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Beacon Current Affairs 2014

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Names in the news Places in the news

Patrick Tan (18) Indonesia (pg9)

Words in the News

(pg9)!tackling!

parliament!diabetes!obsesity

(Pg17)!loitering!inaudible!calories!cartilage

(Pg18)!ventriloquist!

banter!repertoire!

memorable

(pg20)!squishy!virtues!

imprints!geography

Treaty to treat haze approved (pg9)!

❖ Indonesia’s lawmakers have finally given approval to join the Asean Agreement on Transboundary Haze Pollution!

❖ This was rejected 12 years ago because they were worried it would let other countries tell Indonesia what to do!

❖ Now, they hope it will better protect citizens from the effects of forest fires

5 ways you are special (pg17)

❖ Children’s bodies can be very different from an adult!

❖ For one, sugar tastes sweeter to children!

❖ Read on to find out more about how your bodies differ

One man, many voices (pg18)

❖ Meet ventriloquist and magician, Patrick Wan, 57!

❖ Ventriloquism is the art of throwing one’s voice!

❖ His puppets can cost anything from $600 to $2500!

❖ His wife is the costume designer for his puppets!

❖ His favourite quote - if you want to do something, you have to do your best - you have to spend time on it

Toy Stories (pg20)❖ Did you know that Play-doh

was originally a wallpaper cleaner?!

❖ Or that Snakes and Ladders was originally an ancient Indian game used to teach children values?!

❖ And that jigsaw puzzles were initially used by teachers as teachers’ tools?!

❖ Read on to find out more…

-Mr Ng

Look forward to hearing from all of you on the Current Affairs Blog, and welcome back from the

September holidays :)