1. Introduction 2. Equivalence at Word Level 3. Equivalence Above Word Level 4. Grammatical Equivalence 5. Textual Equivalence: Thematic and Information Structures 6. Textual Equivalence: Cohe…
Learning People Daily Life Education and Study Work and Business Leisure and Entertainment Communication and Technology Social Crimes Concepts Functional Language Word Formation Phrase B…
Alex's family are always moving form town to town. He doesn't make new friends now, because he doesn't like saying goodbye to them. He has his music, his songs, and his guitar, and they're only for…
Everybody took photos of Prince William when he first arrived at the University of St Andrews. Crowds at the people came to the little Scottish town to see this new student - the nineteen-year-old …
'One day, I'm going to be famous,' John Lennon said when he was young - and soon he was! His band The Beatles became one of the greatest in the world, and people loved them. After John Lennon went …
Hollywood - nine big white letters against the Hollywood Hills. Every year millions people come from all over the world and look up at this famous sign. Why do they come? They come to see the stars…
What is Japan? It is everything new and modern: the Tokyo Sky Tree, 634 metres high; amazing cameras and phones; karaoke and manga; trains going past at 300 kilometres an hour. And it is everything…
Sara Crewe is a very rich little girl. She first comes to England when she is seven, and her father takes her to Miss Minchin's school in London. Sara is very sad at first, but she soon makes frien…
Luke is a good-looking young man, but he's not very clever with words. Gemma is clever with words, but what does she want? Lucy and Becky are good friends, but what about Sam? He makes wonderful ca…
It is night in the south seas near Tahiti, and the ship HMS Bounty has begun the long voyage home to England. But the Sailors on the ship are angry men, and they have swords and guns. They pull th…
England and Scotland in the 1500s. Two famous queens - Mary, the Catholic Queen of Scots, and Elizabeth I, the Protestant Queen of England. It was an exciting and a dangerous time to be alive, and …
A woman finds a man on a beach. He is very cold, his clothes are wet, and he cannot speak. The woman phones for helps, and an ambulance comes and takes the man to hospital. In hospital they ask the…
The court room is full for today's trial. Two young men, Simon Clark and Dan Smith, stand up. The clerk asks, 'Are you guilty of the murder of Mary Jones?' 'Not guilty!' they reply. But perhaps the…
He is not beautiful. His mother does not want him, children run away from him. People laugh at him, and call him 'The Elephant Man'. The someone speaks to him - and listens to him! At the age of 2…
A beautiful young Indian girl, and a brave Englishman. Black eyes, and blue eyes. A friendly smile, a a laugh, a look of love... But this is North America in 1607, and love is not easy. The girl is…
France, 1815, Jean Valjean leaves prison after nineteen years. These are dangerous and troubled times, and life is hard. Valjean must begin a new life, but how can he escape his past, and his enemy…
When Lord Asano drew his sword on Lord Kira one spring day in 1701, it began a story that is how a national legend in Japan. Lord Kira lived, but Lord Asano died, and after his death, his samurai b…
The President is dead! A man is running in the night. He is afraid and needs to rest. But there are people behind him - people with lights, and dogs, and guns. A man is standing in front of a des…
Sherlock Holmes is the greatest detective the world has ever seen, and he knows it. As the famous bank-robber, John Clay, says to him, 'You think of everything, Mt Holmes. You're very clever.' Peop…
It is the year 2522, and the planet Earth is dying. The Artificial Ozone Layer is only 300 years old, but is is breaking up fast. Now the sun is burning down on Earth with a white fire. There is n…