Page 31 - Interchange English 5

When break time was over, Andrew put his hand up in class and suggested
to the teacher that they should spend the lesson talking about how great it
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was that everybody was so different from everybody else and how people
came to England from all over the world to begin a new life like his friend
Yasin. The teacher agreed that it was important to be an individual, and

she also said how wonderful it was that the whole of Britain was such a
multicultural island. Yasin wrote these two words down in his book and
promised himself that he would learn them both and remember them
always. He also wrote the word friend in his book. He already knew what
friend meant, but he just wanted to write it down because he felt so lucky
to have a good friend like Andrew who stood up for people and did not
judge them just because they were different.

Word Trove

multicultural /ˌmʌltiˈkʌltʃərəl/ : relating to people of many different
nationalities and cultures
settled /ˈsetld/ : stayed
planetarium /ˌplænɪˈteəriəm/ : a building where lights are shone on the
ceiling to represent the planets and the stars and to show how they
appear to move
grown-ups /ɡrəʊn ʌps/ : adults

custard /ˈkʌstəd/ : a sweet yellow sauce made from milk and eggs or from
milk and some powder
offend /əˈfend/ (v) : cause to feel upset, annoyed
badge /bædʒ/ : a small piece of metal, plastic, or cloth bearing a design or
words, typically worn to identify a person
blond /blɒnd/ : fair or pale yellow (hair)
ruining /ˈruːɪnɪŋ/ : damaging
flippin’ /ˈflɪpɪn/ : flipping ; used for emphasis or to express mild annoyance
hotdog /hɒtdɒɡ/ : a cooked sausage, traditionally steamed and served in
a sliced bun as a sandwich

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