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Beacon Current Affairs 2014

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Names in the news Places in the news

Axel Paulsen (pg20) Pulau Tekong (pg7)

Words in the News

(pg7)!reclamation!inhabitants!skyrocketd

(Pg12)!etiquette!

appropriate!audibly

(Pg18)!perenially!

hardy!preserved!

germinated

(pg20)!rotation!

manoeuvres!revolution

Memories of Tekong (pg7)❖ Pulau Tekong is an island

located off the north-eastern coast of Singapore!

❖ It consists of 2 smaller islands joined together through land reclamation!

❖ Young Singaporean men undergo part of their national service there!

❖ Read on to find out some more interesting facts about this place

Pick up good manners (pg12)

❖ We need good manners and etiquette when we interact with other people!

❖ Read on to learn how we should behave when we are making a call to someone

The allure of the lotus (pg18)❖ Known as the Nelumbo

Nucifera, the lotus plant is the national flower of India and Vietnam!

❖ Some more interesting facts - it has many medicinal benefits!

❖ Also used in cooking!❖ Very hardy - can last a thousand

years if preserved properly!❖ Read on to find out more about

this amazing plant

The hardest jump in the world (pg20)

❖ This is the Axel jump, named after its inventor, Axel Paulsen (1855 - 1938)!

❖ Read on to find out why it is considered such a difficult and challenging jump!

❖ Try watching a youtube clip of how it is done if you need a better example of how it is executed!

❖ Try learning and spelling the word “manoeuvres”

-Mr Ng

Welcome back to school after your school holidays :)