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English for Foreign Students of English.
Can Your Read This? When you feel uncomfortable, you have reached your challenge level. The level lower is your easy read level.
* 1 = level 1 There are two men. One man has a gun. He uses the gun. Now one man is dead. A new man is needed. Tokyo, Japan. It is a time of big money and expensive shops. Gucci and Prada on every street! Well, not every street. But for a young man with little money, everything was too expensive. It was all too Gucci and too Prada. But young men can always go to a bar.
** 2 = level 2 Tonight was the night. He said that to himself every Friday. And Saturday. The mirror had okayed him to leave the house. Hair gelled back, shirt with one button open, and shoes polished and shining. The taxi was waiting. It took him to his usual spot.
If you are OK then you are ready for newspaper reading.
*** 3 = level 3 NOTE: Both interest and English level are important here. You might find these stories difficult, but others you like better will be easier. Cycling: Landis - 'error to explain' Floyd Landis admits he made a mistake in trying to explain his failed drugs test at the Tour de France. (BBC News)
**** 4 = level 4 NOTE: Both interest and English level are important here. You might find these stories difficult, but others you like better will be easier. Last victim mourned in Phoenix shootings Four days before police captured two men they say shot people at random in the Phoenix area for more than a year, Robin Blasnek ... (USATODAY.com) BP: Pipeline shutdown could last weeks or months BP PLC said Monday it will replace 73% of the pipelines from the nation's largest oil field and that it could be closed for weeks ... (USATODAY.com)
***** 5 = level 5 NOTE: Both interest and English level are important here. You might find these stories difficult, but others you like better will be easier. Festival takes its films seriously Fourteen-year-old Jared Eveillard is an articulate kid with mouth full of braces, a cellphone, and a part-time job. (Boston.com) U.N. draft seeks full halt to fighting The U.S. and France agreed Saturday on a draft Security Council resolution that seeks a full halt to fighting in Lebanon, breaking ... (USATODAY.com) Cuban dissidents fearful of retaliation Dissidents in Cuba's eastern provinces say the country's military has beefed up its presence on the streets and is telling citizens ... (USATODAY.com)
The websites we use have many stories beyond level 5. If this is all a bit easy, why don`t you have a look. English for Foreign Students of English. |
