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31 High-Scoring Formulas to Answer Every IELTS Speaking Question
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31 High-Scoring Formulas to Answer Every IELTS Speaking Question31 High-Scoring Formulas to Answer Every IELTS Speaking Question

Looking back at your past time of speaking English or your latest conversation with a foreigner, did you encounter any of the following problems: so embarrassed that you were empty-minded? Thinking of many aspects but not knowing which one to begin with? Knowing the answer but unable to express it in English fluently?
 
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Tags: English, express, fluently, unable, answer, High-Scoring, Question, IELTS, Speaking
The Girl on the Train
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The Girl on the TrainThe Girl on the TrainRachel takes the same commuter train every morning. Every day she rattles down the track, flashes past a stretch of cozy suburban homes, and stops at the signal that allows her to daily watch the same couple breakfasting on their deck. She’s even started to feel like she knows them. “Jess and Jason,” she calls them. Their life—as she sees it—is perfect. Not unlike the life she recently lost.

And then she sees something shocking.
 
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An English Boy in New York
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An English Boy in New YorkAn English Boy in New York

As part of his prize for winning the All-UK Knitting Championships, seventeen-year-old Ben Fletcher has won himself an all-expenses paid trip to New York... and to the US National KnitFair. Unfortunately his new girlfriend Megan is (somewhat suspiciously) unable to come with him, which means Ben has the dubious pleasure of being accompanied by his family and his third-choice-friend Gex.
 
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Sunjata (Graphic Universe)
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Sunjata (Graphic Universe)

Weak and silent, young Sunjata is unable to walk, unable even to pull a bow. But a prophesy foretold that his mother would bear a son who will become the mansa of all the Mande people--the greatest king ever to rule. Sunjata sets out to find the strength and courage to fulfill his birthright and to overcome the plotting of a rival queen and the sorcery of the terrible tyrant Sumanguru. Are the armies and magic that stand against him undefeatable? Can Sunjata become the leader his people need?
 
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Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents Can Lead the Way
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Motivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents Can Lead the WayMotivating Teen and Preteen Readers: How Teachers and Parents Can Lead the Way

Computer games, video games, Internet, iPods, DVDs, CDs, texting, social media, and surfing: No wonder reading has a hard time competing for adolescents' attention. Research studies find that interest in reading diminishes after the fourth grade and continues through high school. Throw in a testing culture with all its drill lessons and you still wind up with 50% of college freshman unable to comprehend the textbooks. Whatever happened to motivation? You can lead a horse to water, but…

 
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