BR 2-4 WASHINGTON D.C.

Oxford Bookworms Factfiles is a sub-series in the Oxford Bookworms series. It is devoted to nonfiction, and most of the books are about countries or famous cities or environmental problems. 

The book I read today is WASHINGTON D.C.Generally, the book is quite easy to read. There are few embedded clauses, and the sentences are simple in structure. The average sentence length is about 20 words. There are some much longer sentences, but most of those are lists or have easy-to-understand clauses such as "because" clauses. The vocabulary is quite simple, with few unknown words that learners will need to look up in the dictionary. But the books do have quite a lot of information and the number of words is fairly large. Thus, these books are recommended for learners who are aiming to progress beyond very short and simple books such Usborne First Reading or Oxford Reading Tree.

The book consists of ten chapters: Welcome to Washington D.C., Building the city, Getting around the city, Monuments and Memorials, The Smithsonian Institution, Entertainment, Shopping and eating and Come and visit! 

Chapter 2, Building the city, describes The Capital, The White House and President Lincoln and the American Civil War. 

Overall, the book was very interesting and useful for me. My knowledge of WASHINGTON D.C. was very limited, and the book gave me lots of useful information and made me want to visit WASHINGTON D.C. myself. As mentioned above, this book and other books in the Eactifiles sub-series may be a useful next step for learners who have read mainly very simple books.

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