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Giveshortanswerstothesequestions.4Takeaquicklookatthearticleonpage93.Whereisthisarticleprobablyfrom?It’sprobablyfromanewspaper.(Thetopheading‘Travel’indicatesthatthisisaregularsectionofanewspaper.Theheadline‘Franceiscalling’referstothisspecificarticleonly.Inarealnewspaper,theremightalsobeotherarticlesaboutothercountriesinthissection.)1234Lookattheheading,theheadlineandthephotos.Whatdoyouthinkthisarticlewillbeabout?TRAVELAboutFrance,andperhapsaboutgoingtoFrance.1234Readthefirstsixwordsofthearticle.Atwhattimeoftheyearwasthisprobablywritten?Itwasprobablywritteninearlyspring,justafterwinter.1234Lookatthebeginningofthethirdparagraph.Isthisarticlewrittenforchildrenoradults?Foradults.(Thewriterrefersto‘yourchildren’andsoitisclearlyaimedatadults.)Lookandlearn123Paris/'p?r?s/theEiffelTower/'a?fl/theArcdeTriomphe/ɑ:k