HALLOWEEN READING

• When do people celebrate Halloween?

People celebrate Hallowen on 31st October.

• Why did people dress like devils?

The people dress like devils because to keep them away.

• Why did people keep the day of Halloween?

They keep the day of Halloween for fun.            

• What do people put inside the pumpkin with the cutting face?

  Then they put a candle inside of it.           

• Where do they put jack-o'-lantern?

  They put jack-o'-lantern in the window.

• Why do they use the lantern?

  They use them to scare ghost.

• What do people give the children when they go from house to house?

  The people give them candies, cookies or fruit.

THE BUTTERFLY CIRCUS

• Write down in your notebook how Will (the main character) is described in the first circus.

He is described as a monster, a perversion of nature, a limbless man.

• What do people do when they see him? What does Mendez say to him?

People laugh at him and Mendez tell him are magnificient.

• Which acts can you see in Mendez's circus? (Mention at least one of them).

In Mendez's circus I can see:
-The strongest man in the world.
-Anna Queen of world.
-Poppy the master of the flying trapeze.
-The contorsionan man.
-The limbless swimming men.

• Describe the problem of one of the artists in the circus.

The problem of one of the artists in the circus is the Queen of the air. She was a progmant prostitute.

• What do children say to Will after his show?

Children's say to him: Are you scared, how did you do that? It's so high. A boy nyes him and his mum says think. 

• What does butterfly circus mean?

At first the butterfly, is a cocoan and later butterfly comes out and starts flying and this means evolution and freedom. I think they choose. This name for the circus because people who work there have found their abilities and they have evoluted.

VALIDATION

• Where does Hugh Newman work? 

He works in a park car.

• Try to write down in your notebook at least three or four accomplishments he makes to clients.

Hugh says to his clients: 
- "You you are fabulous"
- "You have amazing cheeks"
- "That suitis fantastic, it flatters you"

• What is the name of the girl Hugh falls in love with? Where does she work?

It's called Victoria and she works the photographer.

• What happens to her at work?

She is fired because people smile in her photos.

• Why doesn't she smile at first? What is it which happens that makes her smile again?

She doesn't smile at first because his mother is sick. Hugh made her mother smile and she smiled again, too.

TELL ME ABOUT YOURSELF

Hello, my name is Michelle Valdivia. I'm seventeen years old. I'm from Catalonia and I live in Balaguer. My family is big I live with my dad, my mum and my brother. I like listening to music, go partying with my friends and I also like meeting my friends and having fun with them. I'm studying this vocational training course because I like helping people. I hope to learn new vocabulary.

That's all about me.