很多小伙伴为了学英文，
开始手捧外文书，
准备好了英英大词典，
剁手了kindle，
甚至跑到了小湖边，
却发现：
一页上都是不认识的单词，
一个句子占了三四行，
各种读不下去……
今天给大家推荐几本经典英语入门书籍，
帮你找回自信，
体验读英文书的乐趣！
阅读小贴士：
阅读是提高英语很好的方式，可以学习新词汇，同时也能锻炼英语思维，提高对英文语言的欣赏力。
每个人英文水平、阅读口味不同，各位小伙伴应根据自身实际情况选取适合自己的英文原版书籍。
建议英语基础较弱的同学找一些美国中学读物来读，语言和观点理解起来不会太难。
1. Charlotte’s Web–E.B. White
《夏洛特的网》E.B.怀特
夏洛特是一个真正的蜘蛛侠…..
This is a lovely novel that all age groups can understand. Aimed at native English speaking children, there are many adults who still say this famous book is their favorite. This is part of the national curriculum in many schools around the world, so it’s quite possible this book will also come up in conversation. You can almost guarantee that the majority of native English speakers have read this book at least once.
知名作家E.B.怀特的经典童书，史上最畅销的童书，至今全球销量超过4500万本，并译为23种语言。
虽然是本童话书，却仍受到许多成年人的追捧，很多英语国家都把这本书作为学生必读书目。
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情节概要：
小女孩阿芬（Fern Arable）救下了准备被爸爸杀掉的小猪，亲自喂养，并帮它取名韦宝（Wilbur）。随着小猪慢慢长大，阿芬不能再在家里养韦宝了，只好把韦宝送到舅舅的农场里继续饲养。
到农场后，韦宝和一只名叫夏洛特（Charlotte）的小蜘蛛成为了好朋友，夏洛特得知农夫打算杀掉韦宝，她承诺会让韦宝看到冬天的雪。在老鼠的帮助下，夏洛特织出了各种各样神奇的字来形容韦宝，引来人们争相观看，后来夏洛特死了，但她的孩子和韦宝相依为命，互相照应，故事圆满结束。
故事生动地描述了忠诚、信任及牺牲的精神，很棒的心灵读物。
2.Mieko and the Fifth Treasure–Eleanor Coerr
《枝子和第五宝》埃莉诺·科尔
我们常说不忘初心，你的初心是什么呢？
This book is not really so famous, but it is on the recommended book list. What’s great about “Mieko and the Fifth Treasure” is that it’s short. At only 77 pages long, this will be an easy read. Again this book is aimed at young native English speakers, so if you’re learning English, the level won’t be so difficult. This book will keep you interested as you’ll learn many interesting things about Japan and its culture.
这本书很短，只有77页，用词和句式都比较简单，但会让你学到很多关于日本文化的有趣知识，很适合英语学习者进行泛读。
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情节概要
这本书讲述了枝子(Mieko)的情感故事。
枝子是一个书法天才，但不幸的是她的手在战争中严重受伤，后来被送到乡下，和祖父祖母一起生活。枝子很害怕自己已经失去了“第五宝”—心中的美，这是她快乐和美丽艺术的源泉。
在新学校，枝子常常受到同学的嘲笑和欺负，并因此变得暴躁。
祖父祖母通过耐心和智慧将枝子救出了黑暗的深渊，她也交到了一个好朋友 Yoshi，Yoshi很善良，枝子后来也和Yoshi的姑姑很亲近，姑姑虽然很严格，但内心善良，鼓励枝子再次提笔…….
3.The Outsider–S.E. Hinton
《局外人》
此书有“小教父”之称，是美国90年代百本禁书之一。
This short novel is perfect for EFL learners. It has modern themes and typical teenage issues that people around the world have experienced. There are very few cultural notes in this, which means you don’t need much background information. The sentences are short and easy to understand. The vocabulary is also very easy. You should be able to read this book without difficulty.
