Intermediate

On a stormy winter night, a stranger knocks at the door of a shepherd's cottage. He is cold and hungry, and wants to get out of the rain. He is welcomed inside, but he does not give his name or his business. Who is he, and where has he come from? And he is only the first visitor to call at the cottage that night ...In these three short stories, Thomas Hardy gives us pictures of the lives of shepherds and hangmen, dukes and teachers. But rich or poor, young or old, they all have the same feelings of fear, hope, love, jealousy ... Classics

Oxford Read and Imagine graded readers are at eight levels (Starter, Beginner, and Levels 1 to 6) for students from age 4 and older. They offer great stories to read and enjoy. Activities provide Cambridge Young Learner Exams preparation.
At Levels 1 to 6, every storybook reader links to an Oxford Read and Discover non-fiction reader.

Audio in a choice of American and British English is available for every reader.
At Levels 1 to 6, audio is available in CD packs for every reader.

Oxford Read and Imagine graded readers are at eight levels (Starter, Beginner, and Levels 1 to 6) for students from age 4 and older. They offer great stories to read and enjoy. Activities provide Cambridge Young Learner Exams preparation.
At Levels 1 to 6, every storybook reader links to an Oxford Read and Discover non-fiction reader.

Audio in a choice of American and British English is available for every reader.
At Levels 1 to 6, audio is available in CD packs for every reader.

Oxford Read and Imagine graded readers are at eight levels (Starter, Beginner, and Levels 1 to 6) for students from age 4 and older. They offer great stories to read and enjoy. Activities provide Cambridge Young Learner Exams preparation.
At Levels 1 to 6, every storybook reader links to an Oxford Read and Discover non-fiction reader.

Audio in a choice of American and British English is available for every reader.
At Levels 1 to 6, audio is available in CD packs for every reader.

A marketing executive from Mickey’s – a fast food US burger chain – discovers that contaminated meat is getting into the burgers, and heads down to Colorado to investigate. What he discovers proves to be more shocking than he could ever have imagined.

With Fact Files on ‘Fast Food Nation: from book to film’, the ‘illegals’, and a short history of fast food.

Contents:
Pablo Casals, the Catalan cello-player
Louis Armstrong, the American trumpet-player and singer
Frank Sinatra, the Italian-American singer and actor
Édith Piaf, France's famous singing star
Maria Callas, the Greek opera singer
Elvis Presley, the man who changed pop music

BRITISH ENGLISH
Word count: 14,723
Headword count: 1,121

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This book is Level 3 in the Collins ELT Readers series.
Level 3 is equivalent to CEF level B1.