A2 - Books for the summer

If you like thrillers, adventure and history, why not try any of Robert Harris'undownputtable novels?

An Officer and a Spy has just come out, and it looks promising. I've read and enjoyed Pompeii and The Ghost Writer, which I recommend.

 

Have a look at his official website.

http://www.robert-harris.com/

 

Or if you feel like something more subtle, I can recommend any of Tracy Chevalier's novels, I enjoyed them all, but especially liked The Lady and the Unicorn, and The Girl With the Pearl Earring.

 

Here's her website.

http://www.tchevalier.com/

Have a nice summer!

A2 - Cloze Tests

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A2 - Key to Collocations and common phrases

Collocations/ common phrases

Putting the right words together...

(not) ring true
cause a sensation
next to nothing
splitting headache
hazard a guess
footloose and fancy-free
through the grapevine
a charmed life
on impulse
change of scene
without a murmur
quietly confident
slip one's mind

...and using them in context.

1. change of scene
2. without a murmur
3. quietly confident
4. on impulse

A2 - Song - King of the Road

King of the Road - Roger Miller

A2 - 150th London Underground Anniversary

A2 - Listening - Medical Advisor - Heliskiing

Medical Advisor
Heliskiing

A2 - Key to lookback Unit 10

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A2 - Key to Inversions

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A2 - Listening Comps. Task 1 and Task 2- Four Extracts - One Child Only Policy

One Child Only
Four Extracts

A2 - Song - Handle me with care

The Traveling Wilburys

A2 - Listening Comps - Special Effects - Image Consultants

Special Effects
ImageConsultant

A2 - Lookalikes

A2 - Key to Lookback Unit 9

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A2 - B2 - In Memoriam

http://www.theguardian.com/books/2014/apr/17/gabriel-garcia-marquez-obituary

A2 - Key to Unreal TIme

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A2 - Write a book review

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A2 - Key to vocabulary - Films and Books

Key to Films and Books

A2 - Margaret Thatcher - Video

Watch again Margaret Thatcher's Obituary at The Telegragh

A2 - Song - Human

The Killers - Human

A2 - The Pedlar - video