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041a47a8-b9fc-44aa-805f-30b1f324774a.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | But Dico was happy in Bauru with his new friends. They played their first game of soccer in Rua Rubens Arruda, a street near Dico's house. Their "football" was an old newspaper. Little Dico played a lot of soccer. Celeste wasn't happy about this. "There's no money in the game," she said. Dico smiled. His mother was r... |
1be2c10c-21e7-4b75-8403-8c0fadf39680.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Hedwig: You're going to have problems with Gessler now.
Tell: Why? I talked to him. I didn't hit him.
Hedwig: But he's going to remember you. He's going to make problems for us. Wait and see.
Tell: I'm a man of peace. I'm going to stay away from Governor Gessler now.
Hedwig: Please do that. Where are Walther and Wilhel... |
1c744cdf-f028-46f0-8ad2-ee09b0abf60a.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Tom and Huck watched. Then they went away quickly because they were afraid. They went to Tom's yard. Huck said, "We can't talk about this. Injun Joe can find us and kill us, too."
"That's right," Tom said. "We can't talk about it." Tom went in his bedroom window. He went to bed, but he didn't sleep well. Tom and Huck ... |
293ef622-061e-4ffa-a342-af893669e583.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | 'What are you saying?' I asked. 'We want to go home.' 'You can go now,' he answered. 'But it's going to be difficult for you, because you haven't got a boat. You're underwater and you aren't near the coast. Stay with us now, and you can see a lot of interesting things. But you can never go home.'
Chapter 3 Our First W... |
2d35eec9-b24d-4423-ba9e-6841e4d47dfc.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Calcutta (or Kolkata) today has 15,000,000 people. In the 1940s it was a very big place too, and many new people arrived every year. The people were Hindus, Muslims, Christians, Sikhs and Buddhists. Calcutta had beautiful buildings: big hotels, offices, banks and houses. Many writers and famous people lived there. But ... |
2e5cee8f-bf13-4410-9c2b-c6366a62f41e.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Indian women usually dress in saris. There are beautiful, expensive saris, and there are poor saris for poor women. Mother Teresa dressed in a poor blue and white sari because she wanted to work with very poor people. Today, there are many nuns in these blue and white saris, but on her first day in the slum, Mother Ter... |
39fc7229-1242-43c5-840b-d8f62ed7544b.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | But I wanted to see Paris again one day, and this was perhaps the only time for an escape. 'OK,' I said to Ned. At nine o'clock, I opened my door and started to walk to the little boat. But suddenly, the Nautilus stopped on the sea floor. Then Captain Nemo arrived. 'You wanted the answer to a question, I think, Mr Aron... |
4eacd9c8-b566-48b7-a1e6-2f6b0eb6e75c.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Brazil scored five goals. Two of those goals were Pele's, and Brazil won 5-2. Pele scored six goals in his first World Cup. Brazil were the champions. Now, Pele wasn't only famous in Brazil. Pele didn't play in the later games of the 1962 World Cup in Chile, because he had an injury. He watched his team, and they beat... |
501f0df2-93ea-46af-a619-b6d3e90cf28a.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | One afternoon, Ali is carrying a heavy bag for an old man. 'There's a man behind us,' the old man says. 'Do you know him?' Ali looks at the man behind them. He is big and strong. 'No, I don't know him. He doesn't work in the market.' 'Watch my bag!' the old man says. Perhaps he's a thief.' Ali thinks of the money in h... |
589f1209-d5bf-4731-9cb1-777f1b807eb1.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Stephen and Catherine are two of Sally Robson's students. They go to her house. 'The people want the new houses,' Sally Robson tells them. 'We can't win this battle.' 'Yes, we can, Miss Robson,' Stephen says. 'Our friends can help.' Their friends come to Sally's house.
Her neighbours see them. They say: 'Sally Robson ... |
5cd11391-bcd2-4114-a215-ab43136753f0.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | After that they were good friends - and after six months they were in love. But there was a problem. They often went away for their work. David played football and the Spice Girls sang in many countries of the world. One day Victoria said, 'I'm sorry but we're going to be away from Britain for a year. We're going to v... |
61e67f5c-e785-4f42-af34-42e080bfc0fe.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The two friends sit in big chairs. They drink tea and talk. At five o'clock Marcel says, There's a new person in number 42. What's his name? Burton? Barnam?' 'Barton,' Henry says. 'Professor Barton. He's very, very clever. And that's not all. After tomorrow he's going to be famous, too!' 'Famous?!' Marcel looks at hi... |
6c04add5-3321-49bb-ad10-0c62fd05f222.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Donna was there with her family, at a table under some trees. Her eyes were on the dancers . . . but she didn't see them; the music was in her ears . . . but she didn't hear it. She didn't want to look or listen or dance; she didn't want to be there. She only wanted to see the lovely, shy boy from the boat, perhaps to ... |
6eaad5cf-4a20-4f7e-9d52-5144daf61245.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Brian and some other people were with Mike. 'There was some glass on the beach - I didn't see it,' Mike said. 'He's going to the doctor,' Brian said to Janelle. Then he looked at Nick.
