The Thief and His Mother – An English fairy tale with a list of vocabulary and a podcast to improve your listening and reading comprehension and expand your academic vocabulary Source of story: Gutenberg Project at www.gutenberg.org Watch this video on YouTube The Thief and His Mother A boy stole a lesson-book from one of his…
Decapitate 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 4 Decapitate 1100 Words You Need Week 45 Day 4 /dɪˈkæp.ɪ.teɪt/ (verb) to cut off the head of a person, behead, guillotine, decollate, execute, amputate, truncate, kill Man whose remains were mysteriously discovered at the edge of a creek was ‘brutally decapitated’ – as police charge ‘close…
An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge by Ambrose Bierce Available in the public domain at: https://www.gutenberg.org/ A man stood upon a railroad bridge in northern Alabama, looking down into the swift water twenty feet below. The man’s hands were behind his back, the wrists bound with a cord. A…
The Bet by Anton Chekhov The Bet by Anton Chekhov IT WAS a dark autumn night. The old banker was walking up and down his study and remembering how, fifteen years before, he had given a party one autumn evening. There had been many clever men there, and there had been interesting conversations. Among other…
Crime Control | An IELTS Essay Sample Crime Control | An IELTS Essay Sample Topic: Some people think that the best way to reduce crime is to give longer prison sentences. Others, however, believe there are better alternative ways of reducing crime. Discuss both views and give your opinion. The Essay Written by LELB Students…