| 呈现于读者面前的这套《美国语文读本》，亦名《麦加菲读本》，其编者威廉·H·麦加菲曾先后任美国迈阿密大学语言学教授和俄亥俄大学校长。 《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。美国著名汽车制造商亨利·福特称赞这套书是他儿童时代最有兴趣的读物，后来他自费大量印刷这套书，分发给很多学校。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。 这套读本的英文原版共分七级，包括启蒙读本和第1-6级。本书为《美国语文读本》第6册。书中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。课文前还增加了作者简介与相关背景知识，内容丰富而有一定深度。从所选课文的英文难易程度来看，该册可供高中及以上程度学习者阅读。从文体方面来看，除了常见的记叙、散文体以外，本书对诗歌、戏剧、论说文等文体也很重视，书中选取了不少名家的名作名篇。这对国内孩子们真正感受英语这一西方语言的魄力是大有帮助的。 |
| 威廉·H·麦加菲，美国著名教育家。1800年出生于宾夕法尼亚州，1826年毕业于华盛顿大学杰斐逊学院。在数十年教育生涯中，他曾担任过迈阿密大学语言学教授，俄亥俄大学校长。自1845年开始任弗吉尼亚大学道德哲学教授。他还帮助组建了俄亥俄州公立学校体系。 早在19世纪初期，麦加菲就意识到，应该给那些孤独的垦荒者和欧洲移民的后代提供普遍的教育，于是他利用自己作为演讲家与教育工作者的天赋，开始为孩子们编写系列教材。这套教材共7册，从学龄前至第6年级。他前后花费了20多年的时间才完成全套教材的编写。这套教材面世后就被美国很多学校选为课本。在75年间销量高达1.22亿，直到今天仍以各种版本流行于西方，被美国《出版周刊》评为“人类出版史上第三大畅销书”，对美国青年的心灵塑造与道德培养产生了史无前例的影响。 |
| LESSON 1 ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLE LESSON 2 THE NEEDLE LESSON 3 DAWN LESSON 4 DESCRIPTION OF A STORM LESSON 5 AFTER THE THUNDERSTORM LESSON 6 HOUSE CLEANING LESSON 7 SCHEMES OF LIFE OFTEN ILLUSORY LESSON 8 THE BRAVE OLD OAK LESSON 9 THE ARTIST SURPRISED LESSON 10 PICTURES OF MEMORY LESSON 11 THE MORNING ORATORIO LESSON 12 SHORT SELECTIONS IN POETRY LESSON 13 DEATH OF LITTLE NELL LESSON 14 VANITY OF LIFE LESSON 15 A POLITICAL PAUSE LESSON 16 MY EXPERIENCE IN ELOCUTION LESSON 17 ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARD LESSON 18 TACT AND TALENT LESSON 19 SPEECH BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTION LESSON 20 THE AMERICAN FLAG LESSON 21 IRONICAL EULOGY ON DEBT LESSON 22 THE THREE WARNINGS LESSON 23 THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERS LESSON 24 SHORT SELECTIONS IN PROSE LESSON 25 THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUE LESSON 26 THE TEACHER AND SICK SCHOLAR LESSON 27 THE SNOW SHOWER LESSON 28 CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTE LESSON 29 NAPOLEON AT REST LESSON 30 WAR LESSON 31 SPEECH OF WALPOLE IN REPROOF OF MR. PITT LESSON 32 PITT’S REPLY TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLE LESSON 33 CHARACTER OF MR. PITT LESSON 34 THE SOLDIER’S REST LESSON 35 HENRY V. TO HIS TROOPS LESSON 36 SPEECH OF PAUL ON MARS HILL LESSON 37 GOD IS EVERYWHERE LESSON 38 LAFAYETTE AND ROBERT RAIKES LESSON 39 FALL OF CARDINAL WOLSEY LESSON 40 THE PHILOSOPHER LESSON 41 MARMION AND DOUGLAS LESSON 42 THE PRESENT LESSON 43 THE BAPTISM LESSON 44 SPARROWS LESSON 45 OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATH LESSON 46 GOD’S GOODNESS TO SUCH AS FEAR HIM LESSON 47 CHARACTER OF COLUMBUS LESSON 48 “HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP” LESSON 49 DESCRIPTION OF A SIEGE LESSON 50 MARCO BOZZARIS LESSON 51 SONG OF THE GREEK BARD LESSON 52 NORTH AMERICAN INDIANS LESSON 53 LOCHIEL’S WARNING LESSON 54 ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPER LESSON 55 THE FORTUNE TELLER LESSON 56 