'You can go - we don't want you here,' he said. Nick started to answer angrily, but Janelle put her hand on his arm. 'I'm sorry about y... |
6f70b84c-9d68-47b6-8d1a-f698b137c18a.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | On 2 May 1975, David Beckham came into the world in Leytonstone, in London. His father and mother, Ted and Sandra Beckham, were big football fans. Every Christmas little David had a new football and a new football shirt from his father. It was always a Manchester United shirt. The family lived in London, but his father... |
7753895a-a222-4392-8694-667a922b2ecb.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Donna was there with her family, at a table under some trees. Her eyes were on the dancers . . . but she didn't see them; the music was in her ears . . . but she didn't hear it. She didn't want to look or listen or dance; she didn't want to be there. She only wanted to see the lovely, shy boy from the boat, perhaps to ... |
832a905b-d1f4-424f-9901-13f821b946ac.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | They come to a door. It says, 'Concorde', but it's closed. Henry and Marcel stop in front of it.
'Oh no,' says Henry. But then two men with big bags open the door and go in. The mice go in, too. 'Good,' Marcel says. He looks at the people in the room. 'Now. can you see her?'
'No, I can't,' Henry says. Marcel smiles. '... |
986fa2dd-80dd-4d01-a40b-90ee65df6e07.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Stephen and Catherine are talking. 'It's a big battle,' Catherine says. 'And Miss Robson can't in it,' Stephen says. 'The people don't want a battle.' 'And it's September. We're going back to school.' 'What are we going to do?' 'I have an idea,' Catherine says. 'Come with me, Stephen. We're going to the Town Hall. We'... |
b01f3892-655c-44af-9500-66bd8b96d562.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Kim said 'yes' and Nacho talked on the car radio. Then they drove round behind the market. Kim got out and shut the car door. She walked to the corner, then she looked back. Ana smiled at her. Dave's face was very white. Kim was frightened. These things were exciting in
the cinema, but this was not a game.
Ana and Nac... |
b6a48254-ae1b-4c75-8222-7f69de145060.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | It was a hot Saturday in early July. The water and sky were blue in the afternoon sun and there were some big waves for the surfers. A lot of them were in the sea. Nick was there, too. He sat on his surfboard and waited for a good wave. A big wave came - Nick started to swim strongly. His board moved quickly with the w... |
d68c644f-7ebb-461e-91c8-9f7d423f4c43.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | You're very good to me, Mr Selim. You're my teacher.' 'I like teaching you. You're a son to me,' Selim says. One day, Ali sees Mrs Yildiz again, but he walks away quickly. He does not want to see her. 'Ali, Ali! Why are you running away?' she asks. Ali stops. 'I'm not very clever,' he says. 'Did Yusuf tell you?' He tel... |
e8f8a0db-28d7-44bb-b145-2c83b3992dbe.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Saturday, Tom and Becky walked and played in the cave. Then they stopped near some water. "What time is it?" Becky asked. "I don't know," Tom said. "Let's go back now."
The two children walked and walked. But they didn't find the door to the cave. Becky was afraid. She wanted to sit down and eat. "Maybe they're lookin... |
fa5e956d-356a-4e25-94aa-ec19985cfdec.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The Maasai are very interesting people. Many live in Kenya, near the Maasai Mara Game Reserve. The men and the women are tall and strong. Every day, they walk across the country with their cows and their goats.
There is very little grass in the Maasai Mara, and very little rain. The men and boys hunt wild animals and ... |
ffd26e30-aaae-4f53-899e-8014e20a4d92.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | "Quick,' she thought. 'I can't stop.' But all the streets were the same. Where was she now? Suddenly, she came round a corner and her legs went cold. The street did not go through - it stopped. There were some cars and a big old building. An old cinema, perhaps. But there was no road through. Kim looked back.
