Amazing Medical People (Level 2)

Theinspiringstoriesof6peoplewhochangedhistory.Contents:EdwardJenner,themanwhofoughttheterribledisease,smallpoxFlorenceNightingale,thenurseknownas‘theladywiththelamp’ElizabethGarrett,England’sfirstfemaledoctorCarlJung,thedoctorwhowantedtounderstandthehumanmindJonasSalkwhodefeatedthedangerousillness,polioChristiaanBarnard,thefirstmantoreplaceahumanheartBRITISHENGLISHWordcount:10,006Headwordcount:883EachbookincludesafreeCDwithafullrecordingofeachstory.PLUS:visitwww.collinselt.com/readersforvideos,teacherresourcesandself-studymaterials.ThisbookisLevel2intheCollinsELTReadersseries.Level2isequivalenttoCEFlevelA2-B1.AbouttheAmazingPeopleseries:AuniqueopportunityforlearnersofEnglishtoreadabouttheexceptionallivesandincredibleabilitiesofsomeofthemostinsightfulpeopletheworldhasseen.Eachbookcontainssixshortstories,toldbythecharactersthemselves,asifintheirownwords.Thestoriesexplainthemostsignificantpartsofeachcharacter’slife,givinganinsightintohowtheycametobesuchanimportanthistoricfigure.Aftereachstory,atimelinepresentsthemostmajoreventsintheirlifeinaclearandsuccinctfashion.Thetimelineisidealforcheckingcomprehensionorasabasisforprojectworkorfurtherresearch.CreatedinassociationwithTheAmazingPeopleClub.AboutCollinsELTReaders:CollinsELTReadersaredividedintofourlevels:Level1–elementary(A2)Level2–pre-intermediate(A2–B1)Level3–intermediate(B1)Level4–upperintermediate(B2)Eachleveliscarefullygradedtoensurethatthelearnerbothenjoysandbenefitsfromtheirreadingexperience.