《美国语文读本6》

《美国语文读本6》 内容介绍：

《美国语文读本6(美国原版经典语文课本)》：这套读本的英文原版共分七级，包括启蒙读本和第1-6级。考虑到启蒙读本与第一级篇幅都较少，难易程度也很接近，于是将之合并为第1册，其余2-6级与英文原版相同。这样国内出版的这套读本共包括6册。 《美国语文读本6(美国原版经典语文课本)》引用了莎士比亚、朗费罗、狄更斯、艾迪生等名家名篇，通过一篇篇短小精悍的故事，将道德教育的内容倾注于作品之中，让孩子在欣赏这些优美文章的同时，从中感受到道德教育的力量。 This series of schoolbooks teaching reading and moral precepts, originally prepared by William Holmes who was a professor at Miami University McGuffey, had a profound influence on public education in the United States. The eclectic readers, meaning that the selections were chosen from a number of sources, were considered remarkably literary works and probably exerted a greater influence upon literary tastes in the United States more than any other book, excluding the Bible. It is estimated that at least 120 million copies of McGuffey's Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary. Since 1961 they have continued to sell at a rate of some 30,000 copies a year. No other textbook bearing a single person's name has come close to that mark. McGuffey's Readers are still in use today in some school systems, and by parents for home schooling purposes. In the sixth and final reader of 1885, there were 186 selections, 111 great authors were quoted such as Shakespeare, Longfellow, Dickens and Addison. The theme of the selections included several forms of composition, description, narration, argumentation and exposition. In this book there were also seventeen selections from the Bible.

作者威廉·H·麦加菲介绍：

作者: (美国) 威廉•H•麦加菲 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。 William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was an American professor and college president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, one of the nation's first and most widely used series of textbooks. It is estimated that at least 122 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary. He was born the son of Alexander and Anna (Holmes) McGuffey near Claysville in Washington County, Pennsylvania, which is 45 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. In 1802 the McGuffey family moved further out into the frontier at Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He attended country school, and after receiving special instruction at Youngstown, he attended Greersburg Academy in Darlington, Pennsylvania. Afterwards, he attended and graduated from Pennsylvania's Washington College, where he became an instructor. He was close friends with Washington College's President Andrew Wylie and lived in Wylie's house for a time; they often would walk the 3 miles to Washington College together. McGuffey's house in OxfordMcGuffey left Washington College in 1826 to become a professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A year later in 1827, he was married to Harriet Spinning of Dayton, Ohio, with whom he had five children. In 1829, he was ordained at Bethel Chapel as a minister in the Presbyterian Church. It was in Oxford that he created the most important contribution of his life: The McGuffey Readers. His books sold over 122 million copies. He was very fond of teaching and children as he geared the books toward a younger audience. In 1836, he left Miami to become president of Cincinnati College, where he also served as a distinguished teacher and lecturer. He left Cincinnati in 1839 to become the 4th president of Ohio University, which he left in 1843 to become president of Woodward College (really a secondary school) in Cincinnati. In 1845, McGuffey moved to Charlottesville, Virginia where he became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. A year after his first wife Harriet died in 1850, he married Miss Laura Howard, daughter of Dean Howard of the University of Virginia, in 1851. McGuffey is buried in the university burial ground, in Charlottesville, Virginia. The School of Education at Miami University is housed in McGuffey Hall which is named for him and his home in Oxford is a National Historic Landmark offering tours on weekdays.

