Download or read book The Red House Mystery ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on 1940 with total page 246 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 12, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 82 Total word count | 43406 Words beyond 1500 | 1856 Unknown word percentage (%) | 4.28 Unknown headword occurrence | 3.24 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 96 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 318 Synopsis Someone has been murdered in a room, but the room is locked from inside—that is called a “locked-room mystery”. Tony Gillingham goes to visit his friend Bill Beverley, who is staying at the Red House with a group of friends. The owner of the Red House, Mark Ablett, is waiting for his long-lost brother Robert, the black sheep of the family. Shortly after the brother arrives from Australia, he is shot through the head inside the office. The room is locked from inside and Mark Ablett has disappeared. So Tony Gillingham decides to investigate. Gillingham plays Sherlock Holmes, while Bill plays his counterpart Doctor Watson…. This book is rewritten from “The Red House Mystery” by A. A. Milne (1882-1956), English author, who is best known for his books about the teddy bear Winnie-the-Pooh and for various poems. This book was published in 1922 and was Milne’s only mystery.

Download or read book Secret Seven Mystery ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 103 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 9, Collection V, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 83.8 Total word count | 17437 Words beyond 1500 | 903 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.18 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.74 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 49 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 153 Synopsis This book is rewritten from Book 9 of Enid Blyton’s THE SECRET SEVEN collection. The Secret Seven are Peter and his sister Janet, Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. They form the Secret Seven Society - ready to solve any mystery, any time. They have a secret password, a badge, and a secret meeting place in a garden shed. A young girl, Elizabeth, has run away after stealing some money from her teacher’s desk. Her parents are abroad and her brother is in France. The girl has been spotted in the next village, but someone says he saw a girl matching Elizabeth’s description in Gorton, ready to go to France. The Secret Seven think this will be a nice little mystery to clear up, if they can find this missing girl. Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) is one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors. Her books have been translated into over 90 languages and are still enjoyed by children and adults all over the world.

Download or read book The Jungle Book ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 69 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 2, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 84.2 Total word count | 11138 Words beyond 1500 | 579 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.2 Unknown headword occurrence | 3.45 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 25 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 65 Synopsis When Mowgli is a man-cub, Shere Khan, a tiger, wants to catch him and eat him. He is saved by a wolf and becomes a member of the wolf family. Mowgli learns how to live in the jungle with the help of all of his animal family, but he still watches the people in the nearby village who are living normal human lives. Can Mowgli return to human civilization? The original book was written by Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936), an English writer and winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature. The book was published in 1894 and has been made into films several times.

Download or read book The Call of the Wild ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 65 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 1, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 86.7 Total word count | 11362 Words beyond 1500 | 430 Unknown word percentage (%) | 3.78 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.59 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 15 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 64 Synopsis Buck, a powerful dog, is living a good life in California when he is stolen and sold to dog traders. They teach Buck to obey by beating him and send him to Alaska to pull sleds. Life is very hard for Buck. He pulls a heavy sled through miles and miles of frozen ice with little or nothing to eat. He begins to get used to life as a sled dog and learn from the other dogs. He learns to fight, hunt for food, and sleep beneath the snow on winter nights. At the same time, he becomes the enemy of the lead dog in the team. He wants to be the lead dog himself. Can he succeed? The original book was written by Jack London (1876-1916). It was published in 1900 and has been made into several films.

Download or read book Three Cheers Secret Seven ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 111 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 8, Collection V, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 84.8 Total word count | 19113 Words beyond 1500 | 1043 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.46 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.87 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 51 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 163 Synopsis This book is rewritten from Book 8 of Enid Blyton’s THE SECRET SEVEN collection. The Secret Seven are Peter and his sister Janet, Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. They form the Secret Seven Society - ready to solve any mystery, any time. They have a secret password, a badge, and a secret meeting place in a garden shed. Jack’s sister, Susie, has a lovely new aeroplane, and the Secret Seven and Susie go off to fly the new plane. Sadly it flies across the field, and over a wall into the grounds a very big house, which is closed up while the owners are abroad. So Peter and Jack climb into the grounds of the large house to get the plane. There, they see a gas fire on inside one of the rooms. Who is living there, and why? Looks like the Secret Seven have another interesting case to solve. Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) is one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors. Her books have been translated into over 90 languages and are still enjoyed by children and adults all over the world.

Download or read book The Thirty Nine Steps ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 125 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 8, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 85.4 Total word count | 26104 Words beyond 1500 | 847 Unknown word percentage (%) | 3.24 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.44 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 40 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 151 Synopsis The year is 1914 and Europe is close to the First World War. Mining Engineer Richard Hannay is staying in London and is finding life in the city boring. One night, he is surprised to find Franklin Scudder at his door. Scudder is a spy and has information about a plan by German spies to steal the British plans for war. Hannay later finds Scudder killed in his flat and decides he must carry on Scudder’s work. With both German spies and the police after, Hannay must solve the riddle of the thirty-nine steps alone…. This book is rewritten from the novel “The Thirty-Nine Steps” by British writer John Buchan (1875-1940), which has been made into films several times.

