Еще одна книжица из серии Oxford Bookworms Factfiles. Краткая информация об истории США, природе, географии и т.д ... В книге представлены замечательные иллюстрации и словарик в конце.
What does America mean to you? Skyscrapers, President Kennedy, fast food, big cars, cowboys and Indians? But what about the mountains, the deserts and the vast lakes? And what exactly is an American? From the time before Columbus up to the present day, this book looks at the history of the USA and the many different people who live there.
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland - Oxford BOOKWORMS LIBRARY reader
Очередное издание от Оксфорда по линейке BOOKWORMS LIBRARY. Уровень 2(около 700 слов). Как и во всех изданиях данной линейки, в конце книги вы найдете упражнения, вопросы и словарик сложных слов и выражений. В комплекте прилагается также аудио.
You are walking through the streets of London. It is getting dark and you want to get home quickly. You enter a narrow side-street. Everything is quiet, but as you pass the door of a large, windowless building, you hear a key turning in the lock. A man comes out and looks at you. You have never seen him before, but you realize immediately that he hates you. You are shocked to discover, also, that you hate him. Who is this man that everybody hates? And why is he coming out of the laboratory of the very respectable Dr Jekyll? Адаптированная книга уровень 4 (1400 слов)
Эти шесть коротких историй от таких известных писателей Dashiel Hammett, Patricia Highsmith и Nancy Pickard, должны привлечь внимание любителей адаптированного чтения от Oxford Bookworms. Уровень - 6, 2500 ключевых слов.
A cruel king marries beautiful young women, but always has their heads cut off in the morning. However, his new wife, Sheherezade, is clever. Every night, she starts to tell him a wonderful story. She tells him about a greedy man who finds a robbers' cave, full of treasure, but cannot remember the magic words to get out again. She tells him the story of Sinbad the sailor, of a genie in a bottle, of Aladdin and his magic lamp, and many more. Every morning, the king lets his new wife live, because he wants to hear the end of the story. Now you can read some of Sheherezade's wonderful stories — and find out what happens to the story-teller herself! Oxford Progressive Readers Stage 1 (1400 words)