《美国语文读本6》 目录大纲：

LESSON 1 ANECDOTE OF THE DUKE OF NEWCASTLELESSON 2 THE NEEDLELESSON 3 DAWNLESSON 4 DESCRIPTION OF A STORMLESSON 5 AFTER THE THUNDERSTORMLESSON 6 HOUSE CLEANINGLESSON 7 SCHEMES OF LIFE OFTEN ILLUSORYLESSON 8 THE BRAVE OLD OAKLESSON 9 THE ARTIST SURPRISEDLESSON 10 PICTURES OF MEMORYLESSON 11 THE MORNING ORATORIOLESSON 12 SHORT SELECTIONS IN POETRYLESSON 13 DEATH OF LITTLE NELLLESSON 14 VANITY OF LIFELESSON 15 A POLITICAL PAUSELESSON 16 MY EXPERIENCE IN ELOCUTIONLESSON 17 ELEGY IN A COUNTRY CHURCHYARDLESSON 18 TACT AND TALENTLESSON 19 SPEECH BEFORE THE VIRGINIA CONVENTIONLESSON 20 THE AMERICAN FLAGLESSON 21 IRONICAL EULOGY ON DEBTLESSON 22 THE THREE WARNINGSLESSON 23 THE MEMORY OF OUR FATHERSLESSON 24 SHORT SELECTIONS IN PROSELESSON 25 THE JOLLY OLD PEDAGOGUELESSON 26 THE TEACHER AND SICK SCHOLARLESSON 27 THE SNOW SHOWERLESSON 28 CHARACTER OF NAPOLEON BONAPARTELESSON 29 NAPOLEON AT RESTLESSON 30 WARLESSON 31 SPEECH OF WALPOLE IN REPROOF OF MR. PITTLESSON 32 PITT’S REPLY TO SIR ROBERT WALPOLELESSON 33 CHARACTER OF MR. PITTLESSON 34 THE SOLDIER’S RESTLESSON 35 HENRY V. TO HIS TROOPSLESSON 36 SPEECH OF PAUL ON MARS HILLLESSON 37 GOD IS EVERYWHERELESSON 38 LAFAYETTE AND ROBERT RAIKESLESSON 39 FALL OF CARDINAL WOLSEYLESSON 40 THE PHILOSOPHERLESSON 41 MARMION AND DOUGLASLESSON 42 THE PRESENTLESSON 43 THE BAPTISMLESSON 44 SPARROWSLESSON 45 OBSERVANCE OF THE SABBATHLESSON 46 GOD’S GOODNESS TO SUCH AS FEAR HIMLESSON 47 CHARACTER OF COLUMBUSLESSON 48 “HE GIVETH HIS BELOVED SLEEP”LESSON 49 DESCRIPTION OF A SIEGELESSON 50 MARCO BOZZARISLESSON 51 SONG OF THE GREEK BARDLESSON 52 NORTH AMERICAN INDIANSLESSON 53 LOCHIEL’S WARNINGLESSON 54 ON HAPPINESS OF TEMPERLESSON 55 THE FORTUNE TELLERLESSON 56 RIENZI’S ADDRESS TO THE ROMANSLESSON 57 CHARACTER OF THE PURITAN FATHERS OFNEW ENGLANDLESSON 58 LANDING OF THE PILGRIM FATHERSLESSON 59 NECESSITY OF EDUCATIONLESSON 60 RIDING ON A SNOWPLOWLESSON 61 THE QUARREL OF BRUTUS AND CASSIUSLESSON 62 THE QUACKLESSON 63 RIP VAN WINKLELESSON 64 BILL AND JOELESSON 65 SORROW FOR THE DEADLESSON 66 THE EAGLELESSON 67 POLITICAL TOLERATIONLESSON 68 WHAT CONSTITUTES A STATE?LESSON 69 THE BRAVE AT HOMELESSON 70 SOUTH CAROLINALESSON 71 MASSACHUSETTS AND SOUTH CAROLINALESSON 72 THE CHURCH SCENE FROM EVANGELINELESSON 73 SONG OF THE SHIRTLESSON 74 DIAMOND CUT DIAMONDLESSON 75 THANATOPSISLESSON 76 INDIAN JUGGLERSLESSON 77 ANTONY OVER CAESAR’S DEAD BODYLESSON 78 THE ENGLISH CHARACTERLESSON 79 THE SONG OF THE POTTERLESSON 80 A HOT DAY IN NEW YORKLESSON 81 DISCONTENT.—AN ALLEGORYLESSON 82 JUPITER AND TENLESSON 83 SCENE FROM “THE POOR GENTLEMAN”LESSON 84 MY MOTHER’S PICTURELESSON 85 DEATH OF SAMSONLESSON 86 AN EVENING ADVENTURELESSON 87 THE BAREFOOT BOYLESSON 88 THE GLOVE AND THE LIONSLESSON 89 THE FOLLY OF INTOXICATIONLESSON 90 STARVED ROCKLESSON 91 PRINCE HENRY AND FALSTAFFLESSON 92 STUDIESLESSON 93 SURRENDER OF GRANADALESSON 94 HAMLET’S SOLILOQUYLESSON 95 GINEVRALESSON 96 INVENTIONS AND DISCOVERIESLESSON 97 ENOCH ARDEN AT THE WINDOWLESSON 98 LOCHINVARLESSON 99 SPEECH ON THE TRIAL OF A MURDERERLESSON 100 THE CLOSING YEARLESSON 101 A NEW CITY IN COLORADOLESSON 102 IMPORTANCE OF THE UNIONLESSON 103 THE INFLUENCES OF THE SUNLESSON 104 COLLOQUIAL POWERS OF FRANKLINLESSON 105 THE DREAM OF CLARENCELESSON 106 HOMEWARD BOUNDLESSON 107 IMPEACHMENT OF WARREN HASTINGSLESSON 108 DESTRUCTION OF THE CARNATICLESSON 109 THE RAVENLESSON 110 A VIEW OF THE COLOSSEUMLESSON 111 THE BRIDGELESSON 112 OBJECTS AND LIMITS OF SCIENCELESSON 113 THE DOWNFALL OF POLANDLESSON 114 LABORLESSON 115 THE LAST DAYS OF HERCULANEUMLESSON 116 HOW MEN REASONLESSON 117 THUNDERSTORM ON THE ALPSLESSON 118 ORIGIN OF PROPERTYLESSON 119 BATTLE OF WATERLOOLESSON 120 “WITH BRAINS, SIR”LESSON 121 THE NEW ENGLAND PASTORLESSON 122 DEATH OF ABSALOMLESSON 123 ABRAHAM DAVENPORTLESSON 124 THE FALLS OF THE YOSEMITELESSON 125 A PSALM OF LIFELESSON 126 FRANKLIN’S ENTRY INTO PHILADELPHIALESSON 127 LINES TO A WATERFOWLLESSON 128 GOLDSMITH AND ADDISONLESSON 129 IMMORTALITY OF THE SOULLESSON 130 CHARACTER OF WASHINGTONLESSON 131 EULOGY ON WASHINGTONLESSON 132 THE SOLITARY REAPERLESSON 133 VALUE OF THE PRESENTLESSON 134 HAPPINESSLESSON 135 MARIONLESSON 136 A COMMON THOUGHTLESSON 137 A DEFINITE AIM IN READINGLESSON 138 ODE TO MT. BLANC