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Op het internet kon je je mening geven over het gebruik van mobiele telefoons. Hieronder zie je een aantal reacties. Wie is het meest positief over zijn mobiele telefoon? A Ashley Howard B BlueCamel C NeuroMuse D Sky585 $50 gift certificate * with select P R ANDOM AT&T Wireless * Services plans online. Click for details. OLL Are cell phones cool? Ashley Howard 3/8/01 5:13:09 PM Cell phones get on my nerves sometimes. Especially if people call too much. BlueCamel 3/8/01 5:14:09 PM I don't have a cell phone because why would I want my parents to be able to get in touch with me all the time. NeuroMuse 3/8/01 5:05:53 PM I guess a cell would be good in an emergency, but other than that they are SO annoying, I hate it when people are driving and talking at the same time…. I almost got in a wreck with someone that was doing that. Sky585 3/8/01 12:46:11 PM There's no way I could live without my cellphone. I like the idea of being able to make a call any time you need to.

Waarom heeft het huis van Angela en Christian Hesketh een tijgerprint? A Een vriend had dat voor de grap gedaan toen ze op reis waren. B Ze deden mee aan een wedstrijd: "Wie heeft het origineelste huis?" C Ze hadden dat laten doen omdat ze gek zijn op wilde dieren. . Going wild! Newly-weds Angela and Christian Hesketh were in for a surprise when they returned from their honeymoon … their house had been painted in tiger stripes! It didn’t take them long to work out who the painting joker was because their good friend and best man at

Je wilt gaan kamperen in Wales en kijkt in een boekje met campings. Je zoekt een camping die zo dicht mogelijk bij het strand ligt. Welke camping kies je? A Greenacres Holidaypark B Oxwich Camping Park C Meadow Farm Camp Site Park D Kilnpark Holiday Centre GREENACRES 0870 195382 MORFA BYCHAN OXWICH HOLIDAYPARK CAMPING PARK Fax: 01792 860510 Email: oxwichpark@aol.com Near to Tenby, Saundersfoot, Oakwood and Folly Farm to name but a few. Set in over 12 acres it’s ideal for getting away from it all. Phone for a brochure. Peaceful country setting four miles from Saundersfoot with the whole of Pembrokeshire easily accessible for your Open March Total no. of enjoyment. Small, clean, safe and friendly, this immaculately to November pitches: 145 maintained park is run under the personal supervision of its Rates per night (tourers/tents): Rates per week (statics): proprietors. Greenacres offers exceptionally high standards at Min: £8 – Max: £12.50 reasonable prices with luxurious twelve foot wide caravans, fully equipped for your comfort. Pamper yourself with the Greenacres experience. Open March Total no. of Rates per week (statics):

The dog who showed up on an airport X-ray machine ray machine. On the screen, crammed into a small piece of hand luggage, they clearly saw the outlines of a dog! 2 was being smuggled out of Britain in a bag by Michael Wick from Germany. He had brought the animal, which he called Gizmo, into Britain when he came back from Tenerife. 3 ordered to pay £45. He had to appear before the court in Crawley charged with illegally importing a dog. 4 cramped journey, is being cared for at the Gizmo: He was carried in hand luggage 1 THE AIRPORT security officials at London Airport couldn’t believe their eyes when they looked at the monitor of their X-

→ Geef van elk van de vijf onderstaande beweringen aan of deze juist of onjuist is, volgens de tekst. 1 Meneer Wick wist niet dat zijn hond Gizmo in de tas zat. 2 Meneer Wick had de hond gekocht voor £45 in Tenerife. 3 Meneer Wick moest voor de rechtbank verschijnen. 4 Meneer Wick moest een boete betalen. 5 Er wordt een nieuw baasje voor Gizmo gezocht. Omcirkel in je uitwerkb oekje ‘juist’ of ‘onjuist’.


