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 Under the Bridge
Lynda Edwards

Level 1

Series Editors: Andy Hopkins and Jocelyn Potter

Activities 1

What's the book about?

Look at Picture A in Activity 1.2. Talk about the picture. What do you
think? Then write your answers.
1 Why is the woman sitting there?

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3 Who is the man?

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 CHAPTER I
'Go away!'
'Can I ask you some questions?' he said.
Bea didn't want to listen. Questions were always bad.

B ea lived under a bridge. She had two bags. In the bags there
was a coat, some brown shoes and an old, brown hat. It was
very cold in winter. There was a book of photographs too, and a
yellow baby's dress. These were important to Bea. Why? She didn't
remember.
Every day Bea watched the river. She liked. watching the people
too. A lot of people came under the bridge, but they didn't look at
Bea. They usually walked very quickly. They were happy because
their lives were different from hers. They didn't want to see her or
talk to her.
Bea didn't like talking, but she liked singing. Her songs were
from a different life. Sometimes she remembered a house, children
and a garden, but she didn't remember very much. Her head was an
empty room. The bridge was her home now.

bridge /bnd3/ (n) There is a bridge across the river.

baby /'be1bi/ (n) The baby is six months old.
life /!a1f/ (n) His life is difficult. He hasn't got much money.
different /'d1far,mt/ (adj) My sister and I like different things. She meets her friends every
evening, but I watch TV.
sing /Sil]/ {v, past sang /S<EIJ/) The Beatles sang very well. Their songs are famous.
empty /'empti/ (adj) The classroom is empty. Where are the students?
 Under rhe Bridge

'Hello! My name's Martin.' A

young man sat under the bridge
near Bea.
Bea closed her eyes. Tm
sleeping,' she said. 'Go away!'
The man smiled. 'Can I ask
you some questions?' he said.
Bea didn't want to listen.
Questions were always bad. She
started to sing. 'La - la - la!', she
sang loudly.
The man waited. Bea opened one eye. The young man had a nice
smile. She remembered a young man with a nice smile.
Tm Bea,' she said. <Why are you sitting under my bridge?'
'You see that house?' He looked at a tall house across the river. It
was old with dark windows. Then he looked at Bea. His eyes were
very blue and very clever. 'I'm a policeman,' he said. Tm watching
that house.'

sat /sret/ (v. past of sit) We sat in the garden and talked.
loud /laud/ (adj) I like loud music. My mother is often angry because I play music very
loudly.
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'Where is Emily?'
There were policemen in the garden of the tall house.
They moved quietly and looked in the dark windows.

B ea l�oked at Martin with big eyes. A polic�man? S�e didn't like

policemen. They usually had angry faces. You can t stay here.
Move!' they said to Bea. She always moved, but then she always came
back again. This was her bridge.
But this policeman was different. He looked into her eyes. He
talked to her. She was a person to him - a person with feelings.
'W hy?' she asked. 'You've got a job. You can't watch houses. You
haven't got time.'
Martin smiled again. 'It is my job!' Bea was a strange person,
but sometimes there was a clever light in her eyes. 'We don't know,
but perhaps there are bad people
in that house,' he said quietly.
'Yesterday some men took a little
girl from her home in town. Her
father has a lot of money. Perhaps
the men want money from him.
This is Em - Emily, the little girl.'
Martin had a picture. The girl
had dark hair and a yellow dress
and shoes.

feeling /'fi:l 1IJ/ (n) I'm not ill now, and that's a good feeling. I felt ill yesterday, but today
I feel very happy.
strange /stre1nd3/ (adj) That's strange! The car is empty. Where are our bags?
took /tuk/ (v, past of take) I took s.ome money from my bag and went to the
ticket office.
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Bea looked away. She sat quietly and looked at the river. It moved
slowly under the bridge.
'Perhaps they took the little girl to chat tall house ..., Martin said.
'No!' Bea said suddenly, very loudly. 'I can't hear you.' Then her
eyes went dark and she started to sing again. 'La - la - la!,
Martin looked away. He was wrong. Bea didn't understand. She
lived in a dream. He started to move away. 'Goodbye, Bea ...'
Bea's hand was suddenly on his coat. 'No, ' she said again. 'There
aren,t any people in that house. It's empty. I watch it.' Bea didn't like
talking. It was difficult and her mouth felt strange.

dream /dri:m/ (n/v) In my sleep I had a dream about a holiday in Senegal. Do people go
there on holiday?
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 Chapter 2 - 'Where is Emily?'

