Newmark Fun Reading Book 1 (with MP3)

　　適合程度：7-12歲
　　配備：附MP3 (美式發音)

　　◎全新文學故事讀本系列，從小培養孩子閱讀習慣，打造語言良好基底。
　　◎每冊精選六個深受兒童喜愛的經典故事，搭配精美插畫，每個故事都有標示字量與適合級數。
　　◎每則故事簡介文章題材、故事結構、人物角色，搭配語言解析，學習精準到位。
　　◎全系列四冊皆附有MP3聽力光碟，精彩生動的實境配音，吸引孩子融入故事情節，愛不釋卷。

　　Fun Reading Book 1-4 是Bookman旗下Cherry出版公司與美國Newmark 　　Learning 合作的一套兒童文學故事有聲讀本。

　　Fun Reading這套四冊的分級閱讀故事讀本，內容包含各種不同類別的故事體裁，豐富了讀者的文學知識，為讀者能循序漸進的提升文學素養。

訓練技巧

　　• 作者的創作技巧 Author’s Craft
　　• 閱讀理解 Comprehension
　　• 字彙學習 Word Study
　　• 聽力練習 Listening MP3

　　Paul Bunyan

　　• Tall Tale (吹牛故事)
　　• Words Count 300
　　• Paul Bunyan was the biggest baby boy ever born! At one week old he had to wear this father's clothes! And he continued to grow!

　　• 保羅是有史以來最大的巨嬰，出生一週就可以穿上爸爸的衣服，而且他還在持續長大！

　　Town Mouse and Country Mouse

　　• Fable (寓言故事)
　　• Words Count 430
　　• This Aesop's fable retelling is about two cousins who live in two very different places: the city and the country. They visit each other to try to decide which place is better. Which do you think is better?

　　• 取材自伊索寓言的城市鼠與鄉村鼠，為了決定哪裡較好，而相互造訪彼此的居住地，你認為哪裡比較好呢？

　　The Lion and the Mouse

　　• Fable (寓言故事)
　　• Words Count 460
　　• This is a fable about kindness and mercy. The mouse is feeling playful and wakes up the lion. At first the lion is angry. But the lion shows mercy on the mouse. And that kindness is returned one day.

　　• 一則關於仁慈與憐憫的寓言。一隻調皮的老鼠驚醒了熟睡的獅子。起初，獅子是憤怒的，但牠對老鼠展現了仁慈。最終也獲得了回報。

　　John Henry
　　鐵路英雄強亨利

　　• Tall Tale (吹牛故事)
　　• Words Count 401
　　• This African American tall tale tells of John Henry, who was as big as an oak tree in overalls! He is famous as the strongest railroad worker in the East, West, North, and South. Read about the hardest worker that ever was!

　　• 非裔美國人強亨利是建築鐵路的大英雄，最艱辛的工人傳奇！

　　How Chipmunk Got Its Stripes
　　花栗鼠背上的花紋

　　• Pourquoi Tale (“為什麼”的故事)
　　• Words Count 418
　　• Do you know why all chipmunks have three stripes down their backs? This pourquoi tale gives a creative explanation as to how this happened. This tale originated with the Seneca Indians.

　　• 你知道為什麼花栗鼠的背上會有三條花紋嗎？源自印第安流傳的故事，給了答案。

　　Why the Sky is Far Away
　　為什麼天空這樣遙遠

　　• Grade Level 2
　　• Pourquoi Tale (“為什麼”的故事)
　　• Words Count 448
　　• In the African pourquoi tale, long ago people could take bites of the delicious sky whenever they wanted to. People gobbled and gobbled and gobbled the sky. Soon the sky had to make some changes.

　　• 在非洲，傳說很久以前，人類可以隨時啃食天空提供的美味。可是人類不斷不斷的啃食天空的美味而不努力耕作，終於天空決定要改變。