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A completely new Elementary edition from the world's best-selling adult English course, with new digital resources for 2011. The Fourth edition brings you fully revised and updated texts, topics, and artwork, and the 2011 resources make it the most digital-friendly edition yet.
Intonation Practice is humorous, light, and interesting. It is easy for both students and teachers. It is a practical book which presents intonation from a functional/communicative aspect. The intonation is presented in a simple, graphic form which can be understood by students at all levels. The early chapters can be used by near beginners and the book progresses to intermediate level, but it can be used at any level as practice material.
James's astute story of a plain heiress and the poor, handsome suitor who may or may not love her only for her wealth ... James credits the young woman from the start with nothing more Oscar-worthy than a certain dull ordinariness.
In a hole under the floorboards Silas Marner the linen-weaver keeps his gold. Every day he works hard at his weaving, and every night he takes the gold out and holds the bright coins lovingly, feeling them and counting them again and again. The villagers are afraid of him and he has no family, no friends. Only the gold is his friend, his delight, his reason for living.
