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          • I can read for specific information.

        1  Read the text quickly. Which musical
           instruments do Aisha and Rick play?

         Sunday 9 p.m. – Channel 13

         A day in the life                                    2            Read and listen. Complete the sentences
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                                                                with the names Aisha or Rick.
         of a child genius                                      1   ... wants to be a music composer.
                                                                2   ... is also an artist.
        There are millions of children in the world but there aren’t   3   ... often sleeps for about six hours a night.
        many children like Aisha or Rick. On tonight’s          4   ... doesn't usually get up at half past five.
        programme, we talk to two of Britain’s gifted* children
        about their daily routines.                             5   ... has got several hobbies.
                          Aisha Patel is 13. Just like other British
        a                 13 years old, Aisha usually gets up at   3   Answer these questions.
                          seven o’clock. She starts school at   1   Where are Aisha and Rick from?
                          nine o’clock and she’s never late. But,   2   Are they the same age?
                          there is a difference. Aisha’s very    3   What instruments do they play?
                          intelligent: she's got an IQ* of 150 - a
                          ‘normal’ IQ is 100! In her free time, she   4   Have they got the same IQ?
                                    Victoria Education and Training JSC − victoria.vn−
                          designs computer games. She also
                          speaks six languages, plays the cello             Make nouns in English by adding
                          and paints beautiful pictures. And       Word     suffixes to verbs. This helps you to
                          she’s got time to meet her friends.
                                                                            extend your vocabulary and
                          Rick Moore is 13, and he’s also got an            understand new words.
        b
                          IQ of 150. He plays the piano and he
                          sometimes writes music too - his
                          ambition is to be a top composer. He   4  Add -er or -or to the verbs in the box to
                          always gets up very early to play the   make nouns.
                          piano, around half past five in the
                          morning. He wants to play the piano   E.g. act – actor
                          all day, but he can’t do that because
                          he goes to school and he’s got        act                 compose             dance              sail
                          homework, too - he always does his    teach            invent                   write                sing
                          homework. He often goes to bed at
                          half past eleven.
           Glossary
                                                                      CLASS VOTE
           •  gifted: extremely intelligent and / or talented  5                                         Do you want to be gifted
           •  IQ: intelligence quotient                          like Aisha and Rick?


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