chapter5

5. The Remote Control Disaster

Word List

Amusing

Appear

Cartoon

Channel

Commercial

Director

Discussion

Documentary

Episode

Exciting

Fantasy

Funny

Horror films

Love Story

Miss

News

Quiz Show

Reality Show

Recommend

Remote Control

Science Fiction

Series

Sitcom

Soap Opera

Suitable

Talk Show

TV Guide

TV Program

TV Signs

Violence

Expressions

I sometimes, or often, or usually, or always watch quiz shows.

I prefer fantasies to love stories.

She prefers talk shows to soap operas.

My favorite TV program is Funny Family.

I can't stand that quiz show.

I'm crazy about that sitcom.

I can't wait for it.

I can't miss even an episode.

Documentaries are usually amusing,

but I think discussion programs are pretty boring.

Chapter 5.

The Remote Control Disaster

All students are back in Magnific.

It is PE lesson, and the students are waiting for the teacher.

Arda is with enigmatic, and the others stand far from them.

I think we should tell them today enigmatic.

They should know that you are an alien.

No, they shouldn't.

You say humans are friendly, but I know it's a lie.

Human beings hurt animals, cut trees, pollute nature.

Your history is full of wars.

You aren't good to anything different than you.

And I'm an alien.

They shouldn't know the truth about me. They can hurt me.

There are good people and bad people on Earth.

The people here are my friends. They are good. We can trust them.

Enigmatic points at the other students.

So, why do they always stay away from us?

Arda looks around. Enigmatic is right. He goes to talk to his friends.

What is your problem? Why do you stay away from us?

Yasamin points at enigmatic.

We don't stay away from you, Arda. We stay away from him.

What did he do to you?

He is different from us. Strange things happen around him.

Miranda is right. We can't explain it, but we all feel it.

When we play basketball with him, we all fall down for no reason.

And when we play against another team, the team's players fall down for no reason.

It's not normal.

Oh, really? It isn't normal.

You don't even attend football training, but the ball always hits your head and you score goals.

No one says that's strange, Bonnie.

That's...that's just luck. It's something different.

You are very bad. Yes, enigmatic is a bit different from us, but he doesn't harm anyone.

You don't give him a chance. You don't try to understand him. You treat him badly.

After a long silence, he looks at enigmatic. He is right, he thinks. He can't trust humans.

Human beings aren't friendly to anything different. So he decides to keep the alien secret.

At that moment, Mr. Ruler comes in. He has got a health report in his hand.

Good morning, class. I have bad news for you.

Your physical education teacher, Mr. Runner, has the flu, and he should rest.

We must cancel your physical education lesson today.

Now, go and watch TV in the television room for two hours.

Television, hooray!

The teacher is ill and everyone shouts hooray. What is so good about that?

Oh, we don't feel happy because the teacher is ill. We feel sad about him.

We say hooray because we can watch TV.

What is TV?

They walk to the television room and sit on their seats. Arta points at the television.

That is a TV. TV is the short form of television. You can use the remote control to turn it on.

You can change channels with these buttons. You can watch different kinds of TV programs on television.

Arta takes the TV guide from the table and shows him the pictures of the programs.

A. Look at the pictures and write the types of the TV programs.

At that moment, Jamie hears them.

Ha ha! Look! Enigmatic doesn't know anything about television.

Everyone in the class laughs too.

Don't you watch television in Machu Picchu and Enigmatic? Oh, sorry. Machu Picchu is an ancient city.

You can't find television there, right?

Arta looks angry.

Don't make fun of him, Yasamin. It is not funny.

I don't make fun of him. He makes fun of us. Don't you understand? Machu Picchu is an ancient city.

No one lives there anymore. Your friend is weird, and he is a liar. Everyone knows that,

but the principal lets him stay here because he is good at football.

He isn't a liar. He is an a -lee.

But then he stops. He looks at Enigmatic and sits down.

I don't want to talk to you anymore, Yasamin. Just turn the TV on. Let's watch Crazy Monkeys.

It's my favorite TV series.

Oh, sorry, but Amazing Love Story is on Channel X now. I'm crazy about that soap opera. I can't wait for it.

I think we should watch that.

Amazing Love Story? Who watches that silly soap opera?

The girl loves the boy. The boy loves the girl, but they can't get married. Blah, blah, blah.

You are my friend, Yasamin. But Arta is right. That soap opera is very boring.

I prefer cheerful friends to Amazing Love Story. It's a seed camp, and it's very funny.

No, it isn't funny. That sitcom is full of silly jokes. We shouldn't watch that.

Find the letters is on Channel J, and I like it very much.

Find the letters. No way. I can't stand that quiz, sure.

What do you want to watch, Raj?

I don't know. I don't like quiz shows. Let's watch something else.

Oh, look at the TV Guide. It says there is a documentary about celebrations on Channel Mix.

That sounds interesting. I recommend that.

Be. What kind of TV program does each student want to watch?

A documentary about celebrations? Well, that sounds amusing.

Yes, I can watch that too. Okay, let's watch that documentary.

Arta takes the remote control and turns the TV on. It's Channel Mix.

We know you are crazy about shoes. Red shoes, yellow shoes, pink shoes, purple shoes, shiny shoes.

You can find all shoes at the shoe shop at the Sun Land Shopping Mall.

You can also try online shopping. Our shoes are comfortable and cheap.

Hurry up. Buy one.

See. Fill in the blanks with the correct TV programs.

Oh, that's not a documentary. That's a commercial. So I'm changing channels.

Yasmin runs and takes the remote control from Arta's hand. She turns Channel X on.

We can't show amazing love story today because there are very important events going on.

