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The college term has ended and Rick and Jen join their friends at the beach to swim and surf. Jen doesn't realise that the new friend she meets will soon save their lives. * 16 pages * full colour illustrations

Mother Teresa was a small, quiet nun. She lived for God and helped poor people on the streets of India. She was very famous for her work. She died in 1997, but people remember her today. People in many countries love her. This is her story.

Academic Vocabulary in Use Second Edition is the perfect study aid for anyone using English for their academic work.

Ideal for students of any discipline, this second edition has been updated to reflect changes in education, technology and communications, includes a selection of new reading passages, and is now in full colour. 50 easy-to-use, two-page units give clear explanations of new vocabulary, along with a variety of practice exercises. A comprehensive answer key, and phonemic transcriptions to help with pronunciation, make it perfect for self-study as well as for use in the classroom. This book is designed for students at good intermediate level and above, and is also useful for those preparing for IELTS and university entrance examinations.

Mnoho dětí dnes vyrůstá ve dvojjazyčném prostředí a zvládá bez problému oba jazyky. Zároveň je schopno sledovat v obou jazycích například pohádky a tak získávat přirozenou cestou informace Pohádky jsou jedním z nejpřirozenějších způsobů, pomocí kterého děti vnímají svět, dobro a zlo a přijímají poučení a inspiraci. Otevřená dětská mysl vnímá příběh a jeho poselství formou zábavy, a po prvotním pochopení pohádky a jejího poselství v mateřském jazyce je schopna vnímat příběh i v angličtině a tak si přirozenou cestou pomocí asociací spojovat vjem (zvuk, text a obrázky) a jeho význam a získávat tak základy angličtiny přirozenou cestou. Rodiče mají navíc k dispozici knížku s dvojjazyčným textem a program POSLEC

Jedná se o doplňkovou zvukovou cvičebnici angličtiny na pěti audio CD, kterou můžete použít samostatně, ale především jako rozšíření titulů Angličtina ELEMENTS a Angličtina EXPRESS. Cvičebnice je namluvena špičkovými rodilými mluvčími v zahraničních nahrávacích studiích. Každé audio CD obsahuje úvodní promluvy v češtině tak, abyste věděli, jak s jednotlivými částmi pracovat. Součástí jsou také přepisy všech cvičení a rozhovorů v elektronické formě, které si můžete vytisknout. Pomocí této zvukové cvičebnice si především: * zlepšíte porozumění, * rozšíříte slovní zásobu, * zlepšíte výslovnost. Audio CD si můžete převést do formátu mp3, a tak využívat ve všech možných mp3 přehrávač

In his, highly acclaimed debut, A PALE VIEW OF HILLS, Kazuo Ishiguro tells the story of Etsuko, a Japanese woman now living alone in England, dwelling on the recent suicide of her daughter. Retreating into the past, she finds herself reliving one particular hot summer in Nagasaki, when she and her friends struggled to rebuild their lives after the war. But then as she recalls her strange friendship with Sachiko - a wealthy woman reduced to vagrancy - the memories take on a disturbing cast.

The Enormous Crocodile boasts that he is going to eat a child for lunch and he sets out to trick all the children in his attempts for food. But his plots and disguises are foiled by the animals in the jungle - especially by Trunky, the elephant.

The belief that and should not be used to begin a sentence is without foundation. And that's all there is to it.' What is the difference between mean and median, blatant and flagrant, flout and flaunt? Is it a whodunnit or whodunit? Do you know? Are you sure? With Troublesome Words journalist and bestselling travel-writer Bill Bryson gives us a clear, concise and entertaining guide to problems of English usage and spelling. Originally published as The Penguin Dictionary of Troublesome Words, it has been an indispensable companion to those who work with the written word for nearly twenty years. Now fully updated and revised, it is better than ever. So if you want to discover whether you should care about split infinitives, are cursed with an uncontrollable outbreak of commas or wer

An entertaining, anecdotal look at the origins of language and ideas in the USA. Bryson explains why two bicycle repairmen from Ohio succeeded in mastering manned flight, why the assassination of President Garfield led to the invention of air conditioning, and many other improbable but true facts.