The man... |
text_0.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A1+ | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | My father is a construction worker. He builds houses. He builds schools. He builds houses and schools. He uses a hammer and a saw. My brother is an engineer. He designs buildings. He designs bridges. He designs buildings and bridges. He uses a pencil and a calculator. My son is an athlete. He plays soccer. He plays ten... |
01734c5c-8320-4662-ba55-e67d46557c88.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The Globe Theatre
Visiting the theatre in London 400 years ago was very different from visiting a modern theatre. The building was round, there was no roof, and people got cold and wet if the weather was bad. The queen loved going to the Globe Theatre, by the River Thames, to see the plays of William Shakespeare. All... |
04277374-02bb-4a56-b210-18a901a5d056.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | 'You're going to go to England,' the oldest boy said to Mary. 'My
parents told me. You're going to live with your uncle. He lives in a house
in the country. He's a hunchback.'
Mary felt afraid when she heard this. That evening, Mrs Crawford
talked to her. 'You're going to go to England, my dear,' she said. 'You're
goin... |
05625a54-238d-480d-98d0-dba92bdabbfa.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | In the night E.T. looked up from his bed in the closet, and saw Elliott climb out the window. "Where is he going?" E.T. thought. He didn't want to think about that, so he put his head down again. Elliott hid in some plants by the road with Harvey and watched the scientists' vans. They drove up and down the streets, and... |
0795988d-e7d7-49ec-9f45-ff16ac8bc4fe.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Buildings
People have always made buildings. We need houses to keep us warm and dry and we build stadiums so we can watch football matches and pop concerts. We use other buildings, like museums, to keep beautiful things in.
Many people work together on a building. The architect decides how the building is going to l... |
0c4f09e1-b03c-4954-98a0-033fa3ad5e43.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | 'No,' said Harry. 'I won't go. I'm your best man, and this town has problems.'
'Yes,' said Paul, 'you are my best man. But you must understand something. After we go, the people here in Dante's Peak will stay. They have their shops and their businesses. You think only about
volcanoes, but this is about money too.'
'OK,... |
1066fbce-7f88-4f9d-8270-c32f211935c6.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Careful! Fight with your head, don't fight with your heart, boy!' shouted Bowen.
The knight wanted to make Einon a good fighter. But he also wanted to teach him the Old Code. Sir Bowen and all the kings, princes and knights before him were Knights of the Old Code. For thousands of years kings were kind to peasants and ... |
16ee062a-7591-4913-bc88-a95a2fe4b40c.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The History of Farming
Before people started farming, they went to the forest to look for plants or fruit they could eat. This meant that people were moving all the time to find food. But about 12,000 years ago, in the Middle East, people began to grow food. These people were the first farmers. Farming made it possib... |
173e4918-06ff-4c33-95de-10ef866a645f.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | ICE-FISHING
If you drive north from Toronto for three hours, you come to Lake Nipissing. In winter, the lake becomes ice, and thousands of Canadian fishermen travel there each weekend. They build little houses of wood on the ice and paint them in bright colours. Then they sit inside to catch the fish that swim under t... |
176d1dca-ec10-4f66-9c2b-63ff957395da.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | A man heard me and looked round. Then this big man saw me in the corn. He walked to me and I began to shout loudly: ' His foot is going to kill me ! '
The man stopped. For a minute he looked down at me carefully. (We look at a small animal in the same way, and think: 'Will it hurt me? ') Then he took me up in his finge... |
1779e6a9-78cf-4ceb-aaa4-beb1528d464c.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Memo
To: All staff
Subject: Holidays
From: D Brown
Date: 22.2.02
I am planning the holidays for next year. Please tell me when you would like to take your holiday. If possible, could you give me two dates? Please give me your answer by the end of the month.
Thank you.
D Brown
Memo
To: D Brown
Subject: Holidays
... |
1de2035c-76c7-4369-a3f1-a03542e61bc5.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | New books this month
The Long Night
This is David Reilly's first book. David became a writer after teaching English for several years.
Maha is a nurse in northern Australia, where she works in a small hospital. One day a baby is so ill that Maha has to drive all night to get her to the nearest big city. They have a lo... |
2493d424-92e1-4c33-b9ee-64571f872788.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Big cats
There are many different kinds of cats. They are different in size and they do not look or act the same.
Tigers are the biggest cats. From head to tail they can be 3.7m long. Most cats don't like water, but tigers will often lie in a pool of water when it is hot!
Lions are the only cats that stay together ... |
25c8d6f6-71ff-4c14-b285-1e5ec409284b.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Marco stood at the door of Silvia's flat and watched Gabriel leaving.
