English for Night Reading: 15 minutes. Classics = English for Night Reading. Fragrance of Classics

Author: edited by Zhu Zhenwu; compiled by Bai Anyang, Jiang Xianfa
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Publish Date: 2006-02-01
Features: This is a four-volume series of English reading materials categorized by genre. The book recommends a variety of English articles with diverse styles and types—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 formats include essays, narratives, prose, biographies, speeches, and fables. It strikes a fine balance in terms of knowledge, interest, modernity, test-preparation, gradual progression, and comprehensiveness. Especially, it enables 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 "Answer Key," 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, as well as high school students with higher English skills. It can also be used as a teaching reference for high school and university teachers.