美国语文读本

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“人类出版目前第三大畅销书”。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1》为全套读本第1册。从字母表开始，主要侧重于字母的发音与书写、简单的单词与句型，同时强调英文书写，课文后面附有不少书法练习，让孩子们不仅将英语说得像外国人，而且写得也跟外文书法一样，这是国内英语教学所缺少的一个环节。

威廉·H·麦加菲，教育家，教育理论先驱，俄亥俄大学校长。麦加菲为美国教育做出了巨大贡献，他首创了由易至难的教科书编写体系，并提出了在当时独具一格的教学方法，比如，他提倡学生大声朗读课文；再如，课文不应只传授知识，应同时传递某种思想、某项美德；又如，提倡用重复的方法帮助学生记忆。这些方法为美国现代教育奠定了基础。
麦加菲的一生都在为改善美国教育奔走呼吁，为纪念他为教科书领域所做出的杰出贡献，美国全国教科书大奖被命名为“威廉？麦加菲历久弥新奖”。

LESSON 1 PERSEVERANCE
LESSON 2 TRY, TRY AGAIN
LESSON 3 WHY THE SEA IS SALT
LESSON 4 WHY THE SEA IS SALT (CONCLUDED.)
LESSON 5 POPPING CORN
LESSON 6 SMILES
LESSON 7 LAZY NED
LESSON 8 THE MONKEY
LESSON 9 MEDDLESOME MATTY
LESSON 10 THE GOOD SON
LESSON 11 TOMORROW
LESSON 12 WHERE THERE IS A WILL THERE IS A WAY
LESSON 13 PICCOLA
LESSON 14 TRUE MANLINESS
LESSON 15 TRUE MANLINESS (CONCLUDED.)
LESSON 16 THE BROWN THRUSH
LESSON 17 A SHIP IN A STORM
LESSON 18 THE SAILOR's CONSOLATION
LESSON 19 TWO WAYS OF TELLING A STORY
LESSON 20 FREAKS OF THE FROST
LESSON 21 WASTE NOT, WANT NOT
LESSON 22 JEANNETTE AND JO
LESSON 23 THE LION
LESSON 24 STRAWBERRIES
LESSON 25 HARRY's RICHES
LESSON 26 IN TIME's SWING
LESSON 27 HARRY AND HIS DOG
LESSON 28 THE VOICE OF THE GRASS
LESSON 29 THE EAGLE
LESSON 30 THE OLD EAGLE TREE
LESSON 31 ALPINE SONG
LESSON 32 CIRCUMSTANCES ALTER CASES
LESSON 33 THE NOBLEST REVENGE
LESSON 34 EVENING HYMN
LESSON 35 HOW MARGERY WONDERED
LESSON 36 THE CHILD's WORLD
LESSON 37 SUSIE's COMPOSITION
LESSON 38 THE SUMMER SHOWER
LESSON 39 CONSEQUENCES OF IDLENESS
LESSON 40 ADVANTAGES OF INDUSTRY
LESSON 41 THE FOUNTAIN
LESSON 42 COFFEE
LESSON 43 THE WINTER KING
LESSON 44 THE NETTLE
LESSON 45 THE TEMPEST
LESSON 46 THE CREATOR
LESSON 47 THE HORSE
LESSON 48 EMULATION
LESSON 49 THE SANDPIPER
LESSON 50 THE RIGHT WAY
LESSON 51 THE GOLDEN RULE
LESSON 52 THE SNOW MAN
LESSON 53 ROBINSON CRUSOE’S HOUSE
LESSON 54 ROBINSON CRUSOE’S DRESS
LESSON 55 SOMEBODY’S DARLING
LESSON 56 KNOWLEDGE IS POWER
LESSON 57 GOOD WILL
LESSON 58 A CHINESE STORY
LESSON 59 THE WAY TO BE HAPPY
LESSON 60 THE GIRAFFE, OR CAMELOPARD
LESSON 61 THE LOST CHILD
LESSON 62 WHICH?
LESSON 63 THE PET FAWN
LESSON 64 ANNIE's DREAM
LESSON 65 MY GHOST
LESSON 66 THE ELEPHANT
LESSON 67 DARE TO DO RIGHT
LESSON 68 DARE TO DO RIGHT (CONCLUDED.)
LESSON 69 THE WRECK OF THE HESPERUS
LESSON 70 ANECDOTES OF BIRDS
LESSON 71 THE RAINBOW PILGRIMAGE
LESSON 72 THE OLD OAKEN BUCKET
LESSON 73 THE SERMON ON THE MOUNT
LESSON 74 THE YOUNG WITNESS
LESSON 75 KING SOLOMON AND THE ANTS
LESSON 76 RIVERMOUTH THEATER
LESSON 77 ALFRED THE GREAT
LESSON 78 LIVING ON A FARM
LESSON 79 HUGH IDLE AND MR. TOIL
LESSON 80 HUGH IDLE AND MR. TOIL (CONCLUDED.)
LESSON 81 BURNING THE FALLOW
LESSON 82 THE DYING SOLDIERS
LESSON 83 THE ATTACK ON NYMWEGEN
LESSON 84 THE SEASONS
LESSON 85 BRANDYWINE FORD
LESSON 86 BRANDYWINE FORD (CONCLUDED.)
LESSON 87 THE BEST CAPITAL
LESSON 88 THE INCHCAPE ROCK
LESSON 89 MY MOTHER's GRAVE
LESSON 90 A MOTHER's GIFT—THE BIBLE