小说描写了帮派斗争和帮派成员的心理成长历程。贴近生活，书中句子简短，词汇也很简单，还有一些文化注释便于读者理解，十分适合英语学习者学习。
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情节概要
小说中描写了两个对立的青少年黑帮：The Greaser和The Socs的故事。
两个黑帮经常发生战斗，主人公Curtis是The Greaser的一员，在一次斗殴中，对方团伙中死了一个人，Curtis和同伙们为避风头躲到了教堂中，后来两个帮派之间又发生了一些斗争，Curtis最后在医院醒来，而他也将面临法庭的审判，他的命运究竟如何呢？
注：The Outsider是指无论如何努力也无法取胜的人。小说中The outsider明指The Greaser，但是却暗示这两个黑帮都是The Outsiders，因为无论他们如何有侠气，如何从烈火燃烧的教堂中救出儿童，他们仍然无法获得社会丝毫的同情与尊重。
4.The House On Mango Street–Sandra Cisneros
《芒果街上的小屋》
桑德拉·希斯内罗丝
网友热评：我以为那是我自学外语以来看到过的最甜美的异国文字。
The great thing about “The House On Mango Street” is that it’s an interesting read. It’s written from the point of view of the writer. You can really feel what the protagonist (the main character) feels. The sentences are really short so it’s also easy to understand. There are a few challenging words and a little bit of descriptive language, but you can usually understand them with the context. Another great thing about this is book is that it gives you a deep understanding of a different culture.
这是一本很有趣的读物，在美国几乎是家喻户晓,算是“经典名著”，很多著名学士为这本书出版了各种导读 。
作者以自己的成长经历为原型创作了这本小说，里面的英文大多都是短句，偶尔一两句难句也可以通过上下文进行理解。另外，该书会使你对不同的文化加深理解。
《芒果街上的小屋》是一本优美纯净的小书，一本“诗小说”，语言很优美，大家来领会一下该书的Chapter 1 Hairs的部分内容：
Everybody in our family has different hair. My Papa’s hair is like a broom, all up in the air. And me, my hair is lazy. It never obeys barrettes or bands. Carlos’ hair is thick and straight. He doesn’t need to comb it. Nenny’s hair is slippery——slides out of your hand. And Kiki, who is the youngest, has hair like fur.
But my mother’s hair, my mother’s hair, like little rosettes, like little candy circles all curly and pretty because she pinned it in pincurls all day, sweet to put your nose into when she is holding you, holding you and you feel safe, is the warm smell of bread before you bake it, is the smell when she makes room for you on her side of the bed still warm with her skin, and you sleep near her, the rain outside falling and Papa snoring. The snoring, the rain, and Mama’s hair that smells like bread.
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该书围绕着墨西哥女孩埃斯佩朗莎（Esperanza）的生活故事展开。
埃斯佩朗莎跟着家人搬到了位于芝加哥拉美移民社区芒果街上的房子里，房子又旧又小，她很不开心，梦想着有一所属于自己的大房子。
埃斯佩朗莎的成长贯穿了整部小说，交朋友、身体长高、对男孩的懵懂爱恋等等。她与新朋友们一起冒险，但在学校里对自己家的贫穷感到难为情，她秘密地写诗来排遣这种苦闷的心情。
书中多次描写社区里的其他女性，埃斯佩朗莎看着她们在困境中的挣扎，希望自己不会成为那个样子，渴望着离开…..
5.Thirteen Reasons Why–Jay Asher
《13个理由》
有时候，一句话都可能成为一把冰冷的刺刀…
This story takes place in the present, which means the writer writes using simple grammar. All sentences are short and the vocabulary is relatively easy. The interesting grammar and short paragraphs make this a quick and easy book for ESL learners. This is an award-winning book and on the NY Times best books list, so it’s worth a read. This book deals with some heavy issues. If you’re looking for something light and happy to read over the summer vacation, you should not read this book.
这本小说词汇和语法都很简单，段落短小，很适合英语学习者在地铁上或者其他零碎时间阅读。
该书多次获奖，并被选为《纽约时报》畅销书，很值得一读。
书中的内容略有沉重，却更值得成年人思考。不少青少年读者表示获益良多，读了之后，不但让他们更注意身边朋友的状况，也更谨言慎行，避免无意中伤害他人。
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情节概要
一个很害羞少言的加州高中生Clay Jensen， 某天回到家发现门前有一个盒子， 里面装著七盒由Hannah Baker录制的录音带， Hannah是他在学校喜欢的一个女生， 她在自杀前录了这些录音带， 录音带解释了导致自己自杀的13个原因。
她交给Clay去传给另外12个导致她自杀的人。汉娜发生了什么事?他又为何会成为她结束生命的理由?
