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Chinese Breeze - Graded Reader Series Level 3 [750 Word Level]: The Painted Skin [2nd Edition]. ISBN: 9787301303788

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English Title: Chinese Breeze: The Painted Skin (2nd Edition)
Chinese Title: 汉语风 - 中文分级系列读物 - 第3级 (750词级): 画皮 (第2版)
ISBN-10: 7-30-130378-5, 7301303785
ISBN-13: 978-7-30-130378-8, 9787301303788
Level: Chinese Breeze - Graded Reader Series Level 3 (750 word level)
Binding: softcover
Pages: 88
Shipping Weight: 180g
Size: 139mm x 202mm
Language: simplified Chinese, new words additionally in pinyin and English
Year of Publication: 2019
Publisher: Peking University Press

The Painted Skin, Chinese Breeze - Graded Reader Series Level 3 (750 Word Level).

There is online audio available which can be streamed at two different speeds. Scan the QR code on the back of the book with your mobile device.

To check if a reader of this series is at your reading level, try to read the following introduction of the story. If the introduction is comprehensible, you will have the ability to understand the full story of this book.

很久很久以前的一天，王生在河边玩，看见了一个漂亮的姑娘，就把她带回他读书学习的那个小楼里，快乐得忘了家里的太太。有一天，他从外边做事回来，看见一个可怕的鬼（yaoguai，evil ghost）坐在他读书的桌子旁边，正在往身上穿一张皮（pi，skin），穿上以后，鬼就变成了他带回来的那个漂亮姑娘！王生怕极了，倒（dao，fall down）在了地上……

A long time ago, Scholar Wang came across a girl while he strolled along a creek near his home. The girl was astonishingly pretty, but looked haggard and despondent. Attracted by such beauty, Wang took her back and hid her in his private study house, and they spent many happy days together. However, one day when Wang came back from outside, he saw something that scared him to death: A dreadful ghost sat down at his desk, put on a piece of painted skin, and turned into his pretty girl…

About Chinese Breeze (Hànyǔ Fēng)
Chinese Breeze (Hànyǔ Fēng) is a large and innovative Chinese graded reader series which offers over 60 titles of enjoyable stories at eight language levels. It is designed for college and secondary school Chinese language learners from beginning to advanced levels (including AP Chinese students), offering them a new opportunity to read for pleasure and simultaneously developing real fluency, building confidence, and increasing motivation for Chinese learning.

Hànyǔ Fēng has the following main features:
- Eight carefully graded levels increasing from 8,000 to 30,000 characters in length;
- Wide choice of topics, including detective, adventure, romance, fantasy, science fiction, society, biography, legend etc. to meet the diverse interests of adult and young learners;
- Careful selection of most useful vocabulary for actual communication in modern standard Chinese;
- Carefully controlled distribution of vocabulary, highly recycled base words in various contexts;
- Easy to understand, low new word density, and convenient new word glosses and indexes. In lower level readers, new word density is limited to 1.5 - 2%. All new words are conveniently glossed with footnotes upon first apperance;
- Mostly original stories crafted by professional writers teamed with pedagogical experts;
- Attractive plots;
- Authentic and engaging language;
- Fully illustrated texts with appealing layouts;
- A variety of activities with answer keys;
- Accompanying online audio with two (normal and slow) speed choices.

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