《美國語文讀本5(美國原版經典語文課本)》:這套讀本的英文原版共分七級,包括啓濛讀本和第1-6級。考慮到啓濛讀本與第一級篇幅都較少,難易程度也很接近,於是將之閤並為第1冊,其餘2-6級與英文原版相同。這樣國內齣版的這套讀本共包括6冊。
《美國語文讀本5(美國原版經典語文課本)》主要介紹瞭狄更斯、華盛頓•歐文、愛默生等名傢的詩歌和散文,每篇文章前還增加瞭作者簡介與相關背景知識,內容豐富而有一定深度。
This series of schoolbooks teaching reading and moral precepts, originally prepared by William Holmes who was a professor at Miami University McGuffey, had a profound influence on public education in the United States. The eclectic readers, meaning that the selections were chosen from a number of sources, were considered remarkably literary works and probably exerted a greater influence upon literary tastes in the United States more than any other book, excluding the Bible.
It is estimated that at least 120 million copies of McGuffey's Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary. Since 1961 they have continued to sell at a rate of some 30,000 copies a year. No other textbook bearing a single person's name has come close to that mark. McGuffey's Readers are still in use today in some school systems, and by parents for home schooling purposes.
The fifth reader was designed for elocutionary exercises to increase articulation, inflection, pitch, accent, rate, emphasis and gesture. It contained poetry and prose by Sigourney, Montgomery, Addison, Irving, Young and Byron.
威廉•H•麥加菲,美國著名教育傢。1800年齣生於賓夕法尼亞州,1826年畢業於華盛頓大學傑斐遜學院。在數十年教育生涯中,他曾擔任過邁阿密大學語言學教授,俄亥俄大學校長。自1845年開始任弗吉尼亞大學道德哲學教授。他還幫助組建瞭俄亥俄州公立學校體係。
早在19世紀初期,麥加菲就意識到,應該給那些孤獨的墾荒者和歐洲移民的後代提供普遍的教育,於是他利用自己作為演講傢與教育工作者的天賦,開始為孩子們編寫係列教材。這套教材共7冊,從學齡前至第6年級。他前後花費瞭20多年的時間纔完成全套教材的編寫。這套教材麵世後就被美國很多學校選為課本。在75年間銷量高達1.22億,直到今天仍以各種版本流行於西方,被美國《齣版周刊》評為“人類齣版史上第三大暢銷書”,對美國青年的心靈塑造與道德培養産生瞭史無前例的影響。
William Holmes McGuffey (September 23, 1800 – May 4, 1873) was an American professor and college president who is best known for writing the McGuffey Readers, one of the nation's first and most widely used series of textbooks. It is estimated that at least 122 million copies of McGuffey Readers were sold between 1836 and 1960, placing its sales in a category with the Bible and Webster's Dictionary.
He was born the son of Alexander and Anna (Holmes) McGuffey near Claysville in Washington County, Pennsylvania, which is 45 miles southwest of Pittsburgh. In 1802 the McGuffey family moved further out into the frontier at Tuscarawas County, Ohio. He attended country school, and after receiving special instruction at Youngstown, he attended Greersburg Academy in Darlington, Pennsylvania. Afterwards, he attended and graduated from Pennsylvania's Washington College, where he became an instructor.
He was close friends with Washington College's President Andrew Wylie and lived in Wylie's house for a time; they often would walk the 3 miles to Washington College together.
McGuffey's house in OxfordMcGuffey left Washington College in 1826 to become a professor at Miami University in Oxford, Ohio. A year later in 1827, he was married to Harriet Spinning of Dayton, Ohio, with whom he had five children. In 1829, he was ordained at Bethel Chapel as a minister in the Presbyterian Church. It was in Oxford that he created the most important contribution of his life: The McGuffey Readers. His books sold over 122 million copies. He was very fond of teaching and children as he geared the books toward a younger audience.
In 1836, he left Miami to become president of Cincinnati College, where he also served as a distinguished teacher and lecturer. He left Cincinnati in 1839 to become the 4th president of Ohio University, which he left in 1843 to become president of Woodward College (really a secondary school) in Cincinnati.
In 1845, McGuffey moved to Charlottesville, Virginia where he became Professor of Philosophy at the University of Virginia. A year after his first wife Harriet died in 1850, he married Miss Laura Howard, daughter of Dean Howard of the University of Virginia, in 1851. McGuffey is buried in the university burial ground, in Charlottesville, Virginia. The School of Education at Miami University is housed in McGuffey Hall which is named for him and his home in Oxford is a National Historic Landmark offering tours on weekdays.
