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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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(Réponses : A letterbox is a plastic box or bottle. Inside it, there are two things : a notebook and a rubber stamp. This letterbox is hidden somewhere in Dartmoor National Park. Thanks to clues (given on internet sites) you can locate the letterbox. Letterboxing is like a treasure hunt.)
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.
(Réponses : 1 = Wrong : you open it, 2 = Right, 3 = Wrong : you press it into the letterbox notebook, 4 = Wrong : you leave it there, 5 = Right, 6 = Right, 7 = Wrong : you close the lid to protect the notebook and the stamp.)
Question 4 Read the last paragraph and answer these questions :
Who invented letterboxing? When? In what country? In what part of the country?
(Réponses : A Victorian gentleman invented letterboxing, in 1854, in England, in Dartmoor.)
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.
(Mot-clé à trouver : info )
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 Site parental dédié à l’éducation des garçons.
http://raisingboys.allinfoabout.com/
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.
(Réponses : the compass, the rubber stamp, the ink pad, the notebook, the walking shoes, the map, the snacks, the bottle of water.)
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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.
(Mot-clé à trouver : 7324)
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 Site de letterboxers américains
http://www.letterboxing.org/
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
(Réponses : Teresa, Kilroy, Florence, the name of a road, behind a glass.)
Question 2 Follow the instructions in the clue sheet. In this map of Florence district, where is the letterbox ?
(Réponse : Arrowood)
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
(Réponses : 1- indoors, 2- a plant because it’s naturally outdoors.)
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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.
(Mot-clé à trouver : middle. Réponses : Map, Indoors, Dartmoor, District, Letterboxing, England.)
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 Site The Lord of the Ring consacré aux romans de Tolkien.
www.tlotr.com/
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?
(Réponses : 1- a mountain / teeth, 2- The answers are written in black on a black background, you have to highlight them by selecting them.)
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?
(Réponses : 1- This thing all things devours : Birds, beasts, trees, flowers ; Gnaws iron, bites steel; Grinds hard stones to meal ; Slays king, ruins town, And beats high mountains down.
2- A live without breath, cold as death ; Never thirsty, ever drinking, All in mail never clinking.
3- A box without hinges, key, or Yet golden treasure inside is hid.)
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O ! Cycle and pie
(Mot-clé à trouver : encyclopedia … )
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.
Site d’encyclopédie en ligne
http://encyclopedia.thefreedictionary.com/
Question 1 There is a spelling mistake in the title. What is it?
(Réponse : “hobby” has two Bs.)
Find and write down the two-line definition of the word “trainspotting”.
(Réponse : “Trainspotting is a pastime practised largely in the UK and the US (and elsewhere) in which enthusiasts spend time at railway depots, railway stations or at trackside vantage points noting down serial numbers of passing trains and locomotives.”)
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.
(Réponse : Trainspotters want to collect and exchange detailed information about trains and locomotives and become experts. The equipment of a trainspotter consists of an anorak to keep warm when waiting and of a data book listing all the locomotives plus other details. In the USA trainspotters have sometimes been suspected of terrorism but in the UK they have helped the police by reporting suspicious 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?
(Réponse : In the USA, railfanning activities include watching trains from your favourite location, riding trains for fun, taking photographs, or going to shows, but in England you spot the trains and just write down the numbers in a notebook.)
Question 4 Railfanning can be dangerous. There are safety rules to follow. Can you write down two important ones? Use “must” and “mustn’t”.
(Réponses possibles : You must cross tracks at approved crossings, stay a safe distance back from the tracks, stay clear of switch points. You mustn’t try to beat a train through a crossing…)
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