The book I read today is Scotland. Generally, the book is quite easy to read. There are few embedded clauses, and sentences are simple in structure length as about 10 words.
There are some much longer sentences, but most of those are lists or have easy-to-understand clauses such as "because" clauses. The vocabulary is quite simple, with few unknown words that learners will need to look up in the dictionary. But the books do have quite a lot of information and the number of words is fairly large. Thus, these books are recommended for learners who are aiming to progress beyond very short and simple books such Usborne First Reading or Oxford Reading Tree.
The book consists of ten chapters: This is Scotland, Scotland today, Scotland's past, Edinburgh, Glasgow, The Highlands, The Islands, Traditional Scotland, Eating and drinking, and Scotland tomorrow.
Chapter 7, The Islands, describes the island of Scotland. Scotland has hundreds of islands. You need to take the ferry to go to the islands. And you can see sea animals: otters, seals and seabirds. Today, Iona is an important Christian centre again and half a million people come here every year. Skye is the most famous and the most beautiful of the islands of Scotland. It is easier to go to there now because there is a bridge to the island from Kyle of Lochalsh. And, Scotland has many beautiful islands also other. This is a special place. (P.12)
Overall, the book was very interesting and useful for me. My knowledge of Scotland was very limited, and the book gave me of useful information and made me want to visit Scotland myself. As mentioned above, this book and other books in the Factfles sub-series maybe a useful next step for learners who have read mainly very simple books.
Finders, Steve. (1998) Scotland.
London,UK: Oxford Bookworms Factfiles. (365 / 7,773 words)
Oxford University Press
発売日：1998-11-05
0 件のコメント:
コメントを投稿