Download or read book The Secret Garden ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 5, Collection I, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 86.6 Total word count | 22614 Words beyond 1500 | 593 Unknown word percentage (%) | 2.62 Unknown headword occurrence | 3.2 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 31 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 93 Synopsis Mary Lennox is a nine-year-old British girl. She grows up in India and is spoilt and selfish. Her parents die and she becomes an orphan, so she is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle. There is a secret garden at the manor, which has been locked up for 10 years. And with the help of “magic”, Mary finds the key to the garden door that has been buried in the earth. With the help of kind Dickon, Mary begins secretly working in the garden to bring its many roses back to life. Mary also discovers the secret of the Manor one night: her uncle has a son. The boy, Colin, is even more spoiled than Mary. He’s weak and is not allowed to go out. What is the secret about the garden? What other miracles can “magic” bring about? This book is rewritten from “The Secret Garden” by Frances H. Burnett (1849-1924). It was first published in 1911. It is now one of Burnett’s most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children’s literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.

Download or read book The Secret Seven ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on 1998-07 with total page 98 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 1, Collection V, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 86.5 Total word count | 16587 Words beyond 1500 | 890 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.37 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.95 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 46 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 151 Synopsis This book is rewritten from Book 1 of Enid Blyton’s THE SECRET SEVEN collection. The Secret Seven are Peter and his sister Janet, Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. They form the Secret Seven Society - ready to solve any mystery, any time. They have a secret password, a badge, and a secret meeting place in a garden shed. This is the first adventure of the Secret Seven. The Seven have been making snowmen in the field opposite a lonely old house. When Jack returns home, he finds his badge gone. As he is not allowed to go out after lunch, he decides to steal out of the house at night and go and see whether he can find his missing badge. That is when he discovers a mystery worth investigating.... Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) is one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors. Her books have been translated into over 90 languages and are still enjoyed by children and adults all over the world.

Download or read book The Little Prince ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on 1943 with total page 139 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 6, Collection III, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 82.6 Total word count | 16260 Words beyond 1500 | 1013 Unknown word percentage (%) | 6.23 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.98 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 40 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 151 Synopsis The narrator, an airplane pilot, crashes in the Sahara desert. His plane is badly damaged and he has very little food or water. At this time, the little prince comes to him. He is a very serious little boy who asks the narrator to draw him a sheep. The narrator agrees, and the two become friends. The pilot learns that the little prince comes from a small planet. The little prince passes by neighboring asteroids and meets various people, a king, a vain man, a drunkard, a businessman, a lamplighter, a geographer and so on. After staying on the earth for a year, the little prince decides to return to his planet, so he asks the poisonous snake for help…. This book is rewritten from “Little Prince” by the French author Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944). It is the third most-translated book in the world and one of the best-selling books ever published.

Download or read book Go Ahead Secret Seven ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 108 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 5, Collection V, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 84.6 Total word count | 18431 Words beyond 1500 | 1062 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.76 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.8 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 53 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 180 Synopsis This book is rewritten from Book 5 of Enid Blyton’s THE SECRET SEVEN collection. The Secret Seven are Peter and his sister Janet, Jack, Barbara, Pam, Colin and George. They form the Secret Seven Society - ready to solve any mystery, any time. They have a secret password, a badge, and a secret meeting place in a garden shed. When the Secret Seven have no mystery to solve, they decide to practice their detective work. While George is practising tracking people, a young man catches him and takes him home to his parents. As a result, his parents force him to leave the Secret Seven. But the young man is just the start of a mystery for the Secret Seven to solve…. Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) is one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors. Her books have been translated into over 90 languages and are still enjoyed by children and adults all over the world.

Download or read book Five Get into Trouble ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 199 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 8, Collection IV, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 85.1 Total word count | 37961 Words beyond 1500 | 1921 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.06 Unknown headword occurrence | 3.35 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 123 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 325 Synopsis This book is rewritten from Book 8 of THE FAMOUS FIVE - Enid Blyton’s most popular adventure series. The “Famous Five” are Georgina (preferred name George) and her dog, Timmy, with her three cousins, Julian, Dick and Anne. The Famous Five are on their peaceful cycling tour in the English countryside. They are joined by Richard Kent – the son of one of the richest men in the country! When Dick is mistaken for him and kidnapped by Rooky, once bodyguard to Richard’s father, the children track him down to a lonely house, but they are seized and imprisoned too! Can they escape? Enid Blyton (1897 - 1968) is one of the world’s best-loved children’s authors. Her books have been translated into over 90 languages and are still enjoyed by children and adults all over the world.

