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 School Subjects Text 1 My Favourite Subject Text 2 The Classes Text 3 School in Amsterdam Text 4 Alfie, Molly, Max and Lulu’s School Text 5 Who’s in Joe’s Class? Text 6 Open Day at Eva’s School Unit 2 It’s Lunchtime! Text 1 Eat Your Peas Text 2 I’m So Hungry! Text 3 Stone Soup (Part 1) Text 4 Stone Soup (Part 2) Text 5 The Gingerbread Man Text 6 What’s for Lunch? Unit 3 Sports and Games Text 1 Play a Different Game Every Day! Text 2 My Favourite Sport Is Karate Text 3 Sports Day Text 4 The Amazing Journey: I Love Soccer Text 5 Two Young Sports Stars Text 6 Playing Soccer Then and Now Unit 4 Being Healthy Text 1 What’s the Matter? Text 2 Six Ways to Be Healthy and Happy Text 3 Doctor, Doctor Text 4 Teen Health Text 5 Why Do We Sneeze? Text 6 Doctor Molly Unit 5 Shopping Text 1 New Shoes Text 2 The Crystal Ball Mystery: At the Shopping Mall Text 3 The School Fair Text 4 Christmas Shopping Text 5 Money Text 6 Different Ways of Shopping Unit 6 Getting Around Text 1 Street Safety Text 2 The City Train Text 3 Matt’s Flight Itinerary Text 4 Having a Fantastic Time in Barcelona! Text 5 The Travels of Marco Polo Text 6 My Favourite Place Answers for Reference