The Hound of the Baskervilles (Level 4)

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Dartmoor. A wild, wet place in the south-west of England. A place where it is easy to get lost, and to fall into the soft green earth which can pull the strongest man down to his death.

A man is running for his life. Behind him comes an enormous dog - a dog from his worst dreams, a dog from hell. Between him and a terrible death stands only one person - the greatest detective of all time, Sherlock Holmes.

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A Kiss Before Dying (Level 4)

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(Level 4)

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Upon learning that his girlfriend is pregnant, a young man cold-bloodedly adjusts his plans for marrying into a wealthy industrialist family. Throughout his life he has used his intelligence, striking good looks, and as a last resort, his ruthless and violent strength to achieve his goals. He refuses to be stopped now―especially by something as trivial as a pregnant girlfriend.

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Skyjack! (Level 3)

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(Level 3)

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When a large plane is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very, very frightened.

There is a name on the list that the Prime Minister knows very well - too well. There is someone on that plane who will soon be dead - if the hijackers can find out who he is!

And there isn't much time. One man lies dead on the runway. In a few minutes the hijackers will use their guns again. And the Prime Minister knows who they are going to kill.

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Glossary

1. aboard: on a plane or a ship
2. advise: to tell someone what they should do
3. aisle a place between lines of seats (e.g. on a plane, in a theatre) where you can walk
4. ambassador a person sent to a foreign country to speak for his own country’s government
5. attack (v) to try to hurt someone or something
6. bend (past tense bent) to turn the top half of the body downwards
7. binoculars very strong glasses used to see things far away
8. cabin a room on a plane or a ship
9. chest the front part of the body between the neck and stomach
10. colonel an important officer in the army
11. commando section a group of soldiers specially trained for making quick attacks
12. control room the building in an airport where people control air traffic by radio
13. crew the pilot and all the people who work on a plane
14. deal with to do something that needs doing
15. decision what you have decided
16. departure lounge a room in an airport where passengers wait
17. embassy the building where an ambassador lives and works
18. fire (v) to shoot a gun
19. fist a closed hand with fingers turned inwards
20. flash (n) a sudden, very bright light for a very short time
21. flight a journey on a plane
22. forehead the part of the face above the eyes
23. freedom being free; able to do what you want to do
24. fuel tanker a large vehicle for carrying petrol
25. gentleman a polite word for a man
26. goddam (adj, slang) a word used to show you feel strongly about something (e.g. goddam plane)
27. government the group of people who control a country
28. groan (v) to make a deep, sad sound
29. handcuff (v) to lock someone’s hands together with handcuffs (metal rings around the wrists)
30. hell a word used with question-words (e.g. Where the hell …) to show anger or surprise
31. hijacker a person who takes control of a plane and makes the pilot fly to a different place
32. homework schoolwork which you do at home
33. honey a word for someone you love very much
34. hostess a woman who takes care of passengers on a plane
35. innocent an ‘innocent’ person has done nothing bad or wrong
36. inspector an important police officer
37. instruments in a plane, instruments tell the pilot how high the plane is, how much fuel there is, etc.
38. interrupt to stop somebody talking by speaking yourself
39. journalist a person who writes for newspapers, television, etc.
40. kneel (past tense knelt) to go down or stay with your knees on the ground
41. liberation freedom
42. list (n) a piece of paper with names written on it
43. local time the time in the place you are talking about
44. ma’am madam; a polite way of speaking to a woman
45. machine gun a gun that fires a lot of bullets very fast
46. marine a soldier who is trained to fight on land or sea
47. military base a place where soldiers live and work
48. military men men from an army; soldiers
49. nervous afraid
50. on time neither late nor early; at the agreed or correct time
51. open-necked with the top buttons of a shirt undone
52. pause (v) to stop for a moment;
53. pause (n) a short stop
54. pig a farm animal; in this story, a word for a very bad person
55. point (v) to show with your hand or finger where something is
56. pool some liquid (water, blood, etc.) on the ground
57. pour to put liquids (water, tea, coffee, etc.) into something
58. power people like prime ministers, presidents, etc. have power; they can tell other people what to do pray to talk to God
59. press (v) to push hard
60. prime minister the most important person in a government
61. refuel to bring more fuel to a plane, ship, etc.
62. SAS Special Air Service; specially trained British soldiers who are used for difficult kinds of fighting, e.g. against terrorists
63. set free to make someone free, e.g. from a prison, from a hijack
64. skyjack a hijack in the air
65. sweat water that comes out of the skin when you are hot or afraid
66. take apart to destroy; to win a battle in a very violent way
67. tarmac a hard material used for roads, airports, etc.
68. tear (n) water that comes from your eyes when you cry
69. tear (past tense tore) to pull something to pieces
70. terrorists very violent people who kill, or promise to kill, other people if they don’t get what they want
71. throw (past tense threw) to make something move through the air
72. tough (of a person) strong, hard, brave
73. transmitter a radio that sends messages
74. tray a piece of wood (or plastic, etc.) for carrying food and drink