He looked carefully at his clothes and his shoes. Why didn't Silvia
open the door? She was in there. Then, suddenly, it opened.
'Silvia, dear,' Marco said, 'you look wonderful ...'
He stopped. Silvia didn't look wonderful. Her face was red, and she
l... |
2a0c8dd8-96bd-4fa1-83fe-eb39e20e6ccd.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | 'I am quite well,' I always answered.
Why did I say that? Why did I not ask for his help? Perhaps because, in one sense, it was true. I was not in pain.
'It cannot be the mysterious illness from the village,' I thought. 'My illness is now three weeks old. The village girls and the young farmer's wife were only ill for ... |
2a1e90e5-fe33-423f-b257-3e82099de7c9.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear Lynne and Tony,
I'm writing to say thank you for the two nights I stayed in
your lovely home. It was good to see you again.
Here are the photographs of your children that you asked for. They're good photos, aren't they? I hope you like them. I really love my new camera.
I am going to visit my sister in New Yo... |
2a3f9638-b5b0-40ef-ba50-33d6d4e064d7.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | BURGLARS LOVE THE AFTERNOON
Most house burglaries happen between 2 p.m. and 6 p.m.,say the police.
Inspector Ian Saunders told our newspaper that the number of house burglaries has gone up by more than 30% compared with last year. He also said that 67% of burglaries happen when people have gone out and forgotten to do... |
2ac0503b-e545-4897-9229-b35e0d1b284e.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Corryvale Farm
Corryvale Farm is in the west of England. Stephen and Jenny Blackler keep cows and chickens and sell milk and eggs. But most of their money comes from Jenny's sheep.
She has 50 sheep and each one has enough wool for six sweaters. Every six months, Stephen cuts this wool off the sheep so they won't get t... |
3344b1a0-bffe-495d-8114-948c4ced52ea.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Otters
Not many people have seen an otter. These animals live near rivers and
make their homes from small pieces of wood. They usually come out of their
homes at night. Otters are very good in the water and can swim at more than
10 kilometres an hour. They have thick brown hair and this keeps them warm in the water.... |
34231817-8ba5-4a6a-b942-59fc5c544b03.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear David,
I am going to visit your country next month. I’m going to travel with two friends. We don’t know where to stay. Are there any cheap hotels in your town? We would like to stay somewhere in the centre. Can you help us?
Carlos
Dear Carlos,
Hotels in the centre are expensive, but I have good news. I have spoke... |
35527d33-95fa-4c57-ac65-2c4236bab6a2.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | World traveller
Nick Barlow loves his work. He's a British actor and he travels around the world making TV programmes. 'People welcome me everywhere I go and when I get home I remember all the wonderful things that happened in each country.' Nick has travelled to many places but there are a few trips that he would sti... |
389a4d02-8fd1-42ad-92ad-f50a3f9f8847.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | POSTCARDS
Today, people like to send postcards to their friends and family. These postcards often have pictures of beaches, mountains or castles on them and you can write a message on the back. Many people send postcards when they are on holiday because postcards are cheap and the pictures on them are often better th... |
3aa9e4d8-92cb-4c8c-bced-1d4ae3696a35.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The history of horse racing
From the first history books ever written, it is clear that horse racing has
always been an important sport. It started in Central Asia about 4,500 years ago and was a favourite sport in both Greek and Roman times.
Modern horse racing began when Arab horses were brought to Europe in the 1... |
3c6b0fc5-09cd-4494-b067-937574191827.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | It was more than three months after Lynette's death. Jude and Dad were sitting at the table, looking at a map. Mum was out, walking. Suddenly Dad stood up. 'Come with me, Jude,' he said.
'Where are you going, Dad?' I asked. 'To a meeting.' 'What meeting? Can I come?' 'No, you're too young,' said Dad. He put on his coa... |
3d1632bc-0884-4637-8635-d647a59807be.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The horses were near now, and Don Quixote spoke to the driver. 'Where are you going, my friend? What have you got in that big box?' 'I've got a lion for the king in the box,' said the driver. 'Is it large?' asked Don Quixote. 'It's the biggest lion in this country,' said the driver. 'Now, please move. The king's wait... |
41460dab-4582-4e6c-94fa-58817e6e1d55.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Bill Prince-Smith
Bill Prince-Smith was a farmer and a teacher and a dentist before he became a writer of children's books at the age of 60. Now, thirteen years later, he has written more than 80 books. Every day, he goes into his office and writes. In the evening, he gives the work to his wife to read. 'She tells me ... |
48122c49-6ad0-4211-9f5b-52cf9fbf178c.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Line dancing
Thousands of people in Britain have a new hobby — line dancing. In almost every town, you will find clubs and classes for this new activity.
