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惠宜教育推出暑期初高中阅读书单
阅读的力量让我们心怀畅想、思如泉涌,引导我们思考,激发我们去创作。在初高中阶段,养成良好的阅读习惯十分关键。阅读是培养语言能力和积累知识的最佳途径,对华裔学生来说,英文阅读尤其重要。常常有家长会问我们:暑期在家孩子应该读什么书?有没有适合孩子年龄段的阅读书目可以推荐?
波士顿著名私立寄宿高中圣马可学校St Mark's School现任英语老师,哥伦比亚大学西方文学与历史系博士Dr. Barnes,受惠宜教育委托,特意为8到11年级的孩子们甄选了下列英文书籍,选择了16本最适合该年龄阶段与心理成长的书目。书籍类型囊括了真实传记、科幻小说、历史传记、悬疑推理小说、现实主义小说等等,内容涵盖了种族平等、战争反思、科学幻想等丰富的主题,旨在以多题材、多主题、多艺术类型的书籍,提升孩子对阅读的兴趣,在阅读过程中加深对世界的思考,对自我的认知,同时学习、积累英语语言的运用技巧。这个暑假,让精彩的故事和无限的想象伴孩子度过吧......
推荐阅读书目
八年级8th GRADE
Animal Farm
by George Orwell
这部小说呈现了一个经典寓言,动物接管并管理自己的农场,试图创造和维持一个完美的社会——一个乌托邦。毫无疑问,最终这些动物们失败了。这本小说因其对极权主义危险性的富有想象力的描述而具有趣味性和教育意义。
This novel presents a classic allegory wherein animals take over and govern their own farm, attempting to create and sustain a perfect society, a utopia. The animals inevitably fail, but the story is at once entertaining and educational for its imaginative description of the dangers residing in totalitarianism.
The Absolutely True Diary of a Part-Time Indian 
by Sherman Alexie
这部小说带有一定自传意味,是一则既有启发性又具娱乐性的故事。该故事围绕名叫Junior 的少年展开。当时,他是高中校园里唯一的美洲原住民。故事记录了Junior 作为一名少数族裔的学生在高中生活中经历的种种挣扎。
A provocative and entertaining story that is somewhat autobiographical, this novel follows a character named Junior who is the sole Native American on a high school campus. The story chronicles the struggles of life at high school and how these are exacerbated when you are a minority student.
Adventures of Huckleberry Finn 
by Mark Twain
这是一则关于年轻的哈克贝利·芬恩和他的朋友汤姆·索亚的激动人心的旅行故事。读者们将跟随两位主人公体验密西西比河沿岸的几次考验和磨难。作为一部极为著名的文学作品,哈克贝利·费恩深入探讨了家庭虐待、奴隶制等有争议的主题。
In this exciting story about the travels of a young Huckleberry Finn and his friend Tom Sawyer, readers experience several trials and tribulations along the Mississippi River. An extremely famous work of literature, Huckleberry Finn dives into controversial themes of domestic abuse, slavery, and others.
Diary of a Young Girl 
by Anne Frank
这本书是安妮·弗兰克 (Anne Frank) 在 13 至 16 岁时写作的关于二战恐怖的日记。该日记由安妮的父亲编辑成册,讲述了安妮如何在阿姆斯特丹躲避纳粹分子的动人故事。这本书是二十世纪最重要的文学作品之一。
Collected by her father Otto, this is the diary of a young girl who endured the horrors of World War II. Aged between 13 and 16, Anne Frank relates how she hid from the Nazis in Amsterdam. A moving tale, this is one of the most important pieces of literature from the twentieth century.
九年级 9ThGRADE
The Hate You Give 
by Angie Thomas
这部小说围绕着主人公 Starr Carter展开,讲述了9年级的Carter被推入一个和她格格不入的世界的故事。Carter最好的朋友是警察暴力的受害者,而Carter则知晓其中的来龙去脉。该小说文笔有力,对年轻人更是有很大的影响,在文学界荣获盛名与嘉奖。联系当今美国的警察暴力与市民社会的抗议活动,这本书的重要性不言而喻。
An award-winning novel about the character Starr Carter, 9th grade students are thrust into an exclusive preppy world of high school that is at odds with Carter’s neighborhood home. Ultimately, her best friend is the victim of police brutality, and Carter knows how it happened. This novel is powerful and empowering for young adults; it has never been more relevant given the protests and riots in the U.S. currently.
