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A1

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Simple daily-life practice stories for first-step reading.

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New Orleans Airport Gate Waiting Area Photo i024 by Grant Wickes

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Waiting at the School Gate

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Nina waits in the right place to meet her son after school.

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Redhill Footbridge - June 2011 - Health & Safety at Walk

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A Walk in the Park

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Wit takes a short walk after dinner.

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Missed the last Bus

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Missing the Last Bus

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Ploy finds another safe way home after missing her bus.

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Returning the Wrong Shirt

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Niran returns a shirt after discovering that the size is wrong.

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Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 8:48PM MDT by NWS Albuquerque NM

At 848 PM MDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm near Elida, or 26 miles southwest of Portales, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts of 50 to 55 mph and nickel size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor damage to outdoor objects is possible. Locations impacted include... Elida.

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Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 9:47PM CDT by NWS Jackson MS

At 947 PM CDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Raymond, moving east at 20 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Locations impacted include... Jackson, Clinton, Pearl, Byram, Flowood, Richland, Florence, Raymond, Terry, Whites, and Monterey.

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Advanced real news

Special Weather Statement issued July 4 at 10:44PM EDT by NWS Charleston WV

At 1043 PM EDT, Doppler radar was tracking a strong thunderstorm over Lubeck, or near Parkersburg, moving east at 15 mph. HAZARD...Wind gusts up to 40 mph and half inch hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Gusty winds could knock down tree limbs and blow around unsecured objects. Minor hail damage to vegetation is possible. Locations impacted include... Parkersburg, Belpre, Lubeck, Mineralwells, Washington, Davisville, and Blennerhassett. This includes the following highways... Interstate 77 in West Virginia between mile markers 165 and 178. Route 50 in West Virginia between mile markers 3 and 14.

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Ten short lessons are grouped by CEFR level, with Thai support, useful phrases, and vocabulary help inside each story.

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A1

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Simple daily-life practice stories for first-step reading.

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Cappuccino in ugly glass cup :P

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A Broken Cup

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Lina cleans the kitchen safely after a cup breaks.

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Stratford Ontario - Canada - Architecture Cottage with Captains Walk

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The Early Bus

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Joe leaves home early and reaches work before the meeting.

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Adjusted Prevalence of Shift Work (Any Alternative Shift) by Industry

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Changing a Work Shift

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Fah asks a coworker to exchange shifts so she can attend a family event.

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Making a Clinic Appointment

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Arun calls a clinic and chooses an appointment that fits his work schedule.

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B2

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Real news close to standard article style.

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C1

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Advanced real news with fuller context.

2 stories
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Advanced real news

Nearly 600 wildfire evacuees from Kasabonika Lake First Nation staying in Toronto

Kasabonika Lake First Nation in northwestern Ontario has paused an evacuation of its most vulnerable members, as a cluster of five wildfires surrounding the community have stabilized for the time being. Kasabonika Lake’s Chief Matthias Anderson says as of Thursday afternoon, 548 evacuees remain in Toronto and 37 more are on the way from Thunder Bay, making up nearly half the community's population. Here's the latest on the situation.

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Foreign Currency and Coins

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Change at the Market

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

May checks her change after buying bananas.

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At the Pharmacy

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Ben asks the pharmacist for help with a small cut.

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1980 Report Card

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Completing a School Form

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Beam asks the school office about a section of a form she does not understand.

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Presto machines used at each TTC subway station in 2019. The machine on the right has numerous functions including selling Presto cards and Presto tickets as well as uploading money to a Presto card. The machine on the left can only upload money to a Presto card.

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A Card Left in the Machine

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Noi contacts the bank quickly after an ATM keeps her card.

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B1

B1 readings

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B2

B2 readings

Real news close to standard article style.

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C1

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Advanced real news with fuller context.

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Ten short lessons are grouped by CEFR level, with Thai support, useful phrases, and vocabulary help inside each story.

Stories
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Levels
5
Format
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A1

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Simple daily-life practice stories for first-step reading.

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Meeting a New Neighbor

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Suda welcomes the new person who moves next door.

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Laundry Before the Rain

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Anan brings his clean clothes inside before rain arrives.

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Leaving a Phone for Repair

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Golf explains a phone problem and asks about the repair cost.

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Oasis Under the Sun

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Checking In at a Hotel

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Fern checks her booking details and asks about breakfast at a hotel.

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Tricks to help you spend less money at restaurants

Personal finance and nutrition experts share simple strategies that make it possible to eat out without spending a fortune. One tip? You might have to let go of your fast food delivery habit.

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B2 readings

Real news close to standard article style.

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Ten short lessons are grouped by CEFR level, with Thai support, useful phrases, and vocabulary help inside each story.

Stories
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Levels
5
Format
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Simple daily-life practice stories for first-step reading.

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Book Return

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Returning a Library Book

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Dao returns a library book on her way home.

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A Low Phone Battery

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Kiet charges his phone before an important call.

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An English-language NS train ticket, that is located in the Groninger city of Winschoten, Oldambt.

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Changing a Train Ticket

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Dan changes his train after learning that his meeting will end late.

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Sending a Parcel

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Yui prepares a parcel and chooses a delivery option at the post office.

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Tricks to help you spend less money at restaurants

Personal finance and nutrition experts share simple strategies that make it possible to eat out without spending a fortune. One tip? You might have to let go of your fast food delivery habit.

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B2

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Real news close to standard article style.

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Iran war supercharges pivot to renewable energy

The Iran war and high oil and gas prices have supercharged the adoption of renewables and EVs worldwide. Global investors say these technologies make financial sense and increase energy security.

