MALIN TYLLERED CHRISTER JOHANSSON
Toolbox, engelska A Malin Tyllered
Christer Johansson
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Malin Tyllered Christer Johansson
Toolbox Main Book (allt-i-ett-bok med elev-cd)
Main Book
Toolbox är i första hand avsedd för elever i gymnasieskolan.
Contents
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Bess
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Ex Poser by Paul Jennings
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Corporal Laskow’s Story
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t w o d a n g e r o u s d e t e c t i v e s :
The Indian Student by Julia Remine Piggin
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On the Bridge by Todd Strasser
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t w o s t o ri e s :
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Sally by Jean Parker
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The Ghost of Elvis
Song: Walking in Memphis
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Alone in the Wilderness by Gary Paulsen
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Stray by Cynthia Rylant
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Know Me Before You Judge Me by Melissa Riggio/Rachel Buchholz 70
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The Wolf Girl
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The Day Grandfather Tickled a Tiger by Ruskin Bond
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The Case of the Blackmailer by Donald J. Sobol
Twice Bitten The Big Stone
Poem: On a country walk in a very thick mist by John Rice
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I Take It Back by Adrienne Su
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Snatch by Alan Baillie
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Pop’s Boy by Irvin Ashkenazy
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Down Under by Marlo Morgan
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The Hanging Tree by Martha Morseth
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Diary of a Teen Family
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The Case of the Curious Catnap by James Herriot
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After Twenty Years by O. Henry
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Barnet’s Revenge by Pamela Oldfield
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Meet Sanjit, a British Asian Girl
Poem: Your True Identity by Runa Khalique
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Yesterday Upon the Stair by Dennis Hamley
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The Letter “A” by Christy Brown
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English-Swedish Alpabetical Word List
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Common Irregular Verbs
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This is a true story about a young man who had a very different experience with a landmine. His name is Gary Laskow. He was in Southeast Asia as a corporal in the United States Marine Corps when this happened in May, 1970. The landmine Corporal Laskow stepped on had a weight-sensitive trigger. This type of mine gets ready to explode when something or someone pushes down the trigger. But the landmine doesn’t explode until the person or vehicle releases the weight. The split-second delay makes it a very effective weapon, because the person or vehicle moves right over the mine when it explodes. This delay gave Laskow a chance.
corporal korpral (slags befäl) experience här upplevelse landmine landmina the Marine Corps marinsoldatkåren (amerikanskt elitförband) weight-sensitive viktkänslig trigger avtryckare, utlösningsmekanism explode explodera push down trycka ned vehicle ['vi:Ikl] fordon release här lätta på, ta bort weight vikt split-second här mycket kort delay fördröjning weapon vapen
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patrol patrull marine marinsoldat rice paddy risfält enemy fiende object föremål boot känga, sko froze (freeze, froze, frozen) här blev som förlamad exclaim utropa loud högljudd whisper viskning; viska statue staty immediately omedelbart signal ge tecken, signalera clear utrymma area område ground mark excitedly uppjagat, upprört anxiously ['{ŋkS@sli] ängsligt expect vänta sig blow to kingdom come ungefär sprängas ihjäl squat down sätta sig på huk furiously ursinnigt
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slip out här dra ut helmet hjälm dive for dyka bakom dike fördämningsvall blow (blow, blew, blown) spränga blow to pieces spränga i småbitar receive få scratch skråma ordeal här hemsk upplevelse stockinged foot fot i strumplästen celebrate fira
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Marine Corporal Laskow was on patrol one day with several other marines and a patrol leader. The men walked as slowly and quietly as possible through a rice paddy because they were not sure where the enemy was. Suddenly Laskow felt a sharp object under his boot and froze. “My God, a mine!” he exclaimed in a loud whisper. When the patrol leader turned toward him, Laskow was standing like a statue, putting all his weight on one foot. The leader did not hear what Laskow said, but he understood immediately what the trouble was. He signaled quickly to the others to clear the area and get down. Then he himself got down on the ground, leaving Laskow standing alone. One of the men, who was on the ground near the patrol leader, whispered excitedly, “Isn’t there anything we can do?” “I’m afraid not!” answered the leader. Then they waited anxiously, expecting at any moment to hear an explosion. A few seconds later, the leader whispered to the man next to him, “Is Laskow a personal friend of yours?” “Yes, sir,” he answered. “We went to school together. Funny, it’s his birthday tomorrow.” “Well, he probably won’t live to see it – poor devil! As soon as he lifts his foot, he’ll blow to kingdom come!” Laskow didn’t lift his foot. At least not just yet. While pressing down on the mine with his foot, he put down the jacket he was carrying and slowly took a knife from his belt. Squatting down, he carefully cut open both sides of his boot. His heart was beating furiously, but he went on with his plan. He now used his hand to put weight on the boot and at
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the same time he slowly slipped his foot out. He pressed down with one hand, and with the other he placed his jacket and helmet on the boot. Hoping this would put enough weight on the trigger of the mine for a second or two, he released his hand as quickly as he could and dived for the rice paddy dike a few feet away. He was still flying through the air when the mine exploded, blowing the boot, helmet and jacket to pieces. Corporal Gary Laskow didn’t receive a scratch in the ordeal. But he did finish the patrol with one stockinged foot. The next day he celebrated an especially happy twenty-first birthday.
