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。

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ContentsUnit 1 Me and My Family Text 1 This Is My Family Text 2 We Live in Families Text 3 Say “Welcome” to Our New English Teacher Text 4 Working Parents Text 5 An Interview: About My Family Text 6 On My Way to Grandma’s House Unit 2 Lovely People Text 1 Everyone Is Busy Text 2 An Interesting Job Text 3 People in the Museum Text 4 What Does Cindy’s Father Do? Text 5 She Works at the Zoo Text 6 Music, Art, and Theatre Unit 3 Getting Around Text 1 Places to Go Text 2 It’s Over There Text 3 What a Bad Day Text 4 London Text 5 I Like Living in a City Text 6 In the Shopping Center Unit 4 Helping Out at Home Text 1 Do You Help Out at Home? Text 2 Who Helps in Joe’s Home? Text 3 We’re Really Busy Text 4 The House Was So Untidy Text 5 Are They Good at It? Text 6 Do the Dwarfs Help at Home? Unit 5 Wild Animals Text 1 At the Zoo Text 2 What Treat Do the Monkeys Get? Text 3 The Animal Talent Show Text 4 The Whale on the Beach Text 5 Dinosaurs Text 6 Awesome Animals Unit 6 Let’s Eat Text 1 The Food Train Text 2 Making Gingerbread Cookies Text 3 Bear and Deer’s Big Feast Text 4 Let’s Eat Text 5 A Surprise for Mom Text 6 Our Meals Answers for reference