'Line dancing is easy to learn. If you have two feet and can walk, then you can do it!' Fiona Lever, a teacher, says. 'You don't need a partner because you dance i... |
4861557d-d977-4167-a973-dc00f0f50233.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Kong went back to Ann and took her down from the high rock. For the
first time in this jungle, she felt strangely safe. He jumped across a ravine
and then across a river. She was a small plaything between his large fingers.
Then he stopped and put her down. She looked up and high above her head was a statue of a giant ... |
4afb435e-31e2-483c-bad5-f1a957fcef14.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear Deshini,
It's great that you are my new penfriend. My name is Tom and I am fifteen years old. I was born in Canada but I live in England now. Please write and tell me all about your life in India. I would love to go there one day.
Do you live in a small village or in a big town? What is your school like? Have yo... |
4c32298c-d126-4580-9d5b-e2f06c2a8f1d.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Madame Tussaud's
One very famous place for tourists in London is Madame Tussaud's museum. Here people can see figures of famous people made of wax.
Madame Tussaud was born in France in 1761. Her uncle, a doctor, made wax figures of people. He opened a museum of these figures in Paris. Marie helped him in his work.
In ... |
4c454c56-fdd0-4c9a-81b9-b4198290ade0.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The Cerne Giant
Sherborne and Dorchester are two towns in the south of England that are quite near each other. On the road between them, there are a lot of green hills and fields. On one of these hills is a picture of a very large man. The man in the picture is called the Cerne Giant because the village that is next ... |
4f0255bb-5b77-446d-a7fc-b6a06321fda9.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The Rhino
There are five different types of rhino in the world today. The Black and White Rhino live in the open fields of Africa. The others live in forests in Asia.
All rhinos have big, heavy bodies. Their skin is very hard and they have very little hair. The great body of the rhino stands on four short legs. Each f... |
549b154b-ab87-4c0d-aa92-7781d2b6ccea.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | CANADA GEESE
Canada Geese are large blue and white birds. When autumn arrives, they have to fly south where the weather is warmer. The winters are so cold in Canada that the birds die if they stay there.
Last spring, Bill Lishman found sixteen young Canada Geese on his farm. They had lost their parents. Bill thought, ... |
54ec1671-4fbc-4c96-add2-ebc66982eae8.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dinosaurs
No one has ever seen a dinosaur. The last dinosaur died about 60 million years ago, a long time before there were any people on the earth. Nobody knows for sure why they all died.
The nearest living relatives of dinosaurs are birds.
Dinosaurs didn't all look the same. There were more than 5000 kinds. Some we... |
551bd383-e49b-4d5b-b0b5-f52acf76406b.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Piano players - when they were young
Ivan Petrov
Ivan was born on a farm in Russia, but from the age of twelve to eighteen he studied in Poland. His first music teacher couldn't play the piano but taught him and his sister songs from the opera. His mother began to teach him the piano when he was six. At ten, he decide... |
5a4d1204-c8ae-4601-bcb9-533a3d60de0b.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | After a long, hard swim, Pedro Serrano fell onto a beach, tired but alive. There was no sign now of his broken ship, lost under the waves. He waited for other sailors from the ship to arrive on the island. But no one came.
The next morning Serrano looked around the island that saved his life. It was a good size-a walk... |
5a5ea7fb-bf4d-49b0-8d08-c7df48402d27.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The Ruwenzori Mountains
Mary Daniels is a student in England. This year she had a very interesting summer holiday. She travelled with fifteen other people to the Ruwenzori Mountains in Africa. They went there to help make a road through a forest between two big towns. 'It was very difficult because there was no water... |
5e5144e6-4e8d-4517-835a-ca5b45dd0e2f.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | There were many big fights at that time. People fought on horses with swords in their hands. The strongest and best knight always won.
'Perhaps the new king will come to the fight,' thought the Archbishop.
Sir Ector went to the fight with his two sons, Sir Kay and young Arthur. Arthur was now sixteen years old. The you... |
5f076b02-02a5-446c-ba1e-48253ae9240e.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | A great idea!
Frazer and Peter are two 14-year-old boys who grew up in the same small Canadian town.
