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2a              In the past                                                               ‘Buzz’ Aldrin:



                                                                                                       walked on the
                                                                                                       moon in 1969





                  1    Read             A.  Listen and read. Then answer the question
                                            below. Choose a, b or c.
                                            Where do you think this text is from?
                                            a. a history book
                                            b. a magazine
                                            c. a book about famous people

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                     Billy ‘Buzz’ Kingsley


                      was born on 21 July 1969, the day Neil Armstrong and ‘Buzz’
                      Aldrin walked on the moon. His father liked Aldrin’s name
                      so he started calling Billy, ‘Buzz’. Funny name, eh? At school,
                      Billy ‘Buzz’ was very good at maths and science. He became
                      interested in space travel and read books about it in his free time.
                      He even wanted to become an astronaut. Today, he works at a
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                      planetarium.

























                     Pablo Lopez


                      was born in the same city Picasso was born in, Malaga in Spain.
                      But the amazing thing is that Pablo was born on 8 April 1973, the
                      day Picasso died! But that’s not all. Pablo’s mother was crazy about
                      Picasso and she named her son after him. Well, not exactly, because
                      Picasso’s full name was Pablo Diego José Francisco de Paula Juan
                      Nepomuceno Crispín Crispiniano María Remedios de la Santísima
                      Trinidad Ruiz Picasso! When Pablo was a young boy, he was           Picasso: one of the
                                                                                          Picasso: one of the
                      interested in art and had lessons. He spent his free time drawing. He   greatest artists of
                                                                                          greatest artists of
                      could draw quite well but not like Picasso. Today, he’s an art teacher.  the 20  century.
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