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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
The
author
and
pubh.shers
are
very
grateful
to
all
the
teachers
who
have
offered
their
comme-nts
and
suggestiotlS
whkh
have
brrn
invaluable
in
the
devewpment
oJ
Project
Third Edition.
Wr
would
particularly
like
to
mention
tlwse
who
commented
on
the
manuscripts:
Czech
Republic:
Jana Ferancova, Zdena Hartingerova, Sarka KarpiSkova, Jana
Pechackova;
Hungary:
Hontine
H.
Katalin, Pantya ]udit, Szenasine Steiner
Rita;
Poland:
Daria Bogacz, Pattycja Fojcik, Anna Krystyna Sokotowska;
Slovalcia:
Maria Macadyova, Helena Sandmerova, Monika Skarbova
Additional
thanks
to
those
who
provided
additional
help:
Czech
Republk:
llona Jordan,
Ivana Brozova. Barbora Dolezelova. Jana Holiskova, Jana Houskova,
Eva
Jichova. Vera Juhova. Ivana Krivankova. Lenka Kutalkova, Ilona Mazurova,
Jirina Merhulikova, Daria Mlcochova, Marketa Mrkousova. Sarka Nabi'll<ova,
Jana Prochazkova, PavIa Spurna, Ivana Stepanova, Ilona
Torn.;iSkova,
Daniela
Trojovsla\,
SaSa
Trtilkova, and
Lucie
Vopickova;
Hungary:
Ats
Mikl6s, Beregszaszi
Katalin, Bironi' VarhegyiJudit,
Kovacs
Klist6fAron, Latabar Endre, Pataki
S<indome, Peter Zita, Sinka Hilda, Szekely
Lasz16,
T6thne Klema Dorottya
Commissioned
photos
by:
Chris King
pp
4,
5,
7,
8,12,
15, 16, 17, 18 (except
aunt,
uncle
and
cousin), 22 (except
DJ),
27, 28, 30, 35 (except Science
and
PEl,
39,
42,43
(except ex
6),
51,56,63,64,66,75;
Claude Bordeleau
pp
9 (ex 11), 13
(ex
3,
ex
5),14.18
(ex
4),19.27,41
(ex
8),
44 (ex
2),
45 (ex
7),
49, 51, 64, 70
(ex
1),
75; Gary Davies p
58
(except Mickey
and
Millie); Mark Draisey p 65
(ex 4 and ex
5);
Sean Longcroft pp 9 (ex
6),
25,40
(ex
2),
41
(ex 4),57
{ex
5
and
6),61; Gustavo Mazali pp 26, 29, 31,
52
(ex
1).
53
(ex 3b), 54 (ex
3),
62 (ex
1),
74 (ex
1);
Frano Petl'usa
pp
4 (Characters),
5,
6 (Mut, classroom,
hand
and
umbrella),
7,
8, 10
(Ex
2,
Ex
3, Mut),
11
(ex
9),
17, 18 (ex
3).
20,
21
(ex
2),
22
(ex
1),
23, 30
(ex
3).
32, 33, 43, 44 (ex
3),
46, 47 (ex 3),52 (ex 3 Mut), 54 (ex
4),
57 (ex 4),58 (except
game
board), 65 (ex 3),67 (ex 3
and
ex
5),
68, 69, 70 (ex
2);
Oxford University Press p 76
{Map}:
Simon Smith pp 6 (Book
and
apple),
10
(ex 5, ex
6),
11
(ex
8),
13 (ex
4),
16,40
(ex 1),47 (ex
6),50,52
(ex
3),59,62
(ex
2),
67 (ex
7),
78, 79 (Clock
and
dog): Tom Sperling p 71:Jo Taylor
pp
14,
21
(ex
5),
28,30
(ex
1),
34, 37, 44 (ex I), 45 (ex 8),53 (ex
5),
55, 74 (ex 4),79 (boy,
girl
and
zebra).
Researched
photos:
Alamy Images pp
35
(school science/Ian Shaw), 36 (girl
with packed lunch/Bubbles Photolibrary), 36 (school pondfWildscape), 36
(school playtime/Education Photos), 38 (young girl/Geoff du Feu), 38 (young
boy/ImageStatej,
48
(school sports
daY/Rob
Walls),
48
(hurdles/Bubbles
PhotolibralY), 60 (terraced houses/Peter Scholey), 60 (semi·detached houses/
Robert Harding Picture Library), 60 (detached house/Martin Mayer), 60 (flats/
Photofusion Picture Library), 60 (cottage/Cotswolds Photo Library), 72 (Indian
girljPeter Adams Photography), 72 (teen girl/Chris Rout), 72 (Colosseum/
Iconotec): Bridgeman
Art
Library Ltd p 73 (Children's Games (Kinderspiele),
1560 (oil
on
panel), Brueghel, Pieter
the
Elder (c.1515-69)/Kunsthistorisches
Museum, Vienna, Austria); Carbis p
72
(young srudent/Jack Hollingsworth);
Getty Images p 72 (young man/Nancy Honey/Photoruca); iStockphoto pp 37
(mousefKateLeigh), 37 (crocodile/Mehmet Salih Guier),
37
(hens/Levgenia
Tikhonova), 37 (butterfly/Cornelius): Masterfile
pp
14 (teen girl/Rick Gomez),
14 (teen
boy);
OUP
pp
24 (penjPhotodisc), 48 (American footballjPhotodisc),
48 (cricket/Corel), 50 (teen girl/imagel00): PunchStock pp 37 (boy
on
skateboard/Comstock), 43 (laughing boy/Blend Images), 43 (young Asian girl/
Blend Images),
62
(young boy/Stockbyte), 72 (Bombay, India/Digital Vision),
72 (smiling boY/Digital Vision): Robert Harding Picture Library pp 72 (Gdansk/
Gavin Hellier),
72
(Hong Kong skyline/Oriental Touch), 72 Uamaica/Sergio
Pitalnitz).