Non-Medical Stories and Articles
Expand Your Horizons
The following mix of non-fiction and fiction writings is
particularly appropriate for students of the English language
because all the entries are fairly short and easy to understand
– and some are accompanied by exercises to help improve
your English. The short stories (fiction selections) are classic
stories, written by very famous writers.
Item
Media type
Website
Article: “Britain’s Chinese Come
Out Top”
print
http://linguapress.com/advanced/chinese-in-britain.htm
Article: “Notting Hill Carnival:
Europe’s Biggest”
print
http://linguapress.com/advanced/nottinghillcarnival.htm
Article: “America’s Drive-In
Movie Theaters”
print
http://linguapress.com/advanced/drive-in-movies.htm
Article: “The Mighty Mississippi”
print
http://linguapress.com/advanced/mightymississippi.htm
Advice from a billionaire:
“Words of Advice from Bill Gates”
print
http://www.eslmonkeys.com/student/storyroom/story.ph
p?id=17
Short Story: “The Necklace”
by Guy de Maupassant
print
http://www.eastoftheweb.com/shortstories/UBooks/Neck.shtml
Short Story: “The Street that Got
Mislaid” by Patrick Waddington
print
http://www.classicshorts.com/stories/mislaid.html
Short Story: “The Happy Man”
by W. Somerset Maugham
print
http://www.miguelmllop.com/stories/stories/thehappym
an.pdf