内容简介 本册读物选自詹姆斯·鲍德温(James Baldwin)编写的《Fifty Famous Stories Retold》和《Thirty more Famous Stories Retold》,故事主要取材于西方著名的历史故事、名人轶事和民间传说,都是人们关注的传统题材和内容。这两部读本为许多国家少年儿童所喜爱。20世纪前半叶,这两本书曾以英语教材的形式流行于大江南北,书名译为《泰西五十轶事》和《泰西三十轶事》。当时人们选用这两本书作教材,主要原因在于文辞优美,故事引人入胜,内容具有教育意义,有助于培养少男少女们的高尚情操。许多故事在我国英语教材中都有选用。 詹姆斯·鲍德温(James Baldwin 1841-1925)是美国教育家、作家,是美国最多产的儿童教科书作家。
目录 World Famous Stories 1. The Inchcape Rock 2. The Indian Girl 3. The White Ship 4. Julius Cesar 5. The Blind Men and the Elephant 6. Androclus and the Lion 7. King Alfred and the Cakes 8. George Washington and His Hatchet 9. Bruce and the Spider 10. The Story of Regulus 11. The Barmecide Dinner 12. Cornelia’s Jewels 13. Diogenes the Wise Man 14. The Endless Tale 15. “Eureka!” 16. The Sons of William the Conqueror 17. The Man in the Iron Mask 18. The Sword of Damocles 19. The Black Douglas 20. A Laconic Answer 21. Alexander and His Horse 22. James Watt and the Teakettle 23. Newton and the Apple 24. How Napoleon Crossed the Alps 25. Columbus and the Egg 26. Galileo and the Lamps 27. The First Printer 28. The Bell of Atri 29. King John and the Abbot 30. Antonio Canova 31. The White-Headed Zal 32. Whittington and His Cat 33. King John and Prince Arthur 34. Peter Klaus the Goatherd 35. How Rome Was Founded 36. The Fall of Troy