PENGUINACTIVE READING Another World Level 2 600 headwords Elementary British English Original The sun always shines in Eden City. Everybody is happy, young and beautiful. BZXY741 is a student in the city. One day he meets Eve. She is different from the other people, and she tells him about another world. But is it really a better place? Series Editors: Jocelyn Potter and Andy Hopkins For correlations to English Language Teaching exams, please visit www.penguinreaders.com Penguin Active Reading provides reading and language learning at five levels, through full-colour, beautifully illustrated Readers. As well as enjoyable stories and texts, each book provides a range of integrated activities designed to develop reading skills and consolidate vocabulary, and offers personalised project work. Each book is supported by an interactive CD-ROM which contains additional activities and the complete audio recording. Easystarts Level 1 Level 2 Level 3 Level 4 200 headwords 300 headwords 600 headwords 1200 headwords 1700 headwords PENGUIN ACTIVE READING LEVEL 2 Another World Elaine O’Reilly Another World Elaine O’Reilly Number of words (excluding activities): 5,054 PENGUIN ACTIVE READING Elaine O’Reilly 2 Beginner Elementary Pre-intermediate Intermediate Cover illustration by Carlos Romero www.penguinreaders.com 9781405852067_CVR.indd 1 3/10/07 14:15:31 .. ... ii I am so ..........1 What’s the book about? Discuss the picture on the front of the book........2 What happens first? 1 Look quickly at page 1. shouting crying singing d This story is about people .... ii ....indd 4 12/15/07 1:56:27 PM ........ today in the past in the future iv 24AnotherWorld......... .. 1 2 3 4 5 What is the building? Where are the young people going? What are they carrying? What do their clothes tell us about them? Which words in the box describe these people? Circle them. ...... bus train car hospital shop school b They are going to a ............ ..................... young bored intelligent tall fat happy beautiful old thin quiet clean ill dirty sad short stupid 6 What is strange about the people in the picture? 1. c They are all .... 2 Look at the picture on page 1.......... What do you think? a These young people are in a .........Activities 1 1.. .. Circle the right word. Which of these sentences can you use it in? Write it in the sentence...... is good for you.. a Which word can you see six times? b Look at the word at the bottom of the page......... 1 24AnotherWorld. There were a lot of students on the bus and the noise was wonderful.’ Student BZXY741 sat behind the driver. I’m H-A-P-P-Y. Every day. His singing was louder than the other students’. ‘I’m H-A-P-P-Y. Every day. ‘Happy is good And sad is bad. in every way.’ happiness /hpinəs/ (n) Happiness is a happy feeling. I’m H-A-P-P-Y.ChApTer 1 ‘Happy is Good’ Every student on the bus turned to the nearest person and repeated: ‘Have a lovely.indd 1 12/15/07 1:56:31 PM . a bus took the students from the centre of town to the school. He sang well and he loved to sing. I’m H-A-P-P-Y. On the way. lovely day!’ T he School for Higher Studies in Happiness was about five kilometres outside Eden City. the students sang. The bus drove through the streets and into the gardens of the school. ‘I’m happy when I work. lovely day!’ They always did this. Tomorrow I’m going to be happier.’ In Eden City. The birds in the trees sang: ‘Have a lovely day!’ Every student on the bus turned to the nearest person and repeated: ‘Have a lovely.indd 2 12/15/07 1:56:43 PM . But workers weren’t different from students. He looked out of the window at the white streets of Eden City. Every student and every teacher at the school loved him. the winner for the Best Smile. you do everything in the right way. real /rəl/ (adj) Something is real when it is really there. at the flowers and trees. Everybody was happy.Another World He really was very happy. It was School Procedure. Happier than today. 2 24AnotherWorld. at the red and blue buildings. Flowers of every colour turned their heads and watched. some people worked and some people studied. The city was beautiful in the sunlight – not real sunlight. There were no people on the streets. It was Work Time. He was the best student of the year. procedure /prəsidə/ (n) When you follow a procedure. of course. I’m happy when I play. ’ said BZXY741. But everybody in the school had blue eyes. She smiled again. it’s the colour of her eyes!’ They were grey eyes. The colour of dark skies. ‘But she’s different.indd 3 12/15/07 1:56:49 PM . ‘Have a lovely day.Chapter 1 – ‘Happy is Good’ BZXY741 turned to the girl on his left. There was a question in her strange grey eyes. The colour of cold days. How is she different? Of course! Her eyes .. It is a sad colour. And BZXY741 didn’t understand. there were only answers. ‘She’s very pretty. 3 24AnotherWorld. He looked at her again. because in his world there were no questions. She smiled at him. It was a wonderful smile. In the world of Eden City. warm and friendly. She didn’t answer him. Why did she have grey eyes? Grey wasn’t a good colour. not blue. He remembered Lesson 836: ‘Bad Colours. It is an old colour..’ he thought.’ But this girl’s eyes were beautiful. Grey is one of the worst colours. ............................................... 4 There are no people on the streets when it is ......................... 2 The buildings are all ............ Write the names..............2 on page ii........ 8 They have a lesson at school (Number 836) about ... ....... 3 What is the young man’s name? .............................. ...................................................... Finish the sentences about some of them........ ................ 1 The school has a winner for ..........’ 7 everybody’s eyes are .. 2 What is the name of their school? .................. ....................................... ‘.................................... Then answer these questions....................... 1 Which city do these students live in? ...... (but not the eyes of the girl on the bus).................................................................. .............................. 5 In this city everybody is ............ ................................................ ....indd 4 12/15/07 1:56:50 PM .......................................2 What more did you learn? These students’ home city and school are strange in many ways............................................................................................................. 3 The sunlight is not ............................ 2 4 24AnotherWorld........... 2......................... 6 The birds sing.1 Were you right? 2 Look at your answers to Activity 1...................................Activities 2 2............ .... it’s the colour of her eyes!’ 1 All these fl owers are tall and blue.................................... ‘She’s different ..................................... ................. .........3 Language in use Look at the words in the box...................................... ...................... 2 Will she tell him her name? .................................. different..................................................................................... 5 These cars are all new and clean............................... .............................................................................................................................. ............... .............. the flower in the middle is ........................Another World 2......................................... No...................... 1 Will BZXY741 see the girl with grey eyes again? ....... ............................................. It is short and yellow...........4 What’s next? What do you think? Write Yes or No.... ................................................................ ............ 5 24AnotherWorld.. ........ ........................................................................................... Then write about the pictures......................................................... 3 These houses all have three windows and a yellow front door....... 4 These cats are all thin and black with short ears............................................ .................. 2 These birds all have green heads and small feet............................ 2............. .................................................... 3 Is she different from the other students? ..indd 5 12/15/07 1:57:08 PM .............