基本信息

书名：塑造美国的88本书：美国语文读本2（英汉双语图文版)

定价：28.9

ISBN：9787515314402

出版时间：2013.6

出版社：中国青年出版社

品牌：北京中青文图书有限公司

内容简介

这是一套出版以来，总销量达到1.22亿册的教科书，一套有超过10000多个美国学校使用的启蒙读本，一套培养精英的私立学校和家庭私塾偏爱的课本。它是美国最畅销的语文课本，被《时代周刊》评为“人类出版史上第三大畅销书”。与《韦氏词典》携手，它为正规英语拼写奠定了基础，在一定程度上打造了美语语法。汽车大亨福特鼎力支持的不朽经典，它不但反映了“美国梦”和美国精神，更是改变了它们的轨迹，塑造了整整五代美国人的精神世界。手握《美国语文读本》，品味美利坚。

此套读本的英文原版共分7级，包括启蒙读本和第1-6册。考虑到启蒙读本与第一级篇幅都较少，难易程度接近，于是我们将之合并为第1册。因此，国内出版的这套读本共包括6册。《美国语文读本2》是《美国语文读本1》的继续和扩展。在每一课的前面，给出了新的单词。掌握了这些新单词后，对学生来说最困难的就是如何表达了。故事内容精选了对孩子美德培养和英语学习有益的故事，让孩子在阅读中潜移默化地学习。
 

试读章节

LESSON 13
IF I WERE A SUNBEAM
如果我是阳光

1. “If I were a sunbeam,
I know what I’d do;
I would seek white lilies,
Roaming woodlands through.
I would steal among them,
Softest light I’d shed,
Until every lily
Raised its drooping head.”

2. “If I were a sunbeam,
I know where I’d go;
Into lowly hovels,
Dark with want and woe:
Till sad hearts looked upward,
I would shine and shine;
Then they’d think of heaven,
Their sweet home and mine.”

3. Are you not a sunbeam,
Child, whose life is glad
With an inner brightness
Sunshine never had?
Oh, as God has blessed you,
Scatter light divine!
For there is no sunbeam
But must die or shine.

【中文阅读】
1. 如果我是阳光，
我知道该做什么；
我会在林中漫步，
寻找白色百合。
我会偷偷藏身其中，
将柔和的光洒满它们身上，
直到朵朵百合，
长出花蕾开放。

2. 如果我是阳光，
我知道该去哪里；
我会走进充满黑暗、贫穷、悲哀的小屋，
我会不停地发光发亮，
直到悲伤的心充满希望；
他们会想到天堂，
他们和我甜美的家。

3. 幸福美满的孩子，
难道你不是阳光？
内心如果充满光明，
会没有阳光吗？
啊，正如上帝已经赐福给你，
你也去释放神圣之光吧！
如果没有阳光的地方，
要么死亡，要么去发光。

LESSON 35
WILLIE AND BOUNCE
威利和鲍恩斯
1. Two fast friends were Willie Brown and his little dog Bounce.Willie could never think of taking a walk without Bounce. Cake andplay were equally shared between them.
2. Willie taught his dog many cunning tricks, and often said thatBounce could do almost anything in the world but talk.
3. There came a time, however, when Bounce really told Willie’sfather something, though he could not talk. Let me tell you how hedid this.
4. It was on a bright summer afternoon. Willie had strolled withBounce down to the river, which was not more than two blocks fromhis father’s store.
5. Willie began to throw stones into the water, and to watch theripples as they made one circle after another.
6. Bounce lay on the grass, watching the flies that buzzed aroundhis nose, and catching any that came too near.
7. There were some logs floating in the river near the shore.Willie jumped upon one of them, to see if he could throw astone
across the river.
8. He drew back, and sent the stone with all his might. Just asit left his hand, the log turned, and he fell into the water.
9. He was very much frightened, for he did not know how to swim,and there was no one to hear, though he called as loud as he couldfor help.
【中文阅读】
1. 威利?布朗和他的小狗鲍恩斯是好朋友。威利无法想象没有鲍恩斯一起散步的情形。他们常常平分蛋糕，一起玩耍。
2. 威利教给鲍恩斯很多小把戏。他说这个世界上除了说话没有鲍恩斯做不到的事情。
3. 有一次，尽管鲍恩斯不能说话，但他确实告诉了威利的爸爸一些事情。让我来告诉你它是怎样做到的。
4. 那是一个夏日的午后，威利与鲍恩斯在离他爸爸商店不超过两个街区的一条河边散步。
5. 威利开始往河里扔石头，然后看着波纹一圈圈地扩展开来。
6. 鲍恩斯躺在草地上，看着苍蝇绕着它的鼻子嗡嗡地飞，还不停地抓那些飞的很近的苍蝇。
7. 在河中靠岸边的地方漂浮着一些圆木。威利跳上一根圆木，想试试能不能把石头扔到河对岸。
8. 他后退几步，用尽全身力气扔出石头。就在石头脱手的那一刹那，圆木翻了，威利掉进了水里。
9. 他很害怕，因为他不会游泳。尽管他使劲高呼救命，但根本没有人听见。