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LADOUSSE GILLIANPORTER
M E I AT N T E R
RK YI L L S O X F O R DS U P P L E M E N T A S A:L A NM A L E Y S E R I EESD I T C R
PRESS OXFORDUNIVERSITY
Oxford University Press Walton Street, Oxford OX2 6DP Oxford New York Athens Auckland Bangkok Bombay Calcutta Cape Town Dar es Salaam Delhi Florence Hong Kong Istanbul Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madras Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi Paris Singapore Taipei Tokyo Toronto and associatedcompanies in Berlin Ibadan Oxford and. Oxford English ate trade marks of Oxford University Press ISBN 0 19 4s340t 4 @ Oford University Press 1987 First published 1987 Fifth impression 1995 No unauthorized
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ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS Acknowledgementsare madeto the followingwriters and publishers who have allowedus to use materialthat falls within their copyright: Bruno BettelheimandThamesandHudsonfor extractsfromThe Usesof Enchantment:Meaning and Irnportanceof Fairy TaLes(pages 42 and43); Bounty Books for an extract from 1000 Questionsamd Answers(page15); RoaldDahl andMichaelJosephandPenguin Books Ltd for extracts from Bitch n SwitchBitch (page38); Alan Duff for the play TheNewcorner(Unlt 6); GrahamGreeneandWilliam HeinemannLtd andThe BodleyHeadLtd for extractsfromThe Third Man (page11); The Guardian(28 August 1985)for an extract 'spy dust' (page8); Marx and Barber, and from an article about RobsonBooks Ltd for an extract from Harpo Speaks(page31); The Observer(1 September1985)for an extractfrom an articleabout spying (page10); Dorothy Parker and GeraldDuckworth and Co. Ltd for the introductionto A TelephoneCall from CollectedDorotlry Parker (page6); David Wallechinskyand Irving Wallace,and Bantam for extracts from TheBook of Lists (page33); Welfare and Fairley, and Trident InternationalTelevisionEnterprises Ltd andWilliam CollinsSonsand Co. Ltd for extractsfromArthur C Clarke's MysteriousWorld (Unit 5).
CONTENTS
Foreword uii Introduction to the teacher
1 ANIMALTALES 1 Readingfor gist 2 LONG-DISTANCE5 Interpretinga text 3 SPYSTORIES B Re-tellingstories NEW 12 4 MONUMENTS-OLDAND texts Organizing WORLD 17 5 MYSTERIOUS Readingleadingto discussion 6 THENEWCOMER21 Readingaloud 7 FAMILIES 29 Readingfor information 8 ASENSEOFSMELL34 Readingfor note-taking 40 9 THELESSONSOFLIFE Readingfor generalmeaning 10 AFTERTWENTYYEA