[00:00.00]Unit 16 Stories [00:06.56]Lesson 1 [00:08.14]Stories from History [00:11.09]Pompeii:The city that became a time capsule [00:16.76]Around the end of the fitst century AD, [00:19.85]a Roman writer called pliny wrote about [00:22.15]a devastat...
[00:00.00]By 1748,arshaeologists had begun to uncover, [00:06.19]one of the most important archaeological sites [00:08.39]in the world. [00:10.18]They had started to uncover the ancient city [00:12.78]of Pompeii. [00:15.47]Pompeii is like a time caps...
[00:00.00]One person ,sitting alone. [00:03.36]looks like he is praying . [00:05.85]Another man,lying on his side, [00:08.23]looks as if he is trying to get up. [00:11.56]Today, [00:12.46]more than 250 years since excavations started, [00:16.24]thous...
[00:00.00]Unit 16 Stories [00:06.55]Lesson 3 Autobiography [00:10.69]Text 1 [00:12.69]THE MOST IMPROTANT DAY [00:14.20]I remember in all my life, [00:16.31]is the one on which my techer, [00:18.60]Anne Sullivan,came to me. [00:20.89]it was three mont...
[00:00.00]One day I didn't understand the difference [00:03.66]between mugandwater. [00:06.74]I became angry and threw a doll [00:08.28]on the floor and it broke. [00:10.70]In my quiet,dark world [00:12.27]I didn't feel sorry for doing it [00:15.49]T...
[00:00.00]Children who can hear learn language easily [00:04.25]but for a deaf child it is a slow and [00:06.50]often painful process.But whatever the process [00:09.90]the result is wonderful. [00:12.83]At first,when my teacher told me something new...
[00:00.00]Is this love?I asked ,pointing up at the sun, [00:05.91]it seemed to me that there could be nothing [00:07.41]more beautiful than the sun, [00:09.44]whose warmth makes all things grow. [00:12.67]But Miss Sullivan said no again, [00:15.04]an...
[00:00.00]You cannot touch the clouds,you know, [00:03.84]but you feel the rain. [00:06.42]You cannot touch love either. [00:08.29]but you feel the sweetness [00:09.67]that it pours into everything [00:12.77]Without love you would not be happy [00:15...
[00:00.00]Unit 17 Laughter [00:05.01]Lesson 1 Funny Stories [00:09.36]A Check your spelling [00:11.84]Have you ever had trouble [00:13.06]trying to spell a word? [00:14.85]I asked my husbnad one day. [00:16.87]Yes,sometimes.Why,what happened?He asked...
[00:00.00]C Forgotten identity [00:05.99]Heavy snowfall last winter caused long delays [00:08.73]at Heathrow airport. [00:10.82]One afternoon.100s of unlucky passengers [00:13.35]who had been expecting to board a flight [00:15.51]to New York,were tol...
[00:00.00]Unit 17 Langhter [00:04.75]Lesson 3 A Comic Novel [00:09.48]Mr Pickwick,his friends and his servant,Sam [00:12.86],Visit Mr Wardle in the country at Christmas. [00:17.47]Now,Said Wardle, [00:18.84]what do you say to an hour on the ice? [00:...
[00:00.00]Come,the ladies are all waiting. [00:03.50]Yes,yes, [00:04.82]replied Mr Winkle with a ghastly smile. [00:07.62]I'm coming. [00:09.63]Now,Sir,start off,said Sam. [00:12.62]Stop a moment,Sam,gasped Mr Winkle, [00:15.08]clinging most affectio...
[00:00.00]That unfortuanate gentleman went quickly [00:03.50]towards the centre of the ice, [00:05.18]where he hit Bob Sawyer and with a loud crash [00:07.25]they both fell heavily down. [00:11.07]After this incident, [00:12.37]some of the people sta...
[00:00.00]Uint 18 Beauty [00:04.43]Lesson 1 What Is Beauty? [00:09.07]Beauty is in the eye of the beholder [00:12.60]In 1878,when Margaret Wolfe Hungerford wrote, [00:16.77]Beauty is in the eye of the beholder, [00:19.70]she argued that individual op...
[00:00.00]In contemporary society, [00:03.36]culture remains a significant factor [00:05.41]in determining our perceptiion of beauty. [00:08.87]In some countries,young women follow slimming [00:11.59]diets to lose extra kilos in preparation [00:14.40...