'Was there a light in the house, Bea?' Martin asked. 'In the night?'
Bea's head was full. She closed her eyes. 'Questions! Questions!'
she sang.
'Look, Bea. Look,' Martin said.
There were policemen in the garden of the tall house. They
moved quietly and looked in the dark windows.

Bea watched. Where was the little girl? Where was Emily? She
had a bad feeling. This was strange for Bea. She didn't have feelings.
Sometimes she felt hot or cold, but she never felt happy or unhappy.
Now she had a feeling and she didn't like it. She didn't want the
feeling. Life was good with no feelings.
But she watched the policemen. Now they were at the door. The
house was quiet. The door wasn't strong and it opened. It was dark
in the house. The policemen went in.
full /full (adj) I walked to school because the bus was full.
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 Activities 2

- Were you right?

Look at your answers to Activity 1.2 on page ii. Then circle the right
answers here.
1 Bea lives under the bridge. Yes No

2 She remembers a lot of things about her life. Yes No

3 Bea doesn't want to talk to Martin. Yes No

4 Martin is a teacher. Yes No

5 The house across the river is old. Yes No

6 Martin is watching the house. Yes No

- What more did you learn?

Write the words in the sentences.

house money empty angry dream

questions bad strange

What does Bea think?

1 A lot of policemen are .......................................... .

2 I don't like ........................................... .

3 The old house is ........................................... .

4 This feeling is ........................................... .

What does Martin think?

5 Bea is a ........................................... person.

6 Bea lives in a ........................................... .

7 Emily is in that ........................................... .

8 The bad men want ........................................... .

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- Language in use
A young man sat under the
Look at the sentences on the right.
bridge near Bea.
Then circle the right words in these
They moved quietly and
sentences.
looked in the dark windows.
1 Bea looked on I at the house.
2 Bea's life was different of I from Martin's life.
3 Martin had a picture of I to Emily.

4 The men wanted money of I from her father.

5 The bags were important at I to Bea.

6 Martin talked at I to Bea.

- What happens next?

What is going to happen? Write "' or X.

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'Can we look in your house?'
Now she remembered an important thi71:g. She put her hand
on Martins coat again. 'I was in there today,' she said.

M artin went across the bridge to the old house. A policeman

came out. 'Emily?' Martin asked.
'No,' the policeman said. 'It's empty.'
Martin and the policemen went to every house in the street. The
doors opened and the policemen asked the same question: 'Can we
look in your house?' They looked, but they didn't find the little girl.
'Perhaps this is the wrong road,' Martin said. Where was Emily?
Did Bea know? She watched the river and the houses every day.
Martin went and sat down under the bridge again.
'She isn't there,' he said. 'We were wrong.'
'I know.' Bea started to like this young man. His eyes smiled.
Suddenly her head felt light. Usually it felt very heavy and full of
strange noises. Sometimes she remembered things and it felt light.
Now she remembered an important thing. She put her hand on
Martin's coat again. 'I was in there today,' she said.
Martin waited. What did Bea know?
'Sometimes I go in the house because it's cold here,' she said.
'It was cold this morning,' Martin said.
'I went there. There wasn't a little girl. No bad people.' Bea's head
was heavy again. She closed her eyes.
Martin waited, but Bea was quiet. He took some chocolate from
his coat. 'Bea? Here's some chocolate.'
Bea.opened an eye again. 'Mmm,' she said. Bea loved chocolate.
She took it and put some in her mouth. It was good. Then she
put /put/ (v, past of put) He put a bottle of water on the table.
chocolate /'t!okht/ (n) I eat a lot of chocolate. I love it, but it isn't good for me!

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opened her bag. There was the baby's dress.

Martin smiled. <That's nice!' he said.
<Look,' Bea said and she took out the book of photographs.
<Pictures.'
Martin opened the book. There
was a picture of a beautiful young
woman and a little girl. He looked
at Bea. The young woman had the
same eyes. els that you?' he asked.
Bea smiled. cl don't know,' she
said quietly and she looked in her
bag again. Suddenly she put a hand
to her mouth. <Oh!' she said. Her
face was white.
<What is it, Bea?' Martin asked.
Bea slowly took two small, yellow shoes from the bag. She
reme1nbered. 'I took them. For my little girl. They were in that
tall house.'

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 CHAPTER I
'It was only a dream.'
There was a room with a lot oflights and people. There was
music too, and a little girl in a yellow dress danced.

