Red Roses

RED ROSES There are pretty young women everywhere. And there are young men with nice smiles. In every town, in every city, young men are looking at young women, and young women are smiling at them. They look, they meet, they talk, they laugh ... happy days, sweet nights - it's love. Will looks at Anna. She is a pretty young woman, and he wants to meet her. But how? He can hear her guitar, but he cannot find her. Anna looks at Will. She wants to meet him too. But where is he? She can smell his roses in the elevator, but where does he go? Anna's friend Vicki wants to help. Will's gran wants to help. But nothing happens. Can Anna find Will? Can Will meet Anna? Is it love? OXFORD BOOKWORMS LIBRARY Human Interest Red Roses Starter (250 headwords) For Dominic CHRISTINE LINDOP Red Roses Illustrated by Gavin Reece OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS Great Clarendon Street, Oxford ox2 6DP Oxford University Press is a department of the University of Oxford. It furthers the University's objective of excellence in research, scholarship, and education by publishing worldwide in Oxford New York Auckland Cape Town Dar es Salaam Hong Kong Karachi Kuala Lumpur Madrid Melbourne Mexico City Nairobi New Delhi Shanghai Taipei Toronto With offices in Argentina Austria Brazil Chile Czech Republic France Greece Guatemala Hungary Italy Japan Poland Portugal Singapore South Korea Switzerland Thailand Turkey Ukraine Vietnam oxford and oxford english are registered trade marks of Oxford University Press in the UK and in certain other countries © Oxford University Press 2008 The moral rights of the author have been asserted Database right Oxford University Press (maker) 4 6 8 10 9 7 5 No unauthorized photocopying All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted, in any form or by any means, without the prior permission in writing of Oxford University Press, or as expressly permitted by law, or under terms agreed with the appropriate reprographics rights organization. Enquiries concerning reproduction outside the scope of the above should be sent to the ELT Rights Department, Oxford University Press, at the address above You must not circulate this book in any other binding or cover and you must impose this same condition on any acquirer Any websites referred to in this publication are in the public domain and their addresses are provided by Oxford University Press for information only. Oxford University Press disclaims any responsibility for the content ISBN: 978 0 19 423434 4 A complete recording of this Bookworms edition of Red Roses is available on audio CD ISBN: 978 0 19 423432 0 Printed in China Word count (main text): 1700 For more information on the Oxford Bookworms Library, visit www.oup.com/bookworms CONTENTS STORY INTRODUCTION i 1 White roses 1 2 Pink roses 9 3 Red roses 17 GLOSSARY 25 ACTIVITIES: Before Reading 29 ACTIVITIES: While Reading 30 ACTIVITIES: After Reading 32 ABOUT THE AUTHOR 34 ABOUT THE BOOKWORMS LIBRARY 35 It's August. Anna is playing her guitar on the balcony of her new apartment. 'I like it here,' she thinks. Then her phone rings. It's her friend Vicki. 'I'm coming now, Anna. It's Grandview Apartments, Charlton, isn't it?' 'That's right. See you soon.' Anna takes her guitar and goes out of her apartment. She goes down in the elevator and goes outside. 1 Anna is waiting outside the apartment building. A young man is walking along the street. He is carrying a bunch of white roses. Anna looks at them. 'What beautiful roses!' she thinks. Then she looks at the young man. 'He's nice too!' she thinks. The young man looks at her and smiles, and suddenly Anna's face is pink. 2 Will is walking along the street, when he sees a young woman with a guitar. 'Hmm – a guitar!' he thinks. 'I must play my guitar more often.' Then he looks at the young woman. 'She's nice!' he thinks, and he smiles at her. Anna's face is pink, and she looks away. Will goes into Grandview Apartments. 3 AViJEHsoft Red Roses Just then, Vicki arrives in her car. 'Hello, Anna,' she says. 'Are you OK? Your face is a bit pink. What's the matter?' 'Oh - er - nothing,' says Anna. They drive away. Vicki talks to Anna, but Anna is thinking about the young man. 'Who is he?' she thinks. 'Does he live in the building? Who are the roses for? His wife? His girlfriend? His mother?' 4