Newbrook Nigel, Newbrook Jacky. Timesaver: Extracts 2 (Upper Intermediare - Advanced) + Audio CD

Mary Glasgow Magazines (Scholastic Inc.), 2003. — 88 p.: — ISBN 9781900702225.This book provides 14 authentic extracts from modern and classical literature, each exploring a different theme, from the best of English authors and novels: Bridget Jones’s Diary, Pride and Prejudice by Jane Austen, About a Boy, The Time Machine by H.G. Wells, Captain Correlli’s Mandolin, and many more. Each extract is accompanied by useful background information on the authors and the context of their novels. The extracts are followed by two photocopiable exercises and include a wide variety of language practice, such as reading comprehension, vocabulary exercises, discussion activities, role-play, and composition topics, gap-fill exercises, and develop reading skills, summary techniques and stylistic appreciation for the Cambridge CAE, CPE and IELTS examinations.
All the extracts are read aloud on the accompanying audio component.