“书虫”是外语教学与研究出版社和牛津大学出版社共同奉献给广大英语学习者的一大精品。书虫在英语中大概是颇可爱的形象。想象一下，有那么一只勤勉的小虫，它如痴如醉地沉迷于书卷，孜孜不倦地咀嚼着字母……
如今这只“书虫”漂洋过海，轻盈地落在了中国英语学习者的掌中。“书虫”首先将给你自信，即使你目前只有几百的词汇量，也可以不太费劲地阅览世界名作了。书虫还会用它细细的鸣叫声不停地提醒你：要坚持不懈地读下去，要广泛而丰富地读下去。待到读完丛书系列中的*后一本，你也许会突然发现：你已经如蛹化蝶，振翅欲翔了！本书适合初一、初二年级学生阅读。

　　阿拉丁是一个懒惰的孩子。他不喜欢劳动，成天和朋友们在市场上玩耍。他和母亲都很穷，经常挨饿。但阿拉丁从 来都不工作，也不帮助他的母亲。有一天，阿拉丁的叔叔阿巴那扎尔来到这个城市。“我很有钱。”他跟阿拉丁和他母亲说。他给了他们一些金子，给阿拉丁买了一件漂亮的新外套，还说想继续帮助他们。阿拉丁非常高兴。但其实阿巴那扎尔并不是阿拉丁的叔叔。他是来自摩洛哥的一位魔法师，他想找到一盏神灯。他知道那盏灯在一个阿拉伯城市附近的一座神奇的地下花园里，只有这个城市里的一个穷孩子能进入花园找到那盏神灯，这个男孩的名字叫阿拉丁。

1 Help from a rich man
1．一个富人的帮助
2 A walk to nowhere
2．不知走向何处
3 The ring and the lamp
3．戒指和灯
4 Aladdin's love
4．阿拉丁的爱情
5 New lamps for old
5．新灯换旧灯
6 There and back again
6．去摩洛哥找回失去的
ACTIVITIES Before Reading
ACTIVITIES While Reading
ACTIVITIES After Reading

　　Many years ago，in a city in Arabia，there was a boy called Aladdin．He lived with his mother in a little house near the market，and they were very poor．Aladdin's mother worked all day，and sometimes half the night，but Aladdin never helped her.
　　He was a lazy boy and he did not like to work．He only wanted to play all the time．Every morning he ran through the streets to the market．There，he talked and laughed and played with his friends all day．Then in the evening he went home for his dinner.
　　And every night his mother said to him：'Oh，Aladdin，Aladdin！You are a lazy boy — a good-for-nothing！When are you going to do some work，my son？’
　　But Aladdin never listened to his mother.
　　One day in the market there was an old man in a long black coat．Aladdin did not see him，but the old man watched Aladdin very carefully．After some minutes he went up to an orange-seller and asked：
　　‘That boy in the green coat — who is he？’
　　‘Aladdin，son of Mustafa，’was the answer.
　　The old man moved away．‘Yes，’he said quietly．‘Yes，that is the boy．The right name，and the right father.’
　　Then he called out to Aladdin：'Boy！Come here for a minute．Is your name Aladdin？Aladdin，son of Mustafa？’
　　Aladdin left his friends and came to the old man．‘Yes，’he said，'I am Aladdin，son of Mustafa．But my father is dead．He died five years ago.’
　　‘Dead！'said the old man.'Oh，no！'He put his face in his hands and began to cry.
　　‘Why are you crying？’asked Aladdin．‘Did you know my father？’
　　The old man looked up．‘Mustafa was my brother！’he said．‘I wanted to see him again，and now you tell me he is dead．Oh，this is not a happy day for me！’Then he put his hand on Aladdin's arm．‘But here is my brother's son，and I can see Mustafa in your face，my boy．Aladdin，I am your uncle，Abanazar.’
　　‘My uncle？’said Aladdin．He was very surprised．‘Did my father have a brother？I didn't know that.’
　　‘I went away before you were born，my boy，’said the old man．‘Look.’He took ten pieces of gold out of his bag，and put them into Aladdin's hands．‘Go home to your mother and give this money to her．Tell her about me，and say this：“Her husband's brother wants to meet her，and he is going to visit her tomorrow.”’
　　Ten pieces of gold is a lot of money and Aladdin was very happy．He ran home quickly and gave the gold to his mother．At first she was afraid.
　　‘Where did you get this，Aladdin？Did you find it？It isn't our money．You must give it back.’