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WhatsApp will allow users to go by usernames, closing a privacy blind spot

WhatsApp users will soon get the option of going by usernames instead of phone numbers, the company said Monday, announcing plans to address a privacy blind spot. WhatsApp, which says it has more than 3 billion users globally, has until now allowed users to be contacted by anyone who has their phone number.

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The Lunch Box

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Pim finds the lunch box that she left at home.

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Yesterday on the train to work

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The Raincoat at Work

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Ton remembers his raincoat before he leaves the office.

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The Dentist Office of the Future

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Moving a Dentist Appointment

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Pat moves an appointment after his work schedule changes.

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A Phone Call from the Driver

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Mee gives clear directions when a delivery driver cannot find her building.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 29 at 4:42PM CDT until June 29 at 5:00PM CDT by NWS Duluth MN

At 442 PM CDT, severe thunderstorms were located along a line extending from near Red Cliff to near Washburn to near Sanborn, moving east at 40 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and half dollar size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Hail damage to vehicles is expected. Expect wind damage to roofs, siding, and trees. These severe storms will be near... Ashland, Bayfield, La Pointe, Odanah, and Madeline Island around 445 PM CDT. Other locations in the path of these severe thunderstorms include Big Bay State Park.

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Identifier : shorthistoryofen00hinduoft ( find matches ) Title : A short history of engraving (and) etching : for the use of collectors and students; with full bibliography, classified list and index of engravers Year : 1908 ( 1900s ) Authors : Hind, Arthur Mayger, 1880-1957 Subjects : Engravers Engraving Etchers Etching Publisher : London : A. Constable Contributing Library : Robarts - University of Toronto Digitizing Sponsor : MSN View Book Page : Book Viewer About This Book : Catalog Entry View All Images : All Images From Book Click here to view book online to see this illustration in context in a browseable online version of this book. Text Appearing Before Image: s in the manner of this school, and distinctly inferior books: ... ... 1 -i, • » ■ Monte Sancfo to the preceding m technical power, are the illustrations to Antonio ^i ^/,;^ ^^^^.Bettinis Monte Sancto di Dio, 1477, ^d Landinos Dante of 1481, Landinosboth of which were published by Nicolas Laurentii. The former Dante, 1481.is one of the earliest instances known where the copper-plates usedfor book illustration were printed directly on to the page of text.^ Ofthe Dante illustrations, which were engraved after designs by Botticelli,* ^ See A. Warburg, Riv. dArtc, iii. (1905), July. - Again in 1498 he is mentioned as renting a goldsmiths shop with Tommaso and Antonio (sonsof his late brother Stefano). Cf. H. P. Home, Botticelli, 1908 (pp. 77-86). ^ Cf. pp. 30, 33, 65, 70, 96, 119. • Either adapted from those at Berlin and in the Vatican, or more probably based on an earlier series now lost. 48 THE EARLIEST ENGRAVERS and never completed (they embrace the first nineteen cantos of the Text Appearing After Image: IQ ^^^^ ^coiui.cht! mondo cbi^ima amoi-c E i nacqucdocioS/dj lafciuiaKumana. i I Amai-ofKotneufdi.-a^uedHimcglio Nutniocli penficrdold SiToRui/ il 2 Ouando fiatuo/cf)onie.no(>ro fignote. FattodgnorS^dioda-gcnieuafia Fig. 19.—Anon, early Florentine Engraver in the Broad Manner.The Triumph of Love. Inferno), only the first two, or at least three, are ever found printed THE BROAD MANNER 49 on the page of text. The others, when they occur, are generallyprinted on a separate piece of paper and pasted in, an evidence ofthe difficulties which the printer experienced with the other process.Besides these two publications there is hardly any book of impor- Other engrav-tance illustrated with metal engravings until the end of the next *gs in fifteenthcentury, when the practice was revived with success. Three engrav- ^^ ^^^ °° ^ings (two tables of affinity and the Virgins Crown with a smallAnnunciatio)i) are found in Fra Pacifico di Novaras Sumula diPacifica Conscientia, printed in Milan b Note About Images Please note that these images are extracted from scanned page images that may have been digitally enhanced for readability - coloration and appearance of these illustrations may not perfectly resemble the original work.

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A Short Shopping List

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Mali uses a short list to buy food for dinner.

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The Bus Card

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Nok learns how to add money to her bus card before work.

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Asking About a Restaurant Order

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Jane politely checks an order when one dish does not arrive.

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'Fallingwater' and Waterfall

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Calling About a Water Leak

Fictional learning story - not real newsเรื่องอ่านฝึกภาษา แต่งขึ้นเพื่อการเรียนภาษาอังกฤษ ไม่ใช่ข่าวจริง

Lek reports a leak clearly and helps the landlord arrange a repair.

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Severe Thunderstorm Warning issued June 28 at 4:38PM EDT until June 28 at 5:00PM EDT by NWS Raleigh NC

At 438 PM EDT, a severe thunderstorm was located over Bailey, or 15 miles southwest of Nashville, moving southeast at 15 mph. HAZARD...60 mph wind gusts and penny size hail. SOURCE...Radar indicated. IMPACT...Expect damage to roofs, siding, and trees. Locations impacted include... Wilson, Elm City, Bailey, Middlesex, Sims, Emit, Buckhorn Reservoir, Tar River Reservoir, and New Hope. This includes the following highways... Interstate 95 between Mile Markers 127 and 116. NC Highway 264 between Mile Markers 23 and 38.

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