They have always been friends and classmates. Like all their other friends, they enjoy going fishing or swimming at weekends. But for the last few months, they've spent every weekend in Peter's room working on his lapt... |
61da8cbf-ff8b-4f62-aa64-65d6f7aad31a.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | 'What did you talk about when the ghost was in your room?' asked Wish. 'Did he tell you about his life?' asked Sanderson. We wanted to know more about our friend's visitor. We started to believe Clayton too.
It was only a story when he started, and Clayton told very good stories. But now it was more than that. We beli... |
64cec33c-7380-45f6-954e-bd316b8f366e.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | CROCODILES
We can find crocodiles in tropical parts of the world, for example Africa, South America and Northern Australia.
They spend most of the time in slow-moving water but they can move fast through the water and on land.
You often see crocodiles together in large groups. They eat everything they catch, like f... |
66e52cad-69f4-4edc-a473-752233d8836b.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear Maria,
It’s good to be back home in my country but I still think about all the friends I made in our English class, especially you. I cried when I left England because my visit was too short. I would like to return to England but next time I will stay in a different city.
I have started English classes again her... |
677b6997-4367-4069-b538-125dc46bc73d.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | "One day in November 1982, Obama got a phone call from a stranger-his aunt in Nairobi.
"I am your Aunt Jane. Your father is dead," she told him.
After a night with friends in a bar, Obama Sr.'s car went off the road and into a tree. He died in Kenya at the age of forty-six.
Obama did not know his father very well and h... |
6a2be3df-c986-4d3b-b116-063968685bed.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear Keira,
Thank you for your letter. I had my first day at my new school today. A girl called Nicole looked after me and showed me where the classrooms were. She is very nice and I am going to visit her this weekend.
My favourite lesson today was Maths and I was happy because I knew more than the other girls. I also ... |
6a74b86c-b113-497a-a6cb-ad2f9e36b609.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | I also moved some guns and other things to this bigger cave. I wanted to have guns near me when I was at my country house. I was more intelligent than 500 cannibals !
Every morning, I took some guns and walked about three miles to my place on the hill. I watched and waited for the cannibals. But nobody came. Nothing ha... |
6adc4a2f-a2d6-4f40-a141-babdc435bbff.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | When the Mayor heard about Jack's fall from the sky, he sadly told everybody in his town. They all looked down at the ground. They didn't scream or shout. They stood and remembered their great friend. "We will never see our dear friend Jack Skellington again," the Mayor said.
"This is a very sad day for us all." Ever... |
71a15d62-8c7a-4888-a3be-3dde23d81388.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Then he had a good idea. "Maybe they'll understand this." He looked at each of them very carefully and he spoke quietly and slowly. There's a very old man in Christmastown," Jack said. "He's big and round with long, white hair. His clothes are red and he flies through the night sky in a big red sleigh. He shouts loudly... |
7319387f-b7e2-4917-bc9c-28a7fd795251.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | HOW DO THE IRISH POP-GROUP 'BOYZONE' LIVE A HEALTHY LIFE?
Sleeping well is very important. When I can get home to my mother's house, I sleep for ten hours. But I find it very difficult to sleep at night after a concert because my head is full of music.
Sport is important. Before I had a car accident I was at the sport... |
78cf6b83-4b13-499f-9fae-491cec41416b.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | 14 Sheffield Road Rotherham
20th May 2002
Dear Mary,
I will be in London next Thursday morning. Would you like to have lunch with me? Write and tell me when you are free and where I can meet you.
Hope to see you then.
Yours
Joan
20 Didsbury Drive London NW1
22 May 2002
Dear Joan,
Thanks for you letter. I got ... |
7bd4b6d8-601f-4ce1-97d2-a40855167d30.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | THE HISTORY OF THE LONDON POLICE
Today there are policemen everywhere, but in 1700 London had no policemen at all. A few old men used to protect the city streets at night and they were not paid very much.
About 300 years ago, London was starting to get bigger. The city was very dirty and many people were poor. There w... |
8209e815-440a-4dcd-a6c3-dd569f3b4160.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | "There's something out there! It threw an orange at me!" Elliott said. "Ooooo!" said Tyler, a friend of Elliott. "An orange! Very dangerous!" Elliott's mom, Mary, took a light, and then she and the boys went into the yard. "What did you see?" Mary asked Elliott. "Something there," he answered. He pointed to the end of ... |
831ee41f-ecc5-47b9-92b7-0281f215ded3.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | He started walking down to the village. It was difficult because he was very tired. He went carefully because he didn't want to fall again. By the end of the day he was at the river, and he stopped for a drink.
