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Robin Hood and his Merry Men lived in hiding in Sherwood Forest .
Even though Robin and his band were outlaws,
they stole only from the rich and gave the money to the poor .
Robin thought the corrupt lords were the real thieves .
They ruled the land unjustly while good King Richard was off at war .
The wicked lords wanted to hang Robin Hood, but they could never catch him .
When King Richard finally returned from war,
even he could not help respecting this outlaw who fought to protect the common people .
King Richard loved all sports and those who were good at them .
“I wish I could see Robin Hood,” said King Richard in his castle .
“I wish I could see him and his men shoot and wrestle and show off all their skills .
But if they heard the king was coming, they would think that I wanted only to arrest them .
They would run and hide deep in the forest, and I would never see them .”
中文翻译：
罗宾汉和他的伙伴们躲在舍伍德森林里。
尽管罗宾和他的乐队都是亡命之徒，
他们只偷富人的钱，把钱给穷人。
罗宾认为腐败的贵族才是真正的小偷。
他们不公正地统治着这片土地，而善良的国王理查德却在战场上。
邪恶的领主们想绞死罗宾汉，但他们永远抓不到他。
当理查德国王终于从战争中归来，
就连他也禁不住尊敬这位为保护老百姓而奋斗的亡命之徒。
理查德国王热爱所有的运动和那些擅长运动的人。
“我真希望能见到罗宾汉，”理查德国王在城堡里说。
“我希望我能看到他和他的人射击和摔跤，展示他们所有的技能。
但如果他们听到国王要来，他们会认为我只想逮捕他们。
他们会跑到森林深处躲起来，我再也见不到他们了。”
RAZ有严密的分级体系：根据全文词汇数、高频词词汇数与比例、低频词词汇数与比例、句子长度、句子复杂度、句式、插图信息量、思想深度、主题等多个角度，将整个阅读体系分为aa，A-Z共27个级别。
RAZ旨在帮助孩子找到适合孩子水平的级别，通过在同一级别下的大量阅读逐步提高孩子的阅读能力。
RAZ按难度分为27个级别，AA—C这4个级别对应幼儿园阶段; D—J这7个级别对应美国小学一年级;K—P这6个级别对应美国小学二年级;Q—T这4个级别对应美国小学三年级;U—W这3个级别对应美国小学四年级;X—Z对应美国小学五六年级(相当于国内高中毕业)。
P级已经达到初中毕业的水平，词汇量超过600个，语法上涉及国内初中重要的所有语法(各种时态，灵活的副词和形容词，形象的动词词组，定语从句，宾语从句，状语从句等)。
