共 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
Princess on the Run / Level 2 / Helbling Fiction / Recording in British English
《落跑公主》亞歷山大國王希望他的女兒，普麗西拉公主，嫁給他最好的朋友，杭廷頓勛爵。但是公主卻另有計劃。她愛上了皇宮年輕英俊的僕人托比。普麗西拉公主決定和托比一起私奔，但事情卻出乎公主預料…
Helbling Readers Red Series is aimed at young teenagers. It includes a selection of adapted classics and original fiction to get your students reading for pleasure right from beginner level.
Helbling Fiction
A series of beautifully illustrated original fiction by top international EFL authors.
Specially commissioned books by awardwinning authors for a choice of compelling teen-relevant stories with a controlled level of language, content and narrative devices in order to ensure the reader enjoys every moment of the read.
Reflection boxes throughout the stories draw links with the students’ own lives.
Book Description
King Alexander wants his daughter, Princess Priscilla, to marry his best friend, Lord Huntingdon. But the princess has other plans. She is in love with Toby, a young and handsome servant at the Royal Palace. Priscilla and Toby decide to run away together, but life on the run is not what the princess expected.
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。
作者簡介
Meet the Author
I was born in the town of Houlton, in the state of Maine(USA), where I spent a lot of time fishing, playing basketball and baseball, and generally having a good time. I moved to Germany with my German wife many years ago, where I live in Lingen, a lively city in Emsland. When I was an English teacher I started writing plays for my classes. Every year, at the end of the school year, I wrote one. That’s how I began my career as a writer.
About ten years ago, I wrote my first reader. In 2008 one of my stories won a prize. The story is called ‘Horror Trip on the Pecos River’. It was named reader of the year by an international jury!
I get my ideas for stories from the words of songs, from TV programmes, from reading ( I read a lot of detective stories), and from the world around me.
When I begin my stories I have no idea how they will end. I follow them where they take me. My only ‘method’ is to listen to my characters and try to understand what they are going to do next.
I originally wrote ‘Princess on the Run!’ as a play for my students. Like all my plays, it had enough parts fro everyone in the class. The students enjoyed performing it, especially the ballroom scenes. Later, I changed it into the story form it now has.
