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    Andersen’s Fairy Tales (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
    Andersen’s Fairy Tales (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
    Andersen’s Fairy Tales (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)
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    Andersen’s Fairy Tales (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)

    By Qiliang Feng and Hans Christian Anderson

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    About this ebook

    This is Book 7, Collection II, 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 | 82.92
    Total word count | 31798
    Words beyond 1500 | 1788
    Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.62
    Unknown headword occurrence | 3.71
    Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 95
    Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 268

    [Synopsis]
    Hans Christian Andersen (1805 –1875) was a Danish author. He is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen’s fairy tales have been translated into more than 125 languages.
    This book include some of his most famous fairy tales, including “The Emperor’s New Clothes”, “The Little Mermaid”, “The Nightingale”, “The Ugly Duckling”, and so on.
    Anderson’s fairy tales have been adapted into ballets, films and plays and are popular throughout the world.

    LanguageEnglish
    PublisherQiliang Feng
    Release dateDec 22, 2015
    ISBN9781311032041
    Andersen’s Fairy Tales (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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      Andersen’s Fairy Tales (ESL/EFL Version with Audio) - Qiliang Feng

      Andersen’s Fairy Tales

      (ESL/EFL Version with Audio)

      Original by: Hans Christian Andersen

      Rewritten by: Qiliang Feng

      Million-Word Reading Project Workshop

      Copyright 2022 Qiliang Feng

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      About This Book

      This is Book 7, Collection II, 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 | 82.9

      Total word count | 31798

      Words beyond 1500 | 1788

      Unknown word percentage (%) | 5.62

      Unknown headword occurrence | 3.71

      Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 95

      Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 268

      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

      Hans Christian Andersen (1805 –1875) was a Danish author. He is best remembered for his fairy tales. Andersen’s fairy tales have been translated into more than 125 languages.

      This book include some of his most famous fairy tales, including The Emperor’s New Clothes, The Little Mermaid, The Nightingale, The Ugly Duckling, and so on.

      Anderson’s fairy tales have been adapted into ballets, films and plays and are popular throughout the world.

      1. The Tinderbox

      A soldier came along the high road. He had his pack on his back, and a sword at his side. He had been to the wars, and was now returning home.

      As he walked on, he met a very frightful-looking old witch in the road. Her under-lip hung quite down on her breast, and she stopped and said, Good evening, soldier; you have a very fine sword, and a large pack, and you are a real soldier. So you shall have as much money as ever you like.

      Thank you, old witch, said the soldier.

      Do you see that large tree? said the witch, pointing to a tree beside them. Well, it is quite hollow inside, and you must climb to the top. There, you can see a hole, and you can let yourself down through the hole into the tree to a great depth. I will tie a rope round your body, so that I can pull you up again when you call out to me.

      But what am I to do, down there in the tree? asked the soldier.

      Get money, she replied. When you reach the ground under the tree, you will find yourself in a large hall, lighted up by three hundred lamps. You will then see three doors, which can be easily opened, for the keys are in all the locks. When you enter the first of the rooms, you will see a large chest in the middle of the floor. Upon this chest, there is a dog, with a pair of eyes as large as teacups. But you need not be afraid of him at all. I will give you my blue apron. You must spread it upon the floor, and then boldly seize hold of the dog, and place him upon it. You can then open the chest, and take from it as many pence as you please. They are only copper pence. If you would rather have silver money, you must go into the second room. Here you will find another dog, with eyes as big as mill wheels. But don’t be afraid. Place him upon my apron, and then take what money you please. If, however, you like gold best, enter the third room, where there is another chest full of it. The dog who sits on this chest is very frightening; his eyes are as big as a tower, but do not mind him. If he also is placed upon my apron, he cannot hurt you, and you may take from the chest what gold you will.

      This is not a bad story, said the soldier, but what am I to give you, you old witch?

      I do not ask for a single penny, said the witch. Only promise to bring me an old tinderbox, which my grandmother left behind the last time she went down there.

      Very well. I promise. Now tie the rope round my body.

      Here it is, replied the witch, and here is my blue apron.

      As soon as the rope was tied, the soldier climbed up the tree, and let himself down through the hollow to the ground beneath. Here he found, as the witch had told him, a large hall, with many hundred lamps burning. Then he opened the first door. Ah! there sat the dog, with the eyes as large as teacups, staring at him.

      You’re a pretty fellow, said the soldier. He seized him, and placed him on the witch’s apron, while he filled his pockets from the chest with as many pieces as they would hold. Then he closed the lid, seated the dog upon it again, and walked into another room. And, sure enough, there sat the dog with eyes as big as mill wheels.

      You had better not look at me in that way, said the soldier. You will make your eyes water; and then he seated him also upon the apron, and opened the chest. But when he saw what a lot of silver money it contained, he very quickly threw away all the coppers he had taken, and filled his pockets and his pack with silver.

      Then he went into the third room, and there the dog was really frightening. His eyes were as big as towers, and they turned round and round in his head like wheels.

      Good evening, said the soldier. So he placed him on the floor, and opened the chest. Oh, what a lot of gold there was! So the soldier now threw away all the silver money he had taken, and filled his pockets and his pack with gold instead; and not only his pockets and his pack, but even his cap and boots, so that he could scarcely walk.

      He was really rich now; so he replaced the dog on the chest, closed the door, and called up through the tree, Now pull me out, you old witch.

      Have you got the tinderbox? asked the witch.

      No, I quite forgot it. So he went back and fetched the tinderbox, and then the witch drew him up out of the tree. So he stood again in the high road, with his pockets, his pack, his cap, and his boots full of gold.

      What are you going to do with the tinderbox? asked the soldier.

      That is nothing to you, replied the witch. You have the money, now give me the tinderbox.

      If you don’t tell me what you are going to do with it, I will draw my sword and cut off your head, said the soldier.

      No, said the witch.

      The soldier immediately cut off the head of the witch, and there she lay on the ground. Then he tied up all his money in her apron, and threw it on his back, put the tinderbox in his pocket, and walked off to the nearest town. It was a very nice town, and he put up at the best inn, and ordered a dinner of all his favorite dishes, for now he was rich and had plenty of money.

      The next day, he bought some good clothes and boots, so that our soldier soon became known as a fine gentleman. The people visited him, and told him all the wonders that were to be seen in the town, and of the king’s beautiful daughter, the princess.

      Where can I see her? asked the soldier.

      She is not to be seen at all, they said. She lives in a large copper castle, surrounded by walls and towers. No one but the king himself can pass in or out. There has been a prophecy that she will marry a common soldier, and the king cannot bear to think of such a marriage.

      I should like very much to see her, thought the soldier; but he could not have permission to do so. However, he had a very pleasant time. He went to the theatre, drove in the king’s garden, and gave a great deal of money to the poor. He remembered what it had been to be without a shilling in the past. Now he was rich, had fine clothes, and many friends, who all declared he was a fine fellow and a real gentleman.

      All this made him very happy. But his money would not last forever; and as he spent and gave away a great deal every day, and received none, he found himself at last with only two shillings left. So he had to leave his beautiful rooms, and live in a

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