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Étape 1 - Le principe Site de Smithsonian magazine.
www.smithsonianmag.com/
Question 1 Read the first paragraph and complete the following text with the words : treasure, hidden, notebook, plastic, clues, rubber stamp.
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A letterbox is a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ box or bottle. Inside it, there are two things :
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a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ and a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _.
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This letterbox is _ _ _ _ _ _ somewhere in Dartmoor National Park. Thanks to _ _ _ _ _ (given on internet sites) you can locate the letterbox. Letterboxing is like a _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _hunt.
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Question 2 Associate the words with the pictures:
a compass, a notebook, a map, a treasure, a clue, a stamp.
Question 3 Right or wrong? When you find a letterbox :
1- You hide it immediately.
2- You press the letterbox stamp into your notebook.
3- You press your own stamp on the box.
4- You take the letterbox with you.
5- You just take the stamp copy home.
6- The stamp in your notebook proves you’ve discovered the letterbox.
7- You leave the letterbox open for somebody else.
Question 4 Read the last paragraph and answer these questions :
Who invented letterboxing? When? In what country? In what part of the country?
Énigme pour aller à l’étape 2
The last two letters from a cousin plus the first two letters from a foster-brother. That’s short for information.
Dans l'adresse qui suit, remplacez les croix par le mot-clé trouvé. L'adresse complétée est celle de la prochaine étape :
http://raisingboys.allxxxxabout.com/features/0309letterbox.html
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Étape 2 - L’équipement
Question Read paragraph 3. Here is a list of things you need for letterboxing. In the following picture, choose those the author suggests you take with you. Tick them.
Énigme pour aller à l’étape 3
Find a four-digit number.
First two digits = the year when a Pioneer spacecraft flew past Jupiter.
Last two digits = the year when the Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios (MGM studios) were founded.
Dans l'adresse qui suit, remplacez les croix par le mot-clé trouvé. L'adresse complétée est celle de la prochaine étape :
http://www.letterboxing.org/BoxView.asp?boxnum=xxxx&boxname=Get_Healthy
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Étape 3 - Lire des indices
Question 1 You can see a clue sheet on your screen. It gives clues to find a letterbox.
Read the page and tick the correct answers.
The name of the person who placed the letterbox is : Florence – Teresa – Carolina
The name of the person who found the letterbox is : Florence – Teresa – Kilroy
The city near the place where the letterbox was found is : Florence – Carolina – Nearest
76 is : Teresa’s age – the number of a road – the number of traffic lights
The letterbox is : in the countryside – behind a glass – in the middle of the road
Question 2 Follow the instructions in the clue sheet. In this map of Florence district, where is the letterbox ?
Question 3 1- What clue indicates the letterbox is inside a building?
2- The letterbox is hidden in something special. Choose among the following what it could be. Justify.
a school bag – a potted plant – a cupboard – a desk – a plastic bag – a car
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The initials of the words you will find will give you the key word.
_ _ _ : you read it to find your way.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ : a synonym for “inside”.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : the British park where letterboxing was invented.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : a synonym for area or region.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ : what this document is about.
_ _ _ _ _ _ _ : the country where letterboxing was invented.
Dans l'adresse qui suit, remplacez les croix par le mot-clé trouvé. L'adresse complétée est celle de la prochaine étape :
http://www.tlotr.com/xxxxxx_earth/riddlesinthedark.php
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Étape 4 (optionnelle) - British riddles The clues given to find letterboxes are often riddles. Playing riddles is a well-known pastime in Great-Britain. Tolkien even made Bilbo and Gollum play riddles in his book Bilbo the Hobbit.
Question 1 Read the first two riddles. What are the two answers? How did the webmaster hide the answers?
Question 2 Can you give examples to illustrate the following sentences?
The riddles are generally short.
Most of the time, they rhyme.
The vocabulary is precise.
There is a regular rhythm in the lines, like in a poem.
Question 3 Here are three photos. Which riddles do they correspond to?
Énigme pour aller à l’étape 5
O ! Cycle and pie
Dans l'adresse qui suit, remplacez les croix par le mot-clé trouvé. L'adresse complétée est celle de la prochaine étape :
http://xxxxxxxxxxxx.thefreedictionary.com/Trainspotting+(hoby)
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Étape 5 (optionnelle) - Trainspotting Letterboxing is not the only hobby the British pursue ; trainspotting is another one.
Question 1 There is a spelling mistake in the title. What is it?
Find and write down the two-line definition of the word “trainspotting”.
Question 2 Read the web page and complete the following summary with the words given here : a data book - to collect - trains - the police - an anorak - suspicious - experts - terrorism
Trainspotters want ___________ and exchange detailed information about __________ and locomotives and become ___________. The equipment of a trainspotter consists of _____________ to keep warm when waiting and of _____________ listing all the locomotives plus other details. In the USA trainspotters have sometimes been suspected of ____________ but in the UK they have helped ___________ by reporting _____________persons.
Question 3 In America this hobby is called “railfanning”. Find the definition of “railfanning” on this experts site : www.nrhs.com/railfan/.
What differences are there between trainspotting in England and railfanning in the USA?
Question 4 Railfanning can be dangerous. There are safety rules to follow. Can you write down two important ones? Use “must” and “mustn’t”.
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