Berkeley. — 312 pages. Exercises to every story: First Reading. Thinking About the Story. Understanding the Plot. Second Reading. Exploring Themes. Analyzing the Author's Style. Judging for Yourself. Making Connections. Debate. How to Use This Book. Husbands, Wives, and Lovers. Can-can by Arturo Vivante. A husband arranges a secret meeting with a woman and is surprised by the...
Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2011. — 204 p. — (Macmillan Literature Collections series). — ISBN: 9780230408548. American English. Advanced level. Пять приключенческих рассказов. Информация об авторах, страноведческая информация, разнообразные упражнения до и после чтения, глоссарий. The genre of Adventure. To Build a Fire by Jack London. A man travels alone through the freezing...
Penguin Very Short Stories, 1998. — 108 pages. Рассказы на английском языке (с упражнениями). Best Friends. A Walk on the Beach. Family Fortune. A Free Lunch. Departures. Happy Days. A Load of Old Rubbish. Rent Free. The Perfect Woman. Cabbage White. The Pony and the Donkey. Say That Again. April Fool. Soap. It Will Do You Good. A Perfectly Natural Explanation. The Purple...
Penguin Very Short Stories, 1989. — 108 pages.
Рассказы на английском языке (с упражнениями):
Mangiarotti.
The invisible man.
Gossip.
Crash.
Magic.
A spray of heather.
The wrong pig.
Wild mushrooms.
Summer-blue eyes.
The joker.
If there is water.
Macmillan Literature Collection, 2009. — 198 pages. The Gift of the Magi by O. Henry: A young couple exchange Christmas gifts. The Lost Phoebe by Theodore Dreiser: An old man cannot accept the loss of his wife. The Baby Party by F. Scott Fitzgerald: A child's party has unexpected consequences. You Were Perfectly Fine by Dorothy Parker: A young man hears of his adventures on an...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 110 pages. Level 6 Полный текст аудиозаписи (аудиозапись здесь), упражнения, глоссарий. Today Maya Angelou is one of the world ’s most respected writers and poets. In the 1930s and 1940s she was a poor Black girl growing up in the segregated American South. She suffered prejudice and cruelty from people she trusted as well as at the hands of an unjust...
London, 1986. — 136 pages. — (Bridge Series). The Mystery of Hunter’s Lodge. The Million Dollar Bond Robbery. The Adventure of the Clapham Cook. Accident. The Lernean Hydra. The Stymphalian Birds. Tape-Measpre Murder, Questions. Some of the books in the Bridge Series are original titles and include a helpful introduction and extended glossary. The others have been moderately...
ЕLI, 2012. — 143 p.
Некоторые слова объясняются в комментариях-сносках. С упражнениями и дополнительной страноведческой информацией.
Joseph Conrad (born Józef Teodor Konrad Korzeniowski; 1857 – 1924) was a Polish author who wrote in English after settling in England. He was granted British nationality in 1886, but always considered himself a Pole. Conrad is regarded as one...
Macmillan Literature Collection, 2011. — 207 pages. The Tell-tale Heart by Edgar Allan Poe. The Red-headed League by Sir Arthur C.onan Doyle. The Blue Cross by G K Chesterton. Mother’s Help by Ruth Rendell. No Place to Park by Alexander McCall Smith. Each collection provides substantial language support including vocabulary, comprehension questions and language-study exercises....
Penguin, 2000. — 189 p. Chronology. Ten Short Stories: The Umbrella Man. Dip in the Pool. The Butler. The Hitchhiker. Mr Botibol. My Lady Love, My Dove. The Way up to Heaven. Parson’s Pleasure. The Sound Machine. The Wish. Language Notes and Activities. Further Activities and Study Questions. Text Summaries. Suggestions for Further Reading. Audio Extracts.
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 119 pages. I Am Told to Steal. I Rob Mrs Joe. The Two Men on the Marshes. Mr Pumblechook Tastes Tar Water. The Convicts Are Chased. I Am to Go and Play at Miss Havisham’s. I Visit Miss Havisham and Meet Estella. I Try to Be Uncommon. I Fight with a Pale Young Gentleman. Joe at Miss Havisham’s. Old Orlick. I Tell Biddy My Secrets. I Have Great...
Level: Upper (about 2200 basic words).
2005. - 98 c. Черно-белые иллюстрации.
Retold by Anne Collins.