Components of a land mine Firing mechanism
Casing
Main charge
Booster charge Detonator or igniter firing mechanism avfyrningsanordning casing hĂślje main charge huvudladdning booster charge startladdning igniter detonator
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Story Underline the correct alternative. Then read the story in pairs. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Laskow was serving in south-east Asia/Africa. He was on patrol alone/with several others. Laskow drove over/stepped on a landmine. He immediately stopped/tried to get away. The others tried to help him/got down on the ground. One of the men had been to school/army camp with Laskow. Laskow cut open his jacket/his boot to save himself. He then used his army knife/his hand to keep the trigger down. Laskow was badly injured/not hurt at all in the explosion.
Speak Work in pairs. One of you is a reporter, the other Gary Laskow. Complete the reporter’s questions and check them.Then say the dialogue at least twice. Change roles. Reporter (R) R L R L R L R L R L R L R L
Laskow (L)
Where were you when you stepped on the landmine? On patrol walking through a rice paddy. How … you understand that it was a mine? I could feel it under my foot. I just knew that it had to be. How … you react? I was very frightened, of course. I stopped and put all my weight on that foot. Why … you do that? I knew that the trigger would be released if I tried to run. What … the others do? They got down on the ground – and waited for the explosion, I suppose. What … you do after that? I cut open my boot and left in on the trigger together with my jacket and helmet. Then I dived for a nearby dike. And you … not hurt at all? No, not a scratch! It was a very lucky escape.
If you like, say the dialogue again. This time, use your imagination and make up your own answers to the reporter’s question.
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Find out Look at the chart “Over 100 million death traps”. 1 Where does the information come from? 2 Which continents are represented? 3 Which countries in Europe are affected? Over 100 million death traps
Sources: The Red Cross and Save the Children Fund
There are approximately 100–200 million landmines in the world. These countries are worst hit: Egypt Iran Afghanistan Angola Iraq Kuwait Cambodia
Mozambique Bosnia Somalia Croatia Sudan Serbia Ethiopia
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Write Choose A or B. A Gary Laskow wanted to tell his family about his lucky escape. Write his letter to his parents or his girl-friend about it. Start like this: Dear … , You can’t imagine how lucky I was yesterday. I was walking through … B To find out more about landmines, write a letter to one or both of these organisations and ask for information material. * Mines Advisory Group, 54a Main Street, Cockermouth, Cumbria, CA13 9LU, Britain. * UK Working Group on Landmines, 601 Holloway Road, London N19 4DJ, Britain.
Words A Translate the following words into English. Use words with a dot from the word list. 1 2 3 4 5
explodera mark … område … staty … vikt …
explode
B Use the words in A in sentences of your own. Example:
A landmine exploded but no one was killed.
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C Match each word with a phrase in the left-hand column. Write the words in your exercise books and make sure that you spell them correctly. Example: 1 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13
vehicle
A car, a bus, a train and so on. … A hard hat. … A kind of shoe. … A thing. … Something you use for fighting. … A word meaning at once. … A time of waiting. … Burst suddenly with a loud bang. … The opposite of friend. … Say something suddenly and loudly. … Speak very quietly. … The opposite of give away. … Something important that happened to you. …
boot delay enemy exclaim experience explode helmet immediately object receive vehicle weapon whisper
D Work in pairs and practise the words. One of you reads a definition on the left-hand side and the other says the right word. Do this several times. Change roles and use the definitions in a different order.
