In the first of these stories, Rip van Winkle sleeps for over twenty years, and then wakes up to a world that he no longer understands. In the other story, Ichabod Crane, the school teacher, meets a headless rider in the middle of a dark night. These two classic tales of the supernatural by Washington Irving have been popular for nearly two hundred years
Paul Stewart - Brown Eyes (Penguin Readers - Level 1)Адаптированная книга для чтения уровень 1 (300 слов). Опять попалась в сети прекрасно оформленная книга. :)
Every year, Peter and Susan Reed go to Lea-on-Sea for their holiday; every year they stay at the Hotel Vista. This year things start to go wrong. A man there is pretending to be Peter. But why? Is he friendly or dangerous - what does he want? Will this, their thirteenth visit to Lea-on-Sea, be their last visit?
Boost! Speaking is part of a 4-level series for junior learners, that develops functional speaking skills like clarification, explanation, description and persuasion.
The Economist is a global weekly magazine written for those who share an uncommon interest in being well and broadly informed. Each issue explores the close links between domestic and international issues, business, politics, finance, current affairs, science, technology and the arts.
