Series
A Series of Unfortunate Events #1: The Bad BeginningPRC
Lemony Snicket
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Year 4 / 5 / 6 / 7
Themes
mystery · family · humor · overcoming-adversity
Skills
vocabulary · inference · narrator-voice · irony
Difficulty
Medium
Pages
176 pages
Description
After their parents die in a fire, the Baudelaire orphans are sent to live with the villainous Count Olaf. The narrator constantly defines big words mid-sentence — a vocabulary lesson disguised as a comedy.
中文版
父母在火灾里丧生后,Baudelaire 三兄妹被送到邪恶的 Count Olaf 家。叙述者会在句子中间停下来解释大词 — 是一本伪装成喜剧的词汇课。
Parent's call · SparkRoute editor take
Worth it just for the vocabulary-teaching device. Series is 13 books — try book 1 before committing.
中文版
光为了那个"教词汇"的叙述手法就值得读。系列有 13 本 — 先读第一本再决定要不要追。
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