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The Call of The Wild (Level 3)

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(Level 3)

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When men find gold in the frozen north of Canada, they need dogs - big, strong dogs to pull the sledges on the long journeys to and from the gold mines.

Buck is stolen from his home in the south and sold as a sledge-dog. He has to learn a new way of life - how to work in harness, how to stay alive in the ice and the snow...and how to fight. Because when a dog falls down in a fight, he never gets up again.

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Love Story (Level 3)

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(Level 3)

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This is a love story you won't forget. Oliver Barrett meets Jenny Cavilleri. He plays sports, she plays music. He's rich, and she's poor. They argue, and they fight, and they fall in love.

So they get married, and make a home together. They work hard, they enjoy life, they make plans for the future. Then they learn that they don't have much time left.

Their story has made people laugh, and cry, all over the world.

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Vocabulary:

club: a group of people with the same interests, and the building where they meet.
damn/dammit: words used to show that you are angry, disapproving, etc.
disagreement when people don't agree with each other.
dormitory (dorm): a building where American university students sleep.
examination (exam): a test, usually written in a short time, to show how much you know about something
expect to think that something will happen
God the 'person' who made the world and controls all things.
graduate (v) to finish university successfully and pass your exams.
hurt to make somebody feel unhappy.
ice hockey a sport played on ice, using long sticks to hit a puck insurance money paid each year to a company, which then pays your hospital bills, etc. if you are ill.
kiss {v) to touch someone with your lips in a loving way.
law the rules of a country, which all the people must obey.
lawyer a person who has studied law
make love to sleep with (have sex with) someone
marriage when a man and a woman are married.
Olympic Games the most famous sports meeting in the world, which happens every four years.
Peace Corps an organization in the USA that sends young people to work in and help other countries.
penalty the time a hockey player must spend out of the game because he has done something wrong
perfect without mistakes and excellent in every way.
piano a large musical instrument with black and white keys.
prep school an expensive private school for rich children.
Preppie a word for a young man who has been to prep school.
pride the feeling when you are pleased about something you are or have done.
proud pleased about something you or others have done.
puck the round flat 'ball' used in ice hockey
rebel {v) to fight against what somebody has told you to do.
relation a member of a family.
scholarship money given to a clever person to pay for their studies.
score (f) to get a goal, a point, etc. in a game or sport.
stitch (n) a piece of thread that holds a cut together and stops it bleeding.
support (f) to provide the money needed for someone's food, clothes, etc.
team a group of people who play a sport together, against another team.
throw (v) to send something flying through the air.
threw past tense of 'to throw'.

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Robin Hood (Level 2)

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(Level 2)

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After the cruel sheriff killed Robert’s father and took his lands and property, young Robert decided to live in Sherwood Forest with a couple of his loyal friends. There, in Sherwood Forest, he named himself Robin Hood. John, whose brother was out on a crusade, became an evil King of England. He considered Robin and his company to be outlaws.

