many achievements and discoveries that led to Australia, New Zealand and many South Pacific islands. Many of the places he discovered are named after him and became British Colonies. Cook is now remembered as a skilled navigator and a great explorer.
Unit 4
Expedition
Christopher Columbus is a sailor and an explorer who was born in Italy in 1451. Spain’s queen and king gave him three ships and money to sail and bring rich cargoes of gold, spice and treasure. He left Spain in 1492 and sailed to west across the Atlantic Ocean. Columbus reached an island in the Americas and in the Bahamas, and he found main America in 1498.
Columbus faced some problems on his way, because the ship sailed for three weeks without seeing any land and the crew became afraid.
Columbus was the first European to enter and explore the Caribbean Sea, and he made four voyaged to the Americas. He died in 1506.
Unit 5
A series of misfortunes
 Writing about a series of misfortunes
Last week, I went with my cousins Ben, Paul and Angie on a picnic. We stopped our car near a beautiful farm. It looked great for picnic. We walked around the farm enjoying the views. My dog Snoopy was enjoying himself running here and there. We came across a field of golden wheat, it seemed ready for harvest. As we walked across it, we had our picnic of fruit, chicken nuggets and some cokes. As we continued to walk, we came across a gate. We opened it and ignored a sign to close the door behind us. The cows inside went outside their field and headed to the road. Snoopy saw some sheep and soon it was chasing them. They were running everywhere. In fact, one of the lambs fell in the river. Suddenly, we heard someone shouting. It was the farmer. We felt really frightened and ran to our car. We were just about to get into our car when we found out that we had a flat tire. We stopped. We didn’t know what to do. The farmer came to us. He was really angry about the damage we had made to the farm. It was the worst picnic we had ever had.
Unit 5
A series of misfortunes
 Writing a letter about a series of misfortunes
P.O. Box XXX,
Manama,
Bahrain
1st April 2002
Dear Richard,
Hi, how are you? I hope you’re fine. I have been staying in bed for a few days because I broke my ankle last Wednesday. Let me tell you how it happened.
If I hadn’t watched the film and slept late, none of the things that I’m going to say would have happened. Last Wednesday, I got up late and unfortunately missed the school bus. Neither of my parents could help me that day. My dad was away on business and my mother goes to work early on Wednesdays. After thinking for a while, I decided to walk to school. While I was walking, a man stopped his car and offered to give me a lift up the hill. I accepted his offer because I was late. When we arrived to school, the man stopped his car where there was a huge hole in the pavement. I didn’t see the hole because I was turning round to thank him, so I caught my foot in the hole and fell. If I had been careful I wouldn’t have broken my ankle.
That’s all for now. I have to call my classmate to ask him about today’s homework. I have to stay in bed for one week.
Write to me soon.
Yours,
John.
Unit 6
Exploring The Past
 Writing about life in Bahrain in the past
Life in Bahrain is not as it used to be 50 years ago, everything was different.
The houses, for example were made of stones and woods and they used to be smaller. Women used to stay at home to do the housework with their daughters, while their sons used to help their fathers in their work out of the house. The men used to grow plants like fruit and vegetables, and they also used to dive and go fishing. The boys used to go to school, while the girls used to stay at home and learn the Holy Qura’an. The food was different, people used to dry fruit and fish. The cooking equipment used to be simple. People used to get water from wells and springs. They didn’t take medicines, they used herbs instead. The roads in Bahrain used to be narrow and there weren’t many cars. People used to walk or ride donkeys to move from a place to another. Well, that’s all about life in Bahrain 50 years ago.
I like modern life much more, because everything is easier now and people don’t have to make a lot of effort to do simple things. There are advantages and disadvantages about the past and the modern life, but I like my life now more than the past life… Well, that’s my opinion!
Unit 6
Exploring The Past
 Writing a letter about the Iron Age village
P.O Box XXX,
Manama, Bahrain
17/4/2002
Dear XXXX,
Hi, how are you? I didn’t hear from you for a long time. Let me tell you about my news.
My family and 10 other families are spending unusual three months. We are taking part in an experiment being carried out by some archeologist to understand more about life during the Iron Age (500 BC – 800 AD). We have left our town to live in a recreation of an Iron Age village.