Download or read book The Young Adventurer ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on 2017-06-20 with total page 146 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 4, Collection III, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 82.9 Total word count | 21514 Words beyond 1500 | 790 Unknown word percentage (%) | 3.67 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.58 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 33 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 145 Synopsis Mark Nelson’s farm is mortgaged to Squire Hudson for two thousand dollars. The farm is not making enough money to support the family, so his son Tom shows his wish to go to California to raise money in the gold mines. Fortunately, he finds the Squire’s wallet and returns it at once. So the Squire offers to lend Tom the money to get to California, and the debt is added to the mortgage. His parents agree, and they borrow the money from Hudson. Then Tom heads for Pittsburgh. On the train, Tom meets a young man who calls himself Milton Graham. They stay in the same room in a hotel in Pittsburgh that evening. When Tom wakes up at night, he finds Milton standing with his back turned to him, searching his pockets…. This book is rewritten from “The Young Adventurer, Or, Tom’s Trip Across The Plains” by Horatio Alger, Jr. (1832 – 1899), a 19th-century American author, most famous for his novels about the adventures of poor boys who succeed through hard work.

Download or read book Pollyanna ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 197 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 4, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 82.8 Total word count | 35152 Words beyond 1500 | 1286 Unknown word percentage (%) | 3.66 Unknown headword occurrence | 3.27 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 65 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 210 Synopsis Pollyanna Whittier is a young orphan, who goes to live with her Aunt Polly. Aunt Polly does not want to take in Pollyanna, but feels it is her duty to her late sister. Miss Polly sends Nancy to the train station to meet Pollyanna instead of going herself. When Pollyanna arrives, she takes Nancy for her aunt. Tears come to her eyes when she learns the truth, but she soon becomes glad again, because she knows how to play a “Glad Game”. Pollyanna teaches many people in this town how to play the “Glad Game”, and this brings about surprising changes in the town…. This book is rewritten from “Pollyanna” by Eleanor H. Porter (1868-1920. Pollyanna is a best-selling 1913 novel and is now considered a classic of children’s literature. It has been adapted for film several times.

Download or read book The Detective Club ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 9, Collection I, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 85.3 Total word count | 31945 Words beyond 1500 | 1802 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.64 Unknown headword occurrence | 4.53 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 76 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 208 Synopsis Three girls and two boys who live in Tenth Street have formed the Tenth Street Reading Circle. They read detective mystery stories together. One day, Betty Bliss suggests forming a detective club. They will call themselves Tenth Street Yard, after the London Scotland Yard, and Betty will be Superintendent. At first, the two boys do not think girls can do good detecting, so they laugh at them and refuse to join the club. But after they have solved several cases successfully, the boys begin to admire the girls and want to join the club. After that, they succeed in solving a number of cases. The original stories are written by Ellis Parker Butler (1869-1937), famous American humorist, author of more than 30 books and more than 2,000 stories and essays.

Download or read book Stories of Robin Hood ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 105 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 2, Collection III, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 82.5 Total word count | 19099 Words beyond 1500 | 1029 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.39 Unknown headword occurrence | 3.19 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 52 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 162 Synopsis Robin Hood is a hero of English folk tales. He is believed to have lived in Nottinghamshire about 700 years ago. He lost his home and ran away into the Sherwood Forest. There, he gathered together a band of merry men. They robbed the rich to help the poor. Robin Hood appears in songs, plays, games, novels, musicals, films, and TV series. This book is rewritten from “Stories of Robin Hood Told to the Children” by H. E. Marshall (1867– 1941), English author of children’s historical stories.

Download or read book Wise Men of Gotham and Other Stories ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 126 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 9, Collection II, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 83.4 Total word count | 15886 Words beyond 1500 | 869 Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.47 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.09 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 28 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 187 Synopsis Wise Men of Gotham is the early name given to the people of the village of Gotham, Nottinghamshire, who are known for being foolish. Stories of foolish people are told in almost every country. In Germany there are the Schildburgers, from the town of Schilda, and in the backcountry south of Warsaw, Poland, there are Chelmites, who come from a small Jewish village, named Chelm. In Ireland, stories are told about a foolish man named Sir Gaulard, and there are pedants in almost every country. In the old days, these stories brought joy to the dull and hard life of the people. Even today, these stories still make us laugh. After laughing at these people, we might ask ourselves: aren’t we modern people, who consider ourselves wise, sometime just as foolish or even more foolish than those ancient people?

Download or read book The Young Treasure Hunter ESL EFL Version with Audio written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 144 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 6, Collection I, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words. Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions. Text Information Readability | 87.6 Total word count | 23234 Words beyond 1500 | 1034 Unknown word percentage (%) | 4.45 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.98 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 53 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 174 Synopsis Norman Stanley, Fred’s father, is injured in a mining accident. He cannot do hard work to support the family. As the only child of the family, Fred, 17 years old, has to quit school to help earn a living for the family. While trying to look for a job, Fred learns from one of his father’s friends that a gold miner has buried a lot of gold in a cave in Alaska. Many people have tried to find the gold, but have all failed. Fred decides to try his luck. With the permission of the widow of that gold miner, Fred receives a copy of the map for the gold and sets out to look for the treasure with his father’s friend, Mr. Baxter and his son Jerry. Can they find the treasure? If they can find it, can they bring it safely home? This book is rewritten from “The Young Treasure Hunter: Or Fred Stanley's Trip To Alaska” by Frank V. Webster.