Robin and friends lived in caves and trained with bows and arrows in the forests of England. All of them became excellent archers, but Robin was the best of the best. Little by little Robin made new friends who were happy to join his band of outlaws. Robin decided to rob the rich and give their possessions to the poor.

All of the King’s soldiers were afraid of Robin and his men. However, the sheriff wanted very much to catch Robin, and therefore he rushed to the forest alone, but he soon returned unsuccessful and ashamed. At last the sheriff made an excellent plan to trap Robin Hood.

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The Eyes of Montezuma (Level 2)

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(Level 2)

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Shelley Marn is a Californian student on holiday in Europe. She meets a young English couple, Clare and Nick Harmans. The Harmans ask Shelley to have lunch with them. She agrees but strangely she never arrives. Why? What has happened?

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Romeo and Juliet (Level 2)

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(Level 2)

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There has never been a more tragic story than this one of Romeo and Juliet… It was a love at first sight, boundless and everlasting. And pointless death because of families excessive feud. Montague and Capulet are leaders in the city of Verona but they also blooded enemies. Two old men couldn’t even remember what was the cause of their feud. All members of their families hate each other and barely defend themselves from each other.

The Prince of Verona didn’t want endure these fights anymore, because they disturbed the streets of the city and citizens had to participate in feuds. Both of them will die if either of them breaks the peace. That was the new rule for Montague and Capulet and their relatives. But it was not easy to follow it…

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The Visit (Level 2)

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(Level 2)

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Harry watched the ‘thing’ carefully. ‘That,’ he thought, ‘is something very, very strange … something from another world, perhaps. It’s a spaceship … or something like it. I’m going to get out and look at it.’

Harry Evans is a police officer. He is driving along a country road when he sees something. He stops. He hears strange music. Is it a UFO? No one believes Harry’s story, but after that his life is different … why?

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Cries from the Heart - Stories from Around the World (Level 2)

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From Botswana to New Zealand, from Jamaica to Nigeria, from Uganda to Malaysia, from India to South Africa, these moving stories show us that the human heart is the same in every place. Fear and pain, happiness and sadness belong to us all.

These eight stories were winning entries in the 2004 Commonwealth Short Story Competition. The writers are Sefi Atta, Adrienne M. Frater, Lauri Kubuitsile, Erica N. Robinson, Jackee Budesta Batanda, Janet Tay Hui Ching, Anuradha Muralidharan, and Tod Collins.

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Death in the Freezer (Level 2)

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Death in the Freezer (Level 2)

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When Ellen was six, her brother was born. Her parents was very happy to have a son, but she was upset cause all their attention now was fixed on new baby whom called Al. As Ellen grown up, she was in difficult position. Her husband left her with three children and no money. But Al was very successful, he established a rock band that became a quite popular – they made records and earn a lot of money.

Soon Al was rich and popular, as a result he has all that wanted and spent a lot of time holding parties and taking drugs. Brother didn’t want to share his fortune with sister, but he agreed to hire her to work as a cleaning woman. Once Al returned from tour he looked very ill, also he brought some new weird friends, they shared with Ellen their crazy ideas about human life.

