读小说学雅思-6本提高英语的原版小说推荐
“The more that you read, the more that you’ll know.The more that you know, the more places you’ll go.” – Dr. Seuss.
下面为大家安利6本易读经典的英文原著,既学习了英语并为备战雅思积累了语言基础,又增加了知识丰富了阅历。
▌ 1. Charlotte’s Web – E.B. White夏洛特的网 豆瓣评分:8.8

这本书讲了一个关于承诺与友谊的故事。这本书的名气可与清澈的心灵之书《小王子》媲美。世界上许多学校的教学大纲里都有这本书,所以人们在聊天时也很有可能谈到这本书。几乎可以保证,大多数以英语为母语的人都至少读过一次这本书。
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A baby pig is almost killed because of hisstatus – he is the smallest pig that was born and he is considered to beuseless and of no value. The pig is saved by a little girl called Fern Arable.She adopts the pig and takes care of it. She gives him the name Wilbur.
Fern grows sad when Wilbur grows up and has to be sent away to a farm owned by her uncle. She has a strong relationship with Wilbur. When Wilbur goes to the farm, all the other farm animals ignore him and he’s left crying for his human friend. One day he hears a voice, but hecan’t see anything. This voice promises to become friends with him.
The voice belongs to a small spider called Charlotte. Charlotte the spider knows that the farmers are planning to killWilbur. She promises to make a plan to save his life. The farmers are surprised the next day when they see the words “some pig” written in the web* Charlottehas made. Charlotte asked for the other animals’ help over the day to write messages everywhere.
▌ 2. The Outsiders – S.E. Hinton 局外人 豆瓣评分:8.6

这部短篇小说非常适合英语学习者。它主题比较现代,并且有大家都经历过的典型青少年问题。小说中的文化注释很少,这意味着你不需要太多的背景知识。句子简短,易于理解,词汇也很简单,你应该能够毫不费力地阅读这本书。
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When I stepped out into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home...
The next evening, Ponyboy and his friends go to watch a movie again. They sit behind a few pretty girls from the other gang. They end up sitting together with the girls. Ponyboy and Cherry learn that they have a lot of things in common even though they are from different gangs. The boys begin to walk the girls’ home, but on the way they meet the girls’ boyfriends. The girls have to leave so a fight does not begin.
Because Ponyboy arrives late at home his brother becomes angry. This causes them to fight. As a result, Ponyboy tries to run away from home. They meet up with the rival gang again and yet another fight begins. This time one of the enemies is killed.
Ponyboy is really scared. They hide in achurch and try to hide their appearance by dyeing (coloring) their hair. Anumber of different fights break out between the two gangs. Eventually Ponyboy wakes up in the hospital.
▌ 3. The House On Mango Street – Sandra Cisneros 芒果街上的小屋 豆瓣评分:8.3

《芒果街上的小屋》的优点是,它是一个有趣的读物。它从作家的视角出发,让你切身体会到主人公(主角)的感受。
文中句子真的很简短,所以也很容易理解。其中有少部分具有挑战性的单词和一点点的描述性的语言,但你通常可以在语境中读懂它们。这本书的另一个优点是它可以让你对不同文化有深刻的了解。
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This book follows the life of Esperanza, a Mexican girl. The novel takes place over the period of one year. Esperanza moves into a new home on Mango Street. The house is much better than her old one. It is the first house her parents have ever owned – all their other houses have been rented. Esperanza is not very happy because she had been dreaming of a different home – a bigger one. Their new house is old and small. The house is located in a busy Latino area of Chicago. In the new home, Esperanza feels like she has no time to be alone. She promises herself that one day she will leave and have her own home.
Throughout the novel the young girl grows up a lot. The story follows her life as she makes friends, her body changes and she begins to have feelings for a boy. With her new friends, she has many adventures. When she goes back to school after the vacation Esperanza is embarrassed about her family being poor. She writes poetry secretly to make her feel better.
▌ 4. Thirteen Reasons Why – Jay Asher 豆瓣评分:8.1

故事发生在当代,这意味着作家运用简单的语法写作。所有的句子都很简短,词汇也比较容易。
它语法有趣,段落简短,对英语学习者来说简单易读。这是一本屡次获奖的书,并上榜榜《纽约时报》最佳书单,值得一读。
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The tapes came with instructions. The paper stated that they should pass the tapes from one student to another student.There are 12 people in total. In the paper, she explains to these people that they helped her die – she gives them 13 reasons. Hannah also sends another set of tapes to a different person. She gives them a strong warning that if they don’t pass the first set of tapes onto the next person, the whole school willk now how they were a part of her death.
We hear about her pain. She talks about her first kiss, people who lied to her and stole from her. Everything started with gossip. The gossip then grew and became out of control. The book follows each person’s story and the reason why she felt hurt including her English teacher who didn’t take her seriously.
▌ 5. Peter Pan –J.M. Barrie 豆瓣评分:9.0

几乎所有人都知道彼得·潘的故事,这就是为什么称它为简单读物的原因。熟悉一个故事有助于读者更好地理解文本。
这本书的目标读者是儿童,但它仍被世界各地的成年人所喜爱。
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Every night Peter visits the Darling family house and listens to Mrs. Darling tell bedtime stories. He sits on the window listening.One evening, they see Peter trying to escape. As he tries to run away, he loses his shadow. He goes back to get his shadow. He wakes up the daughter of the house, Wendy Darling. Wendy helps him attach his shadow to his body again.Wendy tells him she knows a lot of bedtime stories too.
Peter invites Wendy to return to Neverland with him. He wants her to be the mother of the Lost Boys. Wendy agrees to themission and asks for her brothers Michael and John to join them.
They have a magical flight as they travel to Neverland and have many adventures along the way. Wendy is nearly killed and the boys build her a house in the trees to recover. After Wendy is okay, she takes the role of the mother.
▌ 6. The Old Man and the Sea – Ernest Hemmingway 豆瓣评分:8.9

这是一部著名的经典作品。几乎所有以英语为母语的人都会在学校的同一时期读过这本书。所以,如果你发现自己正在和别人谈论文学与书籍,这将是一个很好的选择。
这本书有一些较难的词汇,但是它篇幅很短,读完它你不会感觉太困难。
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On the eighty-fifth day, his luck changes and so does his life. Santiago sails his boat further away. He drops his fishing lines. At 12 pm, a huge fish (a marlin)takes the bait (the food used to attract fish). The man tries to pull the fish up, but the fish is too big and strong. Instead, the fish begins to pull theboat. The old man continues to fight and hold on to the line. The fish pulls the boat around the sea for two days.
On the third day, the fish gets tired.Santiago is able to pull the fish closer and kill it. It’s the biggest fish he has seen in his life. He begins to sail back to the village, but the blood ofthe fish attracts sharks. The boat is attacked by a Mako shark, but Santiago is able to kill it. He kills most of the sharks, but there is a problem. They have eaten the meat of the fish and now only the skeleton (bones) is left. Hereturns back to his home and falls asleep.
阅读是提高英语和学习词汇的不二首选,学习英语的同时也体验的英语不一样的魅力和乐趣。So what are you waiting for?