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Listen and write Listen to an interview with Emily Potter, a nurse who has been working for the Red Cross. She knows a lot about landmines and has seen the effects of them.
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Look at the statements below before you start the tape. When listening, try to decide if the statements are true or false. Write T or F. Listen a second time and correct the false statements. Write the corrected, true statements.
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Landmines kill or injure about 26,000 people a year. … No landmines can kill from a distance. … Landmines injure more soldiers than ordinary people. … Fifteen per cent of those hit by landmines are children. … It is often impossible to know where the landmines are. … Landmines injure or kill people even after the wars have stopped. … There are no landmines in European countries. … Most farmers in mined areas leave their homes. … It costs about £650 to get rid of one mine. … Fifty-three countries have banned landmines completely. …
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Language A Read the sentences and translate the words that are underlined into Swedish. 1 Landmines injure thousands of people each year. 2 Twenty per cent of the victims are children. 3 A landmine costs only £2 to make but hundreds of pounds to get rid of. 4 It is impossible to know where the mines are. 5 Many countries still have problems with landmines. 6 A mine that explodes has enough power to kill a person 50 metres away. B Think abouT iT! Translate the words that are underlined and answer the questions. 1 2 3 4 5 6
In Swedish, both is and are mean … . In English, why do we sometimes use is and sometimes are? Both has and have mean … . When is has used? And when do we use have? Costs means … and injure means … . Why must costs (sentence 3) have an -s at the end when injure does not?
Info seek For more information about landmines write for example ICRC (International Committee of the Red Cross), E-MINE (UN Mine Action Service) or ICBL (International Campaign to Ban Landmines) into a search engine.
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24 YesterdaY Upon the stair Yesterday Upon the stair by Dennis Hamley
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‘Sir,’ said DC Ferguson, our computer whizz. ‘Here’s another of those e-mails.’ He read from the screen: “‘Buster Brady will die between 8 and 12 this morning. Nemo.’” He looked up. ‘He always signs them Nemo,’ he said. ‘Why?’ ‘Nemo is Latin for nobody,’ I answered. ‘I reckon Nemo’s this operation’s Mr Big,” said DC Murdoch. ‘There was an American stand-up comic called Nemo,’ said DC Charlotte Crow. ‘He was funny. Weird, though.’ ‘So’s this,’ said Ferguson. Ferguson was right. Throughout our hunt for the region’s biggest drugs ring, we’d been dogged by Nemo’s e-mails. And what Nemo said always happened. Three murders, none solved. More than weird. Buster Brady was our prize grass. If he died, we were finished. I’d found him myself and cultivated him. But, now that I was Detective Chief Inspector heading the case, I couldn’t consort with grasses like Buster. upon på, i My underlings looked after him. stair trappa, trappsteg dC = detective Constable ‘We have to protect him,’ said Sergeant Evans. kriminalpolis Buster lived alone in a block of flats near the computer dator docks. I rang him. ‘You’ re in danger,’ I said. ‘Stay whizz snille, fenomen screen bildskärm where you are. It’s 7.30 a.m. I’m coming to see you.’ sign skriva under We drove to the flats. I climbed the stairs to reckon anta, förmoda stand-up comic ståuppkomiker Buster’s and went in. When I returned, Evans asked, weird underlig ‘Is he OK?’ throughout [Tru'aUt] genom hela hunt jakt drugs ring knarkliga dogged förföljd none inget, inga solve lösa prize grass slang supertjallare cultivate ägna sig åt, hjälpa fram detective Chief inspector kriminalkommissarie head leda, vara chef för case fall consort umgås med underling underhuggare protect skydda block of flats hyreshus docks hamnanläggning
