《初中英语拓展阅读》（1-3）是一套从英国国际语言教学服务公司引进的拓展阅读教程。作为编者，我们想告诉你，这套书能够：
　　夺让“悦”读发生；
　　夺让你在“悦”读的过程中收获能力与自信！
　　“悦”读文章之后，我们还给你准备了一试身手的任务：Word power检测你猜词、用词的本领；Understanding the mainideas，Reading fordetail，Answering questions和Using reference words考查你对语篇的理解力；Summary锻炼你对语篇的概括力；Listening给你增加输入信息的同时也帮助提高你的听力；What do you think？提升你对文章话题的思辨能力。这些精心设计、富有意义的任务，让你从此不再是做题的“机器”，而是成为真正自主学习的人！

Reading about jobs
Unit 1 The dog walker
Unit 2 An interview with a paramedic
Unit 3 The video game tester： not all fun and games
Unit 4 The trainee chef
Unit 5 Working on an oil platform
Reading about animals
Unit 6 The hippopotamus： dangerous on land and in the water
Unit 7 Amazing travelers： animal migration
Unit 8 The animals ofthe Camargue ．
Unit 9 Just a piece of seaweed? The leafy sea dragon
Unit 10 Racing across snow and ice
Reading about music
Unit 11 Learning a musicalinstrument
Unit 12 How to make a glass orchestra
Unit 13 Rock school
Unit 14 An ancient musicalinstrument
Unit 15 Music therapy： making people feel better
Reading about countries
Unit 16 On vacation in Guatemala
Unit 17 The Maldives： a country in danger
Unit 18 The Maori
Unit 19 Russia： the largest country
Unit 20 Monaco： a tiny country
Appendices
Word list
Answer key