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Jeremy Collier
Book Recommendation
閱讀推介
The 1000-Year-Old Boy
Author: Ross Welford
Publisher: HarperCollins Publishers
Year published: 2018
Genre: Fantasy and History novel
No. of pages: 400
Do you know the oldest living person in the world?
By fact check, she is Jeanne Calment of France who was 122 when she died in 1997.
Could a person live up to 1000 years?
He is called Alfie Monk, the main character in the book.
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How can he appear to be a teenager although he is actually 1000-year old?
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How can he be ageless?
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What is his secret?
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Is he an alien?
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What are the adventures in his life?
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Can he die?
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Does he have friends?
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Does anyone believe him?
You’d better read the book to find out his secret.
書名︰《跨越生死的愛》
作者︰馬翠蘿
出版社︰山邊
書籍種類: 歷史,親情
推介︰
2004年造成29多萬人死傷的南亞海嘯,可能已給人遺忘了。但是在閱讀這本書的時候,一群香港少年男女在南亞海嘯中的遭遇,把那場自然災難活現眼前。
讓我知道那場自然災難如何破壞無數的家庭。你曾失去至親嗎? 你有兄弟姊妹嗎? 感情如何? 你曾體會「血濃於水」的親情嗎? 閱讀這本書,看看會否令你會更加珍惜眼前人和更加感到自己十分幸福?
Importance of Reading
Nuttall’s virtuous circle (1996)
Source:
Nuttall, C. (1996) Teaching reading skills in a foreign language. Oxford: Heinemann.