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A2 Elementary
Talk about yourself, your family, shopping and your job in simple words. Do the stories in order: each one adds its new words and 1 grammar pattern to your Word Bank.
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Wilma RudolphFrom "Never Walk Again" to the Fastest Woman in the World
Terry FoxThe Run That Never Ended
Marie CurieThe Secret School and Two Nobel Prizes
Frida KahloShe Painted Herself
Tenzing NorgayHe Tried Again and Again, Then Stood on Top of the World
Jane GoodallShe Had No Degree… Then Changed What We Know About Chimpanzees
Roger BannisterThey Said It Was Impossible… Then He Ran a Mile in 3:59
Harriet TubmanShe Escaped… Then Went Back Again and Again
Sadako SasakiShe Folded 1,000 Paper Cranes… Then the World Folded Them Too
Anne FrankShe Hid Behind a Bookcase for Two Years… Then Her Diary Reached the World
Louis ArmstrongA Poor New Orleans Boy… Then His Trumpet Made the World Smile
Bessie ColemanNo Flying School Would Take Her… So She Learned French and Flew
Alexander FlemingA Messy Lab and a Holiday… Then a Medicine That Saved Millions
Muhammad AliSomeone Stole His Bike… Then He Became the Greatest
Wolfgang Amadeus MozartHe Heard Secret Music Once… and Wrote It All Down
Audrey HepburnShe Ate Tulip Bulbs in the War… Then Helped Hungry Children
Isaac NewtonAn Apple Fell From a Tree… and He Asked Why
Emil ZátopekHe Ran His First Marathon at the Olympics… and Won
Chiune SugiharaHe Wrote Visas Day and Night… and Saved Thousands of Lives
Fred RogersHe Wore a Sweater and Spoke Softly… and Taught Kids About Feelings
Nick VujicicBorn Without Arms or Legs… Now He Surfs and Speaks to Millions
Ruby BridgesShe Was Six… and She Walked Into a School Alone
Charles SchulzHis Drawings Were Rejected… Then Snoopy Became Famous Everywhere
Abebe BikilaHe Ran a Marathon Without Shoes… and Won Olympic Gold
Lou GehrigHe Played 2,130 Games in a Row… Then Called Himself the Luckiest Man
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