转眼间,2017年即将结束,今年的阅读计划你们完成了吗?完成了的同学们,恭喜,你们一定收获了许多。没有完成的,也没关系,现在赶紧制定2018年的阅读计划吧。
去过英国的小伙伴应该不难发现,英国是个极爱阅读的国家,伦敦现有395个公共图书馆,每个公共图书馆又包括若干个分馆,使得图书馆遍布全城。为了推动社会阅读和建设学术性社区,英国的图书馆行业从2010年开始,每年向市民推荐50本好书,而且推荐的力度很大。除了在各个图书馆的新书介绍架上介绍外,更多地是通过电视节目的著名主持人、BBC伦敦台以及报纸杂志等进行介绍。
此外,英国人利用公交出行时来阅读已成为根深蒂固的习惯,在飞机、火车、地铁、巴士上,手不释卷的身影比比皆是。所以如果你如果计划去英国读书,第一课,你得学会阅读并热爱阅读。
某公学招生官给学生传授顶尖公学的考试秘籍,那就是Reading!Reading!Reading!通常在面试时,招生官最喜欢问到的问题也是“你能告诉我最近你正在读哪本书吗?”可见,阅读不仅仅是提高英语词汇量和运用能力的有效途径,还是与人交流的话题谈资。
英语的阅读能力是发展其他语言技能的基础和前提,是学好英语的主要手段和有效途径。英语阅读不仅能培养和增强学生的语感,扩大词汇量,还可以提高英语写作水平和提高批判性思维能力。
下面英国某公学推荐的阅读书单,看看英国的同龄孩子在读哪些书。供大家参考。
某公学7年级(11岁)推荐阅读书单(部分)
ALMOND, David.
The Fire-Eaters; Heaven Eyes; Kit’s Wilderness; Skellig; The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean; My Name Is Mina
ANDERSON, Laurie Halse.
Chains; Forge
BOWLER, Tim.
Tales from the Dark Side: Blood on Snow, Walking with the Dead; River Boy; Sea of Whispers
BOYCE, Frank Cottrell.
The Unforgotten Coat BRADFORD, Chris. Young Samurai Series;
CAMPBELL-JOHNSTON, Rachel.
The Child’s Elephant
CHADDA, Sarwat.
The Ash Mistry
CORDER, Zizou.
Lionboy SeriesCRAIG, Joe. Jimmy Coates Series CROSS, Gillian. Lost Trilogy: The Dark Ground, The Black Room, The Nightmare Game; After Tomorrow
CROSSAN, Sarah.
The Weight of Water CROSSLEY-HOLLAND, Kevin. Arthur Trilogy; The Viking Sagas DAHL, Roald. The BFG; James and the Giant Peach; Matilda DELANEY
, Joseph. Spooks Stories
Treason; The Company of Ghosts
DONNELLY, Jennifer. Deep BlueDOWD, Siobhan. A Swift Pure Cry; The London Eye Mystery;
EARLE, Phil. Heroic EVANS, Lissa. Small Change for Stuart FISHER
GARDNER, Sally. The Red Necklace;
LAWRENCE, Caroline. The Roman Mysteries Series MCKAY, Kirsty. Undead
MCNISH, Cliff. The Hunting Ground; The Dragonbone Gate
MATTHIAS, Sarah. Tom Fletcher and the Angel of Death; Tom Fletcher and the Three Wise Men
MORPURGO, Michael.
Alone on the Wide Wide Sea; Private Peaceful; Shadow; A Medal for Leroy
MOSS, Fletcher. Poison Boy
MUCHAMORE, Robert. Cherub Series: The Recruit; Class A; Maximum Security; The Killing; Divine Madness; Man vs Beast; The Fall; Mad Dogs;
NESS, Patrick.
A Monster Calls
NICHOLLS, Sally.
Ways to Live Forever; Season of Secrets; All Fall Down NIMMO, Jenny. Children of the Red King Series
NIX, Garth.
Keys to the Kingdom Series; A Confusion of Princes; Across the Wall
PRIESTLEY, Chris. Uncle Montagues’s Tales of Terror; Tales of Terror from the Black Ship;
PULLMAN, Philip. His Dark Materials Trilogy: Northern Lights, The Subtle Knife, The Amber Spyglass REES, Celia. The Fool’s Girl; This is Not Forgiveness
RIORDAN, Rick. Heroes of Olympus: The Lost Hero, The Son of Neptune, The Mark of Athena;
ROWLING, J. K. Harry Potter Series
SEDGWICK, Marcus.
The Book of Dead Days, The Dark Flight Down; Blood Red, Snow White; My Swordhand is Singing; White Crow; Midwinterblood; She Is Not Invisible
SUTCLIFFE, William.
The Wall
TOLKIEN, J. R. R.
