詹姆斯·宾，吉莉安·法拉蒂著的《初中英语阅读新思维（8年级第1学期）》为初中学段教辅丛书《初中英语阅读新思维》系列的八年级第一学期用书。
该丛书是一套由外籍英语语言教材专家按照《英语（牛津上海版）》六年级第一学期～九年级第二学期教材体系和《英语新课标》的语言要求特别编写的拓展阅读教程，旨在通过学习与教材相配套的阅读材料和做配套的阅读理解练习，帮助学生巩固课堂所学内容，加深对课本的理解，并在同一个主题内容下在词汇量和语法知识层面有所提高。

Unit 1 A different life
Reading 1 Welcome to my blog
Reading 2 An email from Austrolio
Reading 3 RedlandsFootbollClub--PlayeroftheMonth
Unit2 Work and plag
Reading 1 A day in the life of a flight ottendont
Reading 2 My first job
Reading 3 School holidays art and croft programme
Unit 3 Trouble!
Reading 1 This week in Fronkston
Reading 2 A K9 police officer
Reading 3 A near miss
Unit 4 Mathematics
Reading 1 Everyday maths
Reading 2 Help us reduce waste
Reading 3 Roman numerals
Unit 5 Books and learning
Reading 1 The oldest encyclopaedia in the world
Reading 2 Louis Braille
Reading 3 The Great Library of Alexondrio
Unit 6 Space
Reading 1 Interview with an astronaut
Reading 2 Win o trip into spoce
Reading 3 A Wrinkle in Time
Unit 7 Aliens?
Reading 1 A UFO sighting
Reading 2 Martians attacking
Reading 3 Looking for life in the‘Goldilocks Zone’
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