English Night Reading 15 minutes. Culture

Author: edited by Zhu Zhenwu; compiled by Zhao Yongjian and Xin Yan
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Publishing Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This is a four-volume series of English reading materials categorized by genre. The books recommend a variety of English articles with diverse styles and formats—some rigorous and detailed, others rough and casual—all of which are practical English used in real-life contexts, covering multiple fields such as culture, science, geography, history, classics, and more. The forms include essays, narratives, prose, biographies, speeches, fables, and more. The books strike a well-balanced exploration and integration of knowledge, interest, modernity, test-preparation, gradual progression, and comprehensiveness. Especially, they enable readers to quickly grasp current topics and vivid expressions that are often difficult to encounter due to the relative lag and uniformity of traditional 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 readers of this book are college students with a general English proficiency and middle school students with higher English skills. It can also be used as a teaching reference for middle school and university teachers.