The book includes a note about the author, a note about this story, the story itself (adapted), points for understanding, and glossary.
"The store has been here for only one year, but many
people think that it has always been here. Above the
door are faded brown...
Zwickau, 1994. — 165 pages.
F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby takes a distinguished place among the great American novels. It has been praised for the emotional richness, the tender sensibility, the melancholy sadness of Gatsby's impossible dream of love. And indeed, the novel is a compelling arid moving love story. But there is more to it than just romance.
The Great...
Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2014. — 205 p. — (Macmillan Literature Collections Series) — Advanced Level. This 'tasty' collection brings together five stories and extracts all with food at their heart. Food and literature have a long relationship and food is used to shed light on characters and relationships, from meals as the centre of family life to food as a political...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 110 pages. С упражнениями и глоссарием. Lucy Honeychurch is a young middle-class English girl. Her life is comfortable and she lives a protected existence. But her experiences on holiday in Italy show her a different side of life. She learns to look more closely at the people around her and discovers the power of her own heart.
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 108 pages. Level 6. Адаптация для продвинутого уровня, упражнения и глоссарий в конце книги. Nitta Sayuri begins life as a fisherman’s daughter, but becomes one of the greatest geisha in Gion. Throughout her struggle for success, she hides her secret love for the only man who ever showed her any kindness— a man who seems to be forever out of her reach.
Diesterweg, 1989. — 79 p. К каждому рассказу библиографические примечания, глоссарий и упражнения. Кроме того, глоссарий литературоведческих терминов. Roald Dahl - Dip in the Pool. Katherine Mansfield - The Doll’s House. Alun Lewis - The Lapse. James Joyce - Eveline. Alan Sillitoe - On Saturday Afternoon. John Wain - A Message from the Pig-Man.
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 112 pages. Level 6.
Адаптация детективного романа для продвинутого уровня (для совершенствующихся). Содержит упражнения и глоссарий в конце книги.
The horror of death row is that you die a little each day. The waiting kills you. Seventy-year old Sam Cayhall is on Mississippi’s death row. Sam hates lawyers but his date with the gas chamber is close,...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 118 pages. It is 1954 and Kabuo Miyamoto is on trial for murder. He is a Japanese American living on the island of San Piedro, off the north west coast of America. The Second World Wa has left an atmosphere of anger and suspicion in this small community. Will Kabou receive a fair trial? And will the true cause of the victim's death be discovered? The...
Pearson Longman, Penguin Readers, 2008. — 124 pages.
С упражнениями и глоссарием.
It is the Brave New World, 600 years in the future. Science has produced a highly ordered world of happiness and social stability. In his search for something more meaningful, Bernard Marx takes beautiful Lenina to see the savages o f the Old World - and discovers more truth than he might have...
Langenscheidt, 1996. - 56 pages. (Literature Viewfinder). Пять рассказов о том, как быть аутсайдером, предоставляют богатый материал для дискуссии. С объяснениями слов и выражений (на английском), заданиями и черно-белыми иллюстрациями. Five Short Stories. With annotations and tasks. Edited and annotated by Liesel Hermes. Wendy Wallace: Karif. Jane Gardam: Swan. Elizabeth...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 112 pages. Level 6 Полный текст аудиозаписи (аудиозапись 128 bit/s стерео здесь и 32 bit/s моно здесь), глоссарий, упражнения. Thomas Keneally’s famous novel tells the story of Oskar Schindler, a businessman who risked his life every day during the Second World War to save as many Jews as possible from the Nazi death camps. Steven Spielberg won seven...
Penguin Readers, 1994. — 88 pages. Paul Sheldon is Annie's favorite writer. She loves all his books about Misery Chastain. When Annie finds Paul after a car accident, she takes him home to look after him. Then Annie discovers that Paul wants to kill Misery and to write different kinds of books. She is determined to stop him... Penguin Readers is a series of simplified stories...
М.: АСТ; Астрель 2006. — 190 с. Although pirates ruled the oceans 300 years ago — attacking and robbing rich trading ships — their careers were short and cruel. This collection of stories brings to life the flamboyant characters of the most famous pirates and the determination of the men who set out to capture them.
Penguin, 1999. — 111 pages. Chronology. The Call of the Wild. Language Notes and Activities. Further Activities and Study Questions. Character Notes. Text Summary. Suggestions for Further Reading. Penguin Student Editions have been specifically designed for readers who are studying a text in detail. They include a helpful introduction and explanatory notes, character sketches,...
