Penguin English Reader [antikvár]

PrefaceThis collection of passages for the advanced student of English as a foreign language has been drawn from the widest possible range of sources to illustrate the kind of English that average English people read in their spare time, and the signs, notices, advertisements, warnings and instructions that they absorb every day.This is the language of contemporary Britain, literary and technical, jpopular and traditional. It ranges from the entertaining to the extraordinary, but is always representative of today. The advanced student may use this book for bedside reading, on train journeys, for simply dipping into, or for classroom work and discussion. The passages are not arranged in order of difficulty, but are juxtaposed to provide variety and contrast.Glosses are given on vocabulary which is not easily found in The Advanced Learners^ Dictionary of Current English by A. S. Hornby, E. V. Gatenby and H. Wakefield (Oxford University Press), and explanatory notes are given where the social or cultural references may be unfamiliar.This preface would not be complete without recording my grateful thanks to the members of my family who did so much of the donkey work, to Philip W. Lawrence for his generous scholarship, and to Nora Levine who took endless trouble with the manuscript.