Listen and read along. For new vocabulary open your worksheet.
English to go
by Charlie Weber
Cool Schools!
It’s September, and so we are back at school. Is your school “cool”? Is it an old or a new building? Some schools all over the world are rather special – check out these cool schools.
Boat School
Would you like to go to a “boat school”? In Cambodia, thousands of people live on floating villages along the Tonle Sap lake. These people are poor and have no land, and so their homes are house boats. Shops, churches, pubs, restaurants, and schools are also on boats. So, every day the children and teachers go, or better row to school.
Now, listen to the next part. Have your worksheet ready. Then answer the question and go on reading.
Cave school
Where was the school in a small village in China?
Foto: Lucian Lu/EPA/picturedesk.com
In Dongzhong, a small village in China, there was a special school. As many people were poor and lived in caves, the school was also in a cave. When a film about the school was shown on television, many people in China wanted to help the pupils. They gave them money, books, desks, and instruments. Now the school is in a real school house.
Now listen again to the information about the boat and cave school. Afterwards, you will hear information about an “Underground School”. When you are finished listening, click the worksheet and do the exercises.
Underground school
Time for a joke: What do you need to go to High School?
A ladder!
Go on to the Cool Schools-Quiz now!