RIENZI’S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANS LESSON 57 CHARACTER OF THE PURITAN FATHERS OFNEW ENGLAND LESSON 58 LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERS LESSON 59 NECESSITY OF EDUCATION LESSON 60 RIDING ON A SNOWPLOW LESSON 61 THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUS LESSON 62 THE QUACK LESSON 63 RIP VAN WINKLE LESSON 64 BILL AND JOE LESSON 65 SORROW FOR THE DEAD LESSON 66 THE EAGLE LESSON 67 POLITICAL TOLERATION LESSON 68 WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE? LESSON 69 THE BRAVE AT HOME LESSON 70 SOUTH CAROLINA LESSON 71 MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINA LESSON 72 THE CHURCH SCENE FROM EVANGELINE LESSON 73 SONG OF THE SHIRT LESSON 74 DIAMOND CUT DIAMOND LESSON 75 THANATOPSIS LESSON 76 INDIAN JUGGLERS LESSON 77 ANTONY OVER CAESAR’S DEAD BODY LESSON 78 THE ENGLISH CHARACTER LESSON 79 THE SONG OF THE POTTER LESSON 80 A HOT DAY IN NEW YORK LESSON 81 DISCONTENT.―AN ALLEGORY LESSON 82 JUPITER AND TEN LESSON 83 SCENE FROM “THE POOR GENTLEMAN” LESSON 84 MY MOTHER’S PICTURE LESSON 85 DEATH OF SAMSON LESSON 86 AN EVENING ADVENTURE LESSON 87 THE BAREFOOT BOY LESSON 88 THE GLOVE AND THE LIONS LESSON 89 THE FOLLY OF INTOXICATION LESSON 90 STARVED ROCK LESSON 91 PRINCE HENRY AND FALSTAFF LESSON 92 STUDIES LESSON 93 SURRENDER OF GRANADA LESSON 94 HAMLET’S SOLILOQUY LESSON 95 GINEVRA LESSON 96 INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIES LESSON 97 ENOCH ARDEN AT THE WINDOW LESSON 98 LOCHINVAR LESSON 99 SPEECH ON THE TRIAL OF A MURDERER LESSON 100 THE CLOSING YEAR LESSON 101 A NEW CITY IN COLORADO LESSON 102 IMPORTANCE OF THE UNION LESSON 103 THE INFLUENCES OF THE SUN LESSON 104 COLLOQUIAL POWERS OF FRANKLIN LESSON 105 THE DREAM OF CLARENCE LESSON 106 HOMEWARD BOUND LESSON 107 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGS LESSON 108 DESTRUCTION OF THE CARNATIC LESSON 109 THE RAVEN LESSON 110 A VIEW OF THE COLOSSEUM LESSON 111 THE BRIDGE LESSON 112 OBJECTS AND LIMITS OF SCIENCE LESSON 113 THE DOWNFALL OF POLAND LESSON 114 LABOR LESSON 115 THE LAST DAYS OF HERCULANEUM LESSON 116 HOW MEN REASON LESSON 117 THUNDERSTORM ON THE ALPS LESSON 118 ORIGIN OF PROPERTY LESSON 119 BATTLE OF WATERLOO LESSON 120 “WITH BRAINS, SIR” LESSON 121 THE NEW ENGLAND PASTOR LESSON 122 DEATH OF ABSALOM LESSON 123 ABRAHAM DAVENPORT LESSON 124 THE FALLS OF THE YOSEMITE LESSON 125 A PSALM OF LIFE LESSON 126 FRANKLIN’S ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIA LESSON 127 LINES TO A WATERFOWL LESSON 128 GOLDSMITH AND ADDISON LESSON 129 IMMORTALITY OF THE SOUL LESSON 130 CHARACTER OF WASHINGTON LESSON 131 EULOGY ON WASHINGTON LESSON 132 THE SOLITARY REAPER LESSON 133 VALUE OF THE PRESENT LESSON 134 HAPPINESS LESSON 135 MARION LESSON 136 A COMMON THOUGHT LESSON 137 A DEFINITE AIM IN READING LESSON 138 ODE TO MT. BLANC |
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