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Adolfo Berastain, Rosario, Argentina. In his free time Adolfo likes playing chess. " I play chess in a club every evening. I hope to be a grandmaster one day but it's not easy. At home I like doing jigsaw puzzles; it's very relaxing. At the moment I'm doing one with five hundred pieces." Adolfo also watches football. " I support my local team, Newell's Old Boys. I watch them on television but I never play football myself. The only sport I do is swimming. I go swimming once a week."

This week YOUNG WORLD looks at what young people do in their free time. We talked to six people from different countries. This is what they do.

Katie Marshall, Manchester, U K . Katie is a sports fanatic. She plays football, tennis, hockey and volleyball and does athletics! But her favourite sport I is football. " I like playing football. I play in a girls' team once a week and I sometimes go to football matches with my brother," she says. "We support Manchester United. They're great!"

Julia Serrano, Ciudad Real, Spain. In her free time Julia likes meeting her friends. "We walk home from school together and I go to their houses or they come to my house. We watch television or videos, talk or listen to pop music. We sometimes go to parties or to the cinema, but I don't like horror films or westerns." Julia does karate three times a week. "It's good | fun," she says.When she's alone, Julia likes reading. She's got lots of books and comics!

Bert Curtis, Brisbane, Australia. Bert is mad about television. " I watch it for about four hours every day. My favourite programmes are cartoons and films, but I never watch documentaries or quiz shows. They're boring. What do I do when I'm not watching television? Well, I like playing video games!"

Efi Kesoglou, Thessaloniki, Greece. Efi's main hobby is music. " I like pop music and rap," she says. " I like listening to my Walkman and I sometimes go to pop concerts with my friends. I ' m ^ learning to play the guitar. I have guitar lessons twice a week, but I ' m not very good at it yet." Efi also likes reading comics and magazines but she doesn't like reading books.

a ( Q g 0 Read or listen to the article about Simon and Denise. Why d o they get up early?

b Read the article again and write what Simon or Denise do at these times.

1 six o'clock
2 3 4 5 6 seven o'clock quarter to nine quarter past three half past six half past nine

Simon - get up.

c Work in pairs. Check your answers.

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Are you an early bird

Do you get up early? Or do you need three alarm clocks to get you out of bed? We meet two of our readers who have a very early start to the day.
Denise Gerrard (14) Denise Gerrard does a paper round in the mornings. " I get up at half past six, have a wash and get dressed. I leave the house at seven o'clock." Then she gets on her bike and delivers newspapers. Denise doesn't have breakfast before her paper round. "When I get back home, I have two slices of toast with honey and a cup of coffee. Then I brush my teeth." Denise leaves for school at quarter past eight. "School starts early, at quarter to nine, but we finish early, at quarter past three," she says. She practises the cello when she gets home. Then she has something to eat and does her homework. She doesn't go to bed late. " I go to bed at about ten o'clock."

Simon Adams (16) Simon Adams is a very good swimmer. He gets up at six o'clock in the morning. He has a small breakfast - a yoghurt or some fruit - he brushes his teeth and has a wash. Then at half past six Simon leaves the house. He gets to the swimming pool at quarter to seven and trains for an hour. He has a shower at the pool and then he goes home. He has a big breakfast of cereal, eggs and toast, and then he leaves for school at quarter to nine. Simon doesn't go home after school. " I go to the swimming pool again," he says, "and train for an hour and a half." He gets home at half past six and does his homework. He goes to bed at half past nine. Simon goes to the pool on Saturday mornings too, but he doesn't train on Sundays. He stays in bed late.

Japanese a n d B r i t i s h children f i n d out about school life using the Internet. Joe Reid reports.

East meets West

' T ' S a great idea!' says thirteen-year-old Masahiro iSuzukawa. She is talking about fil an e-mail exchange between students at Wakeford school in Britain and Number Three school in Sakata, Japan. The e-mails are part of a new Internet project. Students at 180 British and Japanese schools write and exchange e-mails. The students ask a lot of questions and the answers are always interesting!
W h e n do y o u go t o school?

Japanese students go to school from 8am to 3pm, six days a week. They always walk or ride bikes. In Britain, school usually starts at 9am and finishes at 4pm. British students go to school five days a week and a lot of them go by car.

In J a p a n , s t u d e n t s c l e a n t h e s c h o o l a f t e r l e s s o n s .

W h a t do y o u do after school?

After school in Britain, students meet friends, play computer games or listen to music. They sometimes do homework together. In Japan, students clean the school after their lessons! Then they go to clubs or practise sports. Football and kendo are very popular.
Do y o u do a l o t o f h o m e w o r k ?

