Peak English Reading for High School

Author: Dong Haili
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Publish Date: 2001-06-01
Features: This book is written by experienced teachers from renowned schools based on the latest high school curriculum. The reading passages cover topics such as British and American festivals, language, animals, society, culture, art, and personalities, providing a comprehensive exposure to British and American culture. It is ( means "" in Chinese, which translates to "" in English), avoiding the rigid and awkwardness of "Chinese-style English." The book is divided into twelve units, each combining reading content with detailed explanations of reading skills to make learning more effective. The book features a four-color layout with bold and innovative design, highlighting key points. The content is rich and vivid, breaking away from traditional domestic reading learning models, progressing step by step, and accompanied by exquisite illustrations, making academic learning easy to grasp. In this new reading mode training, it truly achieves the goal of "learning through fun" and achieving high scores. This book is a "reading breakthrough" tool designed to meet the high-scoring requirements of high school students in English exams. Which part of the English exam can most significantly impact your score? Among listening, speaking, reading, and writing, which is the key to unlocking the other three? What methods can English learners use to maximize their avoidance of the influence of their native language, thereby effectively enhancing their language sense? The answer is: reading, reading, and more reading. Then, how to improve reading skills and techniques becomes an urgent issue to solve. Based on this, the motivation for writing this book is as follows:
1. After the new examination syllabus was issued, higher requirements were placed on reading, and relying solely on the textbook passages is absolutely insufficient.
2. Most English books available in the market for middle school students are primarily collections of exercises, with varying quality. Even if there are specialized reading books, most of them simply list articles, leaving readers to mechanically solve problems, with little additional translation or explanation, lacking systematic guidance on English reading skills, the cultivation of abilities, and the establishment of reading concepts. This book has the following features:
1. It systematically organizes, summarizes, and concludes reading techniques, allowing readers to clearly understand the methods of mastering reading skills and avoiding unnecessary repetitive reading.
2. The book introduces internationally renowned new reading concepts and techniques that are simple, quick, and effective.
3. The passages are selected from English-language newspapers, magazines, and books, with a wide range of sources and strong practicality.
4. The book integrates speaking, reading, and writing, with chapters categorized in a new and innovative way. The reading content is extensive, covering topics such as clothing, animals, inventions, personalities, natural environments, sports, and food, providing abundant information resources for listening and speaking and laying a solid foundation for writing.
5. Given that reading itself is a monotonous language activity, readers often lose interest and efficiency as the reading time increases. To address this, the book uses scientific section design to refresh readers, keeping them in an excited state to maximize learning efficiency. It strictly adheres to the principle that form must serve content.