名人教你讲英文：Max and Mei

名人教英文： max and mei

max and mei, created by martha keswick, is a unique series of bilingual children's picture books.
《麦思和美美》是一系列罕见的双语幼童图画书。

these picture books are well thought out and designed round the theme of the chinese zodiac animals. each book uses an animal of the chinese zodiac to tell an interesting story of adventure, based on familiar experiences of everyday life. the stories are fun and playful, describing the characteristics of each zodiac animal and introducing relevant elements of chinese culture at the same time.
此系列悉心策划的书以中国生肖做主题，每本书以有趣的方式及精彩的探险故事，透过生活上所遇的经验来介绍每个生肖动物的特色，同时介绍相关中国传统文化。

multi-purpose reading material

the stories are intended for english speaking children to learn chinese. thus, every authentic english sentence is translated into chinese, using simplified chinese characters, complete with notations in standard pinyin.
这书的原意是用英文来教只会英语的孩子学好中文，因此每句正统的英文句子有其中文的翻译，也注有标准的普通话拼音。