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[New Graded Reader] The White Cottage

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Our 111th graded reader “The White Cottage” (Level 3 – A2/B1) is now available!

Old Jack is back! In this story, Old Jack takes us back to a time in his childhood, and tells us why he likes ghost stories so much. When he was fourteen, Jack and his family went on holiday to North Wales. It is Jack’s first holiday and he is excited. One day, when riding a bicycle around the countryside, he gets lost. Some kind people help him, but he later discovers that the beautiful countryside of North Wales holds a strange secret. Enjoy another ghost story from Old Jack!

By I Talk You Talk Press

Be within ……

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Can you complete this English expression? It means “to be nearly obtainable”.

Be within ……

a) near

b) approximate

c) reach

d) length

The answer is below!

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Answer: c) reach

Be within reach!

Example: “The championship is within our reach. We just have to win our next game.”

By I Talk You Talk Press – Easy English Reading

[Christmas Graded Reader] Stories for Christmas

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Merry Christmas! Here is our Level 3 graded reader “Christmas Stories”!

There are five special Christmas stories in this book.

It is Christmas Eve and Rick has not bought a present for his wife yet. All the shops are closed. What is he going to do? Then, he sees one shop that is still open. The hardware shop. But what can he buy for his wife in the hardware shop? Luckily for Rick, the present he chooses saves the family’s Christmas!

The brass band girls play Christmas music in the town. Everyone loves their music, especially one old lady. When the old lady tries to give the girls some money, something terrible happens. Can the girls help the old lady to give her a happy Christmas?

 Kath and her family go to the beach for Christmas. But who is the little boy on the beach? Why is he alone? When Kath and her family find the answers, they have to hurry to save someone’s life.

 Enjoy these stories and two more in Stories for Christmas!