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People Kirsten Dunst4

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Place The New York New Museum8

Sport Lewis Hamilton10

UK Today Gossip12

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Many events on an international level are planned. Amongstthese are the opening and closing ceremonies. The openingceremony will take place on12 January 2009 at the UNESCOheadquarters in Paris. The slogan for the International Yearof Astronomy is: “The Universe, Yours to Discover.”

2009 is also the 400th anniversary of Galileo’s invention of thetelescope. Here are several famous quotations dedicated to the sky andthe stars.

Don’t let’s ask for the moon. We have the stars. Bette Davis

There are more things in heavenand earth than are dreamt off inyour philosophy, Oratio!William Shakespeare

The brain is wider than the sky.Emily Dickinson

Order is Heaven’s first law.Alexander Pope

BBeecckkhhaamm ttoo jjooiinn MMiillaannBeckham is set to join the Italian footballclub AC Milan in January 2009. The otherMilan players are celebrating the champion’sarrival and cannot wait to play alongside the ‘Spice Boy’. Carlo Ancelotti, Milan’s coach, said: “The arrival of Beckham is a dream come true!”

David Beckham is one of the most famous footballers inthe world. He is fifth in the list of ‘Most PowerfulCelebrities’ created by the magazine Forbes (OprahWinfrey, Tiger Woods, Angelina Jolie and BeyoncéKnowles are ahead of him). Time magazine included himin the top 100 most influential personalities in the world.

Beckham is one of the few English footballers to haveplayed more than 100 games for the national squad. Hehas been captain on 58 occasions.

Hello to all our readers,

Welcome to Change Up magazine – the magazine packed with the latest news

and information from the English speaking world.

In this issue you can find out all about the actress, Kirsten Dunst, plus there’s

an interesting article about Facebook.

So get ready to relax and enjoy your magazine!

The CU editorial team

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ents separated, and she went with hermother, Inez, and brother to live inCalifornia. Her father, Klaus, a Germanmedical-services executive, still lives inNew Jersey.

Kirsten was a cheerleader* in the highschool she attended: Notre Dame, aprivate Catholic high school in LosAngeles. But in no way was she a typi-cal American high school student,because when she graduated* high

school in 2000, she was already a filmstar who had already made IInntteerrvviieewwwwiitthh aa VVaammppiirree.. In fact, 2000 wasKiki’s breakthrough* year, when shewon rave* reviews for her role in SofiaCoppola's film The Virgin Suicides andappeared as a leading* actress in thecomedy hit* Bring It On (2000). But shehad already appeared in Interviewwith the Vampire: The VampireChronicles (1994) when she was eightyears old alongside stars Brad Pitt andTom Cruise, a performance thatearned her a Golden Globe nomina-tion, the MTV Award for BestBreakthrough Performance, and theSaturn award for Best Young Actress.

In 1995, ‘Kiki’ was named one ofPeople Magazine's 50 Most BeautifulPeople. Over the next few years shemade a string* of hit movies includ-ing Little Women (1994), Jumanji(1995) and Small Soldiers (1998). Sheis now working in her own produc-tion* company with her mothercalled "Wooden Spoon Productions."The name symbolizes women andcreativity and was inspired by hergrandmother, who used woodenspoons to keep* her in line when shewas a girl.

The lovely and charming Americanactress Kirsten Dunst (Kiki, as herfriends call her) is of Swedish/Germandescent, but she was born and raised*in Point Pleasant, New Jersey, USA,with her brother, Christian, born in1986. She started out in show businessat the age of three, appearing in tele-vision commercials*. She was repre-sented by America’s Ford Modeling*Agency, the most famous in the coun-try. Until she reached the sixth grade,Kirsten went to the Ranney School inTinton Falls, New Jersey. Then her par-

You probably saw KirstenDunst in Interview withthe Vampire: The VampireChronicles (1994), a filmshe made when she wasonly eight years old. NowKirsten Dunst is abeautiful young womanwho has made manysuccessful films, and weare going to tell you a bitabout her.

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Personal quotes from Kirsten:• “I'd like to grow up and be beautiful. I know it

doesn't matter, but it doesn't hurt."• “Boys frustrate me. I hate all their indirect

messages, I hate game playing. Do you like me ordon't you? Just tell me so I can get* over you.”

