Sunday 7 September 2008

De la lecture

Je tiens à votre disposition une dizaine de livres destinés à des élèves apprenant l'Anglais comme langue étrangère. Ces ouvrages comptent en moyenne 50 à 80 pages. Ce sont des versions simplifiées de grands classiques ou de succès contemporains de la littérature anglophone. Ils sont classés par ordre de difficulté croissant (level 1 --> 8).

Idéal pour consolider vos compétences de compréhension écrite et votre culture générale, en vue du bac mais également des études supérieures...

Under the Greenwood Tree - level 1


Adapted from Thomas Hardy.


Dick Dewy lives in the village of Upper Mellstock. He sings in the choir with his father and grandfather. Then one day a new school teacher, Fancy Day, comes to the village. Soon Dick is in love with her... but so are Mr Shiner and Mr Maybold. But does Fancy love Dick, and will she marry him?

Stealing the Hills - level 1


By Josephine Feeney.


When they closed the coal mine in our village, everybody was sad. There were no more jobs. Then Mr Beech arrived with a lot of money and a plan to open a new mine and a shop. But he wanted to ruin our village and steal our hills.

Stargate - level 2


From the screenplay and novelization by Dean Devlin and Roland Emmerich.


The mysterious StarGate is 10,000 years old. When a group of soldiers go through it they travel millions of miles to a world where they have to fight to stay alive. Will they live? Will they find a way to get back to Earth? Or will they die?

A Town Like Alice - level 3


Adapted from Nevil Shute.


1940. Malaya. The War is on. A group of women and children are captured by the Japanese.

This is the story of their long march through Malaya and a search for love that ends in Australia.

The Street Lawyer - level 4


Adapted from a thriller by John Grisham


Michael is a rich lawyer. He works for Drake and Sweeney. One day, a homeless man attacks him. Michael tries to discover who the man is, but he discovers a terrible secret about Drake and Sweeney. Soon Michael is in danger...

British and American Short Stories - level 5


Adapted from stories by W. Somerset Maugham, W. Saroyan, M. Twain, D.H. Lawrence...


These stories paint colourful pictures of life in Britain and America in the past. In them we meet some unusual people. There are funny stories about the tricks people play, and frightening ones about strange experiences...