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Road to Reading, Mile 4 단계는 본격적인 Reading을 시작하려는 어린이들에게 적합한 | 닫기x |  What is 챕터북?
리더스 시리즈보다는 좀 더 어려운 어휘와 문장으로 구성되어 있으며, 여러개의 절(Chapter)로 나뉘어져 있어서 본격적인 영어 독해를 하기에 적합한 책입니다.
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1869년 10월, 미국 뉴욕주의 한 시골 지역에서 기데온 에몬스와 헨리 니콜스는 우물을 파는 도중에 땅 속에서 거대한 석상을 발견합니다. 길이가 310 cm에 달하는 석상의 발견은 곧 미국 전역에 큰 뉴스거리가 되고, 많은 사람들에게 석상의 정체에 대한 호기심을 불러 일으켰습니다. 수천명의 사람들이 이 석상을 보기 위해 뉴욕주로 몰려들었습니다. 혹자는 이 석상이 고대 거인의 화석이라고 주장하기도 했습니다만, 이 석상에는 비밀스럽고 교활한 음모가 있었습니다....
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Edition: Paperback, 48 pages
ISBN-10: 0307264041
ISBN-13: 978-0307264046
책 크기: 19.4 cm x 13.2 cm
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Book Description
A true story about one of the greatest hoaxes ever. . . . In the 19th century, a man named George Hull carved a ten-foot-tall stone giant. He secretly buried it in the ground, then had it dug up, causing a huge sensation-- people believed it was a genuine petrified man! The hoax grew bigger and bigger, and before long, P.T. Barnum got in on the action. When would America learn the truth?
School Library Journal
In 1869, audiences flocked to see what was purported to be a petrified human giant, unearthed from a farm in Cardiff, NY. The "giant" was, in fact, a statue carved from gypsum, artificially weathered, and buried as part of a "get rich quick" scheme. So successful was the hoax that even circus impresario P. T. Barnum got into the act, making his own copy of the "giant" and claiming that it was the "real" Cardiff Giant. Finally, it was determined that both "giants" were fakes. The "stone giant" gradually faded into obscurity, but the original statue can still be found in a museum in Cooperstown, NY. This saga is dutifully related in short, mildly suspenseful segments for beginning chapter-book readers, with some difficult vocabulary (e.g., gypsum, quarry, fossil). Youngsters may find the shifting cast of characters and their travails confusing. The cover art and interior color illustrations are serviceable, but are far less effective at piquing interest than the four black-and-white historical photographs. This small slice of American history is tantalizing, but most noteworthy for the revelation that P. T. Barnum did not, as is widely believed, originate the phrase "there's a sucker born every minute." That distinction belongs to his rival, David Hannum. |
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