Peak English Reading for Junior High

Author: Zhang Tanxia
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Publishing Date: 2001-06-01
Features: The first color-illustrated English reading toolbook in the country, with innovative and culturally relevant material to (American and British) life; an essential aid for learning and exam score improvement; colorful layout, creative and lively! The content is written by experienced teachers from renowned schools based on the latest high school curriculum. The reading passages cover (American and British) festivals, language, animals, society, culture, art, and personalities, providing a comprehensive exposure to (American and British) culture, making it relatable and avoiding the stiffness and awkwardness of "Chinese English." The book is divided into twelve units, each combining reading content with detailed explanations of reading techniques to enhance learning effectiveness.
The book adopts a four-color layout, bold and innovative, highlighting key points. Its rich and vivid content presents a departure from traditional domestic reading learning models, progressing systematically and accompanied by exquisite illustrations, making academic learning easy to grasp. Through this new reading mode training, it truly achieves the goal of "learning through fun" and attaining high scores. This book is a "Reading Breakthrough" toolbook published to meet the high-score requirements of high school students in English exams.
Among the four skills—listening, speaking, reading, and writing—which one can most significantly impact exam scores? Which is the key to unlocking the other three? What methods can English learners use to maximize their avoidance of native language influence and effectively enhance their language intuition? The answer is: reading, reading, and more reading. Then, how to improve reading skills and techniques becomes an urgent issue. Based on this, the motivation for writing this book is as follows:
1. After the new exam syllabus was introduced, higher demands were placed on reading, which cannot be met solely through textbook lessons.
2. Most English books available in the market for middle school students are primarily collections of exercises, with varying quality. Even if specialized reading books are available, they mostly just list passages, forcing readers to mechanically solve problems, often supplemented with translations and explanations, 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 synthesizes reading techniques, enabling readers to clearly understand the methods of mastering these skills and avoid unnecessary repetitive reading.
2. It introduces internationally recognized new reading concepts and techniques, which are simple, quick, and effective.
3. The passages are selected from English-language newspapers, magazines, and books, with wide-ranging and practical content.
4. The book integrates speaking, reading, and writing, with chapters organized in a newly innovative way. The reading content is diverse, covering topics such as clothing, animals, inventions, personalities, natural environments, sports, and food, providing extensive information resources for speaking and writing, laying a solid foundation for writing.
5. Given that reading itself is a monotonous linguistic activity, readers often lose interest and efficiency as the duration of reading increases. To address this, the book uses scientific section design to refresh readers, keeping them engaged and maximizing learning efficiency. It strictly adheres to the principle that form must serve content.