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Module 1: Unit 1 |
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Animal communication: |
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http://www.yptenc.org.uk
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Animal_communication |
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Unit 2 |
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A useful reference website about the blogging phenomenon |
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is:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Blog |
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Across Cultures |
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Possible websites for the project on communication |
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Braille: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Braille
http://www.duxburysystems.com/braille.asp
http://www.hicom.net/~oedipus/books/braille.html |
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Smoke signals:http://www.inquiry.net/outdoor/native/sign/smoke-signal.htm |
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Secret codes : good site for cubs and scoutshttp://www.scouting.org.za/codes/ |
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Sign Language: |
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http://www.british-sign.co.uk/ British Sign Language – videos to illustrate
http://www.deafblind.com/worldsig.htm a resource about sign languages around the world
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sign_language |
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Semaphore: |
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http://www.anbg.gov.au/flags/semaphore.html Australian government website
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Semaphore_(communication)
http://inter.scoutnet.org/semaphore/ scouting website |
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Message drums: |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jungle_drums
http://www.reference.com/browse/wiki/Drum_%28communication%29 |
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Egyptian Hieroglyphs: |
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http://greatscott.com/hiero/hiero_over.html
http://hometown.aol.com/egyptnew/glyph.html |
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Module 2: Unit 4 |
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For more wacky news stories, see:http://www.ananova.com/news |
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Unit 5 |
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Newspaper websites: |
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http://www.wrx.zen.co.uk/britnews.htm |
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News: |
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news.bbc.co.uk |
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nytimes.com |
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news.google.co.uk |
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english.ohmynews.com |
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Radio/TV: |
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bbc.co.uk/radio |
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shoutcast.com |
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radio-locator.com |
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live-radio.net |
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reciva.com |
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www.cnn.com |
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Understanding Grammar 1 |
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http://www.zmag.org/zmag/articles/april99peters.htm |
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Module 3 - Unit 7 |
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Useful websites on scouts: |
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http://www.scouts.org.uk
http://www.scouting.org
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Scouting |
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Unit 8 |
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For more information about teenagers and voluntary work in Britain, see |
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www.youth-action.org.uk which has a list of links to voluntary organisations. |
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Communities that Care: |
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http://www.jrf.org.uk |
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Across Cultures 2 |
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Macraes:www.clan-macrae.org.uk |
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The Maoris: |
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http://history-nz.org/maori5.html |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Maori |
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Module 4: Get Ready |
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For updated information on pocket money, see the Halifax website:www.hbosplc.com |
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Unit 10 |
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See the ebay website:http://www.ebay.com/ |
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Ebay UK:http://www.ebay.co.uk |
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Unit 11 |
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For more examples of interesting coins see:http://www.joelscoins.com/ |
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For a concise history of money see:http://www.exeter.ac.uk/~RDavies/arian/llyfr.html |
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A website with an example of ‘time dollars’:http://www.lightlink.com/hours/ithacahours/ |
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More on local currencies: |
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http://www.schumachersociety.org/local_currencies.html
http://www.timekeeper.org/info.html |
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Website about ‘Noney’:http://www.noney.net/ |
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Unit 12 |
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Website on mental arithmetic and change:http://www.funbrain.com/cashreg/ |
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Module 5: Get Ready |
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US website for schools about water:http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/qahome.html |
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Website about water on the Earth:http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/earthwherewater.html |
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Unit 13 |
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For articles about the story of the HMS Sussex: |
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http://www.cdnn.info/news/industry/i050522.html |
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http://www.cdnn.info/news/industry/i050522.html |
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http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml?xml=/news/2002/10/13/nship13.xml |
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Unit 14 |
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Victoria Falls: |
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http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/Natural/victoriafalls.html |
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www.zambezi.com/vicfall.html |
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http://ce.eng.usf.edu/pharos/wonders/Natural/victoriafalls.html |
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The Everglades (US National Park Service): |
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http://www.nps.gov/ever/ |
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Patagonia Lake District: |
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http://www.patagonline.com/eng/andes/index.html |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Patagonia |
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Unit 15 |
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The dialogues are set in Bristol Zoo Gardens which has a very good and informative |
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website:http://www.bristolzoo.org.uk |
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Good websites for students to use when finding out about endangered animals are: |
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http://www.kidsplanet.org/factsheets.htm
