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    Robinson Crusoe (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
    Robinson Crusoe (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
    Robinson Crusoe (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
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    Robinson Crusoe (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)

    By Qiliang Feng and Daniel Defoe

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    About this ebook

    This is Book 2, Collection I, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.
    Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.

    [Text Information]
    Readability | 90.29
    Total word count | 25769
    Words beyond 1500 | 1333
    Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.17
    Unknown headword occurrence | 4.15
    Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 68
    Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 189

    [Synopsis]
    This book is rewritten from “Robinson Crusoe” by the famous British writer Daniel Defoe (1660~1731).
    When Robinson Crusoe was young, he wanted to become a sailor, though his parents did not like the idea. Sometimes he went to Africa, sometimes to South America, and he found the life of a sailor not at all easy.
    Later, he went to Brazil, and became the owner of a farm. He took a trip to Africa in order to buy slaves for his farm. During the journey, the ship was wrecked in a storm. Crusoe was thrown upon shore, only to discover that he was the only survivor of the wreck.
    That was the beginning of the 28 years of his lonely life on the island....

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQiliang Feng
    Release dateDec 15, 2015
    ISBN9781310478635
    Robinson Crusoe (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
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    Qiliang Feng

    Qiliang Feng has been a teacher of English in senior high schools since 1983. He is a keen supporter of reading in TEFL (Teaching English as a Foreign Language) and is expert at rewriting graded/simplified ESL(English as a Second Language) and EFL (English as a Foreign Language) readers. He has published several series of English reading course books and is promoting a reading project called Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP), in which ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words) are expected to read one million words within two or three years, and reach the upper-intermediate level easily.

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      Robinson Crusoe (ESL/EFL Version with Audio) - Qiliang Feng

      About This Book

      This is Book 2, Collection I, of the Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) readers. It is suitable for learners with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words.

      Million-Word Reading Project (MWRP) is a reading project for ESL/EFL learners at the elementary level (with a basic vocabulary of 1,500 words). In two years, for about fifteen minutes each day, an ESL/EFL learner can read one million words, and reach the upper-intermediate level, gaining a vocabulary of about 3,500 words and a large number of expressions.

      Text Information

      Readability | 90.3

      Total word count | 25769

      Words beyond 1500 | 1333

      Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.17

      Unknown headword occurrence | 4.15

      Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 67

      Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 188

      Notes:

      1. About readability: This is Flesch Reading Ease Readability calculated with MS WORD. The higher the score, the easier the text is to read.

      Score | Level

      0-29 | Very difficult

      30-49 | Difficult

      50-59 | Fairly difficult

      60-69 | Standard

      70-79 | Fairly easy

      80-89 | Easy

      90-100 | Very easy

      2. This e-version does not give the meanings of unknown words. You can look them up with the dictionary on your e-reader. For words with different meanings and some expressions, we give their meanings at the end of the passages. We also provide some necessary background information.

      3. To get the audio or video of this book, GO>>>

      Synopsis

      This book is rewritten from Robinson Crusoe by the famous British writer Daniel Defoe (1660~1731).

      When Robinson Crusoe was young, he wanted to become a sailor, though his parents did not like the idea. Sometimes he went to Africa, sometimes to South America, and he found the life of a sailor not at all easy.

      Later, he went to Brazil, and became the owner of a farm. He took a trip to Africa in order to buy slaves for his farm. During the journey, the ship was wrecked in a storm. Crusoe was thrown upon shore, only to discover that he was the only survivor of the wreck.

      That was the beginning of the 28 years of his lonely life on the island….

      Chapter 1. I Wish to Be a Sailor

      My name is Robinson Crusoe. I was born in the old city of York, where there is a broad river, with ships coming and going.

      When I was a little boy, I spent much of my time looking at the river. I liked to watch the ships as they came in. I liked to think of the strange lands which they must have visited. I wished to be a sailor. I thought how great it must be to sail on the wide blue sea, with the sky above and the waves beneath.

      My father wanted me to learn a trade. But I did not wish to stay in York all my life. I wanted to see the world. I would be a sailor and nothing else.

      My mother was very sad when I told her. A sailor’s life, she said, was a hard life. There were many storms at sea, and ships were often wrecked. She told me, too, that there were great fishes in the sea, and that they would eat me up if I fell into the water.

      Then she gave me a cake, and kissed me. How much safer it is to be at home! she said.

      But I would not listen to her. My mind was made up, and a sailor I would be. When I was eighteen years old, I left my pleasant home and went to sea.

      Chapter 2. I Make My First Voyage

      I soon found that my mother’s words were true. A sailor’s life is indeed a hard life. There was no time for play on board of[1] our ship. Even in the finest weather there was much work to be done.

      On the very first night the wind began to blow. The waves rolled high. The ship was tossed this way and that. Never had I seen such a storm.

      All night long the wind blew. I was so badly frightened that I did not know what to do. I thought the ship would surely go to the bottom. Then I remembered my pleasant home and the words of my kind mother.

      If I live to reach dry land, I said to myself, I will give up this thought of being a sailor. I will go home and stay with my father and mother. I will never set my foot in another ship.

      Day came. The storm was worse than before. I felt sure that we were lost. But toward evening the sky began to clear. The wind died away. The waves went down. The storm was over.

      The next morning the sun rose bright and warm upon a smooth sea. It was a beautiful sight. As I stood looking out over the wide water, the first mate came up. He was a kind man, and always friendly to me.

      "Well, Bob[2], he said, how do you like it? Were you frightened by that little wind?"

      I hope you don’t call it a little wind, I said. Indeed it was a terrible storm.

      The mate laughed.

      Do you call that a storm? he asked. Why, it was nothing at all. You are only a fresh-water sailor, Bob. Wait till we have a real storm.

      And so I soon forgot my fears. Little by little, I gave up all thoughts of going home again. A sailor’s life for me, I said.

      My first voyage was not a long one. I visited no new lands, for the ship went only to London. But the things which I saw in that great city seemed very wonderful to me.

      I wished to make a long voyage. I wished to see the whole world.

      Chapter 3. I See Much of the World

      One day I met an old sea captain who had been often to the coast of Africa. He was pleased with my talk.

      If you want to see the world, he said, you must sail with me. And then he told me that he was going again to Africa, to trade with the black people there. He would carry out a load of cheap things to exchange for gold dust and feathers and other rare things.

      I was very glad to go with him. I would see strange lands and savage people. I would have many an exciting adventure.

      Before ten days had passed, we were out on the great ocean. Our ship was headed toward the south.

      The captain was very kind to me. He taught me much that every sailor ought to know. He showed me how to steer and manage the ship. He told me about the tides and the compass and how to guess the ship’s course.

      The voyage was a pleasant one, and I saw a lot of wonderful things. When, at last, we sailed back to London, we had gold enough to make a poor man rich. I had nearly six pounds of the yellow dust for my own share. I had learned to be a trader as well as a sailor.

      Sometimes I went to Africa, sometimes to the new land of South America. But wherever I sailed I found the life of a sailor not at all easy.

      I did not care so much now to see strange sights and visit unknown shores. I cared more for the money or goods that I would get by trading. At last a sudden end was put to all my sailing. And it is of this that I will now tell you.

      Chapter 4. I Make a New Voyage

      I had grown very tired of being a sailor. I was so tired of it that I made up my mind to try something else.

      It happened that I was then in Brazil. I bought some land there and began to open a farm. The ground was rich, and it would be easy to raise tobacco and sugar cane.

      But I needed many things. Above all I must have men to do the work on the farm. But neither men nor tools could I get in Brazil.

      I sent to London for the tools. I tried to buy some slaves of

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