Sequence Short Passage Reading (1)

Author: Zheng Guoxiong et al.
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Publish Date: 2000-01-01
Features: This bilingual Chinese-English Sequence Short Passage Reading is designed for second language learners with a basic foundation in Chinese. 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 economy, social life, customs and traditions, mountains and rivers, geographical features, natural landscapes, science and technology, and more. It integrates knowledge, practicality, and, 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. The vocabulary includes approximately 2,290 words, with 30 words per lesson in Volumes 1 and 2, and 40 words per lesson in Volumes 3 and 4. The 1,200 most frequently used words are excluded. The selected vocabulary is highly common and maintains a certain rate of repetition. 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.