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 Clubs Text 1 Children’s Poetry Competition Text 2 Things We Can Do Together Text 3 The School Play Text 4 Make a Poster Text 5 Join Our Clubs Text 6 School Clubs Are Fun! Unit 2 Being Creative Text 1 Inventions Text 2 Look Again Text 3 A Tornado in a Bottle Text 4 A Weaving Girl Text 5 Let’s Make Ice Cream Text 6 The Future: What Do You Think the Future Will Be Like Unit 3 Land and Sea Text 1 Protect the Sea Text 2 The Arctic in Danger Text 3 Eye in the Sky Text 4 The Smallest Continent Text 5 Natural Resources Text 6 The Oceans Unit 4 Can You Help Me? Text 1 It’s Not Sore Any More Text 2 Can You Help Me? Text 3 The Missing Backpack Text 4 Who Can Tell a Story about Helping Out? Text 5 Helping Out Text 6 My Heroes Unit 5 Museums Text 1 The Museum at Midnight Text 2 Wow! Look at That! Text 3 The World’s Weirdest Collections Text 4 Museum Day Text 5 The Dinosaur Museum Text 6 Welcome to the Egyptian Museum in Cairo! Unit 6 Dream Jobs Text 1 The Job Chant Text 2 One day I’ll Be an Astronaut Text 3 A Marine Photographer Text 4 He Is Famous Text 5 Unusual Jobs Text 6 What’s Their Job? Answers for Reference