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    Heidi (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
    Heidi (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
    Heidi (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
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    Heidi (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)

    By Qiliang Feng and Hans Christian Andersen

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    About this ebook

    This is Book 3, Collection III, 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 | 81.59
    Total word count | 23513
    Words beyond 1500 | 595
    Unknown word percentage (%) | 2.53
    Unknown headword occurrence | 2.45
    Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 23
    Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 124

    [Synopsis]
    Heidi is a little Swiss orphan girl. When she is five years old, she is taken by her aunt to live with her grandfather. His home is high up on the mountain slopes; he has quarrelled with those who live down below in the village, where he is known as “Uncle Alp”. Grandfather and Heidi get on very well together, and she settles happily into her new home.
    When Heidi is eight years old, her aunt, who is working in Frankfurt, Germany, comes to see her. She takes Heidi to live in Frankfurt as a companion to a twelve-year-old girl called Clara Sesemann, who is unable to walk.
    Clara, her father, and her Grandmamma all become very fond of the little Swiss girl. Will the little girl return to her grandfather again?
    This book is rewritten from “Heidi” by Johanna Spyri, a Swiss-born author of novels and best known for her children’s stories. “Heidi” is her best-known book and about 20 film or television productions of the original story have been made.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQiliang Feng
    Release dateDec 22, 2015
    ISBN9781310709593
    Heidi (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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      Heidi (ESL/EFL Version with Audio) - Qiliang Feng

      Heidi

      (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)

      Original by: Johanna Spyri

      Rewritten by: Qiliang Feng

      Million-Word Reading Project Workshop

      Copyright 2022 Qiliang Feng

      License Notes

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      About This Book

      This is Book 3, Collection III, 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 | 81.6

      Total word count | 23513

      Words beyond 1500 | 595

      Unknown word percentage (%) | 2.53

      Unknown headword occurrence | 2.45

      Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 23

      Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 124

      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.

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      Synopsis

      Heidi is a little Swiss orphan girl. When she is five years old, she is taken by her aunt to live with her grandfather. His home is high up on the mountain slopes; he has quarrelled with those who live down below in the village, where he is known as Uncle Alp. Grandfather and Heidi get on very well together, and she settles happily into her new home.

      When Heidi is eight years old, her aunt, who is working in Frankfurt, Germany, comes to see her. She takes Heidi to live in Frankfurt as a companion to a twelve-year-old girl called Clara Sesemann, who is unable to walk.

      Clara, her father, and her Grandmamma all become very fond of the little Swiss girl. Will the little girl return to her grandfather again?

      This book is rewritten from "Heidi by Johanna Spyri, a Swiss-born author of novels and best known for her children’s stories. Heidi" is her best-known book and about 20 film or television productions of the original story have been made.

      Chapter 1. Going up to the Alm-Uncle

      Mayenfeld is a pleasant little old town. From this little town, a path leads through green fields to the foot of the mountains. On one side, the Alps look down upon the valley below.

      One bright sunny morning in June, a tall, strong-looking girl of the mountain area climbed up the narrow path, leading a little girl by the hand. The little girl was hardly five years old. Her cheeks were red with heat. Although it was a hot day, the little girl wore two or three dresses, as if to keep off the cold frost. Around her shoulders, she wore a large red cotton shawl.

      The pair had been climbing for about an hour when they reached a village half-way up the great mountain named the Alm. This village was called Dorfli. It was the elder girl’s home town, and she was greeted from nearly every house. People called to her from windows and doors, and very often from the road. They did not stop until they reached the end of the village. There were a few cottages about. From the furthest of the cottages, a voice called out to her through an open door:

      Deta, please wait one moment! I am coming with you, if you are going further up.

      When the girl stood still to wait, the child immediately let go her hand and sat down on the ground.

      Are you tired, Heidi? Deta asked the child.

      No, but hot, she replied.

      We shall get to the top in an hour, if you take big steps and climb with all your little strength! Thus the elder girl tried to encourage her.

      A fat, pleasant-looking woman stepped out of the house and joined the two.

      Where are you taking the child, Deta? asked the woman. Is she the child your sister left?

      Yes, Deta replied; I am taking her up to the Alm-Uncle and there I want her to remain.

      "You can’t really mean to take her there, Deta. Why should you go to him? I am sure the old man will show you the door[1] and won’t even listen to what you say."

      Why not? He’s her grandfather. It is high time he should do something for the child. I have taken care of her until this summer and now a good place has been offered to me. I am not going to give up the chance for her sake, I tell you that!

      It would not be so hard, if he were like other people. But you know him yourself. How could he look after a child, especially such a little one? She’ll never get along with him, I am sure of that! But where are you going yourself?

      I am going to a splendid house in Frankfurt. Last summer some people went off to the baths and I took care of their rooms. As they got to like me, they wanted to take me along, but I could not leave. They have come back now and have persuaded me to go with them.

      I am glad I am not the child! said Barbara. Nobody knows anything about the old man’s life up there. He doesn’t speak to anybody, and he keeps away from church. When he does come down among us once in a while, people get out of his way. We all fear him, with those thick grey eyebrows and that huge beard. When he wanders along the road with his stick we are all afraid to meet him alone.

      That is not my fault, said Deta. He won’t do her any harm; and if he should, he is responsible, not I.

      I don’t know why his eyes are so fierce and why he lives up there all alone? Nobody ever sees him and we hear many strange things about him. Didn’t your sister tell you anything, Deta?

      Of course she did, but I shall hold my tongue. He would make me pay for it if I didn’t.

      Barbara had long been anxious to know something about the old uncle and why he lived apart from everybody. When people talked about him, they spoke as if they were afraid. She could not even explain to herself why he was called the Alm-Uncle. He could not possibly be the uncle of all the people

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