Land of Gold by Catnach/ Middy and her friend Cate afe in Egypt
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Land of Gold by Catnach/ Middy and her friend Cate afe in Egypt on SCh00i trip. They keep seeing a mysterious man in a black suit. Then they look in Cate-s bag and are shocked al what they find Should /hey tell SOriebocty about their Chgcovery? Why is the rnan in black followErig them? www.nuanskitabevi.com NUANCE READERS Vuance Readers is a new series of fiction readers for students of English. Those highly engaging stories will enteftain students while improving their English language skills. The readers cover six levels_ Nuance Readers are carefully graded according to grammatical structures, vocabulary and length. n audio CD of the complete s1clry Wide range of genres frown mystery and thrillers in larirmv Witten in a bash and lkfeiy Shift Confer vocabulary ar +yammer gradIrg Ilrustrated in lull paw Vocalziolary and comprehension aice4cia@G Useful glossanes an A 12-rinsokrotkign 15 1'; 14 —• • e 11,2 !.. .c."'ivaYs2cE. 7 L6 a2Vanlax. CelNEKTIR T IARA IA I SAFILAMAZ iont_o T;. 7, Llil IN 5 '• iArz ",.. ClAfte illustrated by Cheryl Orsini Contents
ISBN: 978-97 5-710 3-5 3-0 Chapter 1 T he mm in block This is a photo of Cate and me in Egypt. I'm M.acldy_ in the red dress. I'm standing beside Mr Johnson, 4..)w-teacher. Cate is the girl with the brown bag. We are in Egypt with our class From school. We are standing beside a pyramid. A camel with a big nose is behind es„ The camel wants to be in the photo. 'Smile: says Paul Hand. We smile and Paul takes the photo. We take photos of the pyramids too. They are big in the blue sky. T 44 «5> he sun is hot in Egypt. My face and arms are red. I have a drink of water. I look at Cate. She is hot too Mr Johnson is speaking about the pyramid. 'This is the pyramid of King Cheops, a pharaoh, or king of Egypt— I sit beside the pyramid. My feet are hot. Mr Johnson is speaking about King Cheops and his pyramid. I shut my eyes, 'I'Vlad.dy,' says Cate in my ear, 'Open your eyesr 'No; I say. 'I'm sleeping,' 'N.Lad.dy!" says Cate again. open one eye. man is looking at use' she says. 'Whor I ask, 'That man over there,' she says. The man in the black suit,' I see the man. He is looking at us. He is standing beside the pyramid. "He's a bad man; says Cate. 'I know if Cate wants to be a detective. She reads detective books. She writes detective stories. In her stories the bad men are always in black suits, 'No, he isn't: I say. 'He's looking at the pyramids.' I am hot. 1 want to be in our hotel. I want to Skep_ "But.„' says Cate. Mr Johnson looks at her, 'What is it, Caw?' Cate doesri't answer. 'She's writing stories in her head again,' says Paul Hand, Mr Johnson smiles at Cate. 'You and your stories: he says. Cate's lace is red_ 'Okay,' he says. "The bus is going to take us to the hotel now; Paul Hand takes a photo of the bus. He is always taking photos. We get on the bus. 1 sit beside the window. Cate sits beside me. I look at the hot, yellow land. Soon the pyramids are behind us. They look small now. The bus stops at our hotel in Cairo, The afternoon sun is hot like the morning still. Cate takes her bag and gets up. T look out of the window and I see the man in the black suit, He is standing across the street. A brown bag is on the ground beside him. He is looking at our bus. "What's he doing here? I ask. 'whop' says Cate. 'Look_ The man in black is across the street.' She looks at him. 'Yes, what is he doing here' she says. don't like that man. We get off the bus. I look across the street again. Now I can't see the man in black. 'I have one photo to taker' says Paul Hand. 'I'm going to take a photo of the hotel. Cate, Maddy — can you stand there, please?' fate puts her bag on the ground behind her. We stand in front of the hotel and smile. Paul takes the photo. 'Thanks; he says. 'Now I'm going to take these to the photo shop; four o'clock now.. Dinner is at six o'clock; says Mr Johnson. 'Yes, Mr Johnson,' we say. Cate takes her bag and we walk into the hotel. we go to our room and shut the door_ The room is nice and cold. I sit on the bed and drink water. Cate puts her bag on the table. I am tired. I lie down and go to sleep. I open my eyes. Cate is talking. 'Now, where is my hook on Egypt?' she is saying. 'It's in my bag. I want to read about the temple of Ramses the Great: She opens the bag, 'We are going to go there tomorrow, It's in Abu Simbei, near Asviiran. The temple of Ramses the Great S 6 7> he stops speaking. 'Maddy,' she says. 'This is not my bag!' 8 if 9 » Chapter. T he Egyptian queen 1 look at Cate and say, 'What?' 'This is not my bag,' she says again. It is your bag,' I say, 'No, it's not: she says. 'It is a brown hag, but it's new, My bag is old. Look. What's this?' Cate is looking inside the bag. t go to the table,. I look inside the bag too. I see a small yellow statue. It shines like the sun. Cate takes it out of the bag and puts it on the table. It is a statue of an t gyptian woman, think she's an Egyptian queen,' says Cate. 'Look at her clothes: 'Is it a gold statue?' I ask. don't know,' says Cate, She picks up the statue again. 'It's heavy,' she says and puts it down again. I pick it up, 'It is heavy,' I say. 'Gold is heavy.' Cate looks at the small pictures on the statue. 'These pictures are hieroglyphs,' she says. 'My book on Egypt has a chapter on hieroglyphs. They are like words. They tell stories,' 'What do these hieroglyphs say?' I ask. don't know - I can't read hieroglyphsr Cate says. 'My book is in my bag_ And this isn't my bag!' 'I'm going to tell Mr Johnson about the statue,' I say. 'Nor says Cate. 'Don't tell Mr Johnson,' Knock, knock/ We both jump and look at the door. 'Yes?' says Cate. 'Who is it?' It's Mr Johnson, Come on, you twol It's six o'clock. Dinner is on the table.' Cate puts the statue inside the bag. She puts the bag under her bed. 'We're coming, Mr Johnson,' she says. She looks at me. 'It's okay, Maddy. Mr Johnson has a book on hieroglyphs. I am going to ask him for it.' 'Do you think the name of the queen is in the hieroglyphs?' I ask. 'Yes?' she answers. 'And I'm a detective,' she says with a smile. 'A detective can find out the name of an Egyptian queen!' She opens the door and walks out. The class is eating dinner. Mr Johnson looks at us. 'You two are always late,' he says. Download 387.96 Kb. Do'stlaringiz bilan baham: 
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