There were beautiful flowers near the river. 'This is a lovely place,' Nunez thought. There were a lot of sm... |
83d59c06-1a3b-419c-ab98-4073f491b6f0.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | That night, it rained heavily. Mary woke up and could not sleep again. Suddenly, she sat up in bed. 'It's that sound again!' she thought. She left her room and walked through the dark house.
Sometimes she stopped and listened. She came to a door with a light under it. 'The sound's coming from here,' she thought. 'And ... |
840e181b-19f4-4833-9bb4-b17ca7b1059b.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Parrots
Perhaps you have seen these beautiful birds, with their lovely colours and long tails in the forest or in the zoo. Parrots are found in countries like Brazil, Australia and India. They usually live in large groups and because they like to eat fruit, they are sometimes a problem for farmers.
There are many di... |
88276200-c04c-4156-ac41-437b9d32c969.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | From: Greg
To: Anna
Hi Anna,
I’m not having a very good week!
Yesterday my team had a volleyball match, but we lost. The other team played much better than we did! Then my friend Jeff, who lives in Australia, telephoned with bad news. He can't come to stay with us during the holidays because he's got a summer job. We... |
8bb7518d-9b49-49d7-8f9f-7271920306f9.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The airplane flew through a blue sky. Alan pulled his hat over his eyes and fell asleep. Hours later, he woke up and looked out the window. He could see Isla Sorna. It was very green.
The plane flew down to the island and suddenly Alan felt excited. "Look!" he said. There was a dinosaur on some open ground. "It's an Ap... |
8e54239a-27e0-4051-9c77-e5b0c719783e.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Curly couldn't attack the other dog because he was very fast. Suddenly, he pushed Curly over and she fell on the ground. The other dogs ran at her, and Curly barked with pain.
But she couldn't stand up and the other dogs attacked her again and again. Buck couldn't move. Dogs in California never fought in this way. He ... |
9270f6d3-732a-4fc3-b74e-317e8e97e5c8.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | There were very old things in the window, and Mr Brown liked old things. He went into the shop.
'Good afternoon,' said the man in the shop.
'Good afternoon,' said Mr Brown. 'Can I look round the shop?'
'Please do.'
Mr Brown looked at the things in the shop. He saw an old doll with a sad face. It wasn't a pretty face, b... |
97513f4f-deb2-43c2-abbf-6d8d3ce13ac2.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Then he climbed out of the water. He hit the fish on the head with a rock. He gave some fish to Peter, and he carried the other fish. They took them to Mary, and cooked them for breakfast. They couldn't eat them all, so they carried some for their dinner later.
That evening, they sat round the fire and ate yarrawa. The... |
98536362-408f-48d0-bd6b-c10ba18cd190.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The Elephant Show
by Daniel Allsop, age 14
Last summer, I went to Thailand for a beach holiday with my family. One day, we took a trip to a park not far from our hotel. It had beautiful flower gardens but we were only interested in the elephant show.
We went straight to a large square with seats on three sides. Th... |
99f8f52c-d54b-474a-a229-2fa68cdc6c5a.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear Sir,
I read your advertisement for English courses in the newspaper. I would like to have some more information. How much does a course cost? Also, how long is each course and when does the next course start?
Yours,
Maria Gonzalez
Dear Ms. Gonzalez,
Thank you for your letter. Our next course starts in three... |
99fca454-2576-4a8f-b1e3-15c0d179f183.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Mount Kilimanjaro
Mount Kilimanjaro is the highest mountain in Africa. Many people have climbed Kilimanjaro, from a seven-year-old boy to an 87-year-old man.
There are several paths to the top. People think that the five-kilometre Marangu path is the easiest. It takes about five days and is very popular with tourist... |
9a632616-9278-4810-a7eb-86cf07d10531.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Stop the ship! This is too dangerous," Hayes said to Englehorn. "We'll get out of here and find better weather," Englehorn said. "How much water is under the
ship?" he asked his sailors. Every man on the ship wanted an answer to that question. Englehorn and Hayes didn't know this way. Were they near rocks?
They hoped n... |
9e10c042-dabb-4e29-89c5-97aee0e0a9ae.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear Sir,
I lost my bag on a train last week. I was on the 8.30 a.m. train to Cambridge on 10th May. It is a large blue bag and my name is written on the outside. Have you found this bag?