2001: A Space Odyssey 
by Arthur C. Clarke
该故事讲述了一位科学家在月球上发现了一个奇怪的物体,随后人类为了对其展开研究并探索外太空的生命而展开的漫长之旅。然而,这次旅行变成了人类与计算机之间的一场意想不到的战斗,最终导致了灾难的发送。这部小说因其对技术发展敏锐的洞见和幽默而具有开创性。
When a scientist uncovers a bizarre object on the moon, humanity undertakes a sojourn into the farthest reaches of space while look for alien life. The trip turns into an unexpected battle between humankind and a computer, which leads ultimately to catastrophe. This novel is seminal for its precocious vision of technology and its keen humor.
The Serpent King 
by Jeff Zentner
这部小说围绕一位粗鄙的青少年迪尔展开,讲述了一段扣人心弦的故事。迪尔的家人住在圣经带沿线的田纳西小镇。当迪尔的父亲成为了镇上仇恨的焦点,他立即就向两个最亲密的朋友求助。这是一则关于宽恕和救赎的美国经典故事。
The novel tells a gripping story about a graceless teen, Dill, whose family lives in a small Tennessee town along the bible belt. Once Dill’s father becomes a focus of hatred in the town, he turns to his two closest friends for support. This is a classic tale of both forgiveness and redemption in America.
My Family and Other Animals 
by Gerald Durrell
是“科孚岛三部曲”的第一本书,讲述了杰拉尔德·杜瑞尔 (Gerald Durrell) 童年在科孚岛生活了五年的故事。通过描写杰拉尔德如何在岛上饲养不同的野生动物并与家人尴尬地相处,这部小说引入了丰富多彩的人物,让读者发笑并以非常规的方式与自然产生联系。
This is the first book of the “Corfu Trilogy,” which tells the story of Gerald Durrell’s childhood where he lived on the island of Corfu for five years. Keeping different wildlife on the island and relating awkwardly with his family, the novel introduces colorful characters that make readers laugh and relate to nature in unconventional ways.
十年级10th GRADE
Go Tell It on the Mountain 
by James Baldwin
鲍德温是撰写关于非裔美国人经历的最著名的美国作家之一。在这本书中,他以纽约哈莱姆区为背景,讲述了一个 14 岁的男孩反抗父亲和一个看似完美的家庭的故事。该作品是对在家中受虐的儿童的成长经历的有力研究。
One of the most famous American writers about the African American experience, this is a powerful study of growing up in an abusive home. Set in Harlem, the story follows a fourteen-year-old boy who rebels against his father and the superficiality of a seemingly perfect family.
Life of Pi 
by Yann Martel
在这个文笔优美、令人难忘的故事中,Pi 是海难的唯一幸存者。在救生艇上陪伴着他的是一只鬣狗、一只猩猩和一只巨大的老虎。对于喜欢使用象征手法的文学作品,或者希望提升自己的阅读理解能力的同学们来说,这是一本必读的书。
In this beautifully written and memorable story, Pi is the sole survivor of a shipwreck. His only consorts on the lifeboat are a hyena, an orangutan, and an enormous tiger. This is a must-read for students that enjoy novels about literal and figurative journeys or quests for understanding and improvement.
American Born Chinese
by Gene Luen Yang
本书将三个故事串联在一起:亚裔美国学术Jin Wang努力融入新社群的故事;美猴王不甘成为猴子身而觊觎神坛的故事;美国男孩丹尼(Danny)和中国表哥Chin-Kee的故事... "华裔美国人"这本书是一部令人惊艳的作品,内容逐步上升、升华、高潮——它使人们相信作者Gene Yang是一个天才。
Three apparently unrelated tales come together with an unexpected twist, in a modern fable that is hilarious, poignant, and action-packed. American Born Chinese is an amazing rise, all the way up to the astonishing climax--and confirms what a growing number of readers already know: Gene Yang is a major talent.
