ReadRise grows readers from sounding-out to understanding — chunking long words, opening words into parts, and finding the big idea. Read-aloud is always there.
This home-language support is added alongside English — it never replaces it. Your English words don't go away.
Words
Each English word is shown with its 中文 meaning and an example. Tap 🔊 to hear it.
SonnyFluency + prosody (hero) — reads smooth and with feeling; the music of reading IS fluency, never speed
流利＋语调：顺滑而有感情地读，让句子像音乐一样起伏——那份音乐就是流利，不是速度。
“让句子像歌一样起起伏伏——那份音乐是流利，不是速度。”
“Let the sentence rise and fall like a song — that music is fluency, not speed.”
smooth↔顺滑
他顺滑地读完课文。
feeling↔感情
带着感情读，故事更好听。
ChunkMultisyllabic decoding — claps a long word into syllable beats (ed-u-ca-tion)
多音节解码：拍手把长单词切成音节，一块一块地读——就像汉语一个字一个音节。
“拍手把长单词切成节拍，再一口一口打开它。”
“Clap the long word into beats, then crack it open one bite at a time.”
education↔教育
ed-u-ca-tion——四个音节。
fantastic↔极好的
fan-tas-tic——三个音节。
important↔重要的
im-por-tant——三个音节。
MorphoMorphology — opens a word into its parts (un + happy + ness), builds new words
构词法：把单词打开成部件——前缀＋词根＋后缀（un + happy + ness）——再造出新词。
“像展开翅膀一样打开单词：un + happy + ness。每个部件都带着意义。”
“Open the word like wings: un + happy + ness. Each part carries meaning.”
unhappiness↔不快乐
un + happy + ness = “unhappiness”（不快乐）。
rebuild↔重建
“re-”＝再：re + build＝重建。
careful↔小心的
care + ful = “careful”（小心的）。
VerbaVocabulary — catches a new word's meaning from its neighbors and its parts
词汇：靠周围的词（上下文）和它的部件，猜出一个新词的意思。
“你可以靠周围的词猜出一个词的意思——读一读它的“邻居”。”
“You can catch a word's meaning from the words around it — read the neighbors.”
context↔上下文
上下文帮你理解。
meaning↔意思
我在找这个词的意思。
clue↔线索
周围的词就是线索。
GistComprehension (informational) — finds the one big idea + key details, with text evidence
理解（说明文）：找出整页都在讲的那一个中心大意，以及支撑它的重要细节——并且都要有文中的证据。
“找出整页在讲的那一个中心大意——再找出支撑它的细节。”
“Find the one big idea the whole page is about — then the details that hold it up.”
main idea↔中心大意
中心大意是最重要的。
detail↔细节
每个细节都让大意更清楚。
evidence↔证据
我在文中找证据。
VeraInference + figurative (literary) — reads what a story shows but doesn't say
推断＋比喻（文学）：读出故事暗示却没直说的东西，理解一个比喻真正的意思——靠文中的线索。
“故事展现的比它说出来的多——读线索，找出藏起来的东西。”
“A story shows more than it says — read the clues to find what's hidden.”
infer↔推断
我推断出人物的心情。
clue↔线索
线索藏在人物说的话里。
figurative↔比喻的
“心碎了”是比喻的说法。
A translanguaging-informed vocabulary + access support for multilingual learners — NEVER a claim to 'close the EL gap' or replace bilingual instruction. The home language is an asset. Written and checked by a person — not machine-translated.
