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Te e n Mary Flagan Stage 3 Readers Val s Diary Eli Readers is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics and specially-written stories for learners of English.

1 Te e n Mary Flagan Stage 3 Readers Val s Diary Eli Readers is a beautifully illustrated series of timeless classics and specially-written stories for learners of English. Mary Flagan Val s Diary In this reader you will ﬁnd: - Focus on - Glossary of difficult words - Comprehension activities Tags Family - PET-style activities - Test yourself - An audio recording of the story Love & Friendship VAL S DIARY She tells her diary all about herself, her moods, her emotions and her dreams. This country holiday is really boring and she can t stand it, but don t despair something very exciting will happen soon, thanks to Luke and the others! MARY FLAGAN School s over at last! Summer holidays are here but who wants to spend them in the countryside? Not Val, of course! She hates the country, but eventually she ll change her mind. Guess why! Read her diary and ﬁnd out. Stage 3 I llustrated by Laura Ferracioli Holidays Stage 1 Elementary 600 headwords A1 Movers Stage 2 Pre-Intermediate 800 headwords A2 Flyers/KET Stage 3 Intermediate 1000 headwords B1 PET BN IS 97 RS -3 l. E.r. AD 02 I s E ry 05 EL LI R Dia 36E l s 8-5 EN Va 8-8 TE with Audio CD with Booklet Te e n E L I R e a d e r s Original B1 Te e n Readers

2 Characters Mrs Row ell Mr Row ell Mrs Perry Val Jason Luke

3 John Crane Mrs Smollett Mark Doctor Smollet t Sally

4 Chapter 1 Summer in the Country Friday, July 1 st 2 Dear Diary, It was my birthday last Saturday. What a disaster! I wanted a pair of rollerblades. And what did I get? A pair of hiking boots! Yuk! I hate the countryside. Mum was looking at me when I opened the present. Oh, Val, you re never happy! she said. Well, I wanted rollerblades not hiking boots, but I didn t say it. And I couldn t have a birthday party because school is over for the summer and all my friends are at the seaside or abroad*. Even Sally, my best friend, is away and here I m all alone with just my parents and my horrible little brother. His name is Jason and he s 12, two years younger than me. I can t* stand him. He s so annoying*! abroad in another country can t stand don t like (strong) (He s so) annoying (he) makes me angry 10

5 Val s Diary He gave me this diary for my birthday. What a stupid present! I m only writing in it because I m so bored. It s going to be an awful* summer. awful very bad

6 After-reading Activities Reading 1 Write the questions for these answers. Why does Val feel like an idiot?... Because she told him to call her and she doesn t have a phone. 1...? Luke kissed Val and she nearly drowned. 2...? In Greenhill, opposite the bus stop for the city. 3...? She wants to become a fashion designer. 4...? They were leaving because they had many things to do. 5...? She felt miserable and also confused. 2 Val s mood changes a lot. Say how she felt when... Val had to go on holiday in Greenhill.... angry 1 Val arrived in Greenhill Her father introduced her as his little girl Val bumped into him at the grocery shop Val received a note from Luke Her parents looked at a house to buy.... Grammar 3 Match the two halves of the sentences. so that although while so because and I hope he calls me... and if he doesn t I ll call him. 1 Mr and Mrs Rowell have found a dream home... they are going to move soon. 2 Val wants to be a fashion designer... Sally would like to be a detective. 3 Val did not like living in Greenhill... she doesn t want to leave now. 4 Val feels miserable... she doesn t want to lose Sally. 5 Val sends a note to Luke... he can call her. 56

7 PET-Grammar 4 Here are some sentences about the story. For each question, complete the second sentence so that it means the same as the first. Use no more than three words. Write only the missing words. Example 0 Most people still prefer personal shopping to shopping on the Internet. For most people shopping on the Internet is not personal shopping. Answer: 0 as popular as 1 Val would like to go back to the city instead of staying in Greenhill. Val. back to the city than stay in Greenhill. 2 Mrs Rowell is not able to cook a good cake. Mrs Rowell. a good cake. 3 It is likely that Luke will call Val when she is in the city. Luke. Val when she is in the city. 4 If Val goes to live in Greenhill, she will date Luke. Val will not date Luke. she goes to live in Greenhill. 5 It s a good idea for us to live in the country. We.. in the country. Writing 5 Write a letter from Val to Sally telling her all about this surprising holiday. Start like this: Dear Sally, You could never believe what happened to me in Greenhill! 57

Focus on... A World of Cakes Pastry shops, bakeries, cake shops are everybody s favourite places to stop and snoop around.

Bath Buns They were invented by Dr W. Oliver, an 18th Century physician, who treated visitors to the famous Bath Spa.

The chunks of sugar sprinkled on the top of this otherwise rather plain bun were originally sugar-coated caraway seeds.

8 Focus on... A World of Cakes Pastry shops, bakeries, cake shops are everybody s favourite places to stop and snoop around. Trouble is that all those gorgeous cakes are rarely labelled and we are forced to resort to the pointing and the One of those, please! This alphabetical list will help you out! Bath Buns They were invented by Dr W. Oliver, an 18th Century physician, who treated visitors to the famous Bath Spa. His bun proved so popular, and his patients grew so fat, that he had to invent a plain biscuit - the Bath Oliver biscuit - for his patients to eat instead. The chunks of sugar sprinkled on the top of this otherwise rather plain bun were originally sugar-coated caraway seeds. Bread n Butter Pudding In the past it was a way for poor people to use up leftover stale bread. It is actually made from slices of bread soaked in milk, with sugar, raisins and spices (cinnamon and nutmeg). It is traditionally eaten hot with custard. Belgian Buns There are several cakes (and biscuits) named after places, and the question is whether this name actually reflects their place of origin. As a matter of fact, it seems that no Italian have ever eaten or heard of a Florentine in Florence, and that the best Chelsea buns seem to be baked in Cambridge, and that Danish pastries do not bear any resemblance to pastries made in Denmark. So nobody can confirm that Belgian Buns - an iced bun with a cherry garnish - come from Belgium. 58

It also seems that Jonathan Swift visited it in 1711 and got a stale bun for a penny. The place was even patronised by George II and Queen Charlotte.

9 Chelsea Buns Was this cake called after the place of its origin? Actually, the existence in London of a place called The Chelsea Bun House in Grosvenor Row, Pimlico, but not exactly Chelsea, is proved by an old print at the British Museum. It also seems that Jonathan Swift visited it in 1711 and got a stale bun for a penny. The place was even patronised by George II and Queen Charlotte. Charles Dickens also mentions it in Barnaby Rudge (the beginning of chapter 42) and in Bleak House (chapter 53). This delicious cake is curiously square but made of a spiral of a raisin-spotted dough. It can be enjoyed in the traditional biting way, or by unrolling the spiral and nibbling as you go. Doughnuts Another cake derived from the problem of leftovers, as the first doughnuts were reportedly made to use up leftover bits of bread dough. The basic doughnut is a ball of dough, covered in sugar, with jam in the centre or a ring of dough covered in sugar. From the USA comes the habit for any kind of toppings, some involve cinnamon and chocolate. It has been made famous all over the world by Homer Simpson. Muffins Here s another big transatlantic favourite. Traditionally, it is a soft white-bread cake, split and toasted with jam on. Nowadays globalised muffins have become homebakeable cakes from a bag of already prepared self-raising flour to be bought at any supermarket. 59

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