"Поредицата "Adapted stories" на издателство "Веси" е предназначена за читатели, които са средно напреднали или напреднали (ниво B1 - C1) в обучението си по английски език. Тук оригиналният текст не е адаптиран в общия смисъл на понятието. Вместо да бъдат извадени относително сложните думи и изрази, те са допълнително обяснени. Идиоматичните, фразеологичните и някои по-особени лексикални форми са преведени под черта. За научните понятия (исторически, географски, митологични и пр.) са дадени обяснителни бележки. А евентуално непознатите за читателите думи (при предполагаем наличен минимум от тях ... |
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Пърси Джаксън е напът да бъде изхвърлен от училище... отново. И това е най-малкият от всичките му проблеми. Напоследък чудовища и древногръцки богове се пръкват навсякъде, вместо да си стоят по страниците на учебника му по литература. А за капак на всичко, изглежда, че е успял да ядоса някои от тях. Истинската мълния на Зевс е открадната и познайте кой е главният заподозрян. Сега Пърси има десет дни, за да открие и върне задигнатата собственост на повелителя на небето. За да се увенчае с успех подвигът му обаче, момчето ще трябва да направи малко повече от това просто да разбере кой е истинският крадец. Илюстрациите на ... |
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Based on the story of Arthur Conan Doyle. Retold by Clare West. ... Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective of them all. He sits in his room, and smokes his pipe. He listens, and watches, and thinks. He listens to the steps coming up the stairs; he watches the door opening - and he knows what question the stranger will ask. In these three of his best stories, Holmes has three visitors to the famous flat in Baker Street - visitors who bring their troubles to the only man in the world who can help them. Classics, modern fiction, non-fiction and more. Written for secondary and adult students the Oxford Bookworms ... |
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Based on the story of Arthur Conan Doyle. Retold by Clare West. ... Sherlock Holmes is famous around the world. When the police cannot solve a crime, they turn to Holmes. He never misses a clue, and when he looks carefully at a person, he can understand everything about them. These are two of the best Sherlock Holmes stories. In The Dead Coachman, Holmes investigates a burglary and a murder while he is staying in the countryside with his friend Doctor Watson. In The Last Mystery, Holmes is in danger from the evil Professor Moriarty, who is as clever as the detective himself. They are both ready to fight to the death. ... |
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Based on the story of Robert Louis Stevenson. Retold by Rosemary Border. ... 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? Classics, modern ... |
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Based on the story of Isaac Asimov. Retold by Rowena Akinyemi. ... A human being is a soft, weak creature. It needs constant supplies of air, water, and food; it has to spend a third of its life asleep, and it can't work if the temperature is too hot or too cold. But a robot is made of strong metal. It uses electrical energy directly, never sleeps, and can work in any temperature. It is stronger, more efficient - and sometimes more human than human beings. Isaac Asimov was one of the greatest sciencefiction writers, and these short stories give us an unforgettable and terrifying vision of the future. Classics, ... |
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Selected by Bill Bowler. ... A Tall Tale is a story that's hard to believe, and the five tall tales in this book all tell of ghosts. Some have dark secrets buried in the past, others bring messages for the living. Some are laughable, some are sad, and some are just evil. Sometimes there's a logical explanation for the strangest happenings, but often things cannot be explained by logic alone. Either way, you're sure to find some frightening reading between the covers of this book. Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their ... |
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Based on the story of Charles Dickens. Text adaptation by Susan Kingsley. ... Thomas Gradgrind believes that facts and money are more important than feelings and imagination. After Sissy Jupe - a circus child - is left alone in the world, Gradgrind takes her into his house, looking after her and teaching her facts with his own children Tom and Louisa. Some years later the Gradgrind family meets hard times. Louisa becomes a prisoner in a loveless marriage, and Tom has problems at work. In the end, Thomas Gradgrind learns the importance of feelings and imagination. Listen along with downloadable MP3 audio. Dominoes is ... |
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Based on the story of Wilkie Collins. Text adaptation by Merinda Wilson. ... The Moonstone is a beautiful yellow diamond that was stolen from the statue of a Moon god in India. When Franklin Blake brings it to Rachel Verinder's house in Yorkshire for her birthday, it brings bad luck with it. How many people will the Moonstone hurt? How many must die before the diamond's revenge is complete? Dominoes is a full-colour, interactive readers series that offers students a fun reading experience while building their language skills. With integrated activities and on-page glossaries the new edition of the series ... |
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From the creator of viral Tiktok sensation, @MammyBanter, comes a hilarious warts-and-all novel about modern motherhood - and how having it all sometimes isn't what you think it might be. She used to want it all. Now she just wants a nap. Tara Gallagher is knackered. She used to dream of being Beyonce but suddenly she's thirty-six - with three kids, a loving husband, a very boring job - and instead of headlining Glastonbury, she's in her pyjamas on a Friday night, watching Gogglebox. It's time for a mammy makeover. She's going to show her teenage daughter she's still cool. She's going to ... |
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През вековете са живели велики личности и народи. За да са били там, където са стигнали, те са знаели нещо, което другите, дори не са подозирали. Успехът оставя следи. А тяхната следа са знанията, принципите и мъдростите, които можем да научим наготово. Използвай доказани принципи и методи, които работят от поколения за успешните хора."Успехът е резултат на любопитност, концентрация, постоянство и самокритика." Алберт Айнщайн "Работи по-малко за друг и повече за себе си. Колкото по-малко работиш за себе си, толкова по-лошо ще живееш." Джон Рокфелер "Важно е да се уверим, че разговаряме помежду ... |
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Ти, подобие мое не е просто драматична история за петима твои измислени съвременници. Това е роман за твоето общество, официално обявило състраданието за недъг. История, разказана ти от самия Създател. Антиутопия? Дано."Въздаваш своя, човешки ред по лично усмотрение, без право на глас - не само за немите пъплещи твари, безсловесните дървета и тихата вода, но и за себеподобните ти, инакомислещи или просто по-слаби от теб. Гневът ти е щедър и пищен, бързо кипва в жлъчна мъст. Ненавистта ти е достъпна, разливаш я като евтино пенливо вино насред виртуални социални седенки за анонимно одумване, заклеймяване и линч. Най- ... |
