Extra! Extra! Read all about it! News Stories is a collection of interesting and feel-good stories from around the world. Each story is written in two levels – beginners and intermediate. All you need to do is identify the highlighted sounds and choose the correct phoneme that represents that sound. News Stories helps you to identify individual sounds in long and more difficult written text. This improves your pronunciation of the words you read and your reading fluency.
Women in China want ... pale ... skin. They like going to the beach ..., but they don't want dark ... skin. They don't want any marks ... made ... by the sun on their skin.
In China, tanned ... skin is related ... to low paid ... outdoor work. It indicates ... social status ....
So, in 2004, a woman creates ... the facekini ... – swimwear for the face. A facekini is a mask ... made from spandex ... that covers the face ... and head and has holes for the eyes, nose, and mouth. It blocks the sun's harmful rays ....
At first, the facekini only came in plain ... colours, but some people thought it was a bit scary .... The latest ... facekinis have beautiful designs inspired by traditional ... Chinese characters ....