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.
Bob is a cat. A huge ... ginger cat. James is a young ... man from London .... They are great friends.
In 2007, James was living in a government ... unit. He was addicted to drugs ..., but was trying to stop. He went busking ... everyday to get money ....
One day, he returned home and discovered ... a ginger cat sitting outside his unit .... The cat didn’t leave - he continued ... to hang around for a few ... days. James saw that the cat had a cut ... on his leg. So, he took the cat to the veterinary. James looked after the cat and it recuperated .... James named the cat Bob.
Bob accompanied ... James everywhere including ... catching the bus ... to go busking. James played the guitar and Bob sat on his shoulders. People loved ... seeing Bob and gave James more money. People started to upload ... videos of Bob and James on YouTube .... They came from around the country ... to see them.
Bob changed James’s life. James stopped abusing ... his body with drugs. He wrote a book about Bob. The book sold close to two ... million copies. He wrote another ... five books. A film was also made.
Now James owns a house and has a wonderful ... life with Bob.