Flash, flash, flash. The Queen of Sunland closed the zoo.

Zookeepers will send the animals to their natural habitats.

All the cages are empty now. Now we listen to our reporter Ms. Johnson for more information.

Give me the remote control. I don't want to watch the news.

Yasmin and Arta fight for the remote control. At that moment Taylor jumps and gets the remote control.

He turns his favorite TV program on.

We can't let our children watch TV. There is violence in many programs.

They affect children very badly. They can be scared and they can learn bad things from them.

The solution isn't throwing the TV out. Children love television and they learn many things from it.

The solution is looking at the TV signs. Look, here is a list of TV signs and their meanings.

Really? Do you really like discussion programs?

Sure. You learn many things and it shows you different points of view.

It's boring. Look, they show a list of the TV signs. What is so interesting about that?

That's important. You must know the TV signs.

I know them. Everyone knows them. They are very easy.

Arta points at the TV signs on the TV screen and explains.

D. Match 1 to 6 with A to F and write the correct letters in the boxes.

Arta takes the remote control from Taylor's hand.

See? We all know these. So let's watch something else.

But this time, all the students in class try to take the remote control from Arta.

I want to watch a cartoon because cartoons are so funny.

No. Give it to me. My favorite reality show is on Channel M. I always watch that show.

You liar. I never see you watch that show. When did you last watch it? Last year?

But I usually watch the cartoon on Channel Z.

Please give it to me. You usually watch the cartoon on Channel Z.

But I watch this Dinosaur Hunters every day. I can't miss even an episode. It's very exciting.

The Dinosaur Hunters is suitable for 18 and over. You can't watch that show.

Let's watch the talk show on Channel B. Angelina Jolie was in that show last week

and this week the guest is George Clooney.

E. Answer the questions about the remote control argument.

Students start fighting. Enigmatic doesn't know what to do. Tim hits Arta and Arta hits Colin.

Colin punches Raj and Raj punches Jamie. Later, girls start fighting too.

Enigmatic takes the remote control of his teleportation machine.

He tries to teleport himself and escape.

But at that moment Yasmin pushes Miranda and Miranda falls on Enigmatic.

Ah!

His remote control falls down. Miranda sees it and smiles. She runs and takes it.

I have the remote control.

She points it at the television.

No! It's not the remote control of the television. It's the remote control of my...

Miranda doesn't care.

Dinosaur Hunters!

And she pushes a button. Suddenly, all the students stop fighting.

They don't even move. They are in the middle of a jungle.

And there is an enormous Velociraptor looking at them.

Where are we? How do we get here? What is this?

That's a Velociraptor.

Please tell me that this Dinosaur is an herbivore.

It's a carnivore.

They start running. At that moment, they hear a voice. Caught!

Students see cameras and lights behind the trees and they stop.

What's going on? I don't understand.

You tell me. I'm the director of The Dinosaur Hunters.

We are filming the new episode of the series. You suddenly appeared there.

Students look behind and understand that the dinosaur is made of plastic.

They start laughing.

Oh. So it isn't a real dinosaur? We were very scared.

Tell me. What are you doing in the middle of a jungle in Africa?

Africa?

We can't be in Africa. We were in Magnific two minutes ago.

The director looked surprised.

Magnific? Isn't it an island school in the middle of the Indian Ocean?

Everyone is shocked. Not Miranda. She goes next to the director and smiles.

He is the director of her favorite series. She is so excited to see him.

I rarely watch TV, but I watch The Dinosaur Hunters every week.

It's my favorite TV programme. It's suitable for 18 and over.

But I don't care. I like it very much because it's very exciting.

F. You are Miranda. Read her sentences above and answer the questions of your favorite director.

How old are you?

I'm 13.

How often do you watch TV?

I rarely watch TV.

What is your favorite TV programme?

My favorite TV programme is The Dinosaur Hunters.

Really? How often do you watch it?

I watch it every week.

Is this show suitable for people under 18 years old?

No. It isn't.

So why do you watch this show?

Because it's very exciting.

But you shouldn't watch it. There is violence in it.

It's for adults. It can affect you badly.

But Miranda doesn't care. She smiles and asks for a selfie. The director looks angry.

Don't you understand? You shouldn't watch violent horror series like this.

So I can't be your favorite director. Watch science fiction films like Back to the Future,

or watch fantasies like Harry Potter.

I'm not scared of the dinosaurs on TV. There are more scary things in my life.

For example, I was in Magnific five minutes ago, and now I'm in the middle of a jungle in Africa.

No one can explain that.

The director looks confused. Miranda takes a selfie with him.

Are you crazy or is this a joke? Anyway, I must film this episode. Just go and play somewhere else.

But we are in a jungle. Where can we go?

No one can answer this question. They all look around. They feel scared.

Finally, Enigmatic runs and takes the remote control of his teleportation machine from Miranda's hand.

Just give it to me.

He pushes a button. Now they are back in the television room of their school.

Everyone is shocked. Enigmatic shows the remote control and explains everything.

It's time to tell you the truth. This isn't the remote control of the television.

This is the remote control of my teleportation machine.

Yes, I have a teleportation machine because I'm an alien. I come from a far away galaxy.

I'm trying to understand your planet and human beings.

Do you have a problem with that?

Enigmatic's appearance changes. His skin turns red and his antennas appear again.

You can't hurt me. You can't do experiments on me. You must keep this information as a secret. Do you understand me?

All students are shocked. They don't know what to do. They can't say anything. They just stand there.

Now, check all your answers in this chapter. Work on your mistakes.

Then, go to page 145 and get your award.

Cut and stick it on my collection page at the back of the book.