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Oct 2022
16m 13s

B1 The Inchcape Rock (the story)

M. A. Bilbrough
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Write to Mike Bilbrough to ask a question or give an opinion.There is a place off the west coast of Scotland called the Inchcape Rock and on that rock many, many years ago there used to be a bell to tell the ships of the danger. This is a story about that rock and about pirates. It's a B1 level story with lots of useful B1 vocabulary. Come to www.practisinge ... Show More
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