《英语阅读成长计划丛书:美国学生母语课本(3)》是畅销全球百年的经典分级读物,在很长一段时间内被固定为美国学生的必读书目。按照从易到难的顺序编成八册介绍给国内广大读者,希望读者能在欣赏原汁原味的英语语言的同时,提高阅读能力,开拓视野,了解美国社会文化。语言地道,优美流畅,有助于读者朋友不出国门,便可以与英美国家的学生共享规范的阅读素材。
阅读能启迪心灵,阅读能增长见识,阅读能陶冶情操,而英语阅读不仅能使读者达到上述目的,更能培养学习英语的兴趣,从而提高自身的英语水平。《英语阅读成长计划丛书——美国学生母语课本》就是一套伴你成长的英语读物,丛书中精选了青少年成长中的精彩故事,是学生学习英语、汲取知识、领悟道理的理想选择,学生一定会从中受益匪浅。
美国教育家、芝加哥大学第二任校长哈里?普拉特?贾德森为美国学生精心编写的分级读物《美国学生文学读本》(GradedLiteratureReaders)在很长一段时间内被固定为美国学生的必读书目,甚至近几年美国的几家出版社也重新出版了这套读物。《英语阅读成长计划丛书——美国学生母语课本》系列丛书正是从这套来自美国本土的经典读物中进行选材,按照从易到难的顺序编成八册介绍给国内广大读者,希望读者能在欣赏原汁原味的英语语言的同时,提高阅读能力,开拓视野,了解美国社会文化。
《英语阅读成长计划丛书——美国学生母语课本》系列丛书选材内容逐册递进,思想深度也逐渐加强,这非常契合国内学生学习语言以及认知的发展进程。每册书的内容涵盖故事、神话、传记、历险、历史、自然、科普等;体裁则包括小说、散文、诗歌等。在编译过程中,我们对每一篇文章、每一首诗歌都进行了深入细致的研究,查阅大量有关作者及作品的相关文章,力求理解准确到位,给读者以正确的引导,既体现英文之彩,又展现中文之美。编者还对每篇课文中重要的词语以及文化常识等详细地进行了注解,帮助读者学习和理解。
《美国学生母语课本1》适合一年级至三年级的读者;
《美国学生母语课本2》适合四年级至六年级的读者;
《美国学生母语课本3》适合七年级至九年级的读者;
《美国学生母语课本4》适合高一和高二年级的读者;
《美国学生母语课本5》适合高二和高三年级的读者;
《美国学生母语课本6》适合大一和大二年级的读者;
《美国学生母语课本7》适合大二和大三年级的读者;
《美国学生母语课本8》适合大三和大四年级的读者。
上述分级方法为建议分级,读者可以根据自己的需求和阅读的兴趣进行选择。
在本系列丛书的编写过程中,全体编者都付出了辛勤的劳动,从最初的选材到最后的付梓出版,他们都经历了无数个日日夜夜的努力,然而错漏之处在所难免,若读者在阅读过程中发现我们的错误,或者有更好的建议,欢迎批评指正,帮助我们更好地进步。只要想到能够给读者打开一扇语言学习之窗,那么所有的汗水也都值得。
1 THE DOVE AND THE ANT
鸽子与蚂蚁
2 GOOD-NIGHT AND GOOD-MORNING
晚安,早安
3 THE BAG OF WINDS
风袋
4 THE WIND
风
5 THE SEA
大海
6 O SAILOR, COME ASHORE
啊!水手,上岸吧
7 THE STORY OF COLUMBUS
哥伦布的故事
8 HANS, THE SHEPHERD BOY
放羊的小男孩汉斯
9 THE MOON
月亮
10 BIRDS—BILLS
鸟——喙
11 WHEN
当
12 BENJY IN BEASTLAND
本吉在动物王国
13 MARY ALLERTON—THE STORY OF A LITTLE PILGRIM
玛丽·阿勒顿—— 一位小朝圣者的故事
14 THANKSGIVING DAY
感恩节
15 A GOOD SHOT
神枪手
16 BIRDS—FEET
鸟——爪
17 THE LAND OF COUNTERPANE
床罩大地
18 THE FOX WHO LOST HIS TAIL
丢了尾巴的狐狸
19 HOW LULU GOT LOST
卢卢是怎么走丢的
20 SEVEN TIMES ONE
一岁的七倍
21 THE WOLF AND THE LAMB
狼和羊
22 THE SKYLARK'S SPURS
云雀的趾刺
23 THE FAIRIES
小精灵
24 BIRDS—TRAVELS
鸟——迁徙
25 SO-SO
庸庸
26 THREE COMPANIONS
三个小伙伴
27 ATALANTA'S RACE
阿塔兰忒赛跑
28 UNION GIVES STRENGTH
团结就是力量
29 SOWING SEEDS
播种
30 A DUTCH LULLABY
荷兰摇篮曲
31 THE UGLY DUCKLING
丑小鸭
32 THE DERVISH AND THE CAMEL
僧人和骆驼
33 HENRY WADSWORTH LONGFELLOW
亨利·沃兹沃思·朗费罗
34 THE VILLAGE BLACKSMITH
乡村铁匠
35 BEES
蜜蜂
36 THE SLEEPING BEAUTY
睡美人
37 CAPTAIN SMITH AND POCAHONTAS
史密斯船长和波卡洪塔斯
38 HERCULES AND THE WAGONER
赫拉克勒斯和车夫
39 LEAVES
叶子
40 THE TREE
大树
41 THE BOY WHO HATED TREES
讨厌树的男孩
42 MARCH
三月
43 CIRCE
喀耳刻
44 HIAWATHA'S HUNTING
海华沙打猎
45 BENJAMIN FRANKLIN AS A BOY
少年本杰明·富兰克林
46 THE DOVE
鸽子
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1. Years ago, in a far-off country, there lived a great man named Odysseus. He did so many wonderful deeds that this book might be filled with stories about him. I will tell you one of them now. Some day you will read others.
2. Odysseus fought bravely in a long war. When the war was over, he took his men in his ship and started home.
3. But one thing after another kept him back, and he was ten years on the way. In this time he went to many strange lands and saw many queer things and people.
4. At one time he came to the island where ?olus, the king of the winds, lived. olus kept all the winds shut up, and only let them out, one at a time, when he wished a wind to blow.
5. He ruled the north wind with its snow and ice, and the south wind with its flowers; the east wind, which brings rain for the plants, and the west wind, which blows the leaves from the trees.
6. King olus was glad to see Odysseus and to hear about his great deeds.
7. When Odysseus sailed away in his ship, the king gave him a queer present. It was a great bag tied with a silver string.
8. You could never guess what was in it, so I shall have to tell you. All the winds but one were shut up in this bag. That one was the east wind, which would take the ship home.
9. "Do not open the bag while you are on the ship," said the king. "If you do, the winds will rush out and drive you far away over the seas. It will be a long time before you reach your home."
10. You may be sure that Odysseus took great care of the bag. He told his men not to touch it.
11. The men would look at it and wonder what was in it.
They thought it must hold a great treasure.
12. The east wind blew for nine days and nights. The ship dashed through the waves on its way home.
13. All this time Odysseus did not dare sleep, for fear something might happen to the ship.
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