6.Peter Pan–J.M. Barrie
《彼得·潘》詹姆斯·巴里
我不想我不想长大，长大后世界就没童话…
Almost everyone knows the story of “Peter Pan” which is why this is an easy read. Being familiar with a story already helps the reader to understand the text better. This book is aimed at children, but it continues to be enjoyed by adults around the world too.
很多人都是听着“彼得·潘”的故事长大的，一个满口珍珠般的乳牙，穿一身用树叶和树浆做的衣服，不愿长大也永远不会长大的可爱的小男孩。
熟悉故事情节也会帮助英语学习者更容易读懂这本书。
永远不要长大，这是一个孩子童话般的梦想。每个人心底都曾存在过一个彼得潘，小说体现了成长的无奈和一种人生的必然。
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每天晚上小飞侠彼得都会到访达林一家，听达林夫人给孩子们讲床前故事。一天晚上彼得被这家人发现了，在慌忙逃跑的过程中不小心丢掉了自己的影子，于是回去找影子，他弄醒了达林夫人的女儿Wendy，希望得到她的帮忙 ，后来他们成为了好朋友，彼得邀请她到梦幻仙岛上玩。温蒂带上两个弟弟，和彼得·潘一起开始了冒险之旅，并发生了很多曲折的故事……
7.The Old Man and the Sea–Ernest Hemmingway
《老人与海》海明威
有什么可丧的？与天斗其乐无穷…….
This is a famous classic. Almost all native English speakers will have read this book at some point in school. So, if you ever find yourself in a conversation about literature and books, this is a good one to talk about. At some points it has a little bit of difficult vocabulary, however, it is short and you won’t have too much trouble being able to finish it.
相信很多小伙伴并不陌生了，外国经典名著，几乎所有的native English speakers都读过这本书。
烤鸭们如果碰到文学和书籍的口语话题，谈论这本书是个不错的选择。书中可能会有一些难词儿，但内容很短，很容易读完。
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情节概要
小说讲述了一位经验丰富的老渔夫Santiago和他捕到的一条大鱼之间展开较量的故事。Santiago已经连续84天没有捕到鱼了，第85天，他终于时来运转，从此他的生活也发生了改变。
一条枪鱼上钩了，老人想把鱼拉上来，但这条鱼太大了，反而拉着渔船在海面上前行，老人始终紧紧拽着手中的线，与大鱼斗争了两天。第三天，大鱼已经没有力气挣脱了，Santiago把鱼拉到离船近一点的地方并杀掉了。
在回航的路上，不料却引来了鲨鱼，Santiago又与鲨鱼展开了一番生死搏斗，好不容易击退鲨鱼，结果捕获的大鱼早已被鲨鱼吃个精光，只剩一副巨大的骨头架。他回到家躺在床上，只好从梦中去寻回那往日美好的岁月，以忘却残酷的现实。
这部小说表现了一种奋斗的人生观，即使面对的是不可征服的大自然，但人仍然可以得到精神上的胜利。
书中有很多励志名句，来干了这碗西式鸡汤….
1、But a man is not made for defeat. A man can be destroyed but not defeated.
人不是生来要给打败的，你尽可把他消灭掉，可就是打不败他。
2、It is silly not to hope, he thought.
人不抱希望是很傻的。
3、Now is no time to think of what you do not have. Think of what you can do with what there is.
现在不是去想缺少什么的时候，该想一想凭现有的东西你能做什么
4、But none of these scars were fresh. They were as old as erosions in a fishless desert. Everything about him was old except his eyes and they were the same color as the sea and were cheerful and undefeated.
但是这些伤疤中没有一块是新的。它们像无鱼可打的沙漠中被侵蚀的地方一般古老。他身上的一切都显得古老，除了那双眼睛，它们像海水一般蓝，是愉快而不肯认输的。
5.Perhaps I should not have been a fisherman, he thought. But that was the thing that I was born for.
或许我不应该成为一个渔夫，他想。但是那是我生来的源由。
6.“Fish”,he said softly, aloud, “ I’ll stay with you until I am dead.”
“鱼，”他柔和地说著，却很响亮 ，“我会一直陪伴你直至我死去。
8. The Giver–Lois Lowry
《记忆传授人》洛伊丝·洛利
比《楚门的世界》更让人绝望的乌托邦
“The Giver” begins in a very interesting way and catches the attention of the readers from the beginning. It has easy-to-understand grammar. Most of the grammar is just past simple and past perfect. All of the sentences are short and there is no confusion in the story. This is a longer book. It’s really easy though, so you’ll finish it quickly.