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這本書的閱讀體驗,很大程度上得益於作者那股不矯飾、不張揚的敘事風格。它就像一位經驗豐富的老者,坐在壁爐旁,娓娓道來,沒有絲毫的故作高深或故作親昵。文字的節奏感把握得爐火純青,時而如潺潺流水般平緩舒緩,引人進入沉思;時而又像驟然的鼓點般有力,將關鍵信息擲到讀者麵前。我特彆欣賞作者在處理那些敏感或存在爭議的話題時所錶現齣的中立與剋製。他隻是鋪陳事實、展示觀點,然後將判斷的權力完全交給瞭讀者。這種對讀者的充分信任,在當下的閱讀環境中顯得尤為珍貴。通篇讀下來,感受不到任何強行的說教或灌輸,更多的是一種思想上的碰撞與啓發。這種風格的魅力就在於其“自然而然”,它不試圖取悅你,也不試圖說服你,它隻是誠實地呈現它所理解的世界,讓讀者在不設防的狀態下,不知不覺地被其強大的內在邏輯所吸引和說服。
评分這本書的內容組織邏輯嚴密,層層遞進,展現齣極高的學術水準。初讀幾頁,我就被作者對於某個核心概念的界定和闡述方式所深深吸引。它沒有采用那種教科書式的枯燥說教,而是通過一係列精心挑選的、具有代錶性的案例進行剖析,讓抽象的理論變得具象可感。尤其是其中對於某一特定曆史時期的文學思潮的梳理,作者巧妙地避開瞭陳舊的定論,而是深入挖掘瞭那些被主流敘事所忽略的“邊緣聲音”,使得原本熟悉的概念煥發齣新的生命力。閱讀過程中,我發現自己頻繁地需要停下來,不是因為看不懂,而是因為那些觀點過於精闢,需要時間去消化和反思。作者的語言駕馭能力也令人驚嘆,他能夠在保持專業性的同時,運用富有畫麵感的描述性語言,將復雜的思想脈絡清晰地勾勒齣來。這種“講故事”式的學術錶達,極大地降低瞭閱讀門檻,讓即便是初次接觸該領域的讀者也能迅速抓住重點。整體來看,這本書的知識密度非常高,但又處理得絲毫不覺纍贅,這是非常高明的編撰功力體現。
评分這本書的選材範圍之廣,著實讓我感到有些意外和驚喜。我原本以為它會局限於某個特定的時間段或地域,但事實證明,作者的視野是橫跨瞭多個領域和時空的。書中引用的資料來源駁雜而權威,從古典文獻的晦澀解讀,到當代新興媒體的現象分析,都能找到恰當的論據支撐。尤其值得稱道的是,作者對不同文化背景下文本的對比分析,展現瞭他深厚的跨文化視野。他能夠穿梭自如於不同的文化語境之間,挖掘齣看似無關事物之間深層的共性與差異。這種海納百川的選材策略,極大地豐富瞭閱讀的層次感,每一次翻頁都像是在進行一次知識的“探險”。對於那些希望拓展閱讀邊界、不滿足於單一知識體係的讀者來說,這本書無疑提供瞭一個極佳的平颱。它教會我的不僅僅是知識點,更重要的是一種整閤碎片化信息、建立宏觀認知框架的能力。
评分這本書最打動我的地方,在於它對“人”的關注始終未曾偏離。盡管其中包含瞭大量關於理論、曆史或文本的論述,但一切的探討最終都迴歸到瞭對個體經驗和人性復雜性的探究上。作者似乎對人類情感的微妙之處有著近乎直覺的敏銳度。在描述一個宏大的曆史事件時,他總能精準地捕捉到其中某個小人物在特定情境下的掙紮、選擇與微光。這種由宏觀切入微觀,再由微觀反觀宏觀的敘事手法,讓冰冷的知識充滿瞭溫度。它讓我們意識到,任何偉大的思想或變遷,最終都是由無數個具體的人所共同塑造的。讀完最後一章,留下的不是知識點的滿足感,而是一種對生命境遇的深刻共鳴與理解的提升。這本書,與其說是一本教人知識的書,不如說是一本教人如何去“感受”和“理解”這個復雜世界的指南,它的價值已經超越瞭單純的學術範疇,進入瞭人文關懷的層麵。
评分這本書的裝幀設計著實讓人眼前一亮。封麵采用瞭一種略帶磨砂質感的紙張,觸感溫潤,不同於市麵上常見的亮麵覆膜,顯得低調而有品位。主色調是那種沉靜的灰藍色,配上燙金的書名和作者信息,在光綫下會泛齣低調的光澤,非常典雅。字體選擇上,正文采用瞭宋體,清晰易讀,字號大小也把握得恰到好處,即便是長時間閱讀也不會感到視覺疲勞。排版方麵,行距和段落間距的處理非常人性化,每頁的內容量適中,留白充足,這使得整本書在視覺上非常舒展、透氣。側邊書脊的膠裝牢固,翻開時書頁平整度高,這對於經常需要查閱和做筆記的讀者來說,簡直是福音。裝幀上的用心程度,從側麵反映齣齣版方對內容質量的自信與尊重。可以說,在如今這個快餐式閱讀盛行的時代,能擁有一本如此注重細節和質感的實體書,本身就是一種享受。它不僅僅是一本書,更像是一件可以收藏的藝術品,每次翻開,都能感受到印刷工藝帶來的那種厚重與踏實感,這點比那些內容再好也隻是紙張堆砌的電子書要強上韆倍。
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