本书收录了70多位世界著名人物的生平事迹，他们来自政治、经济、文化、艺术和体育等各个领域，既有如雷贯耳的彼得大帝、莎士比亚和李小龙，也有不太为中国人所熟悉的山崎实、霍华德·体斯、理查德·布兰森等。他们的经历和成就并不相同，但每个人都是真正意义上的成功者。成功的人生不可复制，但成功的故事可以分享和启迪。

除了阅读故事的精彩之外，文章后面的练习题也是本书的亮点所在。非传统形式的题目趣味性强，做起来毫不枯燥。多采用启发式、拓展性的问题，鼓励学生积极思考，真正起到检验阅读效果和巩固知识的作用。

Unit 1    William Shakespeare

                    Writer

Unit 2   Louis XIV

                    Royalty

Unit 3    Florence Nightingale

                    Nurse

Unit 4   Emily Dickinson

                    Poet

Unit 5   Peter llich Tchaikovsky

                    Composer

Unit 6   Marie Curie

                    Scientist

Unit 7   Madam C. J. Walker

                    Entrepreneur

Unit 8   Albert Einstein

                    Scientist

Unit 9   Pablo Picasso

                    Artist

Unit 10   Jean Paul Getty

                    Oil executive

Unit 11   Oseola McCarty

                    Philanthropist

Unit 12   Babe Didrikson Zaharias

                    A thle te

Unit 13   Minoru Yamasaki

                    Architect

Unit 14   Akio Morita

                    Entrepreneur

Unit 15   Maria Callas

                     Opera singer

Unit 16   Cesar Chaez

                    Activist

Unit 17   Anne Frank

                    Diarist

Unit 18   Roberto Clemente

                    Baseball player

Unit 19   Jane Goodall

                    Scientist

Unit 20   Muhammad Ali

                    Soccer Player

                    Boxer

Unit 22   Anita Roddick

                    Entrepreneur

Unit 23   Princess Diana

                    Royalty

Unit 24   Wang Yani

                    Artist

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