Download or read book Aesop’s Fables (ESL/EFL Version with Audio) written by Qiliang Feng and published by 百萬英語閱讀計劃. This book was released on with total page 155 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This is Book 10, 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 | 82.7 Total word count | 16505 Words beyond 1500 | 1370 Unknown word percentage (%) | 8.3 Unknown headword occurrence | 2.69 Unknown words that occur 5 times or more | 69 Unknown words that occur 2 times or more | 268 Synopsis Aesop was a slave and storyteller. He is believed to have lived in ancient Greece between 620 and 560 BC. He was clever and good at telling stories. His stories are short, but they are full of wisdom and teach children moral lessons. Aesop’s fables are among the best known in the world and have been translated in many languages and become popular in dozens of cultures. They have been told and retold in various forms, from spoken form to written storybooks, stage, film and animated cartoon versions.