GRADED CHINESE READER 1000 WORDS

Abridged versions of short stories and novellas written by contemporary Chinese writers, reflecting the everyday life of ordinary Chinese people ; The vocabulary in this book is limited to about 1000 common Chinese words, which are mainly based on the 1200 Chinese words listed in The Chinese Proficiency Test Syllabus Level 4 ; Commonly used words appear in high frequency to form concise and short sentences with complete structure ; Pinyin is added to the complete text as well as English notes and sample sentences for difficult words ; "Guide to Reading" and "About the Author" sections in English, and "Questions" in Chinese are provided for each story ; Accompanied by original illustrations and audio files (available at www.sinolingua.com.cn).
A pinyin-invisible card, specially designed for those who do not want to practice reading with pinyin, is also included. An E-book version is available which supports interchange between Chinese characters and pinyin, and includes a single audio file for each sentence, a grading function for reading practice and recording sharing.