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Better Reading English: Improve Your Understanding of Written English [Mīkstie vāki]

  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, height x width x depth: 229x180x12 mm, weight: 331 g, 0 Illustrations
  • Sērija : Better Reading Series
  • Izdošanas datums: 16-Jan-2017
  • Izdevniecība: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
  • ISBN-10: 0071744762
  • ISBN-13: 9780071744768
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  • Formāts: Paperback / softback, 240 pages, height x width x depth: 229x180x12 mm, weight: 331 g, 0 Illustrations
  • Sērija : Better Reading Series
  • Izdošanas datums: 16-Jan-2017
  • Izdevniecība: McGraw-Hill Contemporary
  • ISBN-10: 0071744762
  • ISBN-13: 9780071744768
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Sharpen your language skills while you send your knowledge of American culture

The more you read in English, the greater your knowledge of the language and of the culture of its native speakers. The short articles in Better Reading English reflect real-life, contemporary issues and situations that will help you understand more about American English and the people who speak it daily.

Each chapter features articles that cover a specific topic, with each subsequent piece becoming more challenging as the section progresses. These engaging texts come from everyday sources, so you get a contemporary snapshot of the culture of the American English-speaking world, from the natural world to urban life, and from the early United States to modern technology. The exercises that follow each article will help the development of your language skills, such as:

Using word formation, cognates, and context to determine meaning Understanding idioms and artistic expressions Improving your speed in reading English

Better Reading English will not only help you improve or revive your language skills, but will also open up the enjoyable and exciting world of reading in English.
Preface xi
How to Use This Book xiii
1 Nature in the United States
Yellowstone Park rules
1(7)
Grand Canyon National Park
8(3)
Saving trees
11(4)
An outdoor survival school
15(4)
Excerpt from Hatchet by Gary Paulsen
19(5)
2 The 20th Century
Technology time line
24(5)
Bill Gates at college
29(4)
Rock against the Berlin Wall
33(4)
JFK's inaugural speech
37(4)
Facing tanks in North Africa
41(4)
3 San Francisco
City travel tips
45(5)
A guide to city neighborhoods
50(4)
A new gold rush
54(5)
Caught up in the 1906 earthquake
59(4)
The development of Alcatraz
63(4)
4 The Early United States
Civil War reenactment
67(4)
"Paul Revere's Ride"
71(5)
The Declaration of Independence
76(4)
Christopher Columbus' journal
80(5)
5 Entertainment
The main movie genres
85(5)
Reviews for Titanic
90(4)
From Norma Jeane to Marilyn Monroe
94(4)
All the world's a stage
98(5)
6 Eating In, Eating Out
Restaurant reviews
103(4)
Choices on a Denny's® menu
107(5)
Trends in supermarket foods
112(4)
Hunting for dinner
116(4)
Christmas morning breakfast
120(4)
7 Playing the Came
The rules for checkers
124(5)
"Take Me Out to the Ball Game"
129(4)
The attraction of golf
133(3)
The invention of basketball
136(4)
Toward the finishing line
140(5)
8 Sickness and Health
Rules for healthful eating
145(6)
Happiness boosters
151(5)
Mental gremlins
156(5)
Symptoms of depression
161(6)
9 Children and Parents
Positive parenting
167(4)
The power of early experience
171(5)
Household chores
176(4)
Establishing yourself as coach
180(6)
10 Free Time, Fun Time
Visiting thrift stores
186(4)
Spirituality and meditation
190(5)
Success at surfing
195(4)
Backpacking into the wilderness
199(8)
Answer Key 207
Jenni Currie Santamaria has been teaching English as a Second Language for twenty years at the adult and college level. She has numerous publications, including two multi-skill textbooks, teachers' guides, and a variety of interactive activities and workbook exercises for English learners. She is currently an ESL instructor and mentor teacher at ABC Adult School in Cerritos, California.