Yours faithfully,
Mary Johnson
Dear Ms Johnson,
I am pleased to tell you that we have your bag here. If you come to this office,... |
a05e40dc-8805-45c2-96c5-5c7fa08815a4.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Schnauzer Dogs
There are three sizes of Schnauzer dog.
The two smaller sizes first came to England over 50 years ago, but the Giant Schnauzer has not been here very long. The name Giant is a good one because the dogs are 65 to 67.5 cm high.
All the dogs have long hair, which should be cut quite often. Most smaller Sch... |
a19a3e0d-9eb9-43d7-8ea4-a788b43ab9c4.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear Lorna,
How are you? I’m happy because last month I got a new job in the city centre. I am working in a Tourist Information Office and it is very interesting. I start work every morning at half past seven, so I have to get up very early! I love this job because I meet people from a variety of different countries. ... |
aacc12a8-8034-4387-9264-988421af37a4.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | A HISTORY OF AIR TRAVEL
In 1783, two French brothers built the first balloon to take people into the air. One hundred and twenty years later, in 1903, the Wright brothers built the first plane with an engine and flew in it. This was in the United States. Then, in 1918, the US Post Office began the first airmail servi... |
ac084788-f478-464d-9f3f-5e226562975e.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Alice looked at the baby. It was a strange little thing and not very pretty. She took it outside. ' I'll have to take this child away from here, or they'll kill it ! ' she thought. The baby made a strange
little sound and she looked at it again.
' Its nose is changing ! ' she cried. She looked at it very carefully. ' I... |
afa40440-6eb5-4694-bac9-732394a1b9f0.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | 28 Long Road Brighton
22nd March
Dear Pat,
I arrived here three weeks ago. I 'm studying at a language school in Brighton. The students come from many different countries and I have made a lot of new friends.
There are classes for five hours every day. I like our teacher very much. His name is John and he helps m... |
b363c56a-b0e1-49e4-a0b5-e872768a3ba3.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | "At the time, Wallace was nearly forty years old. He was a very clever and important man. He could do many things. But Wallace did not usually tell stories. Some men can tell interesting stories well, but not Wallace.
So I listened carefully to this story. 'I remember when I saw the Door in the Wall for the first time... |
b3ca851a-61e7-4957-b346-1f4f1639ebde.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The First People The first people came to America from Siberia. They moved south and east from Alaska into the new country. Now we call these people "Native Americans."
The New World In 1492, Christopher Columbus came to America from Spain. More Europeans followed. Spain and France were most interested in the "New Worl... |
b42828db-df8b-4ecd-b605-3403f7081b65.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Indre,
I have a problem and I need your help. Can you come shopping with me tomorrow? My grandmother is going to turn 80 next month and she is having a party on Saturday.
The problem is I don't have anything to wear. I have grown so much that all my trousers are too short for me now! I want to buy some new ones and m... |
b625ab38-ffe5-4456-8af2-f2aaf303c9c9.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | The Weather
People are interested in the weather for a lot of reasons and it is important for people in many different jobs. For example, the weather makes a big difference for farmers.
Many years ago, farmers spent a long time looking at the sky and at animals and flowers to try and learn more about the weather. No... |
b9686761-28c4-44bd-951b-6e6ef4e7841f.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Dear Mrs Brian,
I am sorry but I can’t come to your class any more because I have to return to my country. My sister is going to get married next month. I want to go shopping with her to choose a dress. My parents are going to make a big meal for the guests and there will be a lot of work in the kitchen.
I’m sorry I w... |
bacf4490-46ab-4d99-8f54-44661764b019.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | Gail Rollins
Gail Rollins is one of Edinburgh’s best runners. This summer she wants to run the 10,000 metres - and possibly the 5,000 metres - at the European Championships. In the past, Gail was well known for coming second in big competitions. But she always laughed and smiled, and people in her home city love her ... |
bb4cda11-032b-473a-b5ca-cbce9877ec24.txt | en | elg-cefr-en | document-level | reference | A2 | CC BY-NC-SA 4.0 | I felt very sad. Marley was my friend and I loved him. I didn't want to find a new home for him. But I also had a wife and two small children. I had to think about them.
I talked to my friends and neighbours about Marley.
"Do you want a Labrador?" I asked. But nobody did. I looked in the newspapers. They were full of a... |
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Original Dataset Paper: Breuker, M. (2023). CEFR Labelling and Assessment Services. In: Rehm, G. (eds) European Language Grid. Cognitive Technologies. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-031-17258-8_16
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