この本は中級英語読み物「百万英語読書計画」シリーズの第一集の5つで、1500基本的な英語の語彙をマスターした読者に適している。
百万英語読書計画（Million-Word Reading Project，MWRP）は英語を第二言語または外国語として学ぶ者（ESL/EFL）に対する設計した英語読書向上計画である。読者は1500基本英語の語彙（初級英語相当）を習得した読者を対象に、2年、毎日約15分間の読書で中級英語のレベルに達し、3500語以上の単語と大量のフレーズをマスターし、英語の各構文を熟練にマスターし、一般英語の原典を読むことができる。
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可読性の値| 86.57
総文字数| 22614
新語件数 | 593
新語率(%) | 2.62
新語重複率| 3.2
5回以上重複新語件数| 31
2回以上重複新語件数| 93
[内容概要]
Mary Lennox is a nine-year-old British girl. She grows up in India and is spoilt and selfish. Her parents die and she becomes an orphan, so she is sent to Misselthwaite Manor to live with her uncle. There is a secret garden at the manor, which has been locked up for 10 years. And with the help of "magic", Mary finds the key to the garden door that has been buried in the earth.
With the help of kind Dickon, Mary begins secretly working in the garden to bring its many roses back to life. Mary also discovers the secret of the Manor one night: her uncle has a son. The boy, Colin, is even more spoiled than Mary. He's weak and is not allowed to go out.
What is the secret about the garden? What other miracles can "magic" bring about?
This book is rewritten from "The Secret Garden" by Frances H. Burnett (1849-1924). It was first published in 1911. It is now one of Burnett's most popular novels, and is considered to be a classic of English children's literature. Several stage and film adaptations have been produced.