Frankenstein
by Mary Shelley
弗兰肯斯坦是一部书信体恐怖小说。该小说讲述了炼金术士和科学家维克多弗兰肯斯坦试图复活倒下的尸体的故事。其精彩之处在于对怪物的戏剧化,并提出了这个生物是“怪物”还是“科学创造”这一至今仍困扰着现代社会的问题。
An epistolary horror novel, Frankenstein recounts how the alchemist and scientist Victor Frankenstein attempts to reanimate fallen corpses. The brilliance of the story resides in the play on monstrosity, begging the question of whether the creature is a “monster” or the science behind creation itself—a question that haunts modern society to this day.
十一年级11th GRADE
The Once and Future King 
by T.H. White
T.H.怀特将本书分为五个部分,讲述了亚瑟王传说、卡米洛特骑士、梅林骑士以及其他居住在魔法和战争世界中的人们的传说。故事引人入胜,对于喜欢历史、神话传说和史诗的同学来说尤为有趣。
This story will be enticing for students interested in history, myth, and epic poetry more generally. Told in five parts, T.H. White famously regales the reader with spellbinding legends of King Arthur, the knights of Camelot, Merlin, and others that inhabit a magical world of wizardry and warfare.
Chemistry 
by Weike Wang
在王苇柯的处女作中,主角发现科学方法不足以让她了解父母、男友或她自己。乐观主义者认为杯子是半满的,悲观主义者认为是半空的;而化学家则认为它是半液体、半气体,并可能有毒。在本书中,王苇柯提供了科学观察、中国谚语和美国电影参考的独特融合。
In Wang’s debut novel about a Chinese-American graduate student, the main character finds the scientific method inadequate for understanding her parents, her boyfriend, or herself. The optimist sees the glass as half-full, the pessimist half-empty, explains the narrator, while a chemist sees it as half-liquid, half-gaseous, probably poisonous. Wang offers a unique blend of scientific observations, Chinese proverbs, and American movie references.
The Count of Monte Cristo
by Alexandre Dumas
在这部关于背叛、监禁和复仇的经典故事中,读者们跟随书本一起进入 19 世纪的法国和意大利,享受看到恶棍们“罪有应得”而大快人心的乐趣。尽管这本书并非真正让人感到愉悦,但确实是一本令人无比满足的书。
In this classic tale of betrayal, imprisonment, and revenge, students can lose themselves in a long book that invites the reader into 19th century France and Italy to enjoy the pleasure of seeing villains get what they deserve. It is not really a happy book but one that is deeply satisfying.
The Other Side of Truth 
by Beverley Naidoo
当萨迪和费米的记者父亲不再对尼日利亚军队的腐败保持沉默时,他们的母亲则在逃往英国时被杀。这部小说深入探讨了流离失所以及成为难民意味着什么的主题——是一部值得和朋友一起阅读并探讨特权和苦难的伟大作品。
When Sadie and Femi’s journalist father will not remain silent about corruption in the Nigerian military, their mother is killed as they flee to England. This novel delves into mature themes of displacement and what it means to be a refugee—a great work to read with friends and discuss privilege and suffering.
Dr. Barnes老师简介


Dr. Barnes 是波士顿著名私立寄宿高中圣马克中学(St.Mark's School)的现任英文老师,主要教授高年级学生的英语课程在加入圣马克中学之前,Dr. Barnes于哥伦比亚大学获得西方文学及历史学博士学位,并在哥伦比亚大学教授本科新生核心课程:Literature Humanities
自从2020年春季与惠宜教育合作推出美高衔接课《美国文学》以来,一年多的时间里,Dr. Barnes带领孩子们阅读了超过15本西方经典人文著作,包括了不起的盖茨比、堂吉柯德、罪与罚、红字、但丁神曲之地狱、失乐园、女仆的故事、科学怪人、过客、路、士兵的重负等西方脍炙人口的经典作品。Dr. Barnes 知识渊博,授课风趣,课堂互动积极,讨论深入,受到学生和家长们一致好评。很多同学在他的带领下,逐渐喜欢阅读英文原版书籍,对英语文学和创作有了更深的理解,校内的英语成绩也有了实质的提高。

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