Home reading. The Headless Horseman (+MP3) Reed T.M

This book is an adaptation of the adventure novel "Horseman without the head" of the English writer Thomas Main Read (1818-1883) The action of the novel takes place in Texas during the conquest of the Wild West. A mysterious murder occurs in the prairie. Suspicion of the murder falls on the young Mustanger Maurice Gerald, to whom the daughter of the planter beautiful Louise gave her heart. Mustanger"s friend, the brave hunter Zeb Istan, finds the main witness of the crime ... After each chapter, a comment and translation of difficult words and expressions is given, as well as exercises aimed at testing the understanding of the text, working out vocabulary and grammatical rules, and the development of oral speech. New words are included in the dictionary, which is placed at the end of the book. The manual is addressed to students in grades 7-8 of schools, lyceums, gymnasiums, as well as a wide range of people studying English on their own. The MP3 disk contains the English text of the book (without exercises), read by a professional announcer - a native speaker of the English language at the educational pace (with a clear pronunciation and a little slower compared to the natural pace of speech). The recording can be used both for teaching auditing (perception of speech at ear), and for listening in parallel with reading the text