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Inventions

Advertising Dr. Woolley’s inventions:

Create an advertisement for one of Dr. Woolley’s inventions, such as his warm
clothes pegs, or any other imaginative but useless invention he might have
created.

Use some of the following advertising techniques: Short and appealing sentences;
The imperative
Adjectives
Eye-catching layout
Repetitions
Onomatopoeia
Metaphors
Alliterations
Images / drawings
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Signs

His girl! Fiona couldn't stand him. She told me she thought he was a show-off and a bully. But that wasn't going to help me. If he wanted to flatten me he would get me in the end. Bullying is a serious problem in many schools; that is why the following sign can be found in some of them. Example:
YOU BIG BULLY, WHY DON’T YOU PICK ON
SOMEONE YOUR OWN SIZE?
MIND THE GAP
BEWARE OF THE DOG
TAKE CARE – PICKPOCKETS ABOUT
NO SMOKING
LOOK RIGHT
STAND ON THE RIGHT
QUIET PLEASE
NO SWIMMING
NO TRESPASSING
NO FOOD ALLOWED
DON’T LEAVE YOUR LUGGAGE
UNATTENDED
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Phrasal Verbs

This is a list of phrasal verbs. All of them appear in the short story.
Phrasal verbs
e) to suggest or think of an idea or plan h) to use a switch to change a device from one o) to use a switch to change a device from one r) to treat someone as they are not important or Bingo – Phrasal verb Style!

Pick up a card. Listen to the definitions and then look for the corresponding
phrasal verb. When you think you can connect a phrasal verb with a
definition, mark the phrasal verb on the card. When you have all the phrasal
verbs on the card marked, say ‘Bingo’!

laugh fade

laugh break

laugh turn
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Glossary English - English
The definitions offered below are correct for the context of the story, but may differ in other
contexts.


be over
someone who uses strength or power to intimidate others by fear come up with
fade away
spy or an informer who betrays his friends or partners get rid of
keep an eye out for
infectious disease causing swelling of salivary glands (papeira) nasty leer
the line where the hair on the head is parted rightful
past tense and past participle of sneak – to go unnoticed struggle
any of various Australian trees or shrubs of the genus Acacia The Copy
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Glossary English - Portuguese
The definitions offered below are correct for the context of the story, but may differ in other
contexts.
alguém que usa a força e o poder para intimidar outros come up with
fade away desaparecer lentamente
fancy
get rid of
keep an eye out for estar alerta
mumps
nasty leer
rightful
sneak up esgueirar-se
snuck
struggle
árvore australiana do género da acácia.

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