本书精选了《环游地球八十天》，用5000多个最常用的英语单词编写而成。《环游地球八十天》中使用的语言现代、地道、标准，内容繁简得当，原汁原味，通俗易懂。通过学习本书，能使读者在欣赏作品的同时扩大英文阅读量，有效提高读者的英语水平，是英语学习的必备读物。

故事发生在一八七二年。菲利斯·福格先生居住在英国柏林顿花园塞维尔路七号。他生活考究守时，每天都会在规定的时间重复相同的事情。他态度冷峻，行为怪僻，是别人眼中的神秘人物，人们对他可谓是知之甚少。他是英国伦敦著名的该股俱乐部的成员之一，前往改革俱乐部也成为福格先生每日必不可少的工作之一。一日在改革俱乐部中大家谈论最近发生的一起银行抢劫案，他以两百万英镑作为赌注与朋友们打赌，说不论发生何种意外情况，他最多用八十天便可完成环球旅行。就这样没他与新来的仆人帕斯帕图一起，带着两百万英镑的现款，开始了这场环球之旅。他横渡五大洲、七大洋，历尽艰险，经受了种种考验，舍命救出了危难之中的印度女子奥达。还遭到了英国警方的怀疑，被误以为是英国银行的劫匪，一路受到了警探费克斯的跟踪阻挠，险些延误了行程。在经历了种种磨难之后，他不仅如期完成了他的环球之旅，回到了伦敦，并最终收获了自己的爱情，与奥达结成连理，有情人终成眷属。《环游地球八十天》使用的语言现代、地道、标准，内容繁简得当，原汁原味，通俗易懂。