• “Why would I cry over a boy? I would never wastemy tears on a boy. Why waste your tears onsomeone who makes you cry?”

• “I'm never going to say anything about who I'mdating unless I'm married or engaged."

• “I have never done a drug in my life. I triedsmoking once. Hated it. I don't want to infectmyself with cancer."

• About Spider-Man (2002): “I really wanted the rolebecause I knew it would give my career a boost*,especially in foreign markets where I don't feel I'mthat well known".

• “On every film I do, whenever there are other girlsmy age, I think it's definitely up to me to set thepace. That's because I've had a lot of experience

and I think there's always a certain amount ofprofessionalism that should be maintained."

• About kissing Brad Pitt in Interview with theVampire: The Vampire Chronicles (1994) ): “It washorrible, I hated it. Brad and Tom were like my bigbrothers on the set, so it was like kissing your bigbrother - totally gross*."

• “You know that feeling when you wake up in themorning and you're excited for the day? That's oneof my main goals* in life."

And on smoking, one of her pet* peeves:• “Whenever I have to smoke for a character, I make

sure they're fake* cigarettes. It's a terrible habit,and I can't believe kids still want to do it."

• “Everybody smokes! Models, actresses, everyone!Don't they realize that it's gross*? I understand it'san addiction, but it still pains me to see my friendsdo it."

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Facebook is theinternet-based social*networking site that hastaken over* the English-speaking world. Itcurrently has over 69million active memberswho come mainly fromthe US, Canada,Australia and the UK,with 100,000 newmembers reported to besigning up every day. So,what is Facebook andwhat makes it sopopular? And what arethose dark clouds onthe horizon?

HHiissttoorryyFacebook was founded* by MarkZuckerberg, a student of HarvardUniversity in the US, in February2004. It was originally set up* forHarvard students to meet and keepin touch with each other, but it soonbecame so popular that it wasopened up to other US universitiesand now it is open to anyone in theworld over the age of 13 who has avalid* email address. The site allowsnetworks organised into groups suchas the place where you live,workplace, school, interests and soon, to connect and interact witheach other. The company is now saidto be worth billions of dollars, butMark Zuckerberg is in no hurry tosell to one of the big Internet namessuch as Microsoft. He says ‘You cantell, from our history and what wehave done, that we really wanted tokeep the company independent.’They may offer the company forpublic sale in the future.

WWhhaatt ddoo yyoouu ddoo oonn FFaacceebbooookk??You can set up your own personalprofile on Facebook by uploading aphoto of yourself, writing aboutyour interests, uploading your blogand so on. It is a way of keeping intouch* with your friends, makingnew friends and catching up withold ones. One of the most popularfeatures offered by Facebook is thephoto album where you can postyour photos, choosing whether youonly want your friends to see themor giving free access for anyone tosee them.Facebook gives you the chance totell your friends and acquaintances*personal news, keep up to date withsocial events, and join a huge variety

of networks. These networks cangive you access to anyone onFacebook from old school friends oryou can make virtual friends withsimilar interests to you.

FFaacceebbooookk aanndd tthheePPrriivvaaccyy PPrroobblleemmOne of the difficulties that peoplehave discovered in using this newservice is the problem of privacy. Itcan be quite easy for anyone to readthe information you have put onyour profile and there are concernsabout identity theft. An unexpectedproblem has been when Facebookusers have applied for jobs, potentialemployers have been able to look attheir Facebook profiles withembarrassing consequences. Youmay not want just anyone findingout about the mad things you did asa student! The Facebook team havebeen improving the site to try toaddress these problems, butZuckerberg emphasises personalresponsibility. ‘People are learninghow to use the site and what’s OK toshare. As time goes on, people willlearn what’s appropriate, what’s safefor them — and learn to shareaccordingly.’

It is easy to see why the site is sopopular and so exciting to use, but,as with any website which has publicaccess, it is wise to be careful whatyou decide to tell the world!

The Good, The Bad and the Ugly

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A. (here) a group of interconnectedpeople with a shared history orshared interests

B. putting a photo or otherinformation onto an Internet site

C. ability to read or use storedinformation or documents

D. description of yourself includinginterests, photo of you etc

E. an online/Internet diary where youwrite your experiences, thoughts etc

F. a collection of one or more webpages grouped under the samedomain name or ‘address’

G. put something from your computeronto your profile or website, couldbe a message or a photo

H. when someone takes personalinformation from you without yourpermission, eg bank details, homeaddress etc and uses it for criminalor illegal purposes

I. (here) join a group or organisationJ. (here) something which exists in the

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Match the right definitionMatch the Internetor technology wordbelow with itscorrect definition.Use the article tohelp you work outthe meaning of theword in context.

