The Fisherman and his Soul / Level 1 / Helbling Classics / Recording in 'British English

　　“Little Mermaid, little Mermaid. I love you.”

　　When the Fisherman catches a beautiful mermaid in his nets, he falls in love with her. He wants to marry her, but first he must send away his Soul.

　　How can he send away his soul? Can his body and soul live apart?

　　Find out in this beautiful story about the nature of love.

　　「小美人魚，小美人魚，我愛你。」
　　漁夫用網捕到一條美麗的美人魚，而且愛上她。
　　他想娶她，但他必須先驅除靈魂。
　　他要如何驅除靈魂？他的身體和靈魂可以分離嗎？
　　透過這個美麗的故事了解愛的本質。

本書特色

　　◎About this Book單元: 分別提供學生與老師的語言學習或教學提示，並有本書文法結構要點。

　　◎Before Reading/After Reading: 閱讀前/後各有問題提問與練習，幫助理解作品內容並培養賞析  與批判思考能力。

　　◎精選深受青少年喜愛的經典名著，或專為青少年所寫的有趣故事。

　　◎依據CEF分級閱讀，讓英文學習精準到位。

　　◎附有MP3光碟，同時訓練閱讀與聽力技巧，還有聽力練習活動。

　　◎配合本書學習，提供免費的教學資源，包括練習單、解答及聽力練習原稿。

Helbling Readers Red Series書系簡介

　　系列分為：
　　● Helbling Classics（經典文學）
　　● Helbling Fiction（當代原創）

　　全系列適合程度：劍橋英檢(Cambridge) KET / 全民英檢(GEPT) 初級 / 歐洲共同語言能力(CEF) A1~A2 / 倫敦聖三一學院(Trinity) 1~ 4 級

　　此系列書共分3個級數，分別是
　　Level 1 -  400字彙以上；認證級數Cambridge KET、CEF A1、Trinity1,2級
　　Level 2   -  600字彙以上；認證級數Cambridge KET、CEF A1/A2、Trinity 2,3級
　　Level 3   -  1000字彙以上；認證級數Cambridge KET、CEF A2、Trinity3,4級

About this Book
 For the Student
 For the Teacher
 Level 1: Structures
About the Author
The Fisherman and his Soul
 Before Reading
 The Fisherman and his Soul
After Reading


作者簡介

　　Oscar Wilde（奧斯卡．王爾德）is born in 1854 in Dublin, Ireland. His father is a doctor and his mother is a poet. Wilde studies Classics at Trinity College, in Ireland and then at Oxford University, in England. He becomes popular because he is funny and clever. He is famous for his wit.

　　In 1881 Oscar Wilde publishes his first book, Poems. He goes to America for a year in 1882. When he arrives in New York he says to the customs officer, ‘I have nothing to declare but my genius’. He gives lectures to Americans about beauty and art.

　　In 1884 Wilde marries Constance Lloyd and they have two children. In 1888 he writes The Happy Prince and Other Tales for their sons.

　　Wilde is famous for his plays, stories and poetry. His only novel The Picture of Dorian Gray (1890), shocks the Victorian society of the time. His plays Lady Windermere’s Fan (1892), An Ideal Husband (1895) and The Importance of Being Earnest (1895) make fun of Victorian society, They are still very popular today. Wilde suffers problems with scandal in the 1890s.

　　In 1895 he is arrested and sent to prison for two years. In 1898 he writes The Ballad of Reading Gaol. This work describes his life in prison. In 1897 Wilde goes to Paris. He dies a poor man in 1900.