Secret Garden - Bedtime English Learning Reader V (Pure English Version)

Author: Mao Ronggui
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Publish Date: 2005-05-01
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Optical a few dry English sentences are not enough. Don't always put the purpose of reading in improving English. Reading is first to absorb knowledge, and in the process of absorbing knowledge, language is naturally absorbed. Using English thinking is a realm that many English learners hope to achieve. Because it is the foundation of expressing thoughts fluently in English. For a Chinese student living in a non-English environment, it is indeed very difficult to think partly or entirely in English, but it is not out of reach. From my own experience in learning English, I have realized that persistent extensive reading is one of the most effective ways to achieve this goal.
He Qixin (Vice President and Doctoral Supervisor of Beijing Foreign Studies University) especially recommends English easy readers for beginners and intermediate learners. The materials should be easy to understand, with a strong sense of story, and the reading speed should be as fast as possible. The more you read, the better. This is a proven and effective method for learning English.
Hu Wenzhong (Professor of Beijing Foreign Studies University)
Mary had been living in India until she was nine. Her father worked for the British government in India, and her mother was always busy with social activities. Unable to receive love from her parents, Mary became aloof, willful, tyrannical, and selfish. A cholera outbreak took her parents away. She was sent back to her uncle's house in Yorkshire, England. Her uncle lived in a very old and strange house, located on the edge of an endless wilderness. The house was filled with a sense of mystery, most of the rooms were locked, and there were many places that were not allowed to enter freely. At first, Mary didn't like it at all: the wind of the wilderness, the gloomy sky, the dark and old house. Her uncle was a very strange person. Since losing his beloved wife ten years ago, he had hated others and did not want to see anyone. He locked up the garden, which he loved very much, and buried the key underground. From then on, the garden became a secret place, and no one had entered it in ten years. Mary was determined to find the door and key to the secret garden. Guided by a robin, she found and opened the garden that had not been entered for ten years.
Since Mary entered the secret garden, everything began to change. The secret garden seemed to have a kind of magic—it could make people in pain see the joy of life and bring life back to the dead. Mary changed. In the wind of the wilderness, among the vibrant life of plants, she became happy, healthy, and full of love. She brought care to others. One night, she discovered a huge secret in the house—her uncle had a bedridden son, Colin. The boy always doubted and worried that he would grow up to be a hunchback and thought he was going to die, so he lived every day in loneliness, anger, and torment. This was so similar to Mary's early life in India, and his personality was also like the old Mary—aloof, willful, tyrannical, and selfish. However, with Mary's presence in his life, he gradually realized the true roots of his problems.
Spring came. Under the care of Mary and Dickon, the plants in the garden gradually began to thrive. Dickon was a common child. He loved everything in nature. He made friends with animals. He appeared before Colin with a smile as warm as the sun. With their joint help, gradually, Colin, who had not seen spring, the sun, or the wind of the wilderness, nor stood up for ten years, not only recovered his health in the secret garden but also found joy in life. Moreover, the man who regained his confidence in life was Colin's father. He left home when winter was about to end, traveling to the continent of Europe. In a quiet and peaceful valley surrounded by mountains in Austria, he dreamed of his beloved and the secret garden. When summer was almost over, he returned home. He came to the secret garden and saw a healthy and happy Colin and a garden full of blooming flowers. The power of love and nature finally changed him. He began a new life.