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第三只眼睛 The Third Eye, Chinese Breeze
A graded reader in Mandarin Chinese.
In just two months, five customers had large amounts of money stolen while in flight! Such cases became a headache for the cops. Harried and frustrated for a while, they found a clue while screening the names and ID numbers of all the customers. One day, when the thief showed up again on the airplane, a cop quietly followed. The cop sat there nonchalantly with his "third eye" watching and waiting for the fish to bite.
In just two months, five customers had large amounts of money stolen while in flight! Such cases became a headache for the cops. Harried and frustrated for a while, they found a clue while screening the names and ID numbers of all the customers. One day, when the thief showed up again on the airplane, a cop quietly followed. The cop sat there nonchalantly with his "third eye" watching and waiting for the fish to bite.
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60 pages, Unknown Binding
First published July 1, 2011
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July 31, 2016
I really enjoyed the book overall (graded readers are the best!), but I give this volume "only" four stars for two reasons: 1) no Kindle version available, and 2) the story was interesting but a bit cheesy. Still, for a graded reader, it's hard to expect much in the way of character development or any real emotion. Overall, I liked the Mandarin Companion Graded Readers better, and I'm hoping they publish more materials suitable for intermediate and advanced learners.
June 28, 2025
This is my first level 3 CB graded reader; I've read all the level 1 offerings and most of the level 2 for CB, as well as all the Mandarin Companion books at this point (and a few other brands here and there).
For those familiar with CB readers, this is familiar territory with an expanded vocabulary. I find the grammar in the CB readers tends to be more advanced for the level while the vocabulary tends to be more textbook-y. The plot, as with most of them, resolves a little too easily and it's a little bit of a letdown; I always expect some great surprise or conspiracy and these books are usually simpler than that.
I will say that once you get past the seemingly endless graded readers at the ~500 character level, it's hard to find offerings between that and native materials, especially stories set in modern times, so I really appreciate the gradually increasing difficulty of this series.
For those familiar with CB readers, this is familiar territory with an expanded vocabulary. I find the grammar in the CB readers tends to be more advanced for the level while the vocabulary tends to be more textbook-y. The plot, as with most of them, resolves a little too easily and it's a little bit of a letdown; I always expect some great surprise or conspiracy and these books are usually simpler than that.
I will say that once you get past the seemingly endless graded readers at the ~500 character level, it's hard to find offerings between that and native materials, especially stories set in modern times, so I really appreciate the gradually increasing difficulty of this series.
January 15, 2019
Very entertaining short story perfect for those learning Chinese. I'm about HSK level 3 and could read and understand most of the book
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December 21, 2015The last one!
November 15, 2013
Totally just read a book in Chinese. BOO-YA!!
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