Author: | Qiliang Feng | ISBN: | 9781311157126 |
Publisher: | Qiliang Feng | Publication: | December 24, 2015 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition | Language: | English |
Author: | Qiliang Feng |
ISBN: | 9781311157126 |
Publisher: | Qiliang Feng |
Publication: | December 24, 2015 |
Imprint: | Smashwords Edition |
Language: | English |
This book is Volume III-5 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.
[Text Information]
Readability || 86.5
Total word count || 16615
Words beyond 1500 || 1045
Headwords beyond 1500 || 344
Unknown word percentage (%) || 6.29
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 2.07
Unknown headword occurrence || 3.04
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 41
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 152
[Synopsis]
The narrator, an airplane pilot, crashes in the Sahara desert. His plane is badly damages and he has very little food or water. At this time, the little prince comes to him. He is a very serious little boy who asks the narrator to draw him a sheep. The narrator agrees, and the two become friends. The pilot learns that the little prince comes from a small planet.
The little prince passes by neighboring asteroids and meets various people, a king, a vain man, a drunkard, a businessman, a lamplighter, and a geographer and so on.
After staying on the earth for a year, the little prince decides to return to his planet, so he asks the poisonous snake for help….
This book is rewritten from “Little Prince” by French author Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944). It is the third most-translated book in the world and one of the best-selling books ever published.
This book is Volume III-5 of the series of readers of Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP). It is suitable for readers with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a project in which ESL/EFL learners at elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach upper-intermediate level (with a vocabulary of about 3,500 words). This project contains about 40 simplified readers, enough for an ESL/EFL learner to read for two years, and this list is growing.
[Text Information]
Readability || 86.5
Total word count || 16615
Words beyond 1500 || 1045
Headwords beyond 1500 || 344
Unknown word percentage (%) || 6.29
Unknown headword percentage (%) || 2.07
Unknown headword occurrence || 3.04
Unknown words that occur 5 times or more || 41
Unknown words that occur 2 times or more || 152
[Synopsis]
The narrator, an airplane pilot, crashes in the Sahara desert. His plane is badly damages and he has very little food or water. At this time, the little prince comes to him. He is a very serious little boy who asks the narrator to draw him a sheep. The narrator agrees, and the two become friends. The pilot learns that the little prince comes from a small planet.
The little prince passes by neighboring asteroids and meets various people, a king, a vain man, a drunkard, a businessman, a lamplighter, and a geographer and so on.
After staying on the earth for a year, the little prince decides to return to his planet, so he asks the poisonous snake for help….
This book is rewritten from “Little Prince” by French author Antoine de Saint Exupéry (1900-1944). It is the third most-translated book in the world and one of the best-selling books ever published.