The Hobbit
某公学9年级(13岁)推荐阅读书单(部分)
AUSTEN, Jane Emma; Pride and Prejudice
简奥斯丁:傲慢与偏见
BRONTE, Charlotte Jane Eyre
勃朗特夏洛特: 简爱
BRONTE, Emily Wuthering Heights
勃朗特艾米丽: 呼啸山庄
COLLINS, Wilkie The Moonstone
威尔基柯林斯 月亮宝石
DAHL, Roald Skin and Other Stories
罗尔德达尔小说集
DICKENS, Charles Oliver Twist; Childhood of David Copperfield
查尔斯.狄更斯:雾都孤儿、大卫科波菲尔
DUMAS, Alexandre The Three Musketeers
大仲马, 三个火枪手
HEMINGWAY, Ernest The Old Man and the Sea
海明威:老人与海
ORWELL, George Animal Farm
乔治奥威尔 动物庄园
SHELLEY, Mary Frankenstein
玛丽雪莱:科学怪人
TOLKIEN, J.R.R. The Lord of the Rings
托儿金: 蝇王
ALMOND, David Jackdaw Summer; The True Tale of the Monster Billy Dean
ASHLEY, Bernard No Way to Go
BROOKS, Kevin Killing God; The Bunker Diary
BURGESS, Melvin Nicholas Dane
CASSIDY, Anne The Story of My Life; Just Jealous; Guilt Trip; The Dead House; Dead Time; Killing Rachel
CHAMBERS, Aidan Dying to Know You
CROSS, Gillian Where I Belong
DAVID, Keren Almost True; When I Was Joe; Salvage
DOGAR, Sharon Falling
DOWD, Siobhan Solace of the Road
DOWNHAM, Jenny Before I Die
EVE, Helen Stella
GAIMAN, Neil Neverwhere; The Ocean at the End of the Lane
GIBBONS, Alan The Edge; Caught in the Crossfire
GROSS, Philip The Storm Garden
GROSSMAN, David Someone to Run With
HADDON, Mark The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time
HARTNETT, Sonya What the Birds See
ISHIGURO, Kazuo Never Let Me Go
MACKENZIE, Sophie Close My Eyes; Split Second; Defy the Stars
MALLEY, Gemma The Returners
MAYHEW, Julie Red Ink
NEWBERY, Linda The Shell House
BRESLIN, Theresa Spy for the Queen of Scots
CASTOR, H. M. VIII
CHOTJEWITZ, David Daniel Half Human
CORNWELL, Bernard The Grail Quest: Harlequin; Vagabond; Heretic
DOGAR, Sharon Annexed
GÉBLER, Carlo August ‘44
EDWARDS, Eve Dusk
GREGORY, Philippa Changeling
HARRIS, Robert Enigma; Imperium
HOFFMAN, Mary Troubadour; David
IGGULDEN, Conn The Conqueror: Wolf of the Plains; Lords of the Bow; Bones of the Hills
JENSEN, Marie-Louise Daughter of Fire and Ice; The Girl in the Mask
JOHNSTON, Tony Bone By Bone By Bone
NEWBERY, Linda Set in Stone
OZICK, Cynthia The Bear Boy
PAVER, Michelle Dark Matter
PRESSLER, Mirjam Shylock’s Daughter
PRIESTLEY, Chris New World
RENAULT, Mary The Alexander Trilogy: Fire From Heaven; The Persian Boy; Funeral Games
RIORDAN, Rick The Sniper
SAYLOR, Steven Roma
SCARROW, Simon The Eagle’s Conquest; Under the Eagle; When the Eagle Hunts
CAMILLERI, Andrea Inspector Montalbano Mysteries
CASSIDY, Anne Forget Me Not
CHANDLER, Raymond The Lady in the Lake; The High Window; The Little Sister
CHRISTIE, Agatha Cat Among the Pigeons; The Clocks; Sleeping Murder; The Sittaford Mystery; And Then There Were None; The Moving Finger
DAUGHERTY, C. J. Night School; Night School Legacy
DAVIS, Lindsey Falco Novels
DOYLE, Sir Arthur Conan The Hound of the Baskervilles
GLOVER, Sandra Identity; Don’t Tell
GRANT, Helen The Vanishing of Katharina Linden
GREEN, Caroline Hold Your Breath
JAMES, P. D. The Private Patient; Death Comes to Pemberley
HOFFMAN, Mary The Falconer’s Knot
HOROWITZ, Anthony The House of Silk
LEONARD, Elmore Get Shorty
ADAMS, Douglas Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy
ASIMOV, Isaac First Foundation Trilogy: Foundation; Foundation and Empire; Second Foundation
BECKETT Bernard Genesis
BEDFORD, Martyn Flip
BRADBURY, Ray Fahrenheit 451; The Illustrated Man
CARD, Orson Scott Ender Saga: Ender’s Game, Ender’s Shadow, Ender in Exile
AINSLIE, Ben Close to the Wind: the Autobiography of Britain’s Greatest Sailor (797.124092 AIN)
AL-WINDAWI, Thura Thura’s Diary (956.70443 AL-W)
BRYSON, Bill The Life and Times of the Thunderbolt Kid (910092 BRY)
CHANG, Jung Wild Swans 951.05 CHA)
DAHL, Roald Boy: Going Solo (920 DAH)
DRYBURGH, Nicole The Way I See It (362.4092 DRY)
DURRELL, Gerald The Corfu Trilogy (920 DUR)
FLINTOFF, Freddie Being Freddie; My Story so Far (796.358 FLI)
看到这么长的阅读书单是否已经眼花缭乱,这只是我从中摘取的一小部分。见到很多的同学在准备出国留学前的一两年甚至几个月想快速强训英语能力,但罗马不是一天建成的,英语能力也绝不是几个月能快速习得的。随着中国申请者的数量快速增长,和有越来越多优秀的申请者的加入低龄留学大军,英国顶尖的公学绝不是只要数学和理科好的中国学生,好的英文能力是PK掉其他竞争者的关键。学校在众多优秀的申请者中挑选更佳优秀的学生,要求海外学生达到英语母语的能力也完全不过分了。
亲爱的你们:
也许你以前从来不热爱阅读,但从今天起,可以尝试放下手机,做一个喜欢阅读的人。爱上阅读,可能你会有拥有一个更有趣的灵魂。
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