Книга: Kipling, Parker Butler, Saki, Twain, Jerome K. Jerome «Animal Tales: Step Two: B1. 1 (+ CD)»
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Animal Tales is a collection of five amusing stories - "The Elephant's Child", "Pigs is Pigs", "Mrs Packletide's Tiger", "The Stolen White Elephant" and "The Shameful Behaviour of a Fox Terrier" . Read these short stories and you will discover why elephants have trunks, how it's best to work out the correct price for pigs straight away and what happened to an English lady when she went hunting for a tiger! You will also find a stolen elephant, and see how much trouble a small dog can make! Wide range of activities on the four skills; PET-style activities; Trinity-style activities (Grade 4); Informative dossiers on Elephants and Tigers; Internet projects; Exit test with answer key; Text recorded in full. Содержание:The Elephant's Child, Pigs is Pigs, Mrs Packletide's Tiger, The Stolen White Elephant, The Shameful Behaviour of a Fox Terrier Издательство: "Black Cat, Cideb" (2004) Формат: 150x210, 112 стр.
ISBN: 9788853000156, 978-88-530-0015-6, 88-530-0015-5 Купить за 789 руб на Озоне |
Kipling
Kipling Kipling prop. n.
Rudyard Kipling, English author (1865-1936). He was born at
Bombay, India in 1865, the son of John Lockwood Kipling, who
was formerly head of the Lahore School of Industrial Art. He
was educated in England and returned to India in 1880 as
editor of the ``Lahore Civil and Military Gazette.'' He
returned to England about 1889, and lived several years in
the United States. While in India he published stories,
sketches, and poems descriptive of India and Anglo-Indian
military and civil life: `` Departmental Ditties, etc.'',
``Plain Tales from the Hills'', ``Mine Own People'',
``Soldiers Three'', ``Barrack-room Ballads, etc.'', and
others. After leaving India he published ``The Light That
Failed,'' ``Naulahka'' (with Balestier), ``Many Inventions,''
``The Jungle Book,'' ``The Second Jungle Book,'' ``The Seven
Seas,'' ``Captains Courageous,'' ``The White Man's Burden,''
``Kim,'' ``The Man Who Would Be King and Other Stories,'' and
others.
Syn: Rudyard Kipling. [WordNet 1.5 + Century Dict. 1906]
Источник: Kipling
saki
Sake Sa"ke (s[aum]"k[-e]), n. a traditional alcoholic drink of Japan. It is made from rice. [Also spelled {saki}.] [1913 Webster +PJC]
Источник: saki
Twain
Twain Twain, a. & n. [OE. twein, tweien, tweyne, AS.
tw[=e]gen, masc. See {Two}.]
Two; -- nearly obsolete in common discourse, but used in
poetry and burlesque. ``Children twain.'' --Chaucer.
[1913 Webster]
And whosoever shall compel thee to go a mile, go with
him twain. --Matt. v. 41.
[1913 Webster]
{In twain}, in halves; into two parts; asunder.
[1913 Webster]
When old winder split the rocks in twain. --Dryden.
[1913 Webster]
{Twain cloud}. (Meteor.) Same as {Cumulo-stratus}. [1913 Webster]
Источник: Twain
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