Helbling Readers Red Series Level 3: Treasure Island

　　Treasure Island  / Level 3 / Helbling Classics  / Recording in British English

　　“I am Jim Hawkins and my story begins many years ago.”

　　When the terrible pirate Bill Bones dies, young Jim Hawkins is left with the key to a fortune: the long-lost map of Treasure Island. Jim sets off on an incredible adventure with his trusted friends to find the hidden treasure.

　　They do not realize that their crew is made up of pirates and their head is the most infamous and cruel pirate of them all… Long John Silver. Will Jim and his friends outwit the pirates and get the treasure?

　　「我是吉姆．霍金斯，我的故事在許多年前開始。」

　　可怕的海盜比爾死後，年輕的吉姆．霍金斯得到找出他一大筆財產的關鍵—失蹤很久的金銀島地圖，於是與他信任的朋友展開一次驚人的冒險之旅，出發去尋找隱藏的金銀財寶。

　　他們並不知道全體船員是由海盜組成，而他們的首領更是最惡名昭彰、殘暴無仁的史約翰。吉姆和他的朋友能夠智勝海盜，拿到寶藏嗎？

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

　　Robert Louis Stevenson（羅伯特．路易斯．史蒂文森）was born in Scotland in 1850. He was often sick as a child and spent many days reading at home because he couldn’t attend classes at school. Stevenson went to university at seventeen and he studied engineering and then law. He didn’t finish his studies and started travelling and writing. He became a full-time writer and author in 1876, and married Fanny Osbourne in 1880.

　　Stevenson had health problems and he and Fanny travelled abroad looking for a climate that was good for him. Stevenson used his travel experiences in his books. He travelled widely to England, France, Switzerland, the United States and the South Pacific. He even travelled on a schooner yacht for six years, visiting Tahiti, Hawaii, Australia and Samoa.

　　When he was forty, he decided to stop travelling and he built a home in Samoa. He spent the rest of his life in Samoa. He was very popular with the local people, and helped them with their rights and quickly in 1894 and was buried on the island.

　　Stevenson is still a very popular author and his books are translated in many languages all over the world. His two most popular books are The Strange Case of Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde and Treasure Island, both of which have been made into films.