[00:06.48]READING [00:07.26]A SACRIFICE FOR LOVE (1) [00:08.86]One dollar and eighty-seven cents. [00:11.86]That was all. And sixty cents of it was in pennies. [00:14.81]Pennies saved one or two at a time by bargaining at the grocery, [00:18.29]at th...
[00:02.48]Reading [00:03.97]ANGELS IN WHITE [00:06.09]Fear had gripped the nation, [00:09.09]indeed the whole world. [00:10.74]An unknown deadly virus had infected thousands of people and was spreading quickly. [00:17.11]There was no cure and the num...
[00:07.16]READING [00:07.97]A HEALPING HAND [00:09.14]A Wang Lin is a carpenter who lives in eastern China with his wife and son. [00:12.49]Two years ago, he was diagnosed with tuberculosis. [00:15.33]He was getting weaker and suffered from constant...
[00:06.69]ON READIGN [00:08.72]On the subject of reading, [00:11.08]Francis Bacon, who lived at about the same time as Shakespeare, [00:15.44]wrote these words: Some books are to be tasted, [00:19.88]others to be swallowed, and some few to be chewed...
[00:05.38]READING [00:06.19]LEARNING A FOREING LANGUAGE: TWICE AS HARD? [00:08.65]Learning a language is obviously more than just memorising words, phrases and structures. [00:12.30]When we learnt our mother tongue, [00:13.87]we did not receive much...
[00:10.61]Reading [00:11.65]A TALE OF TWO CITIES [00:14.68]On a cold November night in 1775, [00:19.04]Miss Lucie Manette, [00:21.00]who had grown up in England, [00:22.67]traveled to France to meet her father, [00:25.13]whom she thought was dead. [0...
[00:08.31]READING [00:09.46]A CHRISTMAS CAROL (1) [00:11.81](In Scrooges office) [00:11.81]What are you doing there, Bob? [00:13.58]Im warming my hands, Mr Scrooge. [00:15.52]Its so cold in here. [00:16.69]Am I paying you 15 shillings a week for warm...
[00:09.20]Reading [00:10.84]ESCAPE FROM DOUBTING CASTLE [00:14.21]Once, in a dream, a boy called Chris Ever Everyman took the advice of a wise man to go on a journey. [00:23.46]The wise man pointed his finger across the land and told him to go throug...
[00:06.50]READING [00:07.42]GOING WEST [00:09.09]In the spring of 1845, father read a book about California. [00:13.95]This account of the wonderful land beyond the Rocky Mountains gave him the idea to move there. [00:14.02]Less than half a year late...
[00:08.39]Reading [00:09.43]PLANNING AN ADVER TISING CAMPAIGN [00:13.17]The planning of an advertising campaign usually begins long before the product is introduced to customers. [00:21.63]Advertisement professionals meet with representatives of the...