编辑刚看到选题的时候就被作者另辟蹊径的宏大构思深深吸引住了。本套丛书的选材非常新颖，从世界范围内的英语原版教材中汲取优秀素材，按适合中国学生学习的方式整合编排，让学生在学习规范语言知识的同时，还可拓展眼界，提高跨文化意识，感受多元文化的魅力。这样的设计在市场上是不多见的。丛书的选文范围广泛，低年级以对话、小短文等为主，随着级别，题材愈加多样，逐步过渡到有思考深度的哲理性文章，非常符合学习者的心理发展规律。再加上丛书本身版式精美，不少选文非常有趣，可读性很强，是一套的英语分级读物。

教材课文是学习语言、获取知识，了解世界，完成教学任务，实现教学目标，培养人才不可或缺的重要素材、资源和载体。本系列图书荟萃百年来全世界范围内，英语国家和非英语国家所使用的英语教材中的经典课文，辅以必要的导读、注释、习题等阅读帮助，为广大英语学习者提供高品质的语言、知识和文化等素材和资源。在阅读、赏析的同时，提高语言素养，丰富知识，进而提升核心素养，为学习者成为具有全球胜任力的人才，打下英语、知识和跨文化的扎实功底。

ContentsUnit 1 Memorable Experiences Text 1 Surviving Krakatoa Text 2 Apollo 11 Project Text 3 High Adventure at High Altitudes Text 4 Mayor for a Day (1) Text 5 Mayor for a Day (2) Text 6 Journey Back in Time Unit 2 Getting On with Others Text 1 Why Do People…? Text 2 What Made Justin My Best Friend? Text 3 Horrid Henry’s Birthday Party Text 4 My Friend Mateo Text 5 The Truth about Lying (1) Text 6 The Truth about Lying (2) Unit 3 Thinking Creatively and Critically Text 1 Find Your Way Anywhere Using Only the Sun and Your Wristwatch Text 2 Leonardo da Vinci: The Greatest Inventor in History? Text 3 Just Luck? Text 4 Be Ad Aware! Text 5 How Athens Was Named (1) Text 6 How Athens Was Named (2) Unit 4 Loving and Sharing Text 1 A Visit with Mr Tree Frog Text 2 The Biggest Circus Family in the World Text 3 Be a Buddy Text 4 Marissa Mobley’s Dilemma Text 5 Magdi and the Dolphin (1) Text 6 Magdi and the Dolphin (2) Unit 5  My Interests Text 1 Suzy’s Nature Blog Text 2 From Hobby to Job Text 3 Customer Reviews Text 4 Video Games Text 5 Stumbling upon the Past (1) Text 6 Stumbling upon the Past (2) Unit 6  About Money Text 1 How to Look After Your Money Text 2 A Bank for Homeless Young People Text 3 I Just Can’t Stop … Shopping! Text 4 The Sound of Money and the Smell of Soup (1) Text 5 The Sound of Money and the Smell of Soup (2) Text 6 The History of Money Answers for Reference