BASIC READERS-美国学校现代英语阅读教材-5 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。
本册为第五级，从本册开始正文中加注了单词解释，建议阅读前可以先熟悉这些词汇，以减少阅读中因生词而停顿的现象。课后也出现了阅读理解问题，建议学生认真练习。有些题也可以口述做答，训练英语思维与口语。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.
BASIC READERS-美国学校现代英语阅读教材-5 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。
BASIC READERS-美国学校现代英语阅读教材-5 目录
partⅰ skyways and highways 01with admiral byrd in little america ............................005 02balto, the best lead-dog in alaska ..............................016 03the mail must go through ............................................023 04lindbergh, pioneer air scout .........................................040 05air mail..............................................................................051 part ⅱ the outdoor world 06a midnight lion hunt .....................................................055 07pembe kubwa, the big tusker ......................................064 08the little american woodcutter ....................................074 09waste land: a wild-life preserve ..................................079 10duncan’s bird tenants .....................................................085 11the brown thrush ...........................................................090 12the feathered masters of the air ...................................091 13the pine caterpillar.........................................................095 14four-leaf clovers.............................................................101 15the weather question .....................................................102 16the lake and the sky ......................................................103 17the gladness of nature .............................................104 part ⅲ stories we all shouldknow 18guillaume’s flute.............................................................109 19the golden touch............................................................119 20the nuremberg stove......................................................138 21hiawatha’s childhood ....................................................153 part ⅳ young americancitizens 22a hero for a friend..........................................................165 23betsy finds a way ............................................................178 24george washington ..........................................................187 25robert e. lee: from manliness to manhood ................188 26josie’s home run .............................................................196 27how a boy scout builds a campfire .............................206 28let the flag wave.............................................................210 part ⅴ boys and girls ofother lands 29grandmother’s trip to naples .......................................215 30esteban, page to a carnival queen ................................229 31abdul aziz, a boy of the desert .....................................238 32john goes down to toy valley .......................................249 part ⅵ workers and their work 33cyrus hall mccormick invents the reaping machine ....263 34the story of bread ...........................................................271 35donald’s visit to the woolen mills ................................278 36how candy mints are made ..........................................288 part ⅶ famous heroes of longago 37aladdin, or the wonderful lamp ..................................295 38ali baba and the forty thieves ......................................315 39robinson crusoe..............................................................337 part ⅷ holidays and festivals 40dick’s thanksgiving snowshoes ...................................369 41christmas bells.................................................................379 42pat santa’s thrilling ride................................................380 43somebody’s mother .........................................................390 44the little flags.................................................................392 45a mile at a time................................................................39346 a may day princess.........................................................398
BASIC READERS-美国学校现代英语阅读教材-5 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。
