Sherlock Holmes and the Case of the Curly-Haired Company: Mandarin Companion Graded Readers Level 1, Traditional Chinese Edition

by Arthur Conan Doyle, John Pasden (Editor), Renjun Yang (Editor)

**Traditional Chinese Edition**
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Level 1 is written using approximately 300 unique Chinese characters and intended for Chinese learners at an upper-elementary level. Most learners will be able to approach this book after one to two years of formal study, depending on the learner and program. This series is designed to combine simplicity of characters with an easy-to-understand storyline that helps beginners grow their vocabulary and language comprehension abilities.

Plot Summary
Mr. Xie was recently hired by the Curly Haired Company. For a significant weekly allowance, he was required to sit in an office and copy articles from a book, while in the meantime his assistant looked after his shop. He had answered an advertisement in the paper and although hundreds of people applied, he was the only one selected because of his very curly hair. When the company unexpectedly closes, Mr. Xie visits Gao Ming (Sherlock Holmes) with his strange story. Gao Ming is certain something is not right, but will he solve the mystery in time?

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Genres: China, Fiction, Short Stories

141 pages, Kindle Edition

First published August 1, 1891

About the author

Sir Arthur Ignatius Conan Doyle was a British writer and physician. He created the character Sherlock Holmes in 1887 for A Study in Scarlet, the first of four novels and fifty-six short stories about Holmes and Dr. Watson. The Sherlock Holmes stories are milestones in the field of crime fiction.
Doyle was a prolific writer. In addition to the Holmes stories, his works include fantasy and science fiction stories about Professor Challenger, and humorous stories about the Napoleonic soldier Brigadier Gerard, as well as plays, romances, poetry, non-fiction, and historical novels. One of Doyle's early short stories, "J. Habakuk Jephson's Statement" (1884), helped to popularise the mystery of the brigantine Mary Celeste, found drifting at sea with no crew member aboard.

Reviews

[Mikko Ikola · Rating 5 out of 5]

Great book for Chinese students at HSK 3 level or above!

[Helen · Rating 3 out of 5]

Pretty good for what it is (a graded reader). Done with a good spirit, and it was fun to have a real book that I could mostly read. The pictures are fun, too. I found some of the new vocabulary in other places soon afterwards, which was a fun reinforcement. If I bought another one, though, I might get a digital copy, as there are additional helpful features available with those. Still, it's great to have a hard copy!

[Keruonedz · Rating 5 out of 5]

Moje první knížka v čínštině. Přečíst mi ji trvalo sto let a hodněkrát jsem musela číst kapitoly dvakrát, abych to všechno pochopila, ale je to tam :) Jdu na další! Příběh je klasický Holmes od Doyla trošku upravený. Každopádně pro studenty čínštiny super, protože na konci je seznam nejdůležitějších slovíček. 我喜欢这本中国书!

[Rob Hocking · Rating 4 out of 5]

I read this book in order to get used to traditional characters in preparation for my online reading test before attending Chinese school in Taiwan. The book served its purpose while being moderately entertaining.

[Tiff · Rating 5 out of 5]

Love Mandarin Companion struggling readers series. Read this in a jiffy and feeling really good to complete. Mandarin Companion simplifies plots/story lines from original language. Highly recommended for struggling Chinese language readers like me!

[Helen · Rating 4 out of 5]

虽然这本书很容易，还是很有意思。我应该找读这系列中其他的书。

[Yana · Rating 3 out of 5]

这本书很容易，适合学HSK2-3级的人。
Sherlock Holmes 和 Dr. Watson比真实的人物一点也不一样，可能是因为词语不太多，还是句话很简单。
不过，虽然故事不是那么有意思的，但这本书可以帮你学到很多有用的词语，联系语法。

[zades · Rating 5 out of 5]

If you've finished HSK3, this is a good book to read. A complete package. There are also discussion questions at the back to practice thinking in Chinese. I'll def recommend!

[Nicholas Driscoll · Rating 4 out of 5]

很有意思。有点儿难，不过我觉得他们写了很好的故事。他们换了这个故事的名字也地方，可是那也很有意思。这本书有中国的Sherlock。也用很容易的中文，所以很有用！去年我看了英文的故事所以这本书也很容易得明白。

[Daniel Ogburn]

not a native speaker so hard to judge.

[Jan · Rating 4 out of 5]

这是我第一次读一本中文书。虽然这本书很容易，我还学会很多生词了。我喜欢这个， 我一定买别的书。哈哈

[Max McKinnon · Rating 4 out of 5]

高明和赵亮一起处理案子，终于抓住了坏人。

为什么茶馆只给卷发人面试工作？

这本书帮我的中文提高了很多。也让我用简单的中文了解案子。很有意思看高明把石头在路面上敲了几下了。赵亮总是问问题，让我理解高明的目的。