1 [ ] Access

2 [ ] Blog

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4 [ ] Network

5 [ ] Personal profile

6 [ ] Post (verb)

7 [ ] Sign up

8 [ ] Upload

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The rooms themselves have exposedbeams*, painted white walls, andcracked concrete floors, creating aninformal ambiance* so that the artitself seems wonderfully accessible –as though there were no barrierbetween viewer and art like the onethat exists in so many contemporarymuseums and galleries.

The third and fourth floors areconnected by a narrow staircase*which emphasizes the distancebetween the two and heightens thevisitor’s anticipation. At the top ofthe stairs, a narrow space links thestaircase to the gallery. One morestep and the visitor is released into ahuge exhibition area. The NewMuseum is an experience as well as amuseum. Critics have carped* that,like so many recent museumrenovations and expansions, the NewMuseum seems to be more about thebuilding than the art. We recommendyou see – and then judge – foryourself.

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The Big Apple’snewest museum,called The NewMuseum, has a newhome. Of course, thisbegs* the question“Does Manhattanreally need anothermuseum?” The cityalready has nearly1,000 art galleries,most devoted tocontemporary art, andfabulous museumslike the Museum ofModern Art, theWhitney, and on andon. But the NewMuseum hassomething completelynew: a rather splendidpermanent home,inaugurated last falland designed by aJapanesearchitectural firmcalled Sanaa. It’s thehottest architecturalticket in town. Let’stake a look.

The New York

The first and only museum in NewYork City devoted to contemporary art– art in the now – the New Museumhas no permanent collection. Nor hasit had, since its founding in 1977, apermanent home. Now, home is aseven-story building that opened lastfall. Located in the Bowery, an old andrun-down area of the city, the 60,000-square-foot New Museum building(built at a relatively modest cost of$50 million) stands between the dirtybrick facades of a few restaurant-supply stores (once the mainbusinesses located in the area). It issmack in the middle of a forgottenlandscape and a new one, for just afew blocks west are SoHo’s* glitzyboutiques* and showrooms. The NewMuseum wanted a place in what wasleft of the downtown art scene – arevival of history: the uninhibitedcharacters, seedy* settings,voyeuristic* attractions and, above all,rejection of bourgeois tastes, alltypical of contemporary art andartists.

The architects have designed thebuilding as a series of mismatched*galleries. The result? An unusualstructure whose floors shift back andforth like a pile of boxes stacked*carefully and encased* in a protectivearmour of shimmering* aluminiummesh* backed by a second layer* ofmetal panels, giving the surface asubtle depth.

The design seems to bring themuseum’s art to life. At the inauguralshow of contemporary sculpture lastfall, the walls were left entirely bare,creating shifting moods in rooms thatencouraged visitors to view thesculptures from unexpectedperspectives.

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Hamilton is used to breakingrecords. He was the youngest F1driver to lead the WorldChampionships, was the first manto win four races in his first F1season, is the first driver to havehad nine consecutive podiums* ina season and is the first driver ofmixed heritage* ever to drive inFormula One.

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BBaacckkggrroouunnddLewis comes from a mixed family, his mother is white Britishand his father, black British (Lewis’s paternal grandparentsemigrated to the UK from Grenada in the 1950s). He wasnamed Lewis after the great US sprinter* Carl Lewis. He hastwo half-sisters and a younger half-brother, Nicholas, who hascerebral palsy*.Lewis loved motor sports from a young age. His father,Anthony, encouraged Lewis’s passion for racing, buying him ago-cart* for his sixth birthday, but he had to work hard atschool too. Lewis’s father helped to finance his son’s racingcareer, sometimes taking as many as three jobs to find enoughmoney for this expensive sport, and he still managed to watchhis son’s races. Lewis Hamilton is one of the few F1 drivers whodoes not come from a wealthy family.

