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Cornish Pasties
I'm having a fantastic time here in the UK and I thought I'd write (1) ________ tell you
about something I've eaten which I loved!
As you know, I'm in a place called Cornwall, (2) ________ is in the southwest. They
have something called a Cornish Pasty. It looks like a parcel made of pastry and the
pastry holds together a mixture of meat and vegetables. Cornish pasties have (3)
_________interesting history. In the past, they were the basic meal for Cornish miners
who worked underground digging for tin. After a hard morning's work the miners would
sit down to eat (4) __________ lunch. But because of the job they were doing, their
hands (5) _________ covered in dangerous materials. The design of the pasty meant
they could eat the meat and vegetables before throwing away the dirty pastry.
I don't know if it's true and (6) __________ seems a shame that they couldn't eat all of
it! You can get Cornish pasties anywhere in the UK but I've been told the best ones are
in Cornwall.
Rafael Nadal
Spanish tennis player Rafael Nadal ________(1) known as being the nice guy of tennis.
He was born in 1986 _________(2) the Balaeric Island of Mallorca. From
_________(3) early age he showed extreme sporting promise in various sports, but
especially in tennis. His uncle, a former professional footballer, introduced him
__________(4) tennis from the age of three and it wasn’t long before the titles started
rolling in. All of his talent could have _________(5) wasted because of a decision aged
14 as he refused to relocate from his island home. This meant limited funding, but as he
was coached by another uncle of his, he managed to get by. ___________(6) the
beginning of Nadal’s industrious career, he has gone on to win 19 Grand Slam titles,
experiencing immense success at the French open in particular.
Pablo Picasso
Pablo Ruiz Picasso (October 25 1881 – April 8 1973) was a very prolific Spanish
painter and sculptor. He created (1)____________ 20,000 images.
He is considered (2) ____________ of the greatest artists of the 20th century. He is best
known as the co-founder of cubism. A work of art is cubist when the artist opts to break
up objects and reassemble (3) ____________ in abstract and geometric form. Picasso
could draw and paint when he was very young. His first word was “lápiz”, the Spanish
word for «pencil».
Perhaps his most famous painting is Guernica, (4) ____________ shows the horrors of
war after the bombing of the town of Guernica. After fleeing Spain, he
spent (5) ____________ of his life in France.
He was 90 years old when a number of his works were shown in an exhibition at the
Louvre in Paris. He was the first living artist (6) ____________ have an exhibition at
the Louvre.
Picasso had four children with three women. He died of heart failure in Mougins,
France, on April 8 1973.
Steven Spielberg
Steven Allan Spielberg (born December 18, 1946) is an American filmmaker.
He (1) ____________ born to an Orthodox Jewish family in Cincinnati, Ohio. He was
raised in Haddon Township, New Jersey. Spielberg studied at Saratoga High School. He
went to California State University, Long Beach.
Spielberg started his career learning (2) ____________ to direct in 1963. His first
movies include Jaws, Jurassic Park, Indiana Jones, and E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial. His
later movies include Saving Private Ryan and Munich.
Spielberg helped establish the PG-13 rating for the Motion Picture Association of
America.
Spielberg won two Academy Awards (3) ____________ best director. These two
awards were for Schindler’s List and Saving Private Ryan. In 1986, he won the BAFTA
Academy Fellowship Award, a Lifetime Achievement Award. He
has (4) ____________ nominated and has won several other awards.
In Oscar acceptance speeches given (5) ____________ 1966, Spielberg holds the record
for (6) ____________ thanked the most at 43 mentions. Even more than God, who has
been thanked 34 times.
The Republic of Texas

The Republic of Texas was a sovereign state in North America (1)____________ the
United States and Mexico that existed from 1836 to 1845. It began on March 2 1836,
when the people living in Texas declared themselves independent (2) ____________
Mexico.
The Mexican army led (3) ____________ Santa Anna marched into Texas and attacked
the new country. However, the Mexican army was defeated and Santa Anna was
captured at a battle near the site of Houston.
The new republic did not have a proper government or (4) ____________ money. Its
borders (5) ____________ often raided by Mexico, and there was fighting between the
settlers and the Native Americans. The US government did not recognize the Republic
of Texas.
In 1841, Santa Anna became president of Mexico and the border attacks increased. By
this time, thousands of new settlers (6) ____________ moved into Texas, and people in
the US supported the people of Texas. The idea of annexation of Texas into the US
became popular.
The Republic of Texas ended on December 29, 1845, when Texas became the 28th state
of the United States of America.
Coldplay’s first hit

«Yellow» is a song (1) ____________ English alternative rock band Coldplay. The
band wrote the song and co-produced it (2) ____________ British record producer Ken
Nelson. It was for their first album Parachutes. The song’s lyrics are a reference to band
vocalist Chris Martin’s unreturned love.
The song was released (3) ____________ the world in June 2000. It was the second
single off the album following «Shiver». It was the lead single in (4)____________
United States. The single reached number four in the UK Singles Chart. This gave the
band (5) ____________ first top-five hit in the United Kingdom.
Helped by heavy rotation and usage in promotions, the song made the band very
popular.
Various recording artists worldwide have since made their own versions of «Yellow». It
remains one of the band’s (6) ____________ popular songs.
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