CHAPTER 1 In which Phileas Fogg and Passepartout Accept

 Each Other,the One as Master,the Other as Man

CHAPTER 2 In which Passepartout Is Convinced that He Has

  at Last Found His Ideal

CHAPTER 3 In which a Conversation Takes Place which Seems

  Likely to Cost Phileas Fogg Dear

CHAPTER 4 In which Phileas Fogg Surprises Passepartout, His

  Servant

CHAPTER 5 In which a New Species of Funds, Unknown to the

  Moneyed Men, Appears on Change

CHAPTER 6 In which Fix, the Detective, Betrays a Very Natural

  Impatience

CHAPTER 7 In which Once More Demonstrates the Uselessness

  of Passports as Aids to Detectives

CHAPTER 8 In which Passepartout Talks Rather More,Perhaps,

  Than Is Prudent

CHAPTER 9 In which the Red Sea and the Indian Ocean Prove

  Helpful to the Designs of Phileas Fogg

CHAPTER 10 In which Passepartout Is Only Too Glad to Get off

  with the Loss of His Shoes

CHAPTER 11 In which Phileas Fogg Secures a Curious Means of

  Conveyance at a Fabulous Price

CHAPTER 12 In Which Phileas Fogg and His Companions Venture

  Across the Indian Forests, and what Ensued

CHAPTER 13 In which Passepartout Receives a New Proof that

 Fortune Favours the Brave

CHAPTER 14 In which Phileas Fogg Descends the Whole Length

 of the Beautiful Valley of the Ganges Without Ever Thinking

 of Seeing It

CHAPTER 15 In which the Bag of Bank Notes Empties Some

 Thousands of Pounds More

CHAPTER 16 In which Fix Does Not Seem to Understand in

 the Least what Is Said to Him

CHAPTER 17 Showing what Happened on the Voyage from

 Singapore to Hong Kong

CHAPTER 18 In which Phileas Fogg, Passepartout, and Fix

 Go Each about His Business

CHAPTER 19 In which Passepartout Takes a Too Great Interest

 in His Master, and what Comes of It

CHAPTER 20 In which Fix Comes Face to Face with Phileas

  Fogg

CHAPTER 21 In which the Master of the Tankadere Runs Great

  Risk of Losing a Reward of Two Hundred Pounds

CHAPTER 22 In which Passepartout Finds out that, Even at the

  Antipodes, It Is Convinent to Have Some Money in One's

  Pocket

CHAPTER 23 In which Passepartout's Nose Becomes Outrag-

  eously Long

CHAPTER 24 During which Mr. Fogg and Party Cross the Pacific

  Ocean

CHAPTER 25 In which a Slight Glimpse Is Had of San Francisco

CHAPTER 26 In which Phileas Fogg and Party Travel by the

  Pacific Railroad

CHAPTER 27 In which Passepartout Undergoes, at a Speed of

 Twenty Miles an Hour, a Course of Mormon History

CHAPTER 28 In which Passepartout Does Not Succeed in Making

  Anybody Listen to Reason

CHAPTER 29 In which Certain Incidents Are Narrated which

  Are Only to Be Met with on American Railroads

CHAPTER 30 In which Phileas Fogg Simply Does His Duty

CHAPTER 31 In which Fix the Detective Considerably Furthers

  the Interests of Phileas Fogg

CHAPTER 32 In which Phileas Fogg Engages in a Direct Struggle

  with Bad Fortune

CHAPTER 33 In which Phileas Fogg Shows Himself Equal to

  the Occasion

CHAPTER 34 In which Phileas Fogg at Last Reaches London

CHAPTER 35 In which Phileas Fogg Does Not Have to Repeat

  His Orders to Passpartold Twice

CHAPTER 36 In which Phileas Fogg’s Name Is Once More at

  a Premium on’change

CHAPTER 37 In which It Is Shown that Phileas Fogg Gained

  Nothing by His Tour Around the World, Unless It Were

Mr. Phileas Fogg lived, in 1872, at No. 7, Saville Row, Burlington Gardens, the house in which Sheridan died in 1814. He was one of the most noticeable members of the Reform Club, though he seemed always to avoid at-tracting attention~ a person about whom little was known, except that he was a polished man of the world.Certainly an Englishman, it was more doubtful whether Phileas Fogg was a Londoner. He was never seen on Change, nor at the Bank, nor in the counting-rooms of the City. He certainly was not a manufacturer; nor was he a merchant or a gentleman farmer. He belonged, in fact, to none of the numerous societies which swarm in the English capital.

Phileas Fogg was a member of the Reform, and thatwas all.

The way in which he got admission to this exclusive club was simple enough. He was recommended by the Barings, with whom he had an open credit. His checks were regularly paid at sight from his account current,which was always flush.

Was Phileas Fogg rich? Undoubtedly. But those who knew him best could not imagine how he had made his fortune，and Mr．Fogg was the last person tO whom to apply for the information．Whenever he knew that money was needed for a noble，useful，or benevolent purpose，he supplied it quietly and sometimes anonymously．He talked very little and seemed all the more mysterious for his cold manner．His daily habits were quite open tO ob—servation；but whatever he did was so exactly the same thing that he had always done before，that the wits of the curious were fairly puzzled．Had he traveled?It was like-ly，for no one seemed tO know the world more familiarly；there was no spot SO out of the way that he did not appear to have an intimate acquaintance with it．He must have traveled everywhere，at least in spirit．

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◆英语是语言的帝国

全球60亿人中，有3．8亿人的母语是英语，2．5亿人的第二母语是英语，12．3亿人学习英语，33．6亿人和英语有关。全世界电视节目的75％、电子邮件的80％、网络的85％、软件源代码的100％都使用英语。40～50年后，全球将有50％的人精通英语。全球约有6000种语言，21世纪末其中的90％将消亡。届时英语作为主导语言的地位将进一步得到提升。

目前中国大约有4亿人在学英语，超过英国和美国的人口总和，这是中国努力与时代接轨、与国际接轨的一个重要标志，大量中国人熟练掌握国际通用语言是中华民族走向繁荣富强的必要保障。

◆全民学英语运动

中国近20年来兴起了一场轰轰烈烈的全民学英语的运动。其规模之大，范围之广，古今中外前所未有。

学生、教师、公务员、公司职员、商店店员、出租车司机等，各行各业，都在学英语。其学习过程的漫长，也令人感叹。从幼儿园、小学、中学、大学、硕士、博士，到毕业工作，出国，直至退休，一直都在学，英语的学习可谓是终生性的。

◆英语学了多年之后的尴尬

中国人学了多年英语之后，如果冷静地反省一下多年努力的成效，不难发现自己的英语水平令人十分尴尬。这里将具体表现列举一二。

●读任何原版的英语杂志，如Times(时代)、Newsweek(新闻周刊)、

The Economists(经济学家)，或者原版小说，如Jane：Eyre(简·爱)、Gone with the Wind(飘)等，必须借助词典，因为我们随时都可能读不懂。即便查阅大部头的词典，我们常常还是不能理解文意，将文意理解得面目全非。最为可悲的是我们中很多人已经屈从于这种一知半解的阅读状态，甚至有人还荒唐地认为英语本身就是一门模模糊糊的语言，这样当然就更谈不上尝到读原汁原味英语的乐趣了。

●学习和探索专业知识的主流载体仍然是汉语。但我们必须清楚：整个现代科学体系基本是用英语来描述和表达的，译成汉语会有一定程度的失真，而且必然导致滞后。

●英语表达是一个更大的问题。主要体现在用英语写作以及用英语深入交谈上。事实上，大多数人只能用简单的英语来进行粗略的表述，无法顺利地参加国际学术会议或者进行国际贸易谈判。即便是学术水平很高的专家，在国际刊物上发表论文时，只能请仅懂英语不懂专业的人翻译。一篇在很多老外眼中不伦不类的论文就这样产生了。客观地讲，即使采用不太高的标准来衡量，在中国英语学习的失败率也应该在99％以上。

◆来自西方的教育理念

中国人读英语有个缺点，学习缺乏渐进性。他们习惯于读满篇都是生词的文章，以为这样“收获”才最大。结果他们的阅读不断地被查词典打断，一小时只能看两三页，读起来自然索然无味，最后只能作罢。这是中国人学英语的通病！读的文章几乎全部达到了语言学家所说的“frustration level”(使学生感到沮丧的程度)。

