Bilingual Reading: English-Chinese Connection - High School Argumentative Essay (Beijing Category)

Author: Qian Jun, edited by Chai Xiuzhi
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Publishing Date: 2002-05-01
Features: Through reading this series of books, students are provided with a unique learning and applying language environment, enabling them to accumulate vocabulary, develop a sense of language, and acquire knowledge, laying a solid foundation for bilingual learning. In fact, this is also the demand of the era and the need for the future. This series of books—English-Chinese Connected Bilingual Reading—was designed based on this need. The book is divided into four major sections:
The original texts are excellent and truly reflect the principles of authentic and engaging selection, maintaining their original flavor. The topics covered not only include various aspects of modern life, modern technology, and modern civilization but also focus on short essays closely related to students, such as learning methods, ideals and beliefs, experiencing life, and caring for humanity, all of which are rich in the spirit of the times. It not only helps students improve their reading skills but also broadens their knowledge. The training platform ensures that students gain something from their reading and focuses on practical training. The questions are diverse and flexible, not only aligning with the principles of examination questions in China and the United States but also assessing students' overall understanding of the original texts.
The translation is skillful and fluent, providing a clear comparison with the original texts, enhancing comprehension of the English version. At the same time, reading with reference to the translation not only helps students understand the content but also teaches them some translation techniques. The comprehension and reflection questions are mostly thought-provoking, primarily examining students' overall understanding of the translated content, allowing them to expand their thinking space during free reading.