Helbling Readers Red Series Level 2: Little Women

　　Little Women / Level 2 / Helbling Classics  / Recording in American English

　　“Let’s meet again in ten years and see how many of us have got our wishes.”

　　This is the much-loved story of the four March sisters. Meg is the eldest and is about to fall in love. Then there’s tomboy Jo, who wants to be a writer. Kind Beth who always puts other people before himself, and finally there’s Amy, the youngest and most precocious. Although times are difficult and their father is away at war, they never forget their sense of fun.

　　Growing up is not always easy, but it is very rewarding.

　　「我們十年後再見，到時候看看我們多少人的願望實現了。」

　　這個深受喜愛的故事是關於瑪區家四姊妹：老大梅格即將戀愛；像男孩子般的老二喬想當作家；善良體貼的老三貝絲總是只顧別人不顧自己；還有最早熟的老四艾美。雖然生活很艱苦，父親又去了打仗，但她們從未忘記一起相處的快樂時光。

　　成長的過程並不總是容易，但非常有意義。

本書特色

　　◎About this Book單元: 分別提供學生與老師的語言學習或教學提示，並有本書文法結構要點。

　　◎Before Reading/After Reading: 閱讀前/後各有問題提問與練習，幫助理解作品內容並培養賞析  與批判思考能力。

　　◎精選深受青少年喜愛的經典名著，或專為青少年所寫的有趣故事。

　　◎依據CEF分級閱讀，讓英文學習精準到位。

　　◎附有MP3光碟，同時訓練閱讀與聽力技巧，還有聽力練習活動。

　　◎配合本書學習，提供免費的教學資源，包括練習單、解答及聽力練習原稿。

Helbling Readers Red Series書系簡介

　　系列分為：
　　● Helbling Classics（經典文學）
　　● Helbling Fiction（當代原創）
 
　　全系列適合程度：劍橋英檢(Cambridge) KET / 全民英檢(GEPT) 初級 / 歐洲共同語言能力(CEF) A1~A2 / 倫敦聖三一學院(Trinity) 1~ 4 級

　　此系列書共分3個級數，分別是

　　Level 1 -  400字彙以上；認證級數Cambridge KET、CEF A1、Trinity1,2級
　　Level 2   -  600字彙以上；認證級數Cambridge KET、CEF A1/A2、Trinity 2,3級
　　Level 3   -  1000字彙以上；認證級數Cambridge KET、CEF A2、Trinity3,4級

作者簡介

　　Louisa May Alcott（露意莎．梅．奧爾柯特）was born in Germantown, Pennsylvania in 1832. She was the second of four daughters. Her father was a teacher and he gave her lessons at home.

　　The Alcott family often moved house when Louisa was growing up, but Alcott’s happiest years were in the small town of Concord, Massachusetts. Little Women is set in the Alcott family home there.

　　Alcott started work when she was still young because the family wasn’t rich. She did many jobs including teaching and dressmaking, but she wanted to be a writer. Her first published work was a poem in 1852. This was the beginning of her writing career.

　　In 1861 the American Civil War started. Alcott wanted to help so she went to Washington to work as a nurse.

　　After the war Alcott spent a year in Europe as the companion of an invalid. While they were in Switzerland, she had a short love affair with a Polish soldier, Ladislas Wisniewski. She later used him as the model for Laurie in Little Women, which was published in 1868. The book was an instant success so she wrote a sequel. She then wrote two more books about the March family: Little Men (1871) and Jo’s Boys (1886).

　　Alcott never married and she died at the age of 56 in Boston.