The Story of the Californians

Author: Niu Huixia
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
Features: This is a graded reading series of world literary classics published for students whose first language is not English. The series is closely aligned with the requirements of the New English Curriculum Standards and is divided into 6 levels based on difficulty, catering to the reading needs of students at all stages and helping them achieve the cultivation goals of the new curriculum standards in terms of language skills, language knowledge, learning strategies, and cultural awareness. The series has the following features:
It includes classic Western literary works, helping students improve their language level while allowing them to gain a glimpse of the full picture of literary masterpieces through reading simplified versions suitable for their foreign language proficiency.
Graded according to the new curriculum standards, with vocabulary ranging from 700 to 3,500 words, meeting the reading needs of middle school students.
The language difficulty progresses gradually, helping teachers expand students' language knowledge and cultural background information, and enhancing students' English reading skills.
The language is simple, vivid, and authentic, published with English annotations, which preserves the original flavor of English while bilingual annotations (Chinese-English) remove language barriers for readers, fully engaging their reading interest and making English reading easier.