Japanese students do a lot of homework and they sometimes go to homework schools on Saturday. In Britain, ten-year-olds do half an hour a night. Sixteen-year-olds do two or three hours a night. They usually do their homework at home. The project is very successful. What are the plans for the future? The British students want to visit their friends in Japan of course!

S p o r t s l e s s o n - t h i s is a J a p a n e s e s p o r t c a l l e d K e n d o .

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( X ) Listen to the conversation between Jane and her aunt Beth. Tick ( / ) true or cross (X) false. 1 L J Jane doesn't like her new History teacher. 2 L J There are thirteen boys in Jane's class. 3 Matthew has got one brother. Matthew's aunt is an Art teacher at Jane and Matthew's school. 5 L J Jane and Matthew have Art three times a week. Matthew doesn't like Art. 7 L J Matthew is good at French.
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- cinema with Fiona, my sister. I sometimes watch films on TV and play computer games. I've got a lot of books, computer games and magazines in my room. It's a complete mess! I like school. I love History and Geography but PE is not my thing at all!.

Hi! I'm Tim and I'm fourteen.

I often read books and go to the

Communication
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1 H Have you got brother? or sisters?

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is my boyfriend, Ian. is your sister? in the UK? football team? are you from?

~ sixteen and my name is Alice. ~ football mad. Sometimes I go : ced and watch football matches ~ y room at night. And the r C day I start school at 8 a.m.! a .vays walk or cycle so I'm often =:e: School is OK and I like my "eachers, too. They are really nice. Hello everybody! It's Nick here. m good-looking and fun! :-) I live in Bournemouth with my parents and my little brother Tom. I think Bournemouth is a fantastic town. My grandparents and my cousins live here too and I go to their house by bus three times a week. They love animals and they've got a dog called Bobby. At weekends I play the guitar and the piano and listen to my MP3 player.

4 l_l Is this your first 5 6 L J What's your. a I'm from Prague. b She's eighteen. c It's Chelsea. d Pleased to meet you. e I've got two sisters. / f

No, it isn't. But it's my first time in London.

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Culture club
Hi Marisa, Thanfcs for the photos of your school. It's very different to my school! I'm thirteen, and I'm in Year ft at Archway Secondary School. Here's a photo of me in my school uniform. It's blue and red, and I hate it! I 90 to school from Monday to Friday, but I don't 90 on "Saturday - thanK goodness! I start school at .50 a.m. and I finish at 330 p.m. In the morriwq I have four lessons, and there are three lessons in the afternoon. We study a lot of subjects at school: English, maths,
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history, geography French, information and communication technologies (I.^.T.), art, music, design and technology (p.T.), and physical education (P.6.). My favourite subjects are and music. I quite lifce I.6.T. and English, too, but I don't lite maths and history very much. Maths is really difficult, and history is boring! That's all for now. Write bacK soon, Rachel

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Fourteen-year-old Hannah Watson, from Liverpool, England is a girl w i t h a special dream! She wants to represent Britain in the Olympic Games, and she wants to win a gold medal! In some ways, Hannah is just a normal schoolgirl. She goes to school from Monday to Friday and does homework in the evenings. She loves TV, and watches soap operas and reality programmes every day, but she also dedicates a lot of time to swimming. She gets up at five o'clock in the morning, and goes swimming for two hours before school! After school, she goes back to the swimming pool and swims from 5 to 7 p.m. In fact, she swims 50,000 metres every week! Her life isn't easy. 'She loves her sport,' says her mum, Caroline, 'but she is often frustrated. Her friends are very important to her, but she doesn't meet them very often, and that's difficult for a teenager.' Hannah says, 'It's sometimes difficult, but swimming is my passion. I want to win that medal. That's my goal now!'
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Hello, I'm Rick. My favourite day is Friday. I don't watch TV on Friday. My friends come to my house. We listen to music and play computer games. Ourfavourite computer game is Oblivion.

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Hi! My name's Jonas. I've got two favourite days Saturday and Sunday. On Saturday: I go shopping with my friends. On Sunday. I don) go shopping. I download music and listen to my MPS / a/50 collect magazines. I've got more than 200

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Intranet Chat R o o m I don't get up at 6 o'clock. I get up at 7 o'clock. I have a shower and I have breakfast with my family. M y brother Patrick and I go to school at 8 o'clock. M y favourite subject is art. There is a big arts centre at school. W e go home at 1 o'clock. After school, I download music or watch TV. I go to bed at 11 o'clock.

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8 have lunch 9 have a shower 10 get up 11 have breakfast 12 have dinner

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Simon, Greece
Do you take a bus to school? Yes, I do, every day. We're always on time to school. Do you and your brother play football at school?

Ron, the USA

Cindy, France

Ron, the USA

No, w e don't. W e play rugby.

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