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Glossary

1. AIDS: a very serious and dangerous illness
2. alarm: (n) a loud sound which tells people that something wrong or dangerous is happening
3. apartment: a flat; a group of rooms in a building where you can live
4. bacteria: the smallest forms of life which are found in all living and dead animals and plants; some bacteria cause illnesses
5. card: a small piece of hard paper
6. care: (v) to think that something is important or interesting
7. clean: not dirty
8. company: people who work togerher in a business
9. crazy: we say someone is crazy when they do strangeor dangerous things
10. cure: (v) to make a sick person well
11. doll: a toy that looks like a person
12. dream: (n) pictures in your head when you are a sleep
13. drugs: dangerous things which people eat or inject, and which make them feel happy or excited for a short time
14. drunk: (adj) doing strangeor wild things because of drinking a lot of alcohol
15. electricity: power rhat can make heat and light
16. fingerprints: marks that your fingers make when you touch something
17. flashlight: a small electric light which you hold in your hand
18. freezer: a machine that makes food (or other things) very cold
19. freeze: (past tense froze) to make something very cold
20. frozen: very cold, and hard like ice
21. gas: anything like air, which you usually cannot see
22. guilty: if you are guilty, you have done something bad or wrong
23. hate: (v) to dislike very strongly; the opposite of 'to love'
24. healthy: well and strong; not ill
25. heart attack: a sudden illness when the heart stops working and sometimesthe persondies
26. ice: water which is very cold and hard like rock
27. idea: when you think of something new
28. kids: children
29. law court: a place where judges and lawyers ask questions and decide if someone is a criminal or not 
30. lawyer: someone who helps people with the law
31. look after: to take care of something; to keep it safe
32. maybe: perhaps
33. medicine: something to eat or drink that helps you to get better when you are ill
34. motorbike: a bicycle with an engine
35. record: (n) a round thing which plays music through a record player
36. rock band: a group of people who play pop or rock music
37. safe: not dangerous
38. save: to take someone out of danger
39. science: the study of natural things (physics,biology, etc. are sciences)
40. shut up: a rude way of saying 'be quiet'
41. sick: ill
42. swimming pool: a special place or building for swimming
43. switch: (v and n) to press something (e.g.a switch on a wall) to turn electriciry on or off
44. syringe: an instrument with a needle which is used to inject medicines or drugs through the skin
45. tennis court: a place where people play tennis (a ball game)
46. tour: (n) a journey to visit a lot of places
47. training: learning how to do a lob
48. trial: when people go to a law court to decide if someone is a criminal
49. trust (v) to feel sure that someone is good, strong, right, etc.
50. view: what you can see from a window, a mountain top, etc.
51. whisky: a strong alcoholic drink, from Scotland

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A Ghost in Love and Other Plays (Level 1)

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Do you believe in ghosts? Jerry doesn't. He's a nineteen-year-old American, who just wants a good holiday with his friend, Brad. They are travelling round the north of England by bicycle. But strange things begin to happen in the small hotel where they are staying. First, Brad seems to think that he has been there before. And then a girl called Ellen appears . . .

The first of these three original plays is set in the seventeenth century, and the other two take place in modern times. In each play, a ghost comes back from the dead to change the lives of living people.

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The Elephant Man (Level 1)

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(Level 1)

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This is a true and tragic story.

He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children ran away from him. People laugh at him, and call him ‘The Elephant Man.’

Then someone speaks to him – and listens to him! At the age of 27, Joseph Merrick finds a friend for the first time in his life.

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The Coldest Place on Earth (Level 1)

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In the summer of 1910, a race began. A race to be the first man at the South Pole, in Antarctica. Robert Falcon Scott, an Englishman, left London in his ship, the Terra Nova, and began the long journey south. Five days later, another ship also began to travel south. And on this ship was Roald Amundsen, a Norwegian.

But Antarctica is the coldest place on earth, and it is a long, hard journey over the ice to the South Pole. Some of the travellers never returned to their homes again.

This is the story of Scott and Amundsen, and of one of the most famous and dangerous races in history.

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Goodbye, Mr Hollywood (Level 1)

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(Level 1)

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Nick Lortz is sitting outside a café in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him. She's young, pretty, and has a beautiful smile. Nick is happy to sit and talk with her.

But why does she call Nick 'Mr Hollywood'? Why does she give him a big kiss when she leaves? And who is the man at the next table - the man with short white hair?

Nick learns the answers to these questions three long days later - in a police station on Vancouver Island.