TThhee AAuuttooggrraapphhIn 1996, the ten-year-old Hamilton spoke to Maclaren boss,Ron Dennis at a prize-giving ceremony, saying ‘I won theBritish (Karting*) Championship and I want to race for youone day.’ Dennis signed Lewis’s autograph book adding‘Phone me in nine years and we will talk about it.’ In the end itwas Dennis who phoned Lewis Hamilton after only two years!In 1998, Ron Dennis signed Lewis up to the McLaren DriverDevelopment programme and gave him a secure, long-term*contract. The Maclaren Team trained and supported*Hamilton through to becoming a Formula 1 racing driver.

FFoorrmmuullaa 11Lewis Hamilton raced in and won a number of minorchampionships over the next few years and in 2007 he madehis debut on the international Formula 1 circuit, winning fourGrands Prix in his first year! He is usually described as the firstblack driver of Formula 1 and is one of the sport’s mostpromising stars.

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How much do you knowabout Formula 1? What is the name ofMaclaren’s rival team?

b. Yamaha

c. Renault

Answer on page 14.

Where would we bewithout a bit of gossip?It’s fun, interesting andit sells newspapers andmagazines. In fact, at times, itseems that half of theBritish media woulddisappear overnightwithout celebrity*gossip. It all looksharmless enough, butscientists havediscovered someinteresting things aboutjust how powerfulgossip can be.

There’s no smoke without a fireThis old English saying fits perfectly the latest scientific discoveriesabout gossip. Even though people may not completely believe thegossip they hear about someone, at the very least, they think, theremust be some truth in it – the ‘fire’ which creates the ‘smoke’ of gossip!

Researchers from the Max Planck Institute in Germany tested studentsusing a computer game. They found that gossip was very importantwhen people were making decisions about things. The researchersgave students some money which they then gave to other players inturn, writing comments about each other as they played. The studyshowed that students gave less money to people described in thesenotes as mean* and more to those described as generous. This evenhappened when they were shown false* gossip invented by theresearchers and against the evidence they saw with their owneyes! ‘People only saw the gossip and not the past decisions,’ theresearchers concluded.

The effect of gossipPoliticians and celebrities have fallen into disgrace*, people havebeen accused of serious crimes with little evidence, and friendshipshave been destroyed, all because of gossip. It is a powerful thing.However, there do seem to be some positive sides to gossip. Anothergroup of researchers in America have uncovered some good in badgossip. They say that sharing gossip between friends makes theirfriendship stronger and brings people closer together. The gossipersstrengthen* their friendships by telling secret information to eachother, whether real or not, with the person being gossiped about kepton the outside of the group. This of course does not take into accountthe effect of all this on the person being talked about.

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amazing: wonderful, fantasticattitudes: thoughts, beliefs and feelings aboutsomethingcelebrity: famous persondeadly: (here) extremely serious and powerfuldisgrace: loss of good reputation, dishonourfalse: not truegossip: (here) information (usually private) abouta person which may or may not be trueharmless: with no bad results, not causing anydamageintimate: synonym of privatemean: opposite of generousstrengthen: make stronger

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1. You read a newspaper articleabout the private life of a famousfilm star. Do you...?

a Not believe a word of it, it wasmade up to sell more copies ofthe newspaper/magazine.

b Read it with great interest,particularly the bits about thestar’s most intimate* secrets.

c Believe every word of what youhave read and decide that thestar is a very bad person.

d Believe half of what you haveread, after all, there’s no smokewithout a fire.

2. Your school produces a studentmagazine. It has a gossip pagewith some embarrassinginformation about someone inyour school who you don’t knowvery well (Person A). Do you...?

a Not believe what you read. It wasprobably written by someone whodidn’t like Person A.

b Read it with great interest. Youfeel excited about finding outsomeone else’s secrets.

c Believe what you have read anddecide Person A is a very badperson.

d Decide there must be some truthin what you have read.

3. Someone you don’t know verywell tells you some amazing*gossip about a friend of yours. Doyou...?

a Go and tell your friend what youheard and ask them if it is true ornot.

b Tell everyone you know what youfound out about your friend.Spread that gossip!

c Decide not to speak to your friendever again. After what you heardyour friendship is over!

d Look at your friend in a differentway, you can hardly believe it, butit must be true!

4. You find out that your friendshave been gossiping about youbehind your back. Do you...?

a Ignore the whole thing. Everyonewill have forgotten about it bytomorrow.

b Get very upset and worry about itfor weeks.

c Go and make some new friends.

d Feel very self-conscious andembarrassed now that everyoneknows your secret.

