Черно-белая книга в цветной мягкой обложке.
Книга изготавливается по технологии “печать по требованию”. Срок печати 96 часов.
Сборник рассказов на английском языке.
Короткие поучительные истории.
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Оглавление
ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS
PREFACE
1. CLOTHES
2. TELEPHONE CONVERSATION
3. MONEY
* IT COSTS AN ARM AND A LEG
* HELP ME GET BY FOR A WHILE, PLEASE
* IT GOBBLES UP MY MONEY
* EXPENSIVE SAFARI
* MONEY IS ROLLING IN
* A DESPERATE PLEA
* MONEY GOES TO MONEY
* UNPLEASANT SITUATION
* PAYING BILLS AND DEBTS
* HIGHER EDUCATION
* A KNOCKDOWN PRICE
* HOW TO BE SOLVENT
* SEARCHING FOR A BETTER PRICE AND DRIVING A HARD BARGAIN
* A USEFUL DIET
4. EXCLAMATIONS, COMMANDS AND WARNINGS
5. FOOD AND DRINK
6. TIME SPENDING
7. MEMORY
* WHO DARES WINS
* FRAGILE MEMORIES
* DOES IT RING A BELL?
8. LOCATION
* ODD MAN OUT
* LONG-AWAITED REST
* A NEW ROOM
9. CHANGE
10. DESTROYING ANYTHING
11. COMMUNICATION
12. DESCRIBING PEOPLE
13. DESCRIBING PUBLIC EVENTS
* A WASTE OF SPACE
* OLD CIRCUS
* BUSINESS ROUTINES
14. DESCRIBING SITUATIONS
15. GIVING AND GETTING, NOTICING AND UNDERSTANDING INFORMATION
* IF I COULD HAVE PREDICTED THE FUTURE, THEN I’D HAVE LIVED IN VEGAS
* WHERE ARE WE FROM?
* WE HAVE BEEN DONE OUT OF LOADS OF MONEY
* HARD COMING BACK HOME
* WATCHING CHILDREN LEARN
* QUIT SLACKING OFF
* MOVING PRODUCTION TO CHINA
16. SOLVING PROBLEMS
* A FRIEND IN NEED IS A FRIEND INDEED
* UNEXPECTED LET-DOWN
* A HOME DETECTIVE
* IT SUCKS OR COULD BE BETTER
* NOBODY’S PERFECT
* A COMPANY ANNUAL MEETING
* PROBLEMS AT A COLLEGE
* OTHERS’S OPINION IS IMPORTANT TO ME
17. DECISIONS AND PLANS
18. DISAGREEMENTS
* CONFIDENCE BREEDS SUCCESS
* TIME TO CHANGE THE BOAT
* SHE’S GETTING ON MY NERVES
19. RSUADING
* AT THE MARKET
* CONVINCE ME
* HOROSCOPE’S ADVICE
20. PRAISING AND CRITICISING
21. THE CLASSROOM AND LEARNING
22. STUDENT LIFE: COURSES AND EXAMS
* WHEN PIGS FLY
* DOING MY MBA DEGREE
23. STUDENT LIFE: READING AND WRITING
* END JUSTIFIES THE MEANS
* PREPARING FOR A PRESENTATION
* DIFFERENT WAYS OF WRITING
* IMPROVING A PIECE OF WRITING
24. THE WORLD OF JOBS AND CAREER, BEING BUSY AT WORK AND WORKING HARD
* BE SMOOTH SAILING
* LAZY WEALTH
* NEW BROOM SWEEPS CLEAN
* A BUSY PILOT
* A SPACE NAVIGATOR
25. TRAVELLING
26. BUSINESS TEAM
* KEEP YOUR EYE ON THE BALL
* LEON — STARTING BUSINESS
* DIANA — UP AND DOWN IN BUSINESS
* ISER THE MISER
* THE END CROWNS ALL
* ON SATURN
27. FEELINGS AND EMOTIONS
28. HEALTH
28. TALKING ABOUT RELATIONSHIPS
* WAIT AND SEE
* BEN AND BARBARA
* LINDA ALDRIDGE
29. EXTRA TEXTS: SECRETS AND INVESTIGATIONS
* A LITTLE BIRD TOLD ME
* A TRICK BAG
30. EXTRA LESSONS: LAW AND CRIME