谨以本书献给
——词汇量丰富的你
如果生僻复杂的表达都难不倒你
那你一定会要求自己用最实用地道的词语
准确描述身边最常见的事物和感情
——词汇量有限的你
如果你只能以有限的精力记忆有限的词汇
那你一定希望所有的选择都地道实用
每一分努力都不会落空
瞄准最实用的英语词汇
诚意奉献
精选900余条生活中最常见最实用词汇
所有讲解、例句、图示均来自北美多年生活经历
瞄准真实English 肃清伪装Chinglish
如果你对身边词汇有疑问
那么，请跟随本书到美国找答案
《瞄准最实用的英语词汇》是旅美作者多年学习、感悟、积累的诚意之作。为什么在国内英语成绩很好的学生出国后还是无法应付日常对话？为什么我们认真学习了多年英语面对老外还是开不了口？为什么刻苦背诵了那么多单词在真实场景中还是词不达意？对这一切都有着切身体验的作者将自己成功的经验与读者分享，精心挑选了900余条词汇，选择的标准为“生活中最实用、最常见、最地道”。同时，书中配有大量翔实的图片，均为实景拍摄，展示词汇出现的环境和场合，让读者如身临其境，一目了然。本书实用性娱乐性并重，轻松不沉重，活泼不呆板，语言风格清新亲切，手绘插图幽默机智，希望能让读者在轻松愉悦的阅读过程中有所收获。

Starred Review. Grade 7 Up–At 15, Thomas Peaceful, like many other English soldiers in World War I, is too young to fight, but he lies about his age. Now at the front in France with his older brother Charlie he stands a lonely nighttime vigil for reasons that are not explained until the book's end, watching the minutes tick by and reflecting on his past. Using first-person narration, Morpurgo draws readers into this young man's life, relating memories that are idyllic, sobering, and poignant. Tommo thinks upon the role he played in his father's accidental death, the adventures that he shared with Charlie, his relationship with his childhood friend Molly, and the experiences that he has had since entering the war. Finally, he describes how Charlie disobeyed a direct order to stay with him after he was wounded in action, fully aware of this decision's dire consequences. While this story is not based on any one individual, Morpurgo has personalized the British tactic of executing their own soldiers "for cowardice or desertion," memorializing these men without passing judgment. While readers see the events through Tommo's eyes, the author does not lose sight of the war's effects on the teen's friends and family. Reminders come in the form of letters from home, relationships with other soldiers, and observations of battles. This thoughtful novel touches on themes of humanity and duty, and features brilliant characters whose personal decisions have earned them their very own badges of honor.–Delia Fritz, Mercersburg Academy, PA
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*Starred Review* Gr. 7-12. In this World War I story, the terse and beautiful narrative of a young English soldier is as compelling about the world left behind as about the horrific daily details of trench warfare: the mud, rats, gas attacks, slaughter. At 15, Thomas lied about his age in order to follow his beloved older brother, Charlie, to fight in France. Now, nearly two years later, as Thomas sits waiting in the dark for the horror he knows will come at dawn, he remembers it all. Growing up as a poor farm boy in a happy family, he was always close to Charlie and to their brain-injured brother, Joe, a character Morpurgo draws with rare tenderness and truth. Thomas and Charlie even loved the same girl; Charley married her, but she writes to them both. Thomas also remembers British brutality, from the landlord who threatened the family with eviction if Charlie didn't enlist to the cruel army sergeant who tried to break Charlie's spirit. Charlie may be too perfect, almost a Christ figure, but it's Thomas' viewpoint of the brother he loves. Suspense builds right to the end, which is shocking, honest, and unforgettable. Be sure to add this to titles in the Read-alikes, "War to End All Wars" [BKL N 1 01]. Hazel Rochman
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His [Tommo's] journey from agricultural labourer to cannon fodder is movingly told...Michael Morpurgo is expert at getting through to his readers. He writes here about events that should never be forgotten nor forgiven, and does so most effectively. Independent ...full of warmth as well as grief, conveying vividly how precious it is to be alive... Sunday Times The best novel he's written since The Butterfly Lion. Times Deserved to last as an insight into the First World War in the same way as, say, The Silver Sword or Goodnight Mr Tom. Telegraph A poignant, elegiac novel. Daily Mail