《记忆传授人》是洛伊丝·洛利最著名的也是最受争议的作品。它是一部科幻小说，书的开头很有意思，一下子就会抓住读者的注意力。
书中语法超级简单，多以过去时和过去完成时为主，句子简短，虽然篇幅较长，但没有难词儿，很快就能读完。
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小男孩Jonas生活在一个乌托邦世界。在这个社会里，人们的生活从一开始就被安排好了，不用决定工作，不用决定配偶，这些问题，社会都帮个人做好了决定。而这个世界也没有记忆、感情、颜色及音乐，人们只有最基本的生活需求。
但有一个人例外，他一个人承担了整个世界所有的记忆，他必须独自承受痛苦、恐惧、和孤单，而他也同时知道什麼是温暖、幸福和爱。这个人被称为the receiver of memory，也就是the Giver。
当12岁的Jonas成为这个the receiver of memory的接班人后，他得到了以前所不曾有过的体验，而当他知道愈多时，他愈发现这个世界的不合理，他想让人们自己做出选择，他计划把这个社会搬到另一个地方，并赐予每个人记忆，希望他们幸福快乐……
下面为大家摘取了Chapter 1的内容，小伙伴们可以感受一下语言的难易程度：
It was almost December, and Jonas was beginning to be frightened. No. Wrong word, Jonas thought. Frightened meant that deep, sickening feeling of something terrible about to happen. Frightened was the way he had felt a year ago when an unidentified aircraft had overflown the community twice. He had seen it both times. Squinting toward the sky, he had seen the sleek jet, almost a blur at its high speed, go past, and a second later heard the blast of sound that followed. Then one more time, a moment later, from the opposite direction, the same plane.
At first, he had been only fascinated. He had never seen aircraft so close, for it was against the rules for Pilots to fly over the community. Occasionally, when supplies were delivered by cargo planes to the landing field across the river, the children rode their bicycles to the riverbank and watched, intrigued, the unloading and then the takeoff directed to the west, always away from the community.
9.Number the Stars–Lois Lowry
《数星星》 洛伊丝·洛利
一个少女版“辛德勒”的故事….
This is a realistic novel. It’s based on history. Unlike other historical literature, it’s easy to understand. If you already know a lot of information about World War II, this might be an interesting book for you. It’s not recommended if you don’t know too much about the World Wars. In this case, you will be focusing on trying to understand the facts too much so you will not enjoy the book as much.
这是一部现实主义小说，以二战历史为基础，虽然是历史文学，但很容易理解。
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这是一部有关希望和勇气的作品。主角Annemarie是个十岁小女孩，她最要好的朋友伊莲是犹太人，而纳粹士兵下令所有犹太人都必须被遣送至集中营，她该如何保护伊莲？
Annemarie本是一个单纯的小女孩，战争让她迅速地成长为一个勇敢、坚强、有责任心的姑娘，最后成为了一名反抗纳粹的女英雄，为反法西斯战争做出了自己的贡献。
10.A Wrinkle In Time–Madeline L’engle
《时间的皱纹》
麦德琳·兰歌
研究时空穿越的爸爸去哪儿了的故事，
让你大开脑洞的一本书…
This book has a mix of shorter and longer sentences. The short sentences allow the readers to relax a little bit more. They also create the scene well and let you know what is happening through simple words. There is a lot of vocabulary to learn. It is a good book if you’ve already got experience reading novels in English. Make sure you have your vocabulary notebook with you, just in case there are any cool words that you’d like to learn. This book has MANY!
同样是一部科幻小说，书中有很多超酷的词汇可以学习，童鞋们读的时候一定要记得做笔记哦！
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莫瑞一家的每个人都似乎很完美，除了Meg，双亲都是科学家，两个哥哥运动健将，弟弟是个小天才，只有自己被大家认为是troublemaker，生活简直一团乱……
尤其困扰她的是，无故失踪的父亲，究竟去向何方?难道真如镇上传言，他离开之后便不再回来吗?在此同时，莫瑞家的老幺─查尔斯.华勒士遇见了三位奇怪模样的老太太:啥太太、谁太太还有哪太太，她们又是从何处来的?
