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Contents
Chapter 1 Twilight sailing 6 Chapter 2 The start of the race 11
Chapter 3 Racing 14
Chapter 4 Help! 19
Chapter 5 Fireworks 22
Activities 25
Glossary 33
Key 36
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Twilight sailing
‘We’re going to win tonight, Dad,’ says Sophie. It is a summer evening on Sydney Harbour. Sophie Jarvis and her father, Tom, are on their yacht, Salsa. They are at their sailing club in Mosman Bay.
‘Yes, skipper,’ says Tom.
Sophie loves sailing. Every Friday evening she and Tom sail in their club’s twilight race. The race starts and finishes in Athol Bay, near the club. The yachts race down Sydney Harbour, and then they turn and race back again.
Every week, Tom is the skipper and Sophie is his crewman. The skipper sits at the back of the boat and turns it with the tiller. The crewman pulls on ropes to move the sails. The skipper tells the crewman what to do.
This evening, for the first time, Sophie is the skipper and Tom is her crewman.
‘You’re going to work hard tonight!’ she says to him.
Sophie sees her friend Toby. He’s with his father, Jack, on their yacht, Capricorn. Jack and Tom are friends. Every week, one of the fathers buys dinner for everyone on Salsa and Capricorn. It’s always the father on the slower yacht.
This evening, Toby is going to be the skipper of Capricorn for the first time too. Sophie waves to him and shouts, ‘I’m going to give you a sailing lesson tonight, Toby!’
‘Ha, ha, Sophie!’ replies Toby. ‘We’ll be in front of you all the way!’
Then Sophie says to her father, ‘Okay, Dad, the race starts in twenty minutes. It’s time to put up the mainsail.’
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of the mainsail, there’s a long piece of wood, the boom.
Tom puts up the mainsail and Sophie takes Salsa out of Mosman Bay. They can see the Sydney Opera House and the Harbour Bridge. There are houses and tall buildings
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Racing
Sophie looks at the water. She wants to see where the wind is. Sailors can ‘see’ the wind. Gusts of wind hit the water and the water is dark.
‘We’ll go to the middle of the harbour now, Dad. The wind is good there.’
‘But the other yachts are staying near the land, aren’t they?’ says Tom. ‘Look – Toby and Jack are tacking.’
‘Who’s the skipper tonight, Dad?’ says Sophie.
‘You are, Sophie,’ says her father.
‘Okay. We’re not tacking. We’re going to the middle of the harbour.’
‘Okay,’ says Tom.
They sail to the middle of the harbour. A big gust of wind fills their yacht’s sails. Salsa is going fast now. Sophie looks across at Capricorn and the other yachts. They are all sailing close to the land and they don’t have good wind.
‘Ha!’ says Tom. ‘You’re a good skipper, Sophie. There are four yachts behind us now.’
Sophie looks across the water. ‘Yes!’ Then she says, ‘But look – the wind is good near the land now. It’s time to tack.’
‘Okay, good,’ says Tom. They tack, and sail close to all the other yachts in the race.
Toby sees Salsa and he waves. ‘Nice sailing, Sophie!’ he shouts.
Then Sophie sees a ferry coming. Big green and yellow ferries are always going up and down the harbour. All the boats on the harbour have to keep away from the ferries.
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Chapter 1
Before you read
A. Look at the map on pages 4 and 5 and circle the correct answers.
1. Where is the sailing club?
a. in Athol Bay b. in Mosman Bay c. in Rushcutters Bay 2. Where is Shark Island?
a. near Watsons Bay b. near Athol Bay c. near Rose Bay B. Find these words in your dictionary. Use them in the sentences.
twilight skipper wave luxury
1. Mr Coe is very rich. He always stays in ____________ hotels.
2. The lights in our street come on at ______________.
3. Joe and Al ______________ out of the car window.
4. The ______________ says we must turn the boat around.
C. Listen to Track 3 on the CD and answer these questions.
1. What is the name of Sophie and Tom’s yacht?
a. Salsa b. Athol
2. Where does the race start and finish?
a. in Mosman Bay b. in Athol Bay
3. Who is the skipper of the yacht this evening?
a. Tom b. Sophie
After you read Comprehension
A. Circle the correct answers.
1. Who is Toby’s father?
a. Jack b. Mack c. Frank
2. Who is going to be the skipper of Capricorn tonight?
a. Jack b. Tom c. Toby 3. Where is Conrad Rossiter from?
a. London b. Sydney c. America
4. What is the name of Conrad Rossiter’s son?
a. Pete b. Ryan c. Dave
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B. Circle T for true or F for false for these sentences.
1. Sophie is the skipper of Salsa every week. T / F 2. There are lots of boats in Sydney Harbour. T / F 3. Sophie and Tom sail from their sailing club to the
starting line. T / F
4. Motorboats can go close to Conrad Rossiter’s yacht. T / F C. Complete these sentences.
1. Conrad Rossiter is staying on a yacht called ______________.
2. Near Conrad Rossiter’s yacht there is a police _____________.
3. Frank, Pete and Dave are sailing a yacht called ____________.
4. Sophie wants to watch the New Year’s Eve ______________.
D. Write short answers to these questions.
1. How old is Ryan Rossiter?
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2. What colour is Ryan’s hair?
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3. What is Ryan wearing?
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4. What do Pete and Dave call Frank?
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Language activities
A. Write the correct prepositions in the spaces.
beside in about on
1. The billionaire’s son is standing ________ the deck of Zenith.
2. There’s an orange buoy ______________ the water.
3. Everybody in Sydney is talking _____________ the Rossiters.
4. There are houses and tall buildings and parks on the hills ______________ the harbour.
B. Write the missing vowels to make nouns from Chapter 1.
1. b _ _ m 3. m _ _ ns _ _ l 2. t _ ll _ r 4. j _ b
What do you think?
What do you think Frank, Pete and Dave are going to try to do?
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