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Glossary

1. bar: a room where people can buy and have drinks
2. blood: blood is red and moves around inside the body
3. bridge: something build high to go over a river or a road
4. busy: with many things happening
5. cafe: a place where people can buy and eat food and drink
6. city: a big important town
7. crowd: a lot of people
8. desk: people in offices sit and work at desk
9. fall (past tense fell): to go down quickly from a high place
10. ferry: a ship to carry cars and people
11. floor: the part of a room which is under your feet
12. fly (past tense flew): to travel through the air (ex: by areoplane)
13. follow: to go after someone or something
14. great: wonderful, very good
15. guess: to try to give the right answer when you don't know it
16. gun: a thing that shoots out bullets to kill people
17. guy: a man
18. kiss: to touch someone with your lips, to show love, or to say hello or goodbye
19. magazine: a book with a paper cover which comes out every week, month, etc.
20. maybe: perhaps
21. millionaire: somebody who has a millions pounds or dollars, or more
22. mountain: a very high hill
23. movie: a film which you see at a cinema
24. mystery: something that you do not understand and cannot explain
25. outside: not in something (a room, a building, etc.)
26. park: a garden or place in a town where people can walk, sit, play games, etc.
27. party: a meeting of friends to eat, drink, talk, dance, etc.
28. point: to show with your finger where someone or something is
29. policeman: the police are the men and women in a country who catch criminals, try to stop people doing wrong, etc.
30. police station: an office of hte police
31. pretty: beautiful, nice to look at
32. pull: to hold and move something towards you
33. push: to move something away from you with your hands
34. restaurant: a place where people can buy and eat meals
35. scream: to cry out loud, usually when you are afraid or hurt
36. shoot (past tense shot) to sent a bullet from a gun to kill or hurt somebody
37. short: the bullet sent from a gun
38. shout: to call or try out loudly and strongly
39. stranger: somebody that you do not know
40. sure: certain, knowing what something is true
41. tea: a hot drink, often with sugar and milk or lemon
42. travel: to visit other countries, cities, etc.
43. turn: to move around
44. vacation: a holiday, a time when you do not work and perhaps go travelling
45. waiter: somebody who brings your food or drink in a restaurant or cafe
46. worried: afraid that something is wrong or something bad is going to happen

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The Phantom of the Opera (Level 1)

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Short description:
It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. He has a yellow face, he has no nose, he has black holes for eyes. Everybody is afraid of the Phantom - the singers, the dancers, the directors, the stage workers...

But who has actually seen him?

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Glossary

1. alone: not with other people
2. angel: a messenger from God, or a very special, wonderful person
3. box: a small 'room' with three walls in a theatre; you can watch the stage from a box, but other people can't see you
4. chandelier: a very big, heautiful light, which has lots of little lights in it
5. clever: quick to understand and learn
6. crash: (v) to fall or hit something hard and noisily
7. dancer: someone who dances (moving the body to music)
8. dangerous: something dangerous can hurt or kill you
9. director: somebody who is the head person in a company, theatre, etc.
10. doorkeeper: (in this story) a person who looks after the boxes in a theatre
11. enemy: the opposite of a friend
12. floor: all the rooms on the same level in a building
13. fool: someone who is stupid, not quick at understanding or learning
14. ghost: people can see the ghost of a dead person
15. ground: the ground is under our feet
16. hole: a small opening in something
17. joke: something people say or do to make other people laugh
18. kiss: to touch someone lovingly with your mouth
19. lake: a big area of water, with land all round it
20. light: (n) to see in the dark, you need a light
21. mad: ill in the head
22. mask: a cover that you put over the face to hide it
23. mirror: a piece of glass where you can see yourself (some special mirrors you can also look through, like a window)
24. missing: (adj) if something or someone is missing, you can't find them
25. music: when you sing or play an instrument, you make music
26. neck: the part of the body between the head and the shoulders
27. opera: a play in a theatre which has singing and music
28. passage: a long narrow place in a building between rooms
29. phantom: a ghost
30. rope: very thick, strong string
31. scream: to cry out in a very loud, high voice
32. secret: something that you do not tell other people
33. shadow: a place or thing that is dark because there is something between it and the light
34. shout: to speak or cry very loudly and strongly
35. stage: the part of a theatre where actors, singers, and dancers stand and move
36. stare: to look at someone or something for a long time
37. terrible: very, very bad
38. toad: a small animal, like a frog, that lives in wet places
39. torture: (n) doing very painful, terrible things to people's bodies
40. ugly: not beautiful
41. voice: you talk of sing with your voice
42. whisper: to speak very, very quietly

