Gina D.B. Clemen - The American West. (level 1)Gina D.B. Clemen
One of the most exciting and memorable periods of American history is brought to life. Original 19th-century photographs and prints will let you relive the adventures of the American West with its cowboys, sheriffs, outlaws and Indians.
Deep rivers, tall trees, strange animals, beautiful flowers - this is the rainforest. Burning trees, thick smoke, new roads and cities, dead animals, people without homes - this is the rainforest too. To some people the rainforests mean beautiful placesthat you can visit; to others they mean trees that they can cut down and sell. Between 1950 and 2000 half of the world's rainforests disappeared. While you read these words, somewhere in the world people are cutting down rainforest trees.
Every day the Earth's air, sea, and land become more and more polluted, and the effect of pollution on our health, and even the danger to our lives, is increasing. This book looks at the problems and some of the things we can do to solve them.
Английский язык с П. Галлико. Миссис Харрис едет в Париж
В книге предлагается роман Пола Галлико "Миссис Харрис едет в Париж", адаптированный (без упрощения текста оригинала) по методу Ильи Франка. Уникальность метода заключается в том, что запоминание слов и выражений происходит за счет их повторяемости, без заучивания и необходимости использовать словарь. Пособие способствует эффективному освоению языка, может служить дополнением к учебной программе. Предназначено для студентов, для изучающих английский язык самостоятельно, а также для всех интересующихся английской культурой.
It was just a smooth round metal ball, less than a metre in diameter. Although it was still hot from its journey through the huge nothingness of space, it looked quite harmless. But what was it, exactly? A meteor, perhaps - just one of those pieces of rock from outer space that occasionally fall down on to the planet Earth. But meteors don't usually make strange hissing sounds . . . In this collection of four of his famous science-fiction stories, John Wyndham creates visions of the future that make us think carefully about the way we live now.