http://www.endangeredspecie.com/specieprofile.htm
http://www.worldwildlife.org/endangered/
http://www.bagheera.com/inthewild/vanishing.htm
http://www.animalinfo.org/rarest.htm |
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The Everyday Listening is about otters in the UK. A good article about them is in |
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http://news.bbc.co.uk/1/hi/uk/362403.stm |
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Across Cultures 3 |
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For a brief history of tea, see:http://www.stashtea.com/facts.htm |
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Exercise 7 – for more information, see www.bbc.co.uk/healthy_living/nutrition/drinks |
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Module 6: Get Ready |
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Websites about the environment: |
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http://www.wwf-uk.org(World Wildlife Fund)
http://www.animalinfo.org(Endangered Animals)
http://www.foei.org/(Friends of the Earth)
http://www.nature.com, http://www.un.org
http://www.cat.org.uk(Centre for Alternative Technology) |
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Module 6 - Unit 17 |
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See the following websites about fair trade and organic products: |
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http://www.fairtrade.org.uk
http://www.chocaid.com
http://www.theorganicpharmacy.com
http://www.thebodyshopinternational.com
http://safershopping.wwf.org.uk/Articles.aspx?id=13 |
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The fair trade chocolate and the fair deal football:http://www.newint.org/ |
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The solio charger:http://www.solio.com/v2/ |
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Honey shampoo invention made up, based on shampoos from: |
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http://www.thebodyshop.com
http://www.theorganicpharmacy.com |
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Wind-up radio:http://www.ecotopia.co.uk/product_info.php?pName=ranger-wind-up-radio |
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See this website about hybrid cars and celebrities: |
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http://www.hybridcars.com/celebrities.html |
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Unit 18 |
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See the Channel 4 website for predictions about Britain’s weather in 2080: |
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http://www.channel4.com/science/microsites/U/ukweather2080/fom.html |
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Website about climate change:www.bbc.co.uk/climate/evidence/uk_change.shtml |
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Your Challenge |
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See information on Buy Nothing Day:http://www.adbusters.org/metas/eco/bnd/ |
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Understanding Grammar |
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The text is based on an article at http://www.gorillafund.org/008_df_frmset.html |
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Unit 19 |
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The history of fashion in the 1920s:http://www.vintageblues.com/history2.htm |
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Unit 20 |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Waris_Dirie(biodata) |
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http://www.waris-dirie-foundation.com/(about female genital mutilation) |
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Across Cultures 4 |
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Information on body art: |
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http://www.amonline.net.au/bodyart/about/Copyright(Australian Museum Online)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Headshaving |
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Study Corner |
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More information on the history of the t-shirt:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/T-shirt |
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Unit 22 |
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Information on Zatopek:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zatopek |
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Link on Maradona’s goal:http://www.spiegel.de/international/0,1518,423235,00.html |
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Information on Yelena Isinbayeva:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yelena_Isinbayeva |
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Unit 23 |
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The ancient Olympic games: |
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http://www.perseus.tufts.edu/Olympics/faq1.html
http://minbar.cs.dartmouth.edu/greecom/olympics/ |
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The official Olympic site:http://www.olympic.org |
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The 2008 Olympics:http://en.beijing2008.cn/ |
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London 2012:http://www.london2012.com/en |
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Understanding Grammar |
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Beach volleyball:http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beach_volleyball
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Unit 25 |
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Homo floresiensis: |
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http://news.nationalgeographic.com/news/2004/10/1027_041027_homo_floresiensis_2.
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http://www.newscientist.com/article.ns?id=dn6588
http://www.abc.net.au/science/news/stories/s1480331.htm |
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Unit 26 |
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Sherlock Holmes sites: |
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http://www.sherlock-holmes.co.uk/(virtual museum)
http://www.sherlockian.net/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sherlock_Holmes
http://www.sherlockian.net/canon/ |
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Unit 27 |
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Article about the dangers of toxic chemicals in cosmetics (e.g. triclosan): |
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http://www.grinningplanet.com/2005/10-04/triclosan-article.htm |
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Across Cultures 5 |
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Easter Island: |
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http://www.pacificislandtravel.com
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Easter_Island |
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Module 10: Get Ready |
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http://www.picasso.fr/espagnol/index.htm(Picasso official website) |
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http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Picasso
http://www.magritte.com/(René Magritte)
http://www.mcs.csuhayward.edu/~malek/Magrit.html(gallery of Magritte paintings)
http://www.salvadordalimuseum.org/(Dali museum in Florida) |
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Unit 28 |
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Sites on Marc Chagall: |
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http://www.artchive.com/artchive/C/chagall.html
http://www.chagallpaintings.org/ |
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Unit 29 |
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The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy: |
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http://www.bbc.co.uk/cult/hitchhikers/
http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0371724/(the film)
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Hitchhiker's_Guide_to_the_Galaxy |
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Unit 30 |
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For information on the SS Great Britain (in the photo):http://www.ssgreatbritain.org/ |
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Understanding Grammar |
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The official site on Stanislaw Lem:http://www.lem.pl/cyberiadinfo/english/main.htm |
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