Bookworm. Oxford English-Chinese Bilingual Reading Materials -- Garden Party

Author: Mansfield
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Publish Date: 2004-01-01
Features: Short stories are like photographs, capturing a moment in people's lives and preserving that memory forever. They stand there, some smiling, some frowning, some sorrowful, some joyful, some serious, some amazed. Behind the smiles and frowns are all the experiences of life, with both fear and joy, hope and dreams. These sharp and elegant stories show us ordinary life and the trivial yet insignificant small things that make up the lives of ordinary people. Among them are a garden party and a death event, a desperate job search, a lonely train journey across Europe, and an encounter with a woman who hides dangerous secrets. There are also uncaring children, a young girl's feelings on her first dance, the thoughts of the hostess's personal maid, and the story of a woman on a remote New Zealand farm.
"Bookworm" is a premium offering jointly brought to by Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and Oxford University Press. In English, "bookworm" is probably a very endearing image. Imagine such a "bookworm," utterly immersed in books, passionately devouring letters. Now, this "bookworm" has crossed the seas and landed gracefully in the hands of Chinese English learners.
"Bookworm" will first give you confidence—even if you currently only know a few hundred words, you can easily read world-class works. "Bookworm" will also remind you persistently with its gentle chirping: keep reading, read widely and richly. By the time you finish the last book in the series, you might suddenly discover that you have transformed like a caterpillar into a butterfly, ready to take flight!