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Love or Money (Level 1)

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(Level 1)

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It is Molly Clarkson's fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party - only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. She will not give them the money, so they are waiting for her to die. And there are other people who are also waiting for her to die.

But one person can't wait. And so, on her fiftieth birthday, Molly Clarkson is going to die.

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Glossary

1. Aunt: the sister of your father or mother, or the wife of your uncle.
2. Build: to make a house or a building
3. Club: a number of people who meet because they are interested in the same thing (e.g. a tennis club)
4. Cup: a thing to put drinks in
5. Empty: with nothing in it
6. Farm: land and buildings where people grow things to eat and keep animals for food.
7. Find out: to ask questions and learn about something
8. Inspector: an important policeman or policewoman
9. Job: when you work and get money for it, you have a job
10. Kitchen: a room where people make breakfast, dinner, tec.
11. Land: ground (not water – sea, rivers, tec.)
12. Lie: to say something that is not true.
13. Murder: killing someone (not in an accident)
14. Murderer: somebody who murders
15. Police: people who look for bad people
16. Ring (past tense rang) to make a sound like a bell (e.g. a telephone rings)
17. Sell: to give something to someone and they give you money for it
18. Sergeant: a policeman or a policewoman
19. Tablet: a doctor gives you tablets to eat and you feel better
20. Trouble: something bad, or difficult, or unhappy
21. Uncle: the brother of your mother or father, or the husband of your aunt
22. Wine: a cold drink made from grapes

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White Death (Level 1)

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(Level 1)

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Sarah Harland is nineteen, and she is in prison. At the airport, they find heroin in her bag. So, now she is waiting to go to court. If the court decides that it was her heroin, then she must die.

She says she did not do it. But if she did not, who did? Only two people can help Sarah: her mother, and an old boyfriend who does not love her now. Can they work together? Can they find the real criminal before it is too late?

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Police TV (Level 0)

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(Level 0)

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'Every day someone steals money from people near the shops. We must stop this,' says Dan, a police officer.

The police use TV cameras but it is not easy because there are so many suspects - who is the robber?

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Glossary

1. arrest: when the police find a bad man and take him to the police station
2. bridge: a road or path that goes over water
3. buy: get something from a ship with money
4. cafe: a place where you sit and drink coffee or tea
5. dangerous: something that can hurt you is dangerous
6. follow: walk behind someone
7. idea: something you think
8. jogger: a runner
9. let: make it easy for something to happen
10. officer: a man or woman in the police
11. purse: a small bag for money
12. shout: talk very loudly and angrily
13. steal: take something that is not yours
14. turn: go left or right

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Red Roses (Level 0)

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(Level 0)

Short description:
'Who is the man with the roses in his hand?' thinks Anna. ‘I want to meet him.'

'Who is the girl with the guitar?' thinks Will. ‘I like her. I want to meet her.'

But they do not meet.

'There are lots of men!' says Anna's friend Vicki, but Anna cannot forget Will. And then one rainy day ...

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Stories To Learn English - Level 6

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Pride and Prejudice (Level 6)

Short description: 'The moment I first met you, I noticed your pride, your sense of superiority, and your selfish disdain for the feelings of others. You are the last man in the world whom I could ever be persuaded to marry,' said Elizabeth Bennet. [...]

