If you want to strengthen and improve your English vocabulary skills, in addition to memorizing them, it is also very important to read a lot. Therefore, many people will probably read foreign news, magazines, etc., but sometimes it will be a bit boring, especially if you don’t like reading news, or the words used are a bit too difficult for you, then you can consider reading interesting story books. If you have an Android phone, there is such a free app called 1000 English Stories in Google Play, which contains thousands of free English storybooks, ranging from suitable for children, students to adults. There are even many bedside stories. People who want to strengthen their children’s English can also read this to them.
1000 English Stories Introduction
1000 English Stories is a free app that collects a large number of free English storybooks. It has a simple interface design. Once you open it, you can select the storybook you want to read and quickly scan at least more than 30 categories, including Short Stories, Animal Stories, Classic Stories, Bedtime Stories, Kid Stories, and English Proverbs:
There are also a lot of choices under each category, which is definitely enough for you to see. But there is no Chinese, so if you are a beginner, it will take some time to get familiar with:
You can start reading after clicking on it. Unfortunately, it does not support reading aloud yet. It would be great if it did. However, if you really want to switch to listening, you can also download some reading apps. Google Play has many, and you can select and copy all the content of each story:
Dark mode is also available for you to read at night:
In addition, I’m not sure if everyone has this function. When you see a word you don’t understand, highlight it and click… Menu:
You will see the Microsoft Translate function:
You can quickly check the meaning of this word in the App:
It also supports the bookmark function. If you can’t finish reading the stories or you are interested in them, you can add them to the bookmark cabinet so that you can quickly find and start reading in the future:
We have previously recommended a “Learn English through stories” is a free app that people who just want to listen to it can also refer to. It’s also completely free.
Supplementary information
- App Name: 1000 English Stories
- Nature: Free
- Supported operating system: Android
- Google Play download page
Source: KOCPC Chinese