英語經典閱讀與欣賞．第一冊（簡體書）

《英語經典閱讀與欣賞（1）》融閱讀與欣賞為一體，每篇文章均源自英語經典原文語篇，既考慮到語篇的語言形式，又注意到語篇的思想內容，旨在幫助學生閱讀理解涵蓋社會文化知識和文化背景知識，以及對語言形式和對思想內容的理解，提高英語閱讀水平。

《英語經典閱讀與欣賞》共分四冊，每篇文章均源自英語經典原文語篇。融閱讀與欣賞于一體，是本套教程的特色之一。學習者在閱讀原文語篇的同時，還可以欣賞到原汁原味的經典英語。傳統的閱讀教程的主要目的是使學習者通過對閱讀材料的理解，掌握一定的語法知識和詞匯量，以及拓寬學習者的知識面。一般而言，閱讀理解可分為表層意思的理解、深層意思的理解以及欣賞性理解。表層意思的閱讀理解涉及語篇中的語音、詞法、句法、篇章結構等，深層意思的閱讀理解涵蓋社會文化知識和文化背景知識，欣賞性閱讀理解既涉及對語言形式的理解，也涉及對思想內容的理解。對語言形式的欣賞可以從語音、詞匯、句式、語篇結構等不同層面進行。在欣賞語言形式美的同時，閱讀過程中理解與欣賞的主要對象應該是內容。
本教程的語篇選材既考慮到語篇的語言形式，又注意到語篇的思想內容，因此，從語篇的體裁到語篇的題材都是為學習者達到閱讀、理解、欣賞的目的而“量身定做”的。本著“使用者友好”（user—hiendly）的原則，每冊書十個單元，供授課教師一學期完成。每個單元由“課堂閱讀”和“課后閱讀”兩部分組成，以方便教師課堂授課和學習者課外閱讀。每篇文章后均附有“注釋”，幫助學習者解難答疑。“注釋”的內容主要包括文章或作者背景簡介、新詞語或流行詞語解讀、疑難句式詳解等。
第一冊的語篇題材涉及語言學習、旅游天地、網絡世界、校園生活、名人軼事、科普故事、家庭生活等，語篇體裁主要為記敘文和描述文。
第二冊的語篇題材涉及初涉人世、誠實守信、社區故事、就業指導、成功秘訣等，語篇體裁主要為記敘文和描述文。
第三冊的語篇題材涉及社會生活、文學經典、興趣與愛好、戰爭與和平、新科技等，語篇體裁主要為說明文和議論文。
第四冊的語篇題材涉及自然探索、信息資訊、社會文化、道德修養、性格與就業、憧憬未來等，語篇體裁主要為說明文和議論文。
本教程所收語篇從形式到內容均依據循序漸進的原則，第一冊至第四冊所收語篇分別為500詞、600詞、700詞、800詞左右。隨著詞語數量的增加，語篇從句式結構到內容的難度也相應增加，使整套教程達到由淺人深的目的。
本教程的另一特色是每單元后附有形式多樣的配套練習，以幫助學生達到閱讀、理解、欣賞的目的，除了常見的詞語解釋、短語搭配之外，還配有激發學習者思維的“詞匯練習”和“閱讀理解”題，并配有練習答案，供教師授課和學習者自學時參考。
本教程可供英語專業和非英語專業本科生以及同等程度的英語學習者使用。
編者
2012年7月

Unit One Language Lea rning
In-Class Reading
Delight of Books
Afler-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ How to Read Faster
Passage Ⅱ Higher Education of the Future

Unit Two Travelling
In-Class Reading
On Going a Journey
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ A Girl Who Swam the Channel
Passage Ⅱ Once More to the Lake

Unit Th ree Love
In-Class Reading
How to Fall 111 Love with YourseIf
Afler-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Love Letters in Danger of Dying
Passage Ⅱ The Date Father Didnt Keep

Unit Fou r Internet World
In-class Reading
Change Your Routine Life a Bit
Afler-Class Rea~ng
Passage Ⅰ Hackers：The Enemy on the Internet
Passage Ⅱ The IPad 2

Unit Five College Life
In-Class Reading
College Student Homesickness
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Failing a Class
Passage Ⅱ Love and Loss

Unit Six Famous People-
In-Class Reading-
Bill Gates in His Boyhood
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Who Was the Real Genghis Khan
Passage Ⅱ J K Rowling

Unit Seven Festivals&Holidays
In-Class Reading
History of Mothers Day
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Legend of the Spring Festival
Passage Ⅱ Halloween Lantern and Trick

Unit Eight Fairy Tales
In-Class Reading
The Seven Ravens
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ The Fox and the Horse
Passage Ⅱ Cowherd and Weaving Girl

Unit Nine Popular Science
In-Class Reading
Five Truths about Our Energy Future
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Anyone out There? A New Way to Look for
Alien LIfe
Passage Ⅱ The Thing in that Morning

Unit Ten Family
Jn-Class Reading Of Parents and Children
After-Class Reading
Passage Ⅰ Mothers Hands
Passage Ⅱ Privity between Fathers
Key to Exercises
Glossary
Phrases & Expressions

Delight of Books
1 Books are to mankind what memory is to the individual．They contain the historyof our race，the discoveries we have made，the gathered knowledge and experienceof ages；they picture for US the beauties of nature，help US in our difficulties，comfort US in sorrow and in suffering，change hours of boredom into moments ofdelight，store our minds with ideas，hu them with good and happy thoughts，andlift US out of and above ourselves．
2 Many 0f us 0We much of our purest happiness to books．Ascham in “TheSchoolmastcr．”tells a story of his last visit to Lady Jane Grey．He found hersitting at the window reading Plato’S beautiful account of the death of Socrates．Herfather and mother were hunting in the park，the hounds were full of cry and theirvoices came in through the open window．H e expressed his surprise that she had notjoined them．But，said she，“1 wish that all their pleasure in the park is but ashadow to the pleasure I find in Plato．”
3 Macaulayhad wealth and fame，rank and power，and yet he tells US in hisbiography that he owed the happiest hours of his life to books．In a charming letter toa little girl，he says，“Thank you for your very pretty letter．I am always glad tomake my little girl happy，and nothing pleases me so much as to see that she likesbooks，for when she is as old as I am，she will find that they are better than all the tarts and cakes，toys and plays，and sights in the world．If anyone would make methe greatest king that ever lived，with palaces and gardens and fine dinners，andwines and coaches，and beautiful clothes，and hundreds of servants．on conditionthat I should not read books．1 would not be a king．1 would rather be a poor man ina garret with plenty of books than a king who did not love reading．”
4 Books，indeed，give US a whole enchanted palace of thoughts．There is a widerprospect， says Jean Paul Richer，from Parnassusthan from a throne．In oneway they give US an even more vivid idea than the actual reality，just as reflectionsarc often more beautiful than real nature．“Au mirrors．”says George Macdonald．“The commonest room is a room in a poem when I look in the glass．”
5 Precious and priceless are the blessings which the books scatter around our dailypaths．We walk，in imagination，with the noblest spirits，through the most splendidand enchanting regions．
6 Without leaving our house we may travel to the most remote regions of the earth，or fly into skies where Spenser’s unearthly beauties flock to meet us．whereMilton’s angels play songs of Paradise．Science，art，literature，philosophy—authat man has thought，all that man has done，the experience that has been boughtwith the sufferings of a hundred generations，all are gathered up for US in the worldnf hnnks。
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