美国语文

LESSON 1 THE SHEPHERD BOY

LESSON 2 JOHNNY’S FIRST SNOWSTORM

LESSON 3 LET IT RAIN

LESSON 4 CASTLE-BUILDING

LESSON 5 CASTLE-BUILDING

LESSON 6 LEND A HAND

LESSON 7 THE TRUANT

LESSON 8 THE WHITE KITTEN

LESSON 9 THE BEAVER

LESSON 10 THE YOUNG TEACHER

LESSON 11 THE BLACKSMITH

LESSON 12 A WALK IN THE GARDEN

LESSON 13 THE WOLF

LESSON 14 THE LITTLE BIRD’S SONG

LESSON 15 HARRY AND ANNIE

LESSON 16 BIRD FRIENDS

LESSON 17 WHAT THE MINUTES SAY

LESSON 18 THE WIDOW AND THE MERCHANT

LESSON 19 THE BIRDS SET FREE

LESSON 20 A MOMENT TOO LATE

LESSON 21 HUMMING BIRDS

LESSON 22 THE WIND AND THE SUN

LESSON 23 SUNSET

LESSON 24 BEAUTIFUL HANDS

LESSON 25 THINGS TO REMEMBER

LESSON 26 THREE LITTLE MICE

LESSON 27 THE NEW YEAR

LESSON 28 THE CLOCK AND THE SUNDIAL

LESSON 29 REMEMBER

LESSON 30 COURAGE AND COWARDICE

LESSON 31 WEIGHING AN ELEPHANT

LESSON 32 THE SOLDIER

LESSON 33 THE ECHO

LESSON 34 GEORGE’S FEAST

LESSON 35 THE LORD’S PRAYER

LESSON 36 FINDING THE OWNER

LESSON 37 BATS

LESSON 38 A SUMMER DAY

LESSON 39 I WILL THINK OF IT

LESSON 40 CHARLIE AND ROB

LESSON 41 RAY AND HIS KITE

LESSON 42 BEWARE OF THE FIRST DRINK

LESSON 43 SPEAK GENTLY

LESSON 44 THE SEVEN STICKS

LESSON 45 THE MOUNTAIN SISTER

LESSON 46 HARRY AND THE GUIDEPOST

LESSON 47 THE MONEY AMY DID NOT EARN

LESSON 48 WHO MADE THE STARS?

LESSON 49 DEEDS OF KINDNESS

LESSON 50 THE ALARM CLOCK

LESSON 51 SPRING

LESSON 52 TRUE COURAGE

LESSON 53 THE OLD CLOCK

LESSON 54 THE WAVES

LESSON 55 DON’T KILL THE BIRDS

LESSON 56 WHEN TO SAY NO

LESSON 57 WHICH LOVED BEST

LESSON 58 JOHN CARPENTER

LESSON 59 PERSEVERE

LESSON 60 THE CONTENTED BOY

LESSON 61 LITTLE GUSTAVA

LESSON 62 THE INSOLENT BOY

LESSON 63 WE ARE SEVEN

LESSON 64 MARY’S DIME

LESSON 65 MARY DOW

LESSON 66 THE LITTLE LOAF

LESSON 67 SUSIE AND ROVER

LESSON 68 THE VIOLET

LESSON 69 NO CROWN FOR ME

LESSON 70 YOUNG SOLDIERS

LESSON 71 HOW WILLIE GOT OUT OF THE SHAFT

LESSON 72 THE PERT CHICKEN

LESSON 73 INDIAN CORN

LESSON 74 THE SNOWBIRD’S SONG

LESSON 75 MOUNTAINS

LESSON 76 A CHILD’S HYMN

LESSON 77 HOLDING THE FORT

LESSON 78 THE LITTLE PEOPLE

LESSON 79 GOOD NIGHT

《美国语文读本》从19世纪中期至20世纪中叶，一直被广泛用作美国学校的语文教材，据称有10000多所美国学校拿它当作教材。到了21世纪，西方一些私立学校（Private School)和家庭学校（Homeschool）仍用它作为教材，足见这套书的价值与影响力。据估计，这套书从问世至1960年，至少发行了1.22亿册；1961年后，在西方每年销量仍达30000册以上。应该说，没有哪一套个人主编的教材能超过此发行量了！
　　此套读本的英文原版共分七级，包括启蒙读本和第1-6级。考虑到启蒙读本与第一级篇幅都较少，难易程度也很接近，于是我们将之合并为第1册，其余2-6级与英文原版相同。这样国内出版的这套读本共包括6册。第1册从字母表开始，主要侧重于字母的发音与书写、简单的单词与句型，同时强调英文书写，课文后面附有不少书法练习，让孩子们不仅将英语说得像外国人，而且写得也跟外文书法一样，这是国内英语教学所缺少的一个环节。从第2册开始，均是比较正式的课文，每一课包括词汇和课文，对一些生词有英文解释，让学生学会通过简单英文理解生词，养成用英语理解和思维的习惯。第5册和第6册的课文前增加了作者简介与相关背景知识，内容丰富而有一定深度。
　　此套书为在原版本基础上重新修订精装版，后两册字号较之前有所放大，并且修正了原有的错误之处，以方便学生阅读。
　　This series of schoolbooks teaching reading and moral precepts， originally prepared by William Holmes who was a professor at Miami University McGuffey， had a profound influence on public education in the United States. The eclectic readers， meaning that the selections were chosen from a number of sources， were considered remarkably literary works and probably exerted a greater influence upon literary tastes in the United States more than any other book， excluding the Bible.
　　It is estimated that at least 120 million copies of McGuffey's Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960， placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary. Since 1961 they have continued to sell at a rate of some 30，000 copies a year. No other textbook bearing a single person's name has come close to that mark. McGuffey's Readers are still in use today in some school systems， and by parents for home schooling purposes.

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