Oxford Bookworms Factfiles in a sub-series in the Oxford Bookworms series. It is devoted to nonfiction, and most of the books are about countries or famous cities or environmental problems.
The book I read today is Food and Drink in Britain. Generally, the book is quite easy to read. There are few embedded clauses, and the sentences simple in structure. The average sentence length is about 16 words. There are some much longer sentences, but most of those are lists or have easy-to-understand clauses ouch as "because" clauses. The vocabulary is quite simple, with few unknown words theta learners will need to look up in the dictionary. But the books do have quite a lot of information and the number of words in fairly large. Thus, these books are recommended for learners who are aiming to progress beyond very short and simple books such Usborne First Reading or Oxford Reading Tree.
The book concocts of twelve chapters: Introduction, Changes in diet and shopping ,Farming and fishing, Home-cooked food, Eating out and eating outside, Fast food, Potatoes: a staple food,A sweet tooth, Going for a drink, How to make Shepherd's Pie, and How to make Scones.
Chapter 2, Changes in diet and shopping, describe one thing witch has changed is the way same foods are seen as ordinary and cheep, and others special and valuable. and the chapter explained the diet of many British people is quiet different to that of their parents and has often changed in their own lifetime.
Overall, the bookwas very interesting and useful for me. My knowledge of food and diet in Britain was very limited, and the book gave me lots of useful information and made me went to visit Britain my self. As mentioned above, this book and other books in the Factfiles sub-series may be a useful next step for learners who have read very simple books. (313/5504 words)
Oxford University Press
発売日：2000-03-09
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