'We were right,' Martin said. 'The bad pe ople were in the
house with Emily. They came and then they went again.
Perhaps they know about the police.'
There were tears in Bea's eyes. She put the shoes and the dress
near her face. She remembered a little girl in the dress, her little girl.
Were the tears for that little girl or for Emily? She didn't know.
Martin put his hand on Bea's. 'Bea, we want to find Emily. My
men are going to watch the house again at night. Perhaps the bad
people are going to come back with Emily. Can you watch it too?'
Then Martin went away.
Night came. It was dark under the bridge, but there were lights in
the road. There was a car near the tall house. It was a police car. But
the road was empty.
Bea wanted to sleep. Her head
was full of strange pictures, but she
didn't want them. She wanted her
old, quiet life. But she wanted to
find Emily too. She looked at the
tall house. It had a big roof. Every
house in the street had a big roof and
some houses had windows there. In
one window there was a light and a
young man sat with a book.
tear /t1<1/ (n) The woman was unhappy. There were tears in her eyes.
roof /ru:f/ (n) There was a small animal on the roof of the house.

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 Cha pter 4 - 'It was onl y a dream.'

Bea had a new picture in her head now. There was a room with
a lot of lights and people. There was music too, and a little girl in a
yellow dress danced. 'Look,. Mama!' she said to Bea. 'New shoes!'
Then the picture went and Bea was under the bridge again.
Suddenly her eyes went to the
tall, dark house. W hy did she look
there? Was there a person? The
windows were dark but there, up in
the roof, there was ... Bea looked
and looked. It was difficult in the
dark. What was it? Bea's mouth
opened. It was a small, white face.
It was the face of a little girl. Bea
closed her eyes and waited. Then
she opened chem. There was no
face, no little girl. It was only a
dream. Bea closed her eyes again,
this time for sleep.

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 Activities 3

- Were you right?

Look at your answers to Activity 2.4. Then think about these· sentences.
What happens first? Write the numbers 1-9.
a D A police car watches the house.

b Q Bea takes the yellow shoes from the kitchen.

c D The policemen don't find Emily.

d D Martin gives some chocolate to Bea.

e [J Bea sees a face at the window.

f [iJ Bea goes to the house.
g D Bea sees a young man near a window.

h [l Bea has a dream.

D Martin looks at Bea's photographs.

What more did you learn?

Match the sentences on the left with sentences on the right.
1 Bea sometimes goes into the house. a She sees a person.

2 Bea opens one eye. b She wants to talk.

3 Bea's face is white. c She remembers her child.

4 Bea puts her hand on Martin's coat. d She wants to sleep.

5 There are tears in Bea's eyes. e She feels cold.

6 Bea looks at the window. f She remembers the shoes.

7 Bea closes her eyes. g She likes chocolate.

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- Language 'in use

Look at the sentences on the right. 'She isn't there.' [Emily]
What are sentences 1-5 about?
It was only a dream. [The face]

1 'That's nice!'

2 'Is that you?'

3 'I took them.'

4 'They came and they went again.'

5 'Can you watch it too?'

. , What happens next?

What do you think? Circle the right answers.
1 The policemen see the bad man in the house. Yes No

2 Emily runs across the bridge. Yes No

3 Bea falls into the water. Yes No

4 Bea lives with Martin's family. Yes No

5 Emily's father gives some money to Bea. Yes No

6 Martin finds Bea's daughter. Yes No

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 CHAPTER I
'She's in the house!'
'No!' the man in the water said. '/ can't swim!'
'Good,' said Bea.

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day. The sun was hoc, but it wasn't hot under the bridge.
He sat down.
Bea smiled. She liked the sun and she liked Martin. She took
the book of photographs out of her bag. She wanted to look at the
pictures again with her new friend. T hey looked at a picture of a
big house.

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'Did you live there?' Martin asked.

'Perhaps,' Bea said. She started to sing again. Martin listened.
Today Bea's song was beautiful. It was a slow love song. Manin
remembered the song. Perhaps his mother sang it co him.
Bea looked at the dress and the yellow shoes. 'I dreamed about ill)
little girl,' she said quietly. 'She danced and I sang a song for her.'
'Did she like the song( Martin asked.
'Yes. Then it went dark again. Her face was at the window.' Bea

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 Chapttr 5 - 'She's in the house!'

was unhappy. There were

tears on her face.
'W here was the window
in your dream, Bea?'
'Up there, in the roof
Martin looked across the
river. The window was
dark, but ... He looked
again. What was that on the window? Yes - there were some letters.
Martin took his phone. 'Quick - she's in the house - in the roof!'
Bea watched. Martin and the policemen went into the house
quickly. They didn't see a man in the garden, but Bea did. The man
came out of a window and went across the garden and then across
the bridge. His legs moved quickly. His face was very red. He came
under Bea's bridge, but he didn't see Bea. She was very" quiet. Was
this the man? Did this man take little Emily?

