Pacesetter Elementary Audio

Derek Strange has been an inspector of schools for the British Council in Britain for 9 years and a materials consultant for the British Council on various overseas projects in China, Bhutan, and Mozambique.

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Blood, Bones and Body Bits

This is a look at the nasty side of science. It examines such grim facts as where food goes after it is eaten, what happens when a boil bursts, why dead people need a haircut, and which animals live on our eyelashes. The book covers the secrets of strange scientists, and how to diagnose deadly diseases. There are fact files, quizzes and teacher tests.

Measly Medicine

This is a romp through the history of healthcare, hosted by the inimitable Dr Grimgrave. It includes chapters on ancient medicine - Stone Age trepanning, Chinese medicine, Romans, Greeks: the dodgy diagnostics of the Middle Ages; the bloody operations before anaesthetics and hygiene were implemented; Florence Nightingale's nursing revolution and development of public; health; Life-saving surgery available today, including plastic surgery and transplants; and modern miracles - new drugs and treatment.

Inside Out Advanced

A classroom-tested English course designed to develop real life communicative skills and powers of self-expression. Written by teachers for teachers, Inside Out provides a thoroughly enjoyable and lively course for adults and young adults built around structured work on grammar and lexis, planned speaking tasks and engaging writing and listening texts. Personalized tasks which focus on learners' own experiences and encourage meaningful language practice. Structured planning time built into tasks improve fluency and accuracy. Focus exercises which highlight and recycle lexis help students build a bigger and more active vocabulary. Imaginative activities based on pop songs, book extracts and magazine articles maximize motivation. Inductive grammar presentations enable students to organize and develop their knowledge. Easy-to-use exercises put these rules into practice and are then recycled as personalized speaking activities.
Student's Book - Approximately 90 hours of resourceful teaching material at every level. Includes review units with enjoyable actvities to consolidate target language. Main grammar and language functions presented clearly and practised through anecdote activities and personalization. Authentic and motivating reading texts. Language always presented in context.

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Hans Christian Andersen - The Emperor's New Clothes

"The Emperor's New Clothes" (Keiserens nye Klæder) is a fairy tale by Danish poet and author Hans Christian Andersen about an emperor who unwittingly hires two swindlers to create a new suit of clothes for him. The tale was first published in 1837 as part of Eventyr, fortalte for Børn (Fairy Tales, Told for Children). The tale is one of Andersen's most popular. It appears often in selected tales collections of his work and is frequently published in illustrated storybook editions for children. The tale has seen adaptations in animated film, and television drama.
An emperor who cares too much about clothes hires two swindlers who promise him the finest suit of clothes from the most beautiful cloth. This cloth, they tell him, is invisible to anyone who was either stupid or not fit for his position. The Emperor is nervous about being able to see the cloth himself so he sends his ministers to view it. They see nothing yet praise the cloth. When the swindlers report a suit of clothes has been fashioned, the Emperor allows himself to be dressed in their creation for a procession through town. During the course of the procession, a small child cries out, "But he has nothing on!" The crowd realizes the child is telling the truth and begins laughing. The Emperor, however, holds his head high and continues the procession.

Living Language In-Flight: Japanese

Living Language In-Flight Japanese is the perfect boarding pass to learning Japanese before you land. There's no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essentials of a language. This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough to get by in every situation essential to both the tourist and business traveler. The program covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant. There are even sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town. Short lessons make In-Flight Japanese easy to use, and a handy pocket-sized insert is included as a cheat sheet for use on the go.

Living Language In-Flight: German

Living Language In-Flight German is the perfect boarding pass to learning German before you land. There's no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essentials of a language. This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough to get by in every situation essential to both the tourist and business traveler. The program covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant. There are even sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town. Short lessons make In-Flight German easy to use, and a handy pocket-sized insert is included as a cheat sheet for use on the go.

Living Language In-Flight: Spanish

Spring is a top season for travel, so stock up on these great language guides for your customers. In-Flight is the perfect boarding pass for 20 languages. Each 60-minute program covers 400 essential words and phrases for both the tourist and the business traveler, from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and dining out. The pocket-sized "boarding pass" serves as a handy cheat sheet for use on the go. There is no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essential words and phrases of your destination.

Living Language In-Flight: Italian

Living Language In-Flight Italian is the perfect boarding pass to learning Italian before you land. There's no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essentials of a language. This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough to get by in every situation essential to both the tourist and business traveler. The program covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant. There are even sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town. Short lessons make In-Flight Italian easy to use, and a handy pocket-sized insert is included as a cheat sheet for use on the go.

Living Language In-Flight: Turkish

Living Language In-Flight Turkish is the perfect boarding pass to learning Turkish before you land. There's no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essentials of a language. This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough to get by in every situation essential to both the tourist and business traveler. The program covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant. There are even sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town. Short lessons make In-Flight Turkish easy to use, and a handy pocket-sized insert is included as a cheat sheet for use on the go.

Living Language In-Flight: French

Living Language In-Flight French is the perfect boarding pass to learning French before you land. There's no better way to make use of all that spare time on a plane than to master the essentials of a language. This 60-minute program is the simplest way to learn just enough to get by in every situation essential to both the tourist and business traveler. The program covers everything from greetings and polite expressions to asking directions, getting around, checking into a hotel, and going to a restaurant. There are even sections for meeting people and spending a night on the town. Short lessons make In-Flight French easy to use, and a handy pocket-sized insert is included as a cheat sheet for use on the go.

Living Language In-Flight: Mandarin

In everyday use, Mandarin refers usually to just Standard Mandarin (Putonghua/Guoyu). In its broader sense, Mandarin is a diverse group of related dialects, some less mutually intelligible than others. It is a grouping defined and used mainly by linguists, and is not commonly used outside of academic circles as a self-description. Instead, when asked to describe the spoken form they are using, Chinese speaking a form of non-Standard Mandarin will describe the variant that they are speaking, for example Sichuan dialect or Northeast China dialect, and consider it distinct from ‘Standard Mandarin’ (putonghua); they may not recognize that it is in fact classified by linguists as a form of ‘Mandarin’ in a broader sense. Nor is there a common ‘Mandarin’ identity based on language; rather, there are strong regional identities centred on individual dialects, because of the wide geographical distribution and cultural diversity of its speakers. Moreover, it is of note that despite its wide use in the Occident, most native Mandarin speakers are reluctant to recognize the term 'Mandarin', since the word does not reflect any Chinese origin. Instead, they would rather call the language simply 'standard Chinese'.