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Stories To Learn English - Level 5

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Live And Let Die (Level 5)

Short description: In Live and Let Die, Bond finds himself in Jamaica investigating the underworld criminal 'Mr Big', who is suspected of selling antique gold coins to finance Soviet spy operations. As usual, Bond gets caught up in many dangerous situations. [...]

Sense and Sensibility (Level 5)

Short description: Sometimes the Dashwood girls do not seem like sisters. Elinor is all calmness and reason, and can be relied upon for practical, common sense opinions. Marianne, on the other hand, is all sensibility, full of passionate and romantic feeling.[...]

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Stories To Learn English - Level 4

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A Kiss Before Dying (Level 4)

Short description: Upon learning that his girlfriend is pregnant, a young man cold-bloodedly adjusts his plans for marrying into a wealthy industrialist family. Throughout his life he has used his intelligence, striking good looks, and as a last resort, his ruthless and violent strength to achieve his goals. [...]

Lorna Doone (Level 4)

Short description: One winter's day in 1673 young John Ridd is riding home from school, across the wild lonely hills of Exmoor. He has to pass Doone valley - a dangerous place, as the Doones are famous robbers and murderers. [...]

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Stories To Learn English - Level 3

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Skyjack! (Level 3)

Short description: When a large plane is hijacked, the Prime Minister looks at the list of passengers and suddenly becomes very, very frightened. There is a name on the list that the Prime Minister knows very well - too well. There is someone on that plane who will soon be dead - if the hijackers can find out who he is! [...]

The Secret Garden (Level 3)

Short description: Little Mary Lennox is a bad-tempered, disagreeable child. When her parents die in India, she is sent back to England to live with her uncle in a big, lonely, old house. [...]

Far from the Madding Crowd (Level 3)

Short description: Bathsheba Everdene is young, proud, and beautiful. She is an independent woman and can marry any man she chooses - if she chooses. In fact, she likes her independence, and she likes fighting her own battles in a man's world. But it is never wise to ignore the power of love. [...]

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Stories To Learn English - Level 2

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World Wonders (Level 2)

Short description: What are the most beautiful, the most interesting, the most wonderful things in the world? The Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal - everyone has their favourites. [...]

Death in the Freezer (Level 2)

Short description: When Ellen was six, her brother was born. Her parents was very happy to have a son, but she was upset cause all their attention now was fixed on new baby whom called Al. As Ellen grown up, she was in difficult position. Her husband left her with three children and no money. [...]

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Stories To Learn English - Level 1

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London (Level 1)

Short description: Come with us to London - a city as old as the Romans, and as new as the twenty-first century. There are places to go - from Oxford Street to Westminster Abbey, from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to Wimbledon Tennis Club. And things to do - ride on the London Eye, [...]

The Phantom of the Opera (Level 1)

Short description: It is 1880, in the Opera House in Paris. Everybody is talking about the Phantom of the Opera, the ghost that lives somewhere under the Opera House. The Phantom is a man in black clothes. He is a body without a head, he is a head without a body. [...]

Goodbye, Mr Hollywood (Level 1)

Short description: Nick Lortz is sitting outside a café in Whistler, a village in the Canadian mountains, when a stranger comes and sits next to him. She's young, pretty, and has a beautiful smile. Nick is happy to sit and talk with her. [...]

Love or Money (Level 1)

Short description: It is Molly Clarkson's fiftieth birthday. She is having a party. She is rich, but she is having a small party - only four people. Four people, however, who all need the same thing: they need her money. [...]

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Stories To Learn English - Level 0

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Drive into Danger (Level 0)

Short description: 'I can drive a truck,' says Kim on her first day at work in the office. When Kim's passenger Andy finds something strange under the truck things get dangerous - very dangerous [...]

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Stories To Learn English

Stories To Learn English

Improve your English with English short stories.

This is the fun way :)

* Important Note

Make sure you start with stories at your level, and go gradually up.

