Reading Space · New Curriculum English Graded Readers "Statue of Liberty" (English-Chinese Bilingual Edition)

Author: Hui Lan
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Publish Date: 2005-03-01
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," 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 characteristics:
- It includes classic Western literary works, helping students improve their language proficiency while allowing them to glimpse the full picture of literary masterpieces through reading simplified versions suitable for their foreign language level.
- 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 help readers overcome language barriers during reading, fully engaging their interest and making English reading easier.
Daniel Sells is eager to meet "Freedom" — a new gorilla that has arrived at the New York Zoo. But not everyone loves animals as much as he does. When "Freedom" escapes from the zoo in search of her lost child, the entire city is terrified by this wild and rabid gorilla on the loose.