Seznam produktů značky Black Cat

How much did the Dutch pay for Manhattan Island in 1614? Where is the world's blue jeans headquarters? Who can you meet in the 'Malibu Colony', near Los Angeles?
New York, San Francisco, Los Angeles, Chicago and New Orleans are America's most distinctive and exciting cities. Similar in some ways and yet completely different in others, they fascinate everyone who visits them. Open this book and find out why.

 

Reading & Training Discovery is a completely new series of factual readers. It is designed for teenagers, young adults and adults who, through reading about subjects of interest, can improve their English and broaden their knowledge at the same time. The series will cover a range of interesting subject matter, from famous people such as writers, explorers

Mystery & horror

Max and Laura's summer holiday in the village of Stonecross is full of excitement and danger: a symbol, an old book of secrets, a mysterious housekeeper and thieves who don't steal anything. What does it all mean? Under the shadow of Stonehenge the two children and their Uncle Stephen discover a dark plot to reveal its ancient secrets. Will the plot succeed or will the secret of the stones remain a mystery forever?

Dossier:
Stonehenge

Exit test
Series: Green Apple | Level: Starter | Exam: ket trinity

 

Fairy tale & fantasy

One Christmas Eve in 19th-century Nuremberg Uncle Drosselmeyer arrives with presents for everyone and Clara gets a very special one: a nutcracker. That night the toys come alive and Clara discovers that her Nutcracker is much more than a toy. Together they go to the magic Land of Sweets and are greeted with a celebration with music and wonderful dances. But on Christmas morning there is another surprise for her...

Dossier:
The ballet of 'The Nutcracker'
Series: Green Apple | Level: Starter | Exam: ket trinity

Book, audio CD/CD-ROM

Mystery & horror

It's fun to get ready for Halloween and it's even more fun to have a spooky Halloween party!
But what happens to a group of young teenagers when their Halloween party becomes a living nightmare? Find out what horror is all about in this spine-tingling story!

Dossiers:
The Origins of Halloween
Salem Halloween Cookies
Make a Bat

Exit test
Series: Green Apple | Level: Starter | Exam: ket trinity

Book + audio CD/CD-ROM win/mac

Mystery & horror

When Kate and Mike Sullivan invite their friend Carlos to sail to the Farallon Islands on their father's new boat, The Pelican, they expect to see the fascinating birds and animals which live there.
But this exciting boat trip on the Pacific Ocean turns into a night of horror when ghastly ghosts from the past appear... and the three friends make an altogether different discovery.

Dossier:
Gulf of the Farallones National Marine Sanctuary

After Reading
Series: Green Apple | Level: Starter | Exam: ket trinity

Book + audio CD/CD-ROM win/mac

Adventure

Five children go on holiday and discover a sand fairy near their home! The sand fairy is an unusual creature that grants wishes, and this is just the beginning of an incredible adventure for them.
Their wishes are strange, silly...and sometimes dangerous. They go from one exciting adventure to another until finally they realise the power of a wish and whether or not they really want one!

Dossier:
Making Wishes

Exit test
Series: Green Apple | Level: Starter | Exam: ket trinity

 

Fairy tale & fantasy

Bathsheba, a beautiful Weather Witch, lives with her cat, Cobweb, on top of a high mountain near the village of Sunnyville. The people in the village don't know about Bathsheba or about the important job she does for them. Her life is peaceful until one day she goes down to the village and meets some of the people there, including a very special soldier…

Dossiers:
The Weather in Great Britain
Potions

After Reading

Series: Green Apple | Level: <a href="http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/static

Human interest

Black Beauty is a touching story written from a horse's point of view. Black Beauty, a handsome, intelligent horse, lives in Victorian England on a peaceful farm with a wonderful master.
But his life changes when he is sold to different masters-some are kind and understanding, but others are very cruel…
Published in 1877, Black Beauty is surely the most loved animal story of all times – an unforgettable classic for readers of all ages.

Dossiers:
Horses
The Royal Society for Protection of Cruelty to Animals

Exit test

Series: <a href="http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/static/green-apple-en.html?

Retold by Gina D. B. Clemen

American English

Adventure

Join Tom Sawyer and his friends in a series of fantastic adventures on the Mississippi River: looking for ghosts in a graveyard, witnessing a murder, living as pirates on a deserted island, attending their own funerals, getting lost in an enormous cave and finding ...
The Adventures of Tom Sawyer reflects many of Mark Twain's own adventures growing up on the Mississippi River. A fast-moving story with unforgettable characters that captures the unique American spirit of the 1800s.

Dossier:
Life on the Mississippi River

Exit testSeries: <a href="http://www.blackcat-cideb.com/static/green-apple-en.html?TB_iframe=true&am

Grammar Goals, designed for pre-intermediate to intermediate students, covers the complete grammar syllabus for the Cambridge ESOL First Certificate in English exam (B2 Vantage of the CEFR), and has been updated for the new specifications starting December 2008.

Features:
• 110 units, each focusing on one area of grammar
• 12 Review Sections containing Cambridge ESOL FCE-style questions
• 17 Appendices for quick and easy reference
• an audio CD/CD-ROM, which contains all the recordings of all the dialogues, other selected exercises, 13 complete tests for the FCE Paper 3, Use of English
• a separate Answer Key for teachers

Downloadable from this site:
• Grammar Check, which can be used as an entry or exit test
• Tests for

Designed with an eye to CLIL (content and language integrated learning), Connections is intended to meet the functional and notional requirements of EFL teaching at CEFR levels B1-B2. Objectives: • Language practice: development of reading, listening, writing and speaking skills, including the ESP requirements of university courses. • Testing: the exercises are mainly in the style of tasks from the FCE exam papers (Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening, Speaking) • Focus on content: the topics for study include a wide range of subjects; History, Literature, Business, Science etc. Features: • Sixty full-colour units, each of which deals with a new topic • Three sections - Reading, Listening and Speaking, Use of English and Writing - which cover the task types of

Designed with an eye to CLIL (content and language integrated learning), Connections is intended to meet the functional and notional requirements of EFL teaching at CEFR levels B1-B2. Objectives: • Language practice: development of reading, listening, writing and speaking skills, including the ESP requirements of university courses. • Testing: the exercises are mainly in the style of tasks from the FCE exam papers (Reading, Writing, Use of English, Listening, Speaking) • Focus on content: the topics for study include a wide range of subjects; History, Literature, Business, Science etc. Features: • Sixty full-colour units, each of which deals with a new topic • Three sections - Reading, Listening and Speaking, Use of English and Writing - which cover the task type ....