西方的语言学家和心理学家对英语学习者的阅读状况进行了大量的研究，结论令人非常吃惊：最适宜阅读的难度比我们长期所处的、我们所习惯的、我们头脑中定位的难度要低得多！只有文中生词量小到足以保证阅读的持续性时，语言吸收的效果才最好，语言水平的提高也最快。举个形象的例子：上山是从峭壁直接艰难攀登还是走平缓的盘山路好？显然，能够从峭壁登顶者寥寥无几！即使其能勉强成功，也远远落后于沿坦途行进者。

◆犹太民族的启示

曾经有人说：全世界的金钱装在美国人的口袋里，而美国人的金钱却装在犹太人的脑袋里。据统计，犹太人占世界总人口约0．3％，却掌握着世界经济命脉。在全世界最富有的企业家中，犹太人占50％以上。无论是过去和现在，在知名的经济巨头中犹太人占有绝对的比例。如第一个亿万巨富、石油大王洛克菲勒，“美国股神”巴菲特，华尔街的缔造者摩根，花旗集团董事长威尔，“打开个人计算机直销大门”的戴尔，坐在全球软件头把交椅“甲骨文公司”的艾利森，华纳电影公司创办人华纳，电影世界的领头羊斯皮尔伯格，他们都是犹太人。

犹太人成就的背后就是他们的噬书习惯。联合国教科文组织调查表明，全世界读书最多的民族是犹太民族。其中以色列在人均拥有图书和出版社以及每年人均读书的比例上，超过了世界上任何一个国家，成为世界之最，平均每人每年读书64本。与之反差很大的是中华民族，平均每人每年读书0．7本。这之中有阅读习惯的中国人虽占5％，却掌握着中国80％的财富。一句话，阅读，特别是经典名著的阅读，是一个人和民族崛起的最根本方法。

阅读不能改变人生的起点，但它可以改变人生的终点。不论出身高贵与卑贱，阅读都能改变人生的坐标和轨迹。

◆通往英语自由境界的阶梯

英语的自由境界指的是用英语自由地学习和工作；自由地阅读英文原版书刊和资料；自如地用英语表达和交流；自然地用英语进行思维；自主地用英语撰写论文和著作。

一个英语达到自由境界的人，他的生活也常常是令人羡慕的。清晨随手拿起一份国外的报纸或者杂志，一边喝着浓浓的咖啡，一边轻松、惬意地阅读。可以用英语自由地进行实质性的交谈和撰写书面材料。能够自由地在英文网页上荡漾，能够随时了解国外的最新科技动态或最新的商贸行情。自己的生存空间不再受到国界的限制，无论是交友、择偶，还是发展自己的事业，都有更宽的、跨国度的选择。

有一定英语基础的读者要想“修成正果”，达到英语的自由境界，最缺少的就是可读之书。市面上的英语读物粗粗看来似乎琳琅满目，但稍一细读就会发现这些语料要么是难度过低，词汇量只有一、两千词的相当于中学水平的简写本；要么是令人望而生畏、读之更是倍受挫折的原著，语料难度脱节甚至是“代沟”，严重地阻碍了英语中高级学习者对英语的掌握。床头灯英语5000词系列填补了这方面的空白，为读者打造了到达英语自由境界的阶梯。

◆本套读物的特色——真正适合中高级英语学习者的原汁原味英语读物

●难度适中：本套读物用英语中核心5000词写成，对于难以理解之处均有注释，使你躺在床上不用翻词典就能顺利地读下去，在不知

不觉中走向英语自由境界。

●语言地道：美国作家执笔，用流畅的现代英语写成，并保留了原著的语言特色。

●选材经典：皆为一生中不可不读的作品，读之可提高英语水平、积淀西方文化和提高人生境界。

●情节曲折：让你徜徉在一个又一个迥异奇妙的书中世界。

◆“床头灯”英语系列读物的使用方法：  ●整个床头灯系列包含儿童、中学生、3000词、5000词、6500词等不同层次。你可以选择不用查字典你就能保证阅读的持续性的级别进入，这个级别最少读30本，体会一下用英语读懂名著的感觉——英语形成语感、自信心增强。然后乘胜追击，读下一个级别的，每个级别读30本以上。

●使用床头灯英语学习读本(英汉对照版)练写作：看书中汉语部分，然后你试着翻译成英文，再把你翻译的英文与书上的英文对比。

本套读物是通向英语自由王国的钥匙，是通往英语最高境界的签证。在中国走向世界的道路上，英语水平决定工资水平！让每天阅读半小时“床头灯”成为你生活中的一部分。我相信这才是英语成功的真谛。

与股神巴菲特吃一顿午餐要花几百万美金，这使人们注意到了与名人交流的昂贵。而与比巴菲特更著名的大家近距离沟通，只需要去读“床头灯”。

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