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Suddenly Bea had a new feeling. She was angry. This was a very
bad man. He took children. The man came near Bea and she put
her foot in front of him. He didn't see it and he went into the water.
There was a loud noise. The policemen came out of the house and
looked at the river.

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'No!' the man in the water

said. 'I can't swim!'
'Good,' Bea said.
The policemen took the
man from the river. Then they
put him in a police car. The
policemen took the man away in
a police car.
Martin came out of the tall
...
house. There was a little girl
with him. She had dark hair.
She looked across the river at Bea
and smiled.

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'I know your name.'

She had afamily. People loved her. She put her hand on Martin '.s.
'I went away,' she said quietly. 'I remember now.'

M artin was happy. Emily was at home with her mother and
father. The man was at the police station. But Martin wanted
to know about Bea. The bridge wasn't a good place for her. Was
there a home for Bea too? Martin remembered the photographs and
her songs. Then he went on his computer and he looked at some old
newspapers.
'Yes!' he said after a lot of work. There was a picture of a famous

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young woman and a little girl in a yellow dress - the picture in Bea's
book! There was a story with the picture: Where is Beatrice?
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Bea looked up at Martin. 'Hello!' she smiled. 'How is Emily?'

Marrin sat down. 'She's well. She says "thank you''. The police
went into the house and she was in a small room in the roof. She was
in the house. We didn't know. But you did.'
Bea's face went red and she looked at the river.
'Bea,' Marrin said quietly. 'I know your name.'
Bea didn't understand. 'Yes. I'm Bea.'
'Your name is Beatrice. And you were a singer. A good singer.'
'I like singing,' Bea said.
'And you had a family and a daughter. Her name was Gr-'
'Grace,' Bea said quickly. There was a light in her eyes. 'Her name
was Grace. I remember.'
'There was a car accident. You weren't well. You didn't remember
things. Then one day you weren't in your room. Your family looked
for you. The police looked for you. But they didn't find you.'
Bea's head felt very light. She had a family. People loved her. She
put her hand on Martin's. 'I went away,' she said quietly. 'I remember
now.

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Martin felt tears in his eyes.

'Look, Bea - Beatrice.' A car
stopped near the bridge. A young
woman came out. She was tall and
beautiful and her dress was yellow.
'Mama?' she said and she put
out her hand.
Bea looked at the woman and
she had a good, happy feeling.
There was love in her eyes. Then
she looked at Martin. 'Thank
you,' she said.
And Bea went away from the
bridge, away from her two bags. She went to her new life.
Martin watched her. 'No, Bea,' he said. 'Thank you.' And he
looked at the tall, old house with the dark windows. It was empty
again.

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Work with two or three friends.

- \ Student Al You are a person in the story. Answer questions.
\ Students B-D \ Ask questions about the life of the person in the story.
What time do you get up?

What do you do every morning?

- You are going to make a TV film of the story, in English or in your

language. Talk about these questions:
a Who are going to play the people in the story?

b Where are you going to film the story?

I c Are people going to like it? Why (not)?

Write about it

Bea's story is in the newspaper. Write the article.

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Project Under the Bridge

Project Doyou remember ... ?

Bea had an accident. She doesn't remember things about her life.

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Do you remember things? Which of these people is you? Talk to your
friends.
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remember things. people's names.
things.
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important things. telephone numbers.
remember them.

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People often have photographs in a book or on their computer. What

are these photographs of?

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 Project Under the Bridge

Bring a photograph to school and talk about it with your friends.

a What is the place? c When was it?

b Who are the people? d Why do you like the photograph?

Write a questionnaire for your friends. Write questions. Then ask

three or four people and write short answers. How much do they
remember? What do you learn about your friends?
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 Lynda Edwards
British English
Original
Bea lives under a bridge. She watches people, b'ut
they don't look at her. Then, one day, a policeman
stops and talks to her. Bea doesn't like talking and she
doesn't remember much. But he is looking for a little
girl, and there was a child in Bea's old life. Can she
remember now?

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level 3 1200 headwords Pre-intermediate
Level 4 1700 headwords Intermediate

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