UNIT 17: They’re working in the garden.
FUNCTIONS
• Using the telephone
GRAMMAR
• Gerunds
• Present and past continuous
• Before/after
TOPICS
• Telephone language
FUNCTIONS
• Talking about time
• Making appointments
GRAMMAR
• Timetable future
TOPICS
• Times
• Emotions
UNIT 19: You’re not allowed to park here.
FUNCTIONS
• Using public transport
• Asking for, giving and refusing permission
GRAMMAR
• Prohibition
• Quantifiers
TOPICS
• Transport
• Time measurements
UNIT 20: Revision and extension.
The Tuttle Story: “Books to Span the East and West”
Many people are surprised to learn that the world’s largest publisher of books on Asia had its humble beginnings in the tiny American state of Vermont. The company’s founder, Charles E. Tuttle, belonged to a New England family steeped in publishing.
Immediately after WW II, Tuttle served in Tokyo under General Douglas MacArthur and was tasked with reviving the Japanese publishing industry. He later founded the Charles E. Tuttle Publishing Company, which thrives today as one of the world’s leading independent publishers.
Though a westerner, Tuttle was hugely instrumental in bringing a knowledge of Japan and Asia to a world hungry for information about the East. By the time of his death in 1993, Tuttle had published over 6,000 books on Asian culture, history and art—a legacy honoured by the Japanese emperor with the “Order of the Sacred Treasure,” the highest tribute Japan can bestow upon a non-Japanese.
With a backlist of 1,500 titles, Tuttle Publishing is more active today than at any time in its past—inspired by Charles Tuttle’s core mission to publish fine books to span the East and West and provide a greater understanding of each.
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