中学英语拓展阅读丛书

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1 A Birthday Traditions Around the World

1 B Name Days in Slovakia

2 A The 1950s Kitchen

2 B Sylvan Goldman and the Shopping Cart

3 ALife in the New England Colonies

3 B Mary Chilton： The First Person to Land at Plymouth Rock

4 AHow Iron and Steel Changed Architecture

4 B The Flatiron Building

5 A Robert Peary and Matthew Henson： Arctic Explorers

5 B The Dog Sledge： Arctic Transportation

6 A What Do Newspaper Journalists Do?

6 B How to Write a Newspaper Article

7 A The Swiss Alps

7 B Climbing the Swiss Alps： The "4，000ers".

8 AHow to Read a Map

8 B Latitude， the Equator， and Climate

9 A Life Inside a Medieval Castle

9 B Food Fit for a King

10 A Abraham Lincoln and the Gettysburg Address

10 B The Careers of Abraham Lincoln

11 A The People of Hawaii

11 B The Hula： Ancient and Modern Dance of Hawaii

12 ALife in Ancient China During the Han Dynasty

12 B Papermaking in the Han Dynasty

13 A The Underground Railroad

13 B Juneteenth

14 A Ferdinand Magellan， World Explorer

14 B Portugal： A Seafaring Country

15 A Ancient Rock Art in the American Southwest

15 B Peck Art Tour Dos and Donts

16 A The History of Heating in the United States

16 B Solar Heat

17 A The Monuments of Ancient Egypt

17 B Who Built the Pyramids?

18 A The Human Dream of Flying

18 B Amelia Earhart

19 A The History of the American Public Library System

19 B Social Studies Research on the Internet

20 A The Maya

20 B The Mayan Calendars

21 A The History of the White House

21 B White House Tour

22 A National Womens History Month

22 B Dolores Huerta： Labor Leader

23 ANational versus State Government

23 B Schools： A Part of Local Government

24 A Grants Tomb： A National Monument

24 B The Battle of Vicksburg

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