"Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles" are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. "It's a good place for gold", said people in the 1840's, and they came from all over the world. "It's a good place for a prison", said the US government in the 1920s, and they put Al Capone there on the island of Alcatraz. "It's a good place for love", said ... |
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Embark on a journey beyond the traditional boundaries between exam preparation and real-world language with "Open World Key". Each unit in the Student's Book explores a different topic, allowing students to build up their confidence as they acquire the language and skills needed for everyday English situations as well as exams. A unique exam journey maximises students' performance, providing a systematic route to exam success. The Online Workbook consolidates and extends the language and exam skills covered in the Open World Student's Book and includes downloadable audio for the listening activities. ... |
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At last the fishing net lay in the bottom of the boat. Lek stepped forward and opened the net. He picked up the blue and white thing. It was a plate. Lek started to laugh. "– We've caught a plate - an old plate! Shall I throw it back into the sea? - he asked Daeng. – No, no, wait a minute! - said Daeng. – Give it to me. He looked at the plate carefully. – I saw a picture of a plate like this in the newspaper - he said. – The plate was very old. It was worth a lot of money." From the book This book is in British English and here you can find a story and points for understanding comprehension questions. ... |
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Every four years, the world's best athletes come together for one of the most exciting competitions in sport: the Olympic Games. After years of training, competitors in more than forty different sports win and lose their events, and set new world records, in front of crowds of people. The Olympic Games are more than two thousand five hundred years old. So how did they start, how have they changed over the years, and what have been some of the most important times in their history? Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - ... |
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Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country. More than fifty years ago, the new US President, John F. Kennedy, spoke these words. Millions of Americans listened, and they were filled with hope. With Kennedy as president, surely there was a great future ahead for their country. But Kennedy ... |
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Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. Everybody took photos of Prince William when he first arrived at the University of St Andrews. Crowds of photographers came to the little Scottish town next to the sea and took pictures of this new student - the nineteen year-old grandson of the Queen of England. But nobody photographed Kate Middleton on her first ... |
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In English-speaking countries around the world people celebrate Easter, Valentine's Day, Christmas, and other special days. Some celebrations are new, others, like the summer solstice, go back thousands of years. What happens on these special days? Why is there a special day for eating pancakes? Who is the "guy" that children take onto the streets in November? And where do many people like to spend the shortest night of the year in England? Come on a journey through a year of celebrations, from New Year's Eve to Christmas. Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford ... |
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Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the Oxford Bookworms Library available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. What does the world look like from the moon?. How do our bodies work?. Is it possible for people to fly?. Can I make a horse of bronze that is 8 metres tall?. How can we have cleaner cities?. All his life, Leonardo da Vinci asked questions. We know him as a great artist, but he was one of the great thinkers of all time, and ... |
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Frankie gave a cry. the ground had opened up in front of her. She began to slide down into a big black hole. Jack tried to stop her. He held her arm, but the hole was getting bigger each moment. Suddenly there was a roaring noise, and Jack slid down into the hole after Frankie. "– We've fallen about there metres into the vault - Jack said to Frankie. – Can you see anything? – No, but I can feel something - Frankie said. – I can feel one of the coffins. Jack, this place is full of dead people! It's full of the rotting people and old bones. And the coffins are all rotting too. You can smell them. This is a ... |
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Oxford Bookworms Library Factfiles are non-fiction graded readers from the "Oxford Bookworms Library" available for Levels 1 to 4 (CEFR A1 - B2). Students learn about different countries and cultures, science and nature, history and historical figures all while practising and improving their English. People love and need animals. They keep them in their homes and on their farms. They enjoy going to zoos, and watching animals on films and on TV. Little children love to play with toy animals. But people are a great danger to animals too. They take their land, and cut down the trees where animals have their homes. ... |
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Woodend was a small, quiet village with no shops, no visitors. Then a stranger came and opened the Corner Shop. That summer, visitors came to Woodend. And customers came secretly to the shop. They wanted help and the stranger helped them. This book is in British English and here you can find a story and points for understanding comprehension questions. There are exercises at the end of the book. Included CD contains audio versions of all the chapters of the book. ... |
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"The woman looked around my office. She looked at the old furniture and the dirty windows. She looked at the broken blind and the plastic coffee cups in the waste bin. Then she looked at me. I wasn't looking good. I hadn't shaved. And may suit and hair were untidy. The woman didn't speak. Suddenly, she took a handkerchief out of her bag. She wiped the dust from the chair and she sat down. – Mr. Samuel - she said. – I saw your name and address in the telephone book. Are you cheap? And are you a good detective? – I'm not good - I replied. – I'm the best. The best private detective in Los Angeles.& ... |
