What a Life! Stories of Amazing People 3 (Intermediate)
Autor Milada Broukalen Limba Engleză Paperback – 30 noi 2000
What A Life! is an exciting introduction to some of history's most amazing people. Did you know that... William Shakespeare earned almost no money from his writing?... Leonard da Vinci wrote backwards in his notebooks so that nobody could read them?... Eva Peron's body was missing for 16 years?... Pablo Picassos never threw anything away, not even empty cereal boxes?... Agatha Christie wrote a book that actually saved someone's life? These and other fascinating biographical facts can be found in What A Life!
This new three-book series takes a fresh approach to making reading both pleasurable and motivating! High-interest biographies focus on less-known facts about famous figures, rather than the chronology of events typical of most biographies.
The What A Life! Series Subjects range from historical and political figures to athletes, artists, entertainers, and humanitarians, including: Marie Curie, Eva Peron, Muhammad Ali, Leonardo da Vinci, Alfred Nobel, Maria Montessori, I.M. Pei, Agatha Christie, Bruce Lee, William Shakespeare, Pablo Picasso, Mother Teresa.
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Specificații
ISBN-10: 0201619989
Pagini: 149
Dimensiuni: 204 x 252 x 9 mm
Greutate: 0.31 kg
Ediția:1
Editura: PEARSON EDUCATION ESL
Locul publicării:Upper Saddle River, United States
Descriere
Each book in the What A Life! Series takes a multicultural approach, featuring 24 short biographies on inspirational figures from all over the world.
Cuprins
Unit 2 Peter the Great Royalty
Unit 3 Ludwig van Beethoven Composer
Unit 4 Fyodor Dostoyevsky Writer
Unit 5 Sarah Bernhardt Actress
Unit 6 Nickola Tesla Scientist
Unit 7 Sigmund Freud Psychiatrist
Unit 8 Pandita Ramabai Humanitarian
Unit 9 Matthew Henson Explorer
Unit 10 Nellie Bly Journalist
Unit 11 Maria Mantessori Educator
Unit 12 Jacqueline Cochran Pilot
Unit 13 Althea Gibson Tennis player
Unit 14 Gabriel García Márquez Writer
Unit 15 Dian Fossey Zoologist
Unit 16 Bruce Lee Athlete and actor
Unit 17 Wilma Mankiller Political Leader
Unit 18 Richard Branson Entrepreneur
Unit 19 Rigoberta Menchú Activist
Unit 20 Diana Golden Skier
Answer Key
Bibliography
Textul de pe ultima copertă
¿Jean Paul Getty put pay phones in his guests¿ bedrooms to save money on phone bills?
¿Leonardo da Vinci wrote backwards in his notebooks so that nobody could read them?
¿Pele´¿s first soccer ball was a grapefruit?
¿Pablo Picasso never threw anything away, not even empty cereal boxes?
¿Agatha Christie wrote a book that actually saved someone¿s life?
These and other fascinating facts make up the biographies in What A Life!
This three-book series takes a fresh approach to making reading both pleasurable and motivating! High-interest biographies focus on less-known facts about famous figures, rather than the chronology of events typical of most biographies.
Each book in the What A Life! Series takes a multicultural approach, featuring 24 short biographies on inspirational figures from all over the world.
Subjects range from historical and political figures to athletes, artists, entertainers, and humanitarians, including:
¿ Marie Curie ¿ I.M. Pei ¿ Eva Perón ¿ Agatha Christie ¿ Muhammad Ali ¿ Bruce Lee ¿ Leonardo da Vinci ¿ William Shakespeare ¿ Ce´sar Chavez ¿ Pablo Picasso ¿ Maria Montessori ¿ Mother Teresa
In addition to the biographical reading, each short, easy-tofollow unit includes:
- Pre-reading questions and activities.
- Vocabulary exercises¿ definition and usage.
- Main-idea and reading-skills exercises.
- Questions on detail and inference.
- Discussion, comprehension, and writing activities.
- Answers to exercises at the end of each book.
Caracteristici
- Pre-reading questions and activities.
- Vocabulary exercises—definition and usage.
- Main-Idea and reading-skills exercises.
- Questions on detail and inference.
- Discussion, comprehension, and writing activities.
- Answer to exercises at the end of the book.
- Students and teachers can use their own knowledge to enhance and expand each reading.