Robinson Crusoe (New Curriculum Reading Series for Chinese Language)

Author: Daniel Defoe
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Publish Date: 2003-05-01
Features: To comprehensively improve the Chinese literacy of primary and secondary school students, enhance the modern awareness of Chinese teaching courses, and vigorously promote new learning methods, the Ministry of Education issued the "Full-Time Compulsory Education Chinese Curriculum Standards" and the "General High School Chinese Curriculum Standards" as core content of the basic education curriculum reform in 2001 and 2003, respectively. The "Chinese Curriculum Standards" serve as the basis for teaching, assessment, and exam question-setting, as well as the foundation for national curriculum management and evaluation, reflecting the fundamental requirements of the state for students at different stages in terms of knowledge, skills, processes, and methods. Compared to the original "Chinese Teaching Syllabus" for primary and secondary schools, the "Chinese Curriculum Standards" have made significant revisions to the specific titles of extracurricular reading materials in the original syllabus and stipulated the total amount of reading required for students at different stages, urging primary and secondary school students to read widely. For this purpose, we have compiled and published this series of "New Curriculum Standards Chinese Reading Series," with all book titles designated by the new standards. To assist students in reading, we have included a preface introducing the relevant background of each classic before each work. Robinson Crusoe is also a thoroughly "economic man." His enthusiasm for sailing is not because of any romantic pursuits but entirely for economic interests. He once expressed some remarks about the uselessness of money on the island, but immediately after, he carefully collected all the coins he found and brought them back to Britain without leaving a single one. In his view, non-economic social relationships and activities are secondary.