美国学校现代英语阅读教材 本书特色
《basic readers》是美国现代时期一套广泛使用的标准化英语阅读课本，在美国学校一直使用到20 世纪70 年代。《美国学校现代英语阅读教材》由芝加哥大学阅读研究专家、世界阅读学会首任会长威廉·格雷教授与著名教材专家威廉·爱尔森共同编写。从选文篇幅、词汇难度、故事内容、课后练习、插图使用等方面，编者都做了精心考量。《美国学校现代英语阅读教材》以综合培养学生的朗读（oral reading）与默读（silent
reading）技巧为目的，让孩子们学会阅读，并通过阅读为今后的人生阶段打下基础。对中国孩子来讲，这是一套循序渐进地进行英语阅读训练的优秀读本。适合从学前阶段开始，向小学和中学阶段扩展训练。
本册为第六级，相较前几册难度较大，但是通过正文中加注的单词解释，以及逐级学习的积累，也可以很好地理解书中故事所要传达的内容。同时提供配套英文朗读免费下载，让孩子在阅读精彩故事的同时亦能更好练习英语发音。
this set of textbook
readers was used in the schools of the united states till 1970s. it was the
first reading series to enforce strict vocabulary control over selections.
william s. gray, a renowned educational psychologist and reading authority from
the university of chicago became a senior co-author with william h. elson in
creating this series.
the authors have
attempted to provide an interesting, purposeful, and comprehensive reading course
for children. to achieve this purpose the authors have assembled materials from
the worldwide field of children’s favorite readings. thus basic reading
attitudes and habits are developed through the purposeful use of interesting
and significant content. using this series of readers, the children can learn
to read first, and then read to learn in their future life.
美国学校现代英语阅读教材 内容简介
美国英语阅读专家为孩子们定制的阅读课本
按标准阅读词汇量与等级编写
循序渐进训练英语阅读，配套英文朗读免费下载
《美国学校现代英语阅读教材》根据级别科学设计生词数量，阅读内容也为孩子们所熟悉，并配有生动的插图。全书为英文原版，书中不带任何中译内容，完全与英文原版一致。全套书共7 册（入门级、第1-6 级）。从英文难度来讲，适合国内学前段至中小学阶段的学生使用。期望国内学生使用这些原版读物时，不仅从学习素材，而且从语言学习规律与方法等，更接近英语为母语的孩子的学习方法，以起到事半功倍的效果。
美国学校现代英语阅读教材 目录
part i the outdoorworld 01hunting elephants with a camera................................005 02tiger, terror of the jungle .............................................016 03carl akeley brings jungleland to america...................027 04the cardinal bird.............................................................039 05the family of bob-white................................................041 06bird-nesting in winter.....................................................050 07starting a wild-life sanctuary........................................052 08the flowers......................................................................059 09the dandelions.................................................................060 10yellow lilies: the gold of rainbow slough..................062 11planting the tree...............................................................070 12springprophecies.............................................................072 13march.................................................................................074 part ⅱ airways and roadways 14from indian trail to air mail..........................................079 15west wind: the yankee clipper ship............................087 16the glint ofwings............................................................102 17how potts saved the night express..............................115 part ⅲ stories that nevergrow old 18pandora’sbox...................................................................127 19the king of the golden river; or, the black brothers....146 20abou ben adhem.............................................................177 21tom and his treasure chest............................................178 part ⅳ young americancitizens 22youthful patriots of colonial times...............................203 23young george washington..............................................213 24abraham lincoln grows up...........................................220 25a little song oflife........................................................228 26to toil and be kind.........................................................229 27if love weremine............................................................230 28marion andrews, life saver............................................231 29the will to win................................................................239 30our country—america...................................................251 part ⅴ boys and girls of other lands 31 the spanishbootblack.....................................................255 32 rimfa, africanherd-girl.................................................264 33 the way of a polishlad...................................................275 34 mina and karsten of norway..........................................286 part ⅵ workers and their work 35 thomas alva edison: light’s golden jubilee...............299 36 walter damrosch: music master of the air...................312 37 the village,blacksmith.................................................320 38 tim crogan, the star apprentice...................................323 39 forest products: from woodland to factory................335 part ⅶ famous heroes ofadventure 40robin hood and his merry men....................................345 41a song of sherwood.......................................................368 42achilles, famous leader of the greeks..........................370 43the wanderings of ulysses.............................................393 part ⅷ holidays and festivals 44thanksgiving at todd’s asylum.....................................425 45the pumpkin.....................................................................438 46the christmas truants.....................................................439 47the bishop’s valentine.....................................................454 48the way old glory goes.................................................459 49the star-spangled banner...............................................460
美国学校现代英语阅读教材 作者简介
威廉· Ｓ· 格雷（William Scott Gray, 1885- 1960）美国芝加哥大学博士、教授，曾担任芝加哥大学教育系研究生院阅读研究专业主任，及世界阅读学会首任会长。在近40 年的时间里，他一直是世界阅读研究的权威学者。他在芝加哥大学的博士论文题为“小学阅读的标准化测试”。他带领的研究团队，将阅读技巧训练与阅读效果检测相结合，并将学术研究成果应用于学校阅读教材的编写，《Basic Readers》便是他与另一位教育者和教材编写专家合作的成果。
威廉· Ｈ· 爱尔森（William Harris
Elson,1856-1935）出生于美国俄亥俄州卡洛尔，毕业于美国印第安纳大学。作为一位教师与教育管理者，他在教育改革方面做出了很大贡献。1907 年他建立了美国第一所技术高中。此外，他还是一位著名的教材编写者，除本套教材外，他编写了多套美国学校使用的现代教材。这些教材除美国外，在全球34 个国家销售使用，累计销量超过5000万册。