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calm down lugna sig surveillance övervakning flat lägenhet trapdoor fallucka cupboard ['kb@d] garderob, skåp lock låsa intruder inkräktare front door ytterdörr suspiciously på ett misstänkt sätt shudder rysa mood stämning tense spänd unlock låsa upp gasp flämta till strangle strypa thumb [Tm] tumme fruitlessly fruktlöst, utan framgång incident room ledningsrum lighten up lätta upp lager öl cheer up ryck upp er crack knäcka, lösa flick off trycka bort top här kapsyl hand round dela ut admiringly beundrande knack [n{k] knep, handlag go off duty bli ledig, sluta för dagen
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‘Fine,’ I answered. ‘He calmed down when I said he was under surveillance. I checked the flat. No trapdoors, no one hiding in cupboards, all windows locked. Intruders must come through the front door. Evans, Murdoch, you’ll watch on the 5 stairs. The rest, stay in the cars, keep watching and miss nothing.’ ‘So we arrest the first person we see?’ said Ferguson. ‘Only if he acts suspiciously,’ I replied. ‘We have to see somebody, if this Nemo knows something we don’t.’ 10 Charlotte Crow spoke. ‘Yesterday upon the stair, I met a man who wasn’t there, he wasn’t there again today, I wish that man would go away.’ She shuddered. ‘Nemo,’ she said. ‘Nobody.’ The mood was tense. ‘Right,’ I said. ‘Let’s go.’ But no one came near the flats, no one at all. ‘Quiet as the 15 grave, sir,’ said Sergeant Evans when we went in at twelve. I knocked on Buster’s door. ‘You can come out now,’ I called. No answer. I unlocked the door. ‘Nemo!’ Charlotte Crow gasped. The impossible had happened. Buster was dead, strangled. 20 ‘With bare hands,’ said the doctor later. ‘The murderer must have strong thumbs.’ The Scene of Crime team moved in: we fruitlessly questioned people in the flats. In the evening, we returned to the station. The incident room was quiet. To lighten everyone 25 up, I got bottles of lager in, though it was against the rules. ‘Here, cheer up and drink up. We’ll crack this case yet,’ I said, flicking the tops off with my thumbs and handing bottles round. ‘How do you do that, sir?’ said DC Murdoch admiringly.’ 30 ‘Just a knack,’ I answered. I let them go soon after. They’d had a bad day. I’d get no useful work out of them now. I’d go off duty myself soon. Well, well, well. What an interesting day it had been.
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In the car park, Charlotte Crow rang her partner on her mobile. ‘I’m coming home, Dave,’ she said. ‘Good,’ he answered. ‘I’ll do a lasagne.’ ‘Bless you,’ said Charlotte. On the way home, she went to the supermarket. Dave deserved a treat. He usually drank beer in cans, but she saw bottles of German beer on the shelves, said ‘Time for a change’ to herself, and bought four. ‘What’s this rubbish?’ said Dave when he saw them. ‘You’ll like it,’ said Charlotte. ‘I’ll have one too.’ Dave took the tops off with the bottle opener. ‘Can’ t you flick them off with your thumbs?’ asked Charlotte. ‘No way,’ said Dave. ‘My thumbs aren’t strong enough.’ ‘My boss can,’ said Charlotte, and had an odd thought. ‘You’ re quiet,’ said Dave as they ate. ‘I’ve had a bad day,’ she answered. ‘I’ll go to bed early. I’ll read for a while.’ ‘That’s OK,’ said Dave. ‘There’s football on telly.’ Charlotte woke suddenly at dead of night. She knew what it was. There was an invisible man. Nemo. Her stomach turned over. Who was in the flat alone with Buster? Who could flick bottle tops off? Who had strong enough thumbs to strangle a man? Who was least likely to be the murderer, the Mr Big, truly invisible? Who was Nemo? She couldn’t sleep again. She held a dreadful secret and didn’t know what to do about it.