Can’t stop now – I’m on a roll Richard Rodriguez on one of the many high points of his continuing battle in Blackpool to hold on to his roller- coaster-riding record 1 Richard Rodriguez, 39, from Miami is very 5 25 He gets about five hours’ sleep per night in the tired but he keeps going. He has already broken the world record for riding a roller coaster, but he won’t get out of his carriage at Blackpool 5 amusement park. At the same time Normand St Pierre is riding a roller coaster in Montreal, 6 30 There is plenty of foam-rubber and a piece of trying to break the world record too. “That roller coaster in Montreal is a killer,” says Rodriguez. 2 The wind blows away his words as the roller 10 coaster car makes a dip. “I can’t say when I will stop. First I have to know what St Pierre is 35 to take a hot shower and eat breakfast. He eats doing.” Mr Rodriguez’s supporters are keeping an eye on his rival via the Internet but there’s no sign that St Pierre is giving up. 3 15 The roller coaster marathon started in 7 Blackpool on 18 June when Rodriguez, who has 40 said, looking tired and worn out. “I haven’t been held the world record since 1994, began a non- stop ride with only a five-minute break every hour. St Pierre started his record attempt in 20 Montreal 48 hours later. 4 Rodriguez broke the world record last 45 roller coaster record on that same day in 1977. Wednesday, but he’s still on the ride which throws him 70ft into the air and then drops him to ground level, reaching speeds of 35 miles per hour.




Op woensdag heeft Richard Rodriguez een nieuw wereldrecord gevestigd (regel 21). Waarom verlaat hij daarna de achtbaan nog steeds niet volgens alinea 2, 3 en 4? A Het record is nog niet officieel geldig. B Richard wil het oude record met ten minste 48 uur verbeteren. C St Pierre is nog bezig en kan het record van Richard dan weer verbeteren.





1 A head teacher has been accused of discrimination because he has refused to allow girl pupils to wear trousers. A group of fifth-formers was sent home for breaking the ‛ skirts-only’ rule for girls at Cleeve School in Gloucestershire. 2 One of the protesters, Kerrie George, 15, said: “At this time of year the weather is freezing. Skirts don’t offer much protection. All we want is to be allowed black trousers during the winter months. We’re not against school elsewhere.” ‘The Weekly Telegraph’






Waarom kreeg de hond Bully geen bekeuring voor het bijten van een jongen? A Omdat Bully niet leek op de hond die beschreven was. B Omdat de jongen niet zeker wist of Bully de dader was. C Omdat de rechter niet kon geloven dat zo'n lieve hond iemand zou bijten. Heroes When Bully the Staffordshire bull terrier faced a fine for biting a boy, his owner Denis Robertson persuaded the judge at Carlisle Crown Court to break the rules and meet the dog face to face.

GIRL GOT EARRINGS STUCK UP HER NOSE By a correspondent 1 A 14-year-old girl they also failed to from Cambridge, remove the studs, so a Rebecca Avis, had to short operation was undergo an operation carried out. After the because the two operation Rebecca's earrings she was mother Joanne Avis wearing as nose studs criticized her daughter got stuck in her for wasting hospital nostrils. The earrings, time. Joanne said: “I’m which looked like just angry as other studs, were fixed by operations may have magnetic backs. been cancelled because of her”. 2 Rebecca got into difficulties when 4 Joanne, who runs a beauty salon she put one earring on each nostril to that pierces ears, but not noses said: make it look as if she had a pierced “It’s all Rebecca’s fault because there is nose. When she took them away, the a clear warning on the label”. The £ 3.50 backs inside her nostrils shot together earrings, with a flower design, were because of the magnetic force and bought from a shop in Cambridge. They disappeared up her nose. are imported from the United States and 3 First she went to the doctor but he carry a warning saying ‘for use in ears couldn't do anything and then she was only’. sent t



. Walking on air Brave Lisa Hampstead is Britain’s youngest-ever professional wing walker. The 18-year-old girl regularly performs acrobatics at 1,000m above ground, while the plane to which she is attached whirls through loops, rolls and terrifying turns! Lisa is touring the UK this summer with the Utterly Butterly Barnstormers Display Team – so look out for her at an air show near you. Lisa says she enjoys her high-flying job so much that she now wants to become Britain’s youngest film stuntwoman.

Wat gebeurde er volgens onderstaand bericht midden op de snelweg M65? A Automobilisten raapten geld op dat een motorrijder had verloren. B Een inbreker gooide zijn buit weg toen een agent op een motor hem achtervolgde. C Een overvaller die op de vlucht was voor de politie werd klemgereden door automobilisten. The road to fortune Drivers on the M65 motorway suddenly stopped their cars last week when it began raining £5,



































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