Do not start with difficult stories that you can't really understand, OK?

Stories To Learn English - Level 0

Stories To Learn English - Level 1

Stories To Learn English - Level 2

Stories To Learn English - Level 3

Stories To Learn English - Level 4

Stories To Learn English - Level 5

Stories To Learn English - Level 6

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Why Learn English

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1. You can get more knowledge.

If you know English well, an incredible amount of resources becomes accessible: books, courses, videos and of course, a great part of the Internet. Most of the blogs and websites are in English.

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2. You may get a better job if you know English.

Many positions require dealing with clients, service providers or colleagues from other countries. In those cases, your knowledge of English is a critical advantage. It can help you advance further in your career.

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3. You are able to manage better abroad.

You can speak with confidence and get your message across clearly, instead of hesitating and stammering. Even in non English speaking countries, it can be very helpful for a tourist to know English.

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4. You can meet many new people from around the world.

You can do that while you travel to a different country or even from home using the Internet!

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5. You can enjoy English art in its original form.

You can watch movies, read books and listen to music in its original and untranslated form, which is in most cases more authentic. And songs tend to be better when you can truly understand them.

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But why learn English rather then another language?

Well, it's a GLOBAL LANGUAGE. As an example, a German person and a Mexican person can communicate using English. They usually wouldn't communicate using Bulgarian...
The bottom line is this: more and more opportunities.
You simply have many more options, and those options can help you in life.

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Any Downsides?

Like in mastering anything, it involves learning, and practicing, and making mistakes, and picking yourself up again. It takes time and money, but most of all, it takes will power.

However, it doesn't have to be back breaking. Not if you do it right, and step by step.

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Your level of English

Level	CEFR Level	Equivalent Exam Level	Your ability
0 : Beginner	0	IELTS 1-2 TOEIC 0-150	You can speak and understand English in a very limited way. In a few weeks: be able to shop or travel with basic English. You will know the fundamentals of English pronunciation.
1 : Elementary	A1	IELTS 2-3 TOEIC 151-300 CAMBRIDGE KET	You can understand language used in everyday situations if the speaker speaks slowly and clearly. By the end of this level: make simple sentences and reply to simple questions; talk about likes/dislikes, family and routines; order a meal in a restaurant/go shopping and understand and write basic text.
2 : Pre-Intermediate	A2	IELTS 3-4 TOEFL iBT 0-31 TOEIC 301-400	You can communicate in a range of everyday social and travel contexts. By the end of this level: talk with confidence (go shopping, book a hotel room); make conversation in English; write & understand simple written text and understand a wider range of grammar and vocabulary.
3 : Intermediate	B1	IELTS 4-5 TOEFL iBT 31-34 TOEIC 401-525 CAMBRIDGE PET	You can speak English with some confidence. By the end of this level: take part in routine conversations; write & understand simple written text; make notes & understand most of the general meaning of lectures, meetings, TV programmes and extract basic information from a written document.
4 : Upper intermediate	B2	IELTS 5-6 TOEFL iBT 35-59 TOEIC 526-750 CAMBRIDGE FCE	You can use English effectively. By the end of this level: take part in extended conversations; write & understand most text, including a simple essay; understand most of a TV programme, presentation or lecture, but not technical or theoretical information.
5 : Advanced	C1	IELTS 6-7 TOEFL iBT 60-93 TOEIC 751-900 CAMBRIDGE CAE	You can use English in a range of culturally appropriate ways. By the end of this level: take part in lengthy conversations & discussions; write and understand most text including formal, academic and professional documents; easily understand TV, plays, films, lectures and presentations.
6 : Proficient	C2	IELTS 7-8 TOEFL iBT 94-109 TOEIC 901+ CAMBRIDGE CPE	You can use English with ease and fluency. To improve: Increase your understanding of the nuances of the language and engage in independent reading to develop your vocabulary further.

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