If you answeredmostly a....You are a goodfriend to havearound.You don’tbelieve everythingyou hear and willalways defend yourfriends whatever hashappened.But becareful,sometimesyou may be a littletoo honest...!

If you answeredmostly b....You love gossip,itmakes life so muchmore interesting! Itis only a bit of funand no one reallybelieves any of it,dothey? But watch out,one day it might beyou that people aregossiping about!

If you answeredmostly c....You are a veryspontaneous,emotional person.But sometimes youare a little toospontaneous! Itmight be better tocheck your factsbefore you make anydecisions.Do youreally believeeverything you hear?

If you answeredmostly d...You take gossippretty seriously.Youmay not believeeverything you hearbut you areconvinced theremust be some truthin it.Maybe youshouldn’t takethings soseriously.Go out andenjoy yourself...!

QuizAttitudes to GossipMost people, when asked, will say they do notgossip about their friends and they certainly don’tbelieve half the things they are told, but just howtrue is that? Take our gossip quiz and find outwhat your attitudes* to gossip really are!

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What can you remember from your Change Up Magazine?Answer the questions to complete the crossword.

Across1 The name of Kirsten Dunst’s brother.4 Usher is a successful Rhythm and _ _ _ _ _ singer.5 Complete the saying: “There’s no _ _ _ _ _ without a fire.”7 Lewis Hamilton’s father bought his son this for his sixth birthday.8 2009 is the International Year of _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ .

Down2 The founder of Facebook.3 The name of the Maclaren boss. 6 Kirsten Dunst’s nickname.

English sayings. Complete the English sayings with a word from the box. Then match the sayings to the definitions.

1 �� Absence makes the …………. grow fonder.

2 �� An …………. a day keeps the doctor away.

3 �� Better late than …………. .

4 �� It never …………. but it pours.

5 �� Too many …………. spoil the broth.

A �� If too many people are involved in something, it will not be done properly.

B �� Misfortunes usually come in large numbers.

C �� An apple a day can help to keep you healthy.

D �� It’s better to do something, even if it’s late, than not do it at all.

E �� When you are away from someone you love, you love them even more.

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AAnnsswweerrssPP99:: 1C, 2E, 3H, 4A, 5D, 6G, 7I, 8B, 9J, 10F. PP1144:: CCrroosssswwoorrdd.. Across: 1 Christian, 4 Blues, 5 smoke, 7 gocart, 8 astronomy.Down: 2 Mark Zuckerberg, 3 Ron Dennis, 6 Kiki. EEnngglliisshh ssaayyiinnggss.. 1 heart, 2 apple, 3 never, 4 rains, 5 cooks. A5, B4, C2, D3, E1. PP1166..C.

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USHERUsher rises to fame in the 90sas an R&B* and pop singerand he quickly becomes oneof the most successful R&Bartists in the world. To datehe has sold over 30 millionalbums and has received 5Grammy Awards.

Early YearsUsher discovers his talent for singingat an early age. He joins his localchurch gospel* choir in his hometown in Tennessee, where his motheris the conductor. He signs a recorddeal* while he is still at high school.His debut* album Usher, produced byfamous rapper ‘P’ Diddy, is released in1994. One of the singles from thealbum Think of You does well in thecharts and Usher is asked to sing forthe Olympics held in Atlanta in 1996.

NapsterThe release* of Usher’s album AllAbout U is planned for 2001, but thesongs are illegally uploaded onto themusic site Napster, which millions ofpeople are then able to download forfree! Usher’s record label abandons*the release of that album and Usherbegins work on some new tracks. Thenew album is called 8701 (becausethat is the album’s release date). Twosingles from the album are big hits, URemind Me and U Got It Bad.

Yeah!The album Confession is released in2004 and sells over one million copiesin the US in the first week alone! Thisis in great part due to the popularityof the single Yeah!. The song is aninternational hit.

A record-breaking albumNot long after this, Usher releases thesingle My Boo – another number 1hit. Confession goes into the recordbooks because three singles takenfrom the album are in the charts atthe same time – Yeah!, Confession, Pt.2 and Burn. Usher releases his latestalbum Here I Stand in May 2008 andthe first single taken from the albumgoes to number 1 in the charts.

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