Target Audience： Beginner， Elementary， Intermediate， Advanced
Language levels： A1- C2
Subject Zones： Supplementary Reading Materials
Medium：Books（Paperbacks） & eBooks （Available）
Language: Simplified
Annotation Language： English
Publisher: Sinolingua
Country of Publication: China-Mainland
The Rainbow Bridge Graded Chinese Readers series features engaging stories known for their twists and turns as well as deeply touching plots. The readers will find it a joyful experience to read the stories. The topics are selected from Chinese mythology, legends, folklore, literary classics, biographies of renowned people and historical tales. Such widely ranged topics would exert an invisible, yet formative, influence on readers’ understanding of Chinese culture and history.
For each volume of the “Rainbow Bridge “series, apart from a Chinese story, they also provide an introduction to the main characters in Chinese and English, new words with English explanations and sample sentences, and an English translation of the story .followed by comprehension exercises and a vocabulary list to help users read and understand the story and improve their Chinese reading skills. The exercises are mainly presented as objective questions that take on various forms with moderate difficulty. Moreover, keys to exercises are also provided.
As the levels progress, the passage length will in turn increase.
The following table indicates the corresponding “Rainbow Bridge” level. HSK and CEFR levels, the vocabulary amount, and the number of characters.
| Level | Starter | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 |
| HSK CEFR Level | HSK1 CEFR Level A1 | HSK1-2 CEFR Level A1-A2 | HSK2-3 CEFR Level A2-B1 | HSK3 CEFR Level A2-B1 | HSK3-4 CEFR Level B1 | HSK4 CEFR Level B1-B2 | HSK5 CEFR Level B2-C1 |
| Vocabulary | 150 | 300 | 500 | 750 | 1000 | 1500 | 2500 |
| Characters | 1000 | 2500 | 5000 | 7500 | 10,000 | 15,000 | 25,000 |
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