Мюнхен, 2001. - 96 с.
Literature Viewfinder.
Семь рассказов известных мексиканско-американских авторов. К каждому рассказу даны введение, объяснения слов и выражений (все на английском) и вопросы для обсуждения. Черно-белые иллюстрации.
Edited and annotated by Karin Ikas.
Opening Section by Karin Ikas.
Gloria Anzaldüa:
I am a Border Woman.
A Typical Creative Workplace...
Prentice-Hall, 1984. - 258 р. ISBN10: 0-13-645366-X Like native English-speaking Americans, the many thousands of foreign students in degree programs in the United States are still required, even in this age of emphasis on technology, to study literature. They also share with native English speakers the need to develop and polish their writing skills to a' level of competency...
Penguin, 1999. — 107 pages. Chronology. Animal Farm. Language Notes and Activities. Further Activities and Study Questions. Character Notes. Text Summary. Suggestions for Further Reading. Penguin Student Editions have been specifically designed for readers who are studying a text in detail. They include a helpful introduction and explanatory notes, character sketches, a text...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 104 pages.
Stephen Kumalo, a church minister, receives a letter that changes his life. He must leave his village and travel to the city of Johannesburg, where his sister is ill and his son is lost. He has never been so far from home, and he is worried about what he will find there - but the situation is much worse than he could have imagined.
Клетт, 2005. — 109 стр. Foreword. How to Read an English Book Without a Dictionary. The Wave (Text and Annotations). Additional Texts: Remembering the Third Wave (Ron Jones). Believe The Wave Could Happen - But Not In My School (Scholastic Voice Interview). Conformity and Obedience (Stanley Milgram). Submission to Authority (Stanley Milgram). Totalitarian Movements (Hannah...
Просвещение, 1977. - 103 с.
Gabriel-Ernest.
The Secret Sin of Septimus Brope.
The Quest.
The Stalled Ox.
The Mouse.
The Boar-Pig.
A Holiday Task.
The Talking-Out of Tarrington.
Sredni Vashtar.
The Seven Cream Jugs.
Tobermory.
The background.
Hyacinth.
The Lumber-room.
Quail Seed.
The Penance.
The Elk.
Notes.
List of Names.
Саки (англ. Saki), псевдоним;...
Viewfinder, 2006. — 134 pages.
Каждый из 10 рассказов предваряется информацией об авторе, а после рассказа следуют примечания с объяснением слов и выражений на английском языке и вопросы для обсуждения.
Nicholas Fisk: Sweets from a Stranger.
Stephen Bowkett: The Chase.
Nicholas Stuart Gray: The Star Beast.
Ray Bradbury: A Sound of Thunder.
Michael Marshall Smith: Diet...
Longman, 1965. — 256 p. — (New Swan Shakespeare) Каждый акт пересказывается простым английским языком (plain English), многие слова объясняются в комментариях на странице напротив полного шекспировского текста, некоторые слова иллюстрируются картинками, в конце книги глоссарий с объяснениями трудных слов. The key features of New Swan Shakespeare are an introduction to the play...
Macmillan Literature Collection, 2001. — 72 pages. Рассказы австралийских писателей 20-го века о жизни и судьбах белых австралийцев, а также австралийских аборигенов и недавно переселившихся в Австралию иммигрантов. Некоторые слова и выражения объясняются в комментариях-сносках. Tim Winton - Neighbours. Marjorie Barnard - The Lottery. Alan Marshall - Trees Can Speak. John...
Penguin Readers, 2001. — 112 pages. Level 6. Set in rural California at the beginning of the twentieth century, this is the saga of the Trasks and the Hamiltons, two families whose histories are deeply intertwined. A story of murder and conflict between brother and brother, father and son. "All novels...are built on the never-ending contest in ourselves between good and evil."...
Retold by Martin Winks. — Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2009. — 112 p. — (Macmillan Readers Series). С глоссарием, упражнениями и ответами к ним. The tragic story of George and Lennie, who move from one farm to another, looking for work. George is clever but Lennie’s size and slowness is always getting him into trouble. One day the two men get a job on a farm. Things are going...
Diesterweg, 1986. — 95 p. Steinbeck and the American Novel Between the Wars. Of Mice and Men (Text and Annotations). Comprehension, Analysis and Discussion. Suggested Topics for General Study. Material for Further Studies. Rented Slaves in Pastures of Plenty. A Brief Guide to Literary Terms. Characteristics of American Slang and Colloquial Speech.
