Über die Serie Chinese Breeze (Hanyu Feng) ist eine Serie leichter chinesischer Lektüre. Die Geschichten sprechen inhaltlich besonders Jugendliche und junge Erwachsene an und sind thematisch breit gefächert (etwa Krimis, Abenteuergeschichten, Fantasy, Science Fiction, Romancen, gesellschaftliche Themen, Biographien, Legenden.). Die Geschichten werden ergänzt mit Vokabelanmerkungen und Übungen zum Textverständnis mit Lösungsschlüssel. Jedem Band liegt eine MP3-CD bei, der Text wird jeweils einmal in langsamer und normaler Geschwindigkeit vorgelesen. Dieser Band gehört zur zweituntersten Schwierigkeitsstufe (Level 2), mit einem Kernvokabular von 500 Wörtern. Über die Geschichte In diesem spannenden Krimi ist ein Software-Entwickler Software-Piraten auf der Spur, die ein von ihm entwickeltes Computerprogramm illegal als Raubkopie in grossen Mengen verbreiten. Doch sich auf die Spuren des organisierten Verbrechens zu begeben bringt nicht nur sein eigenes, sondern auch das Leben seiner Frau in Gefahr. About the series Chinese Breeze (Hanyu Feng) is a large and innovative Chinese graded reader series which offers over 60 titles of enjoyable stories at eight language levels. It is designed for college and secondary school Chinese language learners from beginning to advanced levels (including AP Chinese students), offering them a new opportunity to read for pleasure and simultaneously developing real fluency, building confidence, and increasing motivation for Chinese learning. Hanyu Feng has the following main features: Eight carefully graded levels increasing from 8,000 to 30,000 characters in length Wide choice of topics meet the diverse interests of learners Most useful vocabulary for actual communication Carefully controlled distribution of vocabulary, highly recycled base words in various contexts Easy to understand, low new word density, and convenient new word glosses and indexes. Mostly original stories crafted by professional writers teamed with pedagogical experts Attractive pilots Authentic and engaging language Fully illustrated texts with appealing layouts A variety of activities with answer keys Accompanying audio CDs with two (normal and slow) speed choices About the story Fang Xin was the developer of a popular software program. But he did not anticipate that the software was soon pirated for sale in large volumes. He had been searching for the pirates for a long time, but did not find them. One day, his wife Xiaoyue overheard a phone conversation in a store. She followed the caller and discovered the pirates. Nevertheless, Xiaoyue didn´t think that she was already on the brink of death.