Each one of us has responsibilities. My father spends most of his time chopping woods, he thinks it’s hard work but he enjoys it. My mother spends her time preparing food for everybody, but she can’t cook easily because she doesn’t know how to use the equipment and the lay oven available here. Sometimes she feels like giving up and going home. John is having a great time fetching the water in buckets, and helping my father chop woods. He stays it’s hard work, but he likes it. I’m having a very good time. I enjoy sitting round the fire at night when everybody tells each other stories. Although I’m having fun here, there are things I dislike about living in the village. I don’t like wearing the rough clothes and I also don’t like grinding wheat. I miss my normal like, I miss TV, ice-cream, chocolate and school.
Anyway there is no use complaining because we must get used to living here for a while. I must stop now.
Best wishes,
XXXX
Unit 9
Back To the Future
 Writing about the future
This morning I got up early and soon I was ready for school. While I was waiting for the school bus, I started to think what life would be like in the year 2500.
First of all, I thought of clothes. I think we will be wearing clothes that change according to the weather, they make us feel warm when it’s cold, and feel cool when the weather is hot. After that, I started to think of food. The food will have changed by then. We will be eating pills instead of fruit and vegetables, and we will eat canned food that can be prepared quickly. Another thing I thought about was studying. We won’t be going to schools, because by then school will have been cancelled. Students will be studying through the internet. People will have been studying for 2 years by that time to get any collage degree. I also thought about other things that might change in my life. I will be moving from a place to another by cars that move by the solar system. They won’t need petrol so there will be less pollution. I will also be able to travel to different planets by spaceships, or I might be able to take a ride to the moon! In my free time I will shopping through the internet and listening to music. I will also be playing some interesting video games. I will be visiting my friends all the time, and using tiny mobile phones to contact them. I will also be seeing them by satellite.
I think that life in the future will be easier and everything will be done quickly. I wish I could live in the year 2500. It will be an interesting life.
Unit 10
Bogeymen
 Writing about a dream (#1)
I usually don’t remember my dreams, but last night I had the most frightening dream of my life. Let me tell you about it.
I dreamt that I was walking in a very dark street, somewhere like a forest or a jungle where all I could hear were strange noises of strange animals. I ran around to find someone to help but all I saw was my shadow stretching in front of me. I felt so scared and didn’t know what to do, so I started running not knowing where to go. I knew that something was running behind me and I guessed it was an enormous creature because I could hear its footsteps. I ran faster but unfortunately there was a big lake in front of me. I had no choice except to jump in it, and that was exactly what I did.
Suddenly, I woke up sweating and out of breath as if I was running all night! I felt very happy when I knew it was just a dream.
Unit 10
Bogeyman
 Writing about a dream (#2)
Last night I had a very strange and funny dream. Let me tell you about it.
I dreamt that I was in the car with my brother, we were going out for dinner. I closed the car’s door on my skirt by mistake. When I realized that, I decided to open the door to pull my skirt into the car. I was silly enough to think that I could open the car’s door while my brother was still driving!
The car was so fast and as soon as I opened the door, I fell out of the car! I was lying right in the middle of the road screaming loudly because I was so scared. My brother was so frightened and he got out of the car quickly to check if I was alright. I couldn’t move because half of my body was under the car! I was in so much pain. A lot of people got out of their cars and stood next to our car to see what happened. They called the ambulance and soon I was taken to the hospital.
Suddenly, I woke up screaming and laughing at the same time. I was very happy when I knew it was just a dream.
Unit 11
For Better or Worse
 Writing about marriage
Marriage is a sacred engagement between a man and a woman. By marriage, a person can build up his own family, as everyone in this life like to have. Thus, marriage ceremonies have differed nowadays from what it used to be like in the past.
In the past, girls used to get married at early age, and without seeing the person she’s getting married to. People used to celebrate their marriage ceremonies in tents, houses, or on the roof of the house. Celebration of the marriage used to last seven days, in which the bride used to wear different dresses every day with the two colours red and green. One night was called “Henna night”. All the brides and bridegroom’s families and friends design their hands with wonderful designs. The bridegroom used to pay all the expenses of the ceremony. In the morning of the wedding day, they used to sacrifice sheep to bless the wedding.
Nowadays, wedding is slightly different from what it used to be. First of all, the bride chooses the man she wants to be engaged with. Girls must see their future husband before getting married, and sometimes they have loved each other before marriage. Wedding ceremonies usually last for two days. One is for “Henna” as in the past, and the other night is the wedding ceremony, where it usually takes place in hotels, clubs, houses or even modern tents. Nowadays celebrating wedding ceremonies costs a lot. The couple usually travels to spend their honeymoon.
Personally, I prefer celebrating my marriage as they used to do it in the past because I like to keep on our traditional customs and habits.[/align:72f9e2ce93]
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