《时间机器》是英国传奇作家乔治・威尔斯最为成功的一部作品，也是世界科幻小说史上第一部以时间旅行为题材的作品。后世的有关时间旅行的科幻小说，无不直接或间接地受到它的启发和影响。
与同时年代并称为“科幻小说之父”的儒勒・凡尔纳不同的是，威尔斯以一种荒凉、哀伤的笔 触给我们展示了一次震撼人心的时间旅行。主人公“时间旅行者”是威尔斯笔下的英雄，一个狂放不羁的天才，可即便如此，他仍旧无无力改变现实。在未来世界，人类正逐渐走向没落，自相残杀、愚昧无知，曾经辉煌的科技、文化及固有的价值观、道德观全部土崩瓦解，难道这就是人类终极的宿命吗？为追寻真相，时间旅行者又一次踏上了漫漫的时间之旅。
作者简介
威尔斯，1939年，73岁的乔治・威尔斯独坐在酒会大厅的某个角落，为自己写下了一句短小的墓志铭：“上帝将要毁灭人类――尽管我警告过你们。”也许这个近乎玩笑的做法正反映了他对于人类与科学未来的担忧。
威尔斯创作的目的不在于预见未来科学发展的可能，他所关注的是科学发展与人性社会的相互关系――如果没有人性的进步，科学的发展只能是人类的灾难。他的作品用科学幻想揭露了社会及人性的矛盾与黑暗，彻底击碎了科学与田园牧歌相联系的浪漫梦想，具有十分深刻的现实意义。
编辑推荐
最具人文关怀的成长名著，属于我们永远的纯真年代。
“他带回来的那两朵白花可以证明，即使在濒临衰亡的时代，温情仍然活在人类心中。”

一个十岁男孩，偶然在老海盗的遗物中得到了一张埋藏着巨额财富的荒
岛藏宝图。于是，他离开家园，随着众人远涉重洋，冒险寻宝。
寻宝路上，男孩和他的同伴们不仅要应对茫茫大海上恶劣的自然天气、
热带丛林里肆虐的疾病，更要面对海盗们的叛变厮杀、明抢激战和暗中争斗
……
《金银岛》(作者史蒂文森)是世界上最好看的海盗冒险小说。
你想亲历金银岛这场离奇、惊险的角逐吗？你想懂得善永远比恶要强大
吗？那就随着吉姆前往《金银岛》吧。你将会满载而归。

《自然英语学习法:提高英语学习效率的"外暗号"》：自然英语学用系列丛书。《自然英语学习法》是系统阐述外语学习方法的专著，是作者20多年从事外语教学、研究与思考的经验总结。在参阅国内外语言教育领域重要研究成果的基础上，《自然英语学习法》融入了重要的创新性观点，是对外语教学理论的发展。但是，《自然英语学习法》不从纯理论出发进行抽象阐述，而是从广大外语学习者学习过程中遇到的实际问题出发，全面系统地讨论外语学习的自然过程，介绍最高效的外语学习方法。
《自然英语学习法》重点回答两个核心问题：一是为什么说学习外语最有效的方法就是学习者感到最轻松的方法？(或：为什么死下工夫不一定能学好外语？)二是如何轻松、自然而又高效地学好外语，达到自然运用的目标？在逐步分析、回答这两个核心问题的同时，其他有关外语学习读、听、说、写的关系问题以及其中各类特殊学习技巧问题也将得到具体的回答。
《自然英语学习法》提出的语言教育与学习理念虽然参考了当代各种先进的教学理论，但是具体编写则不深入探讨理论，而是以深入浅出为编写原则，强调实用性和针对性。读者对象范围广大，可为大中小学的外语教师，包括在校学生和自学者在内的各类学习者。
《自然英语学习法》共分7个章节，《自然英语学习法》从广大外语学习者学习过程中遇到的实际问题出发，全面系统地讨论外语学习的自然过程，介绍最高效的外语学习方法。该书可供各大专院校作为教材使用，也可供从事相关工作的人员作为参考用书使用。