IAN FLEMING Casino Royale Retold by John EscottMACRALAN READERS ‘PREINTERMEDIATE LEVEL Fouaing Eto: John Milne ‘The Macmillan Readers provide a choice of enjoyable reading materials for leaners of English. The series is published at six levels ~ Starter, Beginner, Elementary, Pre-intermediate, Intermediate and Upper Level control Information, structure and woeabulary are controlled to suit the stent’ ably a each level “The number of words teach level Searer out 300 asic words Beginnee about 600 banc words Elementary about 1100 basic word Pre-intermediare | about 1400 hase words Titers ‘about 1600 basic words oper about 2200 baste words Vocabulary Some dificule words and phrases in this book ate important for ‘understanding che story Some ofthese words ate explained in the story and some are shown in the pictues. From Preintermediate level upwards, words are marked with umber like this... These swords are explained inthe Glossary atthe end ofthe book Answer keys Answer keys for the Points for Understanding and the Exercises sections can he found at wor macmillanenglsh.com Contents ANote About The Author ANote About This Story The People in This Story ‘A Memorandum for M Mathis and the Microphone ‘The Gil from London ‘The Men in Dark Suits Felix Leiter The Casino ‘The Game ‘The Man with the Stick Winner and Loser Kidnapped The Crash The Villa Torture ‘Vesper Explains A Sill Hotel The Telephone Call ‘The Man with the Patch Gertler The Letter Points for Understanding Glossary Exercises B 16 19 2 n » 31 35 39 41 e a 52 56 60 3B 66 68 n 76 80A Note About The Author lan Lancaster Fleming was born on the 28th of May 1908 in (Canterbury, England. He was a newspaper journalist and a writer. He created one of the most famous characters in ‘owentieth-century fiction ~ James Bond lan Fleming was educated at Eton ~ a famous school for boys, After he left Eton, he trained to be a soldier at Sandhurst Military Academy. He then went to Europe £0 study languages at Munich and Geneva universities Flerning’s first job was asa journalist, From 1929 to 1933, the worked in Moscow for a news ageney called Reuters. In this job, Fleming heard about Soviet spies who sold government secrets to other countries. Fleming sent reports shout these spies to Reuters in London. He returned &o London in 1933 In the Second World War (1939-1945), Fleming was an officer at che headquarters of the British Navy. Here, he learnt a lot about spying and how to collect secret informacion ~incelligence. After the war, he worked for the Sunday Tames newspaper. Fleming decided to become a writer during the war. He wrote about spies and dangerous criminals. In 1952, he finished his first novel. In the same year, he married Anne Rothermere. He was 4 years old. Fleming’s first novel ~ Casino Royale ~ was about a ‘handsome British secret agent called James Bond. Bond spy who loved women, fast ears, and good food and drink He was well-paid because his job was very dangerous. James Bond also had a ‘Licence to Kill. This meant that sometimes ‘he was told co ill his enemies Casino Royale was very successful and the adventures of James Bond, agent number 007, became very popular. When 4 Fleming died on the 12th of August, 1964, more than 40 million copies of the James Bond books had been sold. The hhooks are: Casino Royale (1953), Live and Let Die (1954), ‘Moonraker (1955), Dizmwonds Ave Forever (1956), From Russia With Love (1957), Doctor No (1958), Goldfinger (1959), For Your Eyes Only (1960), Thunderball (1961). The Spy Who Loved Me (1962), On Her Majesty's Secret Service (1963), You Only Live Twice (1964), The Man With the Golden Gun (1965) and Octopussy and The Living Daylights (1966). “The story of Dr No was made into a filmi 1962. The flea starred the actor Sean Connery, and the Bond films continue to be huge intemational successes. By 2006, five actors had starred as James Bond. Millions of people all over the world have seen and loved the films