Eindexamen engels vmbo bb 2007, tijdvak 1

TONE DEAF 1 I'm a teacher and often have to 2 confiscate 1) mobiles from my pupils. One evening on the train home, I sat opposite a teenage girl who'd got a new phone and was selecting her ring tone. After listening to her how she was scrolling through the entire selection I was getting a little irritated. 3 Twenty minutes later I was literally sitting on my hands to stop myself grabbing the thing and throwing it out of the window. Beverly, 30, Liverpool noot 1 confiscate = in beslag nemen/afpakken

M ALE DIRTY TRICKS KEEPING GIRLS AWAY FROM BEACHES ? 1 Californian police are investigating a number of nasty tricks played on women surfers who like riding the waves. Groups of male surfing fanatics claim first time in her life on Huntington Beach, south of Los Angeles. She was knocked off her board again and again by a pair of male surfers. "This was angry, territorial stuff," said Shelley. Her parents have reported the incident to the police. 5 The Surfrider Foundation has grown very concerned about the violence against female surfers. It paid for a number of internet-linked cameras to be installed to try and calm things down. Instead, the cameras were vandalised within weeks. 2 Over the past year the number of American surfers has grown by a quarter and most of them are female. Even ten-year-old girls and 50-year-old grandmothers are learning 'to grip the board with their toes'. In 1996 10% of American surfers were women, now 500,000 of the 2.4 million surfers are women. have got enough of this male attitude. 3 It's not surprising that men are getting nervous. "Surfing is the ultimate male sport," complained Sam George of Surfer Magazine. "Men like to look at women on the beach, but they don't want to see them in the water."

Clever collie 1 Sam the collie was rejected by his first two owners because he couldn’t learn simple instructions. Sam was difficult to handle and his owners grew impatient with him. Sam was then sent to an animal home, where they found out he was deaf. So Sam was going to be put to sleep, but Mr and Mrs Jones read about his problem in the local newspaper. 2 “As retired teachers of deaf children we thought that if we could teach youngsters sign language, we could perhaps help Sam,” explains his present owner Margaret Jones. 3 Sam picked up basic hand signals like “sit” and “no” within days. Three weeks later Sam could understand 10 different signs. To tell him dinner is ready, Margaret gets close and licks her lips! “He’s really bright,” says Margaret enthusiastically. “We are amazed at how well we can communicate with him – it’s like having a five-year-old child.”

Kids feasting on school dinners challenge because a lot of children only want junk food”. 3 Boiled cabbage is just a bad memory for kids thanks to top cook David Lucas. Youngsters now get meals like roast pheasant, Boeuf Bourguignon, Chicken Teriyaki, 1 Hungry pupils of Icknield High School in Luton are going wild for school dinners – after their headmaster hired a top chef. His name is David Lucas, he is 47 and father of two children. He was trained at the Savoy Hotel and was one of London’s best cooks. After his wife had a heart attack he wanted a new job which would allow him to be at home in the evenings to look after the children. than half of the total school 2 He had to accept a big drop in salary but he said: “I can’t think of a better way to use my talents than to help young people learn to love good, healthy food. Growing kids deserve the best. It’s also more of a

I'm a fencing champion! Peter has just won the under-14s competition at the British Youth Fencing Championships. He explains what fencing is all about: “ 1 I got interested in fencing because I used to like watching sword fighting films when I was younger, so my father took me to a fencing club to give it a try. I enjoyed doing it straight away and thought it was real fun. Swords 2 There are three different types of swords 1) in fencing – the epee, the foil and the sabre. I started using the foil for the first two years, but when I tried a different sword I just couldn't get into it, so I've stuck with the foil. You score points by hitting the chest and we play up to 15 points. I practise for about three hours, two to three times a week. It's very energetic and I usually come home tired. The championships 3 I went to training camps with Hungarian players and learned a lot from them. It was a good practice for the championships. At the British Youth Fencing Championships I was a bit nervous going into the final, but I kept telling myself that I was going to win – and I did! Good exercise 4 Fencing is really fun to do. It looks like it could be dangerous, but with the amount of protective clothing you wear, it doesn't really hurt at all. It is also good exercise and keeps your energy levels up – anyone can give it a ” go! noot 1 sword = degen, soort zwaard dat bij schermen wordt gebruikt