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3a Read

A Discuss.
• Are you good at spelling?
• Have you ever taken part in a spelling bee?

B Look at the first picture. What do you think
the girls are looking at? Listen to the dialogues
and check. Then read them out in groups.

1 Josie Hey, Lucy! Come and check this out!
Lucy What is it?... Stamps?
Josie Yeah. I’ve found some really cool ones… Miss Foster
has given us a project to do.
Lucy Sounds pretty boring.
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Josie It isn’t. Do you know when the first stamp came out?
Lucy Beats me.
Josie In 1840! You can learn a lot about a country from a
stamp. Miss Foster has been abroad many times and
she always brings back cool stamps. Have you ever
seen a stamp that’s over 100 years old? Look…
Lucy Actually, I have to run. I’m going to the library.
Josie What for? Are you going to revise for a test?
Lucy Sort of. I’m taking part in a spelling bee.

Josie You’re kidding! I thought you hated that kind of stuff.
Lucy Well, I’ve decided to give it a go.
Josie OK then, can you get me a book?
Lucy Sure. What’s the title?
Josie Philately.
Lucy Come again?
Josie Philately. It means collecting stamps.
Lucy Oh, OK.

2 Later… 3 A week later…

Josie It ’ s L ucy ’ s tur n.
It’s Lucy’s turn.
If she gets this one
If she gets this one
correct, she’ll win!
correct, she’ll win!
Woman The word is
Josie Hello? ‘philately’.
Lucy I can’t find your book. I’ve searched Josie Huh?!
all the titles that start with ‘f’. Lucy Philately. 4 After the spelling bee…
P-H-I-L-A-T-E-L-Y.
Josie You don’t spell ‘philately’ with ‘f’. It’s P-H-I-L-A-T-E-L-Y. Josie Well done! Philately
with ‘ph’. Philately. doesn’t seem that
Congr
!
atulations
Lucy Oh! Woman Congratulations! boring now, does it?
Lucy Ha ha! I guess not.
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