Bizarre Tales

Blасk Cat, 1998. — 122 pages. — (Reading & Training) - Spirits of Place - God's Secret - The Boy Who Couldn't Sleep - Fiona's Spring Dress - A Twentieth-Century Malady Цветные иллюстрации, постраничный глоссарий, упражнения, дополнительная информация. Strange and surprising. That is the meaning of 'bizarre'. For those who enjoy strange surprises these five original stories will be a delight. Take Fiona the fashion model who decided to show her invisible self instead of clothes! Or what about Max, who thought that sleeping was a waste of time - until the media got to know about him. Just open this book and you will enter a strange world where things are not always what they seem - where, for example, God’s secret makes hell into heaven and vice - Wide range of activities on the four skills - Background information on popular travel books and Utopia and Dystopia - Recording of three of the stories. Peter Foreman: I try to write stories that say something interesting because I want to think and talk about them. I mean that I usually write with a message. Strange things are interesting and they often make us think. This is why I decided to write tales of the bizarre; I could put a message in each story. When you have finished them, why not to try to match the stories with the messages? Possible messages: - Appearances are more acceptable to us than reality. - The mass media are the opium of energy and intelligence. - The original American civilization is still there under the surface. - Behind accidental events there is a hidden purpose that we can't predict. - The effects of electronic technology are dangerous to mind and body.