Isle of the Dead (Bookworms. Oxford English-Chinese Parallel Reader) (Bookworms. Oxford English-Chinese Parallel Reader)

Author: Scott
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Publish Date: 1998-06-01
Features: "Grub" is a premium offering jointly presented by the Foreign Language Teaching and Research Press and Oxford University Press for English learners. Grub is quite an endearing image in English—imagine a "grub" utterly immersed in books, tirelessly chewing on letters. Now, this "grub" has crossed the ocean and landed gracefully in the hands of Chinese English learners. "Grub" first gives you a letter—even if you currently have only a few hundred words, you can easily read world-class works without much effort. The "grub" will also remind you with its delicate chirping: to persevere in reading, to read widely and richly. By the time you finish the last book in the series, you might suddenly realize: you have transformed like a caterpillar into a butterfly, ready to take flight!
When a person has a secret they don’t want others to know, we can say they "have a skeleton in their closet." Most people have done some things that are not so glorious, and Carol Sanders is no exception. She has a "skeleton in her closet" that she can’t shake off no matter where she goes. This makes her increasingly frustrated. Of course, this dishonorable act is slowly destroying her life. Later, she meets someone even more secretive. His secret requires an entire island to hide it. Perhaps it is possible for Carol to discover his secret. But if she wants to uncover his secret, what will happen? Will he be willing to tell her his secret? Or will he be angry—very angry? It all depends on what his "skeleton in the closet" hidden in the locked room really is—and Carol has to open that locked door.