Five Short Plays: 400 Headwords: Play*s
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ISBN-13 9780194235006
ISBN-10 0194235009
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PublisherOxfordUniversity Press
Imprint OxfordUniversity Press
PublicationDate 29 November 2007
PublicationCountry UnitedKingdom
Format Paperback,New edition
Edition Newedition
Author(s)ByFord, Martyn
Series OxfordBookworms ELT (part: Stage 1)
CategoryELTgraded readers
InterestAge All ages
ReadingAge All ages
NBSText ELT Course Materials
ONIXText ELT/ESL
NumberofPages 64
Dimensions Width:129mm
Height:196mm
Spine:3mm
Weight 80g
DeweyCode 428.6
CatalogueCode 433283
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What do you doifyou have a boring job in a restaurant, serving fast food topeoplewho have no time to eat? Smile, and do your best? Perhapsit'sbetter to find a place where time doesn't matter so much. Whatifyou dream of travelling to other countries, but your friendsjustlaugh? Do you stay at home with them? Or do you decide to bemoreadventurous? Perhaps you hear that someone has bought the lastbagof salt in town. Do you buy a bag from him at a high price? Ortryto make him give you a bag? Our world is full of these kindsofproblems. They make life interesting, and sometimes veryfunny.These five short plays show people trying to decide what todo inunexpected or difficult situations.
Use these fully illustrated classic and contemporary plays for reading practice or performance.
Each script offers performance notes, character lists, exercises, and glossaries.
"书虫·牛津英汉双语读物"系列是外研社和牛津大学出版社联合为中国英语学习者奉献的一大精品,丛书为世界优秀文学名著的英文简写本或原创作品,具有提高读者英文水平和陶冶情操的双重作用。本丛书自问世以来深受广大学生、英语学习者的喜爱,连续多年畅销不衰。《加拿大可以等》为该系列1级读物,属简易文学,适合初一、初二年级的读者阅读。本书共收录了五个短剧。Our world is full of little problems. They make life interesting, and sometimes very funny. Thesefive short plays show people trying to decide what to do in unexpected or difficult situations.梦想到其他国家旅行,却遭到朋友们的嘲笑;听说全城的盐都卖光了,于是争相出高价购买;打算不劳而获抢劫银行,结果却错进了图书馆……世界上每天都有各种小事发生,它们让生活变得更有意思,也更加好笑。
This play is about a group of five friends.They are fed up because they haven't got any money.But this is all going to change soon.One of the group,Harry,has a plan – a very good plan.
Harry
Sid
Wilf
Gladys
Ron
Three people reading in a library
Woman working in a library
Scene 1: A room in the friends' home.There are chairs and a table.Everything looks very old and dirty.Wilf and Gladys are drinking tea.Ron is looking out of the window.Sid is watching the television,but it is not working.
Scene 2: Inside a library.There is a woman sitting at a table.She works in the library.Three other people are standing or sitting,holding books in their hands and reading.
You will need a table,chairs,an old television,two library cards and some books.
Harry comes into the room.His friends look up at him.
HARRY
Hello,everyone.What are you doing?
SID
Nothing,Harry,nothing!What can we do?We haven't got any money.
HARRY
I know,I know.But it's OK.I have some work for us.We can make a lot of money.
WILF
Work?But you don't like work,Harry.
HARRY
Ah,but this work is different.
GLADYS
How,Harry?What are we going to do?
HARRY
We're going to rob a bank.
GLADYS
Rob a bank?But how can we?
HARRY
I have a plan,a very good plan.
Oxford Bookworms Playscripts Stage 1: Five Short Plays[牛津书虫剧本系列 第一级 :五个短剧]
作者: Martyn Ford (马丁·福特) 著
出版社:Oxford University Press
出版时间:2007-11
ISBN:9780194235006
定价:66.80
装帧:平装
开本:其他
纸张:胶版纸
页数:56页
正文语种:英语
内容简介:What do you do if you have a boring job in a restaurant, serving fast food to people who have no time to eat? Smile, and do your best? Perhaps it's better to find a place where time doesn't matter so much. What if you dream of travelling to other countries, but your friends just laugh? Do you stay at home with them? Or do you decide to be more adventurous? Perhaps you hear that someone has bought the last bag of salt in town. Do you buy a bag from him at a high price? Or try to make him give you a bag? Our world is full of these kinds of problems. They make life interesting, and sometimes very funny. These five short plays show people trying to decide what to do in unexpected or difficult situations.
作者简介:
Martyn Ford is an author and illustrator whose books include humour titles such as The How To Be British Collection, and English Language teaching texts like Instant PET and Five Short Plays. He was born in Sutton Coldfield in the West Midlands, graduated from Leeds University, and worked for many years teaching English as a Foreign Language. Nowadays he divides his time between writing, illustrating, teaching, and performing as archetypal seaside landlady, Mrs. Joyce Hoover. Several of his books have been written in collaboration with Peter Legon, including the latest, Mrs Joyce Hoover's How Do You Do?
Martyn is married, with two children, and lives in Brighton on the south-east coast of England.