本册是按照《义务教育课程标准》三级要求编写的,适合七年级(初一)学生阅读。本册作者精心收录了英美本土孩子的阅读作品,置身其中你能领略到英语国家的历史与文化,体会西方的风土人情,了解现代的科技和艺术以及一些脍炙人口的诗歌欣赏。其中有大家喜欢的Why soccer? 讲述足球的由来,走入New York City’s Gem 可以读到纽约的变化,Night Lights 让你知道雷电的起因,Pretty Is That Pretty Does 是我们为你们在文学鉴赏上开启的一扇门。另外,本书还突出了实用的特点。为了帮助读者轻松阅读,本书还对重点词汇进行释义,对故事主干进行阅读理解的提示,还通过问题形式促进写作水平的提高。
1. Make a Move 2. Skyway Sweeper 3. Wilma Rudolph: Olympic Gold Medalist 4. Two Men Who Dared to Dream 5. Pretty Is That Pretty Does 6. Attention, Parents and Kids of All Ages! 7. Crystal Cave 8. Washington Monument 9. Volcanoes 10. Spring 11. Musical Notes 12. Cheater, Cheater 13. Soccer Blues 14. Singing School for Birds 15. The Road Not Taken 16. At the Drive-in 17. Lemonade Stand 18. Duke Ellington 19. Run-DMC 20. Alice’s Supper 21. Old Toys 22. Who Invented Weekends? 23. Jack and the Beanstalk 24. Two Boys, Big Plans 25. I Remember, I Remember 26. The Letter 27. Sunday Culture Shock 28. How to Set up a Tent 29. Night Lights 30. Snow in the Suburbs 31. Only Owls 32. The Fox That Played Horse 33. Smokey the Bear 34. Why Soccer? 35. The Daffodils 36. The Golden Touch 37. Rooftop Keeper 38. Rock ‘n’ Roll Camp 39. Snakes: Love Them or Leave Them? 40. The Flight of Youth 41. The King of Rock ‘n’ Roll 42. Snow Is to Live with 43. Vivaldi and Bach 44. Houdini 45. She Walks in Beauty 46. Buildings: From Tall to Taller 47. The Dirt on Soil 48. New York City’s Gem 49. Silliness in Space 50. Ode to the Sea 51. The Big Day 52. Problem Solved 53. Magic with Flowers 54. Field Trip 55. Sharing Music 56. History of Soccer 57. A Musical Genius 58. Happy Endings 59. His Dreams 60. One Great Wall 61. Thunder and Lightning 62. Caring for a Pet Hamster 63. Planting Dreams 64. Stray Birds (I) 65. Dan and the Dolphin 66. The Pie Man 67. The Hamster from Room 144 68. And It’s Out of the Park! 69. Str ay Birds (II) 70. Forest Mammals 71. Redwood Giants 72. Peppers 73. Pick, the Haw-Haw Bird 74. Time in a Bottle Keys
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