Moscow: Foreing Languages Publishing House. 1963. - 280c.
Explanatory notes and glossary by Litvinova and Kazakevitch.
Роман "Остров сокровищ" на английском языке.
Роман "Остров сокровищ" на английском языке с классическими иллюстрациями. Полный неизмененный текст произведения. Некоторые слова и выражения объясняются в комментариях. Глоссарий морских терминов с объяснениями.
Penguin Very Short Stories, 1997. — 106 pages. Рассказы на английском языке (с упражнениями). Pluto. The Bad Prawn. Lucky Luke. Dining Out. The Abyss. Mr Armitage. The Final Memo. Fireworks. The Shikara Man. ‘Patata’. Origami. Memory Lane. Glossary and Language Practice.
Langenscheidt, 2004. — 128 pages.
Viewfinder
Вступление с информацией по страноведению Австралии и Новой Зеландии. Девять рассказов австралийских и новозеландских авторов. Каждый рассказ предваряется информацией об авторе. В примечаниях объясняются некоторые слова и выражения (по-английски) и страноведческие реалии. Вопросы для обсуждения.
This anthology includes several...
Хоббит, или Туда и обратно (по Дж. Толкину). Обработка и комментарий Ю. П. Третьякова. — М.: Просвещение, 1982. — 159 с. Книга для чтения на английском языке для студентов III курсов педагогических институтов. Автор повести - известный английский ученый, специалист по средневековому фольклору. Умелое использование увлекательных историй, созданных народным воображением, сочетается...
Zwickau, , 1990. — 174 pages.
Adrian Mole's first love, Pandora, has left him; a neighbor, Mr. Lucas, appears to be seducing his mother (and what does that mean for his father?); the BBC refuses to publish his poetry; and his dog swallowed the tree off the Christmas cake. "Why" indeed.
Oxford: Macmillan Education, 2011. — 216 p. — (Macmillan Literature Collections series) — Advanced level. The Travel Stories Collection of six extracts takes the reader through a variety of landscapes which are both challenging and exhilarating. From the desert conditions of Mexico to the frozen land of the Northern Lights, there is something here for everyone who loves to read...
Penguin Readers, 2008. — 113 pages.
История открытия структуры ДНК. С глоссарием и упражнениями.
James D. Watson and Francis Crick won the Nobel Prize in 1962 for the discovery of the double helix, the structure of DNA. In this book, James D. Watson tells the exciting story of this discovery.
Cambridge University Press, 2009. — 126 pages. The Cast. The Importance of Being Earnest. Resource Notes: Who has written The Importance of Being Earnest and why? The main events of Oscar Wilde’s life. What type of text is The Importance of Being Earnest? How was The Importance of Being Earnest produced? How does the play present its subject? Who reads/watches the play? How do...
Diesterweg, 1991. — 120 p. Big Daddy is a wealthy plantation owner in the southern state of Mississippi. Having discovered that he is dying of cancer, his children, with whom he never had a close relationship, have started fighting over the inheritance. In Cat on a Hot Tin Roof Tennessee Williams explores people's inability to communicate with each other and their difficulty in...
М.: ИПК МГЛУ "Рема", 2010. — 61 стр. Учебное пособие для студентов 1 курса лингвистических специальностей (аспект «Чтение художественной литературы»). Пособие включает в себя комплексную систему упражнений, направленных на активную отработку навыков чтения, перевода, устной (подготовленной и спонтанной) и письменной речи, а также заданий, помогающих осмысленно интерпретировать...
Л.: Просвещение, 1978. — 287 с.: илл. Учебное пособие для студентов пед. ин-тов по специальности "Иностранные языки". Представлены различные жанры и основные историко-литературные направления английской литературы. Аппарат книги состоит из вступительной статьи, биографических справок и историко-литературного комментария.
Сборник рассказов и упражнений для домашнего чтения. — Ростов н/Д: Феникс; СПб.: Союз, 2004. — 320 с. — (Учебники для высшей школы). — ISBN: 5-222-05411-х (Феникс), 5-94033-036-3 (Союз). Настоящее пособие ставит своей целью ознакомить студентов с некоторыми рассказами английских и американских писателей и дать материал для чтения и обсуждения на занятиях по домашнему чтению....
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