English Night Reading 15 Minutes - Classics

Author: Zhu Zhenwu
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This is a four-volume series of English reading materials categorized by genre. The book recommends English articles of various styles and types to readers, some rigorous and detailed, others rough and casual. They are all practical English used in real-life applications, covering multiple fields such as culture, science, geography, history, classics, and more. The formats include essays, narratives, prose, biographies, speeches, fables, etc. It strikes a good balance in terms of knowledge, interest, modernity, test-preparation, gradual progression, and comprehensiveness. Especially, it enables readers to quickly grasp current topics and vivid expressions that are often difficult to encounter due to the relative lag and uniformity of English textbooks. Each volume consists of 50 short passages, each accompanied by "Reading Guidance," "Reference Translation," "Reading Review," "Self-Assessment," and "Reference Answers," making it suitable for reading one passage per day. If you spend 15 minutes or half an hour reading them each night, you are sure to benefit from them. The primary target readers are college students with a general English proficiency and middle school students with a higher level of English. It can also be used as a teaching reference for middle school and university teachers.