Chris Barker – лучшие книги

Benedict Cumberbatch and Louise Brealey read a love story in letters, played out against the backdrop of the Second World War.

'Can you feel, as you read these words, that I am thinking of you now; aglow, alive, alert at the thought that you are in the same world, and by some strange chance loving me.'

A small blue box opened in 2008 revealed a wartime world of love, longing and frustration. Inside were bundles and bundles of letters written neatly in pen, in pencil, on thin blue airmail paper or headed army notepaper. Envelopes covered in postmarks, redirections, censor's stamps. A love affair in letters between two people who barely knew each other, thousands of miles apart, in the middle of a war, with no idea when or whether they would ever see each other again.

On September 5th, 1943, Chris Barker, a signalman stationed near Tobruk in North Africa, decided to write to a former work colleague, Bessie Moore, a Morse code interpreter at the Foreign Office back in London. The unexpected warmth of Bessie's reply changed their lives forever.

Chris and Bessie's love letters first appeared in Simon Garfield's book To the Letter. They toured literary festivals as part of Letters Live before being published in a book, My Dear Bessie.

Written by Chris Barker and Bessie Moore.

Letters compiled by Simon Garfield.

Adapted by Sara Davies.

Produced and directed by Gemma Jenkins.

Cast:

Chris - Benedict Cumberbatch
Bessie - Louise Brealey
Irena - Jane Slavin

In September 1943, a twenty-nine-year-old postal clerk from North London named Chris Barker found a spare hour to write to a work colleague named Bessie Moore. His letter was innocent enough, but Bessie's response was unexpectedly enthusiastic. By their third exchange, it was clear to both of them they had ignited a passion that would not easily be extinguished. Within a few months, the couple had agreed to marry.

But there were complications, such as not actually seeing each other. Barker was serving as a signalman in North Africa during the war, and their passionate romance through the mail would have to survive three years of unusual obstacles, including ruined cities, enemy capture, disdain from friends and the army censor. The couple exchanged more than 500 letters, and this book distils the most alluring, compelling and heartwarming.

It's all here, as if in a movie: bombs, lust, comical misunderstandings and deep yearning - all wrapped up in the sort of deft and elegant language that the great poets would struggle to emulate. And above all it's a remarkable and unique example of the power of letters to transform ordinary lives.

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- Topics and stories that reflect the students' own development.
- A strong visual element to make the material accessible and motivating.
- Real, natural English, appropriate to the age group.
- A syllabus which has been developed in accordance with the Common European Framework.
- Self-assessment pages to give students a real sense of progression.

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- Provide extra support with the unique Language Booster - a Workbook and Grammar builder in one, now with Boost Your Writing sections to improve students' performance in the skill area
- Solve the problem of mixed ability classes with exercises at three levels of difficulty in the Language Booster.

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- Notes include suggestions on how to handle the material, answer keys to the practice exercises, tapescripts of the listening materials and ideas for extra activities such as games;
- Follow-up sections give suggestions for extra language practice which may be set for homework;
- At appropriate places in the lesson notes, an alternative procedure is suggested for presenting language to more able students;
- Photocopiable tests are provided at the end of every five units;
- An alphabetical list of vocabulary and expressions, with phonetic transcriptions, is also included;
- Answer keys to the photocopiable tests, the separate Test Book and to the Language Booster exercises are included.

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