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Headwords: 1,000Word count: 9,614- Read at a comfortable level with word count and CEFR level on every cover- Illustrations, photos, and diagrams support comprehension- Activities build language skills and check understanding- Glossaries teach difficult vocabularyIt is hard to imagine the modern world without information technology. At home, at work, and at play, mobile phones, emails, and computers have become part of daily life. The story of information technology is a story of machines - from the ancientabacus to the small powerful computer chips of today.

The United States in the 1950s and 60s was a troubled place. Black people were angry, because they did not have the same rights as whites. It was a time of angry words, of marches, of protests, a time of bombs and killings.But above the angry noise came the voice of one man - a man of peace. 'I have a dream,' said Martin Luther King, and it was a dream of blacks and whites living together in peace and freedom. This is the story of anextraordinary man, who changed American history in his short life.

Imagine an animal with teeth as big as bananas - and a brain as big as an orange. Or a flying animal with wings as wide ad a small plane. Think about a tail that could knock a man's head off, or a mouth with hundreds of teeth. It is any surprise thatpeople are intrested in dinosaurs?

A non-fiction book, ideal for elementary learners of English looking to improve and practise their English. The book is filled with useful vocabulary that is carefully graded and easy to understand, it also comes with audio, so that you can listen at thesame time as reading.Come with us to London - a city as old as the Romans, and as new as the twenty-first century. There are places to go - from Oxford Street to Westminster Abbey, from Shakespeare's Globe Theatre to Wimbledon Tennis Club. And things todo - ride on the London Eye, visit the markets, go to the theatre, run in the London Marathon.Big, beautiful, noisy, exciting - that's London.

It's an exciting life - full of fast cars, money, and travel. The names of Formula One champions are known all over the world. And everywhere young drivers dream of success one day in Monaco, Melbourne, Monza ...But it is a difficult life too. Drivers need strong bodies - and minds. They

Mindenki fényképeket készített Vilmos hercegről. mikor belépett a St Andrews egyetem kapuján. Tömegek érkeztek a skót kisvárosba, hogy láthassák a nevezetes új diákot, a Királynő 19 éves unokáját. Kate Middleton első napját azonban senki nem akartamegörökíteni az egyetemen. Csendesen beköltözött, és készen állt tanulmányai megkezdésére. Csak egy átlagos diák volt, átlagos jövővel. Vagy mégsem?Vilmos herceg egyike a világ leghíresebb fiatalembereinek. Régi patinás családból származik, édesanyja a gyönyörű Diana hercegnő, édesapja pedig Károly herceg, a trónörökös, Anglia eljövendő uralkodója.Vilmos is király lesz egyszer. Ha valaki pedig egyszer király lesz, a világ szeme állandóan rajta van.Az élete minden területére kíváncsiak az emberek, a barátaira, az iskoláira, és persze mindenek előtt a barátnőjére. Ki a barátnője Vilmosnak? -kérdezgetik az újságokjra és újra. Mi a neve? Királyi csalódból való, vagy netalán külföldi?És végül megkapta a világ a választ: 2011. április 29-én a herceg és Cambridge hercegnője egybekeltek: William és Kate700 kulcsszavas, A1-A2 nyelvtudás szintnek megfeleltetett könnyített olvasmány

Thousands of years ago, people looked out across an ocean and asked themselves, 'What is on the other side?' And the bravest of them began to travel and find the answers - beautiful islands, frozen lands, different peoples . . .And there are stillinteresting questions about the oceans.

CEFR B1Word count 10,098Headwords 1,000What will we do when there is nowhere to put our rubbish? Every day, all over the world, people drop cans, boxes, paper, and bottles into bins and never think about them again. And the rubbishmountains get bigger and bigger. But there is another way - away that makes old paper into houses, broken bottles into jewellery, and old cans into bridges. Anyone can recycle - it's easy, it saves money, and it's a way to say, 'I care about the Earth.' Saving the world starts with you - here - now.

Örország múltja és jelene színes képekkel illusztrálva kezdők részére. Szükséges szókincs: 700 szó

It's a good place for gold,' said people in the 1840s, and they came from all over the world. 'It's a good place for a prison,' said the US government in the 1920s, and they put Al Capone there on the island of Alcatraz. 'It's a good place for love,'said the hippies in the 1960s, and they

Hollywood - nine big white letters against the Hollywood Hills. Every year millions of people come from all over the world and look up at this famous sign. Why do they come? They come to see the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and to see the handand foot prints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. They come to visit Universal Studios, and perhaps to see a movie star or two, Most of all, they come to be is the most famous place in movie history - exciting, wonderful Hollywood!

Mit tudunk Japánról? Kelet-Ázsiában, a Csendes-Óceánban fekszik, ezt mindenki tudja. Sokan szeretik a sushit, a sumo-t, a mangát és a karaokét - ezek is Japánból valók, talán még ezt is mindenki tudja.De még temérdek érdekes dolog van ebben a távoliországban, ahol a legmodernebb technika és az időtlenség jól megfér egymás mellett.Csodálatos paloták, virágzó cseresznyefák, csendes, gyönyörű kertek és magas hegyek, tea - a másik oldalon pedig 300 km/h gyorsasággal száguldó vonatok, robotok,egyreújabb és újabb telefonok,kamerák, még csodálatosabb számítógépes játékok., egyre magasabb épületek..ez Japán. Öreg és új, múlt és jövő, folyamatos változásban, mégis ugyanolyan. A kötet szerzője maga is többször megfordult Japánban, és alapszinten lévőnyelvtanulóknak le is írta, miért is szeretjük, mit érdemes tudni erről az országról. 400 kulcsszó, A1-A2 nyelvi szint

CEFR B1Word count 10,244Headwords 1,000Right now, all over the world, people are using energy. As we drive our cars, work on our computers, or evencook food on a wood fire, we probably do not stop to think about where the energy comes from. But when the gas is gone and there is no more coal - what then? Scientists are finding new answers all the time. Get ready for the children whose running feetmake the energy to bring water to their village

'Ask not what your country can do for you - ask what you can do for your country.' More than fifty years ago, the new US President, John F. Kennedy, spoke these words. Millions of Americans listened, and they were filled with hope. With Kennedy aspresident, surely there was a great future ahead for their country. But Kennedy would not finish his four years as president. In November 1963, the word stopped as terrible news came from Dallas, Texas...

What are the most beautiful, the most interesting, the most wonderful things in the world? The Great Pyramid, the Great Wall of China, the Panama Canal - everyone has their favourites. And there are natural wonders too - Mount Everest, Niagara Falls, andthe Northern Lights, for

Hollywood - nine big white letters against the Hollywood Hills. Every year millions of people come from all over the world and look up at this famous sign. Why do they come? They come to see the stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame, and to see the handand foot prints outside Grauman's Chinese Theatre. They come to visit Universal Studios, and perhaps to see a movie star or two, Most of all, they come to be is the most famous place in movie history - exciting, wonderful Hollywood!

The bride wore a long white dress, with flowers in her hair. After the wedding, there was a party, and people gave presents to the bride and groom.' This wedding was nearly two thousand years ago, in Rome. Some things don't change.But some things do.Today you can have a wedding on a

What can you do in New York? Everything! You can go to some of the world's most famous shops, watch a baseball game, go to the top of a skyscraper, see a concert in Central Park, eat a sandwich in a New York deli, see a show in a Broadway theatre. NewYork is big, noisy, and exciting, and it's waiting for you. Open the book and come with us to this wonderful city.