‘Look it up in the dictionary!’ – That’s what my mother always told me when I ran across a word I didn’t understand. Good advice, yes? But this was before the internet, and lugging that hefty volume off the shelf wasn’t nearly as appealing as doing the next best thing—guessing at the meaning according to the context of the sentence. And that seemed good enough.
I’ve been doing the same thing for years when it comes to the spoken word. I adopted words I liked, heard often on television, from friends, on the university campus, and read in books, assuming I knew what they meant.
A formula for fun Science really is amazing! Did you know there’s a tree that cuts its own branches off? And a type of male fish that lives inside its female mate? Or that the land mammal with the most teeth doesn’t actually use any of them? Do you know how long a lightning bolt is? How fast raindrops fall? Or which plant can live for 10,000 years? No? Well, you’re about to find out!
• topic selected especially to motivate and interest teenage leamers • syllabus based on the Council of Europe's Common European Framework • preparation for B2 exams • special emphasis on pre-teaching vocabulary to aim reading comprehension • vocabulory expansion including word building, collocations, phrasal verbs and expressions • Integrated skills section in each unit with FCE-style tasks • 12 unit reviews and 4 exam-style reviews in FCE format • full grammar appendix
A story of hope, sacrifice, and the modern search for happiness in America.
After moving to the United States from Canada in 1998, a young woman rejects the status quo and embarks on a journey to discover what it means to be truly happy and fulfilled in the Land of Opportunity.
Her search spans 13 years and half a dozen states, and weaves through crises, economic downturns, divisions, turmoil, discontent, and into an exploration of hope and reality in the twenty-first century.
