Sequence Short Passage Reading (4)

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Publish Date: 2002-01-01
Features: This bilingual Chinese-English "Sequential Short Passage Reading" is designed for second language learners of Chinese who have a basic foundation in the language. It can serve as a textbook for extensive reading courses or as supplementary material for intensive reading courses, and of course, it can also be used as a self-study textbook. The series consists of 4 volumes, with 20 lessons per volume, totaling 80 lessons. Each lesson includes 4 parts: text, vocabulary, word explanations, and exercises. The texts are selected from recent newspapers, magazines, and books, with diverse sources and content covering cultural history, politics and economics, social life, customs and traditions, landscapes, natural scenery, science and technology, and more. It integrates knowledge, practicality, and interest, providing readers with natural, realistic, and commonly used language materials. The selected texts have been modified to varying degrees, and their arrangement follows a progressive sequence from simple to complex. There are approximately 2,290 vocabulary words in total: Volume 1 and 2 have no more than 30 words per lesson, while Volume 3 and 4 have no more than 40 words per lesson. The 1,200 most frequently used words are excluded. The selected vocabulary is highly common and maintains a certain repetition rate. The word explanations focus on explaining function words, with concise explanations and example sentences primarily drawn from the texts to aid in reading comprehension and mastery of the content. Additionally, some grammar knowledge is appropriately expanded.