car park bilparkering bless you ungefär vad rart av dig deserve förtjäna a treat något extra, glad överraskning can burk shelf hylla; hyllor rubbish skräp no way inte en chans odd konstig, underlig thought tanke telly tv, dumburken wake, woke, woken vakna dead of night mitt i natten invisible osynlig her stomach turned over det vände sig i magen på henne least likely minst trolig dreadful hemsk secret hemlighet
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Story Fill in the missing words in the summary of the story using as many of the words with dots as possible. In nearly all cases just one word is needed. One morning a group of detectives got an (1) … from someone who called himself (2) … . The message was that a person called Buster Brady would (3) … between 8 and 12 o’clock. They had received the same type of message (4) … times before and every time the person had been murdered and (5) … of the murders had so far been (6) … . Buster Brady lived alone in a (7) … of flats so they drove to his place in order to (8) … him. The Detective Chief Inspector himself checked the flat and said that any (9) … must come through the front door. He ordered two detectives to watch the (10) … . The others were to stay in their cars and keep watching for any person acting suspiciously. No one came and when the time limit was up, they went in and found Brady dead. He had been (11) … by a murderer with unusually strong (12) … . Later in the evening the woman on the team, Charlotte, bought four bottles of beer as a (13) … for her husband. When they talked about how to open a bottle of beer, she suddenly had an (14) … thought and in the night she suddenly realised that the invisible murderer must be (15) … .
Words A Pair off a word on the right with the correct explanation. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10
anxious, nervous you put things away in this strange, hard to believe something that you throw away a fact that very few people know about tremble with fear, horror, etc. be the leader of a group take a short quick breath the way you are feeling write you name under a document
a) b) c) d) e) f) g) h) i) j)
cupboard gasp head mood rubbish secret shudder sign tense weird
B Work in pairs and practise the words. One of you reads the explanation, the other says the word. Do the exercise at least twice. Then do it the other way around, that is, one of you says the word and the other must give a good explanation.
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Speak and write E-mail and the Internet – Pros and cons Today almost everyone uses e-mail and the Internet. Think about how you use these tools and discuss your own habits and experiences, good and bad. Work in pairs or small groups and discuss. Take notes so that you can use some of the ideas for your writing. 1 2 3 4
Do you send e-mails? How often? Who do you send them to? What do you usually include in your e-mails? Just text? Pictures? Have you ever sent or received a nasty e-mail? Make a list of what’s good about e-mail. What’s not so good? How else do you communicate with your friends? Which way do you prefer? How often do you use ‘snail mail’?) 5 Do you use the Internet for school work? Games? Chat rooms? What else? 6 Have you ever copied texts or parts of texts or downloaded music or films from the Internet? 7 What do you think about the Internet? What are the dangers? What are the advantages and disadvantages of the Internet, do you think?
habit vana
pros and cons för- och nackdelar
‘snail mail’ vanlig post
Write Choose one of the following titles and write a text of 100-150 words. Use your notes from the discussion. A E-mail – Pros and Cons B How I Use the Internet C Write an answer to one of the letters on a problem page where people ask for advice. There are four letters to choose from on Worksheet 1.
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Language Some, any, no, etc. A Affirmative means jakad and negative means nekad. Write for affirmative after two of the sentences and for negative after three of them.
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The detectives hoped to see somebody or something. They didn’t see anything. They hadn’t found any clues. Charlotte bought a few bottles of beer for Dave. He didn’t think anyone could open bottles with their thumbs.
clue ledtråd
B Underline the English words that mean the same as the Swedish words in brackets. 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9
Do you really think one of the boys has written this? (någon av) I asked lots of people but none of them knew the answer. (ingen av) I don’t think I have met any of them before. (någon av) I think some of the students actually wanted to do this. (några av) If someone I don’t know is nasty to me, I just ignore them. (någon) No one would say a silly thing like that. (Ingen) Nobody moved. (Ingen) Would you like some tea? (lite) You can ask anyone to help you. (vem som helst)
There is more for you to do on Worksheet 2.
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MALIN TYLLERED CHRISTER JOHANSSON
Toolbox, engelska A Malin Tyllered
Christer Johansson
Toolbox Main Book är en allt-i-ett-bok med tillhörande elev-cd.
Komponenter 40-66468-6
Toolbox Key (5-pack)
40-66469-3
Toolbox CD Audio (lärar-cd)
40-66471-6
Toolbox Teacher’s Guide
40-66470-9
Toolbox, 2:a uppl.
• •
25 kapitel
• • • •
alla texterna på elev-cd (mp3)
de bästa texterna från 1:a uppl. + nya spännande och intressanta texter strukturen samma som i 1:a uppl. utökade och aktualiserade övningar integrerade grammatikövningar.
Malin Tyllered Christer Johansson
Toolbox Main Book (allt-i-ett-bok med elev-cd)
Main Book
Toolbox är i första hand avsedd för elever i gymnasieskolan.