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Mikes George: How to be an Alien (+ Audio CD)

Скачать книгу (размер 228 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 46) Аннотация: Penguin Readers are written by specialist ELT authors. The language, vocabulary, style and content of every book is carefully graded to make sure it suits the learner's own language ability. Every Penguin Reader has a range of activities in the book and accompanying Factsheet to help increase comprehension and develop reading, writing, listening and speaking skills.

Mikes George: How to be Brit

Скачать книгу (размер 1 381 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 272) Аннотация: George Mikes has been studying the British for a long time; here in one book are his three major works, in which he unstintingly offers the fruits of forty years of field research to all aspirant Brits. Having himself been born abroad, Mr. Mikes is in the ideal position to counsel others in the same unhappy state — and even Brits born and bred may pick up a few unexpected tips from his…

Mikes George: English Humour for Beginners

Скачать книгу (размер 809 Kb , формат fb2, страниц 160) Аннотация: If you want to succeed here you must be able to handle the English sense of humour. So proclaims George Mikes' timeless exploration of this curious phenomenon. Whether it's understatement, self-deprecation or plain cruelty, the three elements he identifies as essential to our sense of humour, being witty here is a way of life. Perfectly placed as an adopted Englishman himself, Mikes delivers his…