Session 14

 

19th January 2026 

cold, snowy

Monday  

CROSSWORDS 

Teo 89

Ilaria -117

page 42 

to take off  # to land (ed) 

(a decola) # (a ateriza)

page 43 ex 3 

pips = samburi de fructe precum merele

pits = samburi de la caisa / piersica 

wire= cablu 

hose = furtun de udat 

Listen again. Answer the questions.

• 1. When the teacher was a girl, why did she think she might get ill during the night?
• She thought that if she didn't plug something in during the night , electricity would crawl out of the sockets and got her ill. 

• 2. Why did Sarah use to look at the moon for hours?

Because she thought that the moon was looking  back .at her

• 3. Why did Sarah laugh at the moon?

Because she thought the moon was white because of her fear. 

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• 4. Why didn’t Alex’s grandfather use to step on wires?

Because he thought when stepping on wires electricity would be blocked . 

• 5. Why did Martin’s family eat lots of apples?

Because they had an apple tree in their garden . 

• 6. Why was Martin afraid to eat apple seeds?

Because he thought if he ate a pip an apple would grow inside him . 

Left at 43 

Session 13

 

12th January 2026 

cold, sunny

Monday 

abbey = manastire 

pilgrimage = pelerinaj 

pension = pensiune

retirement = pensie 

God - parents = nasii 

God-children = fini 

board = tabla de joc 

to roll the dice = a da cu zarul 

to have a nerve = a avea tupeu 

leftovers = ramasite ( mancare ) 

pastimes = activitati facute in timpul liber / recreative 

5/ 37 

• Sue runsfaster(fast) than me.
• 1. You need to do your homework MORE CAREFULLY  (careful) if you want to get good marks.
• 2. Sorry, I don’t understand. Can you speak MORE SLOWLY  (slow), please?
• 3. The party starts at ten o’clock, but you can come EARLIER (early) if you want to.
• 4. I only got 22% in the test, but you did even WORSE  (bad) than me!
• 5. Sandra always works HARDER  (hard) than the other kids.
• 6. Martina speaks English BETTER (good) than I do.

EXTRAS = figuranti 

4/ 41

• 1. What did Newton think about when he saw the apple fall to the ground?

He thought about why the apple fell down , not up or sideways. 

• 2. What did Archimedes see when he got out of the bath?

He saw the water went down the bath after he got out. 

• 4. Why did he shout ‘Eureka’?

He shouted " Eureka" because he wanted to say " Now I understand " in Greek.

• 5. Why are these discoveries not complete accidents?

They are not complete accidents because scientists think about the reasons of phenomena all the time.