True Stories in the News: A Beginning Reader / Edition 3

by Sandra Heyer

Overview

Imagine…

• finding yourself all alone on a mountain during a blizzard -- and being saved thanks to a surprise phone call!

• having a party to celebrate your wedding -- and there was no wedding!

• picking up a newspaper and seeing a photograph of twins who look exactly like you!

These stories and more -- humorous, poignant, astounding -- and all true!

True Stories in the News, Third Edition, by Sandra Heyer, consists of 22 readings based on human-interest stories adapted from worldwide news sources and includes new, updated, and improved materials. The universal appeal of these believe-it-or-not stories ensures a pleasurable reading experience and encourages beginning-level students to read with fluency and confidence.

Features

• A photo and pre-reading questions introduce each story.
• Average story length is 375 words.
• Stories are told in the past and past progressive tenses.
• Revised and improved exercises for vocabulary development, reading comprehension, pronunciation, discussion, and writing help students develop language proficiency.
• Background information and teaching tips in an expanded To the Teacher section help make the reading class more effective.
• Audio CD with recordings of all stories is included in each textbook.
• A perfect partner with True Stories Behind the Songs.

The True Stories series includes:

True Stories Behind the Songs

More True Stories Behind the Songs

Very Easy True Stories

All New Very Easy True Stories

Easy True Stories, Second Edition

All New Easy True Stories

True Stories in the News, Third Edition

More True Stories, Third Edition

Even More True Stories, Third Edition

Beyond True Stories

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780136154815
Publisher:	Pearson Education ESL
Publication date:	12/24/2007
Series:	True Stories (Pearson Longman)
Edition description:	New Edition
Pages:	108
Product dimensions:	7.70(w) x 9.70(h) x 0.50(d)

Table of Contents

Unit 1 Dish Soap for Dinner

Unit 2 A New Man

Unit 3 The Runner

Unit 4 The Love Letters

Unit 5 Bad Luck, Good Luck

Unit 6 Lost and Found

Unit 7 A Little Traveler

Unit 8 Man's Best Friend

Unit 9 The Coin

Unit 10 Love or Baseball?

Unit 11 Buried Alive

Unit 12 The Winning Ticket

Unit 13 Thank You

Unit 14 Together Again

Unit 15 Saved by the Bell

Unit 16 This is the Place for Me

Unit 17 Nicole's Party

Unit 18 A Strong Little Boy

Unit 19 The Champion

Unit 20 The Bottle

Unit 21 The Last Laugh

Unit 22 Old Friends