One Thousand Dollars and Other Play (Oxford Bookworms Library, Stage 2 - 700 headwords)
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Tác giả: O. Henry. Retold by John Escott Thể loại: Literature & Fiction ISBN: 9780194235204 Xuất bản: 12/2008 Trọng lượng: 70 gr NXB: Oxford University Press Số trang: 56 trang, kích thước 13x19,5 cm Giá bán: 45,000 đ |
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Fliers are a nuisance. They are annoying when they buzz around you, but you can brush them away with your hand. After all, a fly is only about half the size of your fingernail. But suppose it wasn't. Catch a fly and look at it closely - look at its head, its eyes, its legs. Now imagine that this thing was the size of a human being...
These eight stories offer horror in many shapes and forms, in worlds full of monster and evil spirits, where terror lies waiting in the shadows, and where the living and the dead dance hand in hand.
The Oxford bookworms library offers a wide range of original and adapted stories, both classic and modern, which take learners from elementary to advanced level through six carefully graded language stages:
Stage 1 (400 headwords) Stage 2 (700 headwords) Stage 3 (1000 headwords) Stage 4 (1400 headwords) Stage 5 (1800 headwords) Stage 6 (2500 headwords)
This book is at stage 2